Douglas G. Capone, p. 1
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:Douglas G. Capone
Address:Department of Biological Sciences
Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Southern California
3616 Trousdale Parkway, AHF 108,
Los Angeles, California90089-0371
Tel: 213-740-2772 Fax: 213-740-6720
E-mail:
URL: (Google: Capone Lab)
Birth:30 April 1950
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Marine Sciences, December 1978. RosenstielSchool of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Miami, Florida.
B.S., Biology, December, 1973. Univ. of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
----, Biology, 1967-1970. SetonHallUniversity, So. Orange, New Jersey.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chair, 2007- present. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (70 tenure/tenure track faculty in 4 research sections: Marine Environmental Biology, Molecular & Computational Biology, Neurobiology and Human & Evolutionary Biology).
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Wrigley Professor of Environmental Biology, 1998-present. Department of Biological Sciences & Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Director, Marine Environmental Biology Section, 2003- 2006.
Adjunct Professor 1999-2006; Professor, 1989-1999; Associate Professor, 1987-1989. University of MarylandCenter for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, MD, Solomons, MD.
Adjunct Professor, 1990-1993. Associate Professor, 1986-1987; Assistant Professor, 1984-1986; Assistant Research Professor, 1979-1984. MarineSciencesResearchCenter, SUNY at Stony Brook.
Research Collaborator, 1984-1991. Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Marine biochemistry, microbiology, biogeochemistry and microbial ecology.
The microbial ecology of nitrogen transformations.
Pollutant impact on the microbiota of marine sediments and the role of microorganisms in environmental detoxification.
HONORS & AWARDS
Association for the Sciences of Limnol. & Oceanog., Sustaining Fellow, 2016.
USC Dornsife College Senior Raubenheimer Award, Dec 2015.
Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied & Environmental Microbiology, Am. Soc. Microbiology, May 2014
Fellow, California Academy of Sciences, Jun 2008
Fellow, American Geophysical Union, Feb 2008
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Fellowship, Sep 2006-Feb 2007
Fellow, AmericanAcademy of Microbiology, 2004
Antarctic Service Medal, 2001
Wrigley Chair of Environmental Biology, USC, 1999-present.
MEMBERSHIPS
American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Geophysical Union, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography; American Society for Microbiology; Estuarine Research Federation
INVITED TALKS
University of Georgia, Marine Sciences Institute, 17 Oct 2016
Rutgers University, Symposium on Ocean & Evolution of Earth’s Biogeochemical Cycles, Apr 2016.
Workshop on Modelling Marine Nitrogen Fixation, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2016.
Center for Microbial Oceanography Research & Education, U Hawaii, Nov. 2015.
National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium Taiwan,Institute of Marine Biotechnolology, Oct 2014.
National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. Visiting Scholar.Oct. 2014.
Dupont Award Talk, Annual Meeting Am. Soc. Microbiology, Boston, May 2014.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, March 2014
Tiburon Laboratory, S.F. State University, March 2014.
UC Irvine, Earth Systems Science Department, Nov 2013
GESAMP Workshop on Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen and Its Impact on Marine Biogeochemistry, Norwich, UK, Feb 2013.
COSEE Aquarius Program Concept Mapping Workshop, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 9 Nov 2012.
The Skujins Lecture (Plenary), Int. Soc. of Environmental Biogeochem., Istanbul, Turkey, Sep. 2011.
Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas (CICIMAR), LaPaz, Mexico. Jun 2011. Visiting Scholar.
U.C. Davis, Dept. of Ecology & Evol. Jan 2011
Cornell University, Depts of Ecol. and Microbiol., Sept 2010
USC MEB Section Seminar Series, Sep. 2010
International Center for Theoretical Physics (Trieste) Workshop on Biogeochemical Impactsof Climate and Land-Use Changes on Marine Ecosystems Nov 2009
Agouron Institute N Cycle Symposium, Scottsdale, AZ, Oct 2009
COSEE Teachers Workshop, Marine Microbes, Marina Del Rey, Jun 2009
Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, Townsville, Australia, Sep 2008
COSEE Informal Educators Workshop, Ocean Institute, Dana Point, Aug 2008
American Geophysical Union Joint Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl, May 2008
COSEE Teachers Workshop, Climate Change talk, Catalina, May 2008
Marine Nitrogen Workshop, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Vancouver, Jan 2008
PortlandStateUniversity, IGERT Program, Jan 2008
RutgersUniversity, Institute of Marine & Coastal Sciences, October 2007
American Society of Microbiology Colloquium, May 2007
Agouron Foundation Workshop, San Francisco Apr. 2007
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, ColumbiaSectionUniversity, March 2007
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Colloquium, Columbia University, March 2007
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Brest, France, Feb. 2007
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, Jan 2007.
