Heidi Hopkins 1201 Gabaldon Dr. NW, #1 Albuquerque, NM 87104 hhopkins@unm.edu 505/507‐1218 Education 2009 PhD candidate, Biology UNM, Albuquerque, NM. Anticipated date of completion‐‐Spring, 2014 1998 MA, cum laude, Education Chapman University, Orange, CA 1987 BA, History Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA Professional History Museum Visits 1/11 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Funded by Kelly Miller Lab of Insect Systematics 8/10 Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Funded by Jessup Fellowship for Research 8/10 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Funded by Smithsonian Institution Short‐Term Visitor Grant Field Research Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, California, Nevada, Arizona 7‐8/12 Joint lead on three collecting trips throughout the southwest for Arenivaga specimens and arthropods for MSB, UNM. 3/12 Parque Internacional la Amistad, Panama Member of field crew collecting arthropods on joint mammal/arthropod collection trip for Museum of Southwestern Biology, UNM. Okavango Delta, Botswana 11/11‐1/12 5 weeks of collecting in and around the Okavango Delta region of Botswana. Included organizing permitting, travel and housing; hiring field assistant, 4WD vehicle and generator; all aspects of field operations; preservation and packing of specimens; curation of specimens. 8/11 White Sands National Monument, NM Member of field crew collecting arthropods for comparative bio‐blast grant between Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico and White Sands, NM. 1/11‐6/11 Tambopata Nature Preserve, Peru Planned field biology course trip for UNM undergraduates, including permitting, travel and housing, field operations, coursework implementation and grading, and supervision of field collection activities. Cuatro Cienegas and Baja, Mexico and NM, USA 5/10‐7/10 Member of field crew collecting arthropods for comparative bio‐blast grant between Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico and White Sands, NM. Planned and conducted collections work in Baja, Mexico, including permitting, car insurance, budgeting, and route planning. Funded by the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant for work in the field. Teaching Assistant/Graduate Assistant/Research Assistant UNM Biology Dept., Albuquerque, NM 8/09‐present As teaching assistant complete assigned duties for lab or discussion sections of various undergraduate biology courses; to date I have taught Cell Biology, Discovering Non‐Insect Arthropods, and General Invertebrate Zoology. Develop lab lesson plans, collect/order materials for labs, attend meetings and class lectures as required. Grade assignments and tests and maintain gradebook of student scores. As graduate assistant plan Field Biology trip to Peru for the Kelly Miller Molecular Lab, including travel, accommodations, vehicle rentals, generator acquisition, permitting, and disposition of specimens as well as TA duties for the course itself. As research assistant complete all aspects of DNA research from extraction to PCR to sequencing, as well as sequence editing and alignment. Visitor Services Facilitator Explora Science Museum, Albuquerque, NM 12/07‐7/09 Maintain supplies and appearance of fully interactive exhibits. Assist public with their interactions with the exhibits. Handle live animals and educate visitors about same. Animal care and habitat maintenance. Propose new exhibits and improvements to existing exhibits; proposal for decomposition exhibit was approved and is now a permanent part of the museum. Graduate Student University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1/08‐5/09 Completed 22 credits of coursework in preparation for Fall, 2009 application to PhD program in biology. Substitute Teacher Menaul School, Albuquerque, NM 2/06‐11/07 All aspects of substitute teaching including teaching, grading, attendance, discipline, and other supervisory and classroom maintenance tasks. Offered full‐time position but turned down after deciding to return to school. Amphitheater High School, Tucson, AZ 10th Grade World History Teacher/Asst. Swim Coach 6/03‐8/04 Teaching Responsibilities: Obtaining and maintaining teaching certificate. All aspects of teaching including planning and teaching lessons in history and geography, ordering supplies, grading, parent contact, and meeting attendance. All aspects of classroom climate and discipline. Coaching Responsibilities: All aspects of assistant coaching including helping to plan workouts, supervising warm ups, workouts, meets, and locker room, and obtaining and maintaining CPR and First Aid certificates. Grants Awarded 7/15/12 Office of Graduate Studies Summer RPT Grant– $630 5/4/10 Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Grant in support of work in the field– $1500 3/5/10 Jessup Fellowship for Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences– $1250 2/24/10 Smithsonian Institution Short‐Term Visitor Grant– $1200 Presentations and Awards 5/2/12 UNM Biology Department Brown Bag Presentation “Exquisite Genitalia: Systematics, Cockroaches, and the Radiation of Arenivaga (Rehn)” 11/11‐11/16/11 59th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV. Second Place Award: “A Revision of the Genus Arenivaga Rehn (Blattodea, Polyphagidae, Polyphaginae)” in the graduate paper competition, Systematic and Evolutionary Biology section. 4/1/11 20th Annual Reasearch Day, Dept. of Biology, UNM. Poster: “A Revision of the Genus Arenivaga Rehn (Blattodea, Polyphagidae, Polyphaginae)”. 12/12‐12/15/10 58th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA. Second Place Award: “A Revision of the Genus Arenivaga Rehn (Blattodea, Polyphagidae, Polyphaginae)” in the graduate poster competition, Systematic and Evolutionary Biology section. 4/2/10 19th Annual Research Day, Dept. of Biology, UNM. Talk: “A Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Arenivaga (Blattodea, Polyphagidae); Review of the Literature and Search for Characters.” Consultations and Other Activities August 2012 Provide cockroach identification for National Geographic photographer. Spring 2012 Provide cockroach identifications for Ecuador Entomofauna Field Guide to Kelly Swing PhD, Director Estacion Tiputini, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito 2/9/12 Volunteer, Dine with a Graduate Student, UNM Biology Open House for Prospective Graduate Students. May 2011‐present Scheduling and publicity for UNM Biology Weekly Brown Bag Speaker Series. 2010‐present Consultant to BugGuide.net on cockroach identification and public inquiries on cockroaches. April 2011, 2012 Judge for UNM Biology Department Research Day. 2011‐2012 Mentor to an undergraduate biology student Nicholas Homziak in the UnO (Undergraduate Opportunities) program. 10/4/11 Participant in Graduate Student Seminar Panel for UnO. 2010, 2011 Cockroach presentations to elementary students. 5/5/11, 5/3/12 Judge for Rayos Elementary Science Fair. 3/7/11 Reader for GRAC research grants. 2/13/10 Judge for the 37th Southwestern Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Albuquerque, NM. Professional Memberships Entomological Society of America