Matthew Lance Niemiller
Ph.D.
Gaylord Donnelley Environmental Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
21 Sachem St
New Haven, CT 06520
(615) 427-3049
matthew.niemiller@yale.edu
cavemander17@gmail.com
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee Knoxville (2011), Dissertation "Evolution, Speciation, and Conservation of Amblyopsid Cavefishes," advisor Ben Fitzpatrick
M.S. in Biology, Middle Tennessee State University (2006), emphasis in Zoology, Thesis “Systematics of the Tennessee Cave Salamander complex (Gyrinophilus palleucus and G. gulolineatus) in Tennessee," advisor Brian T. Miller
B.S. in Biology, Middle Tennessee State University (2003), emphasis in Animal Biology, minor in Chemistry
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
| 2011–Present | Gaylord Donnelley Environmental Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University |
| 2006–Present | Assistant Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
| Taught: | |
| 2003–2004 | BIOL 1030 General Biology Lab (non-major) |
| 2004–2005 | BIOL 1110 General Biology Lab (major) |
| 2005 | BIOL 4240 Ecology Lab |
| 2006 | BIOL 1120 General Biology II Lab (major) |
| 2006, 2011 | BIO 130 General Biology Lab (major) |
| 2007 | BIO 102 General Biology Lab (non-major) |
| 2007–2010 | EEB 474 Ichthyology Lab |
| 2009–2011 | EEB 461 Comparative Vertebrate Biology Lab |
| 2010–2011 | BIO 250 Ecology Lab |
| 2011 | EEB 473 Herpetology Lab |
| Guest Lectured: | |
| 2004 | BIOL 1110 General Biology |
| 2005 | BIOL 3020 Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates |
| 2005 | BIOL 4180 Vertebrate Zoology |
| 2005 | BIOL 4240 Ecology |
| 2007–2010 | WFS 560 Amphibian Ecology |
| 2010 | EEB 461 Comparative Vertebrate Biology |
| 2011 | EEB 473 Herpetology |
FUNDING AND AWARDS:
| 2011–2013 | Gaylord Donnelley Environmental Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University ($93000) |
| 2011 | Science Alliance Award, Division of Biology, University of Tennessee ($3000) |
| 2010 | Publication Grant for The Amphibians of Tennessee, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (with R. Graham Reynolds and Scot Danforth, $8000) |
| 2010–2011 | Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. National Science Foundation ($13500). |
| 2010 | Summer Research Grant. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee ($1000). |
| 2010 | Dean E. Metter Award. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles ($750). |
| 2009 | Summer Research Grant. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee ($750). |
| 2009 | Ralph W. Stone Graduate Fellowship in Cave and Karst Studies, National Speleological Society ($2000). |
| 2009 | Edward C. Raney Fund Award. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists ($1000). |
| 2008 | Summer Research Grant. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee ($750). |
| 2008–2011 | State Wildlife Grant. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (with Ben Fitzpatrick, $33810). |
| 2008–2010 | Preserve Grant. National Speleological Society (with Lee Florea, $3475). |
| 2007–2009 | State Wildlife Grant. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (with Ben Fitzpatrick, $29834). |
| 2007 | Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund. American Museum of Natural History ($1500). |
| 2007 | Helen T. and F. M. Gaige Fund. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists ($500). |
| 2007 | Cave and Karst Grant-in-Aid. Cave Research Foundation ($3000). |
| 2007 | Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE) Doctoral Fellowship ($3000). |
| 2007 | Summer Research Grant. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee ($850). |
| 2007 | Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Travel Award. University of Tennessee ($150). |
| 2006 | Graduate Student Travel Award. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists ($250). |
| 2005 | Marion Wells Graduate Research Scholarship. Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University ($500). |
| 2005 | Charles Holland Biology Club Scholarship. Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University ($500). |
| 2004–2005 | Mary C. Dunn Graduate Scholarship. Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University ($2000). |
| 2003 | William H. Butler, Jr. Graduate Research Scholarship. Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University ($500). |
PUBLICATIONS:
| In press | Niemiller ML, Near TJ, and Fitzpatrick BM. Delimiting species using multilocus data: diagnosing cryptic diversity in the southern cavefish Typhlichthys subterraneus (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution. |
