Gina Marie Contolini
Gina.Contolini@wildlife.ca.gov
Google Doc CV (updated 7-2020)
EDUCATION
2019 Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of California Santa Cruz
Ecology of Population-level Trait Variation in Predators of Foundational Intertidal Mussels
2012 B.Sc. Biology with research concentration. Gonzaga University
Minor in Spanish language and literature. GPA: 3.98
APPOINTMENTS
2020– Kelp Management Extension Fellow, California Sea Grant & CDFW
2019– Environmental Consultant, Surf 2 Snow Environmental Resource Management, San Ramon, CA
2020 Instructor for Introduction to Field Research and Conservation, UC Santa Cruz
2020 Course Assistant for Ecology of Reefs, Mangroves, and Seagrasses, UC Santa Cruz
2019 Instructor for Invertebrate Zoology at UC Santa Cruz
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Contolini, G, Flores Miller, R, Ray, J. California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, and Bull Kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana. Enhanced Status Report. In revision
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. Intraspecific trait variation in marine predators alters structure and community of foundational habitat. Ecology. In revision
Contolini, G, Kroeker, K, Palkovacs, E. 2020. Population-specific differences in the effects of acidification on predator foraging traits. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 646:69-78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13406
Contolini, G, Reid, K, Palkovacs, E. 2020. Climate variability shapes population variation in dogwhelk predation on foundational mussels. Oecologia 192:553–564. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04591-x
Palkovacs, E, Moritsch, M, Contolini, G, Pelletier, F. 2018. Ecology of harvest-driven trait change and implications for ecosystem management. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16(1):20–28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1743
Collin, R, Kerr, K, Contolini, G, Ochoa, I. 2017. Reproductive cycles in tropical intertidal gastropods are timed around tidal amplitude cycles. Ecology and Evolution 7(15):5977–5991. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3166
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2020 California Sea Grant Extension Fellowship. $104,000
2018 Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Dissertation Year Fellowship. $39,189
2017 Conchologists of America Academic Grant. $1,328.19
2016 Future Leaders in Coastal Science Award. $20,000
2015 Katrina Martens (Cramer Fish Sciences) Student Poster Award. $200
2014 Friends of the Long Marine Lab Student Research and Education Award. $850
2014 Earl H. Myers & Ethel M. Myers Oceanographic & Marine Biology Trust. $1,000
2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention.
2010 Gonzaga Alumni Scholarship. $5,000
2010 NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship. $16,000
2008 Gonzaga University Trustee Scholarship. $48,000
MANAGEMENT REPORTS
California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, and Bull Kelp Nereocystis luetkeana, Enhanced Status Report. In preparation.
FURTHER TRAINING AND RESEARCH
2015 Graduate course: Special Topics in Advanced Ecology and Biomechanics: Ocean Acidification. University of Washington, Friday Harbor, USA
2013 Reproductive Timing and Seasonality of Natica Moon Snails. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of Panama
2012 Trophic Dynamics in the San Juan Channel during Fall 2012. University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington, USA
2011 Female Effects on Offspring Quality in Summer Flounder. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, USA
2011 Diagnosis and Management of the Blue Crab Fishery in Bahía Magdalena, BCS, Mexico. The School for Field Studies, Boston University, Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
2010 Evolution in biomaterials: a cost/benefit analysis of claw size and mechanics in male fiddler crabs. Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA
2010 Evolution in biomaterials: examining diversity and evolutionary patterns and constraints in spider silk. Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA
CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS
Contolini, G., Kroeker, K., Palkovacs, E. (2019) Population-specific differences in the effects of acidification on predator foraging traits. Presentation at Western Society of Naturalists, Ensenada, Baja California, México
Contolini, G., Reid, K., Palkovacs, E. (2018) Climate shapes population variation in dogwhelk predation on foundational mussels. Presentation at Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Tacoma, WA, USA
Contolini, G., Reid, K., Palkovacs, E. (2018) Climate and population history shape variation in drilling behavior in intertidal dogwhelks. Presentation at American Malacological Society-Western Society of Malacologists Joint Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA
