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Molecular Ecology and Evolution

Theoretical Population Genetics

General Genetics (PCB 3063)

Organic Evolution
 

Stephen A. Karl

Department of Biology
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Ave., SCA 110
Tampa, Florida 33620-5150
Phone: (813) 974-1592
Fax: (813) 974-3263
karl@chuma.cas.usf.edu

CURRENT 08/99 - present Associate Professor, University of South Florida
POSITION 12/93 - 08/99 Assistant Professor, University of South Florida

POST-GRADUATE 04/92 - 12/93 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rutgers University
TRAINING Center for Theoretical & Applied Genetics
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Advisor: Robert Vrijenhoek

GRADUATE 09/87 - 04/92 Ph. D. Genetics, awarded March 1992
TRAINING University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Dissertation Advisor: John C. Avise

07/88 - 04/92 NIH Training Grant in Genetics
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

07/87 - 07/88 Teaching Assistant, General Biology
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

09/86 - 08/87 Ph. D. Genetics, Transferred
University of California, Davis CA
Dissertation Advisor: Francisco Ayala

09/86 ­ 08/87 Teaching Assistant, General and Population Genetics
University of California, Davis CA

POST 12/83 - 09/86 Research Assistant
BACCALAUREATE Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, San Diego, CA
TRAINING Marine Fish Stock Assessment and
Marine Mammal Demography.

06/83 - 12/83 Field Research Assistant
Marine Review Committee, San Diego, CA
Ecological Studies of Near Shore Kelp Forests.

05/82 - 06/83 Database Manager
Neushul Mariculture Inc., Santa Barbara, CA
Use of Near Shore Kelp Forests for Biomass Energy.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
1. Cattell, M. and S.A. Karl. Genetics and morphology in a Borrichia frutescens and B.
arborescens (Asteraceae) hybrid zone. In review, January 2004, American Journal of
Botany.
2. Jansen, K.P. and S.A. Karl. Systematics of the salt marsh snakes: recent speciation and an
old taxonomy. In review, January 2004, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
3. Severance, E.G. and S.A. Karl. Dispersal-based conservation and a coral conundrum. In
review, October 2003, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Ser. B.
4. Roberts, M., T. Schwartz and S.A. Karl. 2004. Global population structure and male-
mediated gene flow in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): Microsatellite analysis. In press,
Genetics.
5. Seminoff, J.A., S.A. Karl, T. Schwartz, and A. Resendiz. 2004. Hybridization of Chelonia
mydas and Eretmochelys imbricata in the Pacific Ocean: Indication of an absence of
gender bias in the directionality of crosses. In press, Bulletin of Marine Science.
6. Streelman, J.T., M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood, and S.A. Karl. 2002.
Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: Biogeography, ecomorphology, and comparative
diversity. Evolution 56:961­971.
7. Karl, S.A. and D.S. Wilson. 2001. Phylogeography and systematics of the mud turtle,
Kinosternon baurii. Copeia 101:797-801.
8. Schulze, S.R, S.A. Rice, J. L. Simon, and S.A. Karl. 2000. Evolution of poecilogony and the
biogeography of North American populations of the polychaete, Streblospio. Evolution
54:1247-1259.
9. Karl, S.A. and B.W. Bowen. 1999. Evolutionary significant units versus geopolitical
taxonomy: Molecular systematics of an endangered sea turtle (genus Chelonia).
Conservation Biology 13:990-999
10. Garzon, M., N. Jonoska, and S.A. Karl. 1999. The bounded complexity of DNA
computing. Biosystem 52:63-72.
11. Streelman, J.T., R. Zardoya, A. Meyer, and S.A. Karl. 1998. Multilocus phylogeny of
cichlid fishes (Pisces: Perciformes): Evolutionary comparison of microsatellite and single-
copy nuclear loci. Molecular Biology and Evolution 15:798-808.
12. Jonoska, N. and S.A. Karl. 1998. Molecular computation of the road-coloring problem. In:
DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science. Landweber,
L.F. and E.B. Baum (eds.) 44:87-96.
13. Jonoska, N., S.A. Karl, and M. Saito. 1998. Graph structures in DNA computing. In:
Computing with Bio-Molecules: Theory and Experiments. Paun, G. (ed.) Springer-Verlag
Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
14. Streelman, J. T. and S.A. Karl. 1997. Paradigms and the rise (or fall?) of molecular biology.
Nature Biotechnology 15:696-697.
15. Streelman, J. T. and S.A. Karl. 1997. Reconstructing labroid evolution with single-copy
nuclear DNA. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B 264:1011-1020.
16. Jonoska, N. and S.A. Karl. 1997. Ligation experiments in computing with DNA. In:
Proceedings of 1997 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (ICEC
1997). 13-16 April. Pp. 261-265.
17. Jonoska, N., S.A. Karl, and M. Saito. 1997. Creating 3-dimensional graph structures with
DNA. DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
48:123-135.
18. Hare, M.P., S.A. Karl and J.C. Avise. 1996. Anonymous nuclear DNA markers in the
American oyster and their implications for the heterozygote deficiency phenomenon in
marine bivalves. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13:334-345.
19. Karl, S.A., S. Schutz, D. Desbruyères, R.C. Vrijenhoek and R. Lutz. 1996. Molecular
analysis of gene flow in the hydrothermal-vent clam, Calyptogena magnifica. Molecular
Marine Biology and Biotechnology 5:193-202.
20. Zardoya, R., D.M. Vollmer, C. Craddock, J.T. Streelman, S.A. Karl and A. Meyer. 1996.
Evolutionary conservation of microsatellite flanking regions and their utility in resolving
the phylogeny of cichlid fishes (Pisces: Perciformes). Proceedings of the Royal Society,
London, Series B 263:1611-1618.
21. Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen and J.C. Avise. 1995. Hybridization among the ancient mariners:
Molecular genetic identification and characterization of marine turtle hybrids. Journal of
Heredity 86:262-268.
22. Karl, S.A. and J.C. Avise. 1993. PCR-based assays of polymorphisms from anonymous
single-copy nuclear DNA: Techniques and applications. Molecular Biology and Evolution
10:342-361.
23. Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen, and J.C. Avise. 1992. Global population structure and male-
mediated gene flow in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): RFLP analysis of anonymous
nuclear DNA regions. Genetics 131:163-173.
24. Karl, S.A. and J.C. Avise. 1992. Balancing selection at allozyme loci in oysters:
Implications from nuclear RFLPs. Science 256:100-102.
25. Karl, S.A., R.M. Zink and J.J. Jehl, Jr. 1987. Allozyme analysis of the California gull
(Larus californicus). The Auk 104:767-769.
26. Karl, S.A. 1986. Observation of predation on a Pleuronectid fish by Navanax inermis.
Veliger 28:460.

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
27. Severance, E.G., A.M. Szmant, and S.A. Karl. 2004. Single-copy gene markers isolated from
the Caribbean coral, Montastraea annularis. In press. Molecular Ecology Primer Notes.
28. Severance, E.G., A.M. Szmant, and S.A. Karl. 2004. Microsatellite loci isolated from the
Caribbean coral, Montastraea annularis. In press. Molecular Ecology Primer Notes.
29. Streelman, J.T., C. Puchulutegui, A.L. Bass, T. Thys, H. Dewar, and S.A. Karl. 2003.
Microsatellites from the world's heaviest bony fish, the giant Mola mola. Molecular
Ecology Primer Notes 3: 247-249.
30. Schwartz, T.S., M. Osentoski, T. Lamb, and S.A. Karl. 2003. Microsatellite loci for the
genus Gopherus (Testudines: Testudinidae) and their applicability to other turtle species.
Molecular Ecology Primer Notes 3: 283-286
31. Wilson, D.S. and S.A. Karl. 2001. Genetic relatedness of populations of the mud turtle,
Kinosternon baurii, from mainland Florida and the upper and lower Florida Keys.
Chelonia Conservation and Biology 4:228-230
32. Bowen B.W. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Meeting report: Taxonomic status of the East Pacific
green turtle (Chelonia agassizii). Marine Turtle Newsletter 89:20-22.
33. Bowen, B.W. and S.A. Karl. 1999. In war, truth is the first casualty. Conservation Biology
13:1013-1016.
34. Bowen, B.W. and S.A. Karl. 1996. Population genetics, phylogeography, and molecular
evolution. In: Biology of Sea Turtles. P. Lutz (ed.) CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida. Pp.
29-50.
35. Karl, S.A. 1996. Hybridization and taxonomy of marine turtles: Anonymous nuclear DNA
sequence analyses. In: Proceeding of the International Symposium on Sea Turtle
Conservation Genetics. B.W. Bowen and W.N. Witzell (eds.) NOAA Technical
Memorandum, NMFS-SEFSC-396. Pp. 99-108.
36. Karl, S.A. 1996. Application of anonymous nuclear loci to conservation biology. In:
Molecular genetic approaches in conservation. R. Wayne and T. Smiths (eds.) Oxford
University Press. Pp. 38-53.
37. Karl, S.A. 1992. 1001 Molecular approaches. Trends in Genetics 8:295.

