Graduate student, MVZ affiliate
Graduate student, MVZ affiliate
Vanderbilt University
BS Molecular and Cellular Biology, summa cum laude
Conservation biology, evolutionary ecology
Climate change represents a serious challenge to biodiversity: species must move, adapt, or die. While species capable of shifting their distributional range are generally viewed as responding successfully to climate change, these range shifts may moderate the ability of species to adapt to concurrent pressures. I am exploring whether climate change can exacerbate emerging infectious disease pressures on wild populations by affecting spatial patterns of genetic diversity.
*Indicates undergraduate authorship
Steigerwald, E. C., J. M. Igual, A. Payo‐Payo, & G. Tavecchia (2015) Effects of decreased anthropogenic food availability on an opportunistic gull: evidence for a size‐mediated response in breeding females. Ibis, 157(3):439-448. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12252
Steigerwald, E. C., A. Sorokin, F. P. Condori, Y. Jared Guevara*, G. Crispin, & J. C. Chaparro (2021) Elevational range extension of the marsupial frog, Gastrotheca marsupiata (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) (Anura, Hemiphractidae), from southern Peru. Check List. 17(1):145-150. 17(1): 145-150. doi: 10.15560/17.1.145 PDF.
Sorokin A and Steigerwald E.C. (2018) Evidence for parental care in Feihyla kajau (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Phyllomedusa. 17(1):127-130. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v17i1p127-130
Sorokin, A. and E. C. Steigerwald (2017) Interspecific combat between Nymphargus aff. grandisonae and Espadarana prosoblepon. Herpetology Notes 10:283-285.
Sorokin, A. and E. C. Steigerwald (2017) Ameerega trivittata (Three-striped Poison Frog) Ectoparisitism. Herpetological Review, 48(2):407-408.
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Steigerwald E and Sorokin A. 2016 June 13. Ecological corridor to provide connectivity for endangered, range-restricted Andean species. Mongabay. https://news.mongabay.com/2016/06/ecological-corridor-to-provide-connect....
2021 Alden W. Miller Fellowship, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
2020 David and Marvalee Wake Fund, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
2019 Sophie Danforth Conservation Biology Fund (SDCBF), Roger Williams Park Zoo & the Rhode Island Zoological Society
2019 Karl Koford Grant, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
2019 Reed Scholarship, Northern California Association of Phi Beta Kappa
2019 Fellowship of Graduate Student Travel, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
2018 George and Violet Homem Graduate Award, UC Berkeley
2018 Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research, American Philosophical Society
2018 Olvier B. Lyman Wildlife and Fisheries Program Award, UC Berkeley
2018 Grants in Aid of Research, Berkeley Chapter of Sigma Xi
2018 Tinker Research Grant, Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley
2017 Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation
2017 ESPM Starter Grant, UC Berkeley
2015 Principal project grant, Loroparque Fundación
2014 Biodiversity & Conservation Fellowship, Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg
2014 Principal project grant, Loroparque Fundación
2013 Keegan Traveling Fellowship, Vanderbilt University
2012 Harry S. Truman Scholarship
ESPM114: Wildlife Ecology Discussion Section
