work
education
M.Sc. Evolutionary Biology | 2014-16
Erasmus Mundus Masters Programme in Evolutionary Biology, European Union
University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), The Netherlands
University of Montpellier (Université de Montpellier), France
Uppsala University (Uppsala Universitet), Sweden
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院昆明动物研究所), China
University of California - Berkeley, United States of America
Erasmus Mundus Masters Programme in Evolutionary Biology, European Union
University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), The Netherlands
University of Montpellier (Université de Montpellier), France
Uppsala University (Uppsala Universitet), Sweden
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (中国科学院昆明动物研究所), China
University of California - Berkeley, United States of America
B.Sc. Environmental Sciences, minor Chinese | 2010-14
Department of Biological Sciences University of Notre Dame, United States of America Exchange student | 2012-2013 International Asian Studies Programme Chinese University of Hong Kong (香港中文大學), Hong Kong Visiting student | 2011, 2012 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University, United States of America |
presentations
Community assembly of the human piercing microbiome
Charles C.Y. Xu, Juliette Lemoine, Avery Albert, Élise Mac Whirter, Rowan Barrett
2022 Ecological Society of America, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Detecting transgenes of genetically modified animals via environmental DNA (Invited)
Charles C.Y. Xu, Claire Ramsay, Mitra Cowan, Paul Lasko, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2021 American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting – Hybrid (Virtual/Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Detecting transgenes of genetically modified animals via environmental DNA
Charles C.Y. Xu, Claire Ramsay, Mitra Cowan, Paul Lasko, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2021 Student Conference on Conservation Science, American Museum of Natural History – Virtual
STEMM Diversity @ McGill
Charles C.Y. Xu, Jessica Ford, Nathalie Jreidini, Sarah Sanderson, and Kirsten Crandall
2021 Science Public Engagement Partnership, U.S. Department of Energy - Virtual
Scientific Racism and Eugenics at McGill University
Charles C.Y. Xu
2021 Department Day, Department of Biology, McGill University - Virtual
'Transgenic leakage' of genetically modified animals via environmental DNA
Charles C.Y. Xu, Claire Ramsay, Mitra Cowan, Paul Lasko, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2020 Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Symposium - Virtual
The Amazing Spider Web DNA: A new spin on noninvasive genetics of predator and prey
Charles C.Y. Xu and Rowan D.H. Barrett
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Entomological Society of Canada, Acadian Entomological Society 2019 - Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Using DNA metabarcoding to identify endangered and protected animals used in 泡酒 (steeped alcohol)
Charles C.Y. Xu, Jing Chen, Wenzhi Wang, Yunyu Wang, Dangshou Yang, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2019 McGill Sustainability Research Symposium - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Wildlife forensics of steeped alcohol via environmental DNA
Charles C.Y. Xu, Jing Chen, Wenzhi Wang, Yunyu Wang, Dangshou Yang, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2018 Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Symposium - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
STEMM Diversity @ McGill
Charles C.Y. Xu, Kiran Yendamuri, and Jessica Ford
ComSciCon 2018 National Workshop - Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Using spider web DNA to study trophic cascades on islands in the Bahamas
Charles C.Y. Xu, Rob M. Pringle, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2016 Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Symposium - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genomics of species differences between host-associated Rhagoletis flies
Charles C.Y. Xu, Meredith M. Doellman, Glen R. Hood, Thomas H.Q. Powell, and Jeffrey L. Feder
2014 Genomes to/aux Biomes - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genetic differentiation among populations of Echinolittorina radiata across East Asia
Charles C.Y. Xu, Wei Wang, and Ka H. Chu
Evolution 2013 - Snowbird, Utah, United States of America
Assessing relatedness of cooperative sperm cells: From single cell isolation to genomics
Charles C.Y. Xu, Heidi S. Fisher, and Hopi E. Hoekstra
