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DIARMAID Ó FOIGHIL
Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/ Associate Curator of Molluscs
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology/Museum of Zoology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079
Phone: (734) 647 2193; Fax: (734) 763 4080
Email Address: diarmaid @umich.edu
http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/mollusks/people/diarmaid.html
Education:
Ph.D. 1987. University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada
B.Sc. (1st class hons.) 1981. National University of Ireland, Galway
Professional Experience:
Associate Professor/Curator, University of Michigan 2001 –
Assistant Professor/Curator, University of Michigan 1995-2001
Research Associate Professor, University of South Carolina 1993-1995
Post-doctoral fellow, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 1989-92
Independent researcher. Bamfield Marine Station, B.C., Canada 1988-89
Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington 1987
Recent External Service
Scientific Committee, International Congress on Bivalvia, 2006
NSF DEB Systematics Panel Member, 2006 (also 2003)
Sponsor Member, Institute of Malacology, 2005-
Associate Editor, Evolution, 2003-6
President, American Malacological Society 2002-3.
Steering Member, Coordinating Research on the North Atlantic, 2002-4
Editorial Board, Malacologia, 2001-
Publications
Walther, A.C., T. Lee, J.B. Burch and D. Ó Foighil. 2006a. Acroloxus lacustris is not an Ancylid: a Case of Misidentification Involving the Cryptic Invader Ferrissia fragilis (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Hygrophila). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39:271-275.
Walther, A.C., T. Lee, J.B. Burch and D. Ó Foighil. 2006b. E Pluribus Unum: A Phylogenetic and Phylogeographic Reassessment of Laevapex (Pulmonata: Ancylidae), a North American Genus of Freshwater Limpets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40:501-516.
Walther, A.C., T. Lee, J.B. Burch and D. Ó Foighil. 2006c. Confirmation that the North American ancylid limpet Ferrissia fragilis (Tryon, 1863) is a cryptic invader of European, and East Asian, freshwater ecosystems. Journal of Molluscan Studies IN PRESS.
Lee, T. and D. Ó Foighil. 2005. Placing the Floridian marine genetic disjunction into a regional evolutionary context using the “scorched mussel” Brachidontes exustus species complex. Evolution 59:2139-2358.
Lützen, J., M. Kato, T. Kosuge and D. Ó Foighil. 2005. Reproduction involving spermatophores in four bivalve genera of the superfamily Galeommatoidea commensal with holothurians. Molluscan Research. 25: 99-112.
Lee, T., S. Siripattrawan, C. Ituarte and D. Ó Foighil. 2005. Invasion of the clonal Clams: Corbicula lineages in the New World. American Malacological Bulletin. 20:113-123.
Bieler, R., P. Mikkelsen, T. Lee and D. Ó Foighil. 2004. Discovery of the Indo-Pacific oyster Hyotissa hyotis in the Florida Keys (Gryphaeidae; Bivalvia). Molluscan Research. 24: 149-159.
Lee, T. and D. Ó Foighil. 2004. Hidden Floridian biodiversity: mitochondrial and nuclear gene trees reveal four cryptic species within the scorched mussel, Brachidontes exustus, species complex. Molecular Ecology 13:3527-3542.
Kirkendale, L., T. Lee, P. Baker and D. Ó Foighil. 2004. Oysters of the Conch Republic (Florida Keys); a Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Parahyotissa mcgintyi, Teskeyostrea weberi and Ostreola equestris. Malacologia. 46:309-326.
Tongkerd, P., T. Lee, S. Panha, J.B. Burch and D. Ó Foighil. 2004. Molecular Phylogeny of Thai Micro Land Snails (Stylommatophora; Pupillidae; Gastrocoptinae) Inferred from Mitochondrial and Nuclear Ribosomal Gene Trees. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 70:139-147.
S. A. Webb, J. A. Graves, C. Macias-Garcia, A. E. Magurrana, D. Ó Foighil and M. G. Ritchie. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the live bearing Goodeidae (Cyprinodontiformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30:527-544.
Lee, T. and D. Ó Foighil. 2003. Phylogenetic Structure of the Sphaeriinae, a Global Clade of Freshwater Bivalve Molluscs, Inferred from Nuclear (ITS-1) and Mitochondrial (16S) Ribosomal Gene Sequences. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 245-260.
Lee, T. and D. Ó Foighil. 2002. 6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (PGD) allele phylogeny is incongruent with a recent origin of polyploidization in some North American Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 25:112-124.
