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  • Emory University, 2018-2023

    Ph.D, Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (PBEE) Program

    Advisor: David J. Civitello

    University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014-2018

    B.S. Entomology with Global Health Certificate

    • McMahon, T.A., Katz, T.S., Barnett, K.M., Hilgendorff, B.A. 2024. (In press) Centrifugation is an effective and inexpensive way to determine Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis quantity in water samples with low turbidity. Oecologia.

    • Barnett, K.M., Hilgendorff, B.A.*, Civitello, D.J., McMahon, T.A. 2023. Fungal metabolites provide pre-exposure protection but no post-exposure benefit or harm against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 59, 217-223. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-22-00073

    • Siomko, S.A., Greenspan, S.E., Barnett, K.M., Neely, W.J., Chtarbanova, S., Woodhams, D.C., McMahon, T.A., Becker, C.G., 2023. Selection of an anti-pathogen skin microbiome following prophylaxis treatment in an amphibian model system. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378, 20220126. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0126

    • Barnett, K.M., Detmering, S.E*., McMahon, T.A., Civitello, D.J., 2021. Asymmetric cross-strain protection for amphibians exposed to a fungal-metabolite prophylactic treatment. Biol. Lett. 17, 20210207. (click to read) https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0207

    • Barnett, K.M., Civitello, D.J., 2020. Ecological and evolutionary challenges for wildlife vaccination. Trends Parasitol. 36, 970–978. (click to read) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2020.08.006

    *denotes undergraduate researchers

    • Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2019-2023 ($138,000)

    • Best Student Poster Presentation, International Wildlife Disease Association Conference, 2023 ($350)

    • Student Travel Grant, Wildlife Disease Association, 2023 ($400)

    • LGSC Travel Grant, Laney Graduate Student Council, 2023 ($250)

    • Co-wrote NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, 2020 ($11,000)

    • PDS Research Funds, Laney Graduate School, Emory University, 2022 ($8,000)

    • Fieldwork Funds, Department of Biology, Emory University, 2022 ($4,000)

    • Award of Distinction, Infectious Disease Across Scales Training Program, 2021-2022 ($2,000)

    • Marion Trawick Coleman Travel Funds, Department of Biology, Emory University, 2021 ($2,000)

    • Outreach SEED Grant, Wildlife Disease Association, 2020 ($510)

    • Carl W. Schaefer Undergraduate Scholarship, Department of Entomology, UW-Madison, 2017 ($1,000)

    • Agent-Based Modeling Club, Facilitator, 2021 to Present.

    • Founder and President, Emory Chapter of the Wildlife Disease Association, 2019 to 2022.

    • 1915 Scholars Graduate Student Mentor, 2018 to 2022.

    • Conversations on Belonging, Equity, and Inclusion, Facilitator, Spring 2021.

    • Tools for Grad Students with Disabilities: A Toolkit for Increasing Accessibility in Academia (linked here), Creator and contributor.

    • Teaching Assistant, Concepts in Biology (BIO 120), Spring 2019.