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Appointments

Postdoctoral Researcher, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 2021-2022

JSPS Fellow, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 2022-2024

Education

BA, Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville, May 2014, Summa Cum Laude, Top Graduate in the Natural Sciences, Cumulative GPA: 4.0

PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Nevada Reno, August 2021, Cumulative GPA: 4.0

Publications

S.A. Yoon and Q.D. Read (2016) Consequences of exotic host use: impacts on

Lepidoptera and a test of the ecological trap hypothesis. Oecologia. DOI:

10.1007/s00442-016-3560-2

J.G. Harrison, C. S. Philbin, Z. Gompert, G. Forister, L. Hernandez-Espinoza, B.W.

Sullivan, I. Wallace, L. Beltran, C. Dodson, J. Francis, A. Schlageter, O. Shelef, S.A.

Yoon, M.L. Forister (2018) Deconstruction of a plant-arthropod community reveals

influential plant traits and nonlinear effects on arthropod assemblages. Functional

Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13060

L. A. Dyer, C.S. Philbin, K. M. Ochsenrider, L. R. Richards, T. J. Massad, A. M.

Smilanich, M. L. Forister, T. L. Parchman, L. Galland, P. J. Hurtado, A. E. Espeset, A. E.

Glassmire, J. G. Harrison, C. Mo, S.A. Yoon, N. A. Pardikes, N. D. Muchoney, J. P.

Jahner, H. L. Slinn, O. Shelef, C. S. Jeffrey (2018) Modern chemical ecology theory for

plant insect interactions. Nature Chemistry Reviews. DOI: 10.1038/s41570-018-0009-7

S.A. Yoon, J.G. Harrison, C.S. Philbin, C. Dodson, D. Jones, I. Wallace, M.L. Forister,

A.M. Smilanich (2019) Host plant dependent effects of microbes and phytochemistry on

the insect immune response. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04480-3

M.L. Forister, S. A. Yoon, C. S. Philbin, C.D. Dodson, B. Hart, J. G. Harrison, O. Shelef,

J. A. Fordyce, Z. H. Marion, C. C. Nice, L.A. Richards, C.A. Buerkle, S. Leibis, L.K.

Lucas, Z. Gompert. (2020) Caterpillars on a phytochemical landscape: The case of

alfalfa and the Melissa blue butterfly. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6203

Z. Gompert, T. Saley, C. Philbin, S.A. Yoon, E. Perry, M.E. Sneck, J.G. Harrison, C.A. Buerkle, J.A. Fordyce, C.C. Nice, C.D. Dodson, S.L. Lebeis, L.K. Lucas, M.L. Forister. (2022) Additive genetic effects in interacting species jointly determine the outcome of caterpillar herbivory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2206052119

S.A. Yoon, J.G. Harrison, M.L. Forister, A.M. Smilanich. (2022) Experimental removal of extracellular egg-associated microbes has long-lasting effects for larval performance. Functional Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14184

Selected Grants and Awards

Joint Genome Institute CSP Young Investigator Award (2022)

JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship- ~$75,000 (2022-2024)

UNR Outstanding Biology Teaching Assistant-$1000 (2020)

Steve and Kathy Jenkins Graduate Fellowship-$19,500 (2019)

UNR EECB Director's Award (2019)

Jerry and Betty Wilson Biology Scholarship-$4000 (2019)

UNR Graduate Student Association Outstanding Graduate Student Award-$1000 (2019)

American Association of University Women Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship-$20,000 (2019)

American Society of Naturalists Student Research Award-$2000 (2019)

Ron Leuschner Memorial Fund for Research on the Lepidoptera-$500 (2019)

UNR College of Science First Place Poster Award -$350 (2018)

UNR Graduate Student Association Research Award-$1800 (2018)

Society for the Study of Evolution Graduate Research Excellence Grant-$3000 (2018)

Diana-Hadley Lynch Scholarship-$2500 (2018)

CAPES Fellowship R$-17,900 (2017)

NSF GROW-$5000 (2017)

Brussard Scholarship-$500 (2017)

American Society of Naturalists Travel Award-$500 (2017)

UNR Graduate Student Association Research Symposium 1st Prize Poster Award-$500 (2016)

Ruth Patrick Poster Award-Honorary Mention (2016)

Society for the Study of Evolution Rosemary Grant Award-$2500 (2016)

Society for the Study of Evolution Outreach Grant-$450 (2016)

UNR Graduate Student Association Travel Award- $800 (2015)

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship-$138,000 (2014-2017)

Dean's Scholar Award, 2014, University of Nevada Reno ($6,000)

Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award 2014, University of TN

Top Collegiate Scholar Award 2014, University of TN

Outstanding Poster Award, Arts and Sciences, Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, 2014, University of TN ($100)

Undergraduate Summer Research Internship, University of TN-$2,000 (2012)

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Summer Grant, University of TN-$2,000 (2012)

Poster Presentations and Talks

March 2013 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, Knoxville TN. SA Yoon and K Hughes. Accelerated Heavy Metal Uptake of White Pine Seedlings in Response to Mycorrhizal Treatment in Coal Ash Amended Soils. (poster)

April 2014 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, Knoxville TN. SA Yoon and QD Read. Consequences of Alien Plant Invasion on Lepidoptera Fauna: A Global Meta-Analysis. (poster)

