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HAYLEY C. LANIER—Curriculum Vitae
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Museum of Zoology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (2010-present)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology. Postdoctoral supervisor: L. Lacey Knowles
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Office: 1089 Ruthven
Tel: 907-347-9764
hclanier@umich.edu
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK. (2004–2010)
Ph.D. in Biological Sciences. Department of Biology and Wildlife. Dissertation:
Phylogeography, ecogeographic variation, and evolutionary history of the collared pika
Committee: Link E. Olson (major professor), P. Doak, K. McCracken, and F. Huettmann
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. (1999–2004)
B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Departmental and University Honors. Senior Honors
Thesis: Variation in Pleistocene and Recent North American red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
mandibular morphology. Mentored by Robert M. Timm and Larry D. Martin
RESEARCH & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Publications (Peer Reviewed) [ § undergraduate co-author]
Reese, A.T. § , H.C. Lanier, and E.J. Sargis. Skeletal indicators of ecological specialization in pika
(Mammalia, Ochotonidae). Journal of Morphology. Accepted.
Lanier, H.C., D.L. Edwards, L.L. Knowles. Phylogenetic structure of vertebrate communities
across the Australian arid zone. Journal of Biogeography. In press.
Lanier, H.C. and L.E. Olson. 2012. Deep barriers, shallow divergences: reduced
phylogeographic structure in North America’s other pika, the collared pika (Ochotona
collaris). Journal of Biogeography. In press.
Knowles, L.L.*, H.C. Lanier*, Kilmov, P.B., and Q. He. 2012. Full modeling versus summarizing
gene-tree uncertainty: method choice and species-tree accuracy. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution 65:501-509. [*Authors contributed equally]
Lanier, H.C. and L.L. Knowles. 2012. Is recombination a problem for species-tree analyses?
Systematic Biology 61:691-701.
Gunderson, A.G., H.C. Lanier, and L.E. Olson. 2012. Limited phylogeographic structure and
genetic variation in Alaska’s arctic and alpine endemic, the Alaska marmot. Journal of
Mammalogy 93:66-75.
Roberts, T.E., H.C. Lanier, E.J. Sargis, and L.E. Olson. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of
treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia) and the timescale of diversification in Southeast
Asia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 60:358–372.
Weksler, M., H.C. Lanier, and L.E. Olson. 2010. Eastern Beringian biogeography: Historical and
spatial genetic structure of singing voles (Microtus miurus) in Alaska. Journal of
Biogeography 37:1414–1431.
Lanier, H.C., and L.E. Olson. 2009. Inferring divergence times within pikas (genus Ochotona)
using mtDNA and relaxed molecular dating techniques. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution 53:1–12.
Olson, L.E., Z. Rakotomalala, K.B.P. Hildebrandt, H.C. Lanier, C.J. Raxworthy, and S.M.
Goodman. 2009. Phylogeography of Microgale brevicaudata (Tenrecidae) and description
of a new species from western Madagascar. Journal of Mammalogy 90:1095–1100.

H.C. Lanier—Curriculum Vitae
Other Publications (not peer-reviewed)
Matson, J.O., W. Bulmer, R.P, Eckerlin, H.C. Lanier, and N. Woodman. 2010. Small mammals
from a cloud forest in the Montañas de Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. Virginia
Journal of Science 61:57-58.
Manuscripts In Review
Lanier, H.C. (book chapter) Ochotona collaris. Lagomorphs of the World. A.T. Smith, ed. Johns
Hopkins University Press (tentative publisher).
Lanier, H.C., A.M. Gunderson, M. Weksler, V.B. Fedorov, and L.E. Olson. Comparative
phylogeography of eastern Beringian mammals highlights the double-edged sword of
climate change faced by arctic- and alpine-adapted species. In Revision for Global
Change Biology.
Lanier, H.C. H. Huang, and L.L. Knowles. How low can you go? The effects of mutation rate on
the accuracy of species-tree reconstruction. In Review at Systematic Biology.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Lanier, H.C. and L.L. Knowles. Can species-tree analyses be used to for deep phylogenetics?
Lanier, H.C. and L.E. Olson. Ecogeographic variation in collared pikas (Ochotona collaris) in the
context of global climate change.