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION
38. Severance, E.G. and S.A. Karl. Reconstructing gene flow and evolution in the Caribbean
coral, Montastraea faveolata. In preparation, Conservation Genetics.
39. Curtis, C., B.S. Stewart, and S.A. Karl. Molecular identification of the sex of pinnipeds. In
preparation, Conservation Genetics.
40. Karl, S.A., C. Curtis, and M. Cattell. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of the
surfperch family (Embiotocidae). In preparation, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
41. Alfaro, M.E., J.T. Streelman, S.A. Karl, and M.W. Westneat. Comparative performance of
bootstrapping and Bayesian MCMC sampling for assessing phylogenetic confidence: An
example using the parrotfishes (Scaridae). In preparation, Molecular Biology and
Evolution.
42. Bass, A.L., J.T. Streelman, T. Thys, H. Dewar, and S.A. Karl. Molecular phylogenetic
relationship of the Ocean Sunfish genera Masturus, Mola, and Ranzania (Molidae). In
preparation, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
43. Jansen, K.J. and S.A. Karl. Population genetics of the mangrove salt marsh snake, Nerodia
clarkii compressicauda, in a fragmented, linear habitat. In preparation, Conservation
Genetics.
44. Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. Microsatellite Analysis of Crown Conchs: Population Structure
and Evolution in a Direct Developing Snail. In preparation, Molecular Ecology.
45. Colson-Moon, J.C. S.A. Karl, E.D. McCoy, and H.R. Mushinsky. Molecular assessment
of multiple paternity and breeding systems in the gopher tortoises, Gopherus
polyphemus. In preparation, Conservation Genetics.
46. Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. Mitochondrial phylogeny of crown conchs: The Corona complex
simplified. In preparation, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
47. Dewar, H., T. Thys, J. O'Sullivan, C. Farwell, A. Wallis, T. Tobayama, Y. Kondo, J.T.
Streelman, A.L. Bass, C. Puchulutegui & S.A. Karl. Basking and diving in Japanese
waters: movements and behaviors of the ocean sunfish (Mola mola). In preparation,
Marine Biology.
48. Karl, S.A., M. Cattell, C. Curtis. Nuclear molecular phylogenetic relationships of the
surfperch (Embiotocidae, Perciformes). In preparation, Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution.

PRESENTATIONS (presenter listed first)

