ROXANA J. HICKEY CURRICULUM VITAE CONTACT INFORMATION EDUCATION RESEARCH INTERESTS EXPERIENCE

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE ROXANA J. HICKEY CONTACT INFORMATION Roxana Jo Hickey Ph.D. Student, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Life Sciences South 282 Moscow, Idaho (primary): (school): EDUCATION May present Aug May 2010 Ph.D. Student, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, Moscow, ID Major Professor: Dr. Larry J. Forney B.S., Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Minor, Bioethics GPA: 3.78 RESEARCH INTERESTS Evolutionary ecology of the human vaginal microbiome Metabolic networks, community performance and stability in microbial communities Reductive genome evolution in bacteria EXPERIENCE RESEARCH May present Graduate Research Assistant Projects: Genomic and phenotypic diversity of Lactobacillus iners Interspecies interactions among vaginal Lactobacillus spp. Metabolic networks in the vaginal microbiome Temporal dynamics in the vaginal microbiome V-chip, a vaginal microbiome-targeted microarray Community phylogenetics of the vaginal microbiome

2 Jan Undergraduate Research Assistant May 2010 Projects: Vaginal microbiota of women with frequent vulvovaginal candidiasis Influence of pads and panty liners on vaginal microbiota of healthy women Effects of menses and tampons on vaginal microbiota of healthy women Vaginal microbiota of postmenopausal women Oct Apr 2007 Laboratory Assistant Alturas Analytics Moscow, ID TEACHING & MENTORING May Graduate mentor to Renee Nuhn, undergraduate researcher and present INBRE Fellow (2012) Project: Interspecies interactions between Enterococcus and Lactobacillus in the human vaginal microbiome Aug Graduate mentor to Erika Bengtson, undergraduate researcher and May 2012 INBRE Fellow (2011) Project: Understanding ecological interactions in vaginal microbial communities: metabolic analysis of selected vaginal anaerobes May-Aug 2010 Graduate mentor to Juliane Smith, INBRE Fellow (2010) Project: Characterizing anaerobic vaginal bacteria through cultivation and 16S rrna gene sequencing Aug Peer mentor and teaching assistant, CORE Peer Mentor Program May 2010 Course: Looking Up! A Crash Course in Global Citizenship (CORE 130) Co-taught by Dr. Larry J. Forney and Mr. Jason Johnstone-Yellin GRADUATE COURSES Spring 2012 Applied Bioinformatics, Dr. Matthew Settles (BCB 504) Fall 2011 Mathematical Genetics, Drs. Paul Joyce and Richard Gomulkiewicz /Washington State University (MATH 563) 2

3 Molecular Evolution, Dr. Erica Bree Rosenblum (BIOL 522) Probability Theory, Dr. Zaid Abdo (MATH 451) Spring 2011 Computational Biology: Sequence Analysis, Dr. Robert Heckendorn (CS 515) Principles of Systematic Biology, Dr. Jack Sullivan (BIOL 545) Multivariate Analysis, Dr. Stephen Lee (STAT 519) Fall 2010 TRAINING Introduction to Population Genetics, Dr. Richard Gomulkiewicz /Washington State University (FOR 511) Computer Skills for Biologists, Drs. James Foster, Celeste Brown, and Matthew Settles; (BIOL 404) Anaerobic Bacteriology for the Clinical Laboratory, Anaerobe Systems, April 2010, Morgan Hill, CA PUBLICATIONS Hickey, Roxana J., Zaid Abdo, Xia Zhou, Kimberly Nemeth, Melanie Hansmann, Thomas W. Osborn III, Fancheng Wang, Larry J. Forney. Effects of tampons and menses on the temporal dynamics of vaginal microbiota. (in preparation) Hickey, Roxana J., Xia Zhou, Jacob D. Pierson, Jacques Ravel, Larry J. Forney (2012). Understanding vaginal microbiome complexity from an ecological perspective. Translational Research. (in press) Zhou, Xia, Rachel Westman, Roxana Hickey, Melanie A. Hansmann, Colleen Kennedy, Thomas W. Osborn, Larry J. Forney (2009). Vaginal microbiota of women with frequent vulvovaginal candidiasis. Infection and Immunity, 77 (9), PRESENTATIONS Hickey, Roxana J. Laboratory Safety and Notebook Keeping. Oral presentation to INBRE Fellows and Interns, INBRE Seminar Series, 6 June 2012, 1 June 2011 and 2 June 2010,. Hickey, Roxana J. and Vandhana Krishnan. Understanding ecological networks in the vaginal microbiome. Oral presentation to IBEST faculty and students, IBEST Research Updates, 9 February 2012,. Hickey, Roxana J. and Larry J. Forney. Investigating diversity and ecology of Lactobacillus iners in the vaginal microbiota. Poster presentation (awarded 2nd place in graduate category), College of Science Student Research Exposition, 28 October 2011,. 3

