University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences  
 

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Suzanne Edmands

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Contact Information
E-mail: sedmands@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-5548
Office: AHF 316

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Education

  • B.A. Biology, Carleton College, Minnesota, 6/1987
  • Ph.D. Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 3/1994

Postdoctoral Training

  • NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oregon, 1996-1998  
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1994-1996  

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

  • Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 08/16/2005-  
  • Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, 09/01/1998-08/16/2005  
  • NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, 09/01/1996-08/31/1998  
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 03/15/1994-06/30/1996  

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Edmands studies conservation and evolutionary genetics of marine populations using a combination of fieldwork, molecular genetic analyses and controlled breeding programs. Much of our current work involves using the tidepool copepod Tigriopus californicus as a model for studies of speciation genetics and evolutionary ecotoxicology. Other projects include studies of genetic structure in striped marlin and in kelp bass.

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions

  • USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies,http://wrigley.usc.edu/
  • The Edmands Lab,http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/biosci/edmands/

Publications

Journal Article
  • Hwang, A. S., Northrup, S. L., Alexander, J. K., Vo, K. T., Edmands, S. (2011). Long-term experimental hybrid swarms between moderately incompatible Tigriopus californicus populations: hybrid inferiority in early generations yields to hybrid superiority in later generations. Conservation Genetics. Vol. 12, pp. 895-909.
  • Pritchard, V. L., Dimond, L., Harrison, J. S., Velasquez, C., Zieba, J., Burton, R. S., Edmands, S. (2011). Interpopulation hybridization results in widespread viability selection across the genome of Tigriopus californicus. BMC Genetics. Vol. 12, pp. 54.
  • Purcell, C. M., Edmands, S. (2011). Resolving the genetic structure of striped marlin, Kajikia audax, in the Pacific Ocean through spatial and temporal sampling of adult and immature fish. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Vol. 68, pp. 1861-1875.
  • Foley, B. R., Rose, C. G., Rundle, D. E., Leong, W., Moy, G. W., Burton, R. S., Edmands, S. (2011). A gene-based SNP resource and linkage map for the copepod Tigriopus californicus. BMC Genomics. Vol. 12, pp. 568.
  • Handschumacher, L., Steinarsdóttir, M. B., Edmands, S., Ingolfsson, A. (2010). Phylogeography of the rock-pool copepod Tigriopus brevicornis (Harpacticoida) in the northern North Atlantic, and its relationship to other species of the genus. Marine Biology. Vol. 157, pp. 1357-1366.
  • Edmands, S., Northrup, S. L., Hwang, A. S. (2009). Maladapted gene complexes within populations of the intertidal copepod Tigriopus californicus?. Evolution. Vol. 63 (8), pp. 2184-2192.
  • Edmands, S. (2007). Between a rock and a hard place: Evaluating the relative risks of inbreeding and outbreeding for conservation and management. Molecular Ecology. Vol. 16, pp. 463-475.
  • Hedgecock, D., Barber, P. H., Edmands, S. (2007). Genetic approaches to measuring connectivity. Oceanography. Vol. 20 (3), pp. 70-79.
  • Vogel, A. B., Tenggardjaja, K., Edmands, S., Halbert, N. D., Derr, J. N., Hedgecock, D. (2007). Detection of domestic cattle mtDNA in bison on Santa Catalina Island. Animal Genetics. Vol. 38, pp. 410-412.
  • Harrison, J. S., Edmands, S. (2006). The chromosomal basis of viability differences in Tigriopus californicus interpopulation hybrids. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Vol. 19(6), pp. 2040-2051.
  • Edmands, S., Feaman, H. V., Harrison, J. S., Timmerman, C. C. (2005). Genetic consequences of many generation of hybridization between divergent copepod populations. Journal of Heredity. Vol. 96(2), pp. 114-123.
  • Harrison, J. S., Peterson, D. L., Swain, J. R., Edmands, S. (2004). Microsatellite DNA markers for the intertidal copepod Tigriopus californicus. Molecular Ecology Notes. Vol. 4 (4), pp. 736-738.
  • Edmands, S., Deimler, J. K. (2004). Local adaptation, intrinsic coadaptation and the effects of environmental stress on interpopulation hybrids in the copepod Tigriopus californicus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. Vol. 303 (2), pp. 183-196.
  • Edmands, S., Timmerman, C. C. (2003). Modeling factors affecting the severity of outbreeding depression. Conservation Biology. Vol. 17(3), pp. 883-392.
  • Edmands, S., Harrison, J. S. (2003). Molecular and quantitative trait variation within and among populations of the intertidal copepod Tigriopus californicus. Evolution. Vol. 57(10), pp. 2277-2285.