Erica Bree Rosenblum

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Erica Bree Rosenblum
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Alma mater Brown University (B.S.)
University of California Berkeley (Ph.D.)
Scientific career
Fields Evolutionary Ecology, Herpetology
Institutions University of California Berkeley
Website nature.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.

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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.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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.
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