User:John J. Dennehy
I'm an evolutionary ecologist that uses microbial organisms to test ecological and evolutionary hypotheses. Mostly I work with bacteriophages, but I also use bacteria and nematodes.
Education
CLARK UNIVERSITY, Worcester, MA Ph.D. Biology (2003) (Supervised by Dr. Todd Livdahl)
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow, ID M.S. Zoology (1997) (Supervised by Dr. John Byers)
MERRIMACK COLLEGE, N. Andover, MA B.A. Biology (1995) (Supervised by Dr. Larry Kelts)
Teaching and Research Experience
2006-pres. Postdoctoral Associate (Mentor: Ing-Nang Wang), University of Albany
2003-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow (Mentor: Paul Turner), Yale University
2001-2002 Biology Instructor: Addison-Wesley Tutor Center, Boston, MA
2002 Teaching Assistant: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Clark University
2001 Lecturer: Introduction to Biology (I & II), Clark University
2001 Teaching Assistant: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Clark University
2001 Teaching Assistant: Population Biology, Clark University
2000 Teaching Assistant: Biodiversity, Clark University
1999-2000 Teaching Assistant: Introductory Biology, Clark University
1998-2000 Writing Consultant: The Writing Center, Clark University
1998-1999 Research Assistant: Population Biology Laboratory, Clark University
1997-1998 Teaching Assistant: Introductory Biology, Clark University
1995-1997 Teaching Assistant: Introductory Biology, University of Idaho
1995 Research Assistant: Behring Diagnostics, Westwood, MA
1995 Environmental Ed. Intern: Long Lake Conservation Center, Palisade, MN
1994-1995 Microbiologist: Morton International Co., N. Andover, MA
Publications
Dennehy, J.J. & Abedon, S.T. Turner, P.E. 2007. Habitat structure, host density, and the strength of selection on phage genotypes. (In press: Evolution).
Dennehy, J.J., Friedenberg N., Yang, Y. & Turner, P.E. 2007. Virus population extinction via ecological traps. Ecology Letters 10: 230-237.
Monello, R.J., Dennehy, J.J., Murray, D. & Wirsing A. J. 2006. Species differences among native ranids in coping with an exotic invader, the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana. Journal of Herpetology 40: 403-407
Dennehy, J.J., Yang, Y., Friedenberg N. & Turner, P.E. 2006. Bacteriophage migration via nematode vectors: host-parasite-consumer interactions in laboratory microcosms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72: 1974-1979. (Recommended Paper: Faculty of 1000).
Dennehy, J.J., Friedenberg, N. Holt, R.D. & Turner, P.E. 2006. Viral ecology and the maintenance of novel host use. The American Naturalist 167: 429-439. (Recommended Paper: Faculty of 1000).
Evans, M. and Dennehy, J.J. 2005. Germ Banking: Bet hedging and variable release from egg and seed dormancy. Quarterly Review of Biology 80: 431-451.
Dennehy, J.J. & Turner, P.E. 2004. Reduced fecundity is the cost of cheating in RNA virus Φ6. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 271: 2275-2282.
Dennehy, J.J. & Livdahl, T. 2004. Polymorphic foraging behavior among Caenorhabditis elegans. Frequency- and density-dependent selection. Journal of Nematology 36: 276-280.
Dennehy, J.J. Robakiewicz, P. and Livdahl, T. 2001. Larval rearing conditions affect kin-mediated cannibalism in a treehole mosquito. Oikos 95: 335-339.
Dennehy, J.J. 2001. Influence of social dominance rank on diet quality of pronghorn females. Behavioral Ecology 12: 177-181.
Dennehy, J.J. and Livdahl, T. 1999. First record of Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: culicidae) in Massachusetts. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 15: 24-25.