Ameer Naphtali Thompson

 

 

Current Position

Ameer is in the PhD program at UC Davis in the lab of Crina Nimigean

Degrees

Bachelor of Science, CSU Sacramento, May 2005

Awards

•Undergraduate speaker at Natural Sciences and Mathematics Spring 2005 Convocation
•Sally Casanova California Pre-Doctoral Scholarship, Fall 2004
• New York University Center for Neural Science Summer Research Program, Summer 2004
• John and Kathryn von Saltza Memorial Scholarship in Biological Sciences, Spring 2004
• 1st place, Biological and Agricultural Sciences (Undergraduate),18th Annual California State University Student Research Competition, Spring 2004
• 1st Place, California State University, Sacramento Undergraduate and Graduate Research Competition, Spring 2004
• Superior Presentation, Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, Fall 2003
• Undergraduate Researcher Evolutionary Ecology of Fishes Lab: Fall 2002-Spring 2005
• McNair Scholar, Fall 2002-Fall 2003
• Science Educational Equity Academic Scholarship, Spring 2002 & 2003
• Kennedy-King Memorial Scholarship, Spring 2000

Professional Societies

• American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
• Animal Behavior Society

Extracurricular Service Activities

• Multicultural Organization of Science Students, Spring 2002- Fall 2004; President Fall 2002- Spring 2003
• Society of Physics Students, Fall 2003- Spring 2004
• Student Liaison College of Natural Science and Mathematics Academic Council, Spring 2002

Teaching

• Science Educational Equity program: Student Adjunct Instructor (Organic Chemistry I), Spring 2005
• Science Educational Equity program: Student Adjunct Instructor (Zoology), Fall 2004
• Services for Students with Disabilities: Biology tutor, Spring 2004
• Faculty Student Mentor Program: Instructor, Fall 2003
• Science Educational Equity program: Student Adjunct Instructor (Systemic Physiology), Fall 2003- Spring 2004
• Biology 20- Biology a Human Perspective: Teaching Assistant, Fall 2002- Spring 2003
• Biology 10-Basic Biological Concepts: Teaching Assistant, Spring 2002

Grants

• $500 Academically Related Activities Grant, 2004
• $500 Science Education Equity Summer Travel Stipend, 2004
• $300 Academically Related Activities Grant, 2004
• $400 College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Community Advisory Board Travel Award, 2004
• $2,810 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Minority Access to Research Careers grant, 2004
• $250 Student Academic Development Grant, 2003

Publications

Coleman, R.M., Thompson, A. N. (2004) “A test of the misdirection hypothesis for false eyespots using parental convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus)” (In Progress)

Thompson, A. N. (2004) “Oak apple” gall formation by cynipid wasps questions the validity of the Janzen-Connell hypothesis. American Journal of Undergraduate Research (Accepted pending revisions)

Pelli, D.G., Martelli, M., Majaj, N.J., Chatterjee, G., Thompson, A. N. (2004) “Object recognition. Parts, wholes, and the conjunction index.” Perception: ECVP 2004 (abstract)

Thompson, A. N. (2003) “Parental investment as a function of body condition in female convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus)” McNair Scholars Journal Volume 4 2002-2004

Presentations

New York University Summer Undergraduate Research Program Symposium. “What makes a good face: Isolation and recognition of faces.” August 2004

California State University System Wide Research Competition. “A test of the misdirection hypothesis for false eyespots using parental convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus).” April 2004

California State University, Sacramento Undergraduate and Graduate Research Competition. “A test of the misdirection hypothesis for false eyespots using parental convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus).” March 2004

Sigma Xi Undergraduate Student Research Conference, “A test of the misdirection hypothesis for false eyespots using parental convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus).” November 2003

University of California, Berkeley McNair Scholars Symposium; “Parental investment as a function of body condition in female convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus).” August 2003

Pennsylvania State University McNair Scholars Conference; “Parental investment as a function of body condition in female convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus).” July 2003

International Presentations

41st Annual Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Oaxaca, Mexico. “A test of the misdirection hypothesis for false eyespots using parental convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus)” June 2004

83rd Annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Manaus, Brasil. “A test of the misdirection hypothesis for false eyespots using parental convict cichlids (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus)” July 2003

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