Ó Foighil, D., R. Jennings, J.K. Park, D.A. Merriwether. 2001. Phylogenetic Relationships of Mid-Oceanic Ridge and Continental Lineages of Lasaea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Northeastern Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 213:165-175.
Ó Foighil, D. and D.J. Taylor. 2000. Evolution of parental care and ovulation behavior in oysters. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15:301-313.
Ó Foighil, D. and D.L. Graf, D.L. 2000. Prodissoconch morphology of the relict marine paleoheterodont Neotrigonia margaritacea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) indicates a non-planktotrophic prejuvenile ontogeny. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 80:173-174.
Park, J.K. and D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Sphaeriid and Corbiculid Clams Represent Separate Heterodont Bivalve Radiations into Freshwater Environments. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 14:75-88.
Taylor, D.J. and D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Transglobal comparisons of nuclear and mitochondrial genetic structure in a marine polyploid clam (Lasaea, Lasaeidae). Heredity 84:321-330.
Park, J.K. and D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Genetic diversity of oceanic island Lasaea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) lineages exceeds that of continental populations in the Northwestern Atlantic. Biological Bulletin 198:396-403.
Cooley, L.R. and D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of the Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene sequences. Invertebrate Biology. 119(3) 299-308..
Graf, D.L. and D. Ó Foighil. 2000. The evolution of brooding characters among the freshwater pearly mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoidea). The Journal of Molluscan Studies 66:157-170.
Siripattrawan, S., J.K. Park and D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Two lineages of the introduced Asian freshwater clam Corbicula occur in North America. The Journal of Molluscan Studies(August issue)66:423-429.
Graf, D.L. and D. Ó Foighil. 2000. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of 28S rDNA supports a Gondwanan origin for Australasian Hyriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida). Vie Milieu 50:245-254.
Ó Foighil, D. and C. Thiriot-Quiévreux. 1999. Sympatric Australian Lasaea Species (Mollusca: Bivalvia) Differ in Their Ploidy Levels, Reproductive Modes and Developmental Modes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 127:477-494.
Ó Foighil, D., B.A. Marshall, T.J. Hilbish and M.A. Pino. 1999. Trans-Pacific range extension by rafting is inferred for the flat oyster Ostrea chilensis. Biological Bulletin 196:122-126.
Ó Foighil, D. and C.J. Jozefowitz. 1999. Amphi-Atlantic phylogeography of direct-developing lineages of Lasaea, a genus of brooding bivalves. Marine Biology 135:115-122.
Schneider, J.A. and D. Ó Foighil. 1999. Phylogeny of giant clams (Cardiidae: Tridacninae) based on partial mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13:59-66.
Ó Foighil, D., P.M. Gaffney and T.J. Hilbish. 1998. Mitochondrial gene sequences support an Asian origin for the Portuguese oyster, Crassostrea angulata (Lamarck, 1819). Marine Biology 131:497-503.
Jozefowicz, C.J. and D. Ó Foighil. 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of Southern Hemisphere flat oysters based on partial mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10:426-435.
Ó Foighil, D., P.M. Gaffney and T.J. Hilbish. 1997. The Portuguese oyster is of Asian origin. Journal of Shellfisheries Research 16:p.329. (Abstract).
Ó Foighil, D. and M.J. Smith. 1996. Phylogeography of an asexual marine clam complex, Lasaea, in the northeastern Pacific based on cytochrome oxidase III sequence variation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 6:134-142.
Ó Foighil, D., T.J. Hilbish and R.S. Showman. 1996. Mitochondrial Gene Variation In Mercenaria Clam Sibling Species Reveals A Relict Secondary Contact Zone In The Western Gulf of Mexico. Marine Biology 126:675-683.
Ó Foighil, D. and M.J. Smith. 1995. Evolution of asexuality in the cosmopolitan marine clam Lasaea. Evolution 49:140-150.
Ó Foighil, D., P.M. Gaffney and T.J. Hilbish. 1995. Differences in mitochondrial 16S ribosomal gene sequences allow discrimination among American (Crassostrea virginica Gmelin) and Asian (C. gigas Thunberg, C. ariakensis Wakiya) oyster species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 192:211-217.
Sendall, K., A.R. Fontaine and D. Ó Foighil. 1995. Tube morphology and activity patterns related to feeding and tube building in the polychaete Mesochaetopterus taylori. Potts. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73:509-517.