Professional Preparation
2010-present: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
2005–2010: University of Alaska Museum, Graduate Curatorial and Research Assistant,
Mammalogy Department
2001–2004: University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Undergraduate Curatorial
Assistant, Mammalogy Department
2003–2004: Western Aleutians Archeological and Paleobiological Project, Undergraduate
Research Assistant
Research and Travel Grants Received
2011-2013: NSF, Systematics and Biodiversity Sciences. ($332,674) Identifying the utility of
species-tree approaches for deep radiations. Senior personnel; PI L.L. Knowles
2008: National Science Foundation. ($9,314) Proposal: “Dissertation research: Thrice through
Beringia? Unraveling the evolution of North American pikas.” (DEB-0808619,
Phylogenetic Systematics). Co-PI with L.E. Olson
2008: Ted McHenry Biology Field Research Fund. ($5,000) Funding to conduct fieldwork in the
Copper River Basin of southcentral Alaska
2008: American Society of Mammalogists Grant-in-Aid of Research. ($1,500) Proposal:
“Refugial signals in the Wrangell-St. Elias region”
2007: Alaska EPSCoR Dissertation Enhancement Grant. ($9,000) Proposal: “Calibrating the
clock for historical demography of the collared pika (Ochotona collaris): Phylochronology
and population delimitation in an alpine lagomorph”
2006: Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research. ($720) Proposal: “Body size clines in a changing
climate? Testing hypotheses of Bergmannian trends in an alpine lagomorph (Ochotona
collaris)”
2003: Undergraduate Research Award Biological Science Division, University of Kansas. ($291)
Funding to purchase supplies to conduct undergraduate honors thesis research
2002, 2003: KU Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, Panorama Society
Rudkin Award for Undergraduate Research. ($5,000) Funding to conduct fieldwork in the
Aleutian Islands
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H.C. Lanier—Curriculum Vitae
2003-2010: Competitive travel grants awarded from the University of Kansas Howieson
Opportunity Fund, The University of Alaska Graduate School, The Alaska Quaternary
Center, and Alaska EPSCoR ($6200, total)
Awards, Fellowships, and Honors
2011–2013: FIRST IV Postdoctoral Fellow—competitive NSF-funded fellowship to improve the
quality of undergraduate education through learner-centered teaching
2009: Institute of Arctic Biology Summer Fellowship in Ecology and Wildlife Biology. ($10,000)
Proposal: “Persistence through hard times? Pikas and the long-term effects of climate
change within northern regions”
2008: Alaska Quaternary Center David and Rachel Hopkins Fellowship. ($1,500) Proposal:
“Refugium or crossroads? Alpine biogeography in the Wrangell-St. Elias region”
2008: American Society of Mammalogists Elmer C. Birney Honorarium. ($1,500) Award to
present research in the plenary session of the 2008 ASM meeting
2005–2006: Alaska EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship. ($22,000) Proposal: “Patterns of
phylogeographic and phenotypic divergence in a patchily distributed arctic alpine
mammal, the collared pika (Ochotona collaris).” Academic year 2005-2006
2004: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Honorable Mention
2004: Pauline Kimball Prize, Biological Sciences Division, University of Kansas. ($300) Awarded
to an Outstanding Woman Senior in Biology
Invited Presentations
Lanier, H.C. 2012. “Mammals on mountaintops.” Keynote address for Women In Science Day,
Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Lanier, H.C. 2012. “Deep barriers, shallow structure: How history and selection drive diversity in
pikas.” Departmental Seminar, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Lanier, H.C. 2012. “Evaluating species-tree approaches for resolving the Tree of Life.”
Workshop: Estimating Species Trees. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Lanier, H.C. 2008. “Whence and when? Testing divergence hypotheses within pikas (Genus
Ochotona) using relaxed molecular clocks." Plenary Session address at American Society
of Mammalogists Annual Meeting. Brookings, South Dakota.
