Ann C. Hawkinson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biology
970-625-6925 | ahawkinson2@coloradomtn.edu

Education

• PhD, University of Northern Colorado, 2011
  Area of Study: Biological Education
  Dissertation: Experimental Infection of Jamaican Fruit Bats with Tacaribe Virus
• BS, Colorado Mesa University, 2006
  Area of Study: Biology
  Senior Thesis: Equine Embryo Transfer
• Biosafety Level 3 Training and Certification, Colorado State University, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology. 2015

Awards

• First Year Scholars Outstanding Faculty and Staff, University of Northern Colorado. (2013). First Year Scholars Outstanding Faculty and Staff, University of Northern Colorado. (2012). Outstanding Faculty and Staff, Center for Human Enrichment. (2012).

Publications

• Hawkinson, A., Gerrard, D., Sherman, T., Modahl, C., Hume, G., Campbell, C., Schountz, T., Frietze, S. (2017). Transcriptomic signatures of Tacaribe virus-infected Jamaican fruit bats. mSphere, 2(5). https://doi.org/10.1128/ mSphere.00245-17
• McGuire, A., Miedema, K., Fauver, J. R., Rico, A., Aboellail, T., Quackenbush, S. L., Hawkinson, A., Schountz, T. (2016). Maporal Hantavirus Causes Mild Pathology in Deer Mice (Peromyscus Maniculatus). Viruses, 8(10), 15. http://www.mdpi.com/1999- 4915/8/10/286. DOI: 10.3390/v8100286
• Muster, V. J., Adney, D. R., Doremalen, N., Brown, V. R., Miazgowicz, K. L., Milne-Price, S., Bushmaker, T., Rosenke, R., Scott, D., Hawkinson, A., de Wit, E., Schountz, T., Bowen, R. (2016). Replication and shedding of MERS-CoV in Jamaican fruit bats (Artibeus jamaicensis). Scientific Reports, 6, 21878.. DOI: 10.1038/srep21878
• Shaw, T. I., Srivastava, A., Chou, W.-C., Liu, L., Hawkinson, A., Glenn, T. C., Adams, R., Schountz, T. (2012). Transcriptome sequencing and annotation for the Jamaican Fruit Bat (Artibeus jamaicensis). PloS one, 7(11), e48472.
• Hawkinson, A., Bowen, R., James, S., Gardiner, D., Calisher, C., Adams, R., Schountz,
  T. (2012). Tacaribe Virus Causes Fatal Infection of An Ostensible Reservoir Host, the Jamaican Fruit Bat.
• Hawkinson, A., McGlaughlin, M., Calisher, C. H., Adams, R., Schountz, T. (2011).
  Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of cytokine genes from Seba’s short- tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata). Open Immunology Journal, 4, 31-39.
• Schountz, T., Prescott, J., Cogswell, A. C., Oko, L., Mirowsky- Garcia, K., Galvez Fuenzalida, A., Hjelle, B. (2007). Regulatory T cell-like responses in deer mice persistently-infected with Sin Nombre virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci., 104, 15496.

Professional Associations

• Rocky Mountain Virology Club
• American Society for Microbiology- International Membership
• American Society for Microbiology-Rocky Mountain Chapter Membership
• American Society for Virology

Family

I live with my husband, son, and our two dogs, two cats, and two salamanders.

Personal Interests

I love to be outside, especially in the mountains!