KATE E.

AUGUSTINE – CURRICULUM VITAE

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Department of Biology
Coker Hall – CB#3280
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
kaugust1@live.unc.edu
kateaugustine.weebly.com

EDUCATION
6th year PhD candidate in Ecology, Evolutionary, and Organismal Biology
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Degree expected May 2018

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science

Minor in Environmental Geoscience
University of Notre Dame
Degree awarded May 2012

edX, Inc. (MOOC platform)

Used edX.org, a massive open online course (MOOC) platform, to take courses offered by
accredited universities and training programs to acquire skills in evidence-based undergraduate
STEM teaching.
 Advancing Learning Through Evidence-Based STEM Teaching – Center for
Integrated Research Teaching and Learning (2016)
o Learned how to implement research methods to develop and implement
teaching practices that advance the learning experiences and outcomes of
STEM students.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Fall 2012-Present Graduate student in the Kingsolver Lab at the University of North
Carolina-Chapel Hill. Studying the role of larval food quality and
temperature in the geographic divergence of life history traits in invasive
and native Pieris butterflies.

Summer 2017 Immersion Program to Advance Career Training (ImPACT) intern at

Nuventra Pharma Sciences. Developed an R Shiny application for
bioequivalence model quality control.

Summer 2012 Research Technician in the McLachlan Lab. Managed a team of 3

undergraduate students to quantify General Land Office survey notes from
Illinois on the PalEON project.

2011-Spring 2012 Undergraduate Research in the McLachlan Lab. Helped build a database
and data input form to quantity General Land Office survey notes from
Illinois on the PaleoEcological Observatory Network (PalEON).
Spring 2010-2011 Undergraduate Research in the Hellmann Lab. Statistical analysis on the
effects of temperature on the foraging behavior of Papilio zelicaon larvae.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Immersion Program to Advance Career Training (ImPACT) participant through UNC-CH’s
Training Initiatives in Biomedical and Biological Sciences (TIBBS).

Future Faculty Fellowship Program participant through UNC-CH’s Center for Faculty
Excellence during Spring 2016 to learn evidence-based teaching practices.

Ralph Sargent Scholarship to conduct field research during Spring 2014 at the Western Carolina
University’s Highlands Biological Station.

Lindsay S. Olive Memorial Scholarship to conduct field research during Spring 2013 at the
Western Carolina University’s Highlands Biological Station.

Margaret Walton Scholarship to conduct field research during Spring 2013 at the University of
Virginia’s Mountain Lake Biological Station.

Named as the Class of 2012’s “Outstanding Student in Environmental Science” for research and
academic excellence at the University of Notre Dame.

PUBLICATIONS
Augustine, K.E., & J.G. Kingsolver. Behavioral selection of dietary P:C ratio in larvae of the
invasive Pieris rapae. (in prep.).

Augustine, K.E., & J.G. Kingsolver. Geographic divergence in the interaction of artificial diet
macronutrient ratio and developmental temperature between high and low latitude populations of
the invasive Pieris rapae. (in prep.).

Augustine, K.E., & J.G. Kingsolver. Host plant fertilization improves thermal performance
across various metrics of larval development in two invasive populations of Pieris rapae. (in
prep.).

Augustine, K.E., & J.G. Kingsolver. 2017. Biogeography of P. virginiensis oviposition

preference and larval performance on a native and invasive host plant. Biological Invasions.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1543-9

Caruso, C.M., Martin, R.A., Sletvold, N, Morrissey, M.B., Wade, M.J., Augustine, K.E., Carlson,
S.M., MacColl, A.D.C., Siepielski, A., & Kingsolver, J.G. 2017. What are the environmental
determinants of phenotypic selection? A meta-analysis of experimental studies. The American
Naturalist 190(3): 363-376.

Siepielski, A., Morrissey, M.B., Buoro, M., Carlson, S.M., Caruso, C.M., Clegg, S.M., Coulson,
T., Battista, J.D., Gotanda, K.M., Francis, C.D., Hereford, J., Kingsolver, J.G., Augustine, K.E.,
Kruuk, L.E.B., Martin, R.A., Sheldon, B.C., Sletvold, N., Svensson, E.I., Wade, M.J., & A.D.C.
MacColl. 2017. Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection. Science 355: 959-962.

Kingsolver, J.G., MacLean, H.J., Goddin, S.B., & K.E. Augustine. 2016. Plasticity of upper
thermal limits to acute and chronic temperature variation in Manduca sexta larvae. Journal of
Experimental Biology 219: 1290-1294.