Lanier, H.C., and J. Thomas. 2002. “Aleutian Islands Research Experiences.” KU Natural
History Museum Board of Fall Meeting. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Conference Presentations [ § undergraduate co-author]
Lanier, H.C. and L.L. Knowles. 2012. “Using species-tree methods to resolve deep
phylogenies”, Evolution, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Reese, A.T. § , H.C. Lanier, and E.J. Sargis. 2012. “Skeletal indicators of ecological specialization
in pika (Ochotona)”, American Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting. Reno, Nevada
[Received the ASM Undergraduate Student Research Award]
Lanier, H.C. and L.L. Knowles. 2011. “How accurate are species trees when model assumptions
are violated?” Evolution Conference, Norman, Oklahoma
Lanier, H.C. 2010. “Effects of latitude and climate cycling on phylogeographic structuring within
pikas” Evolution Conference, Portland, Oregon
Lanier, H.C. 2010. “Effects of latitude and climate cycling on phylogeographic structuring within
pikas” American Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting, Laramie, Wyoming
Lanier, H.C., A.M. Gunderson, V. Fedorov, M. Weksler, and L.E. Olson. 2009. "Comparative
phylogeography of alpine mammals in Eastern Beringia." American Society of
Mammalogists Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska
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H.C. Lanier—Curriculum Vitae
Lanier, H.C., A.M. Gunderson, V. Fedorov, M. Weksler, and L.E. Olson. 2009, "Historical
demography, range shifts, and interglacial refugia: Comparative phylogeography of alpine
mammals in Eastern Beringia." Evolution Conference, Moscow, Idaho
Lanier, H.C., and L.E. Olson. 2008. "Phylogeography and historical demography of North
America's northernmost ochotonid, the collared pika (Ochotona collaris)." 3rd World
Lagomorph Conference. Morelia, Mexico
Lanier, H.C., and L.E. Olson. 2008. "Hard rocks and soft dates: Using molecular dating to
evaluate the evolutionary history of pikas in North America." American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Arctic Division, Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska
Lanier, H.C., and L.E. Olson. 2007. "Living on the edge? Climate change and the evolution of
the collared pika." Wildlife Society, Alaskan Chapter, Annual Meeting, Juneau, Alaska
Lanier, H.C., and L.E. Olson. 2006. “Pikas, peaks, and post-glacial colonization:
Phylogeography of an alpine lagomorph, Ochotona collaris.” American Society of
Mammalogists Annual Meeting. Amherst, Massachusetts
Lanier, H.C., and L.E. Olson. 2005. “Are North American pikas monophyletic?” American
Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting. Springfield, Missouri
Lanier, H.C. 2005. “Pika plinking: Systematics and phylogeography of an Alpine lagomorph.”
Biobites: Biology and Wildlife Departmental Graduate Student Seminar Series, University
of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska
Poster Presentations [ § undergraduate co-author]
Ramírez, L.N. § , E. Economo, B. Blanchard § , H. Lanier, L.L. Knowles. 2011. The Evolutionary
History of Melanesian Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) inferred with mtDNA.
Evolution, Norman, Oklahoma
Matson, J.O., W. Bulmer, R.P, Eckerlin, H.C. Lanier, and N. Woodman. 2010. Small mammals
from a cloud forest in the Montañas de Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala. American
Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska
Lanier, H.C., and L.E. Olson. 2006. “Behavioral and morphological evolution in the genus
Ochotona.” Evo-WIBO: Evolutionary Biologists of the Pacific Northwest Conference. Port
Townsend, Washington
Professional Development
2009: Scientific Teaching and Active Learning, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 27 March, 3 April
2008: Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, 27 June –
15 August
2008: BioGeomancer: The Georeferencing Road Show, University of Alaska Museum, 11–13
February. Taught by J. Wieczorek, UC Berkeley
2006: University of Alaska EPSCoR Retreat, Fairbanks, AK, 11–13 March
2004: Eco-Cultural Niche Modeling Workshop, University of Kansas, 11–13 March
Professional Societies
American Society of Mammalogists 2004–present
IUCN/SSC Lagomorph Specialist Group 2009–2012
Society for the Study of Systematic Biology 2004–present
World Lagomorph Society 2008–present
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE & AWARDS
H.C. Lanier—Curriculum Vitae
Awards and Honors
2011–2013: FIRST IV Postdoctoral Fellow—competitive NSF funded fellowship to improve the
quality of undergraduate education through learner-centered teaching
2009: Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistant (for Mammalogy; nominated by
students and faculty)
Educational Grants Received
2009: UAF Office of the Provost. ($16,230) Upgrades to and enhancement of the Department of
Biology and Wildlife's mammal teaching collection. Co-PI with L.E. Olson
Instructor Experience
2012: University of Michigan, Instructor—Introductory Biology: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(BIOL 171; undergraduate majors course)
2009: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Interim Instructor—Advanced Topics in Evolution:
Variation below the species level (BIOL 644; graduate-level course)
2004, 2006, 2008: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Graduate Teaching Assistant and Lab
Instructor—Mammalogy (BIOL 425; undergraduate majors course)
2008: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Graduate Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor—
Vertebrate Paleontology (GEOS F492/BIOL F492; undergraduate elective)
2004: University of Kansas, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant—Evolution (BIOL 412)
Guest Lectures
2012: University of Michigan, Evolution of Life: Glimmer of Life; Origins of Life (non-majors
biology course)
2008, 2009: University of Alaska Fairbanks Vertebrate Paleontology: Rocks, Molecular Clocks,
and the Radiation of the Eutheria (cross-listed biology/paleontology course for majors)
2008, 2006: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Mammalogy: Chiroptera; Glires and Lagomorpha
(undergraduate majors course)
Students Mentored (undergraduate unless otherwise indicated)
2010–2012: Aspen Reese (Yale University) Senior Thesis: Skeletal Indicators of Ecological
Specialization in Pika (Mammalia, Ochotonidae). Awarded Greg Yamanaka Senior Essay
Prize (Yale) and the Undergraduate Student Research Award (American Society of
Mammalogists)
2010–2012: Lizette Ramerez (University of Michigan) Honors Thesis: The Evolutionary History
of the Pacific Islands Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) inferred with mtDNA.
