My research focuses on control of crustacean reproduction related to hormones and stress (physiological, thermal, density).

I study the biomechanics and neural control of swimming in fishes. My research addresses two broad questions. First, how do fishes produce the forces that propel them forward and enable them to maneuver so effectively? And second, how do they control their locomotion in the face of a complex and variable environment? The ultimate goal of this research is to develop general principles to understand how fishes swim and maneuver stably yet effectively, and how these principles have affected the evolution of the body plan of fishes and vertebrates as a whole.

I studied biology and physics as an undergraduate at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, then did an M.Phil. in Zoology at Cambridge University under Charlie Ellington, and a Ph.D. at Harvard University with George Lauder studying the fluid dynamics of swimming eels. My postdoctoral work was in Neuroscience at University of Maryland, College Park, where I worked on neural control of swimming in lampreys, followed by a research scientist position at Johns Hopkins University, where I worked with Noah Cowan and Eric Fortune on electrosensory processing in knifefishes. I started as an Assistant Professor at Tufts University in 2012.

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I am a disease, ecosystem, and quantitative ecologist. His research focuses broadly on within-host community ecology and the role of infection in host behavior and physiology. I employ a variety of field, laboratory, and modelling approaches to better understand the transmission and ecological importance of disease across biological scales.

I carry a BS from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, an MS from the University of Minnesota Integrated Biosciences program, and a PhD from Purdue University. After completing my doctorate, I did a Post Doc at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and taught for two years at Crown College in central Minnesota. I am currently a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University Mankato focusing on Parasite Ecology and Invertebrate Zoology. I often work with undergraduate and Master's level researchers.

My current work uses thermal death time models and microhabitat description to assess the risks of extreme heatwave events on invertebrate mortality events. This includes projects building thermal death time models for intertidal oysters, describing thermal microhabitats on shallow reef environments, and forecasting mass mortality in gorgonian corals across broad spatial scales.

I am broadly interested in systems-modelling approaches that combine body temperature modeling and physiological rates into predictions of vital rates and demography. I am also active in the ecological forecasting community, and I advocate for integration of real-time data and uncertainty quantification in predictions about future ecological states.

I am a PhD candidate in Marine Biology at the University of New Hampshire in the Quantitative Marine Ecology Lab. I earned my MSc in Environmental Conservation from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2021, where I worked on describing intraspecific variation and local adaptation in marine snails across environmental gradients. I earned my Bachelors from Bowdoin College in 2016. I was a 2021 Knauss Marine Policy Fellow in NOAA Fisheries.

During my career up until recently, I have been focusing on how animals respond to environmental stressors and how their responses are shaped by developmental environments. However, as several reviews pointed out, how animals respond to stressors and their fitness outcome depends on multiple factors, making it difficult to develop a predictive model of stress and consequences. Recently, I have developed a theoretical model of stress called Damage-Fitness Model which aimed to circumvent the context dependency of stress responses and focus on downstream effects of stress responses. My goal of the next few years is to turn this theoretical model into a mathematical model. Because I have no training in modeling, I have started some collaboration towards this goal and this workshop will help provide necessary background in modeling to pursue this goal even further.

Our lab studies how animals modify their phenotypes in response to environmental cues through phenotypic flexibility and developmental plasticity. Recently, we are interested in physiological mechanisms behind stress resilience and the role developmental environment plays in building stress resilience later in life. My training is in neuroendocrine response to stress and our lab is expanding our exploration into cellular stress responses, including heat shock proteins and antioxidants.

Environmental variability can range from daily to decadal time scales. Many forms of environmental variability shape ecosystems, and, consequently, the human communities that depend on them. Understanding this variability and managing in the face of uncertainty is critical for ecosystem management. This is especially true in the context of climate change, where many environmental factors (e.g. droughts) are expected to intensify and occur more regularly. Dr. White's work focuses on these ideas in the context of species monitoring and the management of ecosystems, including coral reef fisheries.

Dr. Easton White is a quantitative ecologist working to solve problems in ecology, conservation, sustainability, and ecosystem management. His current projects include designing protected area networks, optimizing species monitoring, and modeling coupled socio-ecological systems. He is a Research Associate in the Biology Department at the University of Vermont. You can read more about his work on his website: https://eastonwhite.github.io/

I study how thermal variability impacts phenotype and fitness across taxa and focus on temperature-dependent physiology during formative life history stages, namely development and reproduction. My research provides critical insight into the mechanisms that may underlie responses to climate change by enhancing the resolution with which we understand the impact of temperature on organisms.

I am an eco-physiologist broadly interested in how the environment generates phenotypic diversity. My research focuses on how temperature mean and variation affects physiology and behavior across an individual’s lifetime. I currently work as an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Tennessee and utilize dung beetles as a model system of developmental plasticity.