JOHANNA TAYLOR CANNON
University of California Santa Barbara • Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
[email protected]
University of California Santa Barbara • Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology
[email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Evolution and phylogenetics in marine invertebrates
• Metazoan evolution and development
• Genomics and transcriptomics of non-model systems, bioinformatics
EDUCATION
2013 Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Dissertation title: Hemichordate phylogeny: A molecular and genomic approach
2004 B.A. in Biology, cum laude, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara, PI: Todd Oakley
Phylogenomics of chitons (Mollusca) using exon-capture and transcriptomic methods
2016-2014 Postdoctoral researcher, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, PI: Ulf Jondelius
Genomics of acoelomorph flatworms, deep metazoan phylogenomics
2013-2006 Graduate student researcher, Auburn University, PI: Kenneth M. Halanych
Molecular phylogenetics and phylogenomics of Hemichordata
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer
2017 Macroevolution, University of California, Santa Barbara
Co-Instructor
2015, 2014 Systematic Zoology, Stockholm University
Graduate Teaching Assistant
2013 Invertebrate Biodiversity Laboratory, Auburn University
2012 Organismal Biology Laboratory, Auburn University
2011 Evolution & Development of the Metazoans, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories
2011, 2010 Genetics Laboratory, Auburn University
2010, 2009 Invertebrate Biodiversity Laboratory, Auburn University, (volunteer)
2007 Principles of Biology Laboratory, Auburn University
Guest Lecturer
2017 Invertebrate Zoology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Topic: “Cnidaria”
2016 Invertebrate Zoology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Topics: “Invertebrate Chordates”,
“Hemichordata, Chaetognatha, and Xenoturbella”
2013 Marine Biology, Auburn University, Topic: “Polar Systems”
2013 Invertebrate Biodiversity, Auburn University, Topic: “Deuterostomia”
2013 Organismal Biology, Auburn University, Topics: “Introduction to Invertebrates”, “Lophotrochozoa”
2012 Organismal Biology, Auburn University, Topic: “Chordate Origins”
SELECT AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
2014 SciLifeLab National Projects Grant, Science for Life Laboratory, $39,300
Title: “New methods for ancient worms: applying low-input protocols for single-molecule real-time
(SMRT) sequencing to Acoelomorpha”
PIs: Johanna Cannon (lead) and Ulf Jondelius
2010 Patricia L. Dudley Fellowship, Friday Harbor Laboratories, $3,000
2010-2008 Graduate Research Scholars Program, Alabama-National Science Foundation
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), $25K/year
2009 Smithsonian Institution Visiting Student Award, National Museum of Natural History,
United States Antarctic Program Visitor (July 7 – August 5), $3,725
2009 Grant-in-aid of Research Award, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, $2,730
2008 Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, $1,996
2007 Libbie H. Hyman Memorial Scholarship, SICB, $1,000
2007-2006 AU Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Doctoral Fellowship, $18K/year
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Martín-Durán, J.M., K. Pang, A. Børve, H.S. Lê, A. Furu, J.T. Cannon, U. Jondelius, A. Hejnol. Convergent Evolution of Bilaterian Nerve Cords. Nature. 2018. 553: 45-50.
Cannon, J.T., B. Vellutini, J.S. Smith III, F. Ronquist, U. Jondelius, and A. Hejnol. Xenacoelomorpha is the sister group to Nephrozoa. 2016. Nature. 530: 89-93.
Cannon, J.T., K.M. Kocot, D.S. Waits, D.A. Weese, B.J. Swalla, S.R. Santos, and K.M. Halanych. Phylogenomic Resolution of the Hemichordate and Echinoderm Clade. 2014. Current Biology. 24: 2827-2832.
Cannon, J.T., B.J. Swalla, and K.M. Halanych. 2013. Hemichordate molecular phylogeny reveals a novel cold-water clade of harrimaniid acorn worms. Biological Bulletin. 225: 194-204.
Kocot, K.M., J.T. Cannon, C. Todt, M.R. Citarella, A.B. Kohn, A. Meyer, S.R. Santos, C. Schander, L.L. Moroz, B. Lieb, and K.M. Halanych. 2011. Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships. Nature. 477: 452-456.
Kocot, K.M., J.T. Cannon, and K.M. Halanych. Elucidating animal phylogeny; advances in knowledge and forthcoming challenges. 2010. In B. Schierwater and R. deSalle, eds., Key Transitions in Animal Evolution. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Cannon, J.T., A.L. Rychel, H. Eccleston, K.M. Halanych, and B.J. Swalla. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Hemichordata, with updated status of deep-sea enteropneusts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52: 17-24.
