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Matthew Lance Niemiller,\u00a0Ph.D.<\/h2>\n

Assistant Professor of Ecology
\nDepartment of Biological Sciences
\nThe University of Alabama in Huntsville
\nShelby Center for Science and Technology
\nRoom 302M
\n301 Sparkman Drive
\nHuntsville, AL 35899
\nOffice: (256) 824-3077
\nCell: (615) 427-3049
\ncavemander17@gmail.com<\/a>
\nmatthew.niemiller@uah.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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EDUCATION<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2006-2011<\/td>UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. Doctor of Philosophy, August 2011. Advisor: Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003-2006<\/td>MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, Department of Biology, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA. Master of Science, May 2006. Advisor: Brian T. Miller.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000-2003<\/td>MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA. Bachelor of Science in Biology, August 2003.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017\u2013Present<\/td>Assistant Professor<\/em>, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016\u20132017<\/td>Associate Ecologist<\/em>, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013\u2013Present<\/td>Research Associate<\/em>, Louisiana Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014\u20132016<\/td>Postdoctoral Research Associate<\/em>, Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013\u20132014<\/td>Postdoctoral Scholar<\/em>, Department of Biology, University of Kentucky<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>Postdoctoral Teaching Schola<\/em>r, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011\u20132013<\/td>Gaylord Donnelley Environmental Postdoctoral Fellow<\/em>, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
FUNDING AND AWARDS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>44.<\/strong> Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy. Bat Monitoring at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: Federal FY17. Co-PI with Steven J. Taylor (PI), Tara C. Hohoff, and Matthew M. Safford, $12500.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>43.<\/strong> Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Wildlife Diversity Program, Conservation License Plate Grant. Karst invertebrate bioinventories of gypsum caves containing bat hibernacula in the Texas Panhandle region. PI with Aron D. Katz and Steven J. Taylor, $11075. [Awarded, but contract agreement could not be reached between TPWD and the University]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>42.<\/strong> Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Assessment of a species distribution model for the spot-tailed lizard (Holbrookia lacerata<\/em>) in Texas. PI with Mark A. Davis and Michael J. Dreslik, $3154.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>41.<\/strong> 2016 Sustainability Award. Integrated DNA Technologies, $14000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>40.<\/strong>State Wildlife Grant, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Cave biodiversity in the Interior Plateau of Tennessee. Co-PI with Kirk S. Zigler, $35731.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015\u20132016<\/td>39.<\/strong> Illinois Department of Natural Resources. White Nose Syndrome in Illinois bat populations \u2013 FY16: monitoring of winter hibernacula. Co-PI with Steven J. Taylor (PI) and Jill L. Deppe, $24362.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015\u20132016<\/td>38.<\/strong> Cave Conservancy Foundation, Conservation assessment of Ozark crangonyctid amphipods within the subterranean genus Stygobromus<\/em>. Co-PI with Megan L. Porter (PI) and Michael E. Slay, $8070.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014\u20132016<\/td>36. <\/strong>Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Threats analysis and conservation actions for the Illinois Cave Amphipod: Vulnerability assessment of groundwater quality, land use and climate change impacts. Co-PI with Steven J. Taylor (PI) and Scott D. Cinel, $35000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014\u20132016<\/td>35. <\/strong>Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. Illinois Natural History Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ($94000, including $10000 research stipend).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014\u20132015<\/td>34. <\/strong>Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. The range and relationships of three undescribed species of Typhlichthys <\/em>(Percopsiformes: Amblyopsidae) in Alabama. Co-PI with Jon W. Armbruster (PI) $10000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014\u20132015<\/td>33. <\/strong>Illinois Department of Natural Resources. White nose syndrome in Illinois bat populations: winter monitoring FY15. Co-PI with Steven J. Taylor (PI), $43112.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014\u20132015<\/td>32. <\/strong>Cave Conservancy Foundation, Distribution and conservation of cave biodiversity in the Valley and Ridge. Co-PI with Annette Summer Engel (PI), Kirk Zigler, Dante Fenolio and K. Denise Kendall, $25000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014\u20132015<\/td>31. <\/strong>Cave Conservancy of the Virginias, Conservation assessment of crangonyctid amphipods within the subterranean genus Stygobromus of the Virginias. Co-PI with Megan L. Porter (PI) and Mike Slay, $15600.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014\u20132015<\/td>30. <\/strong>Section 6 Grant. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Conservation status of Pseudanophthalmus<\/em> cave beetles and a cave crayfish (Orconectes incomptus<\/em>) for potential listing and other associated cave-obligate fauna in Tennessee. Co-PI with Kirk Zigler (PI), $23217.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013\u20132015<\/td>29. <\/strong>Environmental Services, Inc. Herpetofaunal and mammal species survey at Tennessee Army National Guard Volunteer Training Sites in Tennessee ($50000).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013\u20132014<\/td>28. <\/strong>Appalachian LCC Grant, Classification and georeferencing cave\/karst resources across the Appalachian LCC (#2013-03). Co-PI with David C. Culver (PI), Mary Christman, Daniel Doctor, David Weary, John Young, and Kirk Zigler, $129157.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>27. <\/strong>State Wildlife Grant. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency and Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, Conservation status of amblyopsid cavefishes and other cave-obligate fauna in Tennessee. PI with Kirk Ziger and Jonathan Armbruster, $14000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012\u20132013<\/td>26. <\/strong>State Wildlife Grant. Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Documenting new undescribed species of the cavefish genus Typhlichthys (Percopsiformes: Amblyopsidae) in Alabama. Co-PI with Jonathan Armbruster (PI) and Bernard Kuhajda, $13333.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>25. <\/strong>Jim Tanner Award for Outstanding Dissertation, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011\u20132013<\/td>24. <\/strong>Gaylord Donnelley Environmental Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University ($93000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>23. <\/strong>Science Alliance Award, Division of Biology, University of Tennessee ($3000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010\u20132011<\/td>22. <\/strong>Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. National Science Foundation, To see or not to see again: regressive evolution and Dollo's Law in North American cavefishes (Pisces: Amblyopsidae) ($13500)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>21. <\/strong>Publication Grant for The Amphibians of Tennessee, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. PI with R. Graham Reynolds and Scot Danforth, $8000.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>20. <\/strong>Summer Research Grant. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee ($1000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>19. <\/strong>Dean E. Metter Award. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles ($750)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>18. <\/strong>Summer Research Grant. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee ($750)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>17. <\/strong>Edward C. Raney Fund Award. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists ($1000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>16. <\/strong>Ralph W. Stone Graduate Fellowship in Cave and Karst Studies, National Speleological Society ($2000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008\u20132011<\/td>15. <\/strong>State Wildlife Grant. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Status, life history and phylogenetics of amblyopsid cavefishes in Kentucky. Co-PI with Ben Fitzpatrick (PI), $33810.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008\u20132010<\/td>14. <\/strong>Preserve Grant. National Speleological Society (PI with Lee Florea, $3475)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>13. <\/strong>Summer Research Grant. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee ($750)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007\u20132009<\/td>12. <\/strong>State Wildlife Grant. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Status and distribution of the amblyopsid fishes Forbesichthys agassizii and Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em> in Tennessee. Co-PI with Ben Fitzpatrick (PI), $29834.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>11. <\/strong>Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund. American Museum of Natural History ($1500)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>10. <\/strong>Helen T. and F. M. Gaige Fund. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists ($500)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>9. <\/strong>Cave and Karst Grant-in-Aid. Cave Research Foundation ($3000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>8. <\/strong>Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE) Doctoral Fellowship ($3000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>7. <\/strong>Summer Research Grant. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee ($850)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>6. <\/strong>Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Travel Award. University of Tennessee ($150)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>5. <\/strong>Graduate Student Travel Award. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists ($250)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>4. <\/strong>Marion Wells Graduate Research Scholarship. Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University ($500)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>3. <\/strong>Charles Holland Biology Club Scholarship. Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University ($500)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004\u20132005<\/td>2. <\/strong>Mary C. Dunn Graduate Scholarship. Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University ($2000)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>1. <\/strong>William H. Butler, Jr. Graduate Research Scholarship. Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University ($500)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
PUBLICATIONS (*co-first author; undergraduate author<\/u>)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
