Curriculum Vitae, Spring 2015 Jason A. Hodgson, PhD
Lecturer in Grand Challenges in Ecosystems and the Environment Dept. of Life Sciences | Imperial College London Silwood Park Campus | Munro Building N1.2 Ascot SL5 7PY | United Kingdom +44 (0)20 7594 3650 | j.hodgson@imperial.ac.uk EDUCATION
Fall 2006 – Summer 2012 New York University, New York, NY Ph.D., Biological Anthropology Adviser: Dr. Todd Disotell Dissertation: Population history and natural selection in the Yemeni Fall 2002 – Fall 2003 University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK M.Phil Biological Anthroplogy Adviser: Dr. Leslie Knapp Dissertation: The relationship between fluctuating asymmetry and the major histocompatibility complex in Homo sapiens Fall 1997 – Spring 2002 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ B.S., Evolutionary Anthropology Summer 2000 Koobi Fora Field School, Rutgers University and The National Museums of Kenya PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
10/13 – pres. 9/12 – 9/13 7/04 – 9/06 11/03 -­‐12/03 Lecturer in Grand Challenges in Ecosystems and the Environment (Assistant Professor equivalent rank) Dept. of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire, UK Postdoctoral Researcher, Perry Lab, Dept. of Anthropology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Research Technician II (Lab Manager and Technician), Merriwether Lab, Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton, NY Archaeological Field Technician, Archaeological and Historical Consultants, Centre Hall, PA Jason A. Hodgson, PhD, Curriculum Vitae, Spring 2015 6/01 – 9/01 Archaeological Field Technician, Richard Grubb & Associates, Cranbury, NJ, Michael Baker Corporation, Coraopolis, PA RESEARCH INTERESTS
Population genetics, phylogenetics, bioinformatics, adaptive evolution, adaptive introgression and purifying selection in admixed populations, archaic admixture in modern humans, the role of sexual selection and mate choice in admixed populations, human population history (esp. Africa, Madagascar, and Oceania), primate origins, Neotropical primate evolution. PUBLICATIONS
2015 (in press). Hodgson JA. A genomic investigation of the Malagasy confirms the Highland/Coastal divide, and the lack of Middle Eastern gene flow. in Early Africa-­‐Indian Ocean World Exchange, Gwyn Campbell ed. Palgrave MacMillan 2014. Hodgson JA, Pickrell JK, Pearson LN, Quillen EE, Prista A, Rocha J, Soodyall H, Shriver MD, & Perry GH. Natural selection for the Duffy-­‐null allele in the recently admixed people of Madagascar. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281 (1789): 20140930 2014. Hodgson JA, Mulligan CJ, Al-­‐Meeri A, & Raaum RL. Early Back-­‐to-­‐Africa Migration into the Horn of Africa. PLoS Genetics. 10(6): e1004393 2014. Pozzi L, Hodgson JA, Burrell AS, Sterner KN, Raaum RL, & Disotell,TR. Primate phylogenetic relationships and divergence dates inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 165-­‐183. 2012. Hodgson JA. Population history and natural selection in the Yemeni. Ph.D. Dissertation, New York University. 2011. Pozzi L, Hodgson JA, Burrell AS & Disotell TR. The stem catarrhine Saadanius does not inform the timing of the origin of crown catarrhines. Journal of Human Evolution. 61(20): 9e210. 2010. Hodgson JA & Disotell TR. Anthropological Genetics: Inferring the History of Our Species Through the Analysis of DNA. Evolution: Education and Outreach 3: 387-­‐98. 2010. Hodgson JA, Bergey CM & Disotell TR. Neandertal Genome: The Ins and Outs of African Genetic Diversity. Current Biology 20(12): R517-­‐9. 2 Jason A. Hodgson, PhD, Curriculum Vitae, Spring 2015 2010. Allaby RG, Friedlaender FR, Reed FA, Kidd KK, Kidd JR, Chambers GK, Lea RA, Loo J-­‐H, Koki G, Hodgson JA, Merriwether DA, Weber JL & Friedlaender JS. Prehistoric Pacific Population Movements. In The Global Origins and Development of Seafaring. Eds. Anderson A & Boyle K. McDonald Institute Monographs, Cambridge, UK. pp. 143-­‐157. 