DR. VIKRAM K. IYENGAR
	ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY

EDUCATION	Ph.D., Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 2001.
		Emphasis on behavioral and chemical ecology. Thesis title: “Sexual selection and its consequences in an Arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix).” Advisor: Dr. Thomas Eisner.
	B.A. with Honors, Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. 1993.
		Honors Thesis title: "Pollen and Nectar Feeding: Foraging Behavior and Life History Strategies in Heliconius charitonius." Advisor: Dr. Carol Boggs.
SCHOLARSHIPS	Whiteley Center Scholar, Friday Harbor Laboratories, 2008.
AND HONORS	National Science Foundation Minority Predoctoral Fellowship, 1996-1999.
	Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology, Cornell University, 1999.
	Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, 1998.
	SUNY Minority Fellowship through Cornell University, 1994-1995.
PROFESSIONAL	Assistant Professor of Biology: Aug 2004 – present
AND TEACHING		Villanova University – Villanova, PA.
EXPERIENCE		Research: Sexual selection and chemical ecology in moths, Pest management of the hemlock woolly adelgid, Reproductive behavior in amphipods
		Teaching: Animal Behavior (with laboratory), Introduction to Ecology (with laboratory), Entomology (with laboratory), General Biology (for non-majors)
	Assistant Professor of Biology: Aug 2002 – Aug 2004
		The College of Wooster – Wooster, OH.
		Courses: Invertebrate Zoology, Ethology, Introduction to the Biology of Organisms (diversity and physiology), Introduction to the Biology of Populations (ecology and evolution)
	Postdoctoral Fellow/Lecture Teaching Associate: Aug 2001 – Aug 2002
		Cornell University – Ithaca, NY.
		Research: Empirical tests of sexual selection models by quantifying the strength, heritability, and sex-linkage of female mating preferences in a moth.
		Teaching: Wrote exams, delivered lectures, coordinated review sessions, and performed other administrative duties for Introductory Biology.
	Cahill Distinguished Lecturer: June 2000
		Hotchkiss Preparatory School – Lakeville, CT. Delivered a series of biology lectures and ran multiple laboratories/field trips over the course of a week.
	Head Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Behavior: Aug 1999 – Dec 1999
		Cornell University – Ithaca, NY. Wrote exams, delivered lectures, developed lesson plans for recitation sections, supervised other teaching assistants, and performed other administrative duties.
	Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology: Aug 1998 – May 1999
		Cornell University – Ithaca, NY. Taught two 3-hour labs each week.
ADVISING AND	Undergraduate Students at Villanova: Academic Advising (18),
MENTORING		Research Mentoring: Primary Advisor (3), On Committee (2).
		* Other institutions: College of Wooster (8), University of Washington (2)
	Graduate Students at Villanova: Advisor (2); On Committee (6); Completed (6)
FUNDING	NSF Research Initiation Grant for Broadening Participation in the Sciences (2007), “RIG: Chemical Ecology to Study Differential Reproduction.” Two years of support, $146,007.
	Villanova University Summer Research Fellowship (2007), summer stipend, $9000
	U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service (2005-2007), collaborator with Dr. Anthony Lagalante, $75,000
	Villanova University Research Support Grant (2005), research, $2500
	College of Wooster Faculty Development Fund (2004), research, $3000
PUBLICATIONS	1.		Iyengar, V.K. & Starks, B.D. (2008) Sexual selection in harems: male competition plays a larger role than female choice in an amphipod. Behavioral Ecology 19, 642-649.
	2.		Bezzerides, A., Iyengar, V.K., & Eisner, T. (2008) Female promiscuity does not lead to increased fertility or fecundity in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix). Journal of Insect Behavior 21: 213-221.
	3.		Bezzerides, A., Iyengar, V.K., & Eisner, T. (2005) Corematal function in Utetheisa ornatrix: interpretation in light of data from field-collected males. Chemoecology 15, 187-192.
	4.		Iyengar, V.K. & Eisner, T. (2004) Male indifference to female traits in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix). Ecological Entomology 29, 281-284.
	5.		Iyengar, V.K., Reeve, H. K. & Eisner, T. (2002) Paternal inheritance of a female moth’s mating preference. Nature 419, 830-832.
	6.		Eisner, T., Rossini, C., González, A., Iyengar, V.K., Seigler, M.V.S., & Smedley, S.R. (2002) Paternal Investment in Egg Defense. In Hilker, M. and Meiners, T. (eds.), Chemoecology of Insect Eggs and Egg Deposition, Blackwell Verlag, Berlin, pp. 91-116.
	7.		Iyengar, V.K. & Eisner, T. (2002) Parental body mass as a determinant of egg size and egg output in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix). Journal of Insect Behavior 15, 309-318.
	8.		Iyengar, V.K., Rossini, C. & Eisner, T. (2001) Precopulatory assessment of male quality in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix): hydroxydanaidal is the only criterion of choice. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49, 283-288.
	9.		Rossini, C., Hoebeke, E.R., Iyengar, V.K., Conner, W.E., Eisner, M. & Eisner, T. (2000) Alkaloid content of the pupal parasitoids of an alkaloid-sequestering arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix). Entomological News 111(4), 287-290.
	10.		Eisner, T., Eisner, M, Rossini, C., Iyengar, V.K., Roach, B.L., Benedikt, E. & Meinwald, J. (2000) Chemical defense against predation in an insect egg. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 97, 1634-1639.
	11.		Iyengar, V.K. & Eisner, T. (1999) Female choice increases offspring fitness in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 96, 15013-15016.