Reid, R.G.B., R. McMahon, D. Ó Foighil and R. Finnegan. 1992. Pedal-palp feeding in juvenile and adult bivalve molluscs. Veliger, 35:93-104.
Ó Foighil, D. and C. Thiriot-Quiévreux. 1991. Ploidy and pronuclear interaction of northeastern Pacific Lasaea clones. Biological Bulletin 181: 222-231.
Ó Foighil, D., B. Kingsett, G. Ó Foighil and N. Bourne. 1990. Growth and survival of juvenile Japanese scallops, Patinopecten yessoensis, in nursery culture. Journal of Shellfish Research 9:135-144.
Ó Foighil, D. 1989. Planktotrophic larval development is associated with a restricted geographic range in Lasaea, a genus of brooding hermaphroditic bivalves. Marine Biology 103:349-358.
Ó Foighil, D. 1989. Role of spermatozeugmata in the spawning ecology of the brooding oyster Ostrea edulis. Gamete Research 24:219-228.
Ó Foighil, D. 1988. Random mating and planktotrophic larval development in Lasaea australis Lamarck 1818. Veliger 31: 205-214.
Ó Foighil, D. 1988. Global survey of developmental mode in the brooding bivalve Lasaea. American Zoologist 28:138A. (Abstract).
Ó Foighil, D. and D.J. Eernisse. 1988. Geographically widespread, non-hybridizing, sympatric strains of the hermaphroditic, brooding clam Lasaea in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. Biological Bulletin 175:218-229.
Ó Foighil, D. 1987. Cytological evidence for self-fertilization in Lasaea subviridis (Galeommatacea: Bivalvia). International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 12:83-90.
Ó Foighil, D. and D.J. Eernisse. 1987. Phosphoglucomutase allozyme evidence for an outcrossing reproductive mode in the hermaphroditic clam Mysella tumida. Journal of Molluscan Studies 53:223-228.
Keegan, B.F., B.D.S. O’Connor, D. McGrath and D. Ó Foighil. 1987. Littoral and benthic investigations on the south coast of Ireland. 2. The macrobenthic fauna off Carnsore Point. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Section B - 87: 1-14.
Ó Foighil, D. 1986. Prodissoconch morphology is environmentally modified in the brooding bivalve Lasaea subviridis. Marine Biology 92:517-524
McGrath, D. and D. Ó Foighil, 1986. Population dynamics and reproduction of hermaphroditic Lasaea rubra. Ophelia 25:209-219
Gustafson, R.G., D. Ó Foighil and R.G.B. Reid. 1986. Early ontogeny of the septibranch bivalve Cardiomya pectinata. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 66:943-950.
Ó Foighil, D. 1985. Fine structure of Lasaea subviridis and Mysella tumida sperm Bivalvia: Galeommatacea). Zoomorphology 105:125-135.
Ó Foighil, D. 1985. Sperm transfer and storage in the brooding bivalve Mysella tumida. Biological Bulletin 169:602-614.
Ó Foighil, D. 1985. Form, function and origin of temporary dwarf males in Pseudopythina rugifera (Bivalvia: Galeommatacea). Veliger 27:72-80.
Ó Foighil, D. 1984. An unusual method of sperm transfer in the bivalve Mysella tumida. American Zoologis, 24:15a. (Abstract).
Ó Foighil, D. and A. Gibson. 1984. The morphology, ecology and reproduction of the commensal bivalve Scintillona bellerophon spec. nov. (Galeommatacea). Veliger 27:72-80.
Ó Foighil, D., D. McGrath, M.E. Conneely. B.F. Keegan and M. Costelloe. 1984. Population dynamics and reproduction of Mysella bidentata (Bivalvia: Galeommatacea) in Galway Bay, Irish West Coast. Marine Biology 81:283-291.
Research Grants (obtained at the University of Michigan)
2005-2009 NSF DBI 0447142. PI: D. Ó Foighil. Computerization of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Mollusk Collection (Biological Research Collection Program: $484000).
2004-2007 NSF DEB 0425984. PI: D. Ó Foighil. Historical Phylogeny of Tahitian Land Snails: an almost Extirpated Land Snail Fauna (Systematic Biology Program: $300000)
2004-2006 National Academy Twinning Award. PI: D. Ó Foighil.
Towards a Comprehensive Phylogeny of Holarctic Sphaeriidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia): Systematics, Genome Amplification and Phylogeography. ($17000)
AMS 2003 Symposium Grants. As President of the American Malacological Society for 2002/3, and host of the 2003 meeting, I raised a total of $16,000 (from NSF, USDA and University of Michigan sources) to sponsor 2 Symposia and 2 Special Sessions.
