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Dr. Thom DeWitt

Clinical Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation

Email: Thomas.Dewitt@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1996
    Major: Biological Sciences

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Clinical Associate Professor, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2023 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • Society for the Study of Evolution. (January 20, 2023 - December 31, 2024).

Development Activities

  • Seminar (Professional development seminars), 10 professional development seminars, Chronicle of Higher Education, McGraw Hill, UNT Student Services, DMI. United States of America. (January 2023 - December 2023).
  • Seminar (Professional development seminars), 3 peer research seminars, DMI. United States of America. (January 2023 - December 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, Society for the Study of Evolution / American Society of Naturalists, Albuquerque,NM,United States of America. (June 21, 2023 - June 25, 2023).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • BIOL 1132 - Environmental Science, 14 courses.
  • GEOG 1710 - Earth Science, 2 courses.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Management/Executive Development, UNT, 62 participants. (January 16, 2023 - December 15, 2023).
  • Workshop, New College, UNT Frisco; Frisco ISD, 200 participants. (April 1, 2023 - June 6, 2023).
  • Guest Lecture, New College, UNT Frisco, 8 participants. (April 17, 2023).

Awards and Honors

  • DC Faculty Fellow, Office of Research and Innovation. (October 12, 2023).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Blanchard, R.C., DeWitt, T.J., Young, S., Perkin, J.S. (2024). Predictability and conceptual repeatability of the predator-associated burst speed ecophenotype in western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). Journal of Fish Biology. 2024 (1) 14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15665
  • Bernal, J.S., Helms, A.M., Fontes-Puebla, A.A., DeWitt, T.J., Kolomeits, M.V., Grunseich, J.M. (2023). Root volatile profles and herbivore preference are mediated by maize domestication, geographic spread, and modern breeding. Planta. 257 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-022-04057-0
  • DeWitt, T.J. (2022). A simplified perspective on the index of spatial autocorrelation. Landscape Ecology.
  • DeWitt, T.J., Troendle, N.J., Mateos, M., Mauricio, R. (2021). Population genetics and independently replicated evolution of predator-associated burst speed ecophenotypy in mosquitofish. 128 45–55.
  • Mays, J.R., DeWitt, T.J., Dharampal, P., Andrus, C.T., Findlay, R.H. (2021). Frequent habitat migration, phenotypic plasticity, and residual ecophenotypy reveal. 20 639–656.
  • DeWitt, T., Fuentes, J.I., Thomas, I.R., Bishop, M.P. (2021). Rectifying I: three point and continuous fit of the spatial autocorrelation metric, Moran’s I, to ideal form. Landscape Ecology.
  • DeWitt, T.J. (2016). Expanding the phenotypic plasticity paradigm to broader views of trait space and ecological function. 62 463-473.
  • Ruehl, C.B., Shervette, V., DeWitt, T.J. (2011). Replicated shape variation between simple and complex habitats in two estuarine fishes. 103 147–158.
  • Tobler, M., DeWitt, T.J., Schlupp, I., García de León, F.J., Herrmann, R., Feulner, P.G., Tiedemann, R., Plath, M. (2008). Toxic hydrogen sulfide and dark caves: Phenotypic and genetic divergence across two abiotic environmental gradients in Poecilia mexicana. 62 2643–2659.
  • Johnson, J.B., DeWitt, T.J., Burt, D.B. (2008). Form, function, and fitness: pathways to survival. 62 1243-1251.

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • DeWitt, T. (Author & Presenter), Chance versus determinism in the process of evolution—Which wins? (Determinism), DMI Frisco Seminar Series, Frisco, TX, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • DeWitt, T. (Author & Presenter), Phenotypes induced in mosquitofish by functionally-distinct predators – bluegill sunfish and dragonfly, Society for the Study of Evolution / American Society of Naturalists, Albequerque, NM, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • DeWitt, T.J., "Geospatial analysis of multivariate population genetic data," sponsored by UNT New College, Local, $2500 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • DeWitt, T.J., "Environmental surveying tools and curricula," sponsored by UNT New College, Local, $1198 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • DeWitt, T.J., "Phenotypic plasticity and off-plane phenotypy induced in mosquitofish by functionally distinct predators," sponsored by UNT New College, Local, $2467 Funded. (2023 - 2023).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, DMI Bachelor of Applied Science Development Committee. (December 5, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, CACS Faculty Hiring Guidebook Committee (ad hoc). (September 8, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, UNT FRIP Renovation Committee. (February 8, 2023 - Present).
  • Other, UNT Wetland Preserve Planning Group. (January 18, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, UNT Solar Eclipse Planning Committee. (November 15, 2023 - April 8, 2024).
  • Other (Attendee - 5 presentation events), NTN!. (January 2023 - December 2023).
  • Other (Attendee - 5 presentation events), PDA. (January 2023 - December 2023).
  • Program Organizer (Attendee - Varied presentation events), BIOL 1132 (PDA students). (January 16, 2023 - November 13, 2023).
  • Other (Attendee - Workshop), APDA; Student Services. (October 3, 2023).

Public Service

  • Committee Member, Frisco Natural Resources Master Planning Committee. Frisco TX, TX. (November 1, 2023 - Present).

Professional Service

  • Adjudicator, Society for the Study of Evolution. (July 27, 2023).

Consulting

  • Academic, Magda Grohman, United States of America. (December 8, 2023 - December 9, 2023).
  • Academic, Sarvjeet Singh, United States of America. (January 24, 2023 - January 25, 2023).