In press<\/em><\/td>64. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Porter ML, Keany J, Gilbert H, Fong D, Culver DC, Kendall KD, Davis MA, & Taylor SJ. Evaluation of eDNA for groundwater invertebrate detection and monitoring: a case study with endangered Stygobromus<\/em> (Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae). Conservation Genetics Resources<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>63.<\/strong> Soares D, Adams R, Hammond S, Slay ME, Fenolio DB, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Evolution of coprophagy and nutrient absorption in a cave salamander. Subterranean Biology<\/em> 24: 1\u20139.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>62.<\/strong> Nelson SK, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Fitzpatrick BM. Co-occurrence and hybridization between Necturus maculosus<\/em> and an undescribed Necturus<\/em> species in the Southern Appalachians. Journal of Herpetology<\/em> 51: 559\u2013566.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>61. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Ober KA, Carter ET, Engel AS, Moni G, Philips TK, & Stephen CDR. Rediscovery and conservation status of six short-range endemic Pseudanophthalmus<\/em> cave beetles (Carabidae: Trechini). Insect Conservation and Diversity<\/em> 10: 495\u2013501.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>60.<\/strong> Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Gluesenkamp AG, McKee AM, & Taylor SJ. New distributional records of the stygobiotic crayfish Cambarus cryptodytes<\/em> (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in the Floridan aquifer system of southwestern Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist<\/em> 16: 163\u2013181.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>59.<\/strong> Bagley R, Sousa V, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Linnen C. History, geography, and host use shape genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in the redheaded pine sawfly (Neodiprion lecontei<\/em>). Molecular Ecology<\/em> 26: 1022\u20131044.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>58. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Hart PB, Kuhajda BR, Ayala BN, Armbruster JW, & Engel AS. First record of a stygobiotic fish (Percopsiformes: Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys<\/em>) from the Appalachians karst region in the eastern United States. Subterranean Biology<\/em> 20: 39\u201350. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>57.<\/strong> Armbruster JW, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Hart PB. Morphological evolution of the cave-, spring- and swampfishes of the family Amblyopsidae (Percopsiformes). Copeia<\/em> 104: 763\u2013777. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>56.<\/strong> Christman MC, Doctor DH, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Weary DJ, Young JA, Zigler KS, & Culver DC. Predicting the occurrence of cave-inhabiting fauna based on features of the Earth surface environment. PLoS One<\/em> 11: e0160408. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>55.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, Collar DC, Pasachnik SA, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Puente-Rolon AR, & Revell LJ. Ecological specialization and morphological diversification in Greater Antillean boas. Evolution<\/em> 70: 1882\u20131895. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>54. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Stephen CDR, Carter ET, Paterson AT, Taylor SJ, & Engel AS. Vertebrate fauna in caves of eastern Tennessee within the Appalachians karst region, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies<\/em> 78: 1\u201324. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>53. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Glorioso BM, Fenolio DB, Reynolds RG, Taylor SJ, & Miller BT. Growth, survival, longevity, and population size of the Big Mouth Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides<\/em>) from the type locality in Grundy Co., Tennessee, USA. Copeia<\/em> 104: 35\u201341. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>52.<\/strong> Taylor SJ, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Biogeography and conservation assessment of Bactrurus<\/em> groundwater amphipods (Crangonyctidae) in the central and eastern United States. Subterranean Biology<\/em> 17: 1\u201329. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>51.<\/strong> Taylor SJ, Krejca JK, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Dreslik MJ, & Phillips CA. Life history and demographic differences between cave and surface populations of the western slimy salamander, Plethodon albagula<\/em> (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in central Texas. Herpetological Conservation and Biology<\/em> 10: 740\u2013752. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>50.<\/strong> Thompson S, Muzinic L, Muzinic C, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Voss SR. Probability of regenerating a normal limb after bite injury in the Mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum<\/em>). Regeneration<\/em> 1: 27\u201332. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>49.<\/strong> Kendall KD, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Dittrich-Reed D, & Schussler EE. Helping graduate teaching assistants in biology use student evaluations as professional development. The American Biology Teacher<\/em> 76: 584\u2013588. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>48.<\/strong> Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Bonett RM, Graening GO, Collier BA, & Stout JF. Life history, demography, and the influence of cave-roosting bats on a population of the grotto salamander (Eurycea spelaea<\/em>) from the Ozark Plateaus of Oklahoma (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Herpetological Conservation and Biology<\/em> 9: 394\u2013405. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>47.<\/strong> Espinasa L, Espinasa M, Fenolio DB, Slay ME, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Distribution and conservation status of Speleonycta ozarkensis<\/em> (Insecta: Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) from caves of the Ozark Highlands of Arkansas and Oklahoma, USA. Subterranean Biology<\/em> 14: 51\u201362. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>46.<\/strong> Chakrabarty P, Prejean JA, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. The Hoosier cavefish, a new and endangered species (Amblyopsidae, Amblyopsis<\/em>) from the caves of southern Indiana. ZooKeys<\/em> 412: 41\u201357. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>45.<\/strong> Soares D, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Higgs D. Hearing and acoustic communication in cavefishes. Ambient Science<\/em> 1: 1\u20136. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>44.<\/strong> Kennan SW, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Williams BW. Observations of Cambarus bartonii cavatus<\/em> (Decapoda: Cambaridae) and ectosymbiotic branchiobdellidans (Annelida: Clitellata) in Cruze Cave, Knox County, Tennessee, USA. Speleobiology Notes<\/em> 6: 55\u201361. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>43.<\/strong> Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Martinez B. Observations of reproduction in captivity by the Dougherty Plain Cave Crayfish, Cambarus cryptodytes<\/em> (Decapoda: Astacoidea: Cambaridae). Speleobiology Notes<\/em> 6: 14\u201326. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>42.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Revell LJ. Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution<\/em> 71: 201\u2013213. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>41. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Reeves WC. Predation by the stygophilic crayfish Cambarus tenebrosus<\/em> on the salamander Pseudotriton ruber<\/em> within a cave in Cannon County, Tennessee, USA. Speleobiology Notes<\/em> 6: 8\u201313. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>40.<\/strong> Barun A, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Fitzpatrick BM, Fordyce JA, & Simberloff D. Can genetic data confirm or refute historical records: the island invasion of the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus<\/em>). Biological Invasions<\/em> 15: 2243\u20132251. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>39.<\/strong> Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Levy M, & Martinez B. Conservation status of the Georgia blind salamander (Eurycea wallacei<\/em>) from the Floridan Aquifer of Florida and Georgia. Reptiles and Amphibians<\/em> 20: 97\u2013111. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>38.<\/strong> Kendall KD, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Dittrich-Reed D, Chick LD, Wilmoth L, Milt A, Burt M, Lopes N, Cantwell L, Rubio L, Allison A, & Schussler EE. Departments can develop teaching identities of graduate students. CBE \u2013 Life Sciences Education<\/em> 12: 316\u2013317. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>37.<\/strong> McAllister CT, Bursey CR, Fenolio DB, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Bothriocephalus<\/em> sp. (Cestoidea: Bothriocephalidea: Bothriocephalidae) from the Georgia blind salamander, Eurycea wallacei<\/em> (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in Georgia, USA: first definitive report of a parasite from this host. Comparative Parasitology<\/em> 80: 308\u2013311. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>36. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Graening GO, Fenolio DB, Godwin JC, Cooley JR, Pearson WR, Near TJ, & Fitzpatrick BM. Doomed before they are described? The need for conservation assessments of cryptic species complexes using an amblyopsid cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys<\/em>) as a case study. Biodiversity and Conservation<\/em> 22: 1799\u20131820. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>35.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Hedges SB, Dornburg A, & Revell LJ. Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of West Indian boid snakes (Chilabothrus<\/em>). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution<\/em> 68: 461\u2013470. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>34. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Zigler KS. Patterns of cave biodiversity and endemism in the Appalachians and Interior Plateau of Tennessee USA. PLoS One<\/em> 8: e64177. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>33.<\/strong> Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Soares D, Slay ME, Harris KA, & Harris N. Subterranean reproduction of the ringed crayfish, Orconectes neglectus<\/em> Faxon 1885 (Astacoidea: Cambaridae) within a cave in the Ozark Highlands of Oklahoma, USA. Speleobiology Notes<\/em> 5: 43\u201346. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>32.<\/strong> Fenolio DB, McAllister CT, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Soares D, & Cooley J. An extreme case of trematode parasitic infection of a larval Ozark blind cave salamander, Eurycea spelaea<\/em> (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from the Ozark Highlands of Missouri, USA. Speleobiology Notes<\/em> 5: 34\u201337. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>31.<\/strong> Fenolio DB, Zhao Y, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Stout JF. In situ observations of seven enigmatic cave loaches and one cave barbel from Guangxi, China, with notes on conservation status. Speleobiology Notes<\/em> 5: 19\u201333. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>30.<\/strong> Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Soares D, Slay ME, Stark RC, & Hensley SL. A maximum size and maximum abundance record of the Delaware County cave crayfish, Cambarus subterraneus<\/em> (Astacoidea: Cambaridae). Speleobiology Notes<\/em> 5: 9\u201313. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>29.<\/strong> Soares D*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. Sensory adaptations of cavefishes to cave environments. BioScience<\/em> 63: 274\u2013283. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>28. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, McCandless JR, Reynolds RG, Caddle J, Tillquist CR, Near TJ, Pearson WD, & Fitzpatrick BM. Effects of climatic and geological processes during the Pleistocene on the evolutionary history of the northern cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea<\/em> (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution<\/em> 67: 1011\u20131025. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>27. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Higgs DM, & Soares D. Evidence for hearing loss in amblyopsid cavefishes. Biology Letters<\/em> 9: 20130104. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>26. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Fitzpatrick BM, Shah P, Schmitz L, & Near TJ. Evidence for repeated loss of selective constraint in rhodopsin of amblyopsid cavefishes. Evolution<\/em> 67: 732\u2013748. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>25.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Fitzpatrick BM. Genetic analysis of an endemic archipelagic lizard reveals sympatric cryptic lineages and taxonomic discordance. Conservation Genetics<\/em> 13: 953\u2013963. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>24.<\/strong> Miller BT*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles<\/em> 884: 1\u20137. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>23. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Near TJ, & Fitzpatrick BM. Delimiting species using multilocus data: diagnosing cryptic diversity in the southern cavefish Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em> (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution<\/em> 66: 846\u2013866. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>22.<\/strong> Fitzpatrick BM, Fordyce JA, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Reynolds RG. What can DNA tell us about biological invasions? Biological Invasions<\/em> 14: 245\u2013253. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>21. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Reynolds RG, Glorioso BM, Spiess J, & Miller BT. Herpetofauna of the cedar glades and associated habitats of the Inner Central Basin of middle Tennessee. Herpetological Conservation and Biology<\/em> 6: 135\u2013149. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>20.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Pasachnik SA. Distribution of the Pygmy Salamander (Desmognathus wrighti<\/em>) in Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science<\/em> 86: 53\u201355. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>19.<\/strong> Glorioso BM, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Cobb VA. Feeding activity of Amphiuma tridactylum<\/em> at Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science<\/em> 85: 87\u201390. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>18.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. 2010. Island invaders: introduced reptiles and amphibians of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Reptiles and Amphibians<\/em> 17: 117\u2013121. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>17. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Osbourn MS, Fenolio DB, Pauley TK, Miller BT, & Holsinger JR. Conservation status and habitat use of the West Virginia Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus subterraneus<\/em>) and Spring Salamander (G. porphyriticus<\/em>) in General Davis Cave, Greenbrier Co., West Virginia. Herpetological Conservation and Biology<\/em> 5: 32\u201343. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>16. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT*. Gyrinophilus gulolineatus<\/em>. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles<\/em> 862.1. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>15. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Nosil P, & Fitzpatrick BM. Corrigendum. Recent divergence-with-gene-flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus<\/em>) inferred from gene genealogies. Molecular Ecology<\/em> 19: 1513\u20131514. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>14.<\/strong> Graening GO, Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Brown AV, & Beard JB. The 30-year recovery effort for the Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae<\/em>): analysis of current distribution, population trends, and conservation status of this threatened species. Environmental Biology of Fishes<\/em> 87: 55\u201388. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>13. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Glorioso BM, Nicholas C, Phillips J, Rader J, Reed E, Sykes KL, Todd J, Wyckoff GR, Young EL, & Miller BT. Notes on the reproduction of the streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri<\/em>, from Rutherford County, Tennessee. Southeastern Naturalist<\/em> 8: 37\u201344. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>12. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Fenolio D, Graening GO, & Miller BT. Observations on oviposition and reproduction of the cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga<\/em> (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Arkansas and Tennessee. Speleobiology Notes<\/em> 1: 17\u201319. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>11.<\/strong> Miller BT, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Reynolds RG. Observations on egg-laying behavior and interactions among attend female red salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber<\/em>) with comments on the use of caves by this species. Herpetological Conservation and Biology<\/em> 3: 203\u2013210. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>10.<\/strong> Fitzpatrick BM, Placyk Jr JS, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Casper GS, & Burghardt GM. Distinctiveness in the face of gene flow: hybridization between specialist and generalist gartersnakes. Molecular Ecology<\/em> 17: 4107\u20134117. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>9. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Fitzpatrick BM, & Miller BT. Recent divergence-with-gene-flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus<\/em>) inferred from gene genealogies. Molecular Ecology<\/em> 17: 2258\u20132275. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8.<\/strong> Miller BT*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. Distribution and relative abundance of Tennessee cave salamanders (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em> and G. gulolineatus<\/em>) with an emphasis on Tennessee populations. Herpetological Conservation and Biology<\/em> 3: 1\u201320. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>7.<\/strong> McAllister CT, Bursey CR, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. A noteworthy infection of Clinostomum complanatum<\/em> (Digenea: Clinostomidae) in a cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga<\/em> (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from northcentral Tennessee. Texas Journal of Science<\/em> 59: 321\u2013326. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>6. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT*. Subterranean reproduction of the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera<\/em>) from Short Mountain, Tennessee. Herpetological Conservation and Biology<\/em> 2: 106\u2013112. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>5. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Glorioso BM, Nicholas C, Phillips J, Rader J, Reed E, Sykes KL, Todd J, Wyckoff GR, Young EL, & Miller BT. Status and distribution of the streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri<\/em>) in middle Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist<\/em> 156: 393\u2013399. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>4. <\/strong>Glorioso BM, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Using deep-water crawfish nets to capture aquatic turtles. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 185\u2013187. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Glorioso BM, & Miller BT. An eastern and subterranean maximum size record of the banded sculpin, Cottus carolinae<\/em>, from Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science<\/em> 81: 41\u201343. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>2.<\/strong> Koczaja C, McCall L, Fitch E, Glorioso B, Hanna C, Kyzar J, Niemiller M<\/strong>, Spiess J, Tolley A, Wyckoff R, & Mullen D. Size-specific habitat segregation and intraspecific interactions in banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae<\/em>). Southeastern Naturalist<\/em> 4:207\u2013218. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>1. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. The herpetofauna of the upper Duck River watershed in Coffee County, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science<\/em> 80: 6\u201312. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
SUBMITTED\/TO BE SUBMITTED (*co-first author; undergraduate author<\/u>)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
In prep<\/em><\/td>5.<\/strong> Phillips JG, Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Wray KP, & Bonett RM. Genetic diversity of an enigmatic aquifer species from the southeastern United States, the Georgia blind salamander (Eurycea wallacei<\/em>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>4.<\/strong> Gladstone NS, Carter ET, McKinney ML, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Distribution and conservation of terrestrial cave snails in the eastern United States.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Christman MC, Doctor DH, Engel AS, Weary DJ, Young JA, & Culver DC. Summary of cave-obligate biodiversity of the Appalachians and Interior Low Plateau karst regions, USA.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>1.<\/strong> Taylor SJ, Krejca JK, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Phillips CA. Diet variation between cave and surface populations of the western slimy salamander Plethodon albagula (Caudata: Plethodontidae) in central Texas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
BOOK CHAPTERS AND PROCEEDINGS (*co-first author; undergraduate author<\/u>)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>10.<\/strong> Keenan SW, Paterson AT, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Slay ME, Clark SA, & Engel AS. Observations of the first stygobiont snail (Hydrobiidae, Fontigens<\/em> sp.) in Tennessee. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Speleology<\/em> 17: 91\u201394. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>9.<\/strong> Engel AS, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Stephen CDR, Carter ET, Paterson AT, Keenan SW, & Taylor SJ. Invertebrate and vertebrate cave fauna records for the Appalachian Valley and Ridge. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of Speleology<\/em> 17: 82\u201386. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>8.<\/strong> Soares D, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Higgs DM. Hearing in cavefishes. Pp. 187\u2013195 in: Fish Hearing and Bioacoustics \u2013 An Anthology in Honor of Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay<\/em> (Sisneros JA, ed). Springer. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>7. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Soares D*. Cave environments. Pp. 161\u2013191 in: Extremophile Fishes \u2013 Ecology and Evolution of Teleosts in Extreme Environments<\/em> (Riesch R, Plath M, & Tobler M, eds). Springer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>6.<\/strong> Goricki A, Niemiller M<\/strong>L, & Fenolio DB. Salamanders. Pp. 665\u2013676 in: Encyclopedia of Caves<\/em>, 2nd Edition (White WH, & Culver DC, eds.). Elsevier. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>5. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Poulson TL*. Subterranean fishes of North America: Amblyopsidae. Pp. 169\u2013280 in: The Biology of Subterranean Fishes<\/em> (Trajano E, Bichuette ME, & Kapoor BG, eds). Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire, USA. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>4. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Miller BT, & Fitzpatrick BM. Systematics and evolutionary history of subterranean Gyrinophilus <\/em>salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas<\/em> 15: 242\u2013248. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. A survey of the cave-associated amphibians of the eastern United States with an emphasis on salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas<\/em> 15: 249\u2013256. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>2. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Fitzpatrick BM. Phylogenetics of the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em>: implications for conservation and management. Proceedings of the 18th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium<\/em> 18: 79\u201388. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In review<\/em><\/td>1. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Bichuette E, & Taylor SJ . Conservation of cave fauna in Europe and the Americas. In: Ecological Studies: Cave Ecology<\/em> (Moldovan OT, Kovac L, & Halse S, eds). Springer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
BOOKS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2016<\/td>4. <\/strong>Slay ME, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Sutton M, & Taylor SJ. Cave Life of the Ozarks: A Guide to Commonly Encountered Species in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma<\/em>. Biology Section of the National Speleological Society, Huntsville, Alabama. 45p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>3. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, & Fenolio DB. Cave Life of TAG: A Guide to Commonly Encountered Species in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia<\/em>. Biology Section of the National Speleological Society, Huntsville, Alabama. 45p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Reynolds RG, & Miller BT (eds.). The Reptiles of Tennessee<\/em>. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee. 347p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>1. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Reynolds RG (eds.). The Amphibians of Tennessee<\/em>. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee. 369p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t
