Joel L. Carlin: Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D., Fisheries. 2003. University of Florida (UF) Dept. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Advisor: William J. Lindberg. Dissertation Title: "Genetic variation at different taxonomic levels in the groupers (Osteichthyes, Serranidae: Epinephelinae)."

M.Sc., Zoology. 1995. Louisiana State University (LSU) Dept. of Zoology and Physiology. Advisor: David A. Good. Thesis Title: "Variation in long-tailed (Eurycea longicauda) and three-lined (E. guttolineata) salamanders."

B.S., Marine Biology. 1991. University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW).

Biology major, 1987-1989. Purdue University at Fort Wayne.


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Teaching Experience

Gustavus Adolphus College Department of Biology. 2006-present. Assistant Professor.

Bio 101 Principles of Biology (Fall 2006). A survey of all biology, from biochemistry, cell metabolism and genetics to development, evolution and ecology.

Whitman College Department of Biology. 2003-2006. Visiting Assistant Professor.

Biol 111 Biological Principles (Fall 2004, Fall 2005). A survey of biological chemistry, cell biology, genetics and mammalian physiology. Lectures included pre-exam reviews via case studies (e.g., phototropism, Burkitt's lymphoma). Laboratory skills included experimental design, basic statistics, writing lab reports, peer-reviewed presentations on scientific literature, and basic concepts in statistics.

Biol 172 Fish and Fisheries (Spring 2005, Spring 2006). A non-majors science course covering the evolution, physiology and ecology of fishes, as well as fisheries economics, law and management. Fisheries of Alaska, eastern Africa, Nova Scotia, Polynesia and Washington state were used as case studies. A laboratory section concentrated upon fish anatomy, physiology and evolution, including field trips and talks with state and tribal fisheries biologists.

Biol 278 Marine Biology (Spring 2006). A majors elective that stresses anatomical, physiological and biochemical adaptations to the marine environment. An optional laboratory is taught for a week at University of Washington's Friday Harbor Marine Laboratory (San Juan I., WA), which consists of intertidal sampling and subtidal trawling.

Biol 112 The Biological World (Spring 2005; half semester). A survey of organismal biology emphasizing diversity and adaptation; I taught the first half of both lecture and labs, introducing evolution and reviewing non-animal life. Required course for biology majors.

Biol 471 Island Biogeography (Fall 2004). A majors elective which combined lectures with discussions of Quammen's Song of the Dodo. Lectures explored floral and faunal insularism as well as experimental design in modern biogeography, featuring metapopulation theory, GAP analysis, phylogeography, MVPs, PVA, reserve design and phylogeography.

Biol 130 Conservation Biology (Fall 2003, Spring 2004). A lecture and laboratory course complementing the Environmental Studies program, providing a strong biological foundation to non-science majors. Essay writing was emphasized, as was the use of biology data for informed management practices. Labs were a mixture of field and analysis experiences.

Biol 205 Genetics (Fall 2003, Spring 2004; half semester each). I taught the non-molecular half of the lecture, including cellular, population, and evolutionary genetics and genomics within an evolutionary framework. Primary literature, popular science writing, examples from human medicine and biodiversity conservation supplemented the lecture material.

Biol 350 Evolutionary Biology (Spring 2004). Lectures covered a review of population genetics, hominid evolution and speciation theory. A third of course involved journal article discussion, and an optional field trip to John Day Fossil Bed National Monument was provided. Course emphasized experimental design and current issues in evolution.

University of Florida Honors Program / Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. 2003. Instructor.

WIS 2552H Global Perspectives in Biodiversity Conservation (Spring).

University of Charleston Grice Marine Biological Laboratory. 1997-1998. Associate Instructor.

Guest lecturer, Bio 600 Molecular Physiology. Service on textbook and student committees.

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University Summer Youth Program. 1995. Instructor.

Marine Biology (Lecture, lab).

Louisiana State University Dept. of Zoology and Physiology. 1992-1995. Teaching Assistant.

Bio 2153 Principles of Genetics.

Bio 1002 Introductory Biology for Biology Majors Laboratory.

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bowen BW, Bass AL, Muss AJ, Carlin JL and Robertson DR. 2006. Phylogeography of two Atlantic squirrelfishes (family Holocentridae): exploring links between pelagic larval duration and population connectivity. Marine Biology 149:899-913.

Morato T, Afonso P and Carlin JL. 2004. First record of scamp, Mycteroperca phenax, in the north-eastern Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84(1):281-282.