4 Hickey, Roxana J., Rebecca M. Brotman, Pawel Gajer, Joyce Sakamoto, Sara Koenig, Li Fu, Xia Zhou, Zaid Abdo, Jacques Ravel, Larry J. Forney. Temporal dynamics of vaginal bacterial communities. Poster presentation, Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology, July 2011, Proctor Academy, Andover, NH. Hickey, Roxana J., Shelby Thornton, Larry J. Forney. Understanding ecological interactions in vaginal microbial communities. Poster presentation (awarded 2nd place in undergraduate category), MMBB Undergraduate Research Poster Session, 5 May 2010,. Hickey, Roxana J. The Vaginal Microbiome and Female Reproductive Health: An Undergraduate s Perspective. Oral presentation to 10th grade female high school students, INBRE Women in Science Event, 3 November 2009, North Idaho College, Coeur d Alene, ID. Forney. Changes in vaginal microbial community composition with tampon use during menstruation. Poster presentation, College of Science Student Research Exposition (awarded 1st place in undergraduate category), 30 October 2009,. Hickey, Roxana J., Melanie Hansmann, Larry J. Forney. Vaginal microbial communities of postmenopausal women. Poster presentation, 8th Annual INBRE Summer Conference, 3-5 August 2009, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID. Forney. Changes in vaginal microbial community composition with tampon use during menstruation. Poster presentation, MMBB Undergraduate Research Poster Session, 6 May 2009 (awarded 1st place in undergraduate category),. Forney. Effects of menstruation on vaginal microbial community composition. Poster presentation, College of Science Student Research Exposition (awarded 1st place in undergraduate category), 31 October 2008,. Forney. Effects of menstruation on vaginal microbial community composition. Poster presentation (awarded 2nd place in undergraduate student choice category), 7th Annual INBRE Summer Conference, 4-6 August 2008, Boise, ID. FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS Jul Jun 2013 Apr 2010 Dec 2009 Nov 2009 Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Fellowship, BCB Graduate Program, Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Undergraduate Researcher of the Year, Alumni Award for Excellence, Idaho IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Excellence Student Award, May-Aug 2009 INBRE Undergraduate Research Fellowship, May-Aug 2008 INBRE Undergraduate Research Fellowship, 4

5 Jan Brian and Gayle Hill Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of May 2009 Idaho LEADERSHIP & SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO College of Science Interim and Permanent Dean Search Committee, April present PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES Conference assistant, Keystone Symposium on Microbial Communities as Drivers of Ecosystem Complexity, March 2011, Breckenridge, CO Conference assistant, 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology: Microbes - Stewards of a Changing Planet, International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), August 2010, Seattle, WA AFFILIATIONS Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST),, Moscow, ID CONFERENCES Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Biology, July 2011, Proctor Academy, Andover, NH Microbial Communities as Drivers of Ecosystem Complexity, Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2011, Breckenridge, CO 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology: Microbes - Stewards of a Changing Planet, International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME), August 2010, Seattle, WA 5

6 REFERENCES Dr. Larry Forney, Professor & Major Advisor, and Director of the Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST), Dr. Eva Top, Professor & Major Committee Advisor,, University of Idaho Dr. Zaid Abdo, Professor & Major Committee Advisor, Departments of Statistics and Mathematics, Dr. James Foster, Professor & Major Committee Advisor,, 6