REFERENCE
Each
project advisor entry includes the following
information:
| Advisor
Name |
Telephone
number
|
E-mail
address
|
Position
title. Education history. Brief description
of current research specialties.
Where
appropriate, entries also include a sample RTP
research project description, the number and
name(s) of prior RTP participants hosted by
the advisor, and the publication(s) co-authored
by the RTP student/advisor team.
If
known, the annual availability is listed.
| Stephen
Cairns |
(202)
633-1765
|
cairnss@si.edu
|
Research
Zoologist, Curator of Cnidaria. B.A. (1971)
University of New Orleans; M.S. (1973), Ph.D.
(1976) University of Miami. Research specialties:
systematics, zoogeography, mineralogy, and phylogeny
of Neogene to Recent Scleractinia (deep
water and reef corals) and Stylasteridae (hydrocorals);
coral reef biology. Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Cairns has hosted 3 participants in the RTP:
Noah
Feinstein (1997)
- project summary
Santiago Herrera (2007)
- project
summary
Forest Gahn (1996)
- project summary
One
(1) scientific publication resulted from their
collaboration:
-
Feinstein, N. and S.D. Cairns. 1998. Learning
from the collector: a survey of azooxanthellate
corals affixed by Xenophora (Gastropoda:
Xenophoridae), with an analysis and discussion
of attachment patterns. The Nautilus
112(3): 73-83. - - ABSTRACT
| Allen
Collins |
(202)
633-0645
|
collinsa@si.edu
|
Zoologist,
National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics
Laboratory. B.A. (1987) Amherst College; Ph.D.
(1999) University of California, Berkeley. Research
specialties: systematics and evolution of sponges,
cnidarians, and other early diverging metazoan
groups. Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Collins has hosted 1 participants in the RTP:
Santiago
Herrera (2007)
- project
summary
| Kristian
Fauchald |
(202)
633- 1777
|
fauchald@si.edu
|
Research
Zoologist, Curator of Worms. Cand. Mag. (1959)
Cand. Real. (1961) University of Bergen; Ph.D.
(1969) University of Southern California. Research
specialties: Systematics, anatomy, morphology,
biogeography and phylogeny of marine polychaete
worms, worldwide. Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Fauchald has hosted 2 participants in the RTP:
Joana
Silva (1999)
- project
summary
Abigail Knee (2001)
- project
summary
There
have been no scientific publications resulting
from their collaborations.
Research
Zoologist, Curator of Mollusks. B.A. (1972)
Drexel University; M.S. (1978), Ph.D. (1982)
University of Delaware. Research specialties:
systematics and molecular biology of marine
bathyal and abyssal mollusks, worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology
Sample
project:
Dr.
Harasewych has hosted 3 participants in the RTP:
Amy
Adams (1994)
- project
summary
Stephanie Schroeder (2000)
- project
summary
James Umbanhower (1993)
- project
summary
There
have been no scientific publications resulting
from their collaborations.
| Robert
Hershler |
(202)
633-1747
|
hershler@si.edu
|
Research
Zoologist, Curator of Mollusks. B.A. (1975)
SUNY at Stony Brook; M.A. (1980), Ph.D. (1983)
Johns Hopkins University. Research specialties:
systematics, phylogenetics, biogeography, and
ecology of non-marine mollusks, worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project:
| W.
Duane Hope |
(202)
633-1775
|
hoped@si.edu
|
Emeritus
Zoologist, Marine Nematodes. B.A. (1957), M.S.
(1960) Colorado State University; Ph.D. (1965)
University of California, Davis. Research specialties:
systematics, comparative and functional ultrastructure,
and phylogenetic systematics of marine nematode
worms, worldwide. Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project: Identification of North
American marine nematodes using a compound light
and scanning electron microscopy.
Dr.
Hope has hosted 1 participant in the RTP:
Aniko
Sabo (1995)
- project summary
There
have been no scientific publications resulting
from their collaborations.
| Louis
Kornicker |
(202)
633-0666
|
kornicker@si.edu
|
Research
Zoologist, Curator of Crustacea. Adjunct Professor
in Biology, George Washington University. B.A.
(1941), B.S.Ch.E. (1942) University of Alabama;
M.A. (1954), Ph.D. (1957) Columbia University.
Research specialties: systematics, zoogeography,
and ecology of ostracod crustaceans, worldwide.
Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project: Describing new species of
marine ostracods from caves in the West Indies.
| Rafael
Lemaitre |
(202)
633-0667
|
lemaitrr@si.edu
|
Research
Zoologist, Curator of Crustacea. B.A. (1977)
Universidad J. Tadeo Lozano; M.S. (1981) Florida
International University; Ph.D. (1986) University
of Miami. Research specialties: systematics,
biology, and zoogeography of decapod crustaceans,
especially hermit crabs, worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project:
Research
Zoologist, Curator of Worms. B.A. (1973), M.S.
(1976) Acadia University; Ph.D. (1983) Northeastern
University. Research specialties: morphological
and molecular phylogeny, phylogeography, biogeography
and functional anatomy of nemertean
worms, worldwide; biology and zoogeography
of soft-bodied marine interstitial fauna, worldwide.
Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project:
Dr.
Norenburg has hosted 7 participants in the RTP:
Carlos
Bustamante (1994)
- project
summary
Rachel Harden (1996)
- project summary
Sarah Hood (1997)
- project summary
Svetlana Maslakova (1998)
- project summary
Chris Richards (1997)
- project summary
Mike Richberg (1993)
- project
summary
Aisha White (1992)
- project
summary
Three
(3) scientific publications have resulted from
their collaboration:
-
Norenburg, J.L., F. Crandall, and A. White.
