Museum of Vertebrate Zoology & Department
   of Integrative Biology
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3160
Telephone: (510) 643-4699
Fax: (510) 643-8238
E-mail address: mcguirej@berkeley.edu

NSF (Systematic Biology, DEB 0640967), Comparative biogeography of Sulawesi – Phylogenetic and coalescent analyses of diversification in frogs, lizards, and monkeys, 2007-2009 ($359,483).

NSF (Systematic Biology, DEB 0709885), Dissertation Research: The phylogenetic history of Plestiodon and a new empirical perspective on multi-locus molecular dating methods, 2007 ($11,973). Matthew Brandley’s doctoral dissertation improvement grant.

NSF (REU Supplement, DEB 0724679), The Phylogenetic and Biogeographic History of High Altitude Adaptation in Hummingbirds: Selection on Hemoglobin Proteins as a Function of Oxygen Supply and Demand, 2007 ($12,886).

NSF (Systematic Biology, DEB 0710174), Dissertation Research: Phylogenetic and color structure in Andean hummingbird communities, 2007 ($11,344). Juan Parra’s doctoral dissertation improvement grant, for which I am a co-PI.

NSF (Systematic Biology, DEB 0543556), The phylogenetic and biogeographic history of high-altitude adaptation in hummingbirds: selection on hemoglobin proteins as a function of oxygen supply and demand, 2006-2008 ($465,332).

NSF (Systematic Biology, DEB 0508929), Dissertation Research: Gene trees vs. species trees: Deciphering species limits in a contact zone between fence lizards in the Sceloporus undulatus species complex, 2006 ($12,000). Adam Leaché’s doctoral dissertation improvement grant.

UC Berkeley Junior Faculty Research Grants, Phylogenetics and phylogeography of crotaphytid lizards: Assessing the nature of gene flow across multiple secondary contact zones, 2005 ($6,000).

NSF (Biological Research Collections, DBI 0132303) Development of a Distributed Information Network of North American Herpetological Databases (HerpNet), 2004 ($32,195).

NSF (Biological Research Collections, DBI 0138577), Upgrading the LSU Collection of Herpetological Genetic Resources to Liquid Nitrogen Storage, 2002-2004 ($196,620).

NSF (Biotic Surveys and Inventories, DEB 0328700), Biotic survey of the reptiles and amphibians of Sulawesi, Indonesia, 2002-2007 ($240,007).

NSF (Systematic Biology, DEB 0330750), Evolution of flight performance in hummingbirds, 2001-2005, ($303,756).

LSU Student Technology Grant for improvements in MNS teaching lab (with F. Sheldon), 2001 ($26,709).

American Museum of Natural History Kalbfleisch Research Fellowship (declined), 1998 ($34,535).

Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998 ($28,500).

University of Texas Continuing Fellowship, 1997 ($11,500).

University of Texas Hemphill-Gilmore Student Endowment Fellowship, 1996 ($12,500).

National Geographic Society Research Grant (with R. Dudley), 1996-1998 ($41,000).

16 small grants and scholarships ranging between $200-$3000, 1991-1998.

Grismer, L. L., and J. A. McGuire. 1991. A preliminary account of the relictual mesophilic herpetofauna of Baja         California, México.  Desert Fishes Council Society meeting, Death Valley, California.

McGuire, J. A. 1991.  The effects of desertification on garter snakes in Baja California.  Symposium on the Scientific Value of the Desert, Borrego Springs, California.

Grismer, L. L., J. A. McGuire, and B. D. Hollingsworth. 1992. A preliminary report on the herpetofauna of the Vizcaíno Peninsula, Baja California Sur, México, with a discussion of its historical implications. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, El Paso, Texas. 

McGuire, J. A., and W. E. Cooper. 1992. The phylogenetic implications of gravid female coloration in iguanian lizards: a preliminary report. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, El Paso, Texas.

McGuire, J. A., and L. L. Grismer. 1992. The taxonomy and biogeography of Thamnophis hammondii and T. digueti (Reptilia: Squamata: Colubridae) in Baja California, México. Joint meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologists' League, and the American Elasmobranch Society, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (Invited speaker). 

McGuire, J. A., and L. L. Grismer. 1993. Systematics, classification, and biogeography of the Sceloporus magister complex. Joint meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and the Herpetologists' League, University of Texas at Austin, Texas (Presented in the Sceloporus symposium).

McGuire, J. A. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics and character evolution in crotaphytid lizards. Joint meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, American Society of Naturalists, and the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, The University of Georgia at Athens, Georgia.

