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» Stace Beaulieu
» Abigail (Knee) Fusaro
» Rhian Waller
» Rob Jennings
» Diane (Poehls) Adams
» Sarah L'Heureux
» Genna Laurino
» Sara Ann Bennett
» Corey Oberlander
» Carl Spielvogel
» Alexander Sull
» John Swartz
Dr. Timothy M. Shank
Curriculum Vitae

Professional Preparation
1985 Goethe Institute of Boppard, West Germany German GLS
1988 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Biology (German language minor) B.A.
1998 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Marine Ecology and Evolution Ph.D.

Appointments
2005- present Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
2001- 2005 Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
1999-2001 Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
1998-1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
1992-1998 Graduate/Research Assistant, Dept. of Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University
1991-1992 Senior Scientist, Environmental Health Research and Testing, Inc., North Carolina
Awards
2005 NOAA OceanAGE Award: Ocean Careers to Inspire Another Generation of Explorers
2007 Deep-Ocean Exploration Fellow of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Professional Service and Committees (past 6 years to present)
2001
  • United States Deep Submergence Science Committee, UNOLS, (Ex-officio, 2004- present)
  • Application Committee for the Marine Biological Laboratory Workshop on Molecular Evolution
  • Biology Departmental Seminar Series coordinator (2001-2003)
    • 2002
  • Steering Committee, Census of Marine Life, Chemosynthetic Ecosystems, International
  • Steering Committee, InterRidge Hydrothermal Vent Biology, International
  • Co-organizer for the Arctic Technology Workshop. Monterey, CA
  • Ad hoc review committee for Deep-Earth Ocean Exploration Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Panelist, RIDGE 2000 Integrated Studies Workshop. Long Beach, CA
    • 2003
  • Steering Committee, Census of Marine Life, Seamount Ecosystems (CenSeam), International
  • Marine Operations Committee, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Committee on Work and Family Life, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    • 2004
  • Created web-based survey, “Survey of Future Needs and Upgrades for Deep Submergence
  • Biological research to obtain input and feedback from the science community on the future needs for biological research (in anticipation of the new Alvin submersible and Jason II overhaul in 2005)
    (http://www.surveymonkey.com/MySurveys.asp?Rnd=0.4924977)
  • Liaison to the International Bar-Coding of Life Committee for the Census of Marine Life, Seamount Ecosystems
    • 2005
  • Co-organizer special session on Seamounts European Marine Biology Symposium
  • Co-convener of taxonomy and genetics session of the Deep-Sea Corals Symposium
    • 2006
  • Deep-Submergence Science Advisory Committee, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    • 2007
  • Advisory board to the Deep Ocean Exploration Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Co-convener of special session dedicated to Inter-disciplinary Seamount Research, Fall AGU Meeting

    • Publications
    (Publications)

    Invited Talks
    2000
  • RIDGE 2000 Exploratory Studies Workshop, Nashville, TN
  • Ocean Science Writing Fellowship Program, Woods Hole, MA
  • NIEHS Microarray Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
  • RIDGE 2000 Integrated Studies Workshop, Dekalb, IL
  • Graduate College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE
    • 2001
  • Dahlem Conference (Energy and Mass Transfer in Marine Hydrothermal Systems) Germany
  • Annual Seminar to Ocean Science Writing Fellowship Program
  • Boston University Marine Program
  • RIDGE2000 Exploratory Studies Workshop
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    • 2002
  • Darwin Station, Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands
  • Presentation to Congressional Committees in Washington, DC for a 6500m replacement Alvin
  • Workshop to Promote the Development of Instrumentation for Arctic Ocean Exploration
  • Deep Submergence Science Committee
    • 2003
  • Census of Marine Life for Chemosynthetic Communities Workshop
  • Smithsonian Institution Lecture Series
  • Southampton Oceanography Centre
  • Annual seminar to Ocean Science Writing Fellowship Program
  • National Academy of Sciences, Future of US Deep-Submergence Committee
  • Census of Marine Life for Seamounts
  • New England Molecular Evolutionary Biologists Meeting
    • 2004
  • American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (NOAA Ocean Explorers award)
  • University of Rhode Island Biology Department
  • Deep Submergence Science Committee Meeting
    • 2005
  • University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
  • Tufts University Biology Department
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s 75th Anniversary Science Symposium
  • RIDGE2000 Community Progress and Planning Workshop
  • International Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Miami FL
    • 2006
  • Tropical Marine Science Institute of the National University of Singapore
  • New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
  • Ridge2000 Integrated Study Site (ISS) at the East Pacific Rise (EPR) Workshop, Palasides NY
  • Cobalt-crusts and the Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Seamount Fauna, Jamaica
  • Biogeography and Diversity of Chemosynthetic Ecosystems Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
  • AUVSA Conference (WHOI; conference on AUVs) (co-convener), Woods Hole, MA
  • Special session on mid-ocean ridge eruptions, AGU, San Francisco, CA
    • 2007
  • NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration CoML Seminar Series
  • International Data Standardization Workshop for the Census of Marine life for Seamounts, UK

