Valerie Schawaroch

Education

Ph.D., Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, City University of New York New York

M.A., Biology, City College of New York New York

B.S., Biology/Psych., Adelphi University New York

Journal Articles

Reda, N. J., Morin, J. G., Torres, E., Cohen, A. C., Schawaroch, V., & Gerrish, G. A. (2019). A new bioluminescent ostracod genus in the Myodocopida (Cypridinidae), including one new species from Belize and six described species from Panama. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 187(4). 1078–1118.

Schawaroch, V. (2019). Papers of Cell Division Stages Enhance Student Understanding of Mitosis, Meiosis, and Ploidy. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 40. 39.

Schawaroch, V., Egan, M. G., & Torres, E. (2018). VidaCode TM Nucleotide Puzzle Pieces Used to Model Events During Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Sanger Sequencing of DNA. 39.

Alvi, Z. A., Chu, T., Schawaroch, V., & Klaus, A. V. (2016). Genomic and expression analysis of transition proteins in Drosophila. Spermatogenesis, 6(3).

(2013). Protamine-like proteins in 12 sequenced species of Drosophila. Protein and Peptide Letters, 20(1). 17-35.

(2010). Using scanning electron microscope for documenting drosophilid sperm head morphology. Drosophila Information Service, 93. 212-214..

(2007). Testing mounting media to eliminate background noise in confocal microscope 3-D images of insect genitalia. Scanning, 29(4). 177-184.

(2006). Novel methodology utilizing confocal laser scanning microscopy for systematic analysis in arthropods (Insecta). Intergrative and Comparative Biology, 46(2). 207-214.

(2005). Strepsiptera and triungula in Cretaceous amber. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 36(1). 1-20.

(2005). Focusing on Morphology: Applications and Implications of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (Diptera: Campichoetaetidae, Camillidae, and Drosophilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 107(2). 323-335.

(2003). Three-dimensional visualization of insect morphology using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Journal of Microscopy, 212(2). 107-121.

(2002). Phylogeny of a paradigm lineage: the Drosophila melanogaster species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 76(1). 21-37.

(1996). Three steps of homology assessment. Cladistics, 12(3). 265-272.

Book Chapters

Klaus, A. V., Schawaroch, V., & Frischman, K. J. (2014). Confocal imaging and the three-dimensional visualization of thick autofluorescent specimens. In Paddock, S. W. (Ed.), Confocal Microscopy: Methods and Protocols. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology volume 1075 (pp. 213-226). New York,U.S.A.. Springer/Humana Press.

Patents and Intellectual Properties

Schawaroch, V. (2017). VidaCode.

Presentations

Lane, J. A., Ebert, M., & Schawaroch, V. (2019, October 31). A re-evaluation of 'Furo' microlepidotes (Neopterygii, Halecomorphi) from the upper Jurassic Solnhofen Archipelago of Germany. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 79th Annual Meeting. Brisbane, Australia: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

Castro-Gambrell, B., Jacobellis, E., Merida, J., Murivan, I., Sampson, M., & Schawaroch, V. (2018, May 10). Data Analysis in a DNA Sequencing Study: Using gel electrophoresis to determine optimal annealing temperatures for Co II in fruit fly DNA. Creative Inquiry Day. Baruch College: Baruch College.

Schawaroch, V. (2018, May 11). Engaging Students for Retention of Information: Applications in Genetics Laboratory. CUNY Conference on Undergraduate Education. Brooklyn: Medgar Evers College.

McKinney, A., Dobi, K. C., & Schawaroch, V. (2018, May 11). OER and Innovative Teaching: Three Case Studies in the Natural Sciences at Baruch College. 2018 CUNY Coordinated Undergraduate Education Conference - The World Runs on STEAM. Medgar Evers College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY: Medgar Evers College, CUNY.

Schawaroch, V. (2018, June 30). Papers of Cell Division Stages Enhance Student Understanding of Mitosis, Meiosis, and Ploidy. ABLE: Major Workshop. Columbus, Ohio: Baruch College.

