Holly L. Lutz, Ph. D.
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Caving for bats, Mount Morungole, Acholi District, Uganda                                              William Daniels, National Geographic          
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​I am an assistant project scientist with the Center for Microbiome Innovation at UCSD, with joint appointments at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Department of Pediatrics. My research explores eco-evolutionary relationships between microbial symbionts, parasites, pathogens, and animal and human hosts.

​I believe strongly in the value of scientific collections, and work to promote the curation, growth, and utilization of museum collections around the world. A top priority in my work is engaging local collaborators in sampling for the establishment of baseline measures of vertebrate and symbiont diversity, and preservation of specimens for future questions we cannot yet conceive. ​​

When not working, I like to photograph things, hunt, ​catch birds, and go on adventures with my serval hybrid, Pangur.

Professional Appointments

Assistant Project Scientist (2020 - present)
Center for Microbiome Innovation
Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Department of Pediatrics
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

Research Associate (2017 - present)
Negaunee Integrative Research Center
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
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National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (2017 - 2019)
Microbiome Center | Department of Surgery
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2013-2016)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Lester Armour and William A. & Stella M. Rowley Graduate Research Fellow (2014 - 2015)
Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics and Evolution
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

Presidential Life Sciences Fellow (2011 - 2012)
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Staff Scientist  (2009 - 2011)
Emerging Pathogens Project
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

Societies & Service
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Board of Editors of mSystems®
American Society of Mammalogists
  • Systematic Collections Committee
  • Conservation Committee
American Society for Microbiology
American Ornithological Society
Ecological Society of America
Education

Cornell University (2011 - 2016)
Ph.D., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences; Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Thesis: Ecology and evolution of malarial parasites in African vertebrates

University of Chicago (2005 - 2009)
A.B., Biological Sciences
A.B., Specialization in Ecology & Evolution
Thesis: Biogeography and spatiotemporal diversification of Selenidera and Andigena toucans

​Grants & Awards
(Post-doctoral)
2020 Negaunee Seed Grant ($28,100)
2019 Grainger Bioinformatics Center Award ($12,375)
2019 Council on Africa, Field Museum of Natural History​ ($5,976)
​2017 NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology ($138,000)

(Pre-doctoral)
2015 Edward A. Bouchet Honor Society Fellow

2015 Athena Fund, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 
2014 Field Museum of Natural History Graduate Fellowship
​2014 Illumina MiSeq Grant, Pritzker Laboratory, FMNH
2014 CALS Alumni Association Grant 
2014 Cornell Center for Comparative & Population Genomics
2013 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2013 NSF Malaria Research Coordination Network 
2013 American Society of Naturalists 
2013 Athena Fund, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 
2012 Sigma Xi, Cornell Chapter
2012 Andrew W. Mellon Grant
2012 NSF Malaria Research Coordination Network
2011 Cornell University Presidential Life Sciences Fellowship
2011 Krammer Graduate Research Grant

[Miscellany]

Specimen Prep & Taxidermy
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I might never have made it to Africa if it weren't for the guidance and support of Tom Gnoske. Tom has taught me everything I know about specimen preparation and field work. He has also given me the chance to try my hand at taxidermy, which I see as a unique blend of science and art (and a welcome break from computers and pipettes). 

Check out Bird Collections at the Field Museum of Natural History and Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates!

  Accipiter cooperii
, Cooper's Hawk

A lousy honor...
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Thanks to my collaborator, Jason Weckstein, for naming this gorgeous animal after me. Jason studies the coevolution of birds and lice, among other things, and is currently leading a project with John Bates (Field Museum of Natural History) and Alexandre Aleixo (Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi) to study Amazonian bird and parasite diversity. You can read more about their expeditions here!

  Cotingacola lutzae, ex. Laniocera hypopyrra (Cinereous Mourner)
  
Valim & Weckstein 2012

 
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