Caitlin J Curry |
Media & Website Manager & Sponsor, Genetics Group
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
Research Coordinator, Conservation Genetics |
Caitlin is Research Coordinator for the Conservation Genetics group at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. Previously she was a post doctoral fellow in Conservation Genetics at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium's Center for Conservation and Research and has her PhD in conservation and population genetics from the Interdisciplinary Program of Genetics at Texas A&M University. She was part of the Texas A&M African Wildlife Conservation Genomics program. Caitlin's research focused on biodiversity of the African lion using ancient DNA in museum collections to explore how genetic diversity has changed over the past century.
Caitlin is a graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in psychology, with a concentration in animal behavior and cognitive neuroscience and minor in anthropology. She is also a certified dog trainer through the Animal Behavior College. During undergrad, she was an intern for Dr. Laurie Marker at the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia and has been working with carnivores ever since. After graduating from UW, Caitlin was a volunteer researcher for the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research for five years before starting graduate school. Along with the ALWG website, Caitlin also manages the Cheetah Conservation Fund Southern California Chapter website along with her own personal website and blog. Caitlin has been a member of ALWG since May 2016 after working on the production of the white paper "Genetic Considerations for Translocations Involving Lions". Her long term goal is to aide in the development of innovative strategies to help with the issues of human-carnivore conflict. She believes that by understanding the characterization of wild carnivore populations, appropriate strategies can be developed to allow for the coexistence between humans and carnivores in the natural environment. |
Publications
Curry CJ, Davis BW, Bertola LB, White PA, Murphy WJ, Derr JN. (2020) Spatiotemporal Genetic Diversity of Lions Reveals the Influence of Habitat Fragmentation Across Africa. Molecular Biology and Evolution. msaa174. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msaa174
Curry CJ, White PA, Derr JN. (2019) Genetic Analysis of African Lions in Zambia Support Movement across Anthropogenic and Geological Barriers. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0217179. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0217179
Curry, CJ and Derr, JN. (2019) Development of lion miniSTRs for use with modern and historical samples. African Journal of Wildlife Research. Africian J. of Wildlife Research, 49(1). DOI:10.3957/056.049.0064
Curry, Caitlin. (2016). A Century of Conservation Genetics: Comparative study on the African Lion. Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series No. 6.
Curry CJ, White PA, Derr JN. (2015) Mitochondrial Haplotype Diversity in Zambian Lions: Bridging a Gap in the Biogeography of an Iconic Species. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0143827. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0143827
Curry CJ, White PA, Derr JN. (2019) Genetic Analysis of African Lions in Zambia Support Movement across Anthropogenic and Geological Barriers. PLoS ONE 14(5): e0217179. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0217179
Curry, CJ and Derr, JN. (2019) Development of lion miniSTRs for use with modern and historical samples. African Journal of Wildlife Research. Africian J. of Wildlife Research, 49(1). DOI:10.3957/056.049.0064
Curry, Caitlin. (2016). A Century of Conservation Genetics: Comparative study on the African Lion. Applied Biodiversity Science Perspectives Series No. 6.
Curry CJ, White PA, Derr JN. (2015) Mitochondrial Haplotype Diversity in Zambian Lions: Bridging a Gap in the Biogeography of an Iconic Species. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0143827. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0143827