| 2012 | Fitzpatrick BM, Fordyce JA, Niemiller ML, and Reynolds RG. What can DNA tell us about biological invasions? Biological Invasions 14: 245–253. [PDF] |
| 2011 | Niemiller ML, Reynolds RG, Glorioso BM, Spiess J, and Miller BT. Herpetofauna of the cedar glades and associated habitats of the Inner Central Basin of middle Tennessee. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 6: 135–149. [PDF] |
| Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML, and Pasachnik SA. Distribution of the Pygmy Salamander (Desmognathus wrighti) in Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 86: 53–55. [PDF] | |
| 2010 | Glorioso BM, Niemiller ML, and Cobb VA. Feeding activity of Amphiuma tridactylum at Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 87–90. [PDF] |
| Reynolds RG, and Niemiller ML. 2010. Island invaders: introduced reptiles and amphibians of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Reptiles and Amphibians 17: 117–121. [PDF] | |
| Niemiller ML, Osbourn MS, Fenolio DB, Pauley TK, Miller BT, and Holsinger JR. Conservation status and habitat use of the West Virginia Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus subterraneus) and Spring Salamander (G. porphyriticus) in General Davis Cave, Greenbrier Co., West Virginia. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5: 32–43. [PDF] | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Gyrinophilus gulolineatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 862.1. [PDF] | |
| Niemiller ML, Nosil P, and Fitzpatrick BM. Corrigendum. Recent divergence-with-gene-flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from gene genealogies. Molecular Ecology 19: 1513–1514. | |
| Graening GO, Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML, Brown AV, and Beard JB. The 30-year recovery effort for the Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae): analysis of current distribution, population trends, and conservation status of this threatened species. Environmental Biology of Fishes 87: 55–88. [PDF] | |
| 2009 | Niemiller ML, Glorioso BM, Nicholas C, Phillips J, Rader J, Reed E, Sykes KL, Todd J, Wyckoff GR, Young EL, and Miller BT. Notes on the reproduction of the streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri, from Rutherford County, Tennessee. Southeastern Naturalist 8: 37–44. [PDF] |
| 2008 | Miller BT, Niemiller ML, and Reynolds RG. Observations on egg-laying behavior and interactions among attend female red salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber) with comments on the use of caves by this species. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3: 203–210. [PDF] |
| Fitzpatrick BM, Placyk Jr JS, Niemiller ML, Casper GS, and Burghardt GM. Distinctiveness in the face of gene flow: hybridization between specialist and generalist gartersnakes. Molecular Ecology 17: 4107–4117. [PDF] | |
| Niemiller ML, Fitzpatrick BM, and Miller BT. Recent divergence-with-gene-flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from gene genealogies. Molecular Ecology 17: 2258–2275. [PDF] | |
| Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Distribution and relative abundance of Tennessee cave salamanders (Gyrinophilus palleucus and G. gulolineatus) with an emphasis on Tennessee populations. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3: 1–20. [PDF] | |
| 2007 | McAllister CT, Bursey CR, Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. A noteworthy infection of Clinostomum complanatum (Digenea: Clinostomidae) in a cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from northcentral Tennessee. Texas Journal of Science 59: 321–326. [PDF] |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Subterranean reproduction of the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) from Short Mountain, Tennessee. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 2: 106–112. [PDF] | |
| 2006 | Niemiller ML, Glorioso BM, Nicholas C, Phillips J, Rader J, Reed E, Sykes KL, Todd J, Wyckoff GR, Young EL, and Miller BT. Status and distribution of the streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) in middle Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist 156: 393–399. [PDF] |
| Glorioso BM, and Niemiller ML. Using deep-water crawfish nets to capture aquatic turtles. Herpetological Review 37: 185–187. [PDF] | |
| Niemiller ML, Glorioso BM, and Miller BT. An eastern and subterranean maximum size record of the banded sculpin, Cottus carolinae, from Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 81: 41–43. [PDF] | |
| 2005 | Koczaja C, McCall L, Fitch E, Glorioso B, Hanna C, Kyzar J, Niemiller M, Spiess J, Tolley A, Wyckoff R, and Mullen D. Size-specific habitat segregation and intraspecific interactions in banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae). Southeastern Naturalist 4:207–218. [PDF] |