Leibniz-Institut fuer Meereswissenschaften, KielGermany, Jan 2007
SOLAS workshop on Anthropogenic Nitrogen Impacts on the OpenOcean, Warwick, UK, Nov. 2006.
Laboritoire d’Oceanographie du Villefranche, France, Oct 2006
SIBER Workshop on Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry, Goa, India, Oct. 2006
Ecological Society of America, Symposium on multiple resource limitation to ecosystem function in terrestrial, aquatic and marine ecosystems, Aug. 2006
San Francisco 3rd Annual Ocean Film Festival & Explorers Club, Jan. 2006.
International Symposium on Marine Cyanobacteria, Stockholm, Sweden. Aug 2005
Workshop on Significant Processes, Observations and Transformations in Oceanic Nitrogen (SPOT-ON), Warnemunde, Germany, Jun 2005
ASLO Summer Meeting, Marine N2 Fixation Symposium, Jun 2005
Harvey Mudd and the ClaremontColleges, Apr 2005
Cal.StateFullerton, Nov. 2004
Physics Dept. Colloquium, USC, Nov 2004
NationalCenter for Atmospheric Research, Junior Faculty Forum, June 2004
Int. Symposium of Environmental Biogeochem. Japan, Sept. 2003
UCLA, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology. Mar 2003
StanfordUniversity, Oceans Seminar. Feb 2003
USC, Antarctic Research Forum, Oct 2002
USGS, Menlo Park. Water Resources. Nov 2002
University of Maryland, Earth System Sciences Interdisciplinary Center, Oct 2002
OldDominionUniversity, Oceanography Department, Sep 2002
University of California, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Mar 2002
University of California, Irvine. Dept.of Earth Systems Science. Nov 2001.
North Pacific Marine Sciences Organization (PICES), Oct 2001
Southern California Academy of Science, May 2001
University of Virginia, Dept. of Environ. Sciences, Oct 2000.
Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, "Marine N2 fixation", Oct 1999
Crary Lab., McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Jan 2000.
GeorgiaTechUniversity, Atlanta, GA. May 1999.
Renssalear Polytechnic Institute, "An evolving view of marine N2 fixation", Oct 98
Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, "The evolving view of marine N2 fixation", Sep. 98
University of Auckland, Marine Sciences, "N2 fixation and the marine N cycle" May 98
International Symposium on Marine Cyanobacteria, Paris, France, Nov 1997
U. So. California, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Mar 1997
College of William and Mary, VIMS, Mar 1997
Symposium on Oceanic N Cycle, Winter ASLO Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, 1997
Presidential Symposium, Fifth Biennial Meeting of Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, AmeliaIsland, FL, May 1996
International Workshop on Response of Coral Reefs to Global Changes, Tsukuba, Japan, Mar 1996
Symposium on Marine Botany of the Eastern Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Dec 1995
Int. Symposium of Environmental Biogeochem. RiodeJaniero, Sept1995
ASM Annual Meeting, May 1993
Univ. of Conn., AveryPoint, Dec 1991
ERF Biennial Meeting, San Francisco. Oct 1991
Benedict Estuarine Research Lab., Dec 1990
Horn Point Environ. Lab., U. Md., Oct 1990
Seminar on Greenhouse Gases, Annual Meeting Am. Soc. Microbiol., CA, May 1990
Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, May 1990
Dept. Botany, U. Md @ College Pk., Apr 1990
Dept. Microbiol., U. Md @ Baltimore, Mar 1990
EPA Trace Gas Workshop, Athens, GA., Oct 1989
Nitrogen Cycling in Coastal Waters Symposium, Aarhus, Denmark, June 1989
Unusual Microbial Habitats Symposium, ASLO/AGU Meeting, Dec 1988
Submarine Groundwater Discharge Symposium, ASLO/AGU Meeting, Dec 1988
Planktonic Diazotroph Symposium, ASLO/AGU Meeting, Dec 1988
OldDominionUniversity, Oct. 1988
ERF Symposium, Estuarine Processes, Oct. 1987
Symp. on Micro. Methods in Microbial Ecol., ASLO, Jun 1987
Symp. on Groundwater Studies, ASLO, Jun 1987
Symp. on Nutrient Cycling on Coral Reefs. ASLO/AGU, Dec 1986
Horn Point Environ. Lab., U. MD, May 1986
Dept. of Natural Sciences, SUNY, Purchase, Apr 1986
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, U.MD., Feb 1986
Symposium on Marine/Freshwater Comparisons, Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 1985
Conf. on N Cyc. in Mar.Coast. Environ. U. of Aarhus, DK, June 1985
U. of Rhode Island, Grad. Sch. Oceanogr., May 1985
Hudson River Foundation Panel Meeting, Oct 1984
Shoals Marine Laboratory, Appledore Is., ME, 1984
Oregon State Univ., Sch. of Oceanogr., June 1984
Symp. on N Fix. in Aq. Habitats. ASLO Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., 1984
Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, U. New Hampshire, May 1984
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Marine Science, U. Puerto Rico, Nov 1983
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Phys., Harvard U., 1983
EPA Narragansett Laboratory, Apr. 1983
Univ. of Mass., Boston. Apr. 1980
5th Biennial Estuarine Research Federation Conference, 1979
Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory, Nov 1978
SCHOLARLY SERVICES
Scientific Advisory Board,Ecosystem Impacts of Oil & Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG) program of the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. 2014-present.
