Curriculum Vitae

B.S. Brigham Young University, Computer Science 2004
B.S. Brigham Young University, Bioinformatics 2004
GPA 3.9, cum laude

Ph.D. candidate Washington University in St. Louis, Comp. Biology, 2004-  
Alan Templeton, advisor

Undergraduate Research Grants BYU Office of Research & Creative Activities 2002-04
Academic Scholarships BYU Dept. of Math and Physical Sciences 2001
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2005-2008
Phi-Kappa-Phi

Research Assistant, Keith Crandall, David McClellan, Mark Clement, BYU
Summer Internship, Les Lowe, UCHC
Research Assistant, David Posada, University of Vigo

Teaching partnership/course development, Undergraduate Computational Biology
Teaching Assistant, Computational Molecular Biology, Coursemaster: Sean Eddy
Young Scientist Program Genetics Teaching Team, St. Louis Missouri
Summer mentored research with a local high school student as part of the Young Scientist Program.

Woolley, S., J. Johnson, M. J. Smith, K. A. Crandall, and D. A. McClellan. 2003. TreeSAAP: Selection on Amino Acid Properties using phylogenetic trees. Bioinformatics 19:671-672.

Woolley SM, Posada D, Crandall KA (2008) A Comparison of Phylogenetic Network Methods Using Computer Simulation. PLoS ONE 3(4): e1913. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001913

Note: Data available here.

“Evaluating intraspecific network phylogeny reconstruction methods via simulation.”  The Evolution Conference 2004, Fort Collins CO.

“Information management of large genomic datasets intended for use in studies of molecular phylogenetics.”  The Evolution Conference 2004, Fort Collins CO.

“Comparison of methods for estimating reticulate evolutionary relationships through computer simulation.” DIMACS Workshop on Reticulated Evolution 2004, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ

Reviewer: Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online

TCS, TreeSAAP, AlignmentHelper, PAL