Contolini, G., Kroeker, K., Palkovacs, E. (2017). You Can’t Drill Just Anywhere: Snail Drilling Depends on pH and Origin. Poster at Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Reid, K., Palkovacs, E. (2017). What Drives Drilling? Patterns of Prey Selectivity among Populations of Predatory Snails. Presentation at Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, USA
Contolini, G., Reid, K., Palkovacs, E. (2017). What drives drilling? Patterns of Prey Selectivity among Populations of Predatory Snails. Presentation at Western Society of Malacologists Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Contolini, G. (2016). How to Test Ocean Acidification. Demonstration at Monterey Area Research Institutions’ Network for Education (MARINE) Oceans Colloquium. Moss Landing, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2017). Exploring Patterns of Predation in Coastal Shell-drilling Molluscs. Poster at Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2016). Adaptation in Acid: Predation in an Acidifying Ocean. Poster at Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2015). Evolution in Acid: Local Adaptation in a Shell-drilling Predator. Presentation at Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2015). Ecology and Evolution in Acid: Influences on an Intertidal Interaction. Poster at American Fisheries Society California-Nevada Chapter Annual Meeting, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2015). Evolution in Acid: Local Adaptation in a Shell-drilling Predator. Poster at Western Society of Malacologists Annual Meeting, Fullerton, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Swanson, B. (2010). Evolution in biomaterials: a cost/benefit analysis of claw size and mechanics in male fiddler crabs. Poster at Murdock College Science Research Conference. McMinnville, OR, USA
DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS
Contolini, G. (2019) Ecology of Population-level Trait Variation in Predators of Foundational Intertidal Mussels. Thesis defense seminar. University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Contolini, G. (2016). Local Adaptation and Predation in a Changing Climate. University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Koch, J., Contolini, G. (2015) Anemones on acid: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Carbonic Anhydrase Activity and Algal Density in Anthopleura elegantissima. University of Washington. Friday Harbor, WA, USA
Contolini, G. (2012) Trophic Dynamics in the San Juan Channel during Fall 2012. University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, USA
Contolini, G. (2011) Diagnosis and Management of the Blue Crab Fishery in Bahía Magdalena, BCS, Mexico. The School for Field Studies, Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
MENTORSHIP AND TEACHING
2020 Instructor for Introduction to Field Research and Conservation at UC Santa Cruz
2019 Instructor for Invertebrate Zoology at UC Santa Cruz
2019 Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning Course Design Workshop
2014–19 Teaching Assistant for 13 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology courses at UC Santa
Cruz: Evolution (two quarters); Community Ecology; Intro to Ecology;
Invertebrate Zoology (four quarters); Marine Botany (two quarters); Marine Conservation Biology (three quarters)
2015–19 Undergraduate research mentor. Mentored over 30 students in lab skills, fieldwork, permit applications, statistics, scientific writing, and CV prep. Includes over ten students receiving class credits, two writing manuscripts, two receiving funding and presenting at professional meetings, and one presenting a poster at a departmental symposium.
2015–16 Science Internship Program Research Mentor. Mentored three high school students for a 10-week research internship. Includes a student who went on to win 1st place at the Monterey County Science Fair.
2016 Guest lecture for Community Ecology. Taught concepts in contemporary evolution and its interaction with ocean acidification.
2013–15 Kayak Guide and Naturalist at San Juan Kayak Expeditions (Friday Harbor, WA, USA) and Venture Quest Kayaking (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). Taught sea kayaking, marine ecology, conservation, natural history, and social history of the areas.
2011 Teaching Assistant for Ecology at Gonzaga University
OUTREACH AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2020 Participant in review panel for CA Sea Grant and CA Ocean Protection Council Kelp Recovery Research Program. Funding available: $900,000
2020 Principal Investigator for South Caspar Cove Purple Urchin Suppression community science program in Mendocino County, CA https://www.citsci.org/CWIS438/Browse/Project/Project_Info.php?ProjectID=2486
2020 Co-taught DNA extraction, PCR, and sequencing for a seafood fraud course module in the Biotechnology class at Harbor High School, Santa Cruz.
2019 Organized special session, “Eco-evolutionary Dynamics in the Sea” at Western Society of Naturalists annual meeting.
2019 Radio interview for KSQD Central Coast Community Radio. Discussed
intertidal field experiment in a radio interview for Monterey Bay area listeners.