McGuire, J. A. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics of crotaphytid lizards. Joint meetings of the Herpetologists' League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, The University of Georgia at Athens, Georgia.

McGuire, J. A., and J. P. Huelsenbeck. 1995. An evaluation of the performance of successive weighting using simulation and a well-supported phylogeny. Joint meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

Messenger, S. L., and J. A. McGuire. 1996. Molecules, morphology, and the phylogenetics of cetaceans. Joint meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution and Society of Systematic Biologists, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri (Messenger won the Ernst Mayr award for this paper).

McGuire, J. A. 1998. Phylogenetic systematics and size evolution in Southeast Asian flying lizards (genus Draco): Implications for the evolution of gliding performance. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston, Massachusetts.

McGuire, J. A. 1998. Phylogenetic systematics, size evolution, and the evolution of gliding performance in flying lizards (genus Draco). Joint meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution and Society of Systematic Biologists, Vancouver, Canada (received Ernst Mayr Award from Society of Systematic Biologists).

McGuire, J. A. 1998. Phylogenetic systematics, size evolution, and the evolution of gliding performance in flying lizards (genus Draco). Joint meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologists' League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Guelph, Canada.

McGuire, J. A. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of flying lizards (genus Draco) based on morphological and
molecular evidence. Joint meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologists' League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, University Park, Pennsylvania.

McGuire, J. A. 2000. Maximum likelihood analysis of molecular and morphological data: Examples from crotaphytid and iguanid lizards. Joint meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologists' League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, La Paz, Mexico.  

Swofford, D. L., P.O. Lewis, and J. A. McGuire. 2000. Combining molecular and morphological data in maximum likelihood phylogenetic inference. I. Rationale and methodology. Joint meetings of the Society of Systematic Biologists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Society of Naturalists, University of Indiana, Bloomington.

McGuire, J. A., D. L. Swofford, and P.O. Lewis. 2000. Combining molecular and morphological data in maximum likelihood phylogenetic inference. II. Examples from crotaphytid and iguanid lizards. Joint meetings of the Society of Systematic Biologists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Society of Naturalists, University of Indiana, Bloomington.

McGuire, J. A., and D. L. Altshuler. 2001. Evolution of hummingbird flight morphology. I. Phylogenetic framework based on Bayesian analysis. Joint meetings of the Society of Systematic Biologists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Society of Naturalists, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Altshuler, D. L., and J. A. McGuire. 2001. Evolution of hummingbird flight morphology. II. Comparative analysis. Joint meetings of the Society of Systematic Biologists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Society of Naturalists, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

McGuire, J. A. 2002. Phylogenetic Systematics of the Draco lineatus group. Joint meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologists' League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Kansas City, MO.

McGuire, J. A. 2004. Phylogenetic systematics of crotaphytid lizards: Parapatric species with a history of gene flow. Joint meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologists' League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Norman, Oklahoma.

Linkem, C.W., R.M. Brown, D. T. Iskandar, A. C. Diesmos, and J. A. McGuire. 2004. Phylogeography of Lamprolepis smaragdina in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Joint meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Herpetologists' League, and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Norman, Oklahoma.

McGuire, J. A., C. W. Linkem, A. K. Lappin, D. W. Hutchison, D. Orange, and J. Lemos-Espinal, 2005. Molecular phylogenetics of crotaphytid lizards: A complicated tale of gene flow and mitochondrial introgression. Joint meetings of the Society of Systematic Biologists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Society of Naturalists, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Brandley, M. C., A. D. Leaché, D. L. Warren, and J. A. McGuire. 2005. Are unequal clade priors a problem for Bayesian phylogenetics? Joint meetings of the Society of Systematic Biologists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Society of Naturalists, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Editorial Board of the Society of Systematic Biologists, 2006-present, SSAR Board of Directors, 2005-2009, ASIH Board of Governors, 2001-2006. Editorial Board of the ASIH, 2005-present. Editorial board of the International Herpetological Symposium (publishers of Herpetological Natural History) 1994-1998. Judge for ASIH Stoye Student Award competition, 1999. Chair of the ASIH Stoye Student Award competition for general herpetology, 2000. Judge for the SSB Ernst Mayr Award competition, 2000. Society of Systematic Biologists Nominating Committee, 2001. Served on the NSF Systematic Biology Panel in 2005.

Reviewer for The National Science Foundation, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Naturalist, Evolution, Systematic Biology, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Genetica, Herpetologica, Herpetological Monographs, Herpetological Natural History, Herpetological Review, Journal of Herpetology, Copeia, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Zoologische Anzeiger, and Breviora.