PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Assistant Curator of Zoology, New Brunswick Museum, CANADA (NBM)
2022 – present
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2016 – 2022, PhD
University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History
Advisor: David Blackburn
Dissertation: PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF FROG DIVERSIFICATION IN TROPICAL AFRICA
2012 – 2014, MSc
San Francisco State University and California Academy of Sciences
Advisor: David Blackburn
Thesis: DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE FROG GENUS AMNIRANA ACROSS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
2004 – 2010, undergraduate (Biology)
Acadia University
Advisors: Tom Herman & Jordan Karubian
Thesis: AMPHIBIAN DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO HABITAT TYPE AND ALTERATION IN NORTHWEST ECUADOR
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
*mentored undergraduate co-author
1. Tobi, E., Djiembi, G.A.N., Feistner, A., Iponga, D.M., Liwouwou, J.F., Mabala, C., Mavoungou, J., Moussavou, G., Omouendze, L.P., Gilbert, E. and Jongsma, GFM., 2021. Creating a National Biodiversity Database in Gabon and the Challenges of Mobilizing Natural History Data for Francophone Countries. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 5, p.e75643.
2. Jongsma, GFM, Barve, N, Allen, JM, Blackburn, DC. 2021. Historical forest stability shapes contemporary patterns of afrobatrachian frog diversity in central africa. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Online Conference. (PhD work, International, Oral)
3. Hayes, TD*, A Bamba-Kaya, A Singh*, KE Allen, E. Tobi, EL Stanley, DC Blackburn, GFM Jongsma. 2020. A New Puddle Frog (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Coastal Gabon. SE Regional Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Gainesville, FL. (*Undergraduate mentee’s work, Regional, Oral, Award-winning)
4. Jongsma, GFM, N Barve, JM Allen, DC Blackburn. 2020. Delimiting Historical Forest Cover in Central Africa using Frogs. Society of Systematic Biologist, Gainesville, FL (PhD work, International, Poster).
5. Hayes, TD*, DC Blackburn, GFM Jongsma. 2020. Comparative Distribution Models of Ptychadena aequiplicata. Society for Systematic Biology, Gainesville, FL. (Undergraduate mentee’s work, International, Poster).
6. Hayes, TD*, GFM Jongsma, DC Blackburn. 2019. Testing the forest refuge hypothesis: comparative phylogeography of three African rocket frog (Ptychadena) species. Evolution Meeting, Providence, RI. (Undergraduate mentee’s work, International, Poster, Award-winning).
7. Jongsma, GFM, JM Allen, DC Blackburn. 2019. Phylogenetic Diversity of Afrobatrachian Frogs in Central Africa. Evolution Meeting, Providence, RI. (PhD work, International, Poster).
8. Jongsma, GFM, DM Portik, AD Leaché, MK Fujita, DC Blackburn. 2018. Amnirana Diversification at Historical Refugia in Central Africa. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (PhD work, International, Oral).
9. Jongsma, GFM, E Greenbaum, M-O Rödel, DM Portik, AD Leaché, DC Blackburn. 2016 Diversity and Biogeography of Amnirana across Sub-Saharan Africa. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. New Orleans, LA (PhD work, International, Oral)
10. Jongsma, GFM. 2014. Yenzi Nature Talk. Amphibian Adventures around the Ogooué: river biogeography in Gabon. Smithsonian Institute, Gamba, Gabon (Public education talk)
11. Jongsma, GFM. 2014. Fleuve Ogooué Biogeography. Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et Forestières. Libreville, Gabon (Invited talk).
12. Jongsma, GFM. 2014. Diversity of African Hylarana. African Amphibian Working Group. Bwindi, Uganda (International, Oral).
13. Jongsma, GFM. 2014. Impacts of logging across different habitats on amphibians in western Ecuador. Berkeley Herp Group Meeting. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley.
