ALLISON YI HSIANG
(m) Kline Geology Laboratory
210 Whitney Ave
New Haven, CT 06511
(o) KGL 318
(e) allison.hsiang@yale.edu
EDUCATION
2014-current
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, Geology & Geophysics
Adviser:
Dr. Pincelli Hull
Project:
Automation of 2-D and 3-D morphometrics
of high-throughput microscopy images of
foraminifera communities
2009-2015
Ph.D., Yale University, Geology & Geophysics
Adviser:
Dr. Jacques Gauthier
Title:
Evolutionary origins of major reptile
lineages: Case studies on phylogenetic
incongruence and the importance of fossils
2004-2008
B.A., Harvard University, Chemistry
PUBLICATIONS
Lyson TR, Bever GS, Scheyer TM, Hsiang AY & Gauthier JA. 2013.
Evolutionary origin of the turtle shell. Current Biology. 23:1-7.
Hsiang AY, Field DJ, Webster TH, Behlke ADB, Davis MB, Racicot RA &
Gauthier JA. 2015. The origin of snakes: revealing the ecology, behavior, and
evolutionary history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil
record. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15:87 (doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0358-5).
Hsiang AY, Elder LE, Hull PM. Morphology as a common metric of assemblage
dynamics in the fossil record: a test case of planktonic foraminifera. (In review,
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B)
Hull PM, Elder LE, Dobbins B, Hsiang AY et al. Accelerating community
morphometrics with open code and data sharing. (In prep.)
Field DJ & Hsiang AY. Complex biogeographic history of modern birds revealed
by an early turaco fossil from North America. (In prep.)
Hsiang AY. Cracking open the ‘turtle problem’: systematic biases and misleading
signal in phylogenomic analyses. (In prep.)
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SELECTED ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS
Elder LE, Hull PM, Hsiang AY, Kanahamoku S. 2016. An ecometric study of
recent microfossils using high-throughput imaging. 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Hsiang AY, Elder LE, Hull PM. 2015. Automatic extraction of 2D and 3D
morphological data from high-throughput dark-field microscopy images of
foraminifera and teeth. Geological Society of America 2015, Baltimore, Maryland.
Elder LE, Hull PM, Hsiang AY, Kahanamoku S. 2015. High-throughput
imaging of recent microfossils from the Atlantic Ocean. Geological Society of America
2015, Baltimore, Maryland.
Field DJ & Hsiang AY. 2015. Towards an integrative macroevolutionary
ornithology. Evolution 2015, Guarujá, Brazil.
Hsiang AY, Field DJ, Behkle ADB, Davis MB, Racicot RA, Webster TH &
Gauthier JA. 2014. Synthesis of fossil and modern data sheds light on early snake
ecology, behavior, and evolutionary history. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2014,
Berlin, Germany.
Field DJ & Hsiang AY. 2014. The importance of fossils in historical
biogeographic inference: insights from a Paleogene stem-group turaco
(Neornithes: Pan-Musophagidae) from North America. International Paleontological
Congress, Mendoza, Argentina.
Hsiang AY, Field DJ, Behkle ADB, Davis MB, Racicot RA, Webster TH &
Gauthier JA. 2014. On the origin of snakes: inferring the ecology, behavior, and
evolutionary history of ancestral snakes. Evolution 2014, Raleigh, NC.
Lyson TR, Bever GS, Scheyer TM, Hsiang AY, & Gauthier JA. 2012.
Evolutionary developmental model for the origin of the turtle shell. Symposium on
Turtle Evolution, Tübingen, Germany.
Hsiang AY. 2011. Application of non-stationary models of sequence evolution to
higher-order amniote and squamate systematics. In: Abstracts of the 71st Annual
Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology; Las Vegas, NV.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2015
2012
2012
Estwing Hammer Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student in
Geology & Geophysics, Yale University
The Jurassic Foundation Research Grant
Mid-America Paleontology Society (MAPS) Outstanding Student
Research (1st) Award from the Paleontological Society
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2012
2011
2010, 2011
Yale Graduate Student Association Conference Travel Fund
Geological Society of America Conference Travel Grant
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Program Honorable Mention
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
2013
2012
2011
2011
2011
Duke Center for Human Genetics, Bioinformatics Workshop;
Durham, NC, USA
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, “Quantitative,
Evolutionary, and Comparative Genomics 2012: Genomic
Responses to Selection” Workshop; Okinawa, Japan
Instituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti Summer School on
Evolutionary Developmental Biology; Venice, Italy
Workshop on Molecular Evolution; Woods Hole, MA, USA
Workshop in Applied Phylogenetics; Bodega Bay, CA, USA
ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Invited Seminars & Lectures
2015 Understanding the history of life using morphology and fossils: New
computational approaches. Invited seminar, Swedish Museum of Natural
History, Bioinformatics and Genetics Department.
2015 Phylogenetics and the age of dinosaurs. G&G/E&EB 125: The History of
Life, Yale University.
2014 Resolving the turtle problem: molecular approaches and the importance of
fossils. G&G 631: Vertebrate Paleontology, Yale University.
2012 Phylogenetic analyses using parsimony. G&G 631: Vertebrate Paleontology,
Yale University.
Graduate Teaching Assistant Positions (Geology & Geophysics, Yale University)
2013 Earth System Science (Professor: Jeffrey Park)
2011 Natural Disasters (Professor: David Bercovici)
2011 History of Life (Professors: Derek Briggs, Leo Hickey)
2010 Natural Resources and Sustainability (Professors: David Evans, Jay Ague)
OUTREACH & VOLUNTEER WORK
2015
2015
2014-2015
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History EVOLUTIONS After
School Program Guest Lecture: “Effective and efficient visual
communication: Lessons from cartooning”
BMC Series Blog post: “Limbless triumph: The origin and
diversification of snakes” (with Daniel J. Field)
Yale Science Diplomats Education Outreach Committee: “Science
Shorts” Video Series
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2014-2015
2013
2013
2012-2015
2012
2012
2012
2011
2010-2013
Yale Science Diplomats Infographics Committee: “Unexpected
Sources of Cancer Cures: A Call for Diverse Funding”
“Polluted by Politics: What is the Real Science Behind Climate
Change?” Public Talk, High School in the Community, New
Haven, CT
“Polluted by Politics: What is the Real Science Behind Climate
Change?” Public Talk, Co-Op High School, New Haven, CT
Yale Science Diplomats, Webmaster and News Coordinator
Yale Science Diplomats Education Outreach: “How Does Climate
Change Affect Biodiversity?” (ABC-CLIO Published Essay)
Yale Science Diplomats ‘Science in the News’ Lecture Series:
“Polluted by Politics: What is the Real Science Behind Climate
Change?” Public Talk, New Haven Public Library
New Haven Science Fair Volunteer Judge, High School Individual
Biological Sciences Level
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Paleo-Bowl Volunteer
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Dinosaur Days
Volunteer
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
Proficient:
Familiar:
Python, R, Matlab, Unix
C, C++
REFERENCES
Jacques A. Gauthier
Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and Vertebrate Zoology, Yale Peabody Museum
(m)
PO Box 208109, New Haven CT 06520-8109
(t)
203-432-3150
(e)
jacques.gauthier@yale.edu
Pincelli M. Hull
Assistant Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
(m)
PO Box 208109, New Haven CT 06520-8109
(t)
203-432-5006
(e)
pincelli.hull@yale.edu
Derek E.G. Briggs
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
Curator in Charge of Invertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum
(m)
PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT 06520-8109
(t)
203-432-8590
(e)
derek.briggs@yale.edu
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