EDUCATION
2015- 2020 PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Program
Department of Biology
University of Nevada, Reno
2009-2014 Bachelor of Science in Molecular Environmental Biology
Minor in Music
University of California, Berkeley
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Current positions
present Lecturer, Biology, University of Nevada Reno
Past positions
2023 Lecturer, Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley
2022-2023 Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, School of Science, Allied Health, & Nursing
Holy Names University
2021-2023 Instructor of record, Biology Department, Truckee Meadows Community College
2019 Graduate Student Facilitator, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
University of Nevada Reno
2015-2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Nevada Reno
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Community Engaged Teaching Certification, University of Nevada Reno
Teaching with Technology Certification, University of Nevada Reno
Science Communication Workshop, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
Effective Teaching Practices Course, Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)
TEACHING AWARDS
2022 Excellence in Teaching Award for Part-Time Faculty, Truckee Meadows Community College
2019 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Nevada Reno
2017 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Nevada Reno
GUEST LECTURES
Spring 2020 Herpetology (Biology 164), California State University Sacramento
Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution
Spring 2020 Evolution (Biology 415), University of Nevada Reno
Natural Selection
Fall 2019 Evolution (Biology 415), University of Nevada Reno
Coevolution
Fall 2018 Honors Biology (Biology 191), University of Nevada Reno
The Rise of Biodiversity
MENTORSHIP OF STUDENTS
2016-2018 Arielle Navarro, undergraduate honors thesis in Biology, University of Nevada Reno
Connecting snake muscle physiology to natural history
2016-2019 Janna Magana, undergraduate research assistant, University of Nevada Reno
2016-2019 Robert del Carlo, graduate student, University of Nevada Reno
2017-2019 Haley Moniz, graduate student, Universtiy of Nevada Reno
RESEARCH POSITIONS
2015-2020 Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation Biology of Reptiles and Amphibians Lab, Dr. Chris Feldman
Electrophysiology Lab, Dr. Norm Leblanc
Bioinformatics Lab, Dr. Karen Schlauch
University of Nevada, Reno
Graduate Student
2014-2015 Herpetology Research Group, Dr. Matt Goode
University of Arizona
Research Assistant/Field Technician
2012-2013 Kremen Laboratory, Dr. Amber Sciligo
University of California, Berkeley
Laboratory Assistant
2010-2013 Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Dr. Carol Spencer
University of California, Berkeley
Curatorial Assistant
PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED CONTRIBUTIONS
Robert E. del Carlo, Jessica S. Reimche, Haley A. Moniz, Michael T.J. Hague, Shailesh R. Agarwal, Edmund D. Brodie, Edmund D. Brodie, Normand Leblanc, Chris R. Feldman (2024) Coevolution with toxic prey produces functional trade-offs in sodium channels of predatory snakes. eLife 13:RP94633
Reimche, J.S. et al.(2022). The road not taken: Evolution of tetrodotoxin resistance in the Sierra garter snake (Thamnophis couchii) by a path less traveled. Molecular Ecology, doi pending
Reimche, J.S., et al. (2020). The geographic mosaic in parallel: Matching patterns of newt tetrodotoxin levels and snake resistance in multiple predator-prey pairs. Journal of Animal Ecology, 00:1-13.
del Carlo, R.E., Moniz, H.A., Reimche, J.S.,Hague, M.T.J., Agarwal, S.R., Brodie, E.D., III, Brodie, E.D. Jr., Leblanc, N. & C.R. Feldman. In Prep. Functional constraints on adaptive evolution in Na+ion channels.
Moniz, H.A., Thill, V.L., Brodie E.D. Jr., Reimche, J.S.,Kruleski, S., del Carlo, R.E., Hague, M.T.J., Brodie, E.D. III, LeBlanc, N. & C.R. Feldman. In Prep. Jack of all trades, or master of one? Tradeoffs in organismal performance of Tetrodotoxin-resistant garter snakes (Thamnophis).
NOTES & NON-PEER-REVIEWED CONTRIBUTIONS
Park, B, Reimche, JS, Parker, M, and MJ Goode (2016). PHYRNOSOMA MCALLII (Flat-tailed Horned Lizard) NECROPHILIA. Herpetological Review. 47(1):139.