| Niemiller ML. The herpetofauna of the upper Duck River watershed in Coffee County, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 80: 6–12. [PDF] |
SUBMITTED/TO BE SUBMITTED PAPERS:
| In review | Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Gyrinophilus palleucus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. |
| Barun A, Niemiller ML, Fitzpatrick BM, Fordyce JA, and Simberloff D. Can genetic data confirm or refute historical records: the island invasion of the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus). | |
| Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML, and Fitzpatrick BM. Genetic analysis of an endemic archipelagic lizard reveals sympatric cryptic lineages and taxonomic discordance. |
BOOK CHAPTERS AND PROCEEDINGS:
| 2012 | Goricki S, Niemiller ML, and Fenolio DB. Salamanders. Pp. 665-676 in: (White WH, and Culver DC, eds.). Encyclopedia of Caves, 2nd Edition. Elsevier. |
| 2010 | Niemiller ML, and Poulson TL. Studies of the Amblyopsidae: past, present, and future. Pp. 169–280 in: Trajano E, Bichuette ME, and Kapoor BG (eds). The Biology of Subterranean Fishes. Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire, USA. |
| 2009 | Niemiller ML, Miller BT, and Fitzpatrick BM. Systematics and evolutionary history of subterranean Gyrinophilus salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas 15: 242–248. [PDF] |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. A survey of the cave-associated amphibians of the eastern United States with an emphasis on salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas 15: 249–256. [PDF] | |
| 2008 | Niemiller ML, and Fitzpatrick BM. Phylogenetics of the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus: implications for conservation and management. Proceedings of the 18th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium 18: 79–88. [PDF] |
BOOKS:
| 2011 | Niemiller ML, and Reynolds RG (eds.). The Amphibians of Tennessee. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee. [purchase] |
| In prep | Reynolds RG, and Niemiller ML (eds.). The Reptiles of Tennessee. |
SHORT PEER-REVIEWED NOTES:
| 2011 | Reynolds, RG, and Niemiller ML. Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster. (Turks Island Boa). Diet. Herpetological Review 42: 290. |
| Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML, and Manco BN. Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster. (Turks Island Boa). Record Size. Herpetological Review 42: 290. | |
| Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML, Riggs BM, and Manco BN. Geographic distribution. Osteopilus septentrionalis. Herpetological Review 42: 237–238. | |
| 2010 | Reynolds RG, and Niemiller ML. Distribution. Epicrates chrysogaster (Southern Bahamas Boa). Caribbean Herpetology 1: 14. |
| 2009 | Reynolds RG, and Niemiller ML. Geographic distribution. Hemidactylus mabouia. Herpetological Review 40: 452. |
| Niemiller ML, Fenolio D, Graening GO, and Miller BT. Observations on oviposition and reproduction of the cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Arkansas and Tennessee. Speleobiology Notes 1: 17–19. [PDF] | |
| Niemiller ML, Reynolds RG, Reynolds JG, and Miller BT. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus. Reproduction. Herpetological Review 40: 67. | |
| 2008 | Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Plethodon dorsalis. Reproduction. Herpetological Review 39: 335. |
| 2007 | Niemiller ML, Glorioso BM, Wyckoff GR. New county records for amphibians in middle Tennessee. Herpetological Review 38: 234. [PDF] |
| Niemiller ML, Glorioso BM, Young EL, and Cobb VA. Farancia abacura reinwardtii. Reproduction. Herpetological Review 38: 207. | |
| 2006 | Niemiller ML, Miller JA, Miller JH, and Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Lampropeltis calligaster. Herpetological Review 37: 498. |
| Miller JH, Miller JA, Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Rana palustris. Herpetological Review 37: 490. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Rana palustris. Herpetological Review 37: 489–490. | |
| Miller JA, Miller JH, Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Bufo fowleri. Herpetological Review 37: 486. | |
| Glorioso BM and Niemiller ML. Geographic distribution. Plethodon glutinosus. Herpetological Review 37: 485. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Plethodon dorsalis. Herpetological Review 37: 484. |
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| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Eurycea lucifuga. Herpetological Review 37: 483. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Eurycea cirrigera. Herpetological Review 37: 483. | |