Castro-Gambrell, B., Jacobellis, E., Merida, J., Murivan, I., Sampson, M., & Schawaroch, V. (2017, October 28). Building a better phylogeny: Increasing Drosophila melanogaster species group sampled for DNA sequence from Cytochrome oxidase II gene region. Metropolitan Area of College and University Biologists. New Jersey City Univesity

Schawaroch, V., Egan, M. G., & Torres, E. (2017, June 30). VidaCode TM Nucleotide Puzzle Pieces Used to Model Events During Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Sanger Sequencing of DNA. ABLE major workshop. Madison, Wisconsin: Association for Biology Laboratory Education.

Torres, E., Schawaroch, V., Serrano, R., & Munoz, J. D. (2017, August 31). Using morphology and molecules from a single specimen to diagnose ostracod species. 18th International Symposium On Ostracoda. Santa Barbara: University of California.

Schawaroch, V., & Torres, E. (2015, July 31). Systematics of Ostracods: Using CLSM for Documenting Morphology. Ostracod Taxonomy Workshop. San Francisco State Univ.'s Tiburon Research Lab, California: National Science Foundation.

Schawaroch, V., & Lau, C. (2013, June 30). Drosophilids in a Northern Temperate Urban Environment: Human Impact and Climate Change. Evolution 2013. Snowbird, UT: Joint meeting of American Society of Naturalists, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists.

Lau, C., & Schawaroch, V. (2012, October 27). New Locality Record - Temporary Escapee or Colonizing Area.. Metropolitan Area of College and University Biologists. Adelphi University, Garden City, N.Y.

Barone, S., & Schawaroch, V. (2012, May 31). More taxa or more Characters: Which data set is better?. Baruch Honors Conference. Baruch College, N.Y.: Baruch College.

Lau , C., & Schawaroch, V. (2011, October 31). Survey of fruit flies in the N.Y.C. metropolitan area. MACUB Annual Conference. Seton Hall, N.J.: Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (MACUB).

Barone, S., & Schawaroch, V. (2011, October 31). More taxa or more Characters: Which data set is better?. MACUB Annual Conference. Seton Hall, N.J.: Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (MACUB).

Alvi, Z. A., Chu, T., Schawaroch, V., & Klaus, A. V. (2011, October 31). Analysis of the sperm-specific histone H1 linker-like protein in 12 species of Drosophila. MACUB Annual Conference. Seton Hall, N.J.: Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (MACUB).

Lau , C., & Schawaroch, V. (2011, November 30). Survey of fruit flies in the N.Y.C. metropolitan area. Marie Curie Nobel Centennial Symposium. An Intersection of Science, Art and Thought.. Baruch College, N.Y.: Baruch College.

Barone, S., & Schawaroch, V. (2011, November 30). More taxa or more Characters: Which data set is better?. Marie Curie Nobel Centennial Symposium. An Intersection of Science, Art and Thought.. Baruch College, N.Y.: Baruch College.

Schawaroch, V. (2011, June 30). Confocal laser Scanning microscopy provides opportunities for 3-D reconstruction of phylogenetically important miniscule strucutres. International Congress of Invertebrate Morphology. Harvard University

Barone, S., & Schawaroch, V. (2010, October 31). Increasing Sampling of Taxa and Characters to Produce a More Robust Phylogeny for the Drosophila melanogaster Species Group. MACUB Annual Conference. Molloy College, N.Y.: Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (MACUB).

Schawaroch, V. (2010, June 30). On the Importance of Characters at Nodes. Evolution 2010. Portland, OR: Joint meeting of American Society of Naturalists, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists.

Barone, S., Schawaroch, V., & Klaus, A. V. (2009, October 31). Using the Scanning Electron Microscope to document sperm head morphology among fruit flies in the genus Drosophila. MACUB Annual Conference. Montclair State University, N.J.: Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (MACUB).

