PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate
BS Biology, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
phenotypic evolution, speciation dynamics, comparative biology, evolutionary ecology, population genetics, behavioral ecology, herpetology
Peer-reviewed Publications:
Davis Rabosky AR, Moore TY, Sanchez-Paredes CM, Westeen EP, Larson JG, Sealey BA, Balinski BA. 2021. Convergence and divergence in snake anti-predator displays: A novel approach to quantitative behavioral comparison. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 132(4): 811-828 https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa222
Shi JJ, Westeen EP, and Rabosky DL. A test for rate-coupling of trophic and cranial evolutionary dynamics in New World bats. 2021. Evolution. http://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14188
Westeen EP, Durso AM, Grundler MC, Rabosky DL, and Davis Rabosky AR. What makes a fang? Phylogenetic and ecological controls on tooth evolution in rear-fanged snakes. 2020. BMC Evol Biol 20, 80. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01645-0
Martinez-Fonseca JG, Fitoria-Medina A, Westeen EP, and Chambers CL. Revised Checklist of the Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Nicaragua. 2020. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University. OP-369. https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/publications/downloads/OP369.pdf
von May R, Biggi E, Cárdenas H, Diaz MI, Alarcón C, Herrera V, Santa-Cruz R, Tomasinelli F, Westeen EP, Sánchez-Paredes CM, Larson JG, Title PO, Grundler MR, Grundler MC, Davis Rabosky AR, and Rabosky DL. 2019. Ecological interactions between arthropods and small vertebrates in a lowland Amazon rainforest. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation. 13(1): 65–77. http://amphibian-reptile-conservation.org/pdfs/Volume/Vol_13_no_1/ARC_13...
Shi JJ, Westeen EP, and Rabosky DL. 2018. Digitizing extant bat diversity: An open-access repository of 3D μCT-scanned skulls for research and education. PLoS ONE. 13(9): e0203022. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203022
Shi JJ, Westeen EP, Katlein NT, Dumont ER, and Rabosky DL. 2018. Ecomorphological and phylogenetic controls on sympatry across extant bats. Journal of Biogeography. 45(7): 1560-1570. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13353
Peer-reviewed Natural History Notes:
Westeen EP, Martinez-Fonseca JG. Thamnopis elegans vagrans Predation. Herpetological Review. 2021. 52(1):172-173.
Curlis JD, Cerda PA, Davis Rabosky AR, Grundler MC, Holmes IA, Sealey BA, Whitcher C, Grundler MR, Westeen EP. Bromeliohylia bromeliacia Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review. 2020. 51(4): 768.
Curlis JD, Cerda PA, Davis Rabosky AR, Grundler MC, Holmes IA, Sealey BA, Whitcher C, Grundler MR, Westeen EP. Rhadinella kinkelini Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review. 2020. 51(4): 783.
Curlis JD, Cerda PA, Davis Rabosky AR, Grundler MC, Holmes IA, Sealey BA, Whitcher C, Grundler MR, Westeen EP. Sibon dimidiatus Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review. 2020. 51(4): 783.
Westeen EP, Martinez-Fonseca JG. Sceloporus virgatus Behavior. Herpetological Review. 2020. 52(1): 335.
Reid FA, Westeen EP, Martinez-Fonseca JG. Micrurus alleni Diet. Herpetological Review. 2019. 50(3): 597.
Cotten TB, Love-Chezem T, Westeen EP, Shaw CJ, and Fadlovich R. 2017. Thamnophis rufipunctatus Habitat. Herpetological Review. 2017. 48(3): 686-687.
2021 - 2022 Berkeley Connect Research and Mentoring Fellowship
2020 - 2025 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
2020 - 2021 Liu Fellowship for Environmental Studies, UC Berkeley
2018 - 2020 Berkeley Fellowship for Graduate Studies
2013 – 2017 University of Michigan Dean’s Merit Scholarship
ESPM 152 Global Change Biology - spring 2020, spring 2021
Contact details
Erin Westeen
UC Berkeley
130 Mulford Hall #3114
Berkeley, CA 94720