1992. New supra-littoral hoplonemertines from
Florida. American Zoologist 32(5): 136A. -
- ABSTRACT
-
Norenburg, J.L., A.D. Rogers, C. Bustamante,
and J.D. Ferraris. 1996. Molecular phylogeny
in species of the nemertean genus Lineus.
American Zoologist 34(5): 97A. - - ABSTRACT
- Richards,
C.T., J.L. Norenburg, and F.C. Crandall.
1998. Phylogenetics, slime and the genus Pantinonemertes
(Nemertea). American Zoologist 37(5): 198A.
- - ABSTRACT
Senior
Research Zoologist, Curator of Echinoderms.
Associate in Invertebrates, Museum of Comparative
Zoology, Harvard University. B.A. (1960), M.S.
(1961), Ph.D. (1964) Victoria University, New
Zealand. Research specialties: systematics and
ecology of sea cucumbers and sea urchins, worldwide.
Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Dr.
Pawson has hosted 3 participants in the RTP:
Arden
Ashley (2004)
- project
summary
Elisa Maldonado (2000)
- project
summary
Tarra Speaks (1995)
- project summary
There
have been no scientific publications resulting
from their collaborations.
| Clyde
Roper |
(202)
633-1754
|
roperc@si.edu
|
Research
Zoologist, Curator of Mollusks. Adjunct Lecturer
in Biological Sciences, George Washington University.
Adjunct Professor, Institute of Marine Sciences,
University of Miami. Adjunct Scientist, Mote
Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.. B.A. (1959)
Transylvania University; M.S. (1962), Ph.D.
(1967) Institute of Marine Sciences, University
of Miami. Research specialties: giant
squid; systematics, zoogeography, development,
behavior, resource evaluation, and ecology of
cephalopods, worldwide; the deep sea. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project: morphology, life history
and distribution of juvenile squids of the Florida
Current. Giant Squid morphology and behavior
of deep sea cephalopods observed in situ
from submersibles.
Dr.
Roper has hosted 2 participants in the RTP:
Luisa
Falcon (1997)
- project summary
Sea McKeon (1997)
- project summary
One
(1) scientific publication has resulted from their
collaboration:
- Falcon,
L.I., M. Vecchione, and C.F.E. Roper.
2000. Paralarval gonatid squids (Cephalopoda:
Oegopsida) from the mid-North Atlantic. Proc.
Biol. Soc. Wash. 113:(2):532-541. - - ABSTRACT
| Klaus
Ruetzler |
(202)
633-1766
|
ruetzler@si.edu
|
Research
Biologist, Director, Caribbean
Coral Reef Ecosystems Program (CCRE). Matura
(1955) Realgymnasium, Vienna; Ph.D. (1963) University
of Vienna. Research specialties: systematics
and biology of sponges; marine ecology, especially
of Caribbean coral reefs and mangroves. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project: Re-evaluation of sponge
taxa from the South Atlantic Coast of the United
States.
Dr.
Ruetzler has hosted 2 participants in the RTP:
Michelle
Nestlerode (1998)
- project
summary
Reyna Romero (1998)
- project
summary
There
have been no scientific publications resulting
from their collaborations.
| Ellen
Strong |
(202)
633-1742
|
StrongE@si.edu
|
Research
Zoologist, Curator of Mollusks. B.A. (1991)
University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. (2000)
George Washington University. Research specialties:
Phylogeny of caenogastropods using morphological
and molecular data. Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project: Topics of current interest
include: 1) Evolution in ancient lakes: phylogeny
and morphological diversification of gastropods
in Lake Tanganyika, 2) Phylogeny and affinity
of the enigmatic Heteropoda - an unusual and
highly modified group of pelagic marine gastropods,
3) Phylogeny and monophyly of the Ptenoglossa
- a group of tiny (< 5 mm) predators and
parasites of marine cnidarians, echinoderms
and sponges, 4) The evolution of reproductive
isolation: a case study using the pulmonate
family Physidae.
Dr.
Strong has hosted 1 participant in the RTP:
Emily
Armgardt
(2006)
- project
summary
One
(1) scientific presentation resulted from their
collaboration:
Armgardt,
E. and E.E. Strong. 2007. Ontogenetic changes
in shell microstructure of freshwater gastropods
from Lake Tanganyika (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae).
SICB Annual Meeting, January 3-7, 2007, Phoenix,
AZ.
| Michael
Vecchione |
(202)
633-1751
|
vecchiom@si.edu
|
Systematic Zoologist, National
Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory.
B.S. (1972) University of Miami; Ph.D. (1979)
College of William and Mary. Research specialties:
systematics, development, biogeography, and
ecology of cephalopods and deep-sea biology.
Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
Sample
project: Ecological analysis of marine
nekton microhabitats based on deep-benthic photographs
from Antarctica.
Dr.
Vecchione has hosted 6 participants in the RTP:
Jennifer
Fairchild (1998)
- project
summary
Aspen Garry (1999)
- project
summary
Alfredo Gutierrez Amador (1995)
- project summary
Luisa Falcon (1997)
- project summary
Sea McKeon (1997)
- project summary
Johnas Wright (1999)
- project
summary
One
(1) scientific publication has resulted from
their collaboration:
- Falcon,
L.I., M. Vecchione, and C.F.E. Roper.
2000. Paralarval gonatid squids (Cephalopoda:
Oegopsida) from the mid-North Atlantic. Proc.
Biol. Soc. Wash. 113:(2):532-541.- - ABSTRACT
