Curriculum Vitae
Click here for my full CV.Education
2023
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Reading (transferred – advanced standing)
Thesis: Sampling the past to understand evolution
2021
Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics, Montana State University
2015
B.Sc., Earth Sciences: Paleontology Emphasis, Montana State University
Geology field school: Indiana University Judson Mead Geologic Field Station
Appointments
2023—
Postdoctoral research associate
Reading Evolutionary Biology Group (PI: Chris Venditti)
School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading
Leverhulme: The evolutionary and biogeographical routes to hominin diversity
2023
Postdoctoral research associate
Reading Evolutionary Biology Group (PI: Mark Pagel)
School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading
NERC: The capacity for sustained adaptation in a rapidly changing environment
2016—2023
Graduate research assistant
Deep Time Biology Lab (PI: Chris Organ), MSU & UoR
2016—2019, 2020—2021
Graduate teaching assistant
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, MSU
Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience, MSU
Department of Earth Sciences, MSU
2019—2020
Visiting research assistant
Laboratory on Molecular Paleontology (PI: Qiaomei Fu)
Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Freelance scientific editor
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Cactus Communications
2014—2015
Lab technician
Gabriel Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Paleontology, Museum of the Rockies
2012—2013
Lab technician
Whitlock Paleoecology Laboratory, Montana State University
Publications (peer-reviewed)
* Contributed equally
† Mentored student
2024
13. Krumenacker, L.J., David J. Varricchio, Chris L. Organ, Jacob D. Gardner, Clint Boyd, and Brooks Britt. Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of the mid-Cretaceous neornithischian dinosaur Oryctodromeus cubicularis Varricchio, 2007. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2330581. Link
12. LaBarge, Thomas W.†, Jacob D. Gardner, and Chris L. Organ. The evolution and ecology of gigantism in terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291(2021): 20240235. Link
11. Wilson, Lauren N.*†, Jacob D. Gardner*, John P. Wilson, Alex Farnsworth, Zackary R. Perry, Patrick S. Druckenmiller, Gregory M. Erickson, and Chris L. Organ. Global latitudinal gradients and body size diversity in dinosaurs and mammals. Nature Communications, 15: 2864. Link
10. Aguilar-Pedrayes, Isaura†, Jacob D. Gardner, and Chris L. Organ. The coevolution of rostral keratin and tooth distribution in dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291(2015): 20231713. Link
2023
9. Surya, Kevin, Jacob D. Gardner, and Chris L. Organ. Detecting punctuated evolution in SARS-CoV-2 over the first year of the pandemic. Frontiers in Virology, 3: 1066147. Link
2022
8. Xue, Jiayang, Wenjun Wang, Jing Shao, Xiangming Dai, Zhouyong Sun, Jacob D. Gardner, … [14 authors] …, Nu He, and Qiaomei Fu. Ancient mitogenomes reveal the origins and genetic structure of the Neolithic Shimao population in northern China. Frontiers in Genetics, 13: 909267. Link
7. Gardner, Jacob D., and Mark V.H. Wilson. The most complete amiid fish from the Coal Creek Member of the Eocene Kishenehn Formation in northwestern Montana. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 67(2): 493–508. Link
6. Zhang, Ming*, Yichen Liu*, Zhipeng Li*, Peng Lu*, Jacob D. Gardner*, … [18 authors] …, E. Andrew Bennett, Songmei Hu, and Qiaomei Fu. Ancient DNA reveals the maternal genetic history of East Asian domestic pigs. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 49(6): 537–546. Link
2021
5. Wang, Wenjun*, Manyu Ding*, Jacob D. Gardner*, Yongqiang Wang*, … [25 authors] …, Vikas Kumar, and Qiaomei Fu. Ancient Xinjiang Mitogenomes Reveal Intense Admixture with High Genetic Diversity. Science Advances, 7(14): eabd6690. Link
4. Gardner, Jacob D., and Chris L. Organ. Evolutionary Sample Size and Phylogenetic Models of Correlated Evolution. Systematic Biology, 70(5): 1061—1075. Link
2020
3. Gardner, Jacob D., Michel Laurin, and Chris L. Organ. The Relationship Between Metabolic Rate and Genome Size in Extant Vertebrates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 375(1793): 20190146. Link // Preprint
2019
2. Gardner, Jacob D.*, Kevin Surya*†, and Chris L. Organ. Early Tetrapodomorph Biogeography: Controlling for Fossil Record Bias in Macroevolutionary Analyses. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 18(7): 609—709. Link // Preprint // Blog
2016
1. Wilson, John P., D. Cary Woodruff, Jacob D. Gardner, Holley M. Flora, John R. Horner, and Chris L. Organ. Vertebral Adaptations to Large Body Size in Theropod Dinosaurs. PLoS ONE, 11(7): e0158962. Link
Fellowships/Internships/Selected Grants
2022
University of Reading, Ph.D. Studentship
2019
University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Partial Scholarship for International Students
2017
National Science Foundation, East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Fellowship
Host: Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dinosaur Research Institute, Student Research Grant
2016
Montana State University, Earth Sciences Donald L. Smith Memorial Graduate Scholarship
2015
ConocoPhillips, Indiana University Field Camp Scholarship
Geological Society of America, Rocky Mountain Section Undergraduate Research Grant
Paleontological Society, Student Ambassador
Montana State University, Undergraduate Scholars Program Research Grant (x2)
2014
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Research Internship
Montana State University, Undergraduate Scholars Program Research Grant