JACQUELINE E. MOUSTAKAS
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology
University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
Telephone (510) 643-8851, Fax (510) 642-1822
E-mail: moustakas@berkeley.edu
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
Boston University: B. A. in Biology, 2000
University of California, Berkeley: Ph. D., Integrative Biology, 2007
Marine Biological Laboratory: Embryology: Concepts and Techniques in Modern
Developmental Biology summer course, 2003
CNR Biological Imaging Facility, University of California, Berkeley. Workshop in Plant
and Animal Microtechnique, 2005
APPOINTMENTS
NSF Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Integrative Biology, University of
California, Berkeley, 2007-present
Graduate Student Researcher, Museum of Paleontology, University of California,
Berkeley, 2003-present
Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California,
Berkeley: Evolution, Human Anatomy Laboratory, Neuroanatomy Laboratory, 20012003
Seminar Coordinator, Vertebrate Paleontology Seminar Series, Museum of Paleontology,
University of California, Berkeley, 2002, 2006-2007
Seminar Coordinator, Chalk Talk Seminar Series, Department of Integrative Biology,
University of California, Berkeley, 2007
Undergraduate researcher in Department of Biology, Boston University, 1999-2000,
thesis advisor: Dr. James F. A. Traniello
Undergraduate research assistant in Department of Biology, Boston University, 2000,
advisor: Dr. Michael D. Sorenson
Volunteer, Genetics and Metabolism Ward, Children’s Hospital, Boston MA,
1999-2000, under direction of Dr. Harvey Levy and Ildiko Szabo
Undergraduate research assistant in Department of Biology, Boston University, 1999,
advisor: Dr. Frederick E. Wasserman
Volunteer, Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Boston MA, 1998, under direction
of Dr. Kevin L. Stoehr of Boston University
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Graduate Division Conference Travel Grant, University of California, Berkeley, 2007
Graduate Opportunities Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2005-2006
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2004-2006
Frank Elmer Peabody Memorial Fellowship, Museum of Paleontology, University of
California, Berkeley, 2004
Remington Kellogg Fund, Museum of Paleontology, University of California,
Berkeley, 2001, 2002, 2003
American Society for Cell Biology Award for the Embryology Course at the Marine
Biological Laboratory, 2003
William Townsend Porter Fellowship and Scholarship Fund for the Embryology Course
at the Marine Biological Laboratory, 2003
Graduate Summer Research Grant, Department of Integrative Biology, University of
California, Berkeley, 2003
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Grants-In-Aid of Research, 2002
Conference Travel Grant, Department of Integrative Biology, University of
California, Berkeley, 2002
Graduate Research Grant, Department of Integrative Biology, University of
California, Berkeley, 2001
Graduate Opportunities Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, 2000-2002
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program Funding, Boston University, 1999
National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Grant, Boston University, 1999
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Entomological Society of America. 1999
Society for Developmental Biology, 2003-present
Elected to Golden Key International Honour Society, 2000
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2000-2002
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 2000
Elected to Society of Sigma Xi, 2003
Society for the Study of Evolution, 1999
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2001-2003, 2007-present
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Moustakas, J. E. 2007. The development of postcranial dermal bone in the red-eared
slider turtle Trachemys scripta elegans. Integrative Biology Departmental Seminar,
University of California, Berkeley.
Rosengaus, R. B., Moustakas, J. E., Calleri, D. V., and Traniello, J. F. A.. 2003. Nesting
ecology and cuticular microbial loads in dampwood (Zootermopsis Angusticollis)
and drywood termites (Incisitermes Minor, I. Schwarzi, Cryptotermes Cavifrons).
Journal of Insect Science 3:31-36. http://www.insectscience.org/
Moustakas, J. E. 2003. Developmental genetics of dermal ossifications in turtles and
alligators. Conference proceedings Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
Thomson, M. J. and Moustakas, J. E. 2003. A morphological description of the nervous
system of Bipes biporus. Conference proceedings Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
Moustakas, J. E., Rosengaus, R. B., and Traniello, J. F. A. 2000. Pathogen load,
nesting ecology, and disease resistance in termites. Conference proceedings
Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Bloomington, IN.
Moustakas, J. E. 1999. Pathogen load in woodroaches and termites: comparisons of
Cryptocercus, Reticulitermes, Zootermopsis and Incisitermes. Conference
proceedings Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.
GRADUATE ADVISOR
Kevin Padian