Education
PhD: Texas A&M University Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. 2023
College Station, TX. Advisors: Dr. Jessica Light
MSc: Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University 2019
Columbus, OH. Advisor: Dr. Meg Daly
Thesis: Peachia chilensis (Carlgren 1931): Redescription of a species of parasitic, burrowing sea anemone with a revision of Haloclavidae (Verrill 1899)
BSc: Biology - (With Distinction), The Ohio State University 2015
Columbus, OH. Advisor: Dr. Ben Titus and Dr. Meg Daly
College Station, TX. Advisors: Dr. Jessica Light
MSc: Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University 2019
Columbus, OH. Advisor: Dr. Meg Daly
Thesis: Peachia chilensis (Carlgren 1931): Redescription of a species of parasitic, burrowing sea anemone with a revision of Haloclavidae (Verrill 1899)
BSc: Biology - (With Distinction), The Ohio State University 2015
Columbus, OH. Advisor: Dr. Ben Titus and Dr. Meg Daly
Publications
* Indicates undergraduate co-author
7. Hamilton NM, Sanchez K*, Moran ML, Sherwin RE, Light JE, Morrison ML. Genetic variation and population structure among western hibernacula of Townsend's big-eared bats, Corynorhinus townsendii towndensii. In review Western North American Naturalist.
6. Samantha L R Capel, Natalie M Hamilton, Devaughn Fraser, Merly Escalona, Oanh Nguyen, Samuel Sacco, Ruta Sahasrabudhe, William Seligmann, Juan M Vazquez, Peter H Sudmant, Michael L Morrison, Robert K Wayne, Michael R Buchalski, Reference genome of Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii, Journal of Heredity, 2023;, esad078, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad078
5.Hamilton, NM, Morrison, M. L., Harris, L. S., Szewczak, J. M., & Osborn, S. D. (2022). Predicting habitat suitability for Townsend's big-eared bats across California in relation to climate change. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9641. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9641
4. Hamilton NM, Gusmão LC, Izumi T, Rodríguez E, Yap NWL, et al. (2022) Phylogeny and taxonomy of Haloclavidae (Verrill, 1899) with a redescription of the parasitic, burrowing sea anemone, Peachia chilensis Carlgren, 1931. PLOS ONE 17(9): e0266283. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266283
3. Weiringa J.G., Boot M.R., Dantas-Queiroz M.V., Duckett D., Fonseca E.M., Glon H., Hamilton N., Kong S., Lanna F.M., Mattingly K.Z., Parsons D.J., Smith M.L, Stone B.W., Thompson C.T., Zuo L., Bryan C. Carstens. (2020) Does habitat suitability structure intraspecific genetic diversity? It’s complicated… Frontiers of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG45377
2. Hamilton N., Jones T.H., Shik J.Z., Wall B., Schultz T.R., Blair H.A., Adams R.M.M. (2018) Cyphomyrmex semiochemicals and their relative abundance. Chemoecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-018-0265-5
1. Titus B.M., Daly M., Hamilton N., Beurman M.L., Baeza J.A. (2018) Global species delimitation and phylogeography of the circumtropical ‘sexy shrimp’ Thor amboinensis reveals cryptic species complex and secondary contact in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13231
7. Hamilton NM, Sanchez K*, Moran ML, Sherwin RE, Light JE, Morrison ML. Genetic variation and population structure among western hibernacula of Townsend's big-eared bats, Corynorhinus townsendii towndensii. In review Western North American Naturalist.
6. Samantha L R Capel, Natalie M Hamilton, Devaughn Fraser, Merly Escalona, Oanh Nguyen, Samuel Sacco, Ruta Sahasrabudhe, William Seligmann, Juan M Vazquez, Peter H Sudmant, Michael L Morrison, Robert K Wayne, Michael R Buchalski, Reference genome of Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii, Journal of Heredity, 2023;, esad078, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esad078
5.Hamilton, NM, Morrison, M. L., Harris, L. S., Szewczak, J. M., & Osborn, S. D. (2022). Predicting habitat suitability for Townsend's big-eared bats across California in relation to climate change. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9641. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9641
4. Hamilton NM, Gusmão LC, Izumi T, Rodríguez E, Yap NWL, et al. (2022) Phylogeny and taxonomy of Haloclavidae (Verrill, 1899) with a redescription of the parasitic, burrowing sea anemone, Peachia chilensis Carlgren, 1931. PLOS ONE 17(9): e0266283. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266283
3. Weiringa J.G., Boot M.R., Dantas-Queiroz M.V., Duckett D., Fonseca E.M., Glon H., Hamilton N., Kong S., Lanna F.M., Mattingly K.Z., Parsons D.J., Smith M.L, Stone B.W., Thompson C.T., Zuo L., Bryan C. Carstens. (2020) Does habitat suitability structure intraspecific genetic diversity? It’s complicated… Frontiers of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.21425/F5FBG45377
2. Hamilton N., Jones T.H., Shik J.Z., Wall B., Schultz T.R., Blair H.A., Adams R.M.M. (2018) Cyphomyrmex semiochemicals and their relative abundance. Chemoecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-018-0265-5
1. Titus B.M., Daly M., Hamilton N., Beurman M.L., Baeza J.A. (2018) Global species delimitation and phylogeography of the circumtropical ‘sexy shrimp’ Thor amboinensis reveals cryptic species complex and secondary contact in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13231
Presentations and Posters
Hamilton NM, Jansa SA, and Light JE. Of Mice and Museums: Species Delimitation in the Peromyscus
maniculatus species group using natural history collections and genomic data. Presented at Texas
Society of Mammalogists Meeting 2023 and 13th International Mammal Congress 2023.