August 2015 Ecological Society of America 100th annual meeting, Baltimore MD. SA Yoon, QD Read, A Smilanich, and ML Forister. Consequences of novel plant-insect interactions: A meta-analysis of Lepidoptera and exotic host plants. (poster)

September 2015 EMAPI 13th international conference, Hawai’i Island. SA Yoon, QD Read, A Smilanich, and ML Forister. Consequences of novel plant-insect interactions: A meta-analysis of Lepidoptera and exotic host plants. (poster)

November 2015 UNR College of Science Poster Competition, Reno NV. SA Yoon, QD Read, A Smilanich, and ML Forister. Consequences of novel plant-insect interactions: A meta-analysis of Lepidoptera and exotic host plants. (poster)

May 2016 Sixth Annual Symbiosis Workshop, Wawona CA. SA Yoon, JG Harrison, ML Forister, AM Smilanich. Does the microbiome mediate novel host use, immune response and performance in the specialist butterfly Lycaeides melissa? (poster)

June 2016 Evolution, Austin TX. SA Yoon, JG Harrison, ML Forister, AM Smilanich. Does the microbiome mediate novel host use, immune response and performance in the specialist butterfly Lycaeides melissa? (poster)

September 2016 International Congress of Entomology, Orlando FL. SA Yoon, JG Harrison, ML Forister, AM Smilanich. Does the microbiome mediate novel host use, immune response and performance in the specialist butterfly Lycaeides melissa? (poster)

November 2016 UNR Graduate Poster Symposium, Reno NV. SA Yoon, JG Harrison, ML Forister, AM Smilanich. Does the microbiome mediate novel host use, immune response and performance in the specialist butterfly Lycaeides melissa? (poster)

May 2017 Seventh Annual Symbiosis Workshop, Wawona CA. SA Yoon, JG Harrison, ML Forister, AM Smilanich. Examining the role of maternal microbes in the insect immune response: an example of wild immunology. (talk)

June 2017 Evolution, Portland OR. SA Yoon, JG Harrison, ML Forister, AM Smilanich. Examining the role of maternal microbes in the insect immune response: an example of wild immunology. (talk)

October 2017 UNR Graduate Poster Symposium, Reno NV, SA Yoon, JG Harrison, ML Forister, AM Smilanich. How do maternally transmitted microbes and ecological variation affect the insect immune response? An example of wild immunology. (poster)

November 2017 UNR College of Science Poster Competition, Reno NV, SA Yoon, JG Harrison, ML Forister, AM Smilanich. How do maternally transmitted microbes and ecological variation affect the insect immune response? An example of wild immunology. (poster)

August 2018 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, SA Yoon, R Cogni, ML Forister, AM Smilanich, From the deserts of the Great Basin to the forests of Campinas: How is immune defense mediated by host use, phytochemistry, and the caterpillar microbiome? (poster)

October 2018 UNR Graduate Poster Symposium, Reno NV, SA Yoon, R Cogni, ML Forister, AM Smilanich, From the deserts of the Great Basin to the forests of Campinas: How is immune defense mediated by host use, phytochemistry, and the caterpillar microbiome? (poster)

November 2018 UNR College of Science Poster Competition, Reno NV, SA Yoon, R Cogni, ML Forister, AM Smilanich, From the deserts of the Great Basin to the forests of Campinas: How is immune defense mediated by host use, phytochemistry, and the caterpillar microbiome? (poster)

Professional service and outreach

UNR EECB Student Outreach Committee (2015-2019)

UNR EECB New Student Orientation Committee (2015-2017)

Nevada Bugs & Butterflies Volunteer (2015-2019)

Big Brothers Big Sisters Nevada- Volunteer (2015-2019)

Pollinator Week UNR- Volunteer (2015-2019)

Science Olympiad UNR- Volunteer (2015-2017)

Graduate Student Association Panel, UNR- Invited Speaker (2014-2015)

Darwin Day TN – Volunteer (2014)

Invasive Plant Removal Day TN- Volunteer (2013)

Nashville Chess Center, Nashville TN- Tutor (2010-2011)

Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville TN- Workshop instructor and volunteer (2009-2011)

Reviewer

Annals of the Entomological Society of America (1)

American Journal of Botany (1)

Teaching

Co-taught BIOL 792 (Ecological Immunology) Spring 2016

Teaching Assistant BIOL 100 (Introductory Biology) Fall 2016-Spring 2017

Teaching Assistant BIOL 415 (Evolutionary Biology) Fall 2018-Spring 2021

Guest Lectures

Invited Talk, Ecology and Population Biology (BIOL 314), Spring 2017

Invited Talk, University of Sao Paulo, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Seminar, December 2017

Invited Talk, University of Sao Paulo, Phytochemistry Seminar, April 2018

Research Experience

Research Tech- Rocky Mountain Biological Lab - Dr. Kailen Mooney (Summer 2014)

Research Assistant- Invasive Species Biology, University of TN -Dr. Dan Simberloff/Dr. Gary McCracken (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)

Research Intern- Chemical Ecology Lab, University of TN -Dr. Jim Fordyce (Summer 2013)

Research Assistant- Community Ecology Lab, University of TN -Dr. Nate Sanders (2012-2013)

Research Assistant- Plant Taxonomy and Systematics Lab, University of TN -Dr. Ed Schilling (Summer 2012)

Research Intern- Mycology Lab, University of TN -Dr. Karen Hughes (Summer 2012)