2019 Radio interview with KQED Public Media for Northern California. Discussed timing and concerns of king tides and tidepooling in northern California.
2018 Seymour Marine Discovery Center Fall Festival Science Showcase. Demonstrated and interpreted intertidal field experiment and other long-term rocky intertidal monitoring research to visitors.
2017 Seymour Marine Discovery Center docent education. Taught docents the importance of intraspecific trait variation and contemporary evolution by demonstrating my field experiment.
2017 Club Familiar de Ciencias Santa Cruz. Taught Latino families from Holy Cross
Parish basic marine ecology and research techniques in the classroom and on outdoor excursions, connecting science to the environmental stewardship called for in the Catholic faith.
2015–16 Webmaster of Santa Cruz–Monterey Bay Area Subunit of the American Fisheries
Society. Maintained SCMBAS web page and other outreach resources.
2014–17 Volunteer Docent at Seymour Marine Discovery Center. Over 400 hours of science communication training and outreach at the Center.
CERTIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
AAUS Scientific Diver
Lab and field experiments in ecology and evolutionary biology
Statistical modeling in R (familiarity with over 30 packages)
Marine surveys and field experiments with emphasis on intertidal zones
Basics of DNA extraction and genetic analysis including PCR, gel electrophoresis, and sequence processing
Spanish (intermediate)
Sea kayaking
PREVIOUS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Anemones on Acid: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Carbonic Anhydrase Activity and Algal Density in Anthopleura elegantissima
University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, WA. Jul–Aug 2015
· Tested the effects of seawater acidity on algal symbionts in anemones. Part of a 5-week course on current issues and methods in ocean acidification.
Reproductive Timing and Seasonality of Natica Moon Snails
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama. Jan–Apr 2013
· Investigated abundance and hatching of moon snail egg collars in relationship to tidal cycles
· Paper published in Ecology and Evolution
Trophic Dynamics in the San Juan Channel during Fall 2012
University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, WA. Jul–Aug 2015
· Compared changes in diatom abundances, copepod abundance, copepod lipid stores, and feeding preferences of pelagic fish
Female Effects on Offspring Quality in Summer Flounder
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Sandy Hook, NJ. May–Aug 2011
· Investigated the relationship between females and the quality of their offspring to understand better the potential effects of size-based fisheries laws in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Diagnosis and Management of the Blue Crab Fishery in Bahía Magdalena, BCS, Mexico
The School for Field Studies, Puerto San Carlos, Mexico. Feb–Apr 2011
· Examined effectiveness of trap regulations, interviewed local fishermen about fishing practices, and diagnosed problems causing decreased recruitment in the blue crab fishery
Variation in Fiddler Crab Claw Strength
Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. May 2010–May 2012
· Analyzed correlations between major cheliped strength and morphology in male fiddler crabs and compared variation between twelve species
2020 California Sea Grant Extension Fellowship. $104,000
2018 Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Dissertation Year Fellowship. $39,189
2017 Conchologists of America Academic Grant. $1,328.19
2016 Future Leaders in Coastal Science Award. $20,000
2015 Katrina Martens (Cramer Fish Sciences) Student Poster Award. $200
2014 Friends of the Long Marine Lab Student Research and Education Award. $850
2014 Earl H. Myers & Ethel M. Myers Oceanographic & Marine Biology Trust. $1,000
2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention.
2010 Gonzaga Alumni Scholarship. $5,000
2010 NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship. $16,000
2008 Gonzaga University Trustee Scholarship. $48,000
MANAGEMENT REPORTS
California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, and Bull Kelp Nereocystis luetkeana, Enhanced Status Report. In preparation.
