Heather S. Mallory, Ph.D.
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. 1219 Broad Street Durham, NC 27705
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy in Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Teaching and Leadership Experience
Instructor of Biology in the Science Department, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Teaching AP Biology, Ecology, and Research in Biology. August 2019-present.
Faculty in the Science Department, Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, North Carolina. Taught AP Environmental Science and Biology, advising students, International Diploma, Honor Council, Diversity & Inclusion committee member. August 2015-May 2019.
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. Taught Invertebrate Biology (laboratory course), Animal Behavior (laboratory course), General Biology, Plant-Animal Interactions (seminar course), and advised senior thesis students. July 2013-May 2015.
Adjunct Faculty in the Biology Department, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia. Team-taught Ecological Development, a summer course for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scholars. June-July 2013.
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. Taught Animal Behavior (laboratory course), Sensory Ecology (laboratory course), Plant-Animal Interactions (senior seminar), Field Entomology (field course). July 2012-May 2013.
Adjunct Faculty in the Biological Sciences Department, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia. Taught Animal Behavior (lecture course). Spring 2011-Spring 2012
Teaching Fellow and Guest Lecturer in the Biology Department at Georgetown University in Introductory Biology II: Evolution and Ecology, Developmental Biology, Plant-Animal Interactions, and guest lecturer in Plants and Society. August 2005-May 2011
Volunteer Instructor for science outreach in DC public elementary schools. Presented hands-on activities about insect behaviors and life cycles to grades K-3 and worked with Marine Discovery Program at Georgetown University leading shark and squid dissections and an ocean pollution workshop with grades 3 and 4. Fall 2005-Fall 2011
Certificate from The Apprenticeship in Teaching Program offered by The Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at Georgetown University. This program is designed to enhance the preparation of graduate students as teachers. Completed Fall 2011
Mentor to undergraduates in the Weiss Laboratory in the Department of Biology at Georgetown University. Senior thesis project mentor to Megan Dougherty and Amine El-Amraoui, supervisor and mentor to Amalia Aruda, J. Tyler Steubs, Eric Oberdorf, Rustin Kashani and Laurel Cepero. Fall 2005-Fall 2011
President of Biology Organization of Graduate Students (Elected position). Planned and led meetings to discuss and address graduate student issues, wrote club constitution, organized and produced writing and mentoring workshops, originated and implemented annual graduate student barbeque, organized voting and schedule for graduate student invited speaker, and initiated and presented graduate mentor award. Fall 2006 to Fall 2009
Research Experience
Graduate Student and Research Assistant in the Department of Biology at Georgetown University in the laboratory of Dr. Martha Weiss. Researched learning and foraging in insects, using both behavioral studies and basic neurobiological techniques to explore the neural underpinnings of these complex behaviors. Thesis work included how rearing environment affects brain morphology, learning ability, and antagonistic interactions using the house cricket as a model organism and the foraging behavior of praying mantises. Research Assistant on projects examining butterfly and wasp learning, caterpillar vision, and host-plant choice in caterpillars. July 2005-August 2011
Research Technician at Arizona Research Laboratories in the Division of Neurobiology at The University of Arizona in the laboratory of Dr. Leslie Tolbert. Explored the role that gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) plays in interactions between glial cells and neurons in the development of the central nervous system, using the antennal (olfactory) lobe of the moth Manduca sexta as a model. Techniques used included immunohistochemistry, cell culture, in situ hybridization and calcium imaging. October 2003-June 2005
Research Technician and Laboratory Manager in The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Arizona in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel Papaj. Studied color learning and host acceptance in the butterfly Battus philenor and oogenesis response to host quality in the fruit fly Rhagoletis juglandis. Research included behavioral studies in both the field and laboratory. June 2002-August 2003
Publications
Mallory HS, Howard AF, and Weiss MR (2016) Timing of environmental enrichment affects memory in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus. PLoS ONE.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152245
Mallory HS, Gibson NJ, Hayashi JH, Nighorn AJ, and Oland LA (2012) Direct and glia-mediated effects of GABA on developmental central olfactory neurons. Neuron Glia Biology 6:1-19.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2011) Science in your own backyard: using locally abundant caterpillars and plants to teach about herbivory. American Biology Teacher 73:463-466.