Evolution 2012 Ottawa: 1st Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spider webs: a novel and useful source of noninvasive genetic material
Charles C.Y. Xu, Cameron R. Turner, Dean Bowman, and David M. Lodge
2012 Undergraduate Scholars Conference - Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
The genetic basis of sperm competitiveness in monogamous and promiscuous Peromyscus mice
Charles C.Y. Xu, Heidi S. Fisher, Emily Jacobs-Palmer, and Hopi E. Hoekstra
2011 Fall Undergraduate Research Fair - Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
Investigating relative population abundance of fishes through quantification of aquatic environmental DNA
Charles C.Y. Xu, Cameron R. Turner, and David M. Lodge
2011 Undergraduate Research Symposium - Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
Charles C.Y. Xu, Juliette Lemoine, Avery Albert, Élise Mac Whirter, Rowan Barrett
2022 Ecological Society of America, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Detecting transgenes of genetically modified animals via environmental DNA (Invited)
Charles C.Y. Xu, Claire Ramsay, Mitra Cowan, Paul Lasko, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2021 American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting – Hybrid (Virtual/Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Detecting transgenes of genetically modified animals via environmental DNA
Charles C.Y. Xu, Claire Ramsay, Mitra Cowan, Paul Lasko, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2021 Student Conference on Conservation Science, American Museum of Natural History – Virtual
STEMM Diversity @ McGill
Charles C.Y. Xu, Jessica Ford, Nathalie Jreidini, Sarah Sanderson, and Kirsten Crandall
2021 Science Public Engagement Partnership, U.S. Department of Energy - Virtual
Scientific Racism and Eugenics at McGill University
Charles C.Y. Xu
2021 Department Day, Department of Biology, McGill University - Virtual
'Transgenic leakage' of genetically modified animals via environmental DNA
Charles C.Y. Xu, Claire Ramsay, Mitra Cowan, Paul Lasko, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2020 Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Symposium - Virtual
The Amazing Spider Web DNA: A new spin on noninvasive genetics of predator and prey
Charles C.Y. Xu and Rowan D.H. Barrett
Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Entomological Society of Canada, Acadian Entomological Society 2019 - Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Using DNA metabarcoding to identify endangered and protected animals used in 泡酒 (steeped alcohol)
Charles C.Y. Xu, Jing Chen, Wenzhi Wang, Yunyu Wang, Dangshou Yang, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2019 McGill Sustainability Research Symposium - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Wildlife forensics of steeped alcohol via environmental DNA
Charles C.Y. Xu, Jing Chen, Wenzhi Wang, Yunyu Wang, Dangshou Yang, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2018 Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Symposium - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
STEMM Diversity @ McGill
Charles C.Y. Xu, Kiran Yendamuri, and Jessica Ford
ComSciCon 2018 National Workshop - Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Using spider web DNA to study trophic cascades on islands in the Bahamas
Charles C.Y. Xu, Rob M. Pringle, and Rowan D.H. Barrett
2016 Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Symposium - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genomics of species differences between host-associated Rhagoletis flies
Charles C.Y. Xu, Meredith M. Doellman, Glen R. Hood, Thomas H.Q. Powell, and Jeffrey L. Feder
2014 Genomes to/aux Biomes - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genetic differentiation among populations of Echinolittorina radiata across East Asia
Charles C.Y. Xu, Wei Wang, and Ka H. Chu
Evolution 2013 - Snowbird, Utah, United States of America
Assessing relatedness of cooperative sperm cells: From single cell isolation to genomics
Charles C.Y. Xu, Heidi S. Fisher, and Hopi E. Hoekstra
Evolution 2012 Ottawa: 1st Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spider webs: a novel and useful source of noninvasive genetic material
Charles C.Y. Xu, Cameron R. Turner, Dean Bowman, and David M. Lodge
2012 Undergraduate Scholars Conference - Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
The genetic basis of sperm competitiveness in monogamous and promiscuous Peromyscus mice
Charles C.Y. Xu, Heidi S. Fisher, Emily Jacobs-Palmer, and Hopi E. Hoekstra