• Evolution and phylogenetics in marine invertebrates
• Metazoan evolution and development
• Genomics and transcriptomics of non-model systems, bioinformatics
EDUCATION
2013 Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Dissertation title: Hemichordate phylogeny: A molecular and genomic approach
2004 B.A. in Biology, cum laude, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara, PI: Todd Oakley
Phylogenomics of chitons (Mollusca) using exon-capture and transcriptomic methods
2016-2014 Postdoctoral researcher, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, PI: Ulf Jondelius
Genomics of acoelomorph flatworms, deep metazoan phylogenomics
2013-2006 Graduate student researcher, Auburn University, PI: Kenneth M. Halanych
Molecular phylogenetics and phylogenomics of Hemichordata
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer
2017 Macroevolution, University of California, Santa Barbara
Co-Instructor
2015, 2014 Systematic Zoology, Stockholm University
Graduate Teaching Assistant
2013 Invertebrate Biodiversity Laboratory, Auburn University
2012 Organismal Biology Laboratory, Auburn University
2011 Evolution & Development of the Metazoans, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories
2011, 2010 Genetics Laboratory, Auburn University
2010, 2009 Invertebrate Biodiversity Laboratory, Auburn University, (volunteer)
2007 Principles of Biology Laboratory, Auburn University
Guest Lecturer
2017 Invertebrate Zoology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Topic: “Cnidaria”
2016 Invertebrate Zoology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Topics: “Invertebrate Chordates”,
“Hemichordata, Chaetognatha, and Xenoturbella”
2013 Marine Biology, Auburn University, Topic: “Polar Systems”
2013 Invertebrate Biodiversity, Auburn University, Topic: “Deuterostomia”
2013 Organismal Biology, Auburn University, Topics: “Introduction to Invertebrates”, “Lophotrochozoa”
2012 Organismal Biology, Auburn University, Topic: “Chordate Origins”
SELECT AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
2014 SciLifeLab National Projects Grant, Science for Life Laboratory, $39,300
Title: “New methods for ancient worms: applying low-input protocols for single-molecule real-time
(SMRT) sequencing to Acoelomorpha”
PIs: Johanna Cannon (lead) and Ulf Jondelius
2010 Patricia L. Dudley Fellowship, Friday Harbor Laboratories, $3,000
2010-2008 Graduate Research Scholars Program, Alabama-National Science Foundation
Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), $25K/year
2009 Smithsonian Institution Visiting Student Award, National Museum of Natural History,
United States Antarctic Program Visitor (July 7 – August 5), $3,725
2009 Grant-in-aid of Research Award, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, $2,730
2008 Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, $1,996
2007 Libbie H. Hyman Memorial Scholarship, SICB, $1,000
2007-2006 AU Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Doctoral Fellowship, $18K/year
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
Martín-Durán, J.M., K. Pang, A. Børve, H.S. Lê, A. Furu, J.T. Cannon, U. Jondelius, A. Hejnol. Convergent Evolution of Bilaterian Nerve Cords. Nature. 2018. 553: 45-50.
Cannon, J.T., B. Vellutini, J.S. Smith III, F. Ronquist, U. Jondelius, and A. Hejnol. Xenacoelomorpha is the sister group to Nephrozoa. 2016. Nature. 530: 89-93.
Cannon, J.T., K.M. Kocot, D.S. Waits, D.A. Weese, B.J. Swalla, S.R. Santos, and K.M. Halanych. Phylogenomic Resolution of the Hemichordate and Echinoderm Clade. 2014. Current Biology. 24: 2827-2832.
Cannon, J.T., B.J. Swalla, and K.M. Halanych. 2013. Hemichordate molecular phylogeny reveals a novel cold-water clade of harrimaniid acorn worms. Biological Bulletin. 225: 194-204.
Kocot, K.M., J.T. Cannon, C. Todt, M.R. Citarella, A.B. Kohn, A. Meyer, S.R. Santos, C. Schander, L.L. Moroz, B. Lieb, and K.M. Halanych. 2011. Phylogenomics reveals deep molluscan relationships. Nature. 477: 452-456.
Kocot, K.M., J.T. Cannon, and K.M. Halanych. Elucidating animal phylogeny; advances in knowledge and forthcoming challenges. 2010. In B. Schierwater and R. deSalle, eds., Key Transitions in Animal Evolution. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Cannon, J.T., A.L. Rychel, H. Eccleston, K.M. Halanych, and B.J. Swalla. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Hemichordata, with updated status of deep-sea enteropneusts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52: 17-24.