GRANTS & AWARDS ($246,620 in grants; $71,000 in fellowships)
2024 New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund (Climate Change Vulnerability of Frogs: 18,000)
2023 Museum Assistantship Program (Department of Canadian Heritage: 45,000)
2023 New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund (BiodiverseNB biodiversity portal: 15,000)
2023 Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation (5000)
2023 S.M. Blair Family Foundation: NBM Zoology Collection Improvement (3,000)
2022 Biodiversity Inventories of Conservation Areas at UF (56,870; PI: DC Blackburn)
2022 Austin Award for Graduate Student Excellence in Natural Science Research (Florida Museum)
2022 Biology Mentorship Award (University of Florida; 150)
2022 CLAS Dissertation Fellowship (University of Florida)
2018 – 2021 NSERC PGS-D Fellowship
2021 – 2023 BID: Biodiversity Information for Development - GBIF (48,200; Link)
2021 UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Grad Student Travel Award (300)
2021 Florida Museum of Natural History Travel Award (1000)
2021 Florida Museum of Natural History Conference Award (50)
2020 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
2020 Florida Museum of Natural History Special Emergency Museum Award (200)
2019 Florida Museum of Natural History Grant (6000; PI: B. Stucky)
2019 Alec Courtelis Award (1500)
2019 Center for African Studies - University of Florida (CoPI 12,000)
2019 Brian Riewald Memorial Grant (300)
2018 Florida Museum of Natural History Travel Award (1000)
2017 Florida Museum of Natural History Travel Award (1000)
2016 Conservation Action Research Network (CoPI 4595)
2015 New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund. Emergent Amphibian Diseases (8000)
2015 New Brunswick Creative Futures Grant (5000)
2014 Conservation Action Now Grant (2500)
2012 Florence M. Christie Research Grant (750)
2012 New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund Grant (5000)
MUSEUM APPOINTMENTS
2022 -- New Brunswick Museum, Assistant Curator of Zoology
2017 -- Florida Museum of Natural History Curatorial Assistant, Herpetology
2016 -- New Brunswick Museum Curatorial Assistant in Herpetology
2014-15 -- Sam Noble Museum of Natural History Curatorial Assistant in Herpetology.
2013-14 -- California Academy of Sciences Curatorial Assistant in Herpetology.
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
University of Ottawa
Guest Lecturer – Vertebrate Zoology (Spring 2021)
University of Florida
Teaching Assistant – Introductory Biology (BSC2010; Fall, 2021)
Teaching Assistant – Introductory Biology for non-majors (Summer, 2021)
Teaching Assistant – Genetics (Summer, Fall, 2020, Spring, 2021)
Teaching Assistant – Island Biogeography (Fall 2018)
Teaching Assistant – Integrated Principles of Biology (Fall 2016)
San Francisco State University
Teaching Assistant – Introductory Biology (Spring 2014)
Assistant Curator of Zoology, New Brunswick Museum, CANADA (NBM)
2022 – present
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
2016 – 2022, PhD
University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History
Advisor: David Blackburn
Dissertation: PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF FROG DIVERSIFICATION IN TROPICAL AFRICA
2012 – 2014, MSc
San Francisco State University and California Academy of Sciences
Advisor: David Blackburn
Thesis: DIVERSITY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE FROG GENUS AMNIRANA ACROSS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
2004 – 2010, undergraduate (Biology)
Acadia University
Advisors: Tom Herman & Jordan Karubian
Thesis: AMPHIBIAN DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO HABITAT TYPE AND ALTERATION IN NORTHWEST ECUADOR
SELECT PRESENTATIONS
*mentored undergraduate co-author
1. Tobi, E., Djiembi, G.A.N., Feistner, A., Iponga, D.M., Liwouwou, J.F., Mabala, C., Mavoungou, J., Moussavou, G., Omouendze, L.P., Gilbert, E. and Jongsma, GFM., 2021. Creating a National Biodiversity Database in Gabon and the Challenges of Mobilizing Natural History Data for Francophone Countries. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 5, p.e75643.
2. Jongsma, GFM, Barve, N, Allen, JM, Blackburn, DC. 2021. Historical forest stability shapes contemporary patterns of afrobatrachian frog diversity in central africa. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Online Conference. (PhD work, International, Oral)
3. Hayes, TD*, A Bamba-Kaya, A Singh*, KE Allen, E. Tobi, EL Stanley, DC Blackburn, GFM Jongsma. 2020. A New Puddle Frog (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from Coastal Gabon. SE Regional Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Gainesville, FL. (*Undergraduate mentee’s work, Regional, Oral, Award-winning)
4. Jongsma, GFM, N Barve, JM Allen, DC Blackburn. 2020. Delimiting Historical Forest Cover in Central Africa using Frogs. Society of Systematic Biologist, Gainesville, FL (PhD work, International, Poster).
5. Hayes, TD*, DC Blackburn, GFM Jongsma. 2020. Comparative Distribution Models of Ptychadena aequiplicata. Society for Systematic Biology, Gainesville, FL. (Undergraduate mentee’s work, International, Poster).
6. Hayes, TD*, GFM Jongsma, DC Blackburn. 2019. Testing the forest refuge hypothesis: comparative phylogeography of three African rocket frog (Ptychadena) species. Evolution Meeting, Providence, RI. (Undergraduate mentee’s work, International, Poster, Award-winning).
