Ornithology, Systematics and Evolutionary Biology Louisiana State University & LSU Museum of Natural Science Advisor: Frederick H.

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1 VIVIEN L. CHUA Department of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Sciences Louisiana State University 119 Foster Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA EDUCATION Ph.D. student Ornithology, Systematics and Evolutionary Biology Louisiana State University & LSU Museum of Natural Science Advisor: Frederick H. Sheldon Present B.S. in Life Sciences 2010 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Nevada, Las Vegas SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS V.L. Chua, B.T. Smith, M.A. Rahman, M. Lakim, D.M. Prawiradilaga, 2017 R.G. Moyle, F.H. Sheldon. An Ornithological Evolutionary and ecological forces influencing population diversification in Bornean montane passerines. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Submitted R.C. Burner, V.L. Chua, M.L. Brady, P. Van Els, P.O.M Steinhoff, M.A. Rahman, F.H. Sheldon. An Ornithological Survey of Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 128(2): P. Van Els, V.L. Chua, R.C. Burner, M.A. Rahman, F.H Sheldon. Notes on the Life History of Harpactes whiteheadi (Aves: Trogonidae) with a First Description of the Juvenile Plumage. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. In press V.L. Chua, Q. Phillipps, H.C. Lim, S. S. Taylor, D. F. Gawin, 2015 M. A. Rahman, R. G. Moyle, F. H. Sheldon. Phylogeography of three endemic birds of Maratua island, a potential archive of Bornean biogeography. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63: H.C. Lim, V.L. Chua, P.M. Benham, C.H. Oliveros, M.A. Rahman, 2014 R.G. Moyle, F.H. Sheldon. Divergence history of the Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus) of Sundaland: Implications for the biogeography of Palawan and the taxonomy of island species in general. The Auk 4: B.C. Carstens, R.S. Brennan, V. Chua, C.V. Duffie, M.G. Harvey, 2013 R.A. Koch, C.D. McMahan, B.J. Nelson, C.E. Newman, J.D. Satler, G. Seeholzer, K. Posbic, D.C. Tank, J. Sullivan. Model selection as a tool for phylogeographic inference: An example from the willow Salix

2 melanopsis. Molecular Ecology 22: B.T. Smith, R.W. Bryson, Jr., V.Chua, L. Africa, J.Klicka. Speciation 2013 history of North American Carpodacus finches inferred from multilocus data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: J. Klicka, G.M. Spellman, K. Winker, V. Chua, B.T. Smith. A 2011 phylogeographic and population genetic analysis of a widespread, sedentary North American Bird: The Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus). The Auk 128: AWARDS AND GRANTS BioGrads Student Travel Louisiana State University 2016 Award $400 Yoder Professorship Used as Fellowships Grant 2016 Louisiana State University $1500 Awarded to Female Students with Strong Field Component to Their Research F. M. Chapman Collection Study Grant American 2015 Museum of Natural History $855 Student Travel Award International Ornithological 2013 Conference $1000 BioGrads Student Travel Louisiana State University 2013 Award $300 Virginia L. Mouw Award in Ornithology Louisiana 2012 State University $300 Most Promising First Year Student in Ornithology BioGrads Student Travel Louisiana State University 2012 Award $300 RESEARCH AND FIELD EXPERIENCE Louisiana State Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science Ornithological Expeditions General Collecting Expeditions present Sarawak, Borneo Louisiana State University Museum 2014 Of Natural Science Dissertation Collecting Expedition RADseq Library Prep Workshop Smithsonian 2013 National Zoo Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics

3 UCE Workshop Louisiana State University Museum 2013 of Natural Science Sarawak, Borneo Louisiana State University Museum 2013 Of Natural Science General Avian Collecting Expedition Sabah, Borneo Cornell Ivy Expeditions/Louisiana 2012 State University Museum of Natural Science Avian Natural History Expedition Sarawak, Borneo Louisiana State University Museum 2012 of Natural Science General Collecting Expedition Sarawak, Borneo Sarawak Planted Forest Bird 2011 Conservation Avian & Habitat Surveys USFS Butterfly Project, Spring Mountains National 2010 Recreation Area, Metapopulation, Life History, and Autecology Project University of Nevada, Las Vegas Intensive Field Surveys and Data Managing Nevada State Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of 2010 Nevada, Las Vegas General Ornithological Collecting Expeditions Research Assistant Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Sequencing and Analyzing Molecular Data CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE Curatorial Assistant Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science Cataloging, Identifying, Processing Loans and Managing the Ornithological Collection present Curatorial Assistant Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science Cataloging, Identifying, Processing Loans and Managing the Ornithological Collection Undergraduate Collection Assistant Marjorie Barrick Museum, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Prepping Avian Specimens, Aid in Managing Museum and Tissue Collection

4 TEACHING EXPERIENCE High School Student Mentor Science Fair Project 2013 (Regional Contestant) Rosalind Remsen Undergraduate Mentor Molecular Techniques 2013 Grace Hunt Malaysian Visiting Researcher Mentor 2013 Molecular Techniques Farah Shafawati Guest Lecturer Conservation Biology Biological 2012 Sciences, Louisiana State University Graduate Teaching Assistant Conservation Biology 2012 Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University Graduate Teaching Assistant Introductory Biology 2011 Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Principles of 2008 Modern Biology II School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada,Las Vegas Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Principles of 2007 Modern Biology I School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas PRESENTATIONS V.L. Chua Patterns and mechanisms of population 2016 diversification in Bornean montane birds North American Ornithological Conference 2016 Evolutionary History of Bornean Forest Birds 2013 Louisiana State University Department of Biological Sciences Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series V.L. Chua, Q. Phillipps, R.G. Moyle, S.S. Taylor, 2013 F.H. Sheldon Biogeography and Taxonomy of Birds of Maratua Island, Borneo Joint meeting of American Ornithologists Union and Cooper Ornithological Society, Chicago, IL V.L. Chua, B.T. Smith, K. Winter, J. Klicka Phylogeography 2010 of the Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 128 th American Ornithologists Union Meeting (joint meeting with COS and SCO),

5 San Diego, CA SERVICE AND OUTREACH LSU Museum of Natural Science Bird Collection Tours Special Saturdays Skeletal Mysteries Volunteer 2016 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Reviewer 2016 The Condor Reviewer 2014 LSU Museum of Natural Science Seminar Series Coordinator LSU Biological Sciences Graduate Students Association (BIOGRADS) Events Coordinator LSU Museum of Natural Science Birdathon Fundraiser Organizing Committee present Cooper Ornithological Society Student Committee BREC Bioblitz LA Outreach Booth 2016 Yellow Rails and Rice Festival Volunteer Earth Day Baton Rouge Outreach Booth Girl Scouts of Louisiana East (GSLE) 2015 Believe in Girls (BIG) Event Identifying Fossils Louisiana Association of Teachers of Mathematics & Louisiana Science Teachers Association Conference Outreach Booth 6 th Grade Day at LSU Outreach Booth LSU Fall Fest Outreach Booth 2014 LANGUAGE SKILLS English (Bilingual Proficiency) Malay Bahasa (Bilingual Proficiency) Cantonese (Full Professional Proficiency) Mandarin (Limited Working Proficiency)