(March 2017)
CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME Jelle Atema e-mail:
ADDRESS Boston University Telephone 617-358-4392 (office)
Biology Department 617-353-2432 (dept)
Marine Program 617-358-4588 (lab)
5, Cummington Street
Boston MA 02215
EDUCATION
Candidate University of Utrecht, Netherlands 1962 Biology
Doctorandus University of Utrecht, Netherlands 1966 Sensory Biology and Physics
Ph.D. University of Michigan 1969 Sensory Biology
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1984- Professor, Biology Dept, and Marine Science Program, Boston University.
2014- Professor, Neurobiology Program, Boston University.
2007- Adjunct Scientist, Biology Dept., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
2006- 2010 Adjunct Senior Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
1994-2010 Research Fellow, Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, Boston University.
1990-2004 Director, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole.
1974-1984 Associate Professor, Marine Program, Biology Department, Boston University.
1970-1974 Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Chemistry Department.
1966-1970 Research Associate, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Medical School.
1960-1966 Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Utrecht.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Fellow, Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation (Senior Research Prize), 1996
Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, 1987
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1976
Manheimer Lecture, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, 1986
Friday Evening Lecture, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 1982
First Annual Distinguished Lecture in Marine Neurosciences, University of Miami, FL, 2000
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998 Faculty, Workshop on Aquatic Chemical Ecology, Lund, Sweden.
1997 Guest Professor, University of Konstanz, Germany.
1996 Guest Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
1990 Co-Director, Short Course in Chemical Signals, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.
1984 Faculty Instructor, Shanghai, China. UNESCO International Training Course,
Chemoreception in Aquatic Organisms.
1982 Faculty Instructor, Kotor, Yugoslavia. UNESCO International Training Course,
Chemoreception in Aquatic Organisms.
1979-1980 Guest Professor, University of Regensburg, West Germany. Chemoreception and
behavior of crayfish.
1976-1977 Research Associate, University of Hawaii. Chemoreception and behavior of tuna.
1974-1983 Instructor-in-Chief, Behavior Course, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Society for Neuroscience
International Society for Chemical Ecology
International Society for Neuroethology
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (American Society of Zoologists)
Animal Behavior Society (Co-Chairman, N.E. Regional Meeting)
Association for Chemoreception Sciences (Freeman Award Committee 1982, 1985; Program Chair 1986;
Awards Committee 2006)
Crustacean Society (1980-1985)
European Chemoreception Research Organization
Marine Biological Laboratory, Member of the Corporation/MBL Society (1974- )
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Current:
Editorial Board, Primary Sensory Neuron, 1996-2006
MIT Sea Grant, Advisory Board, 1996-
Past:
Editorial Board, Marine and Freshwater Behavior and Physiology, 1995- 2016
Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 1988-1992
Editorial Board, Physiological Zoology, 1988-1992
Editorial Board, Sensory Processes, 1980-1982
Editorial Board, Behavioral Processes, 1978-1984
Guest Editor, OCEANUS Magazine, "Senses of the Sea", Fall 1980
Co-Editor, Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals, Springer Verlag, 1987-1988
Co-Editor, Proceedings International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste IX, 1987
Editor, Abstracts Chemical Senses, 1986
Co-Organizer, Northeast Animal Behavior Society Meetings, Woods Hole, 1979
Organizer, Symposium "Search Image", October 1979
Co-Organizer, Symposium on "Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals", Sarasota, June 1985
Co-Organizer, International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste, Snowmass,Colorado, July 1986
Organizer, Winter Animal Behavior Conference, January 1990
Organizer, Mini-symposium on Temporal Processing of Chemical Signals, AChemS 1994
National Science Foundation, Review Panel, Animal Sensation and Movement, 2006