2011 Fall Undergraduate Research Fair - Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
Investigating relative population abundance of fishes through quantification of aquatic environmental DNA
Charles C.Y. Xu, Cameron R. Turner, and David M. Lodge
2011 Undergraduate Research Symposium - Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America
teaching
Graduate teaching assistant - McGill University, Canada
2021 | BIOL 111 Organismal Biology
2021 | BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology
2020 | BIOL 111 Organismal Biology
2020 | BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology
2019 | BIOL 215 Introduction to Ecology and Evolution
Undergraduate teaching assistant - University of Notre Dame, United States of America
2014 | BIOS 30312 General Ecology
2014 | BIOS 11162 Biological Sciences II Laboratory
2013 | BIOS 21250 Classical and Molecular Genetics Laboratory
2021 | BIOL 111 Organismal Biology
2021 | BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology
2020 | BIOL 111 Organismal Biology
2020 | BIOL 112 Cell and Molecular Biology
2019 | BIOL 215 Introduction to Ecology and Evolution
Undergraduate teaching assistant - University of Notre Dame, United States of America
2014 | BIOS 30312 General Ecology
2014 | BIOS 11162 Biological Sciences II Laboratory
2013 | BIOS 21250 Classical and Molecular Genetics Laboratory
peer review
2023 | Urban Ecosystems
2023 | iScience
2023 | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2021 | BMC Ecology and Evolution
2021 | Environmental DNA
2020 | Biological Invasions
2020 | Molecular Ecology Resources
2020 | Journal of Insect Conservation
2019 | GigaScience
2017 | Ecology and Evolution
2017 | Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2017 | Animal Biodiveristy and Conservation
2016 | Zoology
2015 | Molecular Ecology Resources
2023 | iScience
2023 | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
2021 | BMC Ecology and Evolution
2021 | Environmental DNA
2020 | Biological Invasions
2020 | Molecular Ecology Resources
2020 | Journal of Insect Conservation
2019 | GigaScience
2017 | Ecology and Evolution
2017 | Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
2017 | Animal Biodiveristy and Conservation
2016 | Zoology
2015 | Molecular Ecology Resources
funding
GREAT Travel Award
Writing-Year Award Graduate Mobility Award 2018 Open Grant Fessenden Innovation Prize QCBS Excellence Award Biology Research Travel Award Marco Polo Fund Groningen University Fund McDonald Undergraduate Research Fund in Biology Undergraduate Diversity at Evolution Travel Award EDEN Undergraduate Training Program Conference Travel Award Conference Travel Award & Research Fellowship Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship |
Department of Biology, McGill University
Department of Biology, McGill University Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McGill University State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources & Evolution - Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Faculty of Science, McGill University Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Department of Biology, McGill University University of Groningen University of Groningen Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), National Science Foundation EDEN: Evo-Devo-Eco Network, National Science Foundation Multicultural Student Programs and Services, University of Notre Dame Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, University of Notre Dame College of Science, University of Notre Dame First Year of Studies, University of Notre Dame |
scholarships
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
MEME Category A Scholarship Lanson Exchange Scholarship |
Vanier-Banting Secretariat,
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Union Office of Academic Links, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
honors
Second place, Best Talk
2019 SRS Poster Prize Special Recognition, Principal's Prize for Public Engagement through Media Environment Award Finalist, Science and Technology Award for Equity & Community Building Vanier Scholar Environmental Sciences Valedictorian Outstanding Environmental Scientist Award Sorin Scholar MSPS Scholar Valedictorian |
2021 Department Day, Department of Biology
McGill Sustainability Research Symposium McGill University Biology Graduate Student Association, McGill University Forces AVENIR McGill University Vanier-Banting Secretariat, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement, University of Notre Dame Multicultural Student Programs and Services, University of Notre Dame Penn High School, Mishawaka, Indiana |