    • Workshops and Short Courses
    1993 RIDGE Theoretical Institute Short Course. Big Sky, MT
    1994 Co-founder/convener Rutgers-Princeton Ecology and Evolution Symposium. Princeton, NJ
    1995 Workshop on Molecular Evolution (group leader), MBL. Woods Hole, MA
    2000 RIDGE Theoretical Institute, The Subsurface Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges. Big Sky, MT
    2000 American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA
    2001 Census of Marine Life, Chemosynthetic Ecosystems. Woods Hole, MA
    2001 Ridge 2000 Exploratory Studies Workshop (co-convener). Nashville, TN
    2001 Larvae At Ridge Vents (LARVE) Results Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT
    2001 American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA
    2002 Ridge 2000 Integrated Studies Workshop (panelist). Long Beach, CA
    2002 American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting (session chair). San Francisco, CA
    2002 Dahlem Conference, Energy and Mass Flux Through Hydrothermal Vent Systems. Berlin, Germany
    2002 Marine Protected Areas: Design and Implementation Conservation and Fisheries Restoration Symposium. Woods Hole, MA
    2003 The Next Generation of In-Situ Sensors Biological and Chemical Sensors in the Ocean (rapporteur). Woods Hole, MA
    2003 GCG Genetic Analysis Software Workshop (organizer). Woods Hole, MA
    2004 2003 Census of Marine Life, Seamount Ecosystems Workshop. Newport, OR
    2004 Ridge 2000 Community Meeting Workshop. Boulder, CO
    2004 Southeast Pacific ChEss workshop (SEPAC). San Diego, CA
    2004 Ridge 2000 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Workshop. Providence, RI
    2004 American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA
    2004 Ridge 2000 Community Progress and Planning Workshop (rapporteur). Vancouver, BC
    2006 NSF Marine Data Management Workshop, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palasaides, NY
    2006 AUVSA Conference (WHOI; conference on AUVs) (co-convener), Woods Hole, MA
    2006 Ridge 2000 Progress and Planning Workshop; Vancouver, Canada
    2006 Ridge 2000 Integrated Study Site (ISS) at the East Pacific Rise (EPR) Workshop
    2006 Seamounts BioGeosciences Network Meeting, San Diego, CA
    2006 American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting (session chair). San Francisco, CA
    2007 International Data Standardization Workshop for the Census of Marine life for Seamounts
    2007 InterRidge Theoretical Institute on Biogeochemical Interactions on Mid-Ocean Ridges
    Selected Meeting Presentations

    2001 (4 of 8)


  • Extensive Genetic structure of hydrothermal vent populations: recent results via genomic fingerprinting. T.M. Shank and K.M. Halanych. Larvae At Ridge Vents (LARVE) Results Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT.

  • Using more rapidly evolving markers to study phylogeographic patters in Atlantic vent shrimp. T.M. Shank and K.M. Halanych. Larvae At Ridge Vents (LARVE) Results Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT.