2009. Hodgson JA, Sterner KN, Matthews LJ, Burrell AS, Jani RA, Raaum RL, Stewart CB & Disotell TR. Successive radiations, not stasis, in the South American primate fauna. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106(14): 5534-­‐5539. 2008. Hodgson JA & Disotell TR No evidence of a Neanderthal contribution to modern human diversity. Genome Biology 9: 206 2008. Friedlaender JS, Friedlaender FR, Reed FA, Kidd KK, Kidd JR, Chambers GK, Lea RA, Loo JH, Koki G, Hodgson JA, Merriwether DA, & Weber JL. The Genetic Structure of Pacific Islanders. PLoS Genetics. 4 (1): e19 2007. Friedlaender JS, Friedlaender FR, Hodgson JA, Stoltz M, Koki G, Horvat G, Zhadanov S, Schurr TG & Merriwether DA. Melanesian mtDNA Complexity. PLoS ONE 2: e248 2007. Friedlaender JS, Friedlaender FR, Hodgson JA, McGrath S, Stoltz M, Koki G, Schurr TG & Merriwether DA. 2007. Mitochondrial DNA variation in Northern Island Melanesia. in Genes, Language, and Culture History in the Southwest Pacific. J.S. Friedlaender, ed. pp. 61-­‐80. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 2005. Merriwether DA, Hodgson JA, Friedlaender FR, Allaby R, Cerchio S, Koki G & Friedlaender JS. Ancient mitochondrial M haplogroups in the Southwest Pacific. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 102: 13034-­‐9 PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
2015. Agarwal M, & Hodgson JA. Evidence for assortative mating in recently admixed humans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. S55. 2014. Raaum RL, Hodgson JA, Al-­‐Meeri A, & Mulligan CJ. The Horn of Africa has a long and complex history of admixture. American Journal of Physical Anthropology S54. 2013. Hodgson JA, Al-­‐Meeri AM, Mulligan CJ & Raaum RL. Natural selection acts to maintain diversity between Out of Africa and sub-­‐Saharan African populations in genes related to neurological processes and brain development. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. S53. 2011. Hodgson JA, Raaum RL, Al-­‐Meeri AM, & Mulligan CJ. Searching for adaptive introgression of favorable alleles in Yemeni populations. American Society for Human Genetics/International Congress of Human Genetics, Montreal Canada. 3 Jason A. Hodgson, PhD, Curriculum Vitae, Spring 2015 2010. Hodgson JA & Blair M. Inferring geographic origin of a population range expansion using GIS and multi-­‐locus genomic data: The origin of modern humans as a test case. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. S50: 129. 2010. Chiou KL, Hodgson JA, Pozzi L & Di Fiore A. Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences lend insight into the evolutionary history and biogeography of Central American squirrel monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. S50: 49. 2010. Pozzi L. Hodgson JA, Bergey C. & Disotell TR. Dating the primate tree: New insights on primate origins from complete mitochondria genomes. International Primatological Society XXIII Congress, Kyoto, Japan. 2009. Hodgson JA, Pozzi L, Sterner KN, Stewart CB & Disotell TR. Molecular divergence dates suggest an origin of crown primates near the K/T boundary. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 138(S48): 199. 2008. Hodgson JA, Sterner KN, Matthews LJ, Jani R, Stewart CB & Disotell TR. Phylogenetic relationship of the Platyrrhini inferred from complete mitochondrial genome sequences. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 135(S43): 118. 2008. Merriwether DA & Hodgson JA. Species identification using ancient DNA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 135(S43): 155. 2007. Friedlaender JS, Friedlaender FR, Hodgson JA, Scheinfeldt LB, Kidd KK, Kidd JR, Bauchet M, Chambers G, Lea R, Koki G, Reedland F & Merriwether DA. Peopling of the Pacific: resolving the controversy. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 132(S44): 110. INVITED TALKS