| Niemiller ML, Glorioso BM, Gray E, Miller BT, Jensen JB, and Keyes T. Pseudotriton ruber ruber. Size and subterranean aggregation. Herpetological Review 37: 438. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Glorioso BM. Geographic distribution. Rana palustris. Herpetological Review 37: 102. | |
| Niemiller ML, Todd JM, Miller BT, and Mann NG. Geographic distribution. Gastrophryne carolinensis. Herpetological Review 37: 100. | |
| Glorioso BM, and Niemiller ML. Geographic distribution. Bufo americanus americanus. Herpetological Review 37: 98. | |
| Glorioso BM, Young EL, and Niemiller ML. Geographic distribution. Ambystoma talpoideum. Herpetological Review 37: 97. | |
| 2005 | Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Rana clamitans melanota. Predation. Herpetological Review 36:440. |
| Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Psuedotriton ruber ruber. Reproduction. Herpetological Review 36:429. | |
| Niemiller ML. Pseudotriton ruber ruber. Tree climbing. Herpetological Review 36:52. | |
| 2004 | Niemiller ML. Geographic distribution. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus. Herpetological Review 35:76. |
GOVERNMENT REPORTS:
| 2010 | Niemiller ML, Miller BT, and Fitzpatrick BM. Review of the scientific literature and research for the U.S.F.W.S. review for potential listing of the Berry Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus). Unpublished Technical Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 22p. |
| Niemiller ML, Miller BT, and Fitzpatrick BM. Status and distribution of the amblyopsid fishes Forbesichthys agassizii and Typhlichthys subterraneus in Tennessee. Unpublished Technical Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. 70p. | |
| 2009 | Freeman BJ, and Niemiller ML. Species profile for southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus. Georgia Rare Species Profiles. Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Atlanta, Georgia. [PDF] |
| Miller BT, Estabrooks D, Reynolds RG, and Niemiller ML. Status review of the Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) in Tennessee. Unpublished Technical Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. 42p. | |
| 2008 | Reynolds RG, and Niemiller ML. Expedition Report and Recommendations for the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources. Unpublished Technical Report. Ministry of Natural Resources, Turks and Caicos Islands. |
| 2007 | Godwin JC, Jensen JB, Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Species profile for Tennessee cave salamander, Gyrinophilus palleucus. Georgia Rare Species Profiles. Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Atlanta, Georgia. [PDF] |
| 2005 | Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Distribution, demography, and phylogenetics of the Tennessee cave salamander complex. Unpublished Technical Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. 73p. |
| Miller BT, Spiess J, and Niemiller ML. Inventory of amphibians and reptiles at Stones River National Battlefield, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Unpublished Technical Report. National Park Service. [PDF] |
POPULAR ARTICLES:
| 2012 | Fenolio D, Bonett R, and Niemiller M. Developing a captive breeding protocol for Georgia’s Blind Salamander, (Haideotriton wallacei) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Leaf Litter 1: 40–45. |
| 2011 | Reynolds RG, and Niemiller ML. New scales: reptiles invade the Turks and Caicos. Green Pages, Times of the Islands Magazine 94: 30–33. [PDF] |
| 2010 | Niemiller ML, and Glorioso BM. The Indo-Pacific Gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii) in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Tennessee Herpetological Society Newsletter. |
| 2005 | Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. The Tennessee cave salamander complex. Pg. 91–94 in 2005 National Speleological Society Convention Guidebook, Brown JS, and Simon SS (eds.). National Speleological Society, Huntsville, AL. [PDF] |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Common salamanders of Tennessee caves. Tennessee Caver 2: 12–18. |
PRESENTATIONS:
Invited:
| 2011 | Niemiller ML. Evolution, speciation, and conservation of amblyopsid cavefishes. Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, September 23 [oral 60 min]. |
| Niemiller ML. Evolution and speciation of amblyopsid cavefishes: parallel evolution of the cave form or can eyes be reacquired? USGS National Wetlands Center, Lafayette, Louisiana, March 15 [oral 60 min]. | |
