ERIN L. MACDONALD

TITLE:

Graduate student, Ph.D. Program, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Box 355100, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A.

EDUCATION:

M.S. (Fisheries) University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2001

B.S. (Biology) Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1998

B.A. (Chemistry) Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 1998

POSITIONS:

Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, March-June 1999

Research Assistant, University of Washington, July 1998-present

Undergraduate Teaching Intern, Indiana University, August 1997-December 1997

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Phylogenetics of the Prickleback Tribe Lumpenini (Teleostei: Stichaeidae) Based on Morphology, Early-Life History, and Molecular Characters, Ph.D. Dissertation Research, 2001-present

Monbu Kagakusho Summer Program in Japan: Research Experience for Young Foreign Researchers, 2001

Ontogeny of Lumpenus maculatus (Perciformes: Stichaeidae) Based on External Morphology and Osteology, with Comparisons to Congeneric Larvae, M.S. Thesis Research, 1999-2001

Effectiveness of Selectfluor© as a mild fluorinating agent for cobalt bis-dicarbollide, 1998

Agonistic and sexual behavior of territorial male threespine sticklebacks, Gasterosteus aculeatus, in motivational conflict situations, 1997-1998

FIELD EXPERIENCE:

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan: collection of intertidal fish specimens, 2001

International Kuril Islands Project (IKIP): biotic survey and inventory of the Kuril Islands, 1998, 1999

Key Largo, Florida: survey, mapping, and data collection expedition to investigate the importance of shipwrecks as artificial reefs, 1997

PUBLICATIONS:

Pietsch, T. W., K. Amaoka, D. E. Stevenson, E. L. MacDonald, B. K. Urbain, and J. A. López. 2001. Freshwater fishes of the Kuril Islands and adjacent regions. Species Diversity, 6(2): 133-164.