FURTHER TRAINING AND RESEARCH
2015 Graduate course: Special Topics in Advanced Ecology and Biomechanics: Ocean Acidification. University of Washington, Friday Harbor, USA
2013 Reproductive Timing and Seasonality of Natica Moon Snails. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Republic of Panama
2012 Trophic Dynamics in the San Juan Channel during Fall 2012. University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington, USA
2011 Female Effects on Offspring Quality in Summer Flounder. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, USA
2011 Diagnosis and Management of the Blue Crab Fishery in Bahía Magdalena, BCS, Mexico. The School for Field Studies, Boston University, Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
2010 Evolution in biomaterials: a cost/benefit analysis of claw size and mechanics in male fiddler crabs. Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA
2010 Evolution in biomaterials: examining diversity and evolutionary patterns and constraints in spider silk. Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, USA
CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS
Contolini, G., Kroeker, K., Palkovacs, E. (2019) Population-specific differences in the effects of acidification on predator foraging traits. Presentation at Western Society of Naturalists, Ensenada, Baja California, México
Contolini, G., Reid, K., Palkovacs, E. (2018) Climate shapes population variation in dogwhelk predation on foundational mussels. Presentation at Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Tacoma, WA, USA
Contolini, G., Reid, K., Palkovacs, E. (2018) Climate and population history shape variation in drilling behavior in intertidal dogwhelks. Presentation at American Malacological Society-Western Society of Malacologists Joint Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA
Contolini, G., Kroeker, K., Palkovacs, E. (2017). You Can’t Drill Just Anywhere: Snail Drilling Depends on pH and Origin. Poster at Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Reid, K., Palkovacs, E. (2017). What Drives Drilling? Patterns of Prey Selectivity among Populations of Predatory Snails. Presentation at Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, USA
Contolini, G., Reid, K., Palkovacs, E. (2017). What drives drilling? Patterns of Prey Selectivity among Populations of Predatory Snails. Presentation at Western Society of Malacologists Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Contolini, G. (2016). How to Test Ocean Acidification. Demonstration at Monterey Area Research Institutions’ Network for Education (MARINE) Oceans Colloquium. Moss Landing, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2017). Exploring Patterns of Predation in Coastal Shell-drilling Molluscs. Poster at Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2016). Adaptation in Acid: Predation in an Acidifying Ocean. Poster at Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2015). Evolution in Acid: Local Adaptation in a Shell-drilling Predator. Presentation at Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2015). Ecology and Evolution in Acid: Influences on an Intertidal Interaction. Poster at American Fisheries Society California-Nevada Chapter Annual Meeting, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Palkovacs, E. (2015). Evolution in Acid: Local Adaptation in a Shell-drilling Predator. Poster at Western Society of Malacologists Annual Meeting, Fullerton, CA, USA
Contolini, G., Swanson, B. (2010). Evolution in biomaterials: a cost/benefit analysis of claw size and mechanics in male fiddler crabs. Poster at Murdock College Science Research Conference. McMinnville, OR, USA
DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS
Contolini, G. (2019) Ecology of Population-level Trait Variation in Predators of Foundational Intertidal Mussels. Thesis defense seminar. University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Contolini, G. (2016). Local Adaptation and Predation in a Changing Climate. University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Koch, J., Contolini, G. (2015) Anemones on acid: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Carbonic Anhydrase Activity and Algal Density in Anthopleura elegantissima. University of Washington. Friday Harbor, WA, USA
Contolini, G. (2012) Trophic Dynamics in the San Juan Channel during Fall 2012. University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, USA
Contolini, G. (2011) Diagnosis and Management of the Blue Crab Fishery in Bahía Magdalena, BCS, Mexico. The School for Field Studies, Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
MENTORSHIP AND TEACHING
2020 Instructor for Introduction to Field Research and Conservation at UC Santa Cruz
2019 Instructor for Invertebrate Zoology at UC Santa Cruz
2019 Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning Course Design Workshop
2014–19 Teaching Assistant for 13 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology courses at UC Santa
Cruz: Evolution (two quarters); Community Ecology; Intro to Ecology;
Invertebrate Zoology (four quarters); Marine Botany (two quarters); Marine Conservation Biology (three quarters)
2015–19 Undergraduate research mentor. Mentored over 30 students in lab skills, fieldwork, permit applications, statistics, scientific writing, and CV prep. Includes over ten students receiving class credits, two writing manuscripts, two receiving funding and presenting at professional meetings, and one presenting a poster at a departmental symposium.
2015–16 Science Internship Program Research Mentor. Mentored three high school students for a 10-week research internship. Includes a student who went on to win 1st place at the Monterey County Science Fair.
