Dr. Karl S Berg. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Biology

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1 Dr. Karl S Berg The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Biology karl.berg@utrgv.edu EDUCATION PhD, Cornell University, 2011 Major: Neurobiology Dissertation Title: Development and function of vocal signatures in green-rumped parrotlets (Forpus passerinus) MS, Florida International University, 2004 Major: Biological Sciences Dissertation Title: Vertical Attenuation of Light Predicts the Sequence to Dawn ong in a tropical forest avifauna BBA, University of North Florida, 1989 Major: Accounting EMPLOYMENT Academic - Post-Secondary Assistant Professor of Biology, UTRGV (September 2015) Assistant Professor of Biology, The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College (January 1, August 30, 2015) Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell University (September 1, May 10, 2009) Graduate Teaching Assistant, Florida International University (August 25, August 10, 2002) Professional Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (October 1, December 31, 2013) Research Assistant II, University of California, Berkeley (August 10, May 10, 2006) PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Karl Berg and I Berkunsky. Current threats faced by Neotropical parrot populations. Biological Conservation. 214, (2017): Karl Berg and Luis Carrasco. Avifauna of the Mache Chindul Ecological Reserve, Northwest Ecuador.. Ornitologia Neotropical. 24, (2013): Karl Berg, Steven Beissinger, and Jack Bradbury. Factors shaping the ontogeny of vocal signals in a Generated on Mar 08, 2018 Page 1 of 6

2 Other wild parrot. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, (2013): jeb.biologists.org Karl Berg, Soraya Delgado, Katheryn Cortopassi, Steven Beissinger, and Jack Bradbury. Vertical transmission of learned signatures in a wild parrot. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biology. 279, (2012): Karl Berg, Soraya Delgado, Rae Okawa, Steven Beissinger, and Jack Bradbury. Contact calls are used for individual mate recognition in free-ranging green-rumped parrotlets, Forpus passerinus. Animal Behaviour. 81, (2011): Karl Berg, Jacqueline Socola, and Raphael Angel. Great Green Macaws and their annual cycle of food plants in Ecuador. Journal of Field Ornithology. 78, (2007): Karl Berg, Robb Brumfield, and Victor Apanius. Phylogenetic and ecological determinants of the neotropical dawn chorus. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biology. 273, (2006): Karl Berg and Raphael Angel. Seasonal roosts of Red-lored Amazons in Ecuador provide information about population size and structure. Journal of Field Ornithology. 77, (2006): Karl Berg. Notes on the natural history of the Pale-mandibled Araçari (Pteroglossus erythropygius).. Journal of Field Ornithology. 72, (2001): Karl Berg. Field-notes on the biology of the Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger) in Ecuador.. Cotinga. 14, (2000): Karl Berg. First nest record for Great Green Macaw in Ecuador.. Cotinga. 5, (1996): Karl Berg. New and interesting records of birds from a dry forest reserve in southwest Ecuador. Cotinga. 2, (1994): Paul Coopmans, John Moore, Niels Krabbe, Olaf Jahn, Karl Berg, and Mitch Lysinger. The Birds of Southwest Ecuador. San Jose, CA: John V. Moore Nature Recordings. (2004) Karl Berg. Parrots of the wild: A natural history of the world's most captivating birds. Condor: Ornithological Applications. 119, : 3. Media Contributions Internet Wired. (July 01, 2011) Science. (January 26, 2006) Magazine Time. (August 09, 2017) Science. (July 22, 2011) Nature. (January 26, 2006) Newspaper Brownsville Herald. (March 13, 2017) New York Times. (January 26, 2006) Generated on Mar 08, 2018 Page 2 of 6

3 Radio National Geographic Radio. (January 19, 2012) TV National Geographic Channel: World's Weirdest. (August 10, 2011) AWARDS AND HONORS Elective Member, American Ornithological Society (August 16, 2017) National Geographic Explorer, National Geographic Society (June 2011) Young Professional Award, Cooper Ornithological Society (February 11, 2011) Charles Walcott Fellowship, Cornell University (2010) Andrew and Margaret Paul Fellowship, Cornell University (2009) Doctoral Dissertation Enhancment Award, National Science Foundation (2008) STAR Fellowship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (May 2002) PRESENTATIONS Caleb Arellano and Karl Berg. "Influence of early social complexity on sibling networks and later cognitive development in a wild parrot population," 135th Meeting of American Ornithological Society, American Ornithological Society, Michigan State University. (August 6, 2017) Karl Berg. "Endangered parrots of the Rio Grande Valley," 22nd Winter Outdoor Wildlife Expo, South Padre Island Birding Center, South Padre Island, Texas. (January 27, 2017) Karl Berg. "Enhancing habitat for red-crowned parrots in Texas," Annual Meeting of the Texas Ornithological Society, Texas Ornithological Society, McAllen, Texas. (January 13, 2017) Karl Berg and Astolfo Mata-Betancourt. "Comparative developmental biology of the vocal-flight-respiratory axis in a tropical bird community," IV North American Ornithological Conference, American Ornithologist' Union and several others, Washington, DC. (August 19, 2016) Karl Berg. "Wireless mobility: Evolutionary development of the vocal-flight-respiratory axis in a neotropical bird community," Texas Master's Naturalist, Texas Parks & Wildlife, Harlingen, TX. (February 17, 2016) Karl Berg. "Green-rumped Parrotlets: What's all the talk about?." 22nd Annual Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, Harlingen, TX. (November 7, 2015) Karl Berg. "Wireless Mobility: Evolutionary development of the vocal-flight-respiratory axis in a neotropical bird community," National Geographic Explorer Seminar Series, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC. (June 1, 2015) Karl Berg. "Brief and to the point: Do the kinematics of avian flight constrain flight signal duration?," 51st Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Animal Behavior Society, Princeton, NJ. (August 9, 2014) Karl Berg. "Why parrots talk and other nagging questions about tropical birds," Master Naturalist Course, Texas Coastal and Master Naturalists, South Padre Island. (April 12, 2014) Karl Berg. "Upwards mobility: Development of vocal signature mimicry in a free-flying parrot.," Generated on Mar 08, 2018 Page 3 of 6