  • Colonization and succession at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Lutz, R.A and T.M. Shank. Larvae At Ridge Vents (LARVE) Results Symposium. Salt Lake City, UT.

  • Biology of newly-discovered "AHA" hydrothermal vent fields near 1°44'N on the East Pacific Rise axis. T.M. Shank, Fornari et al. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

    2002 (4 of 15)
  • Time-series studies of the biological, geological, and geochemical processes at the Rosebud and Calyfield hydrothermal vent fields at 86°W and 89.5°W on the Galápagos Rift. T.M. Shank, S. Hammond, D.J. Fornari, et al. American Geophysical Union, Fall meeting. San Francisco, CA.
  • Time-series studies of faunal colonization and microhabitat structure at diffuse-flow hydrothermal vent sites near 9°50’N, East Pacific Rise. T.M. Shank, D.J. Fornari, D. Scheirer. Ridge 2000 Integrated Studies Workshop. Nashville, TN.
  • Distribution and fatty acid composition of non-vent endemic echinoderms at 9°N East Pacific Rise – implications for export of chemosynthetically derived organic matter to the deep sea benthos. C.A. Allen, R.A. Lutz, T.M. Shank. RIDGE 2000 Integrated Studies Workshop, Nashville, TN.
  • Evolution of chemosynthetic fauna. T.M. Shank.  Darwin Research Station, Port Ayora, Galápagos 2003 (4 of 10)
  • Genetic structure of nascent biological communities from the Galápagos Rift vent fields.  T.M. Shank, Deep-Sea Biology Symposium. Coos Bay, OR.
  • Submersible research in extreme environments using a novel light-tethered hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle. A. Bowen, P. Fryer, T.M. Shank, and M. Edwards. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
  • Evolutionary relationships of Lost City and Mid-Atlantic Ridge vent fauna. T.M. Shank. Biology Department Seminar. Woods Hole. MA.

  • Time-series exploration and biological, geological, and geochemical characterization of the Rosebud and Calyfield hydrothermal vent fields at 86°W and 89.5°W on the Galápagos Rift.  T.M. Shank, S. Hammond, D.J. Fornari, R. Waller, K. Ding, W. Seyfried, D. Butterfield, M. D. Lilley, and M. Perfit. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

    2004 (6 of 10)
  • Ridge 2000 Integrated Studies: Patterns of hydrothermal ecosystem variation within Lau Basin. T.M. Shank, D.R. Yoerger, A. Bradley, D.J. Fornari Eos Trans. American Geophysical Union, 85(47).

  • Macrofaunal characterization of peridotite-hosted ecosystems associated with the Lost City hydrothermal field. K.L. Buckman and T.M. Shank.  Ridge2000 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Workshop. Providence, RI.

  • Hydrothermal vent-endemic shrimp episymbiont diversity and distribution on the Mid-Atlantic and
  • Central Indian Ridges. A.J. Knee, Z.P. McKiness, C.M. Cavanaugh and T.M. Shank. Ridge2000 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Workshop. Providence, RI.

  • Geographic and temporal genetic structure within Rimicaris exoculata along the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. D. Poehls and T.M. Shank. Ridge2000 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Workshop. Providence, RI.

  • Hydrothermal ecosystems on the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. T.M. Shank. Ridge2000 Mid-Atlantic Ridge Workshop. Providence, RI.

  • Exploring temporal and spatial patterns of community biodiversity in hydrothermal vent systems with recent results from at 86°W and 89.5°W on the Galápagos Rift. T.M. Shank and A. L. Reysenbach. American
  • Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Ocean Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI.


    2005 (9 of 15)
  • Development of an in-situ electrochemical analyzer (ISEA) for deep-sea hydrothermal vent work. T.S. Moore, T. Waite, T. Kraiya, J. Tsang, C. Janzen, G. Luther, D. Nuzio, B. Glazer, and T.M. Shank.. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI.

  • Multi-scale, multimodal AUV surveys for hydrothermal vent localization. M. Jakuba, D. Yoerger, A. Bradley, C. German, C. Langmuir, and T.M. Shank. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology Conference. Durham, NH.

