ThomasS.Jenkinson, Ph.D. Faculty Profile

Thomas S. Jenkinson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Conservation Biology, Molecular Ecology, Genetics, Mycology, Herpetology
- Ph.D., University of MichiganM.S., San Francisco State UniversityB.S., Oregon State University
Fall Semester 2025
Course # Sec Course Title Days From To Location Campus BIOL 130 1A Connecting to Biology TH 1:00PM 2:40PM SC-S336 Hayward Campus BIOL 493 10 Directed Research ARR ARR Hayward Campus BIOL 130 01 Connecting to Biology TU 2:00PM 2:50PM SC-S205 Hayward Campus BIOL 140B 03 Organismal Biology MW 9:30AM 10:45AM SC-S143 Hayward Campus BIOL 140B 1A Organismal Biology M 11:00AM 1:50PM SC-N307 Hayward Campus BIOL 140B A1 Organismal Biology W 11:00AM 12:40PM SC-N307 Hayward Campus BIOL 650 02 Seminar in Ecology & Evolution W 2:20PM 4:00PM BC-0140 Hayward Campus BIOL 130 1B Connecting to Biology TH 3:00PM 4:40PM SC-S336 Hayward Campus BIOL 140B 01 Organismal Biology MW 9:30AM 10:45AM SC-S143 Hayward Campus BIOL 140B 02 Organismal Biology MW 9:30AM 10:45AM SC-S143 Hayward Campus Recent Publications:
Jenkinson, T.S. Pathogenesis: How a killer fungus targets its host. Current Biology 32(12) (2022)
Todd, B. D., Jenkinson, T. S., Escalona, M., Beraut, E., Nguyen, O., Sahasrabudhe, R., Scott, P. A., Toffelmier, E., Wang, I. J. and H. B. Shaffer. Reference genome of the northwestern pond turtle, Actinemys marmorata. Journal of Heredity 113 (2022)
Lambertini, C., Becker, C. G., Belasen, A. M., Valencia-Aguilar, A., Nunes-de-Almeida, C. H. L., Betancourt Román, C. M., Rodriguez, D., da Silva Leite, D., Oliveira, I. S., Gasparini, J. L. R., Ruggeri, J., Mott, T., Jenkinson, T. S., James, T. Y., Zamudio, K. R. and L. F. Toledo. Biotic and abiotic determinants of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infections in amphibians of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Fungal Ecology 49 (2021)
Ruthsatz, K., Lyra, M. L., Lambertini, C., Belasen, A. M., Jenkinson, T. S., da Silva Leite, D., Becker, C. G., Haddad, C. F. B., James, T. Y., Zamudio, K. R., Toledo, L. F. and M. Vences. Skin microbiome correlates with bioclimate and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection intensity in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest treefrogs. Scientific Reports 10 (2020)
Burrowes, P. A., James, T. Y., Jenkinson, T. S. and I. De la Riva. Genetic analysis of post-epizootic amphibian chytrid strains in Bolivia: Adding a piece to the puzzle. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases 67(5) (2020)
Samarasinghe, H., You, M., Jenkinson, T. S., Xu, J. and T. Y. James. Hybridization facilitates adaptive evolution in two major fungal pathogens. Genes 11 (2020)
Hernández-Gómez, O., Byrne, A. Q., Gunderson, A. R. Jenkinson, T. S., Noss, C. F., Rothstein, A. P., Womack, M. C. and E. B. Rosenblum. Invasive vegetation affects amphibian skin microbiota and body condition. PeerJ 8 (2020)
Ribeiro, L. P., Carvalho, T., Becker, C. G., Jenkinson, T. S., Da Silva Leite, D., James, T. Y., Greenspan, S. E. and L. F. Toledo. Bullfrog farms release virulent zoospores of the frog-killing fungus into the natural environment. Scientific Reports 9 (2019)
Becker, C. G., Bletz, M. C., Greenspan, S. E., Rodriguez, D., Lambertini, C., Jenkinson, T. S., Guimarães, P. R., Assis, A. P. A., Geffers, R., Jarek, M., Toledo, L. F., Vences, M. and C. F. B. Haddad. Low-load pathogen spillover predicts shifts in skin microbiome and survival of a terrestrial-breeding amphibian. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286 (2019)
Jenkinson, T. S., Rodriguez, D., Clemons, R. A., Michelotti, L. A., Zamudio, K. R., Toledo, L. F., Longcore, J. E. and T. Y. James. Globally invasive genotypes of the amphibian chytrid outcompete an enzootic lineage in coinfections. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285 (2018)Department of Biological Sciences Seminar: 黑料福利网, Chico (2022)
Ecology and Evolution Seminar: Stanford University (2020)
Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability Seminar: California Academy of Sciences (2019)
Department of Biology Seminar: University of San Francisco (2019)
Center for Population Biology Seminar: University of California, Davis (2018)
Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Colloquium: San Francisco State University (2018)
National Science Foundation: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (2017)