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Andrew M. Snyder

Andrewsnyder87@gmail.com

39 Greenwich Place • Pikesville, MD 21208 • (443)-980-7772

 

EDUCATION

University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi                                                                                              Aug. 2011- Present

PhD candidate in Biological Sciences, Advisor- Dr. Brice Noonan

“Biodiversity and Evolution in the Guiana Shield, South America”

Expected graduation December 2017

 

University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland                                                Aug. 2005-May 2009

B.S. Biology, Specialization: Ecology and Evolution

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Conservation International-Guyana                                                                                                       Jan-March 2017

Expedition lead for Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program to Roraima-Ayangana-Orinduik area, Guyana. Organized team of international researchers and coordinated plans and preparation for team to fill significant gaps in biodiversity data to guide designation of new protected area. Expedition intended to occur March-April 2017 but temporarily postponed because village research permission withdrawn due to inner country conflict.

Conservation International-Guyana and World Wildlife Fund-Guianas                        March-April 2017

Expedition lead for Kanuku Mountain Biodiversity Monitoring Training Program, Guyana, South America. Trained members of the Protected Areas Commission, Environmental Protection Agency, and University of Guyana students in biodiversity monitoring and identification to enhance skills necessary for future expansion of Guyana’s National Protected Areas System.

World Wildlife Fund-Guianas and Global Wildlife Conservation                                               October 2014

Lead herpetologist and photographer for Biodiversity Assessment Team to Berbice Forest, Guyana, South America to inventory herpetological diversity and guide conservation planning. Collect specimens and tissue for Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Trained University of Guyana students and local Amerindian counterparts in species identification and monitoring techniques. Photographed expedition, habitats, and biodiversity for post-expedition public outreach and awareness.

U. of Mississippi, California Academy of Sciences, Global Wildlife Conservation   July-Aug 2014            Principal Investigator (PI) for investigatory and collecting expedition to the Kanuku Mountains and Dadanawa Ranch. Reptile and amphibian specimens and tissue samples collected and deposited in California Academy of Sciences, which contributed to the initial baseline surveys conducted in 2013. Trained local Amerindian counterparts in species identification and monitoring techniques. Photographed expedition, habitats, and biodiversity for post-expedition public outreach and awareness.

World Wildlife Fund-Guianas and Global Wildlife Conservation                                                    March 2014

Lead herpetologist and photographer for Biodiversity Assessment Team to Potaro Plateau, Guyana, South America to understand region’s herpetological diversity and guideconservation planning. Collected specimens and tissue samples for Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Trained University of Guyana students and local Amerindian counterparts in species identification and monitoring techniques. Photographed expedition, habitats, and biodiversity for post-expedition public outreach and awareness.

World Wildlife Fund-Guianas and Global Wildlife Conservation                                                 Oct-Nov 2013

Lead herpetologist and photographeror Biodiversity Assessment Team to south Rupununi, Guyana, South America. Collected specimens and tissue samples for Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and compiled first baseline species list for the region. Trained University of Guyana students and local Amerindian counterparts in species identification and monitoring techniques. Photographed expedition, including research, landscapes, and biodiversity for post-expedition public outreach and awareness.

Operation Wallacea Ltd.                                                                                                                             July-Aug 2013

Operations Manager, Senior Scientist, and herpetologist for Operation Wallacea Ltd to Iwokrama and Surama, Guyana, South America. Coordinated surveys for numerous taxa, oversaw and trained 22 undergraduate research assistants, managed field camps, transfers, and logistics, and conducted herpetological surveys. Over 200 specimens and tissue samples collected.

University of Mississippi                                                                                                                                 July 2013

Prinicpal Investigator (PI) for week long investigatory and collecting expedition to Kanuku Mountains. Over 100 specimens and tissue samples collected and compiled first baseline species list for the site.

Operation Wallacea Ltd.and University of Mississippi                                                                   June-Aug 2012

Operations Manager, Senior Scientist, and herpetologist for Operation Wallacea Ltd to Iwokrama and Surama, Guyana, South America. Coordinated surveys for numerous taxa, oversaw and trained 27 undergraduate research assistants, managed field camps, transfers, and logistics, and conducted herpetological surveys. Over 300 specimens and tissue samples collected.

