Curriculum Vitae
Jhan Carlos Salazar Salazar
Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive | St. Louis, MO 63130
[email protected]
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Education
2019 - present Ph.D. Candidate; Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology - Washington University in St. Louis. Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Losos
2018 B.S. in Biology Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia (with distinction). Advisor: Dr. Rosario Castañeda y Dr. Gustavo Londoño
Meritorious Thesis
Appointments
2023 - Research Data Support Specialist II; School of Information – The University of Arizona. Advisor: Dr. Cristian Roman-Palacios
2019 - present PhD Student; Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology - Washington University in St. Louis
2019 - Lecturer in Zoology lab; Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas; Universidad Icesi.
2018 - 2019 Research assistant; Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas; Universidad Icesi
Selected Honors and Awards
2024 Nominee for the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society for the Washington University in St. Louis chapter.
2023 Travel grant given by Gans Collection and Charitable Fund, Inc. for the Camp ’23: Celebrating 100 years of Charles L. Cap’s Classification of the Lizards at the American Museum of Natural History [$900].
2023 3rd place at best Oral Presentation at the IMSD retreat at Washington University in St. Louis
2019 Afro-Colombian of the Year – Youth Category by Fundación Color Colombia and Revista El Espectador
2018 Meritorious Undergrad Thesis at Universidad Icesi
2013 Undergrad Icesos Scholarship at Universidad Icesi
Public Presentation
Oral Presentations
2023 Public presentation at the Seminario del Laboratorio de Herpetología at Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México - "Ecología y evolución de la fisiología térmica en los trópicos."
2023 Public presentation at the U’23: Celebrating 100 years of Charles L. Cap’s Classification of the Lizards at the American Museum of Natural History - "Ain't no mountain high enough: Repeated evolution of high elevation specialization in tropical lizards."
2023 Public presentation at the IMSD retreat at Washington University in St. Louis 2023 - "Ain't no mountain high enough: Repeated evolution of high elevation specialization in tropical lizards."
2023 - Public presentation at the Ernst Mayr Symposium at Evolution Conference 2023 - "Ain't no mountain high enough: Repeated evolution of high elevation specialization in tropical lizards"
2023 - Public presentation at the INSPIRE conference - "Ain't no mountain high enough: Repeated evolution of high elevation specialization in tropical lizards."
2023 - Public presentation at the LEC seminar series - "Once upon a time in Colombia: Evolution and ecology of thermal physiology in the Andes"
2023 - Public presentation for the ABBGS Black history month showcase - "Once upon a time in Colombia: Evolution and ecology of thermal physiology in the Andes"
2022 - Pasado, presente y futuro: Fisiología térmica en los Andes. Universidad Icesi. (Delivered in Spanish).
Panels
2022 - Herpetología Diversa; Conversatorio sobre diversidad e inclusión en la herpetología colombiana: Colectivo Mujeres en la Ciencia Colombiana (Delivered in Spanish).
2021 - Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusión en Eco-Evo en Latinoamérica; Club Eco-Evo Latinoamerica.
2021 - Herramientas generales de apoyo a la investigación; Universidad Militar Nueva Granada. Ecología y evolución de la fisiología térmica en los trópicos.
2021 - Semana de Divulgación Científica Universidad Icesi. Explorando la ecología y evolución de la fisiología térmica en los trópicos.
2020 - Lagartijas del valle, venid; La ruta de la ciencia – Todo es ciencia: Ministerio de Ciencias de Colombia
Publications
Submitted
2019 - present Ph.D. Candidate; Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology - Washington University in St. Louis. Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Losos
2018 B.S. in Biology Universidad Icesi, Cali, Colombia (with distinction). Advisor: Dr. Rosario Castañeda y Dr. Gustavo Londoño
Meritorious Thesis
Appointments
2023 - Research Data Support Specialist II; School of Information – The University of Arizona. Advisor: Dr. Cristian Roman-Palacios
2019 - present PhD Student; Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology - Washington University in St. Louis
2019 - Lecturer in Zoology lab; Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas; Universidad Icesi.
2018 - 2019 Research assistant; Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas; Universidad Icesi
Selected Honors and Awards
2024 Nominee for the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society for the Washington University in St. Louis chapter.
