Education

B.A., Biology and Sociology/Anthropology, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, 2002
Ph.D., Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2009
1st year FIRST Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009 - present

Research Statement

Publications

Johnson, E.L., Cunningham, T.W., Marriner, S.M., Kovacs, J.L., Hunt, B.G., Bhakta, D.B., Goodisman, M.A. (2009) Resource allocation in a social wasp: effects of breeding system and life cycle on reproductive decisions. Mol Ecol. 18(13):2908-20. Epub 2009 May 29.

Hoffman, E.A., Kovacs, J.L., Goodisman, M.A.. (2008) Genetic structure and breeding system in a social wasp and its social parasite. BMC Evol Biol. 8:239. PMCID: PMC2533669

Goodisman, M.A., Kovacs, J.L., Hoffman, E.A.. (2007) The significance of multiple mating in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons. Evolution. 61(9):2260-7.

Kovacs, J.L., Goodisman, M.A.. (2007) Irregular brood patterns and worker reproduction in social wasps. Naturwissenschaften. 94(12):1011-4. Epub 2007 Jul 26.

Goodisman, M.A., Kovacs, J.L., Hoffman, E.A. (2007) Lack of conflict during queen production in the social wasp Vespula maculifrons. Mol Ecol. 16(12):2589-95.

Emory College
Department of Biology
Rollins Research Center
Atlanta, GA  30322
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