  • Autonomous near-bottom photo surveys of hydrothermal vent sites. D. Yoerger, A. Bradley, M. Jakuba, T.M. Shank, C. German, and C. Langmuir. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology Conference. Durham, NH.

  • High-resolution sonar surveying at the R2K Integrated Studies Sites: Techniques and strategies for improved microbathymetric mapping. V.L. Ferrini, D. Fornari, T.M. Shank, D. Kelley, and M.K. Tivey. Ridge 2000 Community Progress and Planning Workshop. Vancouver, BC.

  • Navigation of UNOLS national Deep Submergence Facility (NDSF) vehicles: Status report and guidelines for data acquisition. V.L. Ferrini, L. Whitcomb, J. Howland, D. Fornari, S. Carbotte, D. Kelley, T.M. Shank, and M. Tivey. RIDGE 2000 Community Progress and Planning Workshop. Vancouver, BC.

  • Hydrothermal exploration by robot: Novel use of the ABE autonomous underwater vehicle and in-situ sensors to locate new hydrothermal vents in the Pacific and Atlantic. C. German, D. Yoerger, M. Jakuba, A. Bradley, T.M. Shank, D. Connelly, R. Prien, L. Parson, C. Langmuir, and K. Nakamura. RIDGE 2000 Community Progress and Planning Workshop. Vancouver, BC.

  • Automated generation of geo-referenced mosaics from video data collected by deep-submergence vehicles: Preliminary results. S.A. Soule, Y. Rhzanov, S. Beaulieu, T.M. Shank, D. Fornari, L. Mayer, Ridge 2000 Community Progress and Planning Workshop. Vancouver, BC.

  • Time-series electrochemical analysis from the 9°N EPR vent sites. T.S. Moore, T. Waite, B. Glazer, D. Nuzzio, T.M. Shank, and G. Luther. Ridge 2000 Community Progress and Planning Workshop. Vancouver, BC.

  • Integrative approaches to understanding the interaction of fluid chemistry and microbial biofilms on larval settlement on the East Pacific Rise. T.M. Shank, S. Beaulieu, G. Luther, W. Seyfried, K. Ding, C. Vetriani, S. Sievert, and R.A. Lutz. Ridge 2000 Community Progress and Planning Workshop. Vancouver, BC.


    2006 (5 of 10)
  • Composition of microbial communities associated with the tubeworm Riftia pachyptila on the Galápagos Rift. N. Ward, T. Schneider, K. Penn, and T.M. Shank. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Ocean Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI.

  • Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Larval Dispersal: Insights from Genomic Fingerprinting of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Populations. T.M. Shank. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Ocean Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI.

  • Preliminary Characterization of Vent Sites and Evolutionary Relationships of Vent Fauna on the Southern Atlantic Ridge. T.M. Shank Biogeography and Diversity of Chemosynthetic Ecosystems Meeting, Barcelona, Spain

  • Seamount Genetics: Enabling the Understanding of Biodiversity, Connectivity, Evolution, and Endemism. T.M. Shank, Cobalt-crusts and the Diversity and Distribution Patterns of Seamount Fauna Meeting, Jamaica

  • An Introduction to Questions and Approaches in Deep-Sea Coral Genetics. T.M. Shank International Deep-Sea Corals Symposium, Miami, Florida

    2007 (1 of 3)

  • The chemistry of diffuse-flow vent on the Galápagos Rift (86°W): Temporal variability and subseafloor phase equilibria controls. N.J. Pester, D.A. Butterfield, D.I.  Foustoukos, K.K. Roe, K. Ding, T.M. Shank, and W.E. Seyfried, Jr.  Goldschmidt 2007.



     Teaching Experience
    2001 Guest lecturer, Biological Oceanography, MIT/WHOI graduate course, Fall
    2002 Guest lecturer, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, MIT/WHOI graduate course, Spring
    2003 Co-Instructor, Molecular Biological Oceanography: Genomic Approaches in Marine Science, MIT/WHOI graduate course, Fall
    2004 Instructor, Applied Marine Population Genetics, MIT/WHOI graduate course, Spring

    Education and Outreach
    1999
  • Consultant, the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) and the Simex Corporation, the BBH’s Extreme Deep Museum Exhibit.
    • 2000
  • Co-convened the Ridge 2000; Exploratory Studies Workshop, Nashville, TN.
    • 2001
  • Developed web biological database for the Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent region.
    • 2002
  • Research results from Galápagos 2002 expedition featured on National Geographic Television 6 part series.
  • Research featured in Discover magazine (Sept); National Public Radio’s weekend edition
  • Consultant to the American Museum of Natural History’s Deep-Sea Exhibit.
  • Co-developed high-school and undergraduate educational CD on the 25th Anniversary of the Discovery of Hydrothermal Vents.
  • Research featured on “Wild Moments” children’s television program.
  • Co-developed web-based biological learning module for Dive and Discover web portal.
    • 2003
  • Co-editor, children’s book: “Journey to Undersea Gardens”, Celebration Press; popular description of scientific results from the Galápagos Rift 2002 expedition (T. Shank and S. Hammond, co-chief scientists).
  • Participated in Extreme 2003 interactive education web portal with the Univ. of Delaware.
  • Coordinated GCG Genetic Analysis Workshop in Woods Hole.
  • Research featured in Science (v296:p1965), Harvard Magazine, New York Times, Astrobiology Web, and Korean Broadcasting Ocean Series television program.
  • NOAA, NSF, and WHOI expedition web portals with daily cruise/research updates; and featured in several television programs for the Discovery Channel, BBC, Korean Broadcasting Ocean Series, National Geographic and USA network.
  • Lost City hydrothermal vent research featured on University of Washington and NSF web portals 2004
  • Elementary and Middle School presentations (e.g., science classes at Clarke Middle School, Lexington MA as well as hosted these classes with education modules at WHOI).
  • Participated in the SEAS (Ridge 2000 education) Program [proposal reviewer; conducted student experiments on the seafloor with interactive internet].
    • 2005
  • Participated in inaugural launching of the Census of Marine Life for Chemosynthetic Ecosystems expedition web portal.
  • Participated in the SEAS (Ridge 2000 education) Program [proposal reviewer; conducted student experiments on the seafloor with interactive internet].
  • Utilized Dive and Discover education web portal for “Return to Galápagos Rift” expedition
  • Featured in Marine Scientist journal (European).
    • 2006
  • Participated in inaugural launching of Ridge 2000 “Classroom to Sea” web-based curriculum.
  • Developed Podcast for the Deep-Ocean Exploration Institute at WHOI.
  • NOAA, NSF, and WHOI expedition web portals with daily cruise/research updates.
  • NOAA workshop presentations to teachers at the New England Aquarium.
    • 2007
  • Elementary and Middle School presentations (e.g., science classes at Clarke Middle School, Lexington MA as well as hosted these classes with education modules at WHOI)
  • NOAA, NSF, and WHOI expedition web portals with daily cruise/research updates, and featured in radio, newspaper, magazines, and television programs for NPR, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Carolina Alumni Review, and NASA television.
  • Utilized Ridge 2000 “Classroom to Sea” web-based curriculum
  • Initiated use of a new hand’s on science education program called GLOBE FLEXE ("From Local to EXtreme Environments") through providing essential elements to FLEXE- a multi-media on-line module that helps students visualize the deep-sea environment and understand its characteristics.
  • Developed Podcasts for Polar Expeditions web portal
  • Utilized Dive and Discover and Polar Expeditions web portals for Gakkel Ridge Expedition

    Scientific Expeditions

    More than 30 scientific expeditions (6 as Chief or Co-chief Scientist) to deep-sea hydrothermal vents, hydrocarbon seeps, continental slopes, and seamounts in the Eastern Pacific, Northern Atlantic, Sea of Cortez, Northeast Pacific, Southeast Pacific, and Central Indian Ocean, including more than 50 submersible dives, 20 remotely operated vehicle days, and 40 autonomous underwater vehicle dives.


