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Biography

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Academic Education & Qualifications

2007

Ph.D. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MIT/WHOI Joint Program.
Advisor: Dr Simon Thorrold
Thesis: “Marine Distributions and Natal Homing Rates of American Shad (Alosa sapidissima)”

2000

B.S. (Biology) University of Texas at Austin.
Advisor: Dr Randy Linder
Thesis: “Adaptive Evolution of Seed Oil Composition in Helianthus annuus (sunflower)”

2000

B.A. (Plan II) University of Texas at Austin

Employment History

June 2008 – Present - Postdoctoral Fellow
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Australian National University

July 2007 – June 2008 - Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Adelaide

Jan. 2007 – May 2007 - Lecturer in Marine Sciences (Temporary Appointment)
United States Coast Guard Academy (USA)

Primary Research Skills & Experience

• Laser ablation ICP-MS of biogenic carbonates
• Multi-collector ICP-MS for ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr
• Single-collector ICP-MS for elemental ratios (e.g. Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca)
• Isotope ratio mass spectrometry for δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C
• Conducted both laboratory experiments and field collections of fish and corals
• Fieldwork experience in marine, estuarine, and freshwater habitats worldwide:
• Great Barrier Reef, Australia
• Estuaries along South Australian coast
• Maritime provinces of Canada & Bay of Fundy
• Hudson River, New York, USA
• Chesapeake Bay, USA
• Pacific coast of Panama

Professional Society Activities

Memberships

• American Fisheries Society
• Ecological Society of America
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
• Australian Society for Fish Biology

Peer Reviewer

• Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences
• Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Journal of Fish Biology
• Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
• Ecological Informatics
• ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Rhode Island Sea Grant
• Government of Canada

Awards

Research Awards

• Sir Mark Mitchell Foundation Grant (Co-PI, 2008. $4,396)
• Sir Keith Murdoch Fellowship, American Australian Association (2007, $20,000)
• WHOI Ocean Life Institute Student Research Grant (2006, $3,750)
• American Museum of Natural History Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research (2005, $1,875)
• SEASPACE, Inc. Research Scholarship (2005, $1,000)
• University of Texas Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2000)

Academic Awards

• Outstanding Student Presentation Award, ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting (2006)
• Watson Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2002)
• Dean’s Honored Graduate, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin (2000)