7. Jongsma, GFM, JM Allen, DC Blackburn. 2019. Phylogenetic Diversity of Afrobatrachian Frogs in Central Africa. Evolution Meeting, Providence, RI. (PhD work, International, Poster).
8. Jongsma, GFM, DM Portik, AD Leaché, MK Fujita, DC Blackburn. 2018. Amnirana Diversification at Historical Refugia in Central Africa. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, CA (PhD work, International, Oral).
9. Jongsma, GFM, E Greenbaum, M-O Rödel, DM Portik, AD Leaché, DC Blackburn. 2016 Diversity and Biogeography of Amnirana across Sub-Saharan Africa. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. New Orleans, LA (PhD work, International, Oral)
10. Jongsma, GFM. 2014. Yenzi Nature Talk. Amphibian Adventures around the Ogooué: river biogeography in Gabon. Smithsonian Institute, Gamba, Gabon (Public education talk)
11. Jongsma, GFM. 2014. Fleuve Ogooué Biogeography. Institut de Recherches Agronomiques et Forestières. Libreville, Gabon (Invited talk).
12. Jongsma, GFM. 2014. Diversity of African Hylarana. African Amphibian Working Group. Bwindi, Uganda (International, Oral).
13. Jongsma, GFM. 2014. Impacts of logging across different habitats on amphibians in western Ecuador. Berkeley Herp Group Meeting. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley.
GRANTS & AWARDS ($246,620 in grants; $71,000 in fellowships)
2024 New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund (Climate Change Vulnerability of Frogs: 18,000)
2023 Museum Assistantship Program (Department of Canadian Heritage: 45,000)
2023 New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund (BiodiverseNB biodiversity portal: 15,000)
2023 Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation (5000)
2023 S.M. Blair Family Foundation: NBM Zoology Collection Improvement (3,000)
2022 Biodiversity Inventories of Conservation Areas at UF (56,870; PI: DC Blackburn)
2022 Austin Award for Graduate Student Excellence in Natural Science Research (Florida Museum)
2022 Biology Mentorship Award (University of Florida; 150)
2022 CLAS Dissertation Fellowship (University of Florida)
2018 – 2021 NSERC PGS-D Fellowship
2021 – 2023 BID: Biodiversity Information for Development - GBIF (48,200; Link)
2021 UF College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Grad Student Travel Award (300)
2021 Florida Museum of Natural History Travel Award (1000)
2021 Florida Museum of Natural History Conference Award (50)
2020 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Certificate of Outstanding Achievement
2020 Florida Museum of Natural History Special Emergency Museum Award (200)
2019 Florida Museum of Natural History Grant (6000; PI: B. Stucky)
2019 Alec Courtelis Award (1500)
2019 Center for African Studies - University of Florida (CoPI 12,000)
2019 Brian Riewald Memorial Grant (300)
2018 Florida Museum of Natural History Travel Award (1000)
2017 Florida Museum of Natural History Travel Award (1000)
2016 Conservation Action Research Network (CoPI 4595)
2015 New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund. Emergent Amphibian Diseases (8000)
2015 New Brunswick Creative Futures Grant (5000)
2014 Conservation Action Now Grant (2500)
2012 Florence M. Christie Research Grant (750)
2012 New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund Grant (5000)
MUSEUM APPOINTMENTS
2022 -- New Brunswick Museum, Assistant Curator of Zoology
2017 -- Florida Museum of Natural History Curatorial Assistant, Herpetology
2016 -- New Brunswick Museum Curatorial Assistant in Herpetology
2014-15 -- Sam Noble Museum of Natural History Curatorial Assistant in Herpetology.
2013-14 -- California Academy of Sciences Curatorial Assistant in Herpetology.
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
University of Ottawa
Guest Lecturer – Vertebrate Zoology (Spring 2021)
University of Florida
Teaching Assistant – Introductory Biology (BSC2010; Fall, 2021)
Teaching Assistant – Introductory Biology for non-majors (Summer, 2021)
Teaching Assistant – Genetics (Summer, Fall, 2020, Spring, 2021)
Teaching Assistant – Island Biogeography (Fall 2018)
Teaching Assistant – Integrated Principles of Biology (Fall 2016)
San Francisco State University
Teaching Assistant – Introductory Biology (Spring 2014)
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ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
University of Florida University of New Brunswick Committee on Status of Species at Risk (NB) California Academy of Sciences (CAS) Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Herpetologists’ League NY State Junior Naturalist SACNAS Acta Oecologica Canadian Field Naturalist Communications Biology Diversity and Distributions Salamandra Herpetological Review Herpetology Notes Les cahiers de la fondation Biotope Journal of Biogeography Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) |
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