Erica Bree Rosenblum

Erica Bree Rosenblum
Alma materBrown University (B.S.)
University of California Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary Ecology, Herpetology
InstitutionsUniversity of California Berkeley
Websitenature.berkeley.edu/rosenblum/

Erica Bree Rosenblum is an American herpetologist and evolutionary biologist. She is a Professor of Global Change Biology in the department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California Berkeley. She is also the director of Berkeley Connect, a mentorship program for undergraduate students.[1] Rosenblum's main research areas include a fungus that causes high mortality rates in frogs and evolution in lizards in White Sands, New Mexico.

Education

Erica Bree Rosenblum is originally from Brooklyn, New York.[1] She received her bachelor's degree with honors from Brown University in ecology and evolutionary biology in 1996.[1] In 2005, Rosenblum graduated with her Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from University of California Berkeley.[1]

Research

Erica Bree Rosenblum has published over 100 papers and has received over 3500 citations in total.[2] She is known for her research on the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis that has caused high mortality rates and near extinction in some frog species.[3] She is also known for her work in the evolution and speciation of lizards in White Sands, New Mexico.[4] Rosenblum is often recognized for her effort to cause as little impact on the species she is researching as possible.

Awards and honors

  • 2011 Awarded NSF CAREER grant[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "A Kind of Communion". Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Google Scholar Page". Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Berkeley researchers, international team track fatal frog fungus". September 25, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  4. ^ Rosenblum, Erica Bree; Römpler, Holger; Schöneberg, Torsten; Hoekstra, Hopi E. (2010). "Molecular and functional basis of phenotypic convergence in white lizards at White Sands". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (5): 2113–2117. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.2113R. doi:10.1073/pnas.0911042107. PMC 2836677. PMID 20080544.
  5. ^ "Adaptation and Species Studies". Retrieved April 21, 2020.