Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2005

本行动资助2005年度NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金。该奖学金的目标是增加博士后水平的少数民族科学家的参与，并为他们在美国科学领域的科学领导职位做好准备。为了实现这一目标，该奖学金为最近的博士获得者提供了最高质量的博士后培训和研究机会。预计通过这些研究金支持的研究员将在培训未来劳动力方面发挥重要作用。这项研究和培训计划的标题是“巴西大西洋森林的古气候模型和两栖动物系统地理学”。通过结合气候模型、DNA、形态和呼叫分析，该研究利用青蛙来了解多样性，并为巴西大西洋森林的保护提供信息。利用古气候模拟、系统地理学和系统发育学等技术，研究第四纪气候变化对水螅、水螅、半水螅和细毛纤毛藻的影响。该研究员的培训目标是学习新的技能，并与南美的研究人员合作，从而进一步提高她的专业知识，为未来的学术生涯做好准备。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2005. The goal of the fellowship is to increase the participation of minority scientists at the postdoctoral level and to prepare them for positions of scientific leadership in US science. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training and research of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. It is expected that Fellows supported through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan is entitled "Paleoclimate modeling and amphibian phylogeography in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest." By combining climate modeling, DNA, morphological, and call analyses, the research uses frogs to understand diversity and to inform conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Techniques include paleoclimate modeling, phylogeography, and phylogenetics to study how Quaternary climate changes affected Hyla albomarginata, H. faber, H. semilineata and Leptodactylus spixi. The Fellow's training goal is to learn new skills and work collaboratively with researchers in South America, thus furthering her professional expertise for a future career in academia.