National Science Foundation, Review Panel, Psychobiology Program, 1983-1985
National Science Foundation, Review Panel, Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, 1983
National Science Foundation, Task Group on Invertebrate Zoology Teaching, 1992
National Research Council, Committee on Improved Models for Toxicity Testing for Human Health Hazard Assessment, 1983
International Union of Physiologists, Glossary Committee, Chemical Senses, 1977-1980
Sea Education Association (SEA), Academic Advisory Council
Doreen Grace Brain Center, Scientific Advisory Board, 1989-2006
Northeast Marine Environmental Institution, Board of Directors
Masschusetts Bay Community College, Biotechnology Advisory Board
Boston University:
Marine Program Director, 1990-2004
Neurobiology Search Committee, 1990 (Chair)
Ecology Search Committee, 1990 (Chair)
Marine Biology Search Committee, 1993 (Chair)
Marine Program Director Search Committee, 1986
Biology Department Curriculum committee 1987-1990; 2010-
Chairman’s Advisory Committee, 1989-2003, 2006-2007
Graduate Committee, 1983-1987, 1990 –1996, 2000-2003
Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1986-1987, 1998-2003, 2012
Merit Review Committee, 1988-1998
Neurobiology Search Committee, 1979 (Chair), 1986
Ad-hoc Performance Review Committee, 1986-1988 , 2014-
College of Liberal Arts Curriculum committee 2014-
Neuroscience Director Search Committee, 1993
Ad- hoc Tenure Committee, 1979
University IACUC committee 2012-2017
Marine Biological Laboratory:
BUMP Director 1990-2004
Science Council, 1999-2004 (elected for two consecutive terms)
Interim Science Council, 1993
Trustee, 1985-1993 (elected for two 4-year terms)
Trustees Nominating Committee, 1990, Chair 1991
Trustees Facilities & Capital Equipment Committee, 1993-1996
Year Round Scientists Council (Co-Chair), 1988-1990 (elected)
Education Task Force 2001-2002
Research Services Committee, 1980-1984
Housing, Day Care and Food Services Committee (Chair), 1983-1989
Day Care Committee 1996-2000
Ad-Hoc Trustees Housing Committee, 1984-1985
Centennial Committee, Subcommittee on Cultural Events (Chair), 1986-88
Advisor, Futures-in-Science Program for High School Students, 1986
Pre-college Science Education, 1993
Computer Advisory Committee, 1993-1998
Seminar Committee (Chair), 1988-1989
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Performer:
MBL Centennial Concert with J.-P. Rampal and Colorado Quartet, 1988
Cape & Islands Music Festival, 1988
Soundfest (Colorado Quartet), 1991
Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, First Prize Music Competition, 1974,
Flute Soloist with Orchestra, 1974, 1988
BUMP-MBL Concert with Samuel Baron and Colorado Quartet, 1996
BUMP-MBL Concert with the Miro String Quartet, 1998
BUMP-MBL Concert and CD recording, 2001
Woods Hole Library Chamber Music Society: Annual concerts 1980-2002
MBL Annual Summer Concerts 1970-2005
Falmouth Chamber Orchestra, Conductor 1980-1985
Committee for Performing Arts Center, Falmouth, Chairman, 1982-1984
Massachusetts Council on Arts and Humanities, Panel Review, Judge
Falmouth Music Association, President, 1972-1973, 1982-1984
Falmouth Academy, Commencement speaker 1983, research project advisor 2000-
Falmouth Academy, Science Fair Judge, 1990-
Mullen-Hall Elementary School, Falmouth, guest lecturer and performer 1997-8
Winsor School, Boston, guest lecturer 1990
Cambridge School, Weston, guest lecturer 1993, panelist 2007
Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, guest lecturer 2005
(list not continued)
Woods Hole Children’s School of Science, in-class presentations and class visits to lab, each summer
Music Commissions:
1988 Laderman MBL suite
1991 Laderman ‘A single voice”
2015 Lampert “Nocturne” and “La Roque” (To be premiered with the Borromeo string quartet on 15 and 16 August 2017
OTHER RESEARCH
The roots of human culture: Reconstruction of the world's oldest musical instruments: a 53,000-year-old Neanderthal flute from Slovenia made from a cave bear femur, a 30,000-year-old deer bone flute from the Les Eyzies region and a 4,000-year-old vulture bone flute from the Ardeche region, both in France. Recordings on paleo- and neolithic flute reconstructions are in permanent exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History, New York and the Archaeological Museum of Florac, France. A lecture and press conference at the AAAS-2000 meetings in Washington, DC and a paper in SCIENCE magazine (Jan 5, 2001) resulted in world-wide press coverage in all the media. A book and museum exhibit on the subject are underway.