TEACHING MODULES AND ACTIVITIES<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2016<\/td>2.<\/strong> Kendall KD, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Engel AS. Tennessee-Alabama-Georgia (TAG) Cave Teaching and Learning Module (K-5)<\/em> Cave Conservancy Foundation. 75p. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>1.<\/strong> Kendall KD, Rearden K, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Teaching and Learning Module (K-4)<\/em>. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. 50p. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
SHORT PEER-REVIEWED NOTES (*co-first author; undergraduate author<\/u>)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2012<\/td>27.<\/strong> Nelson SK<\/u>, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Reynolds RG. New county records for amphibians and reptiles in Tennessee. Herpetological Review<\/em> 43: 456\u2013457. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>26.<\/strong> Reynolds, RG, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster<\/em>. Diet. Herpetological Review<\/em> 42: 290.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>25.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Manco BN. Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster<\/em>. Record Size. Herpetological Review<\/em> 42: 290.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>24.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Riggs BM, & Manco BN. Geographic distribution. Osteopilus septentrionalis<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 42: 237\u2013238.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>23.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Distribution. Epicrates chrysogaster<\/em> (Southern Bahamas Boa). Caribbean Herpetology<\/em> 1: 14.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>22.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Geographic distribution. Hemidactylus mabouia<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 40: 452.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>21. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Reynolds RG, Reynolds JG, & Miller BT. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus<\/em>. Reproduction. Herpetological Review<\/em> 40: 67.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>20. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. Plethodon dorsalis<\/em>. Reproduction. Herpetological Review<\/em> 39: 335.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>19. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Glorioso BM, Wyckoff GR, & Spiess JK. New county records for amphibians in middle Tennessee. Herpetological Review<\/em> 38: 234. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>18. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Glorioso BM, Young EL, & Cobb VA. Farancia abacura reinwardtii<\/em>. Reproduction. Herpetological Review<\/em> 38: 207.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>17. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Miller JA, Miller JH, & Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Lampropeltis calligaster<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 498.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>16.<\/strong> Miller JH, Miller JA, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Rana palustris<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 490.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>15. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Rana palustris<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 489\u2013490.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>14.<\/strong> Miller JA, Miller JH, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Bufo fowleri<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 486.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>13.<\/strong> Glorioso BM, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Geographic distribution. Plethodon glutinosus<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 485.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>12. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Plethodon dorsalis<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 484.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>11. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Eurycea lucifuga<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 483.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>10. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, and Miller BT. Geographic distribution. Eurycea cirrigera<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 483.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>9. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Glorioso BM, Gray E<\/u>, Miller BT, Jensen JB, & Keyes T. Pseudotriton ruber ruber<\/em>. Size and subterranean aggregation. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 438.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Glorioso BM. Geographic distribution. Rana palustris<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 102.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>7. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Todd JM, Miller BT, & Mann NG. Geographic distribution. Gastrophryne carolinensis<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 100.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>6.<\/strong> Glorioso BM, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Geographic distribution. Bufo americanus americanus<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 98.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>5.<\/strong> Glorioso BM, Young EL, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Geographic distribution. Ambystoma talpoideum<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 37: 97.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>4. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. Rana clamitans melanota<\/em>. Predation. Herpetological Review<\/em> 36: 440.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3.<\/strong> Miller BT, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Psuedotriton ruber ruber<\/em>. Reproduction. Herpetological Review<\/em> 36: 429.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>2. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Pseudotriton ruber ruber<\/em>. Tree climbing. Herpetological Review<\/em> 36: 52.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>1. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Geographic distribution. Gyrinophilus porphyriticus<\/em>. Herpetological Review<\/em> 35: 76.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
GOVERNMENT & TECHNICAL REPORTS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>24.<\/strong> Casper GS, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Milwaukee estuary area of concern bat community assessment. Chapter 3.3. 57p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>23. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Hohoff T, & Dreslik MJ. Habitat assessment for northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis<\/em>) and Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis<\/em>) at I-88 in Lee County, Illinois. Illinois Natural History Survey Memorandum ME-17-01. 20p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>22. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Dreslik MJ. Post-construction acoustic monitoring of bat communities along the I-90 project corridor. Illinois Natural History Survey Technical Report 2017(8): 1\u201315.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>21.<\/strong> Rahlin A, Baker S, Warner JK, Bilger E, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Beilke S, & Dreslik MJ. Biological monitoring at the North Chicago Wetland Mitigation Site. Illinois Natural History Survey Technical Report 2017(1): 1\u201321.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>20.<\/strong> Engel AS, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Fenolio DB, & Kendall KD. Distribution and conservation of cave biodiversity in the Valley and Ridge. Project #A14-0574. Cave Conservancy Foundation. 17p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>19.<\/strong> Fenolio DB, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & McKee AM. Range assessment in Georgia for two threatened groundwater species of the Floridan Aquifer (Cambarus cryptodytes<\/em> and Eurycea wallacei<\/em>). Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Social Circle, Georgia. 22p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>18. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, & Ober KA. Conservation status of seven Pseudanophthalmus<\/em> cave beetles and a cave crayfish Orconectes incomptus<\/em> for possible federal listing. Technical Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, Tennessee, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Cookeville, Tennessee. 52p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>17. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Carter ET. The subterranean fauna of Stamps Cave (TCS No. PU55), Putnam County, Tennessee. Technical Report. Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation, Nashville, Tennessee. 16p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>16.<\/strong> Armbruster JW, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Status survey of Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em> in Alabama. Technical Report. Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Montgomery, Alabama. 31p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>15. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Fitzpatrick BM. Status, life history, and phylogenetics of amblyopsid cavefishes in Kentucky. Technical Report. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky. 163p. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>14.<\/strong> Fitzpatrick BM, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Status and life history of amblyopsid cavefishes in Kentucky. Pp. 9\u201315 in Annual Research Highlights<\/em>, Vol. 5. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>13.<\/strong> Fitzpatrick BM, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Status, life history, and phylogenetics of amblyopsid cavefishes in Kentucky. Pp. 87 in Annual Research Highlights<\/em>, Vol. 4. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>12. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Miller BT, & Fitzpatrick BM. Review of the scientific literature and research for the U.S.F.W.S review for potential listing of the Berry Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus<\/em>). Unpublished Technical Report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 22p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>11.<\/strong> Fitzpatrick BM, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Status, life history, and phylogenetics of amblyopsid cavefishes in Kentucky. Pp. 105 in Annual Research Highlights<\/em>, Vol. 3. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>10. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Miller BT, & Fitzpatrick BM. Status and distribution of the amblyopsid fishes Forbesichthys agassizii<\/em> and Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em> in Tennessee. Unpublished Technical Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. 70p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>9.<\/strong> Freeman BJ, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Species profile for southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em>. Georgia Rare Species Profiles. Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Atlanta, Georgia. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8.<\/strong> Fitzpatrick BM, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Status, life history, and phylogenetics of amblyopsid cavefishes in Kentucky. Pp. 44 in Annual Research Highlights<\/em>, Vol. 2. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Frankfort, Kentucky.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>7.<\/strong> Miller BT, Estabrooks D, Reynolds RG, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Status review of the Streamside Salamander (Ambystoma barbouri<\/em>) in Tennessee. Unpublished Technical Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. 42p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>6.<\/strong> Reynolds RG, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Expedition Report and Recommendations for the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources. Unpublished Technical Report. Ministry of Natural Resources, Turks and Caicos Islands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>5.<\/strong> Fitzpatrick BM, Casper GS, Placyk JS, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Kirk D, & Burghardt GM. Analysis of the genetic status of populations in the zone of overlap between Thamnophis butleri<\/em> and Thamnophis radix<\/em> based on AFLP analysis. Unpublished Technical Report, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison. 18p. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>4.<\/strong> Godwin JC, Jensen JB, Miller BT, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Species profile for Tennessee cave salamander, Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>. Georgia Rare Species Profiles. Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division, Atlanta, Georgia. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3.<\/strong> Miller BT, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Distribution and phylogenetics of the Tennessee cave salamander complex (Gyrinophilus p. palleucus<\/em>, G. p. necturoides<\/em>, and G. gulolineatus<\/em>). Unpublished Technical Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. 45p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>2.<\/strong> Miller BT, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Distribution, demography, and phylogenetics of the Tennessee cave salamander complex. Unpublished Technical Report. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. 73p.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>1.<\/strong> Miller BT, Spiess J, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Inventory of amphibians and reptiles at Stones River National Battlefield, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Unpublished Technical Report. National Park Service. \"PDF\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