Guest Editor, 2016. Biogeosciences Special Volume on the VAHINE: VAriability of vertical and tropHIc transfer of diazotroph derived N in the south wEst Pacific.
Board of Editors, mBio, Am. Soc. Microbiology on line open access journal, 2011-present.
Co-Chair, ASLO Aq. Sciences Meeting, Granada, Spain, Feb. 2015. #109, Urban Coastal Systems in a Changing Ocean
Co-Chair, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, Feb. 2014. #047, Natural and Anthropogenic Changes in Coastal Ecosystems and Their Impact on Human Welfare
Editor, Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 2007- present.
Member, Faculty of 1000, 2008- present
Review Panel, NASA The Science of Terra & Aqua: Sensor Fusion Panel, Rockville, Md., Sep 2013.
Principal organizer, Colloquium at USC, Human Dimensions and Ocean Health in a Changing Climate, March 12, 2013.
Principal organizer, Workshop Inside Out: Modeling and Monitoring Climate Change in the Southern California Bight Workshop, USC, Oct. 3, 2012.
Participant and presenter, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) International Workshop on Coastal Cities, Climate Change and Sea Level Rise,UCSanDiego,September5–7,2012.
Participant, Communicating Climate Change Summit 2012, National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD, Apr 2012.
Review Panelist, Centers of Excellence in the GeoSciencesInitiative, German NSF (DFG), Berlin, Jan 2012.
Principal Organizer, Climate Change in the Southern California Bight Symposium, USC, October 19, 2011
Co-Chair. Aquatic Sciences Meeting of ASLO, San Juan, Feb 2011.Urban Aquatic Systems in a Changing Climate
ASLO Nominating Committee, 2010.
Principal Organizer, Networking Workshop on Climate Change in the So. Cal. Bight, USC, Oct 2010
Chief Scientist, RV Atlantis (WHOI) cruise AT 15-61 Jan 28, 2010 - Mar 3, 2010, Eastern Tropical South Pacific
Workshop on the Marine Nitrogen Cycle, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Vancouver, Jan 2008
Editorial Board, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1993- 2003.
Editorial Board, Global Change Biology, 2000- 2006.
ALSO Ethics Committee, 2006-2009
Secretary, Executive Board, Int. Symp. on Environ. Biogeochem., 1997-2007
Workshop participant, SOLAS workshop on Anthropogenic Nitrogen Impacts on the OpenOcean, Warwick, UK, Nov. 2006
Workshop participant,SIBER Workshop on Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry, Goa, India, Oct. 2006
NASA SIMBIOS Project Science Team Member. 1997- present
Co-Chair, Natural Sciences and Engineering sub-committee, USC University Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure. 2004-2006
Member, Natural Sciences and Engineering sub-committee,USC University Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure. 2001-2004
Session Organizer, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Mar 2008. #092. Nitrogen Supply in the Oligotrophic Ocean
Session Organizer, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Feb. 2006
Session Organizer, Summer ASLO Meeting, Jun 2005
Session Organizer, ASLO Meeting, Salt Lake City, Feb. 2005
Panelist, Public Discussion on Microbiology, Long Beach Aquarium, June 2004
Chief Scientist, RV Roger Revelle, 5 Aug to 23 Aug 2003. Honolulu to Honolulu.
Chief Scientist, RV Kilo Moana, 22 Sep to 17 Oct 2002. Honolulu to Honolulu.
Session Organizer, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Hawaii, Feb. 2004
Session Organizer, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Hawaii, Feb. 2002. Biocomplexity/The PIRANA and MANTRA Programs and Marine Nitrogen Fixation
Member, NSF Ocean Carbon Cycle Research working group 2000- 2005.