Operation Wallacea Ltd. and University of Mississippi                                                               June-Aug 2011

Co-Operations Manager, Senior Scientist, and herpetologist for Operation Wallacea Ltd to Iwokrama and Surama, Guyana, South America. Coordinated surveys for numerous taxa and oversaw 24 undergraduate research assistants, managed field camps, transfers, and logistics, and conducted herpetological surveys. Over 200 specimens and tissue samples collected.

Operation Wallacea Ltd.                                                                                                                            June-Aug 2010

Herpetologist and camp manager for Operation Wallacea Ltd. to Cusuco National Park, Honduras, Central America. Conducted herpetofaunal surveys, oversaw logistics and surveys at satellite camps, trained undergraduate research assistants. Radiotracked two species of critically endangered frogs to understand spatiotemporal movements and assisted with specimen and tissue collection.

Operation Wallacea Ltd.                                                                                                                                  June-Aug 2009

Herpetologist and camp manager for Operation Wallacea Ltd. to Cusuco National Park, Honduras, Central America. Conducted herpetofaunal surveys, oversaw logistics and surveys at satellite camps, trained undergraduate research assistants, and assisted with specimen and tissue collection.

Operation Wallacea Ltd.                                                                                                                                     July 2008

Research assistant in Cusuco National Park, Honduras, Central America with Operation Wallacea Ltd. Assisted with biodiversity surveys of various cloud forest taxa.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Teaching Assistant- University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS                                                                         Aug. 2011-present

Genetics Laboratory                                                                                                                                             Aug. 2016-present

Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Laboratory for majors                                                                      Jan. 2016-May 2016

Genetics Laboratory                                                                                                                                         Aug. 2015-Dec. 2015

Introductory Biology II, Laboratory for majors                                                                                          Jan. 2015-May 2015

Introductory Biology, Laboratory for majors                                                                                             Aug. 2014-Dec. 2014

Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Laboratory for majors                                                                      Aug. 2013-Dec. 2013

Microbiology, Labroratory for nursing students                                                                                        Jan. 2013-May 2013

Introductory Biology, Laboratory for majors                                                                                            Sep. 2012-Dec. 2012

Microbiology, Labroratory for nursing students                                                                                       Jan. 2012-May 2012

Introductory Biology, Laboratory for non-majors                                                                                    Jan. 2012-May 2012

Introductory Biology, Laboratory for majors                                                                                              Sep. 2011-Dec. 2011

 

Workshops

Conservation Photography Field Course                                                                                                            June 2017

Course co-leader in Cocobolo Nature Reserve, Panama. Taught one week course for international participants the skills necessary for developing and executing photographic stories with intended conservation outputs, including but not limited to photographic,narrative, and publishing techniques.

North America Nature Photography Association High School Scholarship Program                  July 2017

Course Co-instructor at Tremont Institude, Great Smoky Mountain, Tennessee. Taught one week course to high school scholarship recipients advanced nature, landscape, and wildlife photography principles and techniques.

 

PRESENTATIONS

Snyder, A. (2017) “Phylogeography and Photography: The Union of Conservation Science and Conservation Photography.” Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Annapolis, Maryland.

Snyder, A. (2016) “New Distribution Records of Amphibians and Reptiles Revealed through Rapid Inventories Across Guyana.” International Congress on the Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield. Georgetown, Guyana.

Snyder, A., Hallet, M., Taylor, P. (2016) “Growth rates of black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in the Rupununi region of Guyana. International Congress on the Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield. Georgetown, Guyana.

Snyder, A. (2014) “Exploring Speciation in Guyana: A Scientific and Photographic Journey.” Moray House Trust. Georgetown, Guyana.

Alonso, L., Taphorn, D., Pos, E., Snyder, A., O’Shea, B., Short, A., Lim, B., Williams, A., Helms, J., Paemelere, E., Fredericks, P., Simmons, D. (2013) South Rupununi Biodiversity Assessment Team. Moray House Trust. Georgetown, Guyana.

Snyder, A (2012). An Explorer’s Introduction to Tropical Rainforests. Church Lane Elementary School.

