| Placement |
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Volunteer coordinator
NOAA/National Ocean Service
Special Projects |
| Education |
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2001-2008 |
Ph.D., Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
December 2008 |
2000 |
B.S., Microbiology & Environmental Biology, Michigan State University |
| Research |
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2001-2008 |
Ph.D. Dissertation, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA: The role of sediment
nitrogen fixation and denitrification in the nitrogen cycle of a highly eutrophic
southern California estuary |
| 2003 |
Graduate Research, La Parguera, Puerto Rico: Species Relationships as a Function of
Nutrients in Tropical Sea Grass Beds |
| 2002 |
Scientific Diving Certification, American Association of Underwater Scientists |
| 1996-2000 |
Research Assistant, United States Department of Agriculture
Sugar Beet and Bean Research Unit, Michigan State University |
| 1999 |
Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
UCLA: The Sea Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, as a Bioindicator of Human
Disturbance in a Coastal Ecosystem |
| Grants, Fellowships and Awards |
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2007 |
- UCLA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Special Faculty Award for Service
- UCLA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Symposium Poster Award
- UCLA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dissertation Fellowship Quarter
- UCLA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Conference Travel Funding
- Estuarine Research Federation Student Travel Grant
- Western Society of Naturalists Conference Travel Grant
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| 2006 |
- UCLA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Research Award
- UCLA Quality of Graduate Education Fellowship
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2005 |
- University of California Center for Water Resources Research Grant
($59,960; Award to Dr. Peggy Fong to support my dissertation research)
- UCLA Quality of Graduate Education Fellowship
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| 2003 |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship - Honorable Mention |
| 2002 |
UCLA Latin American Center Small Grant for Research |
| Teaching, Mentoring and Outreach Experience |
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Instructorships
- Teaching Assistant Training Course, UCLA. (4 times) 2003 - 2006
Teaching Assistantships
- Traditional courses (at UCLA unless stated):
- Life Science 15: Life, Concepts, and Issues (for non-science majors) 2003 & 2005
- Life Science 1: Evolution, Ecology, & Biodiversity (for majors) 2001, 2002 & 2004
- Introductory Marine Biology (for non-majors) 2002
2 Tonya L. Kane
- Marine Phytoplankton Physiology (upper-division for majors) 2002
- Intro. Microbiology Laboratory, Michigan State University 2000
- Field courses, UCLA:
- Marine Biology Quarters to Moorea, French Polynesia 2004 & 2006
- Marine/Field Biology Quarter to Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia 2005
- Workshops
- “Microteaching”, UCLA Teaching Conference 2006 & 2007
- “Grading Student Work”, UCLA Teaching Conference 2003
Mentoring
- Supervised eight (8) undergraduates on individual research projects, UCLA. 2004-2007
- Supervised 30+ undergraduates in gaining laboratory research experience, UCLA. 2001-2007
- Private Tutor, Marine Biology student from Occidental College, CA 2006
- Biology Session Leader, Program for Excellence in Education & Research in Science 2002
Marine Science Outreach
- Program Assistant, Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence – West (COSEE-West)
2007 & 2008
- Content Consultant, “Top Ten Ocean Issues”, Aquarium of the Pacific, CA 2007
- Guest Speaker, 4th grade biology class, US Army Garrison - Yongsan, Seoul, Korea 2006
- Workshop co-leader “Organisms & Their Environments”, COSEE-West 2003
Other
- Collect algal and invertebrate species (via SCUBA) for UCLA Biology courses 2005–2008
- Substitute Teacher (long-term), Spanish I – III, Almont High School, Almont, MI 2000
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| Research Presentations |
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| 2008 |
Kane, T. and P. Fong. Quantifying sediment nitrogen fixation and denitrification rates
and responses to abiotic characteristics of a eutrophic southern California estuary.
American Society of Limnology & Oceanography, Ocean Sciences Mtg., Orlando, FL. |
| 2007 |
Kane, T. and P. Fong. Quantifying rates and mechanisms controlling sediment nitrogen
fixation in intertidal mudflats of Upper Newport Bay Estuary, southern California.
Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Ventura, CA.
Kane, T. and P. Fong. Quantifying rates and mechanisms controlling sediment nitrogen
fixation in a eutrophic estuary. Estuarine Research Federation meeting, Providence, RI.
Kane, T. and P. Fong. Sediment nitrogen fixation in Upper Newport Bay Estuary,
southern California. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Research Symposium, UCLA.
Kane, T. and P. Fong. Sediment nitrogen fixation in Upper Newport Bay Estuary,
southern California. California Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Bodega Bay, CA. |
| Professional Service |
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| 2006 – 2007 |
Faculty-Graduate Student Liaison, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA |
| 2005 – 2007 |
Representative to Graduate Student Association (GSA), UCLA |
| 2004 – 2007 |
Representative to Biological Sciences Council, UCLA |
| 2006 |
GSA New Graduate Student Orientation session leader, UCLA |
| 2005 & 2006 |
GSA New Graduate Student Orientation Planning Committee, UCLA |