POPULAR ARTICLES<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>10.<\/strong> Fenolio D, Niemiller M<\/strong>, Soares D, Gluesenkamp A, Chakrabarty P, & Zhao Y. China\u2019s mysterious cavefishes. Anima Mundi<\/em> 28: 100\u2013113.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>9.<\/strong> Zigler KS, Kuhajda BR, Ayala BN, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Engel AS. First observation of southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em>) east of the Cumberland Plateau in northeastern Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Speleological Survey<\/em> 2015: 9\u201311.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>8.<\/strong> Zigler KS, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Fenolio DB. Cave biodiversity of the southern Cumberland Plateau of TAG. National Speleological Society Convention Guidebook<\/em> 2014: 159\u2013163.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>7. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, & Fenolio DB. The obligate cave life of Madison County. SERA Summer Cave Carnival Guidebook<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>6. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Fenolio DB, & Zigler KS. The obligate cave fauna of Georgia. Bulletin of the Georgia Speleological Survey<\/em> 2012: 6\u201312.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>5.<\/strong> Fenolio D, Bonett R, & Niemiller M<\/strong>. Developing a captive breeding protocol for Georgia\u2019s Blind Salamander, (Haideotriton wallacei<\/em>) at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Leaf Litter<\/em> 1: 40\u201345.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>4.<\/strong> Reynolds, RG, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. New scales: reptiles invade the Turks and Caicos. Green Pages, Times of the Islands Magazine<\/em> 94: 30\u201333.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>3. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Glorioso BM. The Indo-Pacific Gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii<\/em>) in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Tennessee Herpetological Society Newsletter<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>2.<\/strong> Miller BT, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. The Tennessee cave salamander complex. Pg. 91\u201394 in: 2005 National Speleological Society Convention Guidebook<\/em> (Brown JS, & Simon SS eds.). National Speleological Society, Huntsville, AL.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>1. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. Common salamanders of Tennessee caves. Tennessee Caver<\/em> 2: 12\u201318.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
INVITED TALKS AND SEMINARS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>31. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Environmental DNA as a tool for groundwater biodiversity monitoring. Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, September 18 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>30. Niemiller ML.<\/strong> Out of sight, out of mind: the ecology, evolution, and conservation of subterranean life. Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, August 25 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>29. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Ecology, evolution, and conservation of subterranean life. Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, January 30 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>28. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Conservation of amblyopsid cavefishes (Percopsiformes: Amblyopsidae) of the Ozark Highlands and Interior Low Plateau karst regions, USA. Conservation of Subterranean Fauna and Habitats Symposium. 23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, June 13\u201317 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>27. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Life in the dark: insights into the evolution, biogeography, and conservation of subterranean life. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, February 16 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>26. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. The amphibians and reptiles of the cedar glades and barrens of the Central Basin of middle Tennessee. 76th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 1\u20134 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>25. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, March 26 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>24. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November 13 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>23. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, November 7 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>22. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biology, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, September 22 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>21. Niemiller M<\/strong>L. Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, September 12 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>20. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Minnesota Herpetological Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 05 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>19. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biology, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, April 18 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>18. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, March 6 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>17. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, October 4 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>16. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 07 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>15. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, March 05 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>14. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, February 15 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>13. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biology, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, February 08 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>12. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, and Fitzpatrick BM. Speciation in subterranean plethodontid salamanders of the genus Gyrinophilus<\/em>. 7th World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 8\u201314 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>11. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, and Miller BT. The ecology of cave-dwelling Gyrinophilus<\/em> salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae). 7th World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 8\u201314 [oral 30 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>10. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, March 27 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>9. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, March 26 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, February 09 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>7. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, February 03 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>6. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Sep 23 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>5. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. USGS National Wetlands Center, Lafayette, LA, March 15 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>4. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Miller BT, & Fitzpatrick BM. Systematics and evolutionary history of subterranean Gyrinophilus<\/em> salamanders. The 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, TX, July 19\u201326 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Miller BT. A survey of the cave-associated amphibians of the eastern United States with an emphasis on salamanders. The 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, TX, July 19\u201326 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>2. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. A salamander in the dark: in search of Tennessee cave salamanders. 14th Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Herpetological Society, Sewanee, TN, September 24\u201326 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>1. Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Phylogenetics of the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em>: implications for conservation and management. 2007 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, St. Louis, MO, October 8\u201312 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
OTHER PRESENTATIONS (*presenting author; undergraduate author<\/u>)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>89.<\/strong> Casper GS*, Robson JL, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Kroening KM, & Mittermaier B. Biodiversity and conservation of mammals in the Milwaukee River basin. 2017 Southeastern Wisconsin Conservation Summit, Port Washington, Wisconsin, November 3\u20134 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>88.<\/strong> Mouser JB*, Vean Den Bussche RA, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Wood C, Ashley D, & Brewer SK. New techniques for determining occurrence and demographics of cave crayfish. 22nd National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 16\u201320 October [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>87. Niemiller ML*<\/strong>, Porter ML, Keany J, Gilbert H, Fong DW, Culver DC, Hobson CS, Kendall KD, Davis MA, Taylor SJ. Using environmental DNA to detect and monitor rare and endangered groundwater fauna: a case study. 22nd National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 16\u201320 October [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>86. Niemiller ML*<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Ober KA, Carter ET, Engel AS, Moni G, Philips TK, Stephen CDR. Rediscovery and conservation status of short-range endemic Pseudanophthalmus<\/em> cave beetles (Carabidae: Trechini) in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. 22nd National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Eureka Springs, Arkansas, 16\u201320 October [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>85.<\/strong> Rahlin AA*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Davis MA. Using environmental DNA sampling methods to determine cryptic wetland bird occupancy in Illinois. 2017 Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, Oregon, August 6\u201311 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>84.<\/strong> Engel AS*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Stephen CDR, Carter ET, Paterson AT, Keenan SW, & Taylor SJ. Invertebrate and vertebrate cave fauna records for the Appalachian Valley and Ridge. 