Snyder, A., Worthington, R. (2012). An Introduction to the Biodiversity of the Iwokrama and Surama Forests, Guyana. University of Mississippi Biology Department Seminar.

Snyder, Andrew (2010). Amphibian Chytrid Fungus and its presence in Cusuco National Park, Honduras. University of Maryland, College Park.

 

POSTERS

Andrew M. Snyder, Brice P. Noonan. (2016) “Comparative Phylogeography of Guiana Shield Herpetofauna.” Evolution conference. Austin, Texas

 

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Nyffeler M, Lapinski W, Snyder A, Birkhofer Y (2017) Spiders feeding on earthworms revisited: consumption of giant earthworms in the tropics. Journal of Arachnology 45(2): 242-247.

Snyder, Andrew M (2016) Atractus trilineatus (Three-lined Ground Snake) Predation. Herpetological Review 47 (2): 308.

 

PEER REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION OR UNDER REVIEW

Vacher JP, Sommeria-Klein G, Ficetola F, Rodrigues MT, Kok P, Noonan BP, Snyder A, Jairam R, Ouboter P, Gomes JO, Avila-Pires TCS, Lima JD, Ernst R, Blanc M, Dewynter M, Colston TJ, de Souza SM, Nunes P, Camacho A, Teixeira M, Recoder R, Cassimiro J, Martinez Q, Marty C, Gaucher P, Thébaud C, Fouquet A. Large-scale DNA barcoding of Amazonian anurans leads to a new definition of biogeographical subregions in the Guiana Shield and reveals a vast underestimation of diversity and local endemism.

Snyder, A. Hallet, M., Holland, A., Taylor, P., Reynolds, R. Herpetofauna of the Kanuku Mountains, Yupukari Village, and Dadanawa Ranch, Guyana.

Snyder A, Noonan BP. The Evolution of the Guiana Shield: Historical and biogeographic perspectives.

Snyder A., Fouquet A., Rodrigues M.T., Vacher J.P., Pramuck J., Marty C., Noonan B.P. Diversification of the widespread Rhinella margaritifer group across South America.

Snyder, A., Fouquet A. Rodrigues M.T., Vacher J.P., Noonan B.P. Neotropical Diversification: Comparative phylogeography of Guiana Shield Herpetofauna.

 

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Snyder A, Colston TJ, Skybar L, Basil M, Ngala R. Amphibians and reptiles of the Kaieteur Plateau and the Upper Potaro River, Guyana In Alonso, L.E., J. Persaud, and A. Williams (eds). 2017. Biodiversity Assessment Survey of Kaieteur Plateau and Upper Potaro, Guyana. BAT Survey Report No. 2. WWF-Guianas, Guyana Office. Georgetown, Guyana. 73-91.

Snyder A., Bernard, C., Foster, L., Holland A., Lim B., O’Shea B., Persaud J., Taphorn, D. (2017) Kanuku Mountains Biodiversity Monitoring Training Program. Conservation International-Guyana. Georgetown, Guyana.

Snyder A., Pierre M., Gomes E., Noonan B. Amphibians and Reptiles of Kusad Mountain and the Parabara Region in the South Rupununi, Guyana In Alonso, L.E., J. Persaud, and A. Williams (eds). 2016. Biodiversity Assessment Survey of the South Rupununi Savannah, Guyana. BAT Survey Report No. 1. WWF-Guianas, Guyana Office. Georgetown, Guyana. 66-86.

Snyder A, Colston TJ. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Upper Berbice River region, South-central Guyana.  In Alonso, L.E., J. Persaud, and A. Williams (eds). Biodiversity Assessment Survey of the Upper Berbice River Region, Guyana. BAT Survey Report No. 4. WWF-Guianas, Guyana Office. Georgetown, Guyana

Colston TJ, Snyder A, Ali Z. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Konawaruk River Drainage, Guyana. In Alonso, L.E., J. Persaud, and A. Williams (eds). Biodiversity Assessment Survey of the Konawaruk River Drainage, Guyana. BAT Survey Report No. 3. WWF-Guianas, Guyana Office. Georgetown, Guyana

Snyder A, Colston, TJ (2014) Reptiles and Amphibians. In: Upper Berbice River Region BAT Expedition Preliminary Report. WWF-Guianas, Guyana Office. Georgetown, Guyana pp. 29-33.

Colston TJ, Snyder A, Ali Z (2014) Reptiles and Amphibians. In: Konawaruk River Drainage BAT Expedition Preliminary Report. WWF-Guianas, Guyana Office. Georgetown, Guyana

Snyder A, Colston T, Skybar L, Basil M, Ngala R (2014) Reptiles and Amphibians. In: Kaieteur Plateau-Upper Potaro Biodiversity Assessment Team (BAT) Expedition. WWF-Guianas, Guyana Office. Georgetown, Guyana pp. 33-39.

Snyder A, Pierre M. (2013) Reptiles and Amphibians. In: South Rupununi BAT Preliminary Report. WWF-Guianas, Guyana Office. Georgetown, Guyana. pp. 29-33.

Bicknell J, Snyder A, Lim B.K., Horsley T, Hubbell C.B., Worthington R 2013. Monitoring Biodiversity by Operation Wallacea in the Iwokrama and Surama Forests. Guyana Research Report 2011-2013.

 

POPULAR MEDIA PUBLICATIONS

Snyder, Andrew (2017) “Nature Lover’s Paradise.” Visit Guyana Magazine.

Snyder, Andrew (2014) “A Photographic Exploration of Guyana’s Amphibians.” FrogLog. Amphibian Specialist Group.

Snyder, Andrew (2014) “Unusual Images of the Jungle”. Explore Guyana Magazine.

Snyder, Andrew, Bicknell, Jake. (2013) “Howler Monkeys to Dung Beetles: Monitoring the biodiversity of the Iwokrama and Surama Forests.” Explore Guyana magazine.

Snyder, Andrew. (2012) “A short History of Herp Illustration.” Herp Nation Magazine.

Snyder, Andrew. (2011) “State of the Nation: Laws Affecting Venomous Reptile Keepers in the USA.” Herp Nation Magazine.

Snyder, Andrew. (2011) “Cusuco National Park-Honduras.” Herp Nation Magazine.

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

The Wildlife Society- MD/DE Chapter Board of Directors –Treasurer                                                   Sept. 2017-Present

The Wildlife Society- MD/DE Chapter                                                                                                           Sept. 2017-Present

North American Nature Photography Association Board of Directors                                                     July 2017-Present

North American Nature Photography Association Conservation Committee                                        April 2016-Present

The Explorer’s Club                                                                                                                                             June 2015-Present

Society for Evolution                                                                                                                                             Fall 2011-Present

Society of Systematic Biologists                                                                                                                          Fall 2011-Present

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles                                                                                         Fall 2011- Present

Maryland Herpetological Society                                                                                                                       Fall 2011-Present

American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists                                                                               Fall 2011-Present

 

AWARDS AND HONORS

University of Mississippi Dissertation Fellowship                                                                                    August 2017-Present

2016 Art Wolfe Next-Generation Photographer’s Grant                                                                                             Aug. 2016

University of Mississippi Summer Research Scholarship                                                                                June-Aug. 2015

University of Mississippi Summer Research Scholarship                                                                                June-Aug. 2013

Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research                                                                                                                       Aug.-Dec. 2013

University of Mississippi Graduate Student Council Grant                                                                   Aug. 2013- May 2014

North America Nature Photography Association College Scholarship                                                                     Feb. 2013

Maryland Senatorial Scholarship                                                                                                                                  2005-2009

Jerry E. Miller Senatorial Scholarship                                                                                                                          2005-2009

 

GRANT REVIEWER

Conservation Leadership Programme partnership between BirdLife International, Conservation International,          Fauna & Flora International, and Wildlife Conservation Society

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

Andrew Snyder Photography                                                                                                                             June 2011-Present

Natural history, conservation, and expedition photographer. Dedicated to capturing images of wildlife, habitats, research, and conservation threats and communicating them to the general public in various mediums for increased awareness.

Images published by:

National Geographic, National Geographic Kids, Smithsonian, World Wildlife Fund, Global Wildlife Conservation, Conservation International, Discovery Channel, Discover Conservation, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Amphibian Specialist Group, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Science News for Kids