2010–2011: Kandice Karll (Adrian College) Molecular ecology & landscape genetics techniques
2007: Heather Bryant, Elizabeth Miller, and Sarah Moore (University of Alaska Fairbanks) in
fieldwork techniques for the study of small mammals
2005–2006: Ruth Ann Dohner (senior at West Valley High School, Fairbanks, AK) Molecular
ecology of small mammals; project won the Alaska Statewide Science Symposium
Animal Diversity Web Accounts (co-authored with undergraduate students)
Leininger, C. 2009. "Ochotona collaris" (Online), Animal Diversity Web.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Ochotona_collaris/
Dullen, K. 2009. "Peromyscus keeni" (Online), Animal Diversity Web.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Peromyscus_keeni/
Reese, A.T. 2012. “Ochotonidae” (Online), Animal Diversity Web.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Ochotonidae/
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H.C. Lanier—Curriculum Vitae
OUTREACH AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Museum Exhibits
2012: Conceptualized, developed and designed content and art work for the University of
Michigan Exhibit Museum special exhibit: “DNA and the Tree of Life”
2006: Content contributor for University of Alaska Museum special exhibit: “The Nature and Art
of Collections”
Outreach
2012: Keynote speaker at Women in Science Day, Washburn University, Topeka, KS. Event
geared towards introducing 8 th grade girls to science careers
2012: Presented on vertebrates for summer science camp at Estabrook Elementary School
2010: Science Fair Judge for University of Michigan BioBlitz poster session - a program
targeting children from the Detroit school system
2010: Presentation on mammals, natural history, and art at Anne Wien Elementary School
2008: Compiled statistics and prepared slides for presentation commemorating the 100,000 th
and 100,001 st specimens in the University of Alaska Museum’s mammal collection
2008: Science Fair Judge at Wood River Elementary & Anne Wien Elementary Schools
2007: Provided the subject area expertise for article on pikas and photography published by
Moose Peterson in the BT Journal
2007: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Guest lecture on mammals and climate change for the
Rural Alaskan Honors Institute-II (a summer program for Alaskan high school students)
2002–present: Public education and outreach at KU Natural History Museum, University of
Alaska Museum, and the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, including open
houses, collections tours, preparation of exhibit content, and public demonstrations of
specimens and museum science
Professional Service
2011–present: Recording Secretary, American Society of Mammalogists (elected position)
2011–2012: Early Career Science Symposium Committee at the University of Michigan
2009–2012: IUCN/SSC Lagomorph Specialist Group
2009–2012: American Society of Mammalogists Board of Directors (elected position)
2008–2009: Graduate student representative on and co-chair of the Host Committee for the 89 th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists
2008–2009: Organized the Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Seminar Series at the University
of Alaska
2006–2007: President of Biology and Wildlife Graduate Student Association
2006–2009: Organizer, University of Alaska Museum evolution journal club
2005: Organizer of Biology and Wildlife Graduate Student Seminar Series
American Society of Mammalogists committee service: Resolutions Committee, Education and
Graduate Students Committee, Grants-In-Aid Committee, President’s Ad-Hoc Committee
on Membership
Ad Hoc reviewer: BMC Evolutionary Biology, BMC Research Notes, CBE-Life Sciences
Education, Conservation Genetics, Current Zoology, Evolution, Heredity, International
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Journal of Biogeography,
Journal of Heredity, Journal of Mammalogy, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetics
and Evolution, Systematic Biology, Zootaxa
Proposal reviewer: American Society of Mammalogists Grants-in-Aid of Research, American
Society of Mammalogists Fellowships, Center for Global Change Student Grant
Competition
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