Office hours:
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday: 9:30 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.
or by appointment
Fall 2022
Biol 130-000A & 000B / General Biology & Lab
Biol 355-000A & 000B / Wildlife Techniques & Lab
Biol 404-000A / Genetics
Esci 230-000A & 000B / Limnology & Lab
Spring 2023
Biol 102-000A & B / Introductory Zoology & Lab
Biol 317-000A & B / Ecology & Lab
Biol 350-000A / Conservation & Management
Dr. Lukas Klicka worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant with the University of Kansas
teaching courses including Evolutionary Biology, Principles of Genetics, Ornithology,
and Principles of Organismal Biology. Prior to this, Dr. Klicka worked as a Graduate
Teaching Assistant at San Diego State University and served as a Guest Lecturer there.
He has been an Adjunct Lecturer at Haskell Indian Nations University where he taught
Organismal Biology. Dr. Klicka has been active in mentoring, having assisted a team
of students on a biodiversity survey expedition to the island of Tetepare and to the
Solomon Islands to examine the divergence between bird populations. He has been successful
in receiving many grants as well as presenting and speaking at conferences throughout
the United States. Dr. Klicka has been active in publishing as well as community outreach
and volunteering.
Field Research Experience:
- University of Kansas. Solomon Islands. Tetepare. Biodiversity survey and monitoring
of birds, mammals, and herptiles with REU students (3 weeks) 2019
- University of Kansas. Solomon Islands. Rendova, New Georgia. Biodiversity survey of
birds and herptiles (4 weeks) 2016
- University of Kansas. Solomon Islands. Malaita. Biodiversity survey of birds, herptiles and
fish (7 weeks) 2015
- San Diego State University. Texas. Dissertation focused collection of Vireo bellii samples (1 week) 2013
- San Diego State University. Arizona. Dissertation focused collection of Vireo bellii samples (1 week) 2013
- San Diego State University. Western Arizona and Nevada. Dissertation focused collection
of Vireo bellii samples (1 week) 2012
- San Diego Natural History Museum. California biodiversity resurvey project. (1 week)
2012
- James Cook University. Australia. Two half week field expeditions. The first focused
on marine biodiversity and for the second terrestrial biodiversity in the Australian
outback. (1 week) 2009
- University of Nevada Las Vegas. Western United States (CO, AZ, NM, OR, WA, ID). (6 weeks)
2008
- University of Minnesota. Bahamas. Coastal ecology and tourism impact (2 weeks) 2008
Presentations:
- Mentee presentation. Isaac Rush. Kansas Ornithological Society. Song Comparison of
Geographically Isolated White-eyes (Zosteropidae). 2019
- Invited speaker, KU EEB Department Seminar Series. Phylogeography of a Southwest Pacific
avian species complex. 2017
- Evolution Meeting, Portland, OR. Phylogeny of Melanesian flycatchers (Aves: Monarchidae)
based on ultraconserved elements. 2017
- KU EEB Graduate Student Retreat. Phylogeography and systematics of small brown birds
of the Southwest Pacific. 2017
- Kansas Ornithological Society. Conservation genomics reveals multiple evolutionary
units within Bell’s Vireo. 2014
- American Ornithological Society, Estes Park, CO. Conservation genomics reveals multiple
evolutionary units within Bell’s Vireo. 2014
- American Ornithological Society, Chicago, IL. Phylogeography and conservation genetics
of the Bell’s Vireo. 2013
Professional Development:
- Software Carpentry Workshop, Coding Bootcamp: Shell, Git, Python 2017
- SACNAS KU Graduate Chapter Workshop Series, Introduction to Shell and Python Scripting
2017
- Coursera, Programming for Everybody (Python) 2014
Outreach & Volunteering:
- Science Night, Lawrence Beer Co. Educated interested attendees in the formation, interpretation, and utility of evolutionary
trees 2019
- Stand Up For Science. KU Biodiversity Institute fundraising event celebrating the history, importance,
and utility of museum collections 2018
- Kansas DNA Day. Presented “Phylogeography” module 2018, 2017
- Sexy Science. KU Biodiversity Institute event highlighting sexual selection in nature 2017
- Kansas DNA Day. Developed and piloted “Phylogeography” module 2016
- Science Night, Hillcrest Elementary. Presented nocturnal bird species found in Douglas Co. “Birds of the Night” 2016
- Science of the Macabre. Halloween themed KU Biodiversity Institute event 2016, 2015
- Kansas DNA Day. Presented “Genomics and Inheritance” module 2015
- Ocean Discovery Institute. San Diego, CA. Day long workshop for students (4th–8th grade) to learn lab techniques 2014
- Julian Charter School, STEM Festival Science Fair. Judged and provided feedback for middle school and high school projects 2013
Klicka L. B., Campillo L. C., Manthey J. D., Andersen M. J., Dumbacher J., Filardi C. E., Joseph
L., Uy J. A. C., Weidemann D.,
Moyle R. G.. 2021. Genomic and geographic diversification of a “great speciator” (Rhipidura rufifrons). Ornithology
(In Review).
