JENNA PRUETT

About Me

I am an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I am an evolutionary ecologist broadly interested in maternal effects and developmental plasticity. My current work is on reptile systems with a particular focus on how female nest choice affects development and fitness across life stages.

Jenna E. Pruett
University of Colorado
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Ramaley Hall
Boulder, Colorado 80302
jenna.pruett(at)Colorado.edu

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9/3/2021: Paper Accepted
My final dissertation chapter, Spatial and temporal variation in phenotypes and fitness in response to developmental thermal environments, was accepted in Functional Ecology. In this study, I set out to better understand the the effects of incubation temperature on brown anole development at a higher resolution and across life stages. My favorite take away from this paper is that the optimal incubation temperature for hatching success is different than optimal incubation temperature for survival to adulthood. The early view will be available soon, so watch this space!

8/7/2021: Defended, Graduated, and Moving to Colorado
I finished up my time in Auburn with a defense in July and graduation in August! I'm going to miss my community there, but I'm excited for a change that takes the shape of a place out west! I'll be starting my postdoctoral appointment at University of Colorado at Boulder with Dr. Ambika Kamath in September.

5/24/2021: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Funded
I received funding from the National Science Foundation for my proposed postdoctoral research at University of Colorado with Dr. Ambika Kamath. I'm excited to get started on this research that will encompass studies on developmental plasticity as well as some research on biology education practices.

10/26/2020: Paper Accepted
The Warner Lab has been working together to follow a population of brown anoles that took up residence in a local greenhouse in Auburn, AL. The resulting paper has just been accepted in Biological Invasions! (Spoiler alert: They all died)

5/13/2020: Margaret McNeal Arant Award
I'm the recipient of the Department of Biological Sciences Margaret McNeal Arant Memorial Award in Zoology. "This award recognizes a graduate student in Zoology who demonstrates outstanding academic achievement, leadership qualities, and strong moral character."

4/23/2020: EE Williams Behavior Grant
I received a $1,000 EE Williams Grant in behavior from the Herpetologists' League to support my work on anole nesting behavior in relation to predator presence.

3/30/2020: Paper Accepted
Our paper, Communal egg laying behavior and the consequences of egg aggregation in the brown anole (Anolis sagrei), was accepted in Ethology. Some amazing Warner Lab undergrads led the writing on this paper where we examined communal nesting behavior and incubated eggs in aggregations to understand effects on embryo development.

3/25/2020: Animal Behavior Society Grant
I received a $1,300 Student Research Grant from the Animal Behavior Society to support my work on anole nesting behavior in relation to predator presence.

3/05/2020: Paper Accepted
My paper, Temporal variation in maternal nest choice and its consequences on lizard embryos, was accepted in Behavioral Ecology. In this paper I examine both maternal nest choice and the effects of that choice on embryo development in the field.