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Amy

Russell (she/her/hers)

russelam@gvsu.edu

Professor

2290P Kindschi Hall of Science

616-331-8929

Biogeography, Molecular Ecology, Genetic Demography

BIO 104 Biology for the 21^st Century
BIO 210 Evolution
BIO 355 Human Genetics
BIO 375 Genetics
BIO 475/575 Population Genetics
BIO 495 Perspectives in Biology (Capstone)
BIO 698 Perspectives in Biology (Graduate Capstone)

My interests lie at the point of intersection of multiple fields: where phylogenetic and population genetic approaches can inform questions of recent speciation, where coalescent approaches can help to discriminate among biogeographic hypotheses, and where molecular ecology and simulation-based analyses can discriminate among demographic scenarios. Organisms of interest in my lab have tended to focus on mammals including bats and primates, but I am open to interesting questions of molecular ecology, phylogeography, population genetics, mating systems, phylogenetics, and molecular evolution in any system.

Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 2003
M.S. in Biology, Bowling Green State University, 1997
B.S. in Biology and Environmental Science, Bowling Green State University, 1994

Martin, Alynn M.*, Maarten J. Vonhof, Michael Henshaw, Jessica M. Dreyer*, Susan K. Munster*, and Amy L. Russell. 2022. Genetic structure of the vulnerable tri-colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) across its eastern range. Acta Chiropterologica, 24(2): 299-314.

Preville, Nicholas M.*, Eric B. Snyder, Dan O’Keefe, Scott Hanshue, Amy Russell, and Justin Radecki. 2022. Habitat use of the threatened river redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) in the Grand River, MI, USA. Aquatic Sciences, 84: e43.

Jones, Devin N.*, Gregory L. Boyer, Julia Lankton, M. Megan Woller-Skar, and Amy L. Russell. 2022. Are little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) impacted by dietary exposure to microcystin? Harmful Algae 114: e102221.

Miller-Butterworth, Cassandra M., Karen Vacco, Amy L. Russell, and Joseph C. Gaspard. 2021. Genetic diversity and relatedness among captive African painted dogs in North America. Genes, 12: e1463.

Bradke, Danielle R.*, Joseph T. Altobelli*, Amy L. Russell, Collin P. Jaeger, and Jennifer A. Moore. 2021. Low bottleneck detection in long-lived species despite lost genetic diversity: a case study of tuatara and eastern massasauga rattlesnakes. Journal of Heredity, 112(4): 346-356.

Miller-Butterworth, Cassandra M., Duane R. Diefenbach, Jessie Edson, Leslie A. Hansen, James D. Jordan, Tess M. Gingery, and Amy L. Russell. 2021. Demography and loss of genetic diversity in two insular populations of the bobcat (Lynx rufus). Global Ecology and Conservation, 26: e01457.

Frick, Winifred, Amy Russell, and Erin Gillam. 2021. Contributions of women and creating a culture of inclusivity at the North American Society for Bat Research. In “50 Years of Bat Research – Foundations and New Frontiers” (B. K. Lim, M. B. Fenton, R. M. Brigham, S. Mistry, A. Kurta, E. H. Gillam, A. Russell, J. Ortega, eds.), pp. 23-40. Springer International Publishing.

Lim, Burton K., M. Brock Fenton, Robert M. Brigham, Shahroukh Mistry, Allen Kurta, Erin H. Gillam, Amy L. Russell, and Jorge Ortega, eds. 2021. 50 Years of Bat Research – Foundations and New Frontiers. Springer International Publishing.

Bernard, Riley F., Jonathan D. Reichard, Jeremy T. H. Coleman, Julie C. Blackwood, Michelle L. Verant, Jordi L. Segers, Jeffery M. Lorch, John Paul White, Marianne S. Moore, Amy L. Russell, Rachel A. Katz, Daniel L. Lindner, Rickard S. Toomey, Gregory G. Turner, Winifred F. Frick, Maarten J. Vonhof, Craig K. R. Willis, and Evan H. C. Grant. 2020. Identifying research needs to inform white-nose syndrome management decisions. Conservation Science and Practice, 2(8): e220.

Woller-Skar, M. M., A. L. Russell, J. A. Gaskill*, and M. R. Luttenton. 2020. Microcystin in multiple life stages of Hexagenia limbata, implications for toxin transfer and persistence. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 46(3): 666-671.

Ammerman, Loren K., Carson M. Brown, Rodrigo A. Medellín, Arnulfo Moreno-Valdez, Russell S. Pfau, Randi Lesagonicz*, andAmy L. Russell. 2019. Genetic variation and structure in the endangered Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis): mitochondrial and nuclear perspectives. In “From Field to Laboratory: A Memorial Volume in Honor of Robert J. Baker” (R. D. Bradley, H. H. Genoways, D. J. Schmidly, L. C. Bradley, eds.), pp. 169-185. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University.

Dávalos, Liliana M., Winston C. Lancaster, Miguel S. Núñez-Novas, Yolanda M. León, Bonnie Lei, Jon Flanders, and Amy L. Russell. 2019. A coalescent-based estimator of genetic drift and acoustic divergence in the Pteronotus parnellii species complex. Heredity, 122(4): 417-427. 

*GVSU Student

Forest, Erika F.*, Danielle M. Adams, Charlyn Partridge, Gerald S. Wilkinson, and Amy L. Russell. 2022. Relationships between age, relative telomere length, and DNA methylation in Pteropus pumilus and Pteropus hypomelanus. International Bat Research Conference, Austin, TX.
*GVSU Student

Russell, Amy L. 2022. Trust (the studbook) but verify: African painted dogs in captivity. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Colloquium, Grand Valley State University.

Russell, Amy. 2021. Using made-up data in theoretical and applied conservation genetics. Department seminar, North Dakota State University.

Miller-Butterworth, Cassandra, Karen Vacco, Amy Russell, and Joseph Gaspard. 2021. Genetic diversity and relatedness among African painted dogs in North America. The Wildlife Society.

Russell, Amy. 2020. Using made-up data in theoretical and applied conservation genetic studies of bats. Department seminar, Grand Valley State University.

Forest, Erika*, and Amy Russell. 2019. Modeling long-term genetic diversity of little brown bat populations after infection by white-nose syndrome. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Kalamazoo, MI.
*GVSU Student

Fraser, Devaughn L., Thomas Lilley, Amy Russell, Maarten Vonhof, and Michael R. Buchalski. 2019. Comparative genomics as a tool for disease management in wildlife: a conceptual framework for white nose syndrome in bats. The Wildlife Society, Reno, NV.

Moore, M. S., C. M. Bure, R. P. Patrose, A. R. Rasheed, B. M. Boone, J. K. Knight, G. M. Poterewicz, V. S. Gross, A. L. Russell, and L. M. Dávalos. 2019. Analyzing the proteomes of bat wing biopsies to uncover characteristics of resistance to white-nose syndrome. Society for Integrative Biology Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.

Dávalos, Liliana M., Winston C. Lancaster, Miguel S. Núñez-Novas, Yolanda M. Léon, Bonnie Lei, Jon Flanders, and Amy L. Russell. 2018. Using genetics to explain acoustic divergence in the Pteronotus parnellii species complex. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Martin, Alynn*, Maarten Vonhof, and Amy Russell. 2018. Population genetic demography of the tricolored bat and implications for the impact of white-nose syndrome. North American Symposium on Bat Research, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
*GVSU Student

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