2001-2004 NSF OCE-0099084. PI: D. Ó Foighil. Placing the Floridian Genetic Break for Nearshore Taxa into a Regional Phylogenetic Perspective Using Three Lineages of Marine Mussels. (Biological Oceanography Program, $338,474).
2002. U. M. Center of Japanese Studies Faculty Research Grant to determine source populations for exotic Corbicula and Crassostrea ($5000)
Winter 2001. U.M. OVPR-funded Distinguished Faculty and Graduate Student Seminar New Approaches to Interpreting the Genetic Structure of Populations. ($9000)
2000-2001 Michigan Memorial Grant to D. Ó Foighil. Determining Reproductive Success in Endangered Freshwater Mussels With DNA Fingerprinting ($9500).
1997-2000. NSF OCE-9617689. PI: D. Ó Foighil. Amphi-Atlantic Phylogeography of the Clam Genus Lasaea: a Test of Transoceanic Dispersal Hypotheses for a Direct-Developing Clonal Taxon (Biological Oceanography Program, $190000).
2002-2003 Royal Thai Jubilee Award with Dr. Samsak Panha (Dept. of Biological Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand). This enabled a Chulalongkorn graduate student, Piyoros Tongkead, to work in my lab (during the summers of 2000, 2001, 2002) on the molecular systematics of Thai microsnails endemic to isolated karst mountains. ($20000).
1996-98. NSF-G-BIR-9626039. Co-PI: D. Ó Foighil. Phylogenetic Reliability of Morphological Reductive Characters as Assessed by Molecular Phylogenetics of the Molluscan Family Cardiidae. Awarded to Dr. Jay Schneider as 2 year Sloan/N.S.F. postdoctoral fellowship in Molecular Evolution ($80,000). I co-wrote this grant proposal with Dr. Schneider.
1997-9. Committee for Research and Exploration of the National Geographic Society to D. Ó Foighil. Phylogeography of the Clam Genus Lasaea ($21 056).
1997-8. Korean Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) post-doctoral fellowship awarded to Dr. Joong-Ki Park to study “Molecular Phylogenetic of Freshwater Heterodont Bivalves”. I co-wrote this grant proposal with Dr. Park. ($18000)
1997. In association with graduate student Renée Sherman, a 1997 Michigan Natural Heritage Grant was obtained to support her field work ($4000).
1996-7 U.M. Rackham Faculty Research Grant to D. Ó Foighil ($13000)
1996 U.M. OVPR/Rackham Spring/Summer Research Grant was obtained for student support ($2000).
Invited Seminars and Symposium Presentations. (1999 onwards)
Does not include regular meeting presentations
2005. Seminar speaker at the Dept. of Zoology, Field Musuem of Natural History, Chicago.
2005 Organizer and speaker at the Pacific Island Land Snail Biodiversity: Origins and Conservation symposium at the 2005 American Malacological Society meeting in Asilomar, California
2004. Participant in the Biodiversity of Marine Mollusks symposium at the 2004 American Malacological Society meeting in Sanibel, Florida
2004. Seminar on molluscan evolution at Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand) Biology Dept.
2003. As president of the American Malacological Society, I hosted the 2003 meeting in Ann Arbor and organized the symposia therein, participating in 2.
(http://erato.acnatsci.org/ams/meetings/archives/2003/web/index.html)
2003 Symposium speaker for 100th anniversary celebrations of the Friday Harbor Laboratories (http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/centsymp/index.html): Impacts of Instruction: How Courses and Mentoring at the Friday Harbor Laboratories Have Influenced Biological Research and Education.
2003. Participant in Phylogeography of the North Atlantic symposium of the 3rd European Phycology Congress, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2002. CORONA conference participant and member of the Steering Committee, Shoals Marine Lab, Maine
2002. Participant in the International Marine Bivalve Workshop, Florida Keys Marine Laboratory.
2002. Participant in Multidisciplinary Approaches to Molluscan Phylogeny Special Session at the 2002 American Malacological Society meeting, Charleston, SC
2001. Dept. of Biology seminar, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces
2001. Dept. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences seminar, University of Florida, Gainsville
2000. Participant in Detection of ancestral Asexual Lineages Symposium, annual meeting of the Mycological Society of America in Vermont.
1999. Participant in Molluscan Genetics Symposium, 65th annual meeting of the American Malacological Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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