Reimche, JS.(2014). Ectoparasite preference and dispersal across Gekkonid lizards after recent invasion of Hemidactylus frenatuson an oceanic island (Moorea, French Polynesia). UC Berkeley: UCB Moorea Class: Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands. [on file at UCB Biosciences Library]
PRESENTATIONS
Reimche, JS, del Carlo, RE, Brodie Jr. ED, Leblanc, N, & CR Feldman. The predictability of adaptive traits: the mystery of TTX resistance in the Sierra garter snake.
UNR Graduate School Poster Presentation Competition (November 2018)
Finalist in Best Poster Presentation Competition at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting. San Francisco, California (January 2018)
Reimche, JS, del Carlo, RE, Stokes, AN, Ely, EJ, Hallas, JM, Brodie III, ED, Pfrender, ME, Brodie Jr., ED, Leblanc, N, & CR Feldman. Is the Sierra Garter Snake the exception to the rule? TTX-resistance in Thamnophis couchii is not explained by molecular phenotype.
Oral presentation at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyology and Herpetology, Rochester, New York (July 2018)
Oral presentation at the UNR Graduate Student Ecolunch Seminar (May 2018)
Reimche, JS. Ectoparasite trends in Gekkonid Communities in French Polynesia.
Guest speaker for the Great Basin Herpetological Society meeting, Reno, Nevada (May 2017)
Reimche, JS. Express yourself: how genetics scale up to traits.
Second Place Finalist in the Graduate School “Three Minute Thesis” Competition, University of Nevada Reno (March 2017)
Reimche, JS. Patterns of TTX resistance in Garter Snake species.
Contributed talk in the Ecolunch Seminar Series, University of Nevada Reno (December 2016)
Reimche, JS. Ectoparasite dispersal across Gekkonid lizards after recent invasion of Hemidactylus frenatus on an oceanic island (Moorea, French Polynesia).
Contributed talk at Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands Symposium, University of California Berkeley (December 2013)
del Carlo, R.E., Moniz, H.A., Reimche, J.S.,Hague, M.T.J., Agarwal, S.R., Brodie, E.D., III, Brodie, E.D. Jr., Leblanc, N. & C.R. Feldman. Functional constraints on adaptive evolution in Na+ion channels.
Poster presentation at the Nevada Biosciences Association Graduate Student Symposium, Reno, Nevada (September 2019)
Poster presentation at the Graduate Student Association Symposium, Reno, Nevada (October 2018)
Poster presentation at the George G. Bierkamper Graduate Student Symposium, Reno, Nevada (September 2018)
Oral presentation at the the Joint Meeting of Ichthyology and Herpetology, Rochester, New York (July 2018)
Poster presentation at the Biophysical Society Student Research Achievement Awards, San Francisco, California (February 2018)
Oral presentation at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting, San Francisco, California (January 2018)
Oral presentation at the 8thWorld Congress of Herpetology Meeting, Hangzhou, China (August 2016)
Moniz, HA, Thill, VL, del Carlo, RE, Reimche, JS, Brodie Jr., ED, Brodie III, ED, Leblanc, N, & CR Feldman. Jack of all trades, or master of one? Tradeoffs in organismal performance of Tetrodotoxin-resistant garter snakes (Thamnophis).
Oral presentation at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Snowbird, Utah (July 2019)
Moniz, HA, Thill, VL, del Carlo, RE, Reimche, JS, Hague, MTJ, Brodie Jr., ED, Leblanc, N, & CR, Feldman. Costs of Adaptation: Tradeoffs in Organismal Performance of Tetrodotoxin-Resistant Garter Snakes (Thamnophis).
