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Education
- Ph.D in Integrative Biology, University of Central Florida, 2021
- M.S. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2019
- B.S. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2014
Publications
Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Floral Traits in Cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Jordan A Dowell, *Erin C Reynolds, Tessa P Pliakas, Jennifer R Mandel, John M Burke, Lisa A Donovan, Chase M Mason, Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Floral Traits in Cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus), Journal of Heredity, Volume 110, Issue 3, May 2019, Pages 275–286, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esz013
(1) Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Floral Traits in Cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
Jordan A Dowell, *Erin C Reynolds, Tessa P Pliakas, Jennifer R Mandel, John M Burke, Lisa A Donovan, Chase M Mason, Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Floral Traits in Cultivated Sunflower (Helianthus annuus), Journal of Heredity, Volume 110, Issue 3, May 2019, Pages 275–286, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esz013
Correlation in plant volatile metabolites: physiochemical properties as a proxy for enzymatic pathways and an alternative metric of biosynthetic constraint
Dowell, J.A., Mason, C.M. Correlation in plant volatile metabolites: physiochemical properties as a proxy for enzymatic pathways and an alternative metric of biosynthetic constraint. Chemoecology (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-020-00322-4
Evolutionary trade-offs in the chemical defense of floral and fruit tissues across genus Cornus
De La Pascua, D. R., Smith-Winterscheidt, C., Dowell, J. A., Goolsby, E. W., and Mason, C. M.. 2020. Evolutionary trade-offs in the chemical defense of floral and fruit tissues across genus Cornus. American Journal of Botany 107(9): 1260–1273.
Genetic control of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization by ( Rhizophagus intraradices ) in ( Helianthus annuus (L.) )
Stahlhut, K.N., Dowell, J.A. , Temme, A.A. et al. Genetic control of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization by Rhizophagus intraradices in Helianthus annuus (L.). Mycorrhiza 31, 723–734 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-021-01050-5
Broad diversity in monoterpene–sesquiterpene balance across wild sunflowers: Implications of leaf and floral volatiles for biotic interactions
Bahmani, K., Robinson, A., Majumder, S., LaVardera, A., Dowell, J. A. , Goolsby, E. W., and Mason, C. M.. 2022. Broad diversity in monoterpene–sesquiterpene balance across wild sunflowers: implications of leaf and floral volatiles for biotic interactions. American Journal of Botany 109(12): 2051–2067. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16093
Deciphering Plant-Insect-Microorganism Signals for Sustainable Crop Production
Thomas, G.; Rusman, Q.; Morrison, W.R., III; Magalhães, D.M.; Dowell, J.A.; Ngumbi, E.; Osei-Owusu, J.; Kansman, J.; Gaffke, A.; Pagadala Damodaram, K.J.; et al. Deciphering Plant-Insect-Microorganism Signals for Sustainable Crop Production. Biomolecules 2023, 13, 997. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13060997
Deciphering Plant-Insect-Microorganism Signals for Sustainable Crop Production
Thomas, G.; Rusman, Q.; Morrison, W.R., III; Magalhães, D.M.; Dowell, J.A.; Ngumbi, E.; Osei-Owusu, J.; Kansman, J.; Gaffke, A.; Pagadala Damodaram, K.J.; et al. Deciphering Plant-Insect-Microorganism Signals for Sustainable Crop Production. Biomolecules 2023, 13, 997. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13060997
Talks
Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley CA, USA
Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK
Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA
Landscape Scale: inter-and intraspecific variation in plant interactions along a stress gradient in the sheep mountain range
Talk at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Graduate Student Seminar series, Las Vegas, Nevada
Introduction to Random Forest models
Workshop at University of Central Florida, Biology Graduate Student Association data science seminar, Orlando, Florida
Teaching
Work experience
- 2020-Present: Reviewing Editor for Applications in Plant Sciences
- Advisor: TBD
- Responsibilities include: Identifying suitable reviewers, synthesizing external reviews, working alongside associate editors on decision processes, proposing topics for review articles and special issues, and providing input on new journal activities.
- 2017: Research Associate, University of Nevada, Reno-Cooperative Extension
- Advisor: Tammara Wynne
- Development of outreach focused experiments concerning domesticated Solanum lycopersicum production in the Mojave Desert.
- 2017: Research Associate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Advisors: Lorenzo Apodaca and Dale Devitt
- Development and implementation of image analysis-based methods of xylem flow dynamics in urban horticulture trees. Implementation of multidimensional kriging of climate data concerning the ambient effects of photovoltaic power plants on native shrublands.
- 2015: Restoration Ecology Intern, Great Basin institute, Nevada, Las Vegas
- Advisor: Russell Lee Nasrallah
- Improvement of highly visible and ecologically important state and national park resources by controlling exotic plants, maintaining hiking trails, and providing an educational resource for park visitors. (Great Basin National Park, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, Desert National Wildlife Refuge, and Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge).
- 2012-2013: Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Nevada, Las
- Advisors: Tereza Jezkova and Javier Rodriguez
- Improvement of highly visible and ecologically important state and national park resources by controlling exotic plants, maintaining hiking trails, and providing an educational resource for park visitors. (Great Basin National Park, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, Desert National Wildlife Refuge, and Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge).
Service and Leadership
- UCF College of Science Visiting Scholars program 2020-Reocurring
- $32,000 per year Internal funding allocation (pending)
- Co-author Ian Will
- Initiative to supply funding to bring in historical underrepresented scholars to give research seminars and supply a mentorship opportunity for historically underrepresented undergraduate and graduate students.
- American Society of Plant Biology panel member; “Interested in Graduate School”
- July 2020
- Answered questions concerning graduate school funding and career options for an audience of ~100 undergraduate participants.
- Science Pawdcast guest speaker; working title: “Talking plants & challenges of BIPOC in graduate education”
- July 2020
- Currently in production
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- Underaduate Internship Consultant
- SEE Turtles organization BIPOC scholarship fund 2020-Reocurring
- $10,000
- Supplied guidance on barriers for BIPOC engaging in field study summer programs and developed a funding schema to house and pay students.
- Reviewer
- Oikos, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Chemoecology
- Biology Graduate Student Association
- President, University of Central Florida, Aug. 2019-present
- Secretary, University of Central Florida, Aug. 2018-2019
- UCF’s Biology Integrated Orlando Training and Enrichment Camp 2018
- Plant Science coordinator
- Developed and taught a weeklong curriculum of plant science focused experiments to engage over 30 high school students from the surrounding Orlando metropolitan area in current research techniques, such as genomics and metabolomics.
- Botanical Society of America Graduate School Career Panel (UCF Chapter)
- September 2019
- Answered questions concerning graduate school funding and career options for an audience of 50 undergraduate participants.
- Plants Beyond Limits Conference
- Graduate Student Coordinator, University of Central Florida, Aug. 2017
- Initiated, organized, and funded the first student-led conference of Plants Beyond Limits at UCF with ~500 attendees, 20 speakers, and 15 submitted posters from graduate students and postdocs