Elizabeth Hemming-Schroeder

University of California, Irvine

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
321 Steinhaus Hall
Irvine, CA 92697-2525
Telephone: (949) 824-0249
Email: ehemming@uci.edu

Education
September 2013 Ph.D. , Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (Adviser: Dr. Guiyun Yan),
Present University of California Irvine, CA

September 2009 B.Sc., Biology (with Certificate in Global Health), University of

May 2013 Wisconsin Madison, WI

May 2012 Selected Participant, UW Madison Health and Disease in Uganda

June 2012 Field Experience

Research Appointments
September 2013 Graduate Student Researcher, Program in Public Health (PI: Dr.
Present Guiyun Yan), University of California Irvine

January 2012 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Medical Entomology Laboratory

May 2013 (PI: Dr. Susan Paskewitz), University of Wisconsin Madison

Publications
Hemming-Schroeder E, Umukoro E, Lo E, Fung B, et al. Impacts of antimalarial drugs on
Plasmodium falciparum drug resistant markers: a 12 year observational molecular
epidemiology study. Submitted 3/23/17 to: The Lancet Infectious Diseases (Under review).

Lo E, Hemming-Schroeder E, Yewhalaw D, Nguyen J, et al. Transmission dynamics of co-

endemic Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum in Ethiopia and prevalence of antimalarial
resistant genotypes. Submitted 2/17/17 to: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (In revision).
Gruber B, Hemming-Schroeder E, Otero-Jiminez B, Ricci L, and Balkenhol N. Where to sample?
Optimized sampling schemes can lead to improved landscape genetic inference. Submitted
1/31/2017 to: Methods in Ecology and Evolution (In revision).
Lo E, Nguyen K, Nguyen J, Hemming-Schroeder E, et al. Ahead of Print-Plasmodium malariae
Prevalence and csp Gene Diversity, Kenya, 2014 and 2015-Volume 23, Number 4April 2017-
Emerging Infectious Disease journal-CDC.
Lo E, Lam N, Hemming-Schroeder E, Nguyen J, et al. Frequent Spread of Plasmodium vivax
Malaria Maintains High Genetic Diversity at the Myanmar-China Border without Distance and
Landscape Barriers. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2017; Mar 3.
Hemming-Schroeder E, Lo E. Evidence of a hard selective sweep for artemisinin resistant
Plasmodium falciparum. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2017; Feb 2.
Lo E, Nguyen J, Oo W, Hemming-Schroeder E, et al. Examining Plasmodium falciparum and P.

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vivax clearance subsequent to antimalarial drug treatment in the Myanmar-China border area
based on quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2016; 16
(1):154.

Fellowships
January 2016 GAANN Fellow, US Department of Education
August 2016
September 2013 Graduate Dean's Recruitment Fellowship, University of California
June 2013 Irvine, $10,000

March 2013 Arthur J. Schmitt Presidential Fellowship, University of Notre Dame,

$150,000 (award declined)
December 2012 E. David Cronon Stewardship Fellow, Lakeshore Nature Preserve,
August 2012 Madison, WI

Awards
April 2015 Honorable Mention, Ford Fellowship Foundation
May 2013 Graduated with Distinction, University of Wisconsin Madison
May 2013 Louise Troxell Award Recipient, $1,000, University of Wisconsin
Madison

December 2009 Dean's List (5 semesters), University of Wisconsin Madison

December 2012

Presentations
November 2016 Hemming-Schroeder E, et al. Landscape genetics of pyrethroid
resistance in Anopheles arabiensis in Kenya. Talk given at: ASTMH
64th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
October 2015 Hemming-Schroeder E, et al. Landscape genetics of Anopheles
arabiensis mosquitoes across Kenya. Poster presented at: ASTMH
64th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
November 2014 Hemming E, et al. Frequency of antimalarial drug resistance gene
mutations of Plasmodium falciparum in response to recent
introduction of artemether-lumefantrine in Western Kenya. Poster
presented at: ASTMH 63rd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
April 2013 Invited guest lecturer, ZOO 350: Parasitology (Instructor: Dr. Bruce
Christensen), University of Wisconsin Madison

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Teaching
January 2014 BIO SCI 94: From Organisms to Ecosystems, Discussion Section
March 2017 Leader, University of California Irvine (3 quarters)

September 2013 BIO SCI E112L: Physiology Lab, Laboratory Section Leader,
June 2015 University of California Irvine (4 quarters)

October 2014 BIO SCI E109: Human Physiology, Administrative Assistant,

December 2014 University of California Irvine (1 quarter)

January 2013 ZOO 350: Parasitology, Teacher's Assistant, University of Wisconsin

May 2013 Madison (1 semester)

Professional Experience
January 2013 Limited Term Employee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services,
August 2013 Division of Public Health, Madison, WI

September 2012 Intern, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public

December 2012 Health, Madison, WI

Specialized Workshops and Coursework

March 2017 Advanced Bioinformatics
December 2016 Fundamentals of Bioinformatics
June 2016 Landscape Genetics Distributed Graduate Seminar
May 2016 Introduction to Insect Physiology
May 2016 Seminar in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Education (5 semesters)
March 2015 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Public Health
November 2014 Mentoring Workshop

Other Activities
November 2016 Scientific Session Chair for Mosquitoes: Molecular Genetics and
Genomics at: ASTMH 65th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
October 2016 Reviewer for Lancet Infectious Diseases
September 2016 Reviewer for PeerJ

Skills
Laboratory: DNA extraction of dried blood spots and insects, PCR, gel electrophoresis, qPCR,
qPCR probe assays, microsatellite polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, mosquito rearing,
bacteria and algae culturing
Computer: ArcGIS, High-performance computing (HPC), Linux, R, Python

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