Professional Appointments

Conference Presentations

Current: Visiting Research Scholar - University of Iowa

2014 - 2015 Visiting Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Biology - Beloit College

2013 - 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher - University of Iowa

      2013       Adjunct Professor, Lewis University & Benedictine University

      2012       Educational Consultant - Junco Project - Indiana University

2010 - 2012 Instructor - Ivy Tech Community College - Bloomington, IN

2007 - 2012  Associate Instructor - Indiana University - Bloomington, IN

Publications

Soper, D.M., Hatcher, K.M., and Neiman, M. 2015. Documentation of Copulatory Behaviour in Triploid Male Freshwater Snail. Ethology, Ecology, & Evolution. doi: 10.1080/03949370.2015.1030781

 

Soper, D.M., King, K.C., Vergara, D., and Lively, C.M. 2014. Exposure to parasites increases promiscuity in a freshwater snail. Biology Letters. 10(4): 20131091.

 

Soper, D.M., Neiman, M., Savytskyy, O.P., Zolan, M.E., and Lively, C.M. 2013. Spermatozoa production by triploid males in the New Zealand freshwater snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum.  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12085. (Early Online View)



Soper, D.M., Delph, L.F., and Lively, C.M. 2012. Multiple paternity in the freshwater snail,

Potamopyrgus antipodarum. Ecology & Evolution. 2: 3179-3185.



Neiman, M., Paczesniak, D., Soper, D.M., Baldwin, A.T., Hehman, G. 2011. Wide variation in ploidy level and genome size in a New Zealand freshwater snail with coexisting sexual and asexual lineages. Evolution. 65: 3202-16.



Montgomery, B.R., Soper, D.M., and Delph, L.F. 2010. Asymmetrical conspecific

seed-siring advantage between Silene latifolia and S. dioica. Annuals of Botany. 105: 595-605.



Technical Skills

• Evolution, Raleigh, N.C. June 2014 - Oral Presentation, *Soper, D.M., King, K.C., Vergara, D., and Lively, C.M. "Love 'bugs'? Exposure to parasites increases promiscuity in a freshwater snail"

• Evolution, Raleigh, N.C. June 2014 - Oral Presentation, *McElroy, K., Soper, D.M., Bankers, L., Boore, J., Logsdon, J., and Neiman, M. - "Differential gene expression in ovarian tissue of sexual vs. asexual freshwater snails"

• C. Elegans Summer Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana, July 2012 – Oral Presentation, *Soper, D.M.  “Multiple Paternity and Sire Skew in the Presence of Coevolution”

• ASAB Winter Meeting, London, UK, December 2011 – Oral Presentation, Soper, D.M., *King, K.C., Vergara, D., and Lively, C.M. “Parasite exposure increases mating and promiscuity in freshwater snails”
• Evolution, Norman, OK, June 2011 - Oklahoma University – Oral Presentation,
*Soper, D.M., Lively, C.M., and Delph, L.F. “Generation of genetic diversity by reproductive behaviors in the presence of a coevolving parasite”
• CISAB Animal Behavior Conference, Bloomington, IN, April 2011 – Indiana University – Oral Presentation,
*Soper, D.M. and Lively, C.M. “Female mate choice in P. antipodarum”
Poster Presentation
• The International Meeting on the Genetics of Polyploids, Lisbon, Portugal – November 2010 - Oral Presentation, *Soper, D.M., Neiman, M., and Lively, C.M. "Triploid Male Fertility: A Testes Investigation"
 

-Mate choice ethology

-Microscopy

-DNA extraction/PCR/DNA analysis using Gene Mapper

-Dissection

-Flow cytometry

-Cytogenetics - cell preparation

Grants & Fellowships

• Biomedical Scholar's Program - Beloit College - 2014

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, NSF, 2011 – 2012 Grant #:  1110396
• Louise C. Hoover Fellowship – Summer 2010 & Summer 2011
• Center for Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Fellowship, Spring 2009
• Indiana University Graduate Student Fellowship, Fall 2008