Carlin JL, Robertson DR and Bowen BW. 2003. Ancient divergence and recent connections in the tropical Atlantic reef fishes Epinephelus adscensionis and Rypticus saponaceous (Percoidei: Serranidae). Marine Biology 143(6):1057-1069.

Ball AO, Sedberry GR, Zatcoff M, Chapman RW and Carlin JL. 2000. Population structure of wreckfish (Polyprion americanus) determined using microsatellite genetic markers. Marine Biology 137(5-6):1077-1090.

Sedberry GR, Andrade CAP, Carlin JL, Chapman RW, Luckhurst BE, Manooch III CS, Menezes G, Thomsen B and Ulrich GF. 1999. Wreckfish (Polyprion americanus) in the North Atlantic: Fisheries, biology, and management of a widely distributed and long-lived fish. American Fisheries Society Symposium 23: 27-50.

Sedberry GR, Carlin JL and Ulrich GF. 1998. Movements of a pelagic-phase wreckfish, Polyprion americanus, as indicated by tag and recapture. Arquipelago 18: 69-72.

Carlin JL. 1997. Morphological and genetic differentiation between long-tailed (Eurycea longicauda) and three-lined (E. guttolineata) salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Herpetologica 53(2): 206-217.

Sedberry GR, Carlin JL, Chapman RW and Eleby B. 1996. Population structure in the pan-oceanic wreckfish, Polyprion americanus (Teleostei: Polyprionidae), as indicated by mtDNA variation. Journal of Fish Biology 49 (Supplement A): 318-329.


Other Publications

Carlin JL. 2003. Genetic variation among populations and species of epinepheline fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida. 101 pp.

Carlin JL. 2002. Evolution of cytochrome b in epinepheline fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae). Pp. 1-12 in (Howard K and MacKinlay D, eds.): Fish Performance: Studies in Fish Biology International Congress on the Biology of Fish. University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada.

Sedberry GR, Ball AO, Carlin JL, Chapman RW, Ulrich GF and Zatcoff MS. 1999. Stock structure in wreckfish, Polyprion americanus, determined by tagging and molecular genetic techniques. MARFIN Project Number NA57FF0290 Final Report. 69 pp.

Carlin JL. 1995. Variation in long-tailed (Eurycea longicauda) and three-lined (E. guttolineata) salamanders. MS Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. 68 pp.

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Selected Presentations

Student research and the conservation of margined sculpin. 2006. Walla Walla Watershed Council meeting.

Research at the moment of evolution. 2005. SigmaXi Walla Walla Chapter.

Choosing between grad schools, jobs, and ice cream. 2003. Environmental House, Whitman College, Walla Walla WA.

Groupers, the live reef fish trade, and wildlife forensics. 2003. Environmental House, Whitman College, Walla Walla WA.

Trade in live reef fish and endangered species products in Hong Kong. 2000. UF Marine Biology Club; UF Eco-Lunch Seminar Series; UF Dept. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Gainesville FL.

I got the hook-up: fishery biology and phylogeography of the wreckfish, Polyprion americanus. 1999. UF Marine Biology Club, Gainesville FL.

Fishery biology, life history and genetic stock structure of wreckfish, Polyprion americanus, in the North Atlantic Ocean. 1998. Depto. Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Azores. Horta, Azores, Portugal.

An introduction to Louisiana herpetofauna. 1997. Dept. of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston SC.

Voices in the night: frog calls. 1996. Urban Youth Volunteer Program. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago IL.

A tail of two salamanders: Variation in long-tailed (Eurycea longicauda) and three-lined (E. guttolineata) salamanders. 1995. Thesis defense. Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA.

Crocodiles: More than teeth and tail. 1995. Museum presentation. Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA.

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Mentorship

Whitman College Department of Biology. 2003-2006. Visiting Assistant Professor.

I served as research advisor for two Honors Senior Theses, five Senior Theses and six Independent Study projects, covering a range of topics from molecular genetics to plant conservation.

I mentored two undergraduate student presentations at professional conferences and nine oral presentations at Whitman Undergraduate Conferences.

I began and maintained a website and listserv detailing research grants, internships and jobs for undergraduates in biology and environmental science (especially but not exclusive to ecology, molecular genetics and evolution). Listserv currently sent to colleges in California, Florida, Washington and Canada.

University of Florida Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 1998-2002. Research assistant.

Mentored post-baccalaureate student research project.

University of Charleston Grice Marine Biological Laboratory. 1997-1998. Associate Instructor.

