CORINTHIA R. BLACK
NSF Postdoctoral Researcher
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
corinthiablack (at) gmail (dot) com • BlackCR (at) si (doc) edu
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
corinthiablack (at) gmail (dot) com • BlackCR (at) si (doc) edu
CURRENT
POSITION |
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Entomology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, USA August 2022 – present Principal Investigator: Dr. Hannah Wood |
EDUCATION
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Biology, Ph.D.
Auburn University May 2017 – August 2022 Dissertation: Evolutionary Ecology of Loricariid Catfishes Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Armbruster Biology, M.S. University of Northern Iowa August 2011 – May 2013 (Degree awarded May 2014) Thesis: Geometric morphometric analysis of skeletal shape variation across the Pleuronectiformes Advisor: Dr. Peter Berendzen Biology, B.A. University of Northern Iowa August 2008 – May 2011 Liberal Arts, A.A. and A.S. Clinton Community College, Iowa August 2006 – May 2008 |
PEER- REVIEWED
PUBLICATIONS |
CR Black, Armbruster JW. 2022, Nov. Integration and modularity in the diversity of the suckermouth armored catfishes. Royal Society Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220713.
CR Black, Armbruster JW. 2022, Nov. Chew on this: Oral jaw shape is not correlated with diet type in Loricariid catfishes. PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277102. PB Berendzen, Holmes S., Abels J. Black CR. 2021, November. Morphological diversity within the Ozark minnow (Notropis nubilus: Cyprinidae). Journal of Fish Biology. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.14951. CR Black, Armbruster JW. 2021, May. New method of isotopic analysis: Baseline Standardized Isotope Vector Analysis show trophic partitioning in loricariids. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3503. CR Black, Berendzen P. 2020, April. Shared ecological traits influence shape of the skeleton in flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes). PeerJ. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8919 |
INVITED UNIVERSITY SEMINARS
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CR Black. (20 October 2023) Why Are There So Many Fishes: The Evolutionary Drivers of Diversification. Department of Entomology Fall Seminar. University of Maryland: College Park; Invited Seminar.
CR Black. (1 June 2023) Why Are There So Many Fishes: The Evolutionary Drivers of Diversification. University of the Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; Invited Seminar. CR Black. (8 November 2021) The Evolution of Shape in the Suckermouth Armored Catfishes. Fall Seminar Series. University of Northern Iowa: Cedar Falls; Invited Seminar (virtual). |
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE |
Instructor of Record
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Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Highland Community College, Highland, Kansas
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Teaching Assistant
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Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
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