NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology

这项行动为2008财政年度的NSF博士后研究奖学金提供资金。该研究金支持约书亚A的一项研究和培训计划，题为“珊瑚三角区鱼类的系统发育和生物地理模式：说明生命百科全书中的生物多样性模式”。Drew.这项研究的主办机构是芝加哥菲尔德博物馆，赞助科学家是马克·韦斯特奈特博士。印度洋-太平洋的珊瑚礁是世界上物种多样性最丰富的地方。如此多的物种是如何在那里进化的仍然是海洋生物多样性研究的核心问题之一。 这项研究正在研究印度-太平洋地区的大量物种是由于本土的多样性，还是由于从其他地区（如太平洋中部或印度洋）进口。 为了弄清楚这种多样性的起源，这项研究正在为两个高度多样化的鱼类群体建立一个“家谱”。 该物种的起源（无论是原产于印度-太平洋地区还是来自其他地区）取决于该物种福尔斯在树上的位置。培训目标包括分析大数据丰富的核苷酸矩阵和使用基于网络的数据库的计算技术。由于印度洋-太平洋地区的海洋生物多样性受到从过度捕捞到气候变化等多种威胁，这些前沿信息正在被带到最广泛的利益相关者面前，包括直接提供给印度洋-太平洋地区的管理人员，他们需要做出必要的保护决定，以明智地管理这些高度多样化的珊瑚礁。

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2008. The fellowship supports a research and training plan entitled "Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Patterns of Coral Triangle Fishes: Illustrating Biodiversity Patterns in the Encyclopedia of Life" for Joshua A. Drew. The host institution for this research is the Field Museum of Chicago, and the sponsoring scientist is Dr. Mark Westneat. The coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific are home to the greatest diversity of species in the world. How so many species have evolved there remains one of the central questions of marine biodiversity studies. This research is looking at whether the high number of species in the Indo-Pacific is due to home grown diversity or due to imports from other regions such as the central Pacific or Indian Ocean. To figure out where this diversity originates this research is building a "family tree" for two highly diverse groups of fishes. The origin of the species (whether native to the Indo-Pacific or from other regions) is determined depending on where the species falls on the tree. Training objectives include computational techniques for analyzing large data rich nucleotide matrices and using web-based databases. Since marine biodiversity in the Indo-Pacific is under several threats ranging from over-fishing to climate change, this cutting edge information is being brought to the widest number of stakeholders, including being presented directly to the managers in the Indo-Pacific who need to make the conservation decisions necessary to wisely manage these highly diverse coral reefs.