Hamilton N Predictive occurrence models for bat species in Texas. Texas Society of Mammalogists Meeting 2022, Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Meeting 2022, Ecological Integration Symposium Texas A&M 2022.
Hamilton N and Morrison ML. Evidence of rare pigment loss and genetic population differentiation in Townsend's big-eared bats. Texas Society of Mammalogists Meeting 2021 and Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Meeting 2021.
Hamilton N, Pence, A, Morrison ML. Predicting range shifts under future climate conditions in
threatened species using the Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii (Cooper 1837) as an example organism. Presented at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference 2021.
Hamilton N, Pence A, Morrison ML. Predicting habitat preference in threatened species using the Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii. Presented at Texas A&M Ecological Integration Symposium 2020 (virtual symposium)
Hamilton N, Rodriguez E, Izumi T, Yap N, and Daly, M. Phylogenetic relationships among burrowing sea anemones in the family Haloclavidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Wildlife and Fisheries Departmental Seminar 2020
Hamilton N, Pence A, Morrison ML. Predicting habitat preference in threatened species using the Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii. Presented at Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Meeting 2020 and Texas Society of Mammalogists Meeting 2020
Hamilton N, Rodriguez E, Izumi T, Yap N, and Daly, M. Phylogenetic relationships among burrowing sea anemones in the family Haloclavidae (Cnidariea: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Poster. Presented at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference 2020
Stark T.E and Hamilton N. Comparison of genomic approaches (ddRADseq and automated Sanger sequencing) for
studying the genetic diversity of the Caribbean blue-legged hermit crab (Clibanarius tricolor). Poster.
Presented at Society of Systematic Biologists Conference 2018.
Hamilton, N., Titus, B., Daly, M. 2015. Species delimitation and phylogeography in the circumtropical ‘sexy shrimp’
Thor amboinensis. Poster. Presented at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, The Ohio State
University, OH.
maniculatus species group using natural history collections and genomic data. Presented at Texas
Society of Mammalogists Meeting 2023 and 13th International Mammal Congress 2023.
Hamilton N Predictive occurrence models for bat species in Texas. Texas Society of Mammalogists Meeting 2022, Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Meeting 2022, Ecological Integration Symposium Texas A&M 2022.
Hamilton N and Morrison ML. Evidence of rare pigment loss and genetic population differentiation in Townsend's big-eared bats. Texas Society of Mammalogists Meeting 2021 and Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Meeting 2021.
Hamilton N, Pence, A, Morrison ML. Predicting range shifts under future climate conditions in
threatened species using the Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii (Cooper 1837) as an example organism. Presented at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference 2021.
Hamilton N, Pence A, Morrison ML. Predicting habitat preference in threatened species using the Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii. Presented at Texas A&M Ecological Integration Symposium 2020 (virtual symposium)
Hamilton N, Rodriguez E, Izumi T, Yap N, and Daly, M. Phylogenetic relationships among burrowing sea anemones in the family Haloclavidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Wildlife and Fisheries Departmental Seminar 2020
Hamilton N, Pence A, Morrison ML. Predicting habitat preference in threatened species using the Townsend’s big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii. Presented at Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society Meeting 2020 and Texas Society of Mammalogists Meeting 2020
Hamilton N, Rodriguez E, Izumi T, Yap N, and Daly, M. Phylogenetic relationships among burrowing sea anemones in the family Haloclavidae (Cnidariea: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Poster. Presented at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference 2020
Stark T.E and Hamilton N. Comparison of genomic approaches (ddRADseq and automated Sanger sequencing) for
studying the genetic diversity of the Caribbean blue-legged hermit crab (Clibanarius tricolor). Poster.
Presented at Society of Systematic Biologists Conference 2018.
Hamilton, N., Titus, B., Daly, M. 2015. Species delimitation and phylogeography in the circumtropical ‘sexy shrimp’
Thor amboinensis. Poster. Presented at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, The Ohio State
University, OH.