Mullineaux Lab

EDUCATION:

2004 Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
1997 BS Honors, Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

2001-2004 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2001-2004 Student Representative, Mentoring Committee, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2000-2001 Student Representative, Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1998-2001 Graduate Student, Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1995-1998 Research Assistant, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
1993-1997 BA Candidate, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

AWARDS:

2001 Ocean Venture Fund Award, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
1999-2002 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
1999 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (declined)
1999 Environmental Protection Agency Star Graduate Fellowship (declined)
1997 Le Conte Award-Departmental Citation, Integrative Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley
1996-1997 President’s Undergraduate Fellowship, Univ. of California, Berkeley
1996-1997 Howard Hughes Institute Biology Fellows Grant

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Coastal benthic ecology; Microbiota-invertebrate symbioses; Contaminant biodegradation

PUBLICATIONS:

Gulmann, L.K. and L.S. Mullineaux. Trichomycetes symbionts of the marsh fiddler crab, Uca pugnax. Microbial Ecology (in preparation).
2001 Gulmann, L.K., L.S. Mullineaux and H.L. Hunt. Effects of caging on transport of postlarval soft-shell clams. Journal of Shellfish Research. 20:135-142.
2000 Weston, D.P, D.L. Penry, and L.K. Gulmann. The role of ingestion as a route of contaminant bioaccumulation in a deposit-feeding polychaete. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 38:446-454.
Mullineaux, L.S., R. Dunn, S.W. Mills, H.L. Hunt, and L. K. Gulmann. Biological influences on transport of postlarval soft-shelled clams (Mya arenaria). Coastal ocean processes symposium: a tribute to William D. Grant. September, 1998. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Technical Report WHOI-99-04, pp. 155-162.

ORAL PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS :

Gulmann, L. K. and L. S. Mullineaux. Metabolic contributions from digestive symbionts of the fiddler crab Uca pugnax. Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, February, 2003.
Gulmann, L. K. and L. S. Mullineaux. Digestive symbionts of the fiddler crab Uca pugnax: who, where and why? Benthic Ecology Meeting, Orlando, Florida. March, 2002.

Gulmann, L. K. and L. S. Mullineaux (2001) Exploring the role of gut microbiota in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. American Chemical Society Meeting. In Symposium on Geochemical Interactions between Microbes and Benthic Infauna Abstracts. San Diego, California.

Kemper, L.* and D. Weston. Cross-phyletic comparison of bioavailability and bioaccumulation for sediment-sorbed polyaromatic hydrocarbons by deposit feeders. National SETAC Conference, San Francisco, California. November, 1997.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS :

Gulmann, L. K. and L. S. Mullineaux. The role of gut-associated bacteria in deposit feeder digestion. Sea Grant Program Review. Woods Hole, MA. September 12-13, 2000.

Gulmann, L. K. and L. S. Mullineaux. The presence of gut-associated bacteria in coastal deposit feeders. Oceanography: The Making of a Science. Woods Hole, MA. March 30-31, 2000.
Kemper, L.* and D. P. Weston. Comparison of bioavailability for a sediment-associated contaminant by Abarenicola pacifica. University of California Toxic Substances Program Meeting, San Diego, California. April, 1997

*note: name change from Lara Woodsum Kemper to Lara Kemper Gulmann in April, 1998