2023 Travel grant given by Gans Collection and Charitable Fund, Inc. for the Camp ’23: Celebrating 100 years of Charles L. Cap’s Classification of the Lizards at the American Museum of Natural History [$900].
2023 3rd place at best Oral Presentation at the IMSD retreat at Washington University in St. Louis
2019 Afro-Colombian of the Year – Youth Category by Fundación Color Colombia and Revista El Espectador
2018 Meritorious Undergrad Thesis at Universidad Icesi
2013 Undergrad Icesos Scholarship at Universidad Icesi
Public Presentation
Oral Presentations
2023 Public presentation at the Seminario del Laboratorio de Herpetología at Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México - "Ecología y evolución de la fisiología térmica en los trópicos."
2023 Public presentation at the U’23: Celebrating 100 years of Charles L. Cap’s Classification of the Lizards at the American Museum of Natural History - "Ain't no mountain high enough: Repeated evolution of high elevation specialization in tropical lizards."
2023 Public presentation at the IMSD retreat at Washington University in St. Louis 2023 - "Ain't no mountain high enough: Repeated evolution of high elevation specialization in tropical lizards."
2023 - Public presentation at the Ernst Mayr Symposium at Evolution Conference 2023 - "Ain't no mountain high enough: Repeated evolution of high elevation specialization in tropical lizards"
2023 - Public presentation at the INSPIRE conference - "Ain't no mountain high enough: Repeated evolution of high elevation specialization in tropical lizards."
2023 - Public presentation at the LEC seminar series - "Once upon a time in Colombia: Evolution and ecology of thermal physiology in the Andes"
2023 - Public presentation for the ABBGS Black history month showcase - "Once upon a time in Colombia: Evolution and ecology of thermal physiology in the Andes"
2022 - Pasado, presente y futuro: Fisiología térmica en los Andes. Universidad Icesi. (Delivered in Spanish).
Panels
2022 - Herpetología Diversa; Conversatorio sobre diversidad e inclusión en la herpetología colombiana: Colectivo Mujeres en la Ciencia Colombiana (Delivered in Spanish).
2021 - Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusión en Eco-Evo en Latinoamérica; Club Eco-Evo Latinoamerica.
2021 - Herramientas generales de apoyo a la investigación; Universidad Militar Nueva Granada. Ecología y evolución de la fisiología térmica en los trópicos.
2021 - Semana de Divulgación Científica Universidad Icesi. Explorando la ecología y evolución de la fisiología térmica en los trópicos.
2020 - Lagartijas del valle, venid; La ruta de la ciencia – Todo es ciencia: Ministerio de Ciencias de Colombia
Publications
Submitted
- Salazar, J.C., Londoño, G.A., Muñoz, M.M. & Castañeda, M.R. 2024. The Andes are a driver of physiological diversity in Anolis lizards. Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society.
- Salazar, J.C. & Miles, D.B. 2024. The shape of water: lizards and the desert. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
- Jacobs, J.A., Salazar, J.C., & Winchell, K.M. 2023. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Dollars: A photographic approach to studying color in anoles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2023, XX, 1-12. [pdf]
- Soares, L., Cockle, K., Ruelas Inzunza, E., Ibarrra, J.T., Miño, C.I., Zuluaga, S., Bonaccorso, E., Ríos-Orjuela, C., ... Salazar, J.C., ..., Fraga, R.M. & Martins, P. 2023. Neotropical Ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future. Ornithological Applications. 125: 1-30. [pdf]
- Salazar, J.C. & Londoño, G.A. 2022. Nesting biology of the golden-winged manakin (Masius chrysopterus), with a review of nesting traits for lowland and highland species of pipridae. Ornitología Neotropical. 33: 58-65. [pdf]
- Salazar, J.C., Castañeda, M. R., Londoño, G.A. & Muñoz, M.M. 2019. Physiological evolution during adaptive radiation: A test of the island effect in Anolis lizards. Evolution 73: 1241 - 1252 (Issue cover image) * Featured at: EurekAlert!, Phys.org, ScienceDaily, Anole Annals. [pdf]