    Grant Record
    2003 Biology and Geology of Hydrothermal Vents at the Galápagos Rift (NOAA OE and NSF; with S. Humphris and D. Fornari)
    2003 Technology Development for an Autonomous Planetary Sample Return (NASA-Astrobiology, with R. Reeves-Sohn)
    2003 Phylogeography and Stock Structure of the Dungeness Crab, Cancer magister (NOAA NURC; with A. Baco-Taylor)
    2003 Population Genetics of Gulf of Alaska Seamount Invertebrates: A Multi-Species Approach (NOAA NURC, with A. Baco-Taylor)
    2003 Collaborative Research: Investigation of a new class of hydrothermal systems- The Lost City Hydrothermal Field: A peridotite-hosted, off-axis system at 30 deg N on the Mid-Atlantic (NSF MG&G; with D. Kelley)
    2004 Collaborative Research: Hydrothermal Ecosystem Response to Magma Supply and Crustal Thickness Gradients along the Galapagos Spreading Center, 89.5-94W. (NSF G&G; BO; and NOAA OE)(R. Haymon UCSB collaborator)
    2004 Exploring New Patterns of Biological Succession at the Rosebud Hydrothermal Vents - Galapagos Rift (NOAA OE)(W. Seyfried, U. Minn.; J. Eisen, The Institute for Genomic Research, collaborators)
    2004 N New Molecular Tools to Examine Paleo-phylogeographic Responses to Climate Change: Ancient Coral Migrations in the North Atlantic (WHOI Ocean Life Institute & Ocean Climate Change Institute)
    2004 Ultrastructure of Hydrothermal Vent Foraminifers: Novel in situ Fixation Approach to Alleviate Sampling Artifacts (J. Bernhard, lead PI; WHOI Deep-Ocean Exploration Institute, equipment development)
    2004 Collaborative Research: Hydrothermal Processes on the Gakkel Ridge (NSF Polar Programs)(with R. Reeves Sohn)
    2004 Collaborative Research: New Methods for the Exploration of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents with Multiple Autonomous Underwater Robotic Vehicles (NSF Instrumentation)(with Hanu Singh)
    2005 Exploring Interactions Between Deep-Sea Chemosynthetic Habitats in New Zealand (NOAA OE)(with Amy Baco-Taylor, Ashley Rowden, Craig Smith, Lisa Levin)
    2005 Collaborative Research: Challenger Deep and Trench-Related Processes; Reconnaissance
    Studies with WHOI's 11 km-Capability Hybrid-ROV (with Patty Fryer; NSF BO and G&G)
    2005 Stepping Stones Across the Atlantic: Exploring Pathways and Barriers to the Dispersal and Evolution of Deep-Sea Corals and Associated Fauna (with Jess Adkins; NOAA OE)
    2005 Collaborative Research: The Generation of Geo-referenced Video Mosaics in Support of Submersible and ROV Operations (with L. Mayer; NSF G&G)
    2005 CenSeam: a Global Census of Marine Life on Seamounts. A proposal for a new CoML field project (3 formal PIs and steering committee; Sloan Foundation)(M. Clark, K. Stocks, A. Rowden
    Technical Reviewer

    Biological Bulletin

    Cahiers de Biologie Marine

    Conservation Genetics

    Deep-Sea Research

    Hydrobiologia

    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

    Limnology and Oceanography

    Limnology and Oceanography Methods

    Marine Biology

    Marine Ecological Progress Series

    Molecular Biology and Evolution

    Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

    Science

    The Journal of Heredity

    Zoological Science

    NSF Biological Oceanography

    Natural Environment Research Council (UK)


     Society Memberships
    American Association for the Advancement of Science
    American Geophysical Union
    Genotoxicity and Environmental Mutagen Society
    Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
    Society of Systematic Biology
    Sigma XI, The Scientific Research Society

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