| 2009 | Niemiller ML, Miller BT, and Fitzpatrick BM. Systematics and evolutionary history of subterranean Gyrinophilus salamanders. The 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, TX, July 19–26 [oral 20 min]. |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. A survey of the cave-associated amphibians of the eastern United States with an emphasis on salamanders. The 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, TX, July 19–26 [oral 20 min]. | |
| 2008 | Niemiller ML. A Salamander in the dark: in search of Tennessee cave salamanders. 14th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Herpetological Society, Sewannee, Tennessee, September 24 [oral 60 min]. |
| 2007 | Niemiller ML. Phylogenetics of the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus: implications for conservation and management. 2007 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, St. Louis, MO, October 8–12 [oral 15 min; read by Bill Elliott]. |
Other:
| 2010 | Niemiller ML, Reynolds RG, Glorioso BM, Spiess J, and Miller BT. Herpetofauna of the cedar glades and associated habitats of the Inner Central Basin of middle Tennessee. The 16th Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Royal Blue, TN, September 30–October 1 [oral 20 min]. |
| Reynolds RG, and Niemiller ML. The Amphibians of Tennessee: a new book from the University of Tennessee Press. The 16th Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Royal Blue, TN, September 30–October 1 [oral 20 min]. | |
| Near TJ, and Niemiller ML. Phylogenetics and diversification of amblyopsid cavefishes (Teleostei: Percopsiformes). 2010 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Providence, RI July 7–12 [oral 15 min]. | |
| 2009 | Niemiller ML, Osbourn MS, Fenolio DB, Pauley TK, Miller BT, and Holsinger JR. Status and relative abundance of the West Virginia spring salamander (Gyrinophilus subterraneus) from General Davis Cave, Greenbrier Co., West Virginia. 2009 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Portland, OR, July 22–27 [poster]. | 2008 | Niemiller ML, Fitzpatrick BM, and Miller BT. Recent divergence-with-gene-flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from gene genealogies. Evolution 2008 Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 20–24 [oral 15 min]. |
| Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Distribution and relative abundance of Tennessee cave salamanders. Scholars Week, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, March 31–April 4 [poster]. | |
| Miller BT, Niemiller ML, and Estabrook D. A conservation dilemma in middle Tennessee: the streamside salamander versus suburban sprawl. Scholars Week, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, March 31–April 4 [poster]. | |
| Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Chronicling life underground: egg-laying behavior and interactions among female red salamanders. Scholars Week, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, March 31–April 4 [poster]. | |
| 2007 | Niemiller ML. Diversity in the dark: systematics and phylogeography of the amblyopsid cavefishes. Seventh Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, Orlando, FL, November 1–4 [oral 20 min]. |
| Niemiller ML, and Fitzpatrick BM. Diversity in the dark: systematics and phylogeography of the southern cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys). 2007 Meeting of Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Townsend, TN, September 21–23 [poster]. | |
| Niemiller ML. Systematics and historical demography of Tennessee cave salamanders show recent divergence-with-gene-flow from epigean spring salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus). 2007 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, MO, July 11–16 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Niemiller ML. Cryptic diversity in the dark: systematics and phylogeogrpahy of the southern cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys). 2007 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, MO, July 11–16 [poster]. | |
| Niemiller ML. Diversity in the darkness: a preliminary look at the phylogenetics of the southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus). 2007 Tennessee Cave Survey Spring Business Meeting, Sewanee, TN, April 21 [oral 20 min]. | |
| Niemiller ML. Diversity in the darkness: a preliminary look at the phylogenetics of the southern cavefish. 2007 Tennessee Rare Fish Meeting, Morristown, TN, March 14 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. The streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) in middle Tennessee: geographically isolated, genetically distinct, and destined for extirpation. 2007 Meeting of the Southeastern Working Group of Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Chattanooga, TN, February 22–25 [oral 30 min]. | |