Thesis committee for R. Wingrove (M.S.,1999) on dolphinfish population genetics.

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Academic Service

Newsletter editor. 1999-present. The American Fisheries Society Genetics Section.

Editorial advisor. 2003-present. The American Fisheries Society Website Board.

Education committees, 2002-present. The American Fisheries Society, The Society for the Study of Evolution. Member, Association of College and University Biology Educators.

Manuscript reviews. Marine Biology, 2005; Conservation Biology, 2004; Contributions in Marine Science, 2001; Journal of Herpetology, 1997, 1999; Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 2001.

Panelist. 2004. Faculty workshop on Academic Job Search. Center for Teaching and Learning, Whitman College, Walla Walla WA.

Review of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-UK) project final reports. 2001. In conjunction with Dr. Robert Buschbacher, UF Dept. of Wildlife Ecology Conservation, Gainesville FL.

Scientific Meeting Presentations. 1989-present. Eleven presentations (incl. 2 posters) given to 9 national or regional meetings of professional scientific societies. Session co-chair, 2004, Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Recipient, 2001 ASIH Stoye Award for Best Student Paper in Genetics/ Morphology/Development session. Session chair, 2000, 8th Mid-Year Meeting of the Amer. Fisheries Society Southern Division.

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Public Service

Public Seminars. 1995-present. Eleven presentations given, incl.: Walla Walla Watershed Council, Whitman College Environmental House, UF Honors Program, UF Marine Biology Club, Univ. dos Azores, Field Museum of Natural History Urban Youth Volunteer Program, LSU Museum of Natural Science and others. A complete list is available upon request.

Alumni Educator. 2006. The biology and politics of high-seas fishing. Whitman College Summer College

Volunteer Labor. 2003-present. Tri-State Steelheaders Fisheries Enhancement Group, Walla Walla WA. Some of my work was featured in the Tri-City Herald, 30 Oct 2004: A1-A2.

Demonstration Artist. 2004, 2005. Public demonstrations of graphite/pastel techniques, Walla Walla Fair Fine Arts Gallery, Walla Walla WA.

Volunteer Docent. 2001-2002. Fishing For Success youth conservation education program. UF Dept. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Gainesville FL.

Volunteer Naturalist. 2000. Seahorse Key Marine Lab, Cedar Key FL.

Volunteer Educator. 1996, 1998. SC Dept. of Natural Resources Fishing Fair, Charleston SC.

Volunteer Docent. 1993-1995. LSU Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge LA.


Grants

Whitman College Perry Fund for Undergraduate Research. 2005. $5345

NASA Undergraduate Research Program. 2005. $3000

The PADI Foundation, Inc. 2001. $ 800

Int'l Women's Fishing Assoc. Ryan Kelley Scholarship Trust. 2000. $1000

PADI Project AWARE Foundation MicroGrant. 2000. $5000

ASIH Edward C. Raney Fund. 1999. $ 870

Int'l Women's Fishing Assoc. Ryan Kelley Scholarship Trust. 1999. $1000

Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid. 1999. $ 870

Int'l Women's Fishing Assoc. Ryan Kelley Scholarship Trust. 1998. $1000

Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid. 1993. $ 500

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Awards

Most Enthusiastic Faculty Award. 2005. Delta Gamma Sorority, Whitman College Chapter.

Stoye Award for Best Student Oral Presentation. 2001. The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

Jim Wright Graduate Award. 2001. American Fisheries Society Genetics Section.

Rottman Achievement Award for graduate student members. 1999. Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society.


Training

Overseas field experience (Azores, Bahamas, Hong Kong, Madeira, Mexico, Puerto Rico) collecting genetic and life history samples. 1996-2003.

Completed "Gene Expression analysis: Microarrays and Real Time PCR." 2001. Advanced molecular biology laboratory course. ICBR Education Core, Gainesville FL.

Completed SCUBA Certification, Open Water Diver. 2001. PADI.

Training in water quality sampling and electrofishing. 1999, 2000. UF Dept. of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Gainesville FL.

Reef fish life history sampling. 1995-1998. With Marine Resource Monitoring and Assessment Program (MARMAP), MRRI, SC Dept. of Natural Resources, Charleston SC.

Completed "Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics." 1997. Intensive training course, competitive entry. Smithsonian Institution/ NOAHS Center, Front Royal VA.

Training in curatorial techniques for vertebrates and tissues. 1992-1993. With David Good of the LSU Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge LA.

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