BioMusic: The sounds of Nature and the Nature of Sound. A national initiative to explore the roots of music in Nature's Sounds and to bring the information into the Middle School Curriculum.
Wild Music: A 2007-2008 exhibit at the Minnesota Science Museum in which the flute reconstructions play an important role. The exhibit is in the Boston Science Museum 2009-2010.
American Museum of Natural History: development and recording of Neanderthal bone flute interactive display
MAJOR RESEARCH GRANTS AWARDED (since 1984)
(from 1970-1983 uninterrupted research funding of about $100,000 annually from U.S. Government Agencies and Private Foundations)
1982-85 Whitehall Foundation Resolving power of narrowly tuned chemoreceptor $123,000
cells: signal detection in a noisy environment
1985-87 Whitehall Foundation Resolving power of narrowly tuned chemoreceptor $84,400
cells: signal detection in a noisy environment
1984-86 NSF BNS 84-13661 Sex pheromones and courtship in lobsters $36,760
1984-86 NSF BNS 84-11969 Chemical signal detection: physiological and behavioral $90,000
functions of chemoreceptors in a noisy environment
1985-88 NSF BNS 85-12585 Chemical signal detection: functions of $274,000
chemoreceptors in a noisy environment
1985-87 EPA Acid stress on chemically mediated behavior in crayfish $111,165
1987-88 Guggenheim Foundation Chemical signals $23,000
1988-92 NSF BNS 88-12952 Chemical signal detection: filter properties of $453,909
chemoreceptor organs
1992-1995 NSF IBN-9212650 Olfactory Sampling and Orientation in Turbulent $253,245
Odor Plumes
1991-1996 NIH 2P01NS25915-04A1 Chemical signals regulating social behavior $767,942
1993-1996 NSF IBN-9222774 Filter properties of chemoreceptor cells $325,824
1994-1997 NSF OCE-9315083 Characterization of aquatic odor signals used for $46,000
chemosensory orientation by marine crustaceans
1994-1997 NSF BES-9315791 Search strategies for locating underwater odor $290,944
sources: Robots and lobster.
1996 NOAA/MIT Sea Grant Robotic investigations of lobster chemoreception algorithms $9,999
1996-1997 NSF IBN-9642059 Filter properties of chemoreceptor cells $80,000
1996-1997 NSF IBN-9642059 REU: Filter properties of chemoreceptor cells $5,000
1996-1997 NSF BES-9641567 REU: Search strategies for locating underwater $10,000
odor sources: robots and lobsters
1997-1999 NSF IBN-9723542 Bimodel chemical and mechanical signal detection: filter
properties of chemo and mechanoreceptor cells $200,001
1998 NSF IBN-9723542 REU of filter grant $5,000
1996-1999 NSF IBN-9631665 Computational investigations of temporal odor $239,986
processing mechanisms to serve chemotactic
orientation: Olfactory guided orientation of the
American lobster Homarus americanus
1998-1999 NSF IBN-9631665 REU: Computational investigations of temporal odor $4,600
processing mechanisms to serve chemotactic
orientation: Olfactory guided orientation of the
American lobster Homarus americanus
1998-2000 ONR Odor Plume Tracing: Lobster-inspired algorithms $499,999
2000-2001 ONR Expanded scope of Odor Plume Tracing: Robot $118,794
testing in flumes at Cornell and Georgia Tech $124,000
2001-2005 NSF (IBN) Chemo-hydrodynamic signal detection $322,000
2003-2004 DARPA fish tracking and steering $599,990
2005-2008 NSF OCE-0452988 Collaborative research: Connectivity of Reef $247,049
Fish Populations; mechanisms and consequences
2007-2009 NOAA, Sea Grant The spread of lobster shell disease: genetic and social barriers $ 132,000