Invited
1. Karl, S. A. 2002. A talk in two parts: Evolution of larval life history in a Polychaete worm,
and genetics and the ocean sunfish, Mola mola: Millstone or milestone?" Presented to the
University of South Carolina, Marine Science Program. Columbia, SC, USA, 5 April.
2. Karl, S. A., A.L. Bass, M.H. Zacks. 2000. Marine turtles and international considerations
for listing ESUs. Presented to the Society for Conservation Biology. Missoula, MT,
USA, 8-12 June.
3. Zacks, M.H. and S.A. Karl. 2000. [De]constructing archetypes of the pristine. Presented to
the Latin American Studies Association, 12th International Congress. Miami, FL, USA,
16-18 March.
4. Karl, S.A. 2000. Evolutionary genetics of Chelonia. Special Symposium at the XX
Presented to the International Symposium on Turtle Biology, Orlando, FL, USA, 29
February - 4 March.
5. Karl, S.A. 1999. Living by the numbers: The commingling of mathematics and biology.
Keynote Address. Presented to the 24th Annual Sun Coast Regional Meeting of the
Florida Section of the Mathematical Association of America. Tampa, FL, USA, 3
December.
6. Karl, S.A. 1999. Blending the alphabet soups: PCR meets ESUs. Presented to A Second
Symposium on the Status and Conservation of Florida Turtles. St. Petersburg, FL, USA,
8-11 October.
7. Karl, S.A. 1999. Getting our bearings in DNA computing, Panelist. Presented to the Genetic
and Evolutionary Computation Conference. Orlando, FL, USA, 13 July.
8. Karl, S.A. 1995. Hybridization and taxonomy of marine turtles: Anonymous nuclear DNA
sequence analyses. Presented to the Sea Turtle Genetics Workshop, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Miami, FL, USA, 12-14 September.
9. Karl, S. A. 1995. From Playa Grande to the stygian deep-sea: Gene flow in the marine
environment. Presented to the Florida International University Graduate Seminar Series.
Miami, FL, USA, 19 September.
10. Karl, S.A. 1994. Genetic variation at anonymous nuclear DNA loci. Presented to the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Molecular Conservation Genetics
Symposium. San Francisco, CA, USA, 19-22 June.
11. Karl, S.A. 1994. Nuclear DNA analysis of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas). Presented to
the University of Florida, BEECS Genetics Core, Conservation Genetics Symposium.
Gainesville, FL, USA, 21-26 February.
12. Karl, S.A. 1994. Dispersal of hydrothermal vent organisms in the stygian deep-sea.
Presented to the Archbold Biological Station. Lake Placid, FL, USA, 5 May.
13. Karl, S.A. 1994. Genetic issues in conservation biology. Symposium on the Status and
Conservation of Florida Turtles. St. Petersburg, FL, USA, 2-3 April.
14. Karl, S.A. 1992. PCR-based assays of polymorphisms from anonymous single-copy
nuclear DNA: Techniques and applications to green turtles and American oyster.
Presented to the Haskins Shellfish Research Center. Bivalve, NJ, USA, 15 February.