| Niemiller ML, Fitzpatrick BM, and Miller BT. Systematics and historical demography of Tennessee cave salamanders show recent divergence-with-gene-flow from epigean spring salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus). 2007 Meeting of the Southeastern Working Group of Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Chattanooga, TN, February 22–25 [poster]. | |
| 2006 | Niemiller ML. Phylogenetics of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) complex. 2006 Meeting of Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Greensboro, NC, September 22–24 [oral 15 min]. |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Phylogenetics of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) complex. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN, March 29–April 1 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Niemiller ML, Glorioso BM, and Miller BT. Status and distribution of the streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri, in middle Tennessee. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN, March 29–April 1 [poster]. | |
| 2005 | Niemiller ML, Glorioso BM, Nicholas C, Phillips J, Rader J, Reed E, Sykes KL, Todd J, Wyckoff GR, Young EL, and Miller BT. Notes on the reproduction of the streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri, from Rutherford County, Tennessee. The 115th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Martin, TN, November 18 [poster]. |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Molecular systematics of the Tennessee cave salamander complex, Gyrinophilus palleucus, based on the mitochondrial 12S rDNA gene. The Eleventh Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Lebanon, TN, September 29–30 [oral 20 min]. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Distribution, relative abundance, and notes on the natural history of the Tennessee cave salamander complex (Gyrinophilus palleucus) in Tennessee. 2005 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Tampa, FL, July 6–11 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. A survey for stream-dwelling hemidactyline salamanders in caves of middle and eastern Tennessee. 2005 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Tampa, FL, July 6–11 [poster]. | |
| Todd JM, Niemiller M, and Miller BT. Observations on subterranean aquatic habitat use and early nesting by the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera). 2005 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Tampa, FL, July 6–11 [poster]. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Notes on the distribution and relative abundance of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) complex in Tennessee. 2005 Tennessee Cave Survey Spring Business Meeting, Sewanee, TN, April 30 [oral 20 min]. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Demography of the Tennessee cave salamander complex (Gyrinophilus palleucus and Gyrinophilus gulolineatus) in Tennessee. The 66th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Florence, AL, April 13–15 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Survey for and relative abundance of the Tennessee cave salamander complex, Gyrinophilus palleucus and G. gulolineatus, in Tennessee. The 66th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Florence, AL, April 13–15 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Wyckoff GR, Niemiller M, Glorioso B, and Miller BT. Community structure of a complex wetland: chronology of breeding migrations of five ambystomatid salamanders. The 66th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Florence, AL, April 13–15 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Distribution and relative abundance of cave-dwelling salamanders of the genus Gyrinophilus in Tennessee. Eleventh Symposium on the Natural History of Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys, Dover, TN, April 1–2 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Distribution and demography of the Tennessee cave salamander complex (Gyrinophilus palleucus and Gyrinophilus gulolineatus) in Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter of the Wildlife Society 28th Annual Meeting. Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee, March 16 [oral 15 min]. | |
| 2004 | Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Demography of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) in middle Tennessee. The 114th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Columbia, TN, November 19 [oral 15 min]. |
| Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Distribution of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) in middle Tennessee. The 114th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Columbia, TN, November 19 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Glorioso BM, Niemiller ML, Wyckoff GR, and Miller BT. Demography of two sympatric turtle species from an urban setting in Rutherford County, Tennessee. The 114th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Columbia, TN, November 19 [poster]. | |
| Wyckoff GR, Niemiller M, Glorioso B, and Miller BT. A look into a diverse reptile and amphibian community: in a wetland at Arnold Air Force Base. The 114th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Columbia, TN, November 19 [poster]. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Comparative demography of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus) in middle Tennessee. The Tenth Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Maryville, TN, October 7–9 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Miller BT, and Niemiller ML. Survey for the Tennessee cave salamander, Gyrinophilus palleucus, in middle Tennessee. The Tenth Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Maryville, TN, October 7–9 [oral 15 min]. | |
| Niemiller ML, and Miller BT. Identification, habitat, and distribution of the Tennessee cave salamander, Gyrinophilus palleucus, in Tennessee. 2004 Tennessee Cave Survey Fall Business Meeting, Cookeville, TN, September 25 [oral 20 min]. | |
| Niemiller M, Wyckoff G, Koczaja C, McCall L, Fitch E, Glorioso B, Hanna C, Kyzar J, Spiess J, Tolley A, and Mullen D. Size-specific habitat segregation and intraspecific interactions in banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae). The 65th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Memphis, TN, April 14–17 [poster]. | |
| 2003 | Niemiller ML. A survey of the herpetofauna of the Duck River watershed within Coffee County, Tennessee. The 113th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Franklin, TN, November 13–15 [poster]. |
| Niemiller ML. The herpetofauna of the Duck River watershed in Coffee County, Tennessee. The Ninth Annual Tennessee Herpetology Conference, Jackson, TN, October 2–4 [oral 15 min]. |
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Manuscripts edited/reviewed since 2004: Herpetological Conservation and Biology (9), Evolution (4), Molecular Ecology (3), Journal of Herpetology (2), Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science (2), Speleobiology Notes (3), Journal of Heredity (1), Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria (1), Amphibia-Reptilia (1), Biological Invasions (1), Environmental Biology of Fishes (1), Journal of Wildlife Management (1), Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science (1), Molecular Biology and Evolution (1), Wetlands (1)
| 2011–Present | Vice-President, Tennessee Herpetological Society |
| 2010 | Student Representative, Dean’s Advisory Board (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee) faculty appointed |
| 2009–2010 | Treasurer, Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee) |
| 2008 | Student Representative, Website Committee (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee) |
| 2007–2009 | President, Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee) |
| 2007 | Organizer, Southeastern Population Ecology & Evolutionary Genetics Conference |
| 2006–Present | Assistant Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology |
| 2005 | Student Representative, College Student Advisory Board (Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University) faculty appointed |
OUTREACH:
| 2010–2011 | Instructor, Kids U! Vertebrate Zoology 4-7 Rising Course (http://www.outreach.utk.edu/kidsu/) |
| 2009–2011 | Instructor, Smoky Mountain Field School, Amphibians and Reptiles of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Course (http://www.outreach.utk.edu/smoky/) |
| 2007–2011 | Instructor, Kids U! Snakes Alive 4-7 Rising Course (http://www.outreach.utk.edu/kidsu/) |
| 2009–2011 | Presentations for Discover Life in America, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and lead nature hikes (http://www.dlia.org) |
| 2007–2011 | Presentations at Ijam Nature Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, and lead BioBlitz herpetological surveys (http://www.ijams.org) |
| 2006–2011 | Presentations to local school classes and groups (8 per year on average) |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
| Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Society for the Study of Evolution Tennessee Academy of Science National Speleological Society (#53235) Southeastern Cave Conservancy (#1379) Tennessee Cave Survey Tennessee Herpetological Society |
