Evolutionary Biology
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Evolutionary Biology
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Positions Held

1. Sidlauskas, Brian, Ganesh Ganapathy, Einat Hazkani-Covo, Kristin P. Jenkins, Hilmar Lapp, Lauren W. McCall, Sam Price, Ryan Scherle, Paula A. Spaeth, and Dave M. Kidd. 2010. Linking big: The continuing promise of evolutionary synthesis. Evolution 64(4): 871-880
2. Kimmel, Charles B., Brian L. Sidlauskas and Jennifer Clack. 2009. Linked morphological changes during palate evolution in early tetrapods. Journal of Anatomy 215: 91-109
3. Sidlauskas, Brian L. 2008. Continuous and arrested morphological diversification in sister clades of characiform fishes: a phylomorphospace approach. Evolution 62: 3135-3156
4. Sidlauskas, Brian L. and Richard Vari. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships within the South American fish family Anostomidae (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Characiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 70-210
5. Sidlauskas, Brian L., Julío Cesar Garavello and Jennifer Jellen. 2007 (in press). A new Schizodon (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from the Río Orinoco system, and a redescription of S. isognathus Kner from the Paraguay system. Copeia 2007(3): 711-725
6. Sidlauskas, Brian L. 2007. Testing for unequal rates of morphological diversification in the absence of a detailed phylogeny: a case study from characiform fishes. Evolution 61(2): 299-316
7. Sidlauskas, Brian L., Barry Chernoff and Antonio Machado-Allison. 2006. Geographic and environmental variation in Bryconops sp. cf. melanurus (Ostariophysi: Characidae) from the Brazilian Pantanal. Ichthyological Research 53(1): 24-33
8. Willink, Philip W., and Brian Sidlauskas. 2006. Taxonomic notes on select fishes collected during the 2004 AquaRAP expedition to the Coppename River, Central Suriname Nature Reserve, Suriname. Pp. 101-111 in L. E. Alonso, and H. J. Berrenstein, eds. A rapid biological assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Coppename River Basin, Suriname.  RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 39. Conservation International, Washington, DC.
9. Sidlauskas, Brian L. and Geraldo Santos. 2005. Pseudanos winterbottomi, a new anostomine species (Teleostei: Characiformes: Anostomidae) from Venezuela and Brazil, and comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Copeia 2005(1):109-123
10. Machado-Allison, Antonio, Barry Chernoff, Francisco Provenzano, Philip W. Willink, Alberto Marcano, Paulo Petry, Brian Sidlauskas, and Tracy Jones. 2003. Inventory, relative abundance and importance of fishes in the Caura River Basin, Bolívar State, Venezuela. Pp. 64-74 in Barry Chernoff, Antonio Machado-Allison, Karen Riseng, and Jensen R. Montambault, eds. A biological assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Caura River Basin, Bolívar State, Venezuela. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 28. Conservation International, Washington, DC.
11. Machado-Allison, Antonio, Barry Chernoff, Francisco Provenzano, Philip W. Willink, Alberto Marcano, Paulo Petry, Tracy Jones, and Brian Sidlauskas. 2003. Fishes collected during the AquaRAP expedition to the Caura River Basin, Bolívar State, Venezuela. Pp. 267-275 in Barry Chernoff, Antonio Machado-Allison, Karen Riseng, and Jensen R. Montambault, eds. A biological assessment of the aquatic ecosystems of the Caura River Basin, Bolívar State, Venezuela. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 28. Conservation International, Washington, DC.

In Press

1. Harmon, Luke J., Jonathan B. Losos, Jonathan Davies, Rosemary G. Gillespie, John L. Gittleman, W. Bryan Jennings, Kenneth Kozak, Mark A. McPeek, Franck Moreno-Roarck, Tom J. Near, Andy Purvis, Robert E. Ricklefs, Dolph Schluter, James A. Schulte II, Ole Seehausen, Brian L. Sidlauskas, Omar Torres-Carvajal, Jason T. Weir and Arne Ø. Mooers. Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data. Evolution
2. Sidlauskas, Brian L., Jan Mol and Richard P. Vari. Dealing with allometry in linear and geometric morphometrics: a taxonomic case study in the Leporinus cylindriformis group (Characiformes: Anostomidae), with a description of a new species from Suriname. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
3. Sidlauskas, Brian L. and Prosanta Chakrabarty. Review of The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution and Ecology - 2nd edition. Gene F. Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey and Brian W. Bowen. 2009. Wiley-Blackwell. Copeia

1. Dornburg, Alex, Brian L. Sidlauskas, Francesco Santini, Laurie Sorenson, Thomas J. Near, Michael E. Alfaro. The influence of an innovative locomotor strategy on the phenotypic diversification of triggerfishes. Evolution

In Preparation

1. Sidlauskas, Brian L. and Richard P. Vari. Diversity and distribution of anostomoid fishes in the Guyanas. Cybium.
2. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Parallel morphological and ecological diversification in African and South American characiform fishes.
3. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Phylogenetic relationships among and within the Neotropical fish families Anostomidae, Chilodontidae, Curimatidae and Prochilodontidae inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear loci.

1. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Reconstructing replicate radiations in South American and African characiform fishes. University of North Carolina at Greensboro - Department of Biology; April 2009; Greensboro, NC.
2. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Understanding unequal ecomorphological diversification in characiform fishes: a phylomorphospace approach. Oregon State University - Department of Fisheries and Wildlife; May 2008; Corvallis, OR.
3. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Understanding unequal diversification of anatomy and ecology in sister groups of tropical freshwater fishes. Johnson C. Smith University – Honors College and Department of Natural Sciences; April 2008; Charlotte, NC.
4. Sidlauskas, Brian L. The results of a replicate radiation: reconstructing parallel ecomorphological diversification in African and South American characiform fishes. Texas A&M University – Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences; October 2007; College Station, TX. The University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras – Department of Biology; February 2008, San Juan, PR. The University of Alaska, Fairbanks – School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences; February 2008; Fairbanks, AK.
5. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Rates and trends in morphological diversification in sister clades of characiform fishes. The Field Museum – Department of Zoology; December 2006; Chicago, IL. The Royal Ontario Museum – Department of Natural History; April 2007; Toronto, Canada. Virginia Institute of Marine Science – Department of Fisheries Science; April 2007; Gloucester Point, VA.
6. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Diversification and morphological evolution in characiform fishes. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire - Department of Biology; February 2006; Eau Claire, WI.
7. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Hyperdisparate headstanders and static slime-suckers: Unequal rates of morphological diversification in sister clades of characiform fishes. Chicago State University – Department of Biological Sciences; September 2005; Chicago, IL. University of New Orleans - Office of Research and Department of Biological Sciences; October 2004; New Orleans, LA.

1. Sidlauskas, Brian L. 2008. The results of a replicate radiation: reconstructing parallel ecomorphological diversification in African and South American characiform fishes. Symposium on testing macroevolutionary hypotheses of diversification: approaches and perspectives. SICB Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX

1. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Magnitude and mode of morphological diversification in the Anostomoidea (Characiformes): a phylomorphospace approach. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Meeting, July 2008, Montreal, Canada.
2. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Parallel morphological and ecological diversification in African and South American characiforms. Oral presentation, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Meeting, July 2007, St. Louis, MO
3. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Hyperdisparate headstanders and static-slime suckers: trends in morphological diversification within the Characiformes. Oral presentation; winner of Stoye Award (best student presentation in general ichthyology), American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)Annual Meeting, July 12-17, 2006; New Orleans, LA.
4. Sidlauskas, Brian L. 2006. Phylogenetic relationships within the South American fish family Anostomidae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes). Poster presentation, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Meeting, July 12-17, 2006; New Orleans, LA.
5. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Unequal morphological diversification of sister clades of characiform fishes. Oral presentation, Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting; June 10-14, 2005; Fairbanks, AK. Oral presentation, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Meeting; July 6-11, 2005; Tampa, FL. Oral presentation, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Annual Meeting; January 4-8, 2006; Orlando, FL.
6. Sidlauskas, Brian L. and Geraldo Santos. Pseudanos winterbottomi, a new anostomine species (Teleostei: Characiformes, Anostomidae) from Venezuela and Brazil, and comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Oral presentation, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Meeting; May 26-31, 2004; Norman, OK.
7. Sidlauskas, Brian L. Morphological diversification of anostomoid and curimatoid fishes. Poster presentation; winner of Storer Award (best student poster in general ichthyology), American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Meeting; June 26 - July 1, 2003; Manaus, Brazil. Oral presentation, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Annual Meeting; January 5-9, 2004; New Orleans, LA.
8. Sidlauskas, Brian L., Barry Chernoff and Antonio Machado-Allison. Geographic and environmental variation in Bryconops cf. melanurus from the Pantanal. Poster presentation, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Meeting; July 3-8, 2002; Kansas City, MO. Oral presentation, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Annual Meeting; January 4-8, 2003; Toronto, ONT, Canada.

Teaching Experience

Delivered a 70 minute lecture on mass extinctions in Evolution and Life, and a 70 minute lecture on Phylogenies and Tree Thinking in Paleobotany, both undergraduate courses

Author, R-Phylo Help Wiki. One of five primary authors for an online tutorial on phylogenetic comparative methods in R.

Conservation Biologist, Lake Calumet BioBlitz
Collected fish specimens near Chicago and discussed conservation biology with the public as part of a 24-hour biodiversity survey.

2002

Session Chair, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Meetings

Professional Affiliations