Poster presentation at the UNR Graduate Student Poster Symposium, Reno, Nevada (November 2018)
Poster presentation at the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Rochester, New York (July 2018)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 Excellence in Teaching Award for Part-Time Faculty, Truckee Meadows Community College
2019 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Nevada Reno
2017 Second Place Finalist, Dovetail Genome Proposal Competition, Dovetail Genomics
2017 Second Place Finalist, Three Minute Thesis Competition, University of Nevada Reno
2017 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Nevada Reno
2013 Dean’s List, College of Natural Resources, University of California Berkeley
2013 Dean’s List, College of Natural Resources, University of California Berkeley
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Nevada NIH INBRE Bioinformatics Service Award, University of Nevada Reno $5,000
2019 UNR Internal Graduate Student Access Grant, University of Nevada Reno $2,250
2019 Diana Hadly-Lynch Scholarship, University of Nevada Reno $2,200
2018 Grant in Herpetology, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, $500
2018 Carl Gans Travel Grant, Gans Collection and Charitable Fund, $1,000
2018 E.E. Williams Award, Herpetologists’ League, $1,000
2017 GSA Travel Award, Graduate Student Association, University of Nevada Reno, $500
2017 Jerry & Betty Wilson Scholarship, University of Nevada Reno, $4,000
2017 Gaige Fund Award, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, $500
2016 UNR Internal Research Grant, University of Nevada $1,893
2016 Kevin D. Freeman Memorial Scholarship, University of Nevada Reno $1,500
2016 UNR Internal Graduate Student Access Grant, University of Nevada Reno $6,000
2016 Milton Glick Memorial Scholarship, University of Nevada Reno $1,000
2010-2013 Joseph P. Mazzola Scholarship, UA Local 38, $20,000 ($5000 for four years)
2010 Hazel Reed Baumeister Scholarship, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, $5,000
2009-2012 Cal Grant Award, California Student Aid Commission, $31,152 ($7,788 for four years)
2009 Dr. Mary Finegold Scholarship, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, $8,000
2009 Lodge Family Scholarship, San Mateo Elks Lodge No.1112, $2,750
2009 Bay District Scholarship, California-Hawaii Elks Association, $400
SERVICE AND COMMITTEES
2023 Faculty advisor, HNU Bio Gives Back Club, HNU
2017-2020 Co-developer of the Biology Undergraduate Research Program (BURO), UNR
2017 Grad student speaker for GradFIT Program, UNR
2016-2020 Department of Biology grad student speaker, and panelist Grad School Fairs, UNR
2016 Grad student panelist for Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, UNR
2016 Grad student speaker for Undergraduate Research Seminar, UNR
2010-2013 Children’s Education Outreach Committee, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology- Berkeley, California
COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND VOLUNTEERING
2022. Vitalant Blood Drive volunteer organizer, Oakland, California
2021-2022 Volunteer, Food Bank of Northern Nevada, Reno Nevada
2019 Girl’s Day of STEM, Girl Scouts of America, panelists, Reno, Nevada
2018 NevadaTeach Summer Science Exploration, Reno, Nevada
2017-2018 Volunteer judge, Science Olympiad Middle School education outreach, Reno, Nevada
2017 Science Communication Workshop, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
2017 Molecules On The Road, NSF High School science outreach program, Reno, Nevada
2016-2020 Volunteer, Museum of Natural History science education outreach, UNR, Reno, Nevada
2016-2020 Volunteer, Big Brothers Big Sisters science education outreach, Reno, Nevada
2016-2017 Volunteer, Nevada Bugs and Butterflies, Reno, Nevada
2009-2013 Goalball volunteer, sport for the blind, Paralympics- Berkeley, California
2009-2013 Cal Day community outreach, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology- Berkeley, California
SOCIETIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
2017-2018 Herpetologists’ League
2017-2018 The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
2017 American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
2016-present Symphonic Chorus, University of Nevada Reno
2016-2018 Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
2009-2013 University Chorus, UC Berkeley
REFERENCES
Dr. Meeghan Gray, Department Chair and Biology Professor
Biology and Community Health Science Department
Truckee Meadows Community College
Email: mgray@tmcc.edu
Dr. Chris Feldman, Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of Nevada, Reno
Email: ophis@unr.edu
Dr. Karen Schlauch, Research Professor of Bioinformatics
Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
Email: karen.schlauch@dri.edu
Dr. Elena Pravosudova, Assistant Chair and Teaching Professor
Department of Biology
University of Nevada, Reno
Email: epravosudova@unr.edu
Dr. Beth Pringle, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Nevada, Reno
Email: epringle@unr.edu
Updated January 2023