Dave Caron
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DAVID A. CARON
Professor
Dept. of Biological Sciences
University of Southern California
Phone: (213) 740-0203
Fax: (213) 740-6720
Email: dcaron@usc.edu
Curriculum
Vitae |
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| Research
Interests |
| Marine and freshwater microbial
ecology, with emphasis on the trophic relationships between protists
(microalgae and protozoa) and other planktonic and benthic
microorganisms. Recent research programs have focused on the
distribution, feeding ecology, respiration and nutrient regeneration of
bacterivorous and herbivorous protozoa, the ecology of harmful algae,
the physiology of Antarctic protists, feeding and growth of
phagotrophic (mixotrophic) microalgae, and the development of molecular
biological approaches for studying the ecology of free-living
microorganisms. |
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| Educational
Summary |
1984
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Ph.D. Massachusetts Inst. of
Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.,
Joint Program in Biological Oceanography |
| 1977 |
M.S. University of Rhode Island,
Oceanography |
| 1975 |
B.S. University of Rhode Island,
Microbiology |
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| Employment
History |
| 1999 - Present |
Professor, University of Southern
California. |
1975 - Present
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Field research at field stations in
Bermuda (BBSR), Jamaica (DBRS), Barbados (BRI), Catalina Island (USC
marine station), Caribbean Marine Research Center (LSI, Bahamas). |
| 1975 - 1999 |
Participation on 24 major research
cruises. |
| 1997 - 1999 |
Senior Scientist, WHOI. |
| 1993 - 1997 |
Associate Scientist with tenure, WHOI. |
| 1989 - 1993 |
Associate Scientist, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution. |
| 1985 - 1989 |
Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution. |
| 1984 - 1985 |
Associate Research Scientist,
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University. |
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| Selected
Publications |
Caron, D.A., P.D. Countway and M.V.
Brown. 2004. The growing contribution of molecular biology and
immunology to protistan ecology: molecular signatures as ecological
tools. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 51: 38-48.
Gobler, C.J., G.E. Boneillo, C.J. Debenham and D.A. Caron. 2004.
Nutrient limitation, organic matter cycling, and plankton dynamics
during an Aureococcus anophagefferens bloom. Aquatic Microb.
Ecol. 35: 31-43.
Gast, R.J., Dennett, M.R. & D.A. Caron. 2004. Characterization of
Protistan Assemblages in the Ross Sea, Antarctica by Denaturing
Gradient Gel Electrophoresis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 2028-2037
Caron, D.A., M.R. Dennett, D.M. Moran, R.A. Schaffner, D.J. Lonsdale,
C.J. Gobler, R. Nuzzi and T.I. McLean. 2003. Development and
application of a monoclonal antibody technique for counting Aureococcus
anophagefferens, an alga causing recurrent brown tides in the
mid-atlantic United States. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 5492-5502.
Caron, D.A. 2001. Protistan community structure. In: Hurst, C.J.,
Knudsen, G.R., McInerney, M.J., Stetzenbach, L.D. and M.V. Walter
(eds.). Manual of Environmental Microbiology, Section IV, ASM Press,
Washington, D.C., pp. 378-389.
Caron, D.A. 2000. Symbiosis and mixotrophy among pelagic
microorganisms. In: Kirchman, D.L. (Ed.), Microbial ecology of the
oceans, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, pp. 495-523.
Caron, D.A., E.L. Lim, M.R. Dennett, R.J. Gast, C. Kosman and E.F.
DeLong. 1999. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the heterotrophic
chrysophyte genus Paraphysomonas, and the design of
rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for two species. J. Phycol. 35:
824-837.
For a complete list of publications, please go here. |
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| Professional
Memberships |
American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography
Society of Protozoologists
American Society for Microbiology
The Oceanography Society
Estuarine Research Federation |
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| Honors
and Awards |
Mary Sears Endowed Chair for
Excellence in Biological Oceanography (Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution)
Seymour Hutner Award (Society of Protozoologists)
President, International Society of Protistologists, 2004-2005 |
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| Editorial
Advisorship/Editorial Board Service (Past & Present) |
Aquatic Microbial Ecology (present:
Deputy Managing Editor; North America)
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology (present)
Marine Ecology Progress Series (past)
Microbial Ecology (past)
Applied & Environmental Microbiology (past)
Limnology & Oceanography (past)
Presently ad hoc reviewer for approximately 15-20 other journals |
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