17th International Congress of Speleology, Sydney, Australia, July 23\u201329 [oral 30 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>83.<\/strong> Engel AS*, Paterson AT, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Biogeography of microbes from caves in the Interior Low Plateau and Appalachians karst regions. 17th International Congress of Speleology, Sydney, Australia, July 23\u201329 [oral 30 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td><\/strong>82.<\/strong> Keenan SW*, Paterson AT, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Slay ME, Clark SA, & Engel AS. Observations of the first stygobiont snail (Hydrobiidae, Fontigens<\/em> sp.) in Tennessee. 17th International Congress of Speleology, Sydney, Australia, July 23\u201329 [oral 30 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>81.<\/strong> Gladstone NS*, Slater AG, Carter ET, McKinney ML, Freshour DA, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Malacology underground: a review of gastropod diversity in caves of North America and their ecological significance. American Malacological Society 83rd Annual Meeting, Newark, Delaware, July 16\u201321 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>80.<\/strong> Zhao Y, Fenolio D, Soares D, Gluesenkamp A, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Chakrabarty P. Beauty underground: cavefishes in China. 5th Astyanax International Meeting 2017, Santiago de Queretaro, Mexico, March 12\u201314 [oral 30 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>79.<\/strong> Keenan SW*, Paterson AT, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Slay ME, & Engel AS. The first observation of a stygobiont snail (Hydrobiidae, Fontigens<\/em> sp.) in Tennessee. 2016 National Speleological Society Convention, Ely, Nevada, July 18\u201322 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>78.<\/strong> Reynolds RG*, Collar D, Pasachnik S, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Puente-Rolon A, & Revell L. Ecological specialization and morphological diversification in Greater Antillean boas. 2014 Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Austin, Texas, June 17\u201321 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>77.<\/strong> Stephen CDR*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Bond JE. Species delimitation and phylogeography of Hesperochernes<\/em> (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) from karst regions of the southeastern United States. 23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, June 13\u201317 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>76.<\/strong> Culver DC, Christman MC, Doctor DH, Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Weary DJ, Young JA, & Zigler KS. Predicting the occurrence of cave-inhabiting fauna based on features of the surface environment. 23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, June 13\u201317 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>75.<\/strong> Gladstone N*, Carter ET, McKinney M, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Troglobiotic snails of the Interior Low Plateau and Appalachian karst regions. 23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, June 13\u201317 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>74.<\/strong> Gabriel AE*, Van Den Bussche RA, Brewer SK, Stark R, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Fenolio DB. Environmental DNA for monitoring and detection of rare and endangered cavefish and cave crayfish in the Ozark Highlands. 23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, June 13\u201317 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>73.<\/strong> de Souza LS, Davis MA, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Larson ER. Environmental DNA (eDNA) at the University of Illinois: A new tool for freshwater conservation and management with demonstration to the Eastern Hellbender. Illinois Water Day, Urbana, Illinois, 8 April [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>72.<\/strong> Bagley R*, Sousa V, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Linnen C. History, geography, and host use shape genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in the redheaded pine sawfly, Neodiprion lecontei<\/em>. 2015 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 15\u201318 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>71. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Taylor SJ. Genus-wide assessment of Bactrurus <\/em>(Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae) informs conservation and management of groundwater habitats. 21st Annual Cave and Karst Management Symposium, Cave City, Kentucky, October 19\u201323 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>70.<\/strong> Kendall KD, Niemiller ML*<\/strong>, Engel AS, Zigler KS, & Fenolio DB. Cave biodiversity and conservation teaching and learning module for K-5 students in Tennessee-Alabama-Georgia region. 2015 National Speleological Society Convention, Waynesville, Missouri, July 13\u201317 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>69.<\/strong> Stephen CDR*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Bond JE. Revision of the Appalachian troglobiont Hesperochernes mirabilis<\/em> (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae). 2015 National Speleological Society Convention, Waynesville, Missouri, July 13\u201317 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>68.<\/strong> Taylor SJ*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Heske EJ, Merritt JM, McClanahan RD, Kath JA, Miller AN, Yannarell AC, Mateus-Pinilla N, Langwig K, & Hoyt JR. Winter bat population trends in Illinois, USA. 2015 National Speleological Society Convention, Waynesville, Missouri, July 13\u201317 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>67. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Stephen CDR, Carter ET, Paterson AT, Taylor SJ, Fenolio DB, Kendall KD, & Engel AS*. Updated invertebrate and vertebrate cave fauna records for eastern Tennessee Appalachian Valley and Ridge. 2015 National Speleological Society Convention, Waynesville, Missouri, July 13\u201317 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>66. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Culver DC, Zigler KS, Doctor D, Weary D, Young J, & Christman M. Geography of species richness and endemism of the obligate cave fauna of the Interior Low Plateaus and the Appalachian Mountains. 2015 National Speleological Society Convention, Waynesville, Missouri, July 13\u201317 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>65. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Zigler KS, Ober K, Stephen CDR, & Carter ET. Conservation of rare and endemic carabid cave beetles (Carabidae: Pseudanophthalmus<\/em>) in Tennessee. 2015 National Speleological Society Convention, Waynesville, Missouri, July 13\u201317 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>64. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Taylor SJ. The subterranean fauna of karst regions in Illinois: a review. 51st Annual Meeting of the Illinois Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Champaign, Illinois, April 12\u201314 [oral 20 min]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>63. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Christman MC, Culver DC*, Doctor DH, Pipan T, Weary D, Young J, & Zigler K. Patterns of subterranean biodiversity in the Appalachians and Interior Plateaus of the United States. 22nd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Juriquilla, Quertaro, Mexico, August 31\u2013September 5 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>62.<\/strong> Reynolds RG*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Revell L. The boa and python Tree of Life. 2014 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 29\u2013August 3 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>61. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Fenolio DB, Glorioso BM, Reynolds RG, & Miller BT. Life history and demography of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>) from the Interior Plateau of central Tennessee. 2014 National Speleological Society Convention, Huntsville, Alabama, July 14\u201318 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>60.<\/strong> Reynolds RG*, Pasachnik S, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Puente-Rolon A, & Revell L. Deterministic evolution in Greater Antillean boid snakes: an extension of the Caribbean ecomorph paradigm? 2014 Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 20\u201324 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>59. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Duong K, & Linnen C. Using full-genome sequencing to infer the species tree in Neodiprion<\/em> sawflies (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae). [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>58.<\/strong> Capshaw G*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Higgs DM, & Soares D. Environmentally-influenced auditory differences in plethodontid salamanders. 6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 18\u201320 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>57.<\/strong> Fenolio DB*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Levy M, & Martinez B. Conservation status of the Georgia blind salamander, Eurycea wallacei<\/em>. 6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 18\u201320 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>56. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Fenolio DB, Glorioso BM, Reynolds RG, & Miller BT. Life history and demography of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>) from the Interior Plateau of central Tennessee. 6th Conference on the Biology of Plethodontid Salamanders, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 18\u201320 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>55.<\/strong> Kendall KD*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Rearden K. Amphibian and reptile conservation teaching and learning module for Tennessee elementary schools. Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptiles Conservation, Lake Cumberland State Park, Jamestown, Kentucky, February 13\u201315 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>54.<\/strong> Armbruster J*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Hart PM. Status of the southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em>) in Alabama and Tennessee. Southeastern Fishes Council 2013 Annual Meeting, Guntersville, Alabama, November 13\u201315 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>53.<\/strong> Kendall KD*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Dittrich-Reed D, & Schussler EE. Undergraduate ratings of instructional behaviors inform graduate teaching assistant professional development. American College and University Biology Educators Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, October 18\u201319 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>52. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. Subterranean biodiversity in East Tennessee. East Tennessee Grotto, Oak Ridge, TN, October 02 [oral 60 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>51. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Zigler KS. The subterranean biodiversity of Tennessee: a brief overview and recent discoveries. 2013 Tennessee Cave Survey Fall Meeting, Cookeville, TN, September 28 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>50.<\/strong> Kendall KD*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Rearden K. Amphibian and reptile conservation teaching and learning module for Tennessee elementary schools. The 19th Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Harrogate, TN, September 26\u201328 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>49. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Kendall KD, Hedgespeth BA, Fitzpatrick BM, & Hulsey CD. Thermal acclimation responses in escape performance and heat tolerance of a cave crayfish (Orconectes australis<\/em>). 2013 National Speleological Society Convention, Shippenburg, Pennsylvania. August 5\u20139 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>48. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Higgs DM, & Soares D. Evidence for hearing loss in amblyopsid cavefishes. 2013 National Speleological Society Convention, Shippenburg, Pennsylvania. August 5\u20139 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>47. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Zigler KS. The Tennessee cave life database: over 200 species and counting. 2012 Tennessee Cave Survey Fall Meeting, Cookeville, TN, September 29 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>46. Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Reynolds RG*, & Miller BT. The reptiles of Tennessee. A new book from the University of Tennessee Press. The 18th Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Royal Blue, TN, September 27\u201329 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>45. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Zigler KS, & Lewis JJ. The Tennessee cave life database: over 200 species and counting. 2012 National Speleological Society Convention, Lewisburg, West Virginia, June 25\u201329 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>44.<\/strong> McCandless JR*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Reynolds RG, Caddles J, Tillquist CR, Near TJ, Pearson WD, & Fitzpatrick BM. Effects of climatic and geological processes during the Pleistocene on the evolutionary history of the northern cavefish, Amblyopsis spelaea<\/em> (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). 2012 National Speleological Society Convention, Lewisburg, West Virginia, June 25\u201329 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>43. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Fenolio DB, & Miller BT. The importance of caves for plethodontid conservation. Annual Meeting of the Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Fall Creek Falls State Park, Spencer, Tennessee, February 16\u201319 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>42.<\/strong> Fenolio DB*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Bonett RM. A review of the obligate subterranean caudates of North America with emphasis on new work with the Georgia blind salamander, Haideotriton wallacei<\/em>. Annual Meeting of the Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Fall Creek Falls State Park, Spencer, Tennessee, February 16\u201319 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>41. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Reynolds RG. The amphibians of Tennessee. Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, Tennessee, October 14 [oral 30 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>40. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Reynolds RG, Glorioso BM, Spiess J, & Miller BT. Herpetofauna of the cedar glades and associated habitats of the Inner Central Basin of middle Tennessee. The Sixteenth Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Royal Blue, TN, September 30-October 1 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>39.<\/strong> Reynolds RG*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. The Amphibians of Tennessee: a new book from the University of Tennessee Press. The Sixteenth Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Royal Blue, TN, September 30-October 1 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>38.<\/strong> Near TJ*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Phylogenetics and diversification of amblyopsid cavefishes (Teleostei: Percopsiformes). 2010 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Providence, RI July 7-12 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>37. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Osbourn MS, Fenolio DB, Pauley TK, Miller BT, & Holsinger JR. 2009. Status and relative abundance of the West Virginia spring salamander (Gyrinophilus subterraneus<\/em>) from General Davis Cave, Greenbrier Co., West Virginia. 2009 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Portland, OR, July 22-27 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>36. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Fitzpatrick BM, & Miller BT. Recent divergence-with-gene-flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus<\/em>) inferred from gene genealogies. Evolution 2008 Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 20-24 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>35.<\/strong> Miller BT*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Distribution and relative abundance of Tennessee cave salamanders. Scholars Week, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, March 31-April 4 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>34.<\/strong> Miller BT*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, & Estabrook D. A conservation dilemma in middle Tennessee: the streamside salamander versus suburban sprawl. Scholars Week, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, March 31-April 4 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>33.<\/strong> Miller BT*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Chronicling life underground: egg-laying behavior and interactions among female red salamanders. Scholars Week, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, March 31-April 4 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>32. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. 2007. Diversity in the dark: systematics and phylogeography of the amblyopsid cavefishes. Seventh Annual Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, Orlando, FL, November 1-4 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>31. Niemiller M<\/strong>L*, & Fitzpatrick BM. Diversity in the dark: systematics and phylogeography of the southern cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys<\/em>). 2007 Meeting of Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Townsend, TN, September 21-23 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>30. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. Systematics and historical demography of Tennessee cave salamanders show recent divergence-with-gene-flow from epigean spring salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus<\/em>). 2007 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, MO, July 11-16 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>29. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. Cryptic diversity in the dark: systematics and phylogeogrpahy of the southern cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys<\/em>). 2007 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, MO, July 11-16 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>28. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. Diversity in the darkness: a preliminary look at the phylogenetics of the southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus<\/em>). 2007 Tennessee Cave Survey Spring Business Meeting, Sewanee, TN, April 21 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>27. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. Diversity in the darkness: a preliminary look at the phylogenetics of the southern cavefish. 2007 Tennessee Rare Fish Meeting, Morristown, TN, March 14 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>26.<\/strong> Miller BT*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. The streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri<\/em>) in middle Tennessee: geographically isolated, genetically distinct, and destined for extirpation. 2007 Meeting of the Southeastern Working Group of Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Chattanooga, TN, February 22\u201325 [oral 30 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>25. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Fitzpatrick BM, & Miller BT. Systematics and historical demography of Tennessee cave salamanders show recent divergence-with-gene-flow from epigean spring salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus<\/em>). 2007 Meeting of the Southeastern Working Group of Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Chattanooga, TN, February 22\u201325 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>24. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. Phylogenetics of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>) complex. 2006 Meeting of Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Greensboro, NC, September 22\u201324 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>23. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Phylogenetics of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucu<\/em>s) complex. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN, March 29\u2013April 1 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>22. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Glorioso BM, & Miller BT. Status and distribution of the streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri<\/em>, in middle Tennessee. The 67th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN, March 29\u2013April 1 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>21. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, Glorioso BM, Nicholas C, Phillips J, Rader J, Reed E, Sykes KL, Todd J, Wyckoff GR, Young EL, & Miller BT. Notes on the reproduction of the streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri<\/em>, from Rutherford County, Tennessee. The 115th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Martin, TN, November 18 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>20. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Molecular systematics of the Tennessee cave salamander complex, Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>, based on the mitochondrial 12S rDNA gene. The Eleventh Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Lebanon, TN, September 29\u201330 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>19. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Distribution, relative abundance, and notes on the natural history of the Tennessee cave salamander complex (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>) in Tennessee. 2005 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Tampa, FL, July 6\u201311 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>18.<\/strong> Miller BT*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. A survey for stream-dwelling hemidactyline salamanders in caves of middle and eastern Tennessee. 2005 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Tampa, FL, July 6\u201311 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>17.<\/strong> Todd JM*, Niemiller M<\/strong>, & Miller BT. Observations on subterranean aquatic habitat use and early nesting by the southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera<\/em>). 2005 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Tampa, FL, July 6\u201311 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>16. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Notes on the distribution and relative abundance of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>) complex in Tennessee. 2005 Tennessee Cave Survey Spring Business Meeting, Sewanee, TN, April 30 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>15. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Demography of the Tennessee cave salamander complex (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em> and Gyrinophilus gulolineatus<\/em>) in Tennessee. The 66th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Florence, AL, April 13\u201315 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>14.<\/strong> Miller BT*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Survey for and relative abundance of the Tennessee cave salamander complex, Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em> and G. gulolineatus<\/em>, in Tennessee. The 66th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Florence, AL, April 13\u201315 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>13.<\/strong> Wyckoff GR*, Niemiller M<\/strong>, Glorioso B, & Miller BT. Community structure of a complex wetland: chronology of breeding migrations of five ambystomatid salamanders. The 66th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Florence, AL, April 13\u201315 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>12. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Distribution and relative abundance of cave-dwelling salamanders of the genus Gyrinophilus<\/em> in Tennessee. Eleventh Symposium on the Natural History of Lower Tennessee and Cumberland River Valleys, Dover, TN, April 1\u20132 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>11. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Distribution and demography of the Tennessee cave salamander complex (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em> and Gyrinophilus gulolineatus<\/em>) in Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter of the Wildlife Society 28th Annual Meeting. Fall Creek Falls State Park, Tennessee, March 16 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>10. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Demography of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>) in middle Tennessee. The 114th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Columbia, TN, November 19 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>9.