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:
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
Accepted Articles:
Davis Rabosky AR, Moore TY, Sanchez-Paredes CM, Westeen EP, Larson JG, Sealey BA, Balinski BA. Convergence and divergence in snake anti-predator displays: A novel approach to quantitative behavioral comparison. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. pre-print: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2019/11/21/849703.full.pdf
Peer-reviewed Natural History Notes:
Westeen EP, Martinez-Fonseca JG. Thamnopis elegans Predation. Accepted. Herpetological Review.
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.
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
