Dr. J. Andrew Roberts

Associate Professor & Ohio State Newark Research Coordinator

• (Newark) The Ohio State University at Newark, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, 1179 University Drive, Newark, OH 43055, Office: 347 Alford Center
• (Columbus) The Ohio State University, Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, 318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, Office: 320 Aronoff Lab, Lab: 1508 & 1534 Museum of Biological Diversity
• Email: roberts.762@osu.edu
• Phone: 740-366-9178
• Skype: j.andrew.roberts
• Twitter: @spiderprofessor

Recent Appointments

Academic 

• Associate Professor (2010-present). Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University at Newark

Administrative 

• Project Director (2021-present). Ohio Means Science (OHMS) Scholars Program.
• Research Coordinator (2011-present). The Ohio State University at Newark. (Responsibilities) 1) Monitor progress on externally funded research programs; 2) Write specifications for evaluation or monitoring of programs by outside agencies; 3) Assist department personnel in writing periodic reports to comply with grant requirements; Maintain files on grants and monitor paperwork connected with grant-funded programs; 4) Report on campus’s grant activity; 5) Liaison with personnel in the Office of Sponsored Programs; 6) Track indirect cost recovery (IDC) and communicate with principal investigators about the distribution and expenditure of IDC funds.

Education

• PhD (2003) University of Cincinnati (Biological Sciences; Behavioral Ecology) Dissertation Title: Multi-modal Communication in Spiders: Information Content and Consequences of Signal Apparency. Dr. George W. Uetz, Advisor
• MS (2001) (Non-Thesis), University of Cincinnati (Biological Sciences; Chemical Ecology)
• BS (1995) Purdue University (Neurophysiology)

Recent Grant Support

• Scholarly Activities Grant (2022) The Ohio State University at Newark, JA Roberts (PI) & SA Weyrauch (Co-PI). “Project Wild Coshocton: Culmination of a Five-Year Occupancy Study, and Applied Bobcat Conservation through Artificial Den Construction” $4,000.00
• National Science Foundation Grant (2021) (NSF/DUE Award 2130281 from NSF 21-550 NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics to The Ohio State University); JA Roberts (PI/PD), WL MacDonald (co-PI), K Goodell (co-PI), MT Buelow (co-PI), & E Weiser (co-PI). “Enhancing a Transfer Pathway to Improve STEM Student Success” $1,444,207.00
• Scholarly Activities Grant (2020) The Ohio State University at Newark, JA Roberts (PI) & SA Weyrauch (Co-PI). “The Wild Coshocton Project Pushes West: Tracking Bobcats’ Return to Licking County” $4,000.00
• Scholarly Activities Grant (2018) The Ohio State University at Newark, JA Roberts (PI) & SA Weyrauch (Co-PI). “Wild Coshocton: A camera-trapping program to monitor bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Coshocton county” $4,000.00
• Small Grant (2017) Ohio Biological Survey, JA Roberts (PI) & SA Weyrauch (Co-PI). “Project wild Coshocton: Expanding a camera-trapping program to monitor bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Coshocton county” $500.00
• Scholarly Activities Grant (2017) The Ohio State University at Newark, JA Roberts (PI) & SA Weyrauch (Co-PI). “Wild Coshocton: Expanding a camera-trapping program to monitor bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Coshocton county” $3,936.00
• Regional Campus Research and Creative Activity Grant (2016) The Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences, JA Roberts (PI). “Context-dependent mate choice in spiders” $2000.00

Teaching

Course Instruction

• Introductory Biology (Bio 1101/HE1101)
• Introductory Entomology (Entomol 1101)
• Human Biology (Bio 1102)
• Biological Sciences: Form, Function, Diversity, and Ecology (Bio 1114)