Short CV
Patricia Signe White
Born: Murray, Kentucky
Calloway County High School, 2004-2008
Education
Emory University
PhD, Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, 2014-2019
Department of Biology
Advisors: Dr. Levi Morran (Morran Lab Website) and Dr. Jaap de Roode (de Roode Lab Website)
Indiana University, 2008-2012
BA, Anthropology
BS, Human Biology (concentration: Human Origins & Survival)
Current Positions
Previous Experience
Workshops
Publications
White, P.S., *Arslan, D., *Kim, D., Penley, M.J. & Morran, L.T. 2021. Host genetic drift and adaptation in the evolution and maintenance of parasite resistance. J. Evol. Biol. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13785
Gibson AK, White PS, Penley MJ, de Roode JC, Morran LT. 2020 An experimental test of parasite adaptation to common vs. rare host genotypes. Biol. Lett. 16 (7): 20200210 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0210
White PS, *Choi A, *Pandey R, *Menezes A, Penley MJ, Gibson AK, de Roode JC, Morran LT. 2019 The evolution of virulence in heterogeneous host populations. Biol. Lett. 16 (1): 20190744 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0744
White, P.S., Penley, M.J., Tierney, A.R.P., Soper, D.M., and Morran, L.T. Dauer life stage of Caenorhabditis elegans induces elevated levels of defense against the parasite Serratia marcescens. Scientific Reports 9:11575 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47969-w
de Amorim, Julia, Brendan O’Flaherty, Nicholas Harbin, and P. Signe White. 2019. “Hazardous PFAS chemicals in Georgia’s drinking water.” Journal of Science Policy & Governance 14(2).
White, P.S., Morran, L.T., and de Roode, J.C. (2017). A Quick Guide: Phoresy. Curr. Biol. 27, R578-R580.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.073
Adrion JR, White PS, Montooth KL. 2015. The Roles of Compensatory Evolution and Constraint in Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase Evolution. Mol. Biol. Evol. 33:152-161. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv206
Full CV
Patricia Signe White
Born: Murray, Kentucky
Calloway County High School, 2004-2008
Education
Emory University
PhD, Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, 2014-2019
Department of Biology
Advisors: Dr. Levi Morran (Morran Lab Website) and Dr. Jaap de Roode (de Roode Lab Website)
Indiana University, 2008-2012
BA, Anthropology
BS, Human Biology (concentration: Human Origins & Survival)
Current Positions
- Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr. Mike Boots, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, February 2022-current
Previous Experience
- Citizen Science Lead Faculty, Science and Policy Strand, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, January 2022
- Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr. Sara Jackrel, Section in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 2020-2021
- Co-Vice Chair of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Postdoctoral Association (PDA), UC San Diego, 2021
- Citizen Science Faculty, Communication Strand, Bard College, January 2021
- Piedmont Teaching Fellowship in Sustainability, Teaching, and Curriculum, 2018
- Scholarly Inquiry and Research at Emory (SIRE) Graduate Fellow, 2017-2018
- Research Associate for Dr. Kristi Montooth, Indiana University, Department of Biology, 2012-2014
Workshops
- Torrey Pines Leadership Development Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys, 2021-2022
- Academic Laboratory Management & Leadership Symposium via Torrey Pines Training Consortium, February & March 2021
- Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science workshop, Office of Postdoctoral Education, Emory University, September 2019
- ComSciCon - Atlanta, March 2018
- Guarda Workshop in Evolutionary Biology, June 2017
- Atlanta Society of Mentors (ASoM) through NIH's Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST), Fall 2016
- Summer Institute for Statistics and Modeling of Infectious Disease (SISMID), University of Washington, July 2015
Publications
White, P.S., *Arslan, D., *Kim, D., Penley, M.J. & Morran, L.T. 2021. Host genetic drift and adaptation in the evolution and maintenance of parasite resistance. J. Evol. Biol. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13785
Gibson AK, White PS, Penley MJ, de Roode JC, Morran LT. 2020 An experimental test of parasite adaptation to common vs. rare host genotypes. Biol. Lett. 16 (7): 20200210 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0210
White PS, *Choi A, *Pandey R, *Menezes A, Penley MJ, Gibson AK, de Roode JC, Morran LT. 2019 The evolution of virulence in heterogeneous host populations. Biol. Lett. 16 (1): 20190744 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0744
White, P.S., Penley, M.J., Tierney, A.R.P., Soper, D.M., and Morran, L.T. Dauer life stage of Caenorhabditis elegans induces elevated levels of defense against the parasite Serratia marcescens. Scientific Reports 9:11575 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47969-w
de Amorim, Julia, Brendan O’Flaherty, Nicholas Harbin, and P. Signe White. 2019. “Hazardous PFAS chemicals in Georgia’s drinking water.” Journal of Science Policy & Governance 14(2).
White, P.S., Morran, L.T., and de Roode, J.C. (2017). A Quick Guide: Phoresy. Curr. Biol. 27, R578-R580.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.073
Adrion JR, White PS, Montooth KL. 2015. The Roles of Compensatory Evolution and Constraint in Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase Evolution. Mol. Biol. Evol. 33:152-161. doi:10.1093/molbev/msv206
Full CV
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