Lane D., Aponte Justiciano M.A., Terill R. S,, Rheindt F. E., Klicka L. B., Rosenberg G. H., Price-Waldman R., Burns K. J..
2021. A distinctive new genus and species of tanager (Passeriformes, Thraupidae) from the lower Yungas of western
Bolivia and southern Peru. Ornithology (In Review).
Decicco L. H., Klicka L. B., Campillo L. C., Tigulu I. G., Tako R., Waihuru J., Pollard E., Sirikolo Jr L. A.,
Mapel X.,
McCullough J. M., Andersen M. J., Boseto D., Moyle R. G.. 2020. New Distributional records of the Blue-faced
Parrotfinch (Erythrura trichroa) in the Solomon Islands. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132: 192–197.
Klicka L. B., Title P. O., Kus B.E., Burns K. J. 2016. Conservation genomics reveals multiple evolutionary units within Bell’s
Vireo (Vireo bellii). Conservation Genetics 17: 455–471.
Klicka L. B., Campillo L. C., Manthey J. D., Qu. Y. 2015. Comparative phylogeography and niche modeling for three
species complexes of SE China (Paradoxornis spp., Pycnonotus spp., Spizixos spp.). Current Zoology 61: 943–950.
Peterson A. T., Moyle R. G., Lei F., Campillo L. C., Hosner P. A., Klicka L. B., Lim H. C., Nyári A. S., Qu Y., Reddy S., Sheldon
F. H., Zou F. 2015. Avian evolution and speciation in the Southeast Asian tropics. Current Zoology 61: 898–900.
Ryan, P. G., Klicka, L. B., Barker, F. K., and Burns, K. J. 2013. The origin of finches on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island,
central South Atlantic Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 299 - 303.
- University of Kansas, Genome Sequencing Core Voucher ($5,300) 2019
- Kenneth B. Armitage Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Kansas ($1,000)
2018
- Presenter Award, University of Kansas Graduate Student Retreat 2017
- Summer Fellowship, University of Kansas ($3,500, $3,000) 2017, 2016
- Doctoral Student Research Fund (pre and post orals), University of Kansas ($1,500)
2017,2015
- Panorama Grant, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas ($1,000) 2016, 2015
- SSB Graduate Student Research Award ($1,500) 2015
- Best Paper, Kansas Ornithological Society 2014
- American Ornithologist’s Union Conference Travel Award 2014, 2013
- Harold and June Grant Memorial Scholarship, San Diego State University ($2,600) 2013
- Ted Cohn Evolutionary Biology Fund, San Diego State University ($500) 2012
- American Ornithologist’s Union Research Award ($2,500) 2012
- American Museum of Natural History- Frank Chapman Memorial Fund ($2,350) 2012
- LA Audubon Society- Ralph W. Schreiber Ornithology Research Award ($1,500) 2012
- Mabel Myers Memorial Scholarship, San Diego State University ($1,500) 2012