Kingsolver, J.G., Higgins, J.K., & K.E. Augustine. 2015. Fluctuating temperatures and ectotherm
growth: Distinguishing non-linear and time-dependent effects. Journal of Experimental Biology
218: 2218-2225.

PRESENTATIONS
Augustine, K.E., & J.G. Kingsolver. Geographic variation in the responses of insect herbivores to
nutrient balance and temperature (poster presentation). Plant-Herbivore Interactions Gordon
Research Seminar and Conference 2017. Ventura, CA.

Augustine, K.E., & J.G. Kingsolver. Geographic variation in the responses of insect herbivores to
nutrient balance and temperature (poster presentation). 25th International Congress of
Entomology. Orlando, FL.

Augustine, K.E., & J.G. Kingsolver. Geographic variation in the responses of insect herbivores to
nutrient balance and temperature (poster presentation). Graduate Women in Science National
Meeting 2016. Raleigh, NC.

Augustine, K., & J.G. Kingsolver. Biogeography of butterfly oviposition preference and larval
performance on a native and invasive host plant (poster presentation). 7th International
Conference on the Biology of Butterflies. Turku, Finland.

Augustine, K., & J.G. Kingsolver. Biogeography of butterfly oviposition preference and larval
performance on a native and invasive host plant (poster presentation). Evolution 2014. Raleigh,
NC.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2016 Teaching Assistant for Fundamentals of Ecology (BIOL 461) under
Dr. Peter White and Dr. Robert Peet at UNC-CH

Spring 2015, Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant for Evolutionary Mechanisms (BIOL 471)
under Dr. David Pfennig and Dr. Joel Kingsolver at UNC-CH

Fall 2013 Graduate student organizer for the Graduate Seminar in Biology
(BIOL 891) under Dr. Christopher Willett at UNC-CH

Fall ’12, ‘13 & Spring ‘18 Teaching Assistant for Principles of Biology labs (BIOL 101)
under Dr. Barbara Stegenga at UNC-CH
WORKING GROUPS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Advisor for the UNC-CH’s Pre-Graduate Education Advising Program (Fall 2016 – Present):
Mentored undergraduate students through the graduate school application process.

Scientific Research and Education Network (SciREN) Triangle Executive Committee member
(2014-Present): Organized two annual networking events to bring scientific research to local
classrooms in North Carolina. www.thesciren.org

Undergraduate paper rater for UNC-CH’s Institutional Research and Assessment and Center for
Faculty Excellence (Spring 2015): Graded and rated upper-level undergraduate research papers
from a wide variety of courses as part of a program evaluating writing and communication skills.

The Pieris Project Team member: Citizen Science based initiative to study environmental effects
on Pieris rapae butterflies worldwide. www.pierisproject.org

Biology Graduate Student Association, 2013-14 & 2014-15 EEOB representative: Organized two
seminar speakers per year, the annual departmental symposium, departmental picnic, and other
social activities.

Member of the Graduate Women in Science, Rho Tau chapter (GWIS)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS MENTORED

2017 Anna Pearson (credit, Spring ’17). She worked on her own experiment studying
the combined effects of nutrition and developmental temperature on the critical
thermal limits of Manduca sexta caterpillars.

Christina Hill (volunteer, Spring ’17). She worked on her own experiment
studying the effects of parasitism on the critical thermal limits of Manduca sexta
caterpillars.

2016 Charlotte Hopson (credit, Fall ’16). She worked on a database compiling butterfly
presence-absence data with host plant records at Mason Farm Biological Reserve
to inform management decisions and our citizen science research efforts.

2015-2016 Laura Hamon (scholarship, Summer ’15; credit, Fall ’15 and Spring ‘16). She was
awarded highest honors on her undergraduate thesis work entitled “Effect of
climate change on spring appearance dates in North Carolina butterflies”. She is
currently a graduate student in entomology at North Carolina State University.

2013 Kati Moore (credit, Spring ’13, Fall’13 and Spring ‘14; paid, Summer ‘14). She
completed a M.S. in Environmental Management from Duke’s Nicholas School of
the Environment and is currently the handler of Digest section in the journal
Evolution.

RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH TRAINING

Research Ethics, GRAD 721 (6-week course) – completed, Fall 2014
Physical science responsible conduct of research training – passed, 8-26-2013

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming tools: R, Excel, MySQL, Linux Shell, MATLAB, Practical RNA-seq coursework

Data science: Descriptive statistics, Data visualization, Mixed linear models, Generalized linear
models, Structural Equation models

REFERENCES

Available upon request.