4 Animal Behavior Seminar U.C. Davis, University of California, Davis, Davis, California. (May 2013) Karl Berg. "De verdad hablan los loros?: El aprendizaje de vocales en los loros silvestres," 2do Congreso Ornitologico de Venezuela, Union de Ornitologos de Venezuela, Maracaibo, Venezuela. (November 19, 2012) Karl Berg. "Wiring for mobility: Vocal and locomotor ontogeny in wild parrots," 49th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Animal Behavior Society, Albuquerque, NM. (June 10, 2012) Karl Berg. "Vocal learning in wild parrots," Wildlife & Conservation Biology Seminar Series U.C. Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. (February 24, 2012) Karl Berg. "Coming of age in South America: Emergence of vocal identity in wild parrots," Expeditions Council, National Geographic Society, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.. (January 20, 2012) Karl Berg. "Vertical transmission of vocal memes in wild parrots," 81st Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological Society, Kearney, Nebraska. (March 9, 2011) Karl Berg. "Vocal diversity and acoustic space in wild parrots," Neuroethology Club Cornell University, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (2009) Karl Berg. "Darling, is that you?: Vocal mate recognition in wild parrots," 87th Annual Meeting of the Association of Field Ornithologists, Association of Field Ornithologists, Pittsburgh, PA. (April 2009) Karl Berg. "Begging to differ: Acquisition of vocal signatures in wild parrots," 12th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Ithaca, NY. (2008) Karl Berg. "Infanticide and adoption in Green-rumped Parrotlets," 124th Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologist' Union, American Ornithologist' Union, Veracruz, Mexico. (2006) Karl Berg. "Anatomy of the acoustic amphitheater in a neotropical avian community," U.C. Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Seminar Series, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. (2005) Karl Berg. "Sequential signaling in a neotropical dawn chorus," 121st Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, American Ornithologist' Union, Champaign-Urbana, IL. (August 6, 2003) Karl Berg. "Life history studies of new world tropical parrots and their conservation," 120th Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, American Ornithologist' Union, New Orleans, LA. (September 24, 2002) Karl Berg. "A test of the nutritional stress hypothesis," 79th Annual Meeting of Association of Field Ornithologists, Association of Field Ornithologists, Fort Myers, FL. (2001) TEACHING Courses Taught Adv Ornithology Animal Behavior Biology Internship Generated on Mar 08, 2018 Page 4 of 6

5 Biostatistics Ecology Graduate Biological Research Problems Graduate Research Ornithology Ornithology Laboratory Research Problems in Biology Thesis I Thesis II Thesis Proposal Directed Student Learning Graduate Supervised Research. Caleb Arellano,, Biological Sciences (UTB). (September 2015) Undergraduate Directed Individual/Independent Study. Teresa Shumaker Wyatt, (January May 2017) Graduate Supervised Research. Tatiana Dolgushina,, Biological Sciences (UTB). (January May 2017) Undergraduate Directed Individual/Independent Study. Eduardo Gonzalez, (September December 2015) Undergraduate Directed Individual/Independent Study. Jaime Cepeda, "Psychobiology of vocal babbling in wild parrots", Biological Sciences (UTB). (June August 2014) SERVICE Department Service Committee Member, Entomology Professor Search Committee. (February 13, April 7, 2017) Committee Member, Endocrinology Professor Search Committee. (September 13, April 7, 2017) Committee Member, Biology Chairperson Search Committee. ( ) Committee Member, Environmental Toxicologist Professor. ( ) University Service Guest Speaker, Getting funded - Opportunities & Strategies. (February 20, 2018) Committee Member, Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee. (August 31, August 31, 2017) Professional Service Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Tropical Ecology (February 2017) Generated on Mar 08, 2018 Page 5 of 6

6 Committee Member, Diversity, American Ornithological Society (January 2017) Professional Memberships American Ornithological Society (AOS) ( 2001) Cooper Ornithological Society (COS) ( ) Animal Behavior Society (ABS) ( ) Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO) ( ) Public Service Other, National Audubon Society, Brownsville, ( 2015) Generated on Mar 08, 2018 Page 6 of 6