2009 NOAA, Sea Grant The spread of lobster shell disease: genetic and social barriers $ 16,715
2009-2012 NOAA S-K Connectivity between Offshore and Inshore Lobster Populations
in Southern New England: Genetics and Morphology $ 243,493
2009-2010 NSF IOS-0843440 REU supplement $ 4,000
2011-2012 NSF IOS-0843440 REU supplement $ 4,000
2009-2014 NSF IOS-0843440 Collaborative Research: Multisensory guidance of marine animal
navigation and prey capture
(No cost extension; 04/01/ 2013-03/31/ 2014) $ 295,939
2013-2014 Atlantic lobster SUSTAINABILITY FOUNDATION
Lobster population structure $ 25,000
CURRENT GRANT
2015-2018 NSF-OCE-Biology $1,231,459
The Role of Larval Orientation Behavior in Determining Population Connectivity. Buston, P. M., Atema, J., Paris, C. & Webb, J. (PM Buston lead PI, $612,355 allocated to work at BU)
CURRENT Courses
2015 - 2017 BI/NE 542 Neuroethology. NEW COURSE: second semester 4-credit course aimed at bringing upperclassmen and beginning graduate students to a high level of scientific proficiency. The students form teams that explore a neuroethological subject and develop it into a review paper via intense class discussions and presentations.
1984 - 2016 BI 563 (was 463/663) Sensory Biology: one-month intensive lab/research course for advanced undergraduate and graduate students; lectures, labs, research projects; behavior, (neurobiology), fluid dynamics.
Annual since 1974: Honors and Directed research for undergraduates (BI 391-2, BI 491-2, BI 401-2)
PREVIOUS COURSES:
2013-2014 CC106: Core Curriculum Natural Science: 50 freshman non-major students, lectures, discussions
1990-1994; 2007-2011 BI 260 Marine Biology: general introduction, 100 students; lectures, discussions.
1984-2006 BI 478/678 Experimental Biology: one-month internship in experimental design and research for 12 advanced undergraduate and graduate students, including data collecting, analysis and presentation.
1984-2002 BI 582 Graduate Seminars: current literature
1975-1990 BI 520 Sensory Biology of Aquatic Animals: graduate & advanced undergraduate course; 24 students; lecture, discussions, essays.
GRADUATE STUDENTS (year of Degree award)
Ph.D. M.A.
Stewart Jacobson 1978** Daniel Stenzler 1975
Charles Derby 1981** Mark Winston 1975**
William Langbauer 1982** Eric Garnick 1975+**
Bruce Bryant 1984** Linda Ashkenas 1979
John Heinen 1984** Leonor Botero 1980+**
Bruce Johnson 1985** Theodore Dourdeville 1981+**
Jacqueline Webb 1987** Dana Devine 1981+**
Paola Borroni Ferme 1987** Linda Handrich 1986
Diana Barshaw 1987** Sara Ellis 1987+*
Thomas Trott 1989** Frank Corotto 1989+**
Susan Wood 1989* Chong Chen 1989+
Paul Moore 1990** Nathaniel Scholz 1991+**
Kari Lavalli 1991** Anna Weinstein 1991
Carl Merrill 1991** Dan Lindstrom 1991+**
Diane Cowan 1992** Ilana Strubel 1991+
Charles Mazel 1993** Boris Bohachevsky 1992+
Simon Mosiach 1994** Kate Lindner 1993+
George Gomez 1994** Kim Wittenberg 1996
Gires Usup 1994** Claire Balint 1996+*
Christa Karavanich 1995** Ruth Herrold 1997+**
Paul Bushmann 1995** David Martel 2002
Lynda Farley 1997** Tracy Pugh 2002+
Jonathon Dale 2000 Erin Summers 2002
Vanessa Miller-Sims 2007** James Estrada 2002+
Nathan Rycroft 2015 Karen Morschauser 2003
John Majoris 2017 Molly Steinbach 2005
David Minkoff 2018 Jayne Gardiner 2006**
Kristin Radcliffe 2011
Ashley Jennings 2014
Adrienne Lohe 2016
+ continued in Ph.D. program elsewhere
* continued in postdoctoral position elsewhere
