Education:
| 2006 | Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Stanford University |
| 2001 | A.B. magna cum laude with Highest Honours in Biology, Harvard College |
Fellowships and prizes:
| 2006 | Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows |
| 2006 | Frances Lou Kallman Award for excellence in coursework, teaching, and research from Stanford University’s Department of Biological Sciences |
| 2003-2005 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Post-Graduate Studies B Scholarship |
| 2003 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Canada Graduate Scholarship (not accepted) |
| 2001-2004 | Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Gabilan Fellow |
| 2001-2003 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Post-Graduate Studies A Scholarship |
| 2001 | Dean’s Commendation for the Fay Prize for Undergraduate Honors Thesis at Harvard College |
| 2001 | Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for Undergraduate Honors Thesis at Harvard College |
| 2001 | Certificate in Latin American Studies from Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies |
| 2000 | Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship |
Publications:
Frederickson ME, Gordon DM. The intertwined population biology of symbiotic ants and plants. In submission.
Frederickson ME, Gordon DM (2007) The devil to pay: a cost of mutualism with Myrmelachista schumanni in ‘devil’s gardens’ is increased herbivory on Duroia hirsuta trees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 1117-1123. [PDF]
Frederickson ME (2006) The reproductive phenology of an Amazonian ant species reflects the seasonal availability of its nest sites. Oecologia 149:418-427 [PDF]
Frederickson ME, Greene MJ, Gordon DM (2005) ‘Devil’s gardens’ bedevilled by ants. Nature 437:495-496 [PDF]
Devil's gardens
Frederickson ME (2005) Ant species confer different partner benefits on two neotropical myrmecophytes. Oecologia 143:387-395 [PDF]
Yu DW, Wilson HB, Frederickson ME, Palomino W, De La Colina R, Edwards DP, Balareso AA (2004) Experimental demonstration of species coexistence enabled by dispersal limitation. Journal of Animal Ecology 73:1102-1114 [PDF]
Conference publications:
Frederickson ME (2005) Ecology and behavior of the devil’s garden ant, Myrmelachista schumanni, in the rainforests of the western Amazon. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Frederickson ME (2004) The effects of multiple ant partners on their plant hosts in Neotropical ant-plant mutualisms. The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Myrmelachista ants attacking a sapling
Research support:
| 2006 | William H. Milton Fund of Harvard University Award |
| 2005 | Amazon Conservation Association Graduate Research Grant |
| 2002-2005 | Stanford University Center for Evolutionary Studies Grant |
| 2003 | Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research |
| 2002-2003 | Stanford University Center for Latin American Studies Graduate Research Grant |
| 2001 | Explorers Club Youth Activity Fund Grant |
| 1999 and 2000 | Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Summer Research Grant |
| 2000 | Harvard University Dean’s Summer Research Award |
| 1999 | Harvard College Research Award |
Other experience:
Media appearances:
| 2007 | Cambridge Community Television Network documentary, "Ants" |  |
| 2006 | Korean Broadcasting System documentary, to be aired in 2007 | |
| 2005 | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Natural History Unit documentary, “Life in the Undergrowth” with David Attenborough | |
| 2005 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) “Quirks and Quarks” radio program | |
| 2005 | National Public Radio (NPR) “Pulse of the Planet” radio program | |
| 2005 | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) “The Naked Scientists” radio program | |
| 2005 | Interviewed by the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Baltimore Sun, the London Daily Telegraph, National Geographic News, Discovery Channel News, and other print and online media sources |
Teaching and mentoring:
| 2003-2004 | Mentor, Stanford University Field Studies Program in the Biological Sciences |
| 2003 | Teaching Assistant for Stanford University course, Biological Sciences 145: Behavioral Ecology |
| 2003 | Teaching Assistant for Stanford University course, Biological Sciences 101: Ecology |
| 2002 | Teaching Assistant for Stanford University course, Biological Sciences 43: Physiology, Ecology and Evolution |
Field courses completed:
| 2004 | The Ant Course, taught by the California Academy of Sciences in Costa Rica |
| 2004 | Tropical Plant Systematics, taught by the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica |
Workshops organized:
| 2003 and 2005 | Stanford-UC Santa Cruz Species Interactions Workshop |
Megan E. Frederickson 
