Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2005

这一行动为NSF 2005财年少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供了资金。该奖学金的目标是增加少数族裔科学家在博士后水平上的参与，并为他们在美国科学领域担任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后获得者提供了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未来劳动力的培训中发挥重要作用。研究和培训计划题为“巴西大西洋森林的古气候模拟和两栖动物系统地理”。通过结合气候模型、DNA、形态和呼叫分析，这项研究使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。技术包括古气候模型、系统地理学和系统发育学，以研究第四纪气候变化如何影响白色水母、H·费伯、半水母和细长指甲。这位研究员的培训目标是学习新技能，并与南美的研究人员合作，从而为未来在学术界的职业生涯进一步发展她的专业知识。

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.