Schawaroch, V. (2006, October 31). Tracing the evolutionary history of fruit flies using SEM, confocal, and digital micrography. American Museum of Natural History, New York: New York Microscopical Society.

Schawaroch, V. (2005, December 31). Revealing insect microsculpture: 3-D image reconstruction using the confocal laser scanning microscope. Fort Lauderdale, FL: Entomological Society of America.

Schawaroch, V. (2005, May 31). Detecting morphological variation in flies and other arthropods for systematic analysis: the why and how of tree building. Biology Department Seminar series. The City College of New York

Klaus, A. V., & Schawaroch, V. (2005, January 31). A novel methodology utilizing the confocal laser scanning microscopy for systemactic analysis in arthropods. San Diego, CA: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology with the American Microscopial Society, Animal Behavior Society, International Society for Neuroethology, and The Crustacean Society.

Schawaroch, V., Grimaldi, D., & Klaus, A. V. (2004, November 30). Confocal laser scanning microscope-imaging and three-dimensional reconstruction of species diagnostic structures: A new technique for the 21st century. Salt Lake City, Utah: Entomological Society of America.

Schawaroch, V., Klaus, A. V., & Grimaldi, D. (2004, June 30). Confocal laser scanning microscopy facilitates inclusion of morphological characters in phylogenies. Evolution Meeting. Fort Collins, CO: American Society of Naturalist, Society of Systematic Biologists and the Society for the Study of Evolution.

Schawaroch, V. (2003, March 31). Reworking the eukayotic model for the 21st century: Comparative biological investigations of the Drosophila melanogaster species group. Baruch College: BioMed Society.

Schawaroch, V. (2000, June 30). The Drosophila melanogaster species group: A paradigm in need of a phylogeny. Evolution Meeting. Bloomington, IN: Society of Systematic Biologist and the Society for the Study of Evolution.

Schawaroch, V. (2000, May 31). The Drosophila melanogaster species group: A paradigm in need of a phylogeny. The City College of New York: Biology Seminar Program.

Schawaroch, V., DeSalle, R., Brower, A. V., & Simmons, G. (1996, December 31). Exploring the utility of different gene regions on the phylogenetic reconstruction of the Drosophila melanogaster species group. Evolution Meeting. St. Louis, MO: Society of Systematic Biologist and the Society for the Study of Evolution.

Schawaroch, V., DeSalle, R., & Simmons, G. (1995, December 31). Using multiple gene regions to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships within the Drosophila melanogaster species group. Evolution Meeting. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Society of Systematic Biologist and the Society for the Study of Evolution.

Simmons, G., Plummer, D., Schawaroch, V., & Tao, W. (1994, December 31). Molecular evolution of hobo transposable elements in the melanogaster species group of the genus Drosophila. Chicago, IL: 35th Annual Drosophila Research Conference.

Tao, W., Schawaroch, V., & Simmons, G. M. (1993, December 31). Molecular evolution of hobo transposable elements in D. yakuba and D. teissieri. Irvine, CA: Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution.

Simmons, G. M., Plummer, D., Matulonis, P., Schawaroch, V., & Tao, W. (1992, December 31). Molecular evolution of hobo transposable elements in natural populations of Drosophila. Berkeley, CA: Society for the Study of Evolution.

Other Scholarly Works

Research Currently in Progess

Schawaroch, V.(n.d.). Exploring the application of the confocal laser scanning microscopy technique to various arthropods. In Progress.

Schawaroch, V.(n.d.). Improving the mountant for the newly applied and developed technique for the confocal laser scanning microscopy. In Progress.

Schawaroch, V.(n.d.). Morphological revision of the melanogaster species group. In Progress.

Schawaroch, V.(n.d.). Review of species in the Drosophila melanica group occurring in New York State. In Progress.

Schawaroch, V.(n.d.). Systematics and bioinformatics. In Progress.

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