Papaj DR, Mallory HS, and Heinz CA (2007) Extreme weather change and the dynamics of oviposition behavior in the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor. Oecologia 152:365-375.
Meeting Abstracts
Mallory HS (2013) Edge effects are detectable at the level of order. Entomological Society of America 61st Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas. Abstract #D0439.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2012) Timing of environmental enrichment affects learning performance in an insect, Acheta domesticus. Tenth International Congress of Neuroethology. College Park, Maryland.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2010) Do praying mantises preferentially hunt near flowers? Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California. Abstract #50791.
Mallory HS, Uma D, Howard AF, and Weiss MR (2009) Elementary education outreach: teaching ecological concepts using locally abundant species. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Abstract #20972.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2008) The role of environment on brain plasticity and behavior in the house cricket. Post graduate conference in sensory ecology. Lund, Sweden.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2008) Olfaction: A neglected sense in the praying mantis. International Society of Chemical Ecology 25th Meeting. State College, Pennsylvania. Abstract #P42.
Mallory HS and Weiss, MR (2007) Praying Mantids: A new training protocol and a first look at mantid mushroom bodies. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California. Abstract #0461.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2006) Learning across development in the praying mantis. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana. Abstract #D0083.
Mallory HS, Gibson NJ, Tucker ES, and Oland LA (2005) Nitric oxide from olfactory receptor neurons enhances formation of a peripheral glial cell network. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Washington, District of Columbia. Abstract #41.17.
Grants and Awards
Travel grant from Georgetown University Center for the Environment
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Travel grant from Georgetown University Graduate School
Travel grant from the International Society of Chemical Ecology
Center for Brain Basis of Cognition at Georgetown University, Seed Grant
Travel grant from Georgetown University Graduate School
First Place in Student Competition for the President’s Prize, Poster Display, Behavior and Ecology, 2006 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2006
First place in Masters Student Paper Competition for the President’s Prize, 2003 Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. 2003
Invited Seminars
University of Maryland, Department of Entomology October 2011
George Mason University, Department of Environmental Science and Policy November 2011
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. 1219 Broad Street Durham, NC 27705
Education
Doctorate of Philosophy in Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Teaching and Leadership Experience
Instructor of Biology in the Science Department, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. Teaching AP Biology, Ecology, and Research in Biology. August 2019-present.
Faculty in the Science Department, Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, North Carolina. Taught AP Environmental Science and Biology, advising students, International Diploma, Honor Council, Diversity & Inclusion committee member. August 2015-May 2019.
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. Taught Invertebrate Biology (laboratory course), Animal Behavior (laboratory course), General Biology, Plant-Animal Interactions (seminar course), and advised senior thesis students. July 2013-May 2015.
Adjunct Faculty in the Biology Department, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia. Team-taught Ecological Development, a summer course for Howard Hughes Medical Institute Scholars. June-July 2013.
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. Taught Animal Behavior (laboratory course), Sensory Ecology (laboratory course), Plant-Animal Interactions (senior seminar), Field Entomology (field course). July 2012-May 2013.
Adjunct Faculty in the Biological Sciences Department, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia. Taught Animal Behavior (lecture course). Spring 2011-Spring 2012
Teaching Fellow and Guest Lecturer in the Biology Department at Georgetown University in Introductory Biology II: Evolution and Ecology, Developmental Biology, Plant-Animal Interactions, and guest lecturer in Plants and Society. August 2005-May 2011
Volunteer Instructor for science outreach in DC public elementary schools. Presented hands-on activities about insect behaviors and life cycles to grades K-3 and worked with Marine Discovery Program at Georgetown University leading shark and squid dissections and an ocean pollution workshop with grades 3 and 4. Fall 2005-Fall 2011
Certificate from The Apprenticeship in Teaching Program offered by The Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at Georgetown University. This program is designed to enhance the preparation of graduate students as teachers. Completed Fall 2011
Mentor to undergraduates in the Weiss Laboratory in the Department of Biology at Georgetown University. Senior thesis project mentor to Megan Dougherty and Amine El-Amraoui, supervisor and mentor to Amalia Aruda, J. Tyler Steubs, Eric Oberdorf, Rustin Kashani and Laurel Cepero. Fall 2005-Fall 2011
President of Biology Organization of Graduate Students (Elected position). Planned and led meetings to discuss and address graduate student issues, wrote club constitution, organized and produced writing and mentoring workshops, originated and implemented annual graduate student barbeque, organized voting and schedule for graduate student invited speaker, and initiated and presented graduate mentor award. Fall 2006 to Fall 2009
Research Experience
Graduate Student and Research Assistant in the Department of Biology at Georgetown University in the laboratory of Dr. Martha Weiss. Researched learning and foraging in insects, using both behavioral studies and basic neurobiological techniques to explore the neural underpinnings of these complex behaviors. Thesis work included how rearing environment affects brain morphology, learning ability, and antagonistic interactions using the house cricket as a model organism and the foraging behavior of praying mantises. Research Assistant on projects examining butterfly and wasp learning, caterpillar vision, and host-plant choice in caterpillars. July 2005-August 2011
Research Technician at Arizona Research Laboratories in the Division of Neurobiology at The University of Arizona in the laboratory of Dr. Leslie Tolbert. Explored the role that gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) plays in interactions between glial cells and neurons in the development of the central nervous system, using the antennal (olfactory) lobe of the moth Manduca sexta as a model. Techniques used included immunohistochemistry, cell culture, in situ hybridization and calcium imaging. October 2003-June 2005
Research Technician and Laboratory Manager in The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at The University of Arizona in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel Papaj. Studied color learning and host acceptance in the butterfly Battus philenor and oogenesis response to host quality in the fruit fly Rhagoletis juglandis. Research included behavioral studies in both the field and laboratory. June 2002-August 2003
Publications
Mallory HS, Howard AF, and Weiss MR (2016) Timing of environmental enrichment affects memory in the house cricket, Acheta domesticus. PLoS ONE.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152245
Mallory HS, Gibson NJ, Hayashi JH, Nighorn AJ, and Oland LA (2012) Direct and glia-mediated effects of GABA on developmental central olfactory neurons. Neuron Glia Biology 6:1-19.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2011) Science in your own backyard: using locally abundant caterpillars and plants to teach about herbivory. American Biology Teacher 73:463-466.
Papaj DR, Mallory HS, and Heinz CA (2007) Extreme weather change and the dynamics of oviposition behavior in the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor. Oecologia 152:365-375.
Meeting Abstracts
Mallory HS (2013) Edge effects are detectable at the level of order. Entomological Society of America 61st Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas. Abstract #D0439.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2012) Timing of environmental enrichment affects learning performance in an insect, Acheta domesticus. Tenth International Congress of Neuroethology. College Park, Maryland.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2010) Do praying mantises preferentially hunt near flowers? Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California. Abstract #50791.
Mallory HS, Uma D, Howard AF, and Weiss MR (2009) Elementary education outreach: teaching ecological concepts using locally abundant species. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Abstract #20972.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2008) The role of environment on brain plasticity and behavior in the house cricket. Post graduate conference in sensory ecology. Lund, Sweden.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2008) Olfaction: A neglected sense in the praying mantis. International Society of Chemical Ecology 25th Meeting. State College, Pennsylvania. Abstract #P42.
Mallory HS and Weiss, MR (2007) Praying Mantids: A new training protocol and a first look at mantid mushroom bodies. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California. Abstract #0461.
Mallory HS and Weiss MR (2006) Learning across development in the praying mantis. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana. Abstract #D0083.
Mallory HS, Gibson NJ, Tucker ES, and Oland LA (2005) Nitric oxide from olfactory receptor neurons enhances formation of a peripheral glial cell network. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. Washington, District of Columbia. Abstract #41.17.
Grants and Awards
Travel grant from Georgetown University Center for the Environment
Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Travel grant from Georgetown University Graduate School
Travel grant from the International Society of Chemical Ecology
Center for Brain Basis of Cognition at Georgetown University, Seed Grant
Travel grant from Georgetown University Graduate School
First Place in Student Competition for the President’s Prize, Poster Display, Behavior and Ecology, 2006 Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. 2006
First place in Masters Student Paper Competition for the President’s Prize, 2003 Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. 2003
Invited Seminars
University of Maryland, Department of Entomology October 2011
George Mason University, Department of Environmental Science and Policy November 2011