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
Spring Semester 2026
Course # Sec Course Title Days From To Location Campus BIOL 140B 01 Organismal Biology MW 9:30AM 10:45AM SC-N120 Hayward Campus BIOL 493 09 Directed Research ARR ARR Hayward Campus BIOL 140B 02 Organismal Biology MW 9:30AM 10:45AM SC-N120 Hayward Campus BIOL 447 01 Zoonoses & Emerging ID TTH 9:30AM 10:45AM SC-S125 Hayward Campus BIOL 140B 03 Organismal Biology MW 9:30AM 10:45AM SC-N120 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 493 07 Directed Research ARR ARR 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: California State University, 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)