Amy Byerly

Student-centered instructor with expertise in biological sciences. Dedicated to providing students from diverse backgrounds with the necessary tools to achieve academic goals and prepare for future careers.

• BIOL 1020-Physiological Systems Lab, GTA, University of Denver
• BIOL 2010-Ecology, GTA, University of Denver
• BIOL 1262-Sustaining Life 3, GTA, University of Denver
• BIOL 1021-Evolution, Heredity, and Biodiversity Lab, GTA, University of Denver
• BIOL 1260-Sustaining Life 1 Lab, GTA, University of Denver
• BIO 1091-General Biology 2 Lab, Undergraduate TA, Metropolitan State University

• Morphological divergence in Gryllus pennsylvanicus and G. firmus in a hybrid zone
• Testing thermal tolerance in Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus

Byerly AB, Jenck CS, A Goetz, Weissman DB, Gray DA, CL Ross, LS Maroja and EL Larson. Geographic variation in phenotypic divergence between two hybridizing field crickets. In preparation for Ecology and Evolution.

Byerly AB and EL Larson. Community science in orthopteran research. In preparation for Journal of Orthoptera Research.

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program - Honorable Mention
• Society of Systematic Biologists Graduate Student Research Award ($3000)
• University of Denver Graduate Education Doctoral Fellowship for Inclusive Engagement ($9000)
• University of Denver Shubert Graduate Fellowship ($500)
• University of Denver Graduate Studies Doctoral Fellowship ($9000)
• Orthopterists’ Society Theodore J Cohn Research Fund Award ($1500)
• Explorers Club Mamont Scholar Grant ($4680)

• Front Range Speciation Retreat, Nederland, CO (oral)
• MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference, Denver, CO (poster)
• MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference, Denver, CO (poster)

• Graduate Women in Science
• Orthopterists' Society
• Society for the Study of Evolution
• Society of Systematic Biologists

• Board of Directors, President, Eagle’s Nest Early Learning Center, Black Hawk, CO