Michael A. Gilchrist, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

University of Tennessee email: aboz5o@r.postjobfree.com

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Knoxville, TN 37996-1610 fax: 865-***-****

Faculty Positions

2010 - PresentAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville TN

2004 - 2010Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville TN

Research Positions

2002 - 2004Post-Doctoral Research AssociateDepartment of BiologyUniversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM

Supervisor: Dr. Andreas Wagner

2001 - 2002

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Division of Theoretical Biology and Biophysics

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM

Supervisor: Dr. Alan S. Perelson

Education

1996 - 2001

Ph.D. Department of Biology

Duke University, Durham NC

Supervisors: Drs. William G. Wilson and Janis Antonovics

1994 - 1996

M.A. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology

University of California, Santa Barbara

Supervisor: Dr. Alice Alldredge

1989 - 1993

B.A. Environmental Sciences

University of California at Berkeley

Emphasis: Biology

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Grants

Funded

Title: Employing Models of Evolution and Protein Translation to Infer Protein Production

Rates from

Genomic Data

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation: Division of Molecular and Cellular

Biosciences, Pro-

gram on Genetic Mechanisms

Funding Period: August 2011 to July 2014

Amount: $711,501

Role: PI

Title: National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation: Emerging Frontiers Panel

Funding Period: September 2009 - August 2013

Amount: $16,000,000

Role: Senior Personnel

Title: Integrating Models of Protein Translation & Gene Fixation with Experimental Data

in the

Archaeal System: Ignicoccus-Nanoarchaeum.

Funding Agency: The Science Alliance Joint Directed Research and Development Funds

Funding Period: May 2009 to April 2011

Amount: $122,940

Role: PI

In Review

Title: Agent Based Modeling and Dynamical System Analysis of Toxoplasmosis

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health: Life and Physical Sciences Study Section,

Bioengi-

neering Sciences & Technologies

Funding Period: July 2012 to June 2016

Amount: $1,260,855

Role: Co-PI

Teaching Experience

2004-PresentDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Courses: General Genetics

Evolution and Society

Introduction to Mathematical Models in Ecology

Model Based Approaches to Data Analysis

Evolution Core: Section on Gene and Genome Evolution

Ecology and Evolution of Emerging Infectious Diseases

Genome Evolution

Invited Seminars

2010 Department of Biology, York College City University of New York, Jamaica, NY

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Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

2008 Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC Canada

Evolution and Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia

Department of Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus

OH

2007 Departments of Biology & Mathematics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Department of Biology, Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH

Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada

2006 Division of Biological Sciences, Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Section,

University of California,

San Diego

Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos NM

2004 Mathematical Biology Seminar, Mathematics Department, University of British

Columbia, Van-

couver, BC

2001 Brown Bag Seminar Series, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico,

Albuquerque NM

2000 Gunter Wagner Laboratory, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale

University, New

Haven, CT

Bio-Mathematics Group, Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

1999 Department of Biology, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL

Peer Reviewed Publications

Sciences U.S.A.108: 102**-*****. [REPRINT]

Citation Metrics as of September 8, 2011

Total number of citations: 277

Average citations per article: 12

h-index: 10

September 9, 2011

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