2015. Dept. of Anthropology, University College London, UK. 2015. School of Life Sciences, Warwick University, UK 2014. Human genetic variation, and gene flow between distantly related populations. Dept. of Biology, Sevenoaks Sixth Form School, Sevenoaks, UK 2014. Local adaptation and gene flow: The role of natural selection in recently admixed human groups. Natural History Museum, London, UK 2014. Local adaptation and gene flow: The role of natural selection in recently admixed human groups. Dept. of Biological Anthropology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK 2013. The Madagascar Melting Pot: Genetic Exchange Across the Indian Ocean. Indian Ocean World Center Workshop: East Africa and Early Trans-­‐Indian Ocean World Interchange. MacGill University, Montreal, Canada. 4 Jason A. Hodgson, PhD, Curriculum Vitae, Spring 2015 FIELD EXPERIENCE
6/15 – 7/15 Population history and mate choice in the Malagasy, Madagascar, George Perry, Jason Hodgson co-­‐P.I.s 6/09 – 8/09 Paleontological Survey, Rusinga Island, Kenya, Will Harcourt-­‐
Smith, Holly Dunsworth and Kieran McNulty co-­‐P.I.s 7/07 -­‐ 8/07 Paleontological Survey, Rusinga Island, Kenya, Will Harcourt-­‐
Smith, Holly Dunsworth and Kieran McNulty co-­‐P.I.s 6/07 -­‐ 7/07 Paleoanthropological Survey, Homa Peninsula, Kenya, Tom Plummer, P.I. 6/00 -­‐ 8/00 Koobi Fora Field School. Study abroad program in Kenya, offering instruction in paleontology, archaeology, geology and ecology in the study of human evolution. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
02/15 – 06/15 Imperial College London, London UK. Lecturer and Convener, Ecology and Evolution 10/14 – 12/14 Imperial College London, London UK. Lecturer, Organismal Biology 10/14 – 12/14 Imperial College London, London, UK, Klipbokkop, South Africa. Lecturer, Tropical Biology Field Course 10/13 -­‐ 12/13 Imperial College London, London, UK. Lecturer, Organismal Biology 7/10 – 8/10 New York University, New York, NY Lecturer, Human Origins, 9/09 – 5/10 New York University, New York, NY. Teaching assistant, Sophomore Scholars Honors Program with Prof. Todd Disotell 9/08 – 5/09 New York University, New York, NY. Teaching assistant, Sophomore Scholars Honors Program with Prof. Todd Disotell 1/09 – 5/09 New York University, New York, NY. Teaching assistant, Human Origins with Prof. Todd Disotell 5 Jason A. Hodgson, PhD, Curriculum Vitae, Spring 2015 9/08 -­‐ 12/08 New York University, New York, NY Teaching assistant, Human Evolution with Prof. Anthony Di Fiore 1/08 -­‐ 5/08 New York University, New York, NY Teaching assistant, Human Evolution with Prof. Susan Anton 9/07 -­‐ 12/07 New York University, New York, NY Teaching assistant, Human Evolution with Prof. Todd Disotell 7/04 -­‐ 9/06 Binghamton University SUNY, Binghamton NY Trained ~15 undergraduate and graduate students in molecular genetic lab techniques 1/06 -­‐ 6/06 Binghamton University SUNY, Binghamton NY Teaching assistant, Ancient DNA Laboratory Methods with D.A. Merriwether 9/05-­‐12/05 Binghamton University SUNY, Binghamton NY Teaching Assistant, Molecular Anthropology Laboratory Methods with D.A. Merriwether 9/04-­‐12/04 Binghamton University SUNY, Binghamton NY Teaching Assistant, Molecular Anthropology Laboratory Methods with D.A. Merriwether STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Current: Graduated: Kartik Chundru, MSc Comp Method Ecol and Evol 2015 expected Jessica Christie, MSc Ecol, Evol, and Conserv 2015 expected Adam Ciezarek, PhD Biol, 2018 expected (committee member) Christina Bergey, PhD Bio Anth, NYU, 2015 (committee member) Mahima Agarwal, MSc Quantitative Biology, 2014 SERVICE
Reviewer: American Journal of Physical Anthropology American Journal of Primatology BMC Genetics BMC Genomics Journal of Human Evolution Leakey Foundation Molecular Biology and Evolution HONOURS AND AWARDS
NYU Sokol Postdoctoral Fellowship, Fall 2012 – Fall 2013 NYU Dean’s Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Fall 2011 – Spring 2012 6 Jason A. Hodgson, PhD, Curriculum Vitae, Spring 2015 NYU GSAS Student Travel Grant, Spring 2008 NYCEP NSF-­‐IGERT Fellowship, Fall 2006 -­‐ Spring 2010 MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, Fall 2006 -­‐ Spring 2010 Graduated Cambridge University with Distinction Graduated Rutgers University with High Honors 7