<\/strong> Miller BT*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Distribution of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>) in middle Tennessee. The 114th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Columbia, TN, November 19 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>8.<\/strong> Glorioso BM*, Niemiller ML<\/strong>, Wyckoff GR, & Miller BT. Demography of two sympatric turtle species from an urban setting in Rutherford County, Tennessee. The 114th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Columbia, TN, November 19 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>7.<\/strong> Wyckoff GR*, Niemiller M<\/strong>, Glorioso B, & Miller BT. A look into a diverse reptile and amphibian community: a wetland at Arnold Air Force Base. The 114th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Columbia, TN, November 19 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>6. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Comparative demography of the Tennessee cave salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>) in middle Tennessee. The Tenth Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Maryville, TN, October 7\u20139 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>5.<\/strong> Miller BT*, & Niemiller ML<\/strong>. Survey for the Tennessee cave salamander, Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>, in middle Tennessee. The Tenth Annual Tennessee Herpetological Conference, Maryville, TN, October 7\u20139 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>4. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*, & Miller BT. Identification, habitat, and distribution of the Tennessee cave salamander, Gyrinophilus palleucus<\/em>, in Tennessee. 2004 Tennessee Cave Survey Fall Business Meeting, Cookeville, TN, September 25 [oral 20 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>3. Niemiller M<\/strong>*, Wyckoff G*, Koczaja C, McCall L, Fitch E, Glorioso B, Hanna C, Kyzar J, Spiess J, Tolley A, & Mullen D. Size-specific habitat segregation and intraspecific interactions in banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae<\/em>). The 65th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Memphis, TN, April 14\u201317 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>2. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. A survey of the herpetofauna of the Duck River watershed within Coffee County, Tennessee. The 113th Meeting of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Franklin, TN, November 13\u201315 [poster].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>1. Niemiller ML<\/strong>*. The herpetofauna of the Duck River watershed in Coffee County, Tennessee. The 9th Annual Tennessee Herpetology Conference, Jackson, TN, October 2\u20134 [oral 15 min].<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
COURSES TAUGHT<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>Instructor, Herpetology (IB 464), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar, Introductory Biology (BIOL 104), Yale University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>Teaching Assistant, Herpetology (EEB 473), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010-2011<\/td>Teaching Assistant, Ecology (BIO 250), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009-2011<\/td>Teaching Assistant, Comparative Vertebrate Biology (EEB 353), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007-2010<\/td>Teaching Assistant, Ichthyology (EEB 474), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>Teaching Assistant, Evolution (EEB 460), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>Teaching Assistant, General Biology (BIO 102), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006, 2011<\/td>Teaching Assistant, General Biology (BIO 130), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>Teaching Assistant, General Biology II (BIOL 1120), Middle Tennessee State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>Teaching Assistant, Ecology (BIOL 4240), Middle Tennessee State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004-2005<\/td>Teaching Assistant, General Biology (BIOL 1110), Middle Tennessee State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003-2004<\/td>Teaching Assistant, General Biology (BIOL 1030), Middle Tennessee State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
COURSES GUEST LECTURED<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>Evolution (BYS 464), The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
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<\/td>Principles of Ecology (BYS 312), The University of Alabama in Huntsville.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Introduction to Biological Research (BYS 292), The University of Alabama in Huntsville.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>Herpetology (EEB 473), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009-2010<\/td>Comparative Vertebrate Biology (EEB 353), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007-2010<\/td>Amphibian Ecology (WFS 560), University of Tennessee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>Ecology (BIOL 4240), Middle Tennessee State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Vertebrate Zoology (BIOL 4180), Middle Tennessee State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates (BIOL 3020), Middle Tennessee State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>General Biology (BIOL 1110), Middle Tennessee State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2015-Present<\/td>Board of Directors, Subterranean Ecology Institute, Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012-Present<\/td>Managing Editor, Speleobiology Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012-Present<\/td>Associate Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>Planning Committee, 2017 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium, 16\u201320 October 2017, Eureka Springs, Arkansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016-2018<\/td>Board of Directors, Karst Waters Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015-2016<\/td>Organizing Committee, 23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, International Society for Subterranean Biology, 13\u201317 June 2016, Fayetteville, Arkansas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/td>Editor, Vertebrates section, Speleobiology Notes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010-2012<\/td>Vice-President, Tennessee Herpetological Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>Graduate Student Representative, Dean\u2019s Advisory Board (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee) faculty appointed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009-2010<\/td>Treasurer, Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>Graduate Student Representative, Website Committee (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007-2009<\/td>President, Graduate Researchers in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution (Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>Organizing Committee, Southeastern Population Ecology & Evolutionary Genetics Conference<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006-2012<\/td>Assistant Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>Graduate Student Representative, College Student Advisory Board (Department of Biology, Middle Tennessee State University) faculty appointed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
JOURNAL REVIEWS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Acta Ichthyologica et Psicatoria (1)<\/td>Acta Zoologica Bulgarica (1)<\/td>Acta Zoologici Fennici (1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amphibia-Reptilia (2)<\/td>Biodiversity and Conservation (1)<\/td>Biological Invasions (3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1)<\/td>BioScience (1)<\/td>BMC Evolutionary Biology (2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conservation Genetics (1)<\/td>Copeia (1)<\/td>Ecology and Evolution (1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Environmental Biology of Fishes (1)<\/td>Evolution (12)<\/td>Freshwater Science (1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gene (1)<\/td>Heredity (1)<\/td>Herpetological Conservation and Biology (14)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Herpetological Monographs (1)<\/td>International Journal of Speleology (2)<\/td>Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science (1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Journal of Biogeography (1)<\/td>Journal of Fish Biology (1)<\/td>Journal of Heredity (1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Journal of Herpetology (3)<\/td>Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science (2)<\/td>Journal of Wildlife Management (1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Landscape and Ecological Engineering (1)<\/td>Molecular Biology and Evolution (1)<\/td>Molecular Ecology (9)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northeastern Naturalist (1)<\/td>PeerJ (1)<\/td>PLoS One (4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Science Advances (1)<\/td>Scientific Reports (1)<\/td>Southeastern Naturalist (1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Speleobiology Notes (8)<\/td>Subterranean Biology (3)<\/td>Systematic Biology (1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Science of Nature (1)<\/td>Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science (1)<\/td>Wetlands (1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
PROPOSAL AND REPORT REVIEWS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2017<\/td>Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>University of Kentucky Press<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Grants in Herpetology (Field Research)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Texas Comptroller of Public Accountants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Cave Conservancy of the Virginias<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/td>Chilean National Science and Technology Commission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/td>National Geographic Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
OUTREACH<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2006-2018<\/td>Presentations to local school classes and groups (4 per year on average)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010-2011<\/td>Instructor, Kids U! Vertebrate Zoology 4-7 Rising Course (http:\/\/www.outreach.utk.edu\/kidsu\/)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009-2011<\/td>Instructor, Smoky Mountain Field School, Amphibians and Reptiles of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Course (http:\/\/www.outreach.utk.edu\/smoky\/)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009-2011<\/td>Presentations for Discover Life in America, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and lead nature hikes (http:\/\/www.dlia.org)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007-2011<\/td>Instructor, Kids U! Snakes Alive 4-7 Rising Course (http:\/\/www.outreach.utk.edu\/kidsu\/)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007-2011<\/td>Presentations at Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, and lead BioBlitz herpetological surveys (http:\/\/www.ijams.org<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Association of Southeastern Biologists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Society for the Study of Evolution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee Academy of Science (life member)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee Herpetological Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southeastern Fishes Council (life member)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
International Society for Subterranean Biology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
National Speleological Society (#53235; life member)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
National Speleological Society Biology Section<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Southeastern Cave Conservancy (#1379)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alabama Cave Survey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Georgia Speleological Survey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kentucky Speleological Survey (life member)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Missouri Speleological Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee Cave Survey (life member)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stygobromus<\/em> Working Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IUCN Freshwater Fishes Specialist Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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