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Curriculum Vitae

My complete Curriculum Vitae, revised November 2009, is available for download as a PDF: [2009 CV web]. A summary follows:

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D student in Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Duke University,
    • James B. Duke Fellowship
  • B.S. Bioinformatics, Brigham Young University, 2008
    • GPA: 3.83
    • Minor: Computer Science

EXPERIENCE

  • Computational Chemistry Programmer: Roche Pharmaceuticals
  • Research Assistant: Whiting Lab of Insect Phylogenetics, BYU
  • Research Assistant: Crandall Lab of Evolutionary Genetics, BYU
  • PHP Programmer: Law Firm Sites (Web Design Company)

PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

    Submitted

  1. Sheffield, N.C. (submitted). The interaction between base compositional heterogeneity and among-site rate variation in models of molecular evolution.
  2. Sheffield, NC, Valentine, MC, Song, H, and Whiting, MF. (submitted). MOSAS: Manipulation, Organization, Storage, and Analysis of Sequences.

    2009

  3. Sheffield, N. C., Song, H., Cameron, S. L., & Whiting, M. F. 2009. Nonstationary Evolution and Compositional Heterogeneity in Beetle Mitochondrial Phylogenomics. Systematic Biology. 58:381-394. [journal|pubmed]
  4. Song, H., Sheffield, N. C., Cameron, S. L., Miller, K.B., & Whiting, M. F. 2009. The effect of base compositional heterogeneity and among-site rate variation in beetle mitochondrial phylogenomics. Systematic Entomology. (accepted)

    2008

  5. Sheffield, N. C., Song, H., Cameron, S. L., & Whiting, M. F. 2008. A comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes in Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) and genome descriptions of six new beetles. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25: 2499-509. [journal|pdf|pubmed]
  6. Stacey, A., Sheffield, N. C., & Crandall, K. A. 2008. Calculating expected DNA remnants from ancient founding events in human population genetics. BMC Genetics 9: 66. [journal|pdf|pubmed]
  7. Song, H, Sheffield, NC, and Whiting, MF. 2008. A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Coleoptera (Insecta): Overcoming systematic bias from base compositional heterogeneity. Entomological Society of America. Reno, NV.(Presentation by HS November 16, 2008).

    2007

  8. Sheffield, NC, Song, H, and Whiting, MF. Genome descriptions of six beetles, including representatives from all four suborders. Entomological Society of America. San Diego, CA. (Presentation December 10, 2007).

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