2016 Guest lecture for Community Ecology. Taught concepts in contemporary evolution and its interaction with ocean acidification.
2013–15 Kayak Guide and Naturalist at San Juan Kayak Expeditions (Friday Harbor, WA, USA) and Venture Quest Kayaking (Santa Cruz, CA, USA). Taught sea kayaking, marine ecology, conservation, natural history, and social history of the areas.
2011 Teaching Assistant for Ecology at Gonzaga University
OUTREACH AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2020 Participant in review panel for CA Sea Grant and CA Ocean Protection Council Kelp Recovery Research Program. Funding available: $900,000
2020 Principal Investigator for South Caspar Cove Purple Urchin Suppression community science program in Mendocino County, CA https://www.citsci.org/CWIS438/Browse/Project/Project_Info.php?ProjectID=2486
2020 Co-taught DNA extraction, PCR, and sequencing for a seafood fraud course module in the Biotechnology class at Harbor High School, Santa Cruz.
2019 Organized special session, “Eco-evolutionary Dynamics in the Sea” at Western Society of Naturalists annual meeting.
2019 Radio interview for KSQD Central Coast Community Radio. Discussed
intertidal field experiment in a radio interview for Monterey Bay area listeners.
2019 Radio interview with KQED Public Media for Northern California. Discussed timing and concerns of king tides and tidepooling in northern California.
2018 Seymour Marine Discovery Center Fall Festival Science Showcase. Demonstrated and interpreted intertidal field experiment and other long-term rocky intertidal monitoring research to visitors.
2017 Seymour Marine Discovery Center docent education. Taught docents the importance of intraspecific trait variation and contemporary evolution by demonstrating my field experiment.
2017 Club Familiar de Ciencias Santa Cruz. Taught Latino families from Holy Cross
Parish basic marine ecology and research techniques in the classroom and on outdoor excursions, connecting science to the environmental stewardship called for in the Catholic faith.
2015–16 Webmaster of Santa Cruz–Monterey Bay Area Subunit of the American Fisheries
Society. Maintained SCMBAS web page and other outreach resources.
2014–17 Volunteer Docent at Seymour Marine Discovery Center. Over 400 hours of science communication training and outreach at the Center.
CERTIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
AAUS Scientific Diver
Lab and field experiments in ecology and evolutionary biology
Statistical modeling in R (familiarity with over 30 packages)
Marine surveys and field experiments with emphasis on intertidal zones
Basics of DNA extraction and genetic analysis including PCR, gel electrophoresis, and sequence processing
Spanish (intermediate)
Sea kayaking
PREVIOUS INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Anemones on Acid: Effects of Ocean Acidification on Carbonic Anhydrase Activity and Algal Density in Anthopleura elegantissima
University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, WA. Jul–Aug 2015
· Tested the effects of seawater acidity on algal symbionts in anemones. Part of a 5-week course on current issues and methods in ocean acidification.
Reproductive Timing and Seasonality of Natica Moon Snails
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama. Jan–Apr 2013
· Investigated abundance and hatching of moon snail egg collars in relationship to tidal cycles
· Paper published in Ecology and Evolution
Trophic Dynamics in the San Juan Channel during Fall 2012
University of Washington Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, WA. Jul–Aug 2015
· Compared changes in diatom abundances, copepod abundance, copepod lipid stores, and feeding preferences of pelagic fish
Female Effects on Offspring Quality in Summer Flounder
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Sandy Hook, NJ. May–Aug 2011
· Investigated the relationship between females and the quality of their offspring to understand better the potential effects of size-based fisheries laws in the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Diagnosis and Management of the Blue Crab Fishery in Bahía Magdalena, BCS, Mexico
The School for Field Studies, Puerto San Carlos, Mexico. Feb–Apr 2011
· Examined effectiveness of trap regulations, interviewed local fishermen about fishing practices, and diagnosed problems causing decreased recruitment in the blue crab fishery
Variation in Fiddler Crab Claw Strength
Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. May 2010–May 2012
· Analyzed correlations between major cheliped strength and morphology in male fiddler crabs and compared variation between twelve species
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