Contact
Suzanne Estes
Department of Biology, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751
E-mail: estess@pdx.edu Phone: 503.725.8782 Fax: 503.725.3888
Employment
Assistant professor, Portland State University, 2005 - present
Postdoctoral fellow, Oregon State University, 2002 - 2005
Graduate teaching assistant, University of Oregon, 1997 - 2002
Laboratory assistant, Kerr Environmental Research Center, USEPA, 1993 - 1997
Press
Professional profile in Minority Scientist Network (Science Careers), 2007 link
Publication from postdoctoral work subject of Nature News and Views report, "The Elvis Paradox" 2007 link
Publication from PhD work subject of Nature News and Views report, "Compensation Claim" 2003 link
Funding
NSF, DEB-0743871, Evolutionary Paths of Compensatory Mutation in Genetic Networks, with Dee Denver, Zoology, OSU
PSU ORSP Faculty Enhancement Grant, The Influence of Genetic Network Organization on Compensatory Adaptive Evolution, 2007-2008
NSF, DEB-0724649, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement, 2007
NSF, DEB-0625211, Research Starter Grant: The Genetic Mechanisms of Compensatory Evolution, 2006-2007
PSU ORSP Professional Travel Grant, 2006
NSF, DBI-0208328, Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002-2005
NIH Graduate Traineeship in Genetics, 2002
Gates Millennium Fellowship, 2002 (declined)
NIH Graduate Traineeship in Genetic Mechanisms of Evolution, 1997-2002
Chickasaw Nation Higher Education Grant, 1993-2002
ECU Foundation Scholarship, 1993-1997
ECU Presidential Scholarship, 1993-1997
GTE Jump Start Scholarship, 1993-1995
Professional Memberships
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Genetics Society of America
Society for the Study of Evolution
Presentations
Estes, S. and P. C. Phillips. Variation in pleiotropy and the mutational underpinnings of the G-matrix, Society for the Study of Evolution meeting, Stony Brook, NY, 2006.
Estes, S. Spectrum of deleterious and compensatory mutations. Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 2005.
Estes, S. Properties of deleterious and compensatory mutations. Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS, 2005.
Estes, S. Properties and evolutionary implications of mutation. Portland State Univ., Portland, OR, 2005.
Estes, S. Evolutionary implications of mutational properties in C. elegans. Biological Sciences Department Seminar, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, CA, 2004.
Estes, S., M. Lynch, and P. C. Phillips. Effect of population size on fitness correlates in C. elegans: Implications for the distribution of mutational effects. Society for the Study of Evolution meeting, Chico, CA, 2003.
Estes, S. Properties of spontaneous and induced mutations in C. elegans. Department of Zoology Seminar Series, OSU, Corvallis, OR, 2003.
Ajie, B. A., S. Estes, M. Lynch and P. C. Phillips. Effect of spontaneous mutation on behavior in Caenorhabditis elegans. Animal Behavior Society meeting, Corvallis, OR, 2001.
Estes, S. and M. Lynch. Rapid fitness recovery in mutationally degraded lines of Caenorhabditis elegans. Society for the Study of Evolution meeting, Bloomington, IN, 2000.
Service Activities
Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, 2007 − present
Career shadowing with Canby High School students, Spring 2007 – present
Biology TA training event coordinator (Biology, PSU), Fall 2007, 2008
Undergraduate advisor for General Biology track, Fall 2006 – 2007
Served on faculty panel for Freshman Diversity Recognition Scholarship success class, Fall 2006, 2007
Reviewer for Diversity Recognition Scholarship, Winter 2006, 2008
Discovery Days (public outreach) volunteer (OSU), 2004
Session Chair, Society for the Study of Evolution meeting, Colorado State Univ., 2004
Served as manuscript referee for: Animal Behavior, Conservation Biology, Evolution, Genetica, Genetics, The American Naturalist, PLoS