Carla Hurt

Research Assistant Professor,
Molecular Core Facility Manager

(305)284-6566
Fax (305)284-3039

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Education and Professional Experience

• 2007 - present Research Assistant Scientist, University of Miami
• 2005 - 2007 Postdoctoral Researcher, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• 1999 - 2005 Ph.D. Arizona State University, Genetics
• 1998 - 1999 Research Assistant in Developmental Genetics, Arizona State University
• 1996 - 1999 B.S. Arizona State University, Zoology

Grants

• 2003, Center for Bioinformatics, Graduate Fellowship - $3,936
• 2003, Z Game and Fish, Genetic Variation in AZ. Springsnails, Heritage Grant - $36,000
• 2001,AZ Game and Fish, Genetic Variation in AZ. Springsnails, Heritage Grant - $47,000

Area of Focus

Publications

• 2007, Anker, A., C. Hurt, and N. Knowlton. Revision of the Alpheus cristulifrons Rathbun species complex, with description of a new species from the tropical eastern Atlantic (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (submitted).
• 2007, Anker, A., C. Hurt, and N. Knowlton. Revision of the Alpheus nuttingi (Schmitt) species complex, with description of a new species from the tropical eastern Pacific (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae). Zootaxa (submitted).
• 2007, Anker, A., C. Hurt, D. Poddoubtchenko, J. Jara, and N. Knowlton. Revision of the Alpheus cylindricus Kingsley, 1878 species complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae), with revalidation of A. vanderbilti Boone, 1930. Zootaxa (submitted).
• 2007, Anker, A., C. Hurt, and N. Knowlton. Alpheus christofferseni, n. sp. and A. aequusKim & Abele, 1988 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Alpheidae): two transisthmian snapping shrimps associatedwith innkeeper worms (Echiura). Zootaxa (submitted).
• 006 , Olendorf, R., H. F. Rodd, D. Punzalan, A. E. Houde, C. R.Hurt, D. N. Reznick, and K. A. Hughes. Frequency-dependent Survival in Natural Guppy Populations. Nature 441: 633-636.
• 2006, R. Lee, C. R. Hurt, and P. W. Hedrick. Species and ESUs in the Endangered Sonoran Topminnow. Conservation Genetics 7: 483-492.
• 2005, Hurt, C. R., M. Farzin, and P. W. Hedrick. Examining the process of allopatric speciation in the endangered Sonoran topminnow using cytonuclear genotype frequencies. Genetics 71:655-672.
• 2004, Hurt, C. R Conservation genetics in aquatic species: General approaches and case studies in fishes and springsnails of arid lands. Aquatic Sciences - Research Across Boundaries. 66: 402-413.
• 2004, Hurt, C. R. Genetic divergence, population structure, and historical demography of endangered springsnails (Pyrgulopsis)in the lower Colorado River basin. Molecular Ecology 13: 173-1187.
• 2004, Hurt, C. R., S. Stears-Ellis, K. A. Hughes and P. W. Hedrick. Mating Behavior of two allopatric species of the endangered Sonoran topminnow. Animal Behavior. 67: 343-351.
• 2003, Hurt, C. R., P. W. Hedrick. Genetic Divergence and reproductive isolation in the Sonoran topminnow. Evolution. 57: 2835-2841.
• 2003, Hurt, C. R., S. Meredith, and P. Hamilton. Evolutionary Ecology: Integrating theory, technology and ecology. Conservation Biology 17: 342-343.
• 1999, Rawls, J., C. Hurt, S. Parsons, and A. Rawls. Differential regulation of epaxial and hypaxial muscle development by Paraxis. Development 126: 5217-5229.