Member, US Surface Ocean/ Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) steering committee. 1999-2005. CoChair, Biogeochem Working Group.
Chief Scientist, R.V. Knorr. Biocomplexity in the Environment: MANTRA/ PIRANA Projects. 27 Jun to 24 Jul 2001.
Chief Scientist.R.V. Seward Johnson. Biocomplexity in the Environment: MANTRA/ PIRANA projects. 29 Jan- 21 Feb 2001.
Chair, NSF workshop on Ecological Determinants in Ocean Carbon Cycling (EDOCC), 1999-2000.
Session Organizer, ASLO/ AGUOcean Sciences Meeting. The new improved nitrogen cycle. San Antonio, Jan 2000.
Chief Scientist.R.V. Maurice Ewing. Continuing studies of oceanic N2 fixation, N. coast of Australia. 27 Oct to 29 Nov 1999.
Organizer and Host, US JGOFS Synthesis and Modelling (SMP) Program sponsored workshop on "Conceptual and practical issues in modelling oceanic N2 fixation", held at the Wrigley Laboratory, Catalina Island 27-30 Sep 1999.
Editor, Marine Microbiology and Microbial Ecology Section. Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, G. Bitton, Chief Editor. Wiley.
Chair, US JGOFS Synthesis & Modelling Program (SMP) working group on marine N2 fixation 1998-2002.
Chief Scientist, R.V. Roger Revelle, Continuing studies of oceanic N2 fixation, SW Pacific, 24 Mar to 29 Apr 1998.
Member, SCOPE working group on marine N2 fixation, 1998
Peer Review Panel, NSF Biological Oceanography 1998
Chief Scientist, R.V. Seward Johnson, Continuing studies of oceanic N2 fixation, So. N. Atlantic transect, 26 Mar to 24 Apr 1996.
Chief Scientist, R.V. Seward Johnson, Continuing studies of oceanic N2 fixation, So. N. Atlantic, 14 Oct to 10 Nov 1996.
International Committee, Int. Symp. on Environ. Biogeochem., 1995-2001
Peer Review Panelist, U. Conn. Biannual NOAA/NURP/NURC Review, Nov 1995
Nominations Committee, The Oceanography Society, 1995- 1997
Member at Large, Executive Board, Int. Symp. on Environ. Biogeochem., 1995-1999
Chief Scientist, R.V. Gyre, Texas A&M. 21 May to 19 Jun 1994, Trichodesmium studies, Tropical Atlantic Ocean.
Symp. Organizer, Ann. ASM Meeting, Molec. Approaches in Biogeochem., May 1994
Participant, NSF Workshop on Environmental Biogeochemistry, May 1994
Participant, ONR Workshop on Sediment Biogeochemistry, May 1993
Workshop Participant, Annual LMER Meeting, Tomales Bay, CA 1991
Session Chair & Organizer, Biennial ERF Meeting, Oct. 1991
Member, NSF Geosciences Pres. Young Invest. Panel, Jan. 1989, 1991
Organizing Committee, NATO Adv. Workshop on Trichodesmium, May 1991
External Review Panel, Water Res. Div., USGS, Ecol. Section, May 1990
Associate Editor, Biological Oceanography, 1989-1991
Member, Editorial Board, Microbial Ecology, 1989- 1993
Member, Director's Search, CEES, U. MD, 1989
Chairman, Faculty Searches, CBL, 1987, 1989
Peer Review Panel, NSF Polar Programs, Biology, 1988, 1989
Invited Participant, ASLO Land/Sea Interface Workshop, MBL, May 1987
Peer Review Panel, NSF Biological Oceanography, 1986
National SeaGrant Site Visit Team, U. DE., Oct. 1986
Peer Review Panel Member, NOAA/NURP (Hydrolab), Sep. 1984
Chairman, Marine Chemist/Geochemist Search Committee, MSRC, 1983
Chairman, Coastal Marine Scholar Search Committee, MSRC, 1982, 1984
Co-Chairperson, Peer Rev. Panel, EPA Chesapeake Bay SAV Prog. Oct. 1980
Invited Participant, IOCARIBE Workshop on Oceanog. and Fish., Nov. 1977
Journal Reviewer: Nature; Science; Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences; Limnology & Oceanography; J. Am. Chem. Soc.; Geobiology; Marine Ecology: Progress Series; Marine Biology; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Bulletin of Marine Science; Deep-Sea Research; Planta; Quarterly Review of Biology; Geochem. Cosmochem. Acta; J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.; Mar. Chem.; Mar. Environ. Sci.; Microb. Ecol.; J. Mar. Res.; Biogeochem.; Chem. Geol.; Ambio; Hydrobiologia; Water Resources Research; Appl. Environ. Microbiol.; Estuaries; FEMS Microbiology Ecology; J. Indust. Microbiol.; J. Biol. Rhythms; J. Phycology; Global Change Biology; Global Biogeochemical Cycles; Environmental Microbiology; Geophysical Research Letters; Aquatic Microbial Ecology (Others).
