Curriculum Vitae

Name

Dr. Reed Austin Cartwright

Current Position

Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Genetics Bioinformatics Research Center North Carolina State University Campus Box 7566 Raleigh, NC 27695-7566

Interests

• Population Genetics & Evolutionary Biology
• Biological Theory & Computational Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Biology Education
• Evolution of Language Ability
• Geographical Genetics & Genetic Structure
• Individually Based, Spatially Explicit Evolutionary Models
• Frequency-Dependent Selection

Grant Support

• NSF Predoctoral Fellowship
• Graduate Research Assistantships on NSF and NIH grants

Education

• PhD Genetics (University of Georgia, 2006)
  • Advisors: Wyatt Anderson and Paul Schliekelman
  • Late Advisor: Marjorie Asmussen
  • Committee Members: John Wares, Jessica Kissinger, Jim Hamrick, Ron Pulliam
• BS Genetics, cum laude with honors (University of Georgia 2000)
• AB Latin, cum laude with honors (University of Georgia 2000)

Honors and Awards

• NSF Predoctoral Fellow
• 2006 Scholarship to the Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics
• 2005 Carmon Scholarship for computational biology research
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Warlick-Mannion Classical Scholar
• Golden Key
• Dean’s List
• Presidential Scholar
• Kossack Calculus Prize (2^nd) (1998)
• Who’s Who in America’s Colleges and Universities
• AP National Scholar
• Cum Laude Society
• National Honor Society

Personal

• Married to Tiffany Andrews Cartwright since August 2002
• Hometown: Athens, GA

Languages Studied

Latin, Greek, Sanskrit

Programming Experience

C/C++, Perl, Matlab, Java, Xhtml, Bison/Flex, R, Mathematica, Ruby

Teaching Experience

• Graduate Laboratory Assistant, Introductory Biology (Spring 2006)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Evolutionary Biology (Fall 2005)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introductory Genetics (Fall 2002)

Work Experience

• Research Technician for Dr. Marjorie Asmussen (2001)
• Undergrad Worker for Dr. Marjorie Asmussen (2000)
• Computer Technician, Kitchen Staff, Office Staff, et al.

Critically Peer-Reviewed Papers

• Comai L and Cartwright RA (2005) “A toxic mutator and selection alternative to the non-mendelian, RNA cache hypothesis for hothead reversion.” Plant Cell 17:2856-2858.
• Cartwright, R.A. (2005) “DNA Assembly With Gaps (Dawg): Simulating Sequence Evolution.” Bioinformatics 21 (Suppl. 3): iii31-iii38.
• Asmussen MA, Cartwright RA, Spencer HG. (2004) “Frequency-dependent selection with dominance: A window onto the behavior of the mean fitness.” Genetics 167 (1): 499.

Other Papers and Articles

• Musgrave IF, Reuland S, and Cartwright RA (2004) Theory is as Theory Does. The Panda’s Thumb.
• Cartwright RA (2004) Ignorance excludes evolution. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Jan 28.
• Cartwright RA and Theobald DL (2003) Citing Scadding (1981) and Misunderstanding Vestigiality. Talk.Origins Archive
• Cartwright RA (2001) Genetic Barriers Don’t Exist. Talk.Origins Archive Post of the Month: July

Websites Managed

• The Panda’s Thumb, http://www.pandasthumb.org/, winner of a 2005 Science and Technology Web Award from Scientific American
• De Rerum Natura, http://www.dererumnatura.us/.
• Georgia Citizens for Integrity in Science Education, http://www.georgiascience.org/.
• Citizens For Science, http://citizensforscience.org/.
• Scitus, http://scit.us/