Other

15. Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. 2002. Evolution of the "Corona Complex" in the genus Melongena
(Gastropoda: Melongenidae). Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of Florida
Association of Benthologists. St. Augustine, Florida. 21 November.
16. Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. 2001. Evolution of the "Corona Complex" in the genus Melongena
(Gastropoda: Melongenidae). Presented to the 14th International Congress of Unitas
Malacologica and the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Society.
Vienna, Austria. 19-25. August.
17. Schwartz, T. and S.A. Karl. 2001. Population genetics of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus
polyphemus) in Florida. Presented to the Annual Society for Integrated and Comparative
Biology. Chicago, IL, USA, 3-7 January.
18. Schwartz, T. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Genetic Structure of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus
polyphemus) populations in Florida using microsatellites. Poster presented to the Annual
Suncoast Biomolecular Symposium. Tampa, FL, USA, 20 October.
19. Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Evolution of the "Corona Complex" in the genus Melongena
(gastropoda: melongenidae): Patterns from internal transcribed spacer regions and
microsatellite data. Poster presented to the Annual Suncoast Biomolecular Symposium.
Tampa, FL, USA, 20 October.
20. Severance, E. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Molecular evolution of Scleractinian diversity: How
panmictic are coral populations of the Western Atlantic? Presented to the Annual
Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Bloomington. ID, USA, 23-27 June.
21. Schwartz, T., S.A. Karl, H. Mushinsky, and E. McCoy. 2000. Genetic Structure of the
gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) populations in Florida using microsatellites.
Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution.
Bloomington, ID, USA, 23-27 June.
22. Hayes, K. and S.A. Karl. 2000. Evolution of the "Corona Complex" in the genus Melongena
(Gastropoda: Melongenidae): Evidence from internal transcribed spacer regions and
microsatellite data. Poster presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study
of Evolution. Bloomington, ID, USA, 23-27 June.
23. Streelman, J.T., M.E. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, and S.A. Karl. 1999. Molecular phylogeny
and evolution of parrotfishes. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the
Study of Evolution. Madison, WI, USA, 22-26 June.
24. Schultze, S.R, S.A. Karl, S.A. Rice, and J.L. Simon. 1999. Biogeography and evolution of
poecilogony in the polychaete genus Streblospio: Evidence from molecular genetics and
reproductive compatibility trials. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the
Study of Evolution. Madison, WI, USA, 22-26 June.
25. Severance, E.G. and S.A. Karl. 1999. Estimating molecular biodiversity through gene flow
analysis of coral from the Florida Keys. Presented to the International conference on the
Scientific Aspects of Coral Reef Assessment, Monitoring, and Restoration. Ft.
Lauderdale, FL, USA, 14-16 April.
26. Jansen, K.P., S.A. Karl, and H. Mushinsky. 1998. Molecular systematics and
phylogeography of the salt-marsh snakes, Nerodia clarkii, using mtDNA d-loop
sequences. Presented to the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, 16-22 July.
27. Karl, S.A. and J.T. Streelman. 1998. Are microsatellite loci really neutral genetic markers?
Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Vancouver,
Canada, 10-24 June.
28. Streelman, J.T. and Karl, S.A. 1998. Timing the divergence of cichlid major groups.
Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Vancouver,
Canada, 10-24 June.
29. Schulze, S.R., S.A. Karl, J.L. Simon, S.A. Rice. 1998. Reproductive compatibility and
genetic relatedness of the polychaete Streblospio benedicti species complex. Presented to
the 27th Annual Benthic Ecology Meetings. Melbourne, FL, USA, 13-15 March.
30. Bowen, B.W. and S.A. Karl. 1998. The gods of conservation biology. Presented to the
XVIII International Symposium on Turtle Biology. La Paz, Mexico, 2-7 March.
31. Karl, S.A., D. Sweger, and E. Severance. 1997. Molecular systematics of marine turtles
using single-copy nuclear DNA sequence data. Presented to the 77th annual meeting of
the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, USA, 26 June-2 July.
32. Streelman, J.T., and S.A. Karl. 1997. Nuclear DNA phylogeny and evolution of labroid
fishes. Presented to the 77th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists
and Herpetologists. University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA, 26 June-2 July.
33. Karl, S.A. 1997. Taxonomic distinctiveness of the black turtle, Chelonia agassizii: From
green to black and back. Presented to the XVII International Symposium on Turtle
Biology. Orlando, FL, USA, 4-8 March.
34. Streelman, J.T., and S.A. Karl. 1996. Evolution of nuclear DNA in cichlid fishes. Presented
to the 76th annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
New Orleans, LA, USA, 13-19 June.
35. Jonoska, N. and S.A. Karl. 1996. A molecular computation of the road-coloring problem.
Presented to the 2nd DIMACS annual workshop on DNA Based Computer. Princeton,
NJ, USA, 10-12 June (all authors presented).
36. Karl, S.A. 1994. Genetic issues in conservation biology. Presented to the Symposium on
the Status and Conservation of Florida Turtles. St. Petersburg, FL, USA, 2-3 April.
37. Karl, S.A., S. Schutz and R.C. Vrijenhoek. 1993. Population genetics and gene flow in the
deep-sea-hydrothermal vent clam Calyptogena magnifica. Presented to the Society for
Molecular Biology and Evolution. Irvine, CA, USA, 7-10 July.
38. Karl, S.A. 1993. Population genetics and gene flow in the deep-sea-hydrothermal vent clam
Calyptogena magnifica. Presented to the Society for the Study of Evolution. Snowbird,
UT, USA, 10-14 June.
39. Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen and J.C. Avise. 1992. Global population structure and male-
mediated gene flow in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): RFLP Analyses of anonymous
nuclear DNA regions. Presented to the XII International Symposium on Turtle Biology.
Jekyll Island, SC, USA, 24-29 February.
40. Bowen, B.W., S.A. Karl and M. Marcovaldi. 1992. Molecular confirmation of marine turtle
hybrids. Poster presented to the XII International Symposium on Turtle Biology. Jekyll
Island, SC, USA, 24-29 February.
41. Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen and J.C. Avise. 1991. Global population structure and male-
mediated gene flow in the green turtle (Chelonia mydas): RFLP Analyses of anonymous
nuclear DNA regions. Presented to the Society for the Study of Evolution. Hilo, Hawaii,
USA, 28 July - 3 August.
42. Karl, S.A., B.W. Bowen and J.C. Avise. 1990. Genetic analysis of the green turtle, Chelonia
mydas. Presented to the Tenth Annual Workshop on Sea Turtle Conservation and
Biology. Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, USA, 20-24 February.
43. Karl, S.A. 1987. Genetic analysis of the chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) from San
Nicolas Island, CA. Presented to the Channel Island Symposium. Santa Barbara CA,
USA, 2-6 March.