** professor/scientist elsewhere
RESEARCH FACULTY: Rainer Voigt (1993-1997, 1999-2001)
Frank Grasso (2000-2001)
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Rainer Voigt, Ph.D. University of Gottingen (1984-1993)
Ann Jane Tierney, Ph.D. University of Toronto (1985-1987)
Hortense Gerardo, M.D. University of Santo Thomas, (1989-90)
Thomas Breithaupt, Ph.D. University of Konstanz (1992-1994)
Jennifer Basil, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst (1992-1999)
Thomas Trott, Ph.D. Boston University (1994-1998)
Frank Grasso, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst (1994-2000)
Rod O’Connor, PhD. (2010-2012)
Distinction Students (Undergraduate Honors Thesis)
Jennifer Casterline 1990 Keith Bayha 1994
Nathaniel Scholz 1990 Heidi Wennemer 1994
Adele Pile 1991 Ann Leonard 1994
Kirsten Poling 1991 Liat Kaplan (Harvard U.) 1994
Matt Harris 1992 Sheila Patek (Harvard U.) 1994
Robert Ziemba 1992 Daphne Carlson 1995
Eric Annis 1992 Carla Guenther (WPI) 1996
Barbara Herr 1993 Heather Miller (WPI) 1996
Kara Yopak 2002 Brianna Lacarubba (Boston Coll) 2014
Margaret Johnson 2003 Michael Kowalski 2014
Debra Giglia 2005 Tori Hanley 2015
Daniel Hashimoto 2008 Jessica Kaplan 2017
Erin McDougal 2009 Tara Doherty 2017
Hillary Braverman 2010
Reena Clements 2013
Corinne Burns 2013
Margaret Bruce 2014
James Ferritto 2013
Katrina Catalano 2014
HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS
Senior Thesis:
Stacy Burns, Boston University Academy 2011-13
Oliver Newman, Falmouth Highschool 2009-2013
Catherine Biancchi, Falmouth Academy-2008-2012
Emily...2015 summer, Ohio
Hope Allison, Falmouth Academy 2012
Sami Robideau, Falmouth Academy 2012
Charley Colt –Simonds, Falmouth Academy 2014
Marissa Galat 2016
PUBLICATIONS
Primary Research Papers, Review Papers, and Book Chapters
1. Todd, J.H., J. Atema and J.E. Bardach. 1967. Chemical communication in social behavior of a fish, the yellow bullhead (Ictalurus natalis). Science 158:672-673.
2. Von Baumgarten, R.J., J. Atema, T. Hukuhara, M. Rocker. 1969. Behavioral responses to short periods of lowered gravitational force in blind goldfish. Space Life Sciences 1:554-564.
3. Atema, J. 1969. Chemical senses in feeding and social behavior of the catfish, Ictalurus natalis. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. of Michigan, 147 pp.
4. Atema, J., J.H. Todd and J.E. Bardach. 1969. Olfaction and behavioral sophistication in fish. In: Third International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste, C. Pfaffman, ed. Rockefeller University Press, New York, pp. 241-251.
5. Bardach, J.E. and J. Atema. 1971. The sense of taste in fishes. In: Handbook of Sensory Physiology, Volume IV, 2 "Chemical Senses: Taste", L.M. Beidler, ed. Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, pp. 293-336.
6. Atema, J. 1971. Structures and functions of the sense of taste in the catfish (Ictalurus natalis). Brain, Behav. Evol. 4:273-294.
7. Von Baumgarten, R.J., G. Baldrighi, J. Atema and G.L. Shillinger. 1971. Behavioral responses to linear acceleration in blind goldfish. Space Life Sciences 3:25-33.
8. Atema, J. and D.G. Engstrom. 1971. Sex pheromone in the lobster, Homarus americanus. Nature 232:261-263.
9. Todd, J.H., J. Atema and D.B. Boylan. 1972. Chemical communication in the sea. Marine Technol. Soc. J. 6:54-56.
10. Atema, J. 1973. Microtubule theory of sensory transduction. J. Theor. Biol. 38:l8l-190.