Grant Reviewer: NSF Biological Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, Polar Programs, Biotic Systems/ Ecology, International Programs, Environ. Eng.; NOAA, OMPA; NURP; Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island and National Sea Grant Programs; Hudson River Foundation, NASA Interdisciplinary Programs; Natural Environmental Research Council (U.K.); EPA Biotechnology Risk Assessment Program; USDA; (Others).
External Promotion Reviewer (recent): Boston U.,Stanford, Brown,U. Conn.,Princeton U. (Depart. & Presidential level), Clark U., TAMU, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Harvard, UCSC, UCLA, ODU, U. Mass., USC, U. Ala., U. Ga., FAU, FSU, Rutgers U., U. Va., (Others).
STUDENT ADVISING (As Major Advisor)
M.S.
John M. Budin, 1981Cynthia Dietz, 1982
Dwight Reese, 1982Ronald Kiene, 1984 (see below)
Julie McDaniel, 1985 James Bauer, 1984 (see below)
Robert Kerr, 1986 President, Kerr Environmental Services, Norfolk, Va.
Judith O'Neil, 1987 (see below)
Robert Ranheim, 1991, NYC Department of Environmental Protection
Mary Beth Beetham, 1996. Currently: Director of Legislative Affairs, The Fund for Wildlife, Washington, DC.
Jamie Krauk, 2000. Currently, Communications Officer, NOAA.
Amanda Liss, M.S. 2012.
Ph.D.
Jennifer Slater, 1986, presently, private scientific editorial consultant, Monterey, Ca.
Ronald Kiene, 1986, presently Professor of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Southern Alabama
James E. Bauer, 1989, presently, Professor of Marine Sciences, Ohio State University
Junko Kazumi, 1992, presently, Licensing Manager,Office of Technology Transfer, Univ. of Miami (previously Assoc. Dean for Research, Sch. Of Eng.)
Mark Marvin, 1995, presently Hydrologist, Water Resource Division, USGS
Judith O'Neil, 1995, presently Research Associate Professor, UM Center for Environmental Science
Kelly Cunningham, 1996. (Raising family)
Debra (Lonergan) Ellis, 1996, presently Assistant Professor of Biology, Univ. of Mass, Dartmouth
Margaret Mulholland, 1998, presently Professor of Oceanography (tenured), Old Dominion University
Kimberly Warner, 1998, presently staff scientist at Oceana (NGO), Washington, D.C.
James Burns, 2003. presently, Research Biologist, BioNavitas, Seattle, WA.
Juliette Finzi, Ph.D. 2006. presently, Research Hydrologist, USGS.
Jill Sohm, Ph.D. 2007.presently, Assisant Professor of Teaching USC..
Isabel Romero, Ph.D., 2009. presently, Assistant Research Scientist at U. So. Fl.
Kristin Riefel, Ph.D. 2009. Presently, postdoctoral Scholar, Oregon State University.
Laila Barada, Ph.D. 2013.
Michael Morando, Ph.D. 2017.
Yubin Raut, Ph.D. in prog.
RECENT STUDENT COMMITTEES (while at USC)
Sara Pruss, Ph.D. 2003 (Earth Sci.) Alessandro Grippo, Ph.D. 2003 (Earth Sci.)
Stan Teerman, Ph.D. 2004 (Earth Sci.) Ian Hewson, Ph.D. 2005 (MEB)
Maria Propenenko, Ph.D. 2003 (Earth Sci.)Carrie Holl, Ph.D. 2004. (Ga. Tech)
John Griffith, Ph.D., 2006. (MEB)Mike Schwalbach, Ph.D., 2006. (MEB)
Derek Shannon, M.S. (Earth Sciences)Rachel Schelble, Ph.D., 2006. (Earth Sci.)
Pedro Morenco, Ph.D. 2007. (Earth Sci.)Nathaniel Lorentz, Ph.D. 2007. (Earth Sci.)
Caterina Panzeca, Ph.D. 2007. (Stony Brook U.) Victoria Bertics, Ph.D. 2009. (MEB)
Gerardo Toro-Farmer, Ph.D.In prog.(Ocean Sci.) Ivona Cetinic, Ph.D. 2009. (MEB)
Joshua Steele, Ph.D. 2010 (MEB) Victoria Petryshyn Ph.D. 2013. (ES).