GRANTS AWARDED
1. 03/04 to 2/05. Arcadia Wildlife Preserve, Inc. PI: S.A. Karl. "Conservation of an open
ocean giant: telemetry and genetics of the ocean sunfish (Molidae)."
$2,000.

2. 06/03 to 5/05. National Science Foundation, Systematic and Population Biology. PI:
S.A. Karl, CoPI (RUI): S. Rice. "Collaborative Research: Molecular
phylogenetics of the globally distributed polychaete, Polydora cornuta."
est. $100,000.
3. 06/03 to 05/04 Arcadia Wildlife Preserve, Inc. PI: S.A. Karl, CoPI: T. Schwartz
"Population genetics of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in
Florida." $5,000.
4. 01/03 to 7/04. National Geographic Society. PI: T. Thys, CoPIs: H. Dewar, S.A. Karl,
and J.T. Streelman. "Conserving an open ocean giant: telemetry and
genetics of Mola mola." $25,000.
5. 04/02 to 05/02 Florida Institute of Oceanography. Suncoaster ship time grant. PI: S.A.
Karl. "Molecular ecology and evolution of coral and coral reef fish."
$16,000.
6. 08/01 to 07/03 Florida Fish and Wildlife Service. PI: S.A. Karl. "Genetic analysis of
Cape Sable seaside sparrow populations." $57,120.
7. 01/01 to 02/01 Florida Institute of Oceanography. Bellows ship time grant. PI: S.A.
Karl. "Molecular ecology and evolution of coral and coral reef fish."
$14,000.
8. 08/00 to 07/03 Arcadia Wildlife Preserve, Inc. PI: S.A. Karl, CoPI: T. Schwartz.
"Population genetics of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) in
Florida." $4,200.
9. 05/00 to 06/02 National Geographic Society. PI: H. Dewar, CoPI: S.A. Karl, J.T.
Streelman, and T. Thys. "Conserving an open-ocean giant: telemetry and
genetics of Mola mola." $30,000.
10. 01/00 to 02/00 Florida Institute of Oceanography. Bellows ship time grant. PI: S.A.
Karl. "Molecular ecology and evolution of coral and coral reef fish."
$14,000.
11. 06/99 - 05/00 Department of Environmental Protection. PI: B. W. Bowen, CoPI: S.A.
Karl. "Systematics and ecology of bonefish (Albula spp.) in Florida
waters." $76,880.
12. 08/98 - 07/01 National Science Foundation, Systematic and Population Biology. PI:
S.A. Karl. "Molecular phylogeny and evolution of labroid fishes."
$180,000.
13. 02/97 - 01/01 Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, PI: S.A. Karl, CoPI: K.
P. Jansen and H. R. Mushinsky. "Ecological genetics of the saltmarsh
snake, Nerodia clarkii." $5,600.
14. 04/95 - 03/96 USF Research and Creative Scholarship, PI: S.A. Karl. