Nicholas R Polato

EDUCATION:

Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
2006 - present
PhD program in Ecology

SUNY University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY 14214
B.S., 2000
Major: Biology & Environmental Studies (double major)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

09/03-9/06 - Cornell University - Laboratory of Susan R McCouch - Laboratory Technician III/ Research Assistant

05/03-08/03 - Southern Sierra Research Station - Survey Team Leader

03/03-05/03 - Colorado Division of Wildlife - Biological Technician

03/02-08/02 - USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station - Biological Technician

08/01-11/01 - Redwood Science Lab/USFS - Forest Carnivore Research Assistant

04/01-08/01 - University of Washington / USFS - Field Biologist

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:

2007 - GRFP Predoctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation

2006/2007 - Braddock Graduate Fellowship, Penn State University Department of Biology

2000 - High distinction in Evolutionary Studies, SUNY at Buffalo Department of Biology

2000 - Certificate of achievement in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, SUNY Buffalo Department of Biology

PAPERS:

Thomson, M., N. Polato, J. Prasetiyono, et al. (In Review) "Local genetic diversity of Indonesian rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces collected in East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo".

Mather, K., A. Caicedo, N. Polato, et al. (2007) "The extent of linkage disequilibrium in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)" Genetics 177: 2223-2232.

Caicedo, A., S. Williamson, R. Hernandez, et al. (2007) "Genome-Wide Patterns of Nucleotide Polymorphism in Domesticated Rice" PLoS Genetics. 3(9): e163.

Olsen, K. M., A. L. Caicedo, N. R. Polato, et al. (2006). "Selection under domestication: evidence for a sweep in the rice waxy genomic region." Genetics 173(2): 975­83.

PRESENTATIONS:

Polato NR, Baums IB. Connectivity and Climate Change: Impacts on a Reef Building Coral in the Tropical Eastern Pacific, 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft Lauderdale, July 2008.

POSTERS:

Baums IB, Polato NR, Hellberg ME. ENSO mediated gene flow in the eastern Pacific. American Academy of Underwater Scientists annual meeting, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, March 2007.

Polato NR, Freedman J, Clemente L, Bryk A, Recupido AJ, White T, & Crane R. The status of Dreissenid mussels in the inland waters of Pennsylvania. American Academy of Underwater Scientists annual meeting, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, March 2007.