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Jessica A. Oswald, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher 
University of Reno, Nevada

Affiliated Researcher
Florida Museum of Natural History, 
University of Florida
Email: oswaldj3 [at] gmail.com       
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Education
Ph.D. Zoology 2014: University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
                     Advisor: David W. Steadman
                     NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. Zoology 2007: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI   

Academic Appointments
Sept 2021 - current   Research Assistant Professor
University Nevada, Reno

Aug. 2018 - 2021  Postdoctoral Researcher University of Reno, Nevada. PI: Julie Allen. 

2019- current  Consultant Staff affiliate, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida

May 2016 - Aug. 2018
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Florida Museum of Natural History 
University of Florida

PIs: David Steadman, Robert Guralnick, David Blackburn

August 2014- May 2016
Vertebrate Paleontology Postdoctoral Researcher

Museum of Natural Science 
Louisiana State University 
PI: Robb Brumfield

Awards, Grants, Fellowships (Full list upon request)
2021 - 2024: UNR Co-PI: NSF DEB: Collaborative Research: Origins and drivers of extinction of Caribbean avifauna. Budget: $416,352 of $755,260.

2020: Using ancient DNA and chronometry to document human-driven distribution changes and extinctions in insular systems. M. Lefebvre, J. Oswald, J. Allen, B. Mistretta, D. Steadman, R. Guralnick. Funder: FLMNH NH Research & Collections Proposals. Total: $9,817.44.

2012: NSF Nordic Research Graduate Research Fellowship

2011: National Science Foundation: Planning a Collaborative Program of Vertebrate Paleontology in Northwestern Peru
          Principal investigators: Steadman, Oswald    
2011: American Ornithologist Union Alexander Wetmore Research Award 

2010: Wilson Ornithological Society Louis Agassiz Fuertes Award   

2009: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship                

Teaching
​Fall (2014), Spring (2016) I was the lead instructor of GEOL 1066 Dinosaurs, Catastrophes and Extinctions. 

Photo credit (Virginia Annable/WUFT News)

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