	12.		Iyengar, V.K. & Eisner, T. (1999) Heritability of body mass, a sexually selected trait, in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 96, 9169-9171.
	13.		Iyengar, V.K., Rossini, C., Hoebeke, E.R., Conner, W.E. & Eisner, T. (1999) First record of the parasitoid Archytas aterrimus (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Entomological News 110(3), 144-146.
	14.		Meinwald, J., Huang, Q., Vrkoc, J., Herath, K.B., Yang, Z., Schroeder, F., Attygalle, A.B., Iyengar, V.K., Morgan, R. C. & Eisner, T. (1998) Mirasorvone: A masked 20-ketopregnane from the defensive secretion of a diving beetle (Thermonectus marmoratus). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 95, 2733-2737
SELECT	Iyengar, V.K. & Reeve, H.K. “Z-linkage of female promiscuity in the moth
PRESENTATIONS			Utetheisa ornatrix: support for the sexy sperm hypothesis" presented at the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE) Meeting in Ithaca, NY, August 9-15, 2008.
	Iosue, F.V., Iyengar, V.K. & Lagalante, A.F. “The role of phytochemicals and
			leaf cushion morphology in host resistance to the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae)"  presented at the Lehigh Evolution and Ecology Symposium (LVEES) at DeSales University, PA, April 14, 2007.
	Iyengar, V.K. & Starks, B.D. “Male competition, female choice and differential
			spatial distribution among mixed-sex and single-sex groups in an amphipod (Megalorchestia californiana)” presented at the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE) Meeting in Tours, France, July 23-29, 2006.
	Calvosa, F., Mirzabergi, M., Lagalante, A.F., Iyengar, V.K., Montgomery, M.
		& Shields, K. “Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Hemlock (Tsuga) Volatiles by SPME/GC/MS: Insights into the Phytochemistry of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand)” presented at the USDA Interagency Research Forum on Gypsy Moth and Other Invasive Species in Annapolis, MD, January 10-13, 2006.
	Iyengar, V.K., “Bigger is better: sexual selection and its consequences in an
		arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix).” Invited talk at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA in March 2005.
	Iyengar, V.K. “Male indifference to female traits in an arctiid moth” presented
		at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Meeting in New Orleans, LA, January 5-9, 2004.
	Iyengar, V.K., “Communicating through chemistry: tales of love and war
		among insects.” Invited talk as part of the Faculty-at-Large seminar series at The College of Wooster in Wooster, OH in May 2003.
	Iyengar, V.K. & Eisner, T. “Paternal inheritance of female mating preferences
		In an arctiid moth: evidence of sexual selection shaped by genetic architecture” presented at the International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE) Meeting in Montreal, Canada, July 7-12, 2002.
	Iyengar, V.K. & Eisner, T. “Direct, Fisherian and “good genes” benefits from
		female choice in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)” presented at the Animal Behavior Society (ABS) Meeting at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, June 26-30, 1999.
	Iyengar, V.K. & Eisner, T. “Heritability and sexual selection via female choice
		in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix)” presented at the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE) Meeting in Vancouver, Canada, June 20-24, 1998.
PROFESSIONAL	NSF Animal Behavior Panel: October 2007
SERVICE ACTIVITIES		Served on a panel with 18 biologists to review Animal Behavior grants for the National Science Foundation in Washington, D.C.
	Manuscript Reviewing: Aug 2003 – present
		Reviewed manuscripts for peer-reviewed scientific journals including Behavioral Ecology, Animal Behaviour, Ecological Entomology, Entomological News, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Journal of Insect Behavior.
	Research Feature on National Geographic (TV): Oct 2002
		Interviewed by Betsy Querna, production associate of the TV station, for a brief feature on my research.
PROFESSIONAL	Animal Behavior Society (ABS), member since 2005
SOCIETIES	International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE), member since 2000
	Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, member since 2005
	Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, member since 2003
	Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, member since 2005
ACADEMIC	Chair, Ecologist Search Committee, Dept. of Biology: Oct 2006 – March 2007
SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP		Coordinated the application and interview process for candidates for a tenure-track position in the field of Ecosystems Ecology.
	Chair, Diversity Committee, Department of Biology: March 2006 – present
		Leading the departmental committee that wrote a policy statement reflecting our commitment to promoting diversity among our faculty and our students.
	Research Fellowship Evaluation Committee, Dept of Biology: May 2006
		Reviewed applications and selected biology Masters student recipients of a research fellowship for the academic year 2006-2007.
	Advisor of Biology Undergraduates, Class of 2009: Aug 2005 – present
		Advising 15 biology majors regarding coursework and their academic careers.
	Spousal Appointment Committee: April 2006
		Participation in the formulation of an official policy regarding the hiring of spouses in faculty positions in the College of Arts and Sciences at Villanova.
	Presidential Scholarship Committee: Feb 2006 – April 2006
		Helped select recipients of 4-year scholarships to high school seniors about to enter the College of Arts and Sciences at Villanova University.
	Barry M. Goldwater Fellowship Committee: October 2005 – December 2005
		Interviewed and nominated Villanova undergraduate candidates for a national fellowship to pursue graduate studies in the sciences.
	Faculty Advisor for TriBeta, Department of Biology: Jan 2005 – present
		Serving as a faculty liaison for the campus chapter of the national honors society for undergraduates in biology.
	VQI Environmental Team, Sustainability Subcommittee: Aug 2004 – present
		Participation in part of the Villanova Quality Improvement group devoted to running the university in a more environmentally-conscious, sustainable manner.
	Mellon Faculty Fellow and Mentor, Blinks Program: Summers 2004 & 2005
		Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington – F