Department of Biology and
Biochemistry
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204
Telephone: 713-743-8172
Fax: 713-743-2636
e-mail: rzufall@uh.edu
2006-present Assistant
Professor,
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston TX
2003-2005 Postdoctoral
Fellow, Department
of Biological Sciences, Smith College, Northampton, MA, Advisor: Laura Katz
2003 Ph.D., Department of Biology and Program
in Genetics, Duke University, Durham, NC, Advisor: Mark Rausher
1996 B.S., Biology, concentration Genetics
and Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Advisor: Sara Via
2006 Starter
Grant: Cis-acting signals and genome-wide effects of extensive genome
processing in diverse ciliates, National Science Foundation,
$50,000
2006 Grants
to Enhance and Advance Research: Evolution of extensive genome
processing in ciliates, University of Houston, $30,000
2003-2005 Postdoctoral Fellowship in
Microbial Biology,
National Science Foundation,
$100,000
2001-2002 Dissertation Research:
Anthocyanin biosynthesis and the evolution of red-
flowered Ipomoea, National Science Foundation,
$9,000
2000 Grant
in Aid of Research,
Department of Zoology, Duke University
1999-2002 Travel Grant, Graduate School, Duke University
1999 Grant
in Aid of Research,
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
1999 International
Travel Grant,
Graduate School, Duke University
1996-98 NIH
Training Grant Fellow,
University Program in Genetics, Duke University
1995-96 Undergraduate
Honors Research Grant,
Cornell University
1992-96 Cornell
Tradition Fellowship,
Cornell University
Zufall, R. A., C. L. McGrath, S. V. Muse, L. A. Katz. 2006. Genome architecture drives protein
evolution in ciliates. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23:1681-1687.
McGrath, C. L., R. A. Zufall, L. A. Katz. 2006. Genome evolution in ciliates. In L. Katz and D.
Bhattacharya (Eds.), Genomics and
evolution in eukaryotic microbes.
Fleet, C. M., M. F. Rosser, R. A. Zufall, M. Pratt, T. S.
Feldman, P. P. Lemons. 2006. Hiring criteria
in biology departments of academic
institutions. BioScience 56: 430-436.
Zufall, R. A., T. Robinson, and L. A. Katz. 2005. Evolution of developmentally regulated genome
rearrangements in eukaryotes. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol
Dev Evol) 304B:
448-455.
Zufall, R. A. and M. D. Rausher. 2004. Genetic
changes associated with floral adaptation restrict
future evolutionary potential. Nature 428: 847-850.
Rutter, M.
T. and R. A. Zufall. 2004. Pathway
length and evolutionary constraint in amino acid
biosynthesis. Journal
of Molecular Evolution 58: 218-224.
Zufall, R.
A. and M. D. Rausher. 2003. The genetic basis of a flower-color polymorphism
in the
common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea. Journal of Heredity 94: 442-448
Manuscripts
in review
Zufall, R.A. and L.A. Katz. Micronuclear and macronuclear forms of b-tubulin genes in the ciliate
Chilodonella uncinata reveal insights into genome
processing and protein evolution. Journal
of Eukaryotic Microbiology.
McGrath, C.L., R.A. Zufall, and L.A. Katz. An initial survey of macronuclear
genome content of
three ciliates with extensive
chromosomal fragmentation. Journal
of Eukaryotic Microbiology.
University
of Houston-Downtown, Department of Natural Sciences, 2006
Rice
University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2006
Trinity
University, Biology Department, 2006
The College
of William and Mary, Biology Department, 2005
Harvard University Herbarium, 2004.
University of Houston, Department of Biology and
Biochemistry, 2004
Oberlin College, Biology Department, 2004
Colby College, Biology Department, 2004
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting, Fitch Prize Symposium, 2004
Hofstra University Biology Department, 2004
Western Kentucky University Biology Department, 2004
New England Molecular Evolutionary Biologists Meeting, Prize
for outstanding presentation, 2003
Duke
University Graduate Student Symposium, 2001
NSF
Workshop Participant,
Postdoctoral Appointments: Policies and Practices, 2004
Travel
Awards Coordinator,
Society of Protozoologists Genome Evolution Symposium, 2004
Interim
Director and Executive Committee, Teaching Certificate in Biology, Duke University, 2000-2003
Guest
Lecturer, Microbial
Eukaryotes, Smith
College; Science without Borders, Elon College, 2000, 2005
Instructor, Biotechnology: From Science to
Industry, Duke University,
2001
Assistant
Director, Howard
Hughes Research Fellows Program, Duke University, 2001-2002
Mentor, Howard Hughes Research Fellows;
Howard Hughes Pre-College Program, Duke University
Teaching Assistant, Principles of Evolution; HIV and
Emerging Diseases; Population Biology; Cell and Developmental Biology II;
Introductory Biology,
Duke University, 1999-2003
Preparing
Future Faculty Fellow,
Graduate School, Duke University, 1999-2001
Certificate
in Teaching College Biology, Duke University, 2003
Steering Committee, Zoology Graduate Students, Duke
University, 1999-2000
Peer reviewer, Evolution, Journal of Molecular
Evolution, Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology