Juannan Zhou

jnzhou@umd.edu
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Ph.D candidate, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics Graduate Program, University of
Maryland, College Park, MD
Advisors:
Charles B. Fenster Department of Biology, University of Maryland at College Park
Michele R. Dudash Department of Biology, University of Maryland at College Park
Elizabeth A. Zimmer Smithsonian Institution
Dissertation Title: Natural selection, population genetics and trait diversification of Silene stellata and
its pollinating seed predator Hadena ectypa

Professional Preparation:
M.S Institute of Ecology, Beijing Normal University Beijing, China 2009
B.A Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing, China 2006

Publications:
Zhou, J., Dudash, M.R., Fenster, C.B. and Zimmer, E.A., 2016. Development of Highly Variable
Microsatellite Markers for the Tetraploid Silene stellata (Caryophyllaceae). Applications in Plant
Sciences, 4(12), p.1600117.
Zhou, J., Dudash, M.R. and Fenster, C.B., 2016. Cannibalism During Early Larval Development of
Hadena ectypa Morrison (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of
Washington, 118(3), pp.450-455.

Appointments:
2006 2009 Project Coordinator Conservation International
2009 Research assistant China Medical University

Synergistic Activities:
2008 2009 Program coordinator for Camera-trap biodiversity monitoring program of Conservation
International in Sichuan Province, China.
2007 2008 Program coordinator for Community Stewardship Program of Conservation International in
Southwestern China
2012 2013 Mentoring 2 undergraduate students in fieldwork conducted at Mountain Lake Biological
Station of University of Virginia
2012 2013 Serving as advisor for undergraduate teaching assistants of undergraduate course Human
Anatomy and Physiology of University of Maryland

Major External Grants (since 2001):

National Scholarship for Graduate Students, Beijing Normal University, 2006-2009
Beijing Jiaotong University First-Class Scholarship for Social Work, 2003-2004
Beijing Jiaotong University Second-Class Scholarship, 2004-2005
Margaret Walton Scholarship for Mountain Lake Station of University of Virginia 2011, 2012, 2013
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in the Directorate for Biological Sciences, 2015-2017

Teaching
Teaching Assistant for Human Anatomy and Physiology (BSCI201) at University of Maryland, College
Park, Fall 2011 to Fall 2016
Teaching Assistant for Organismal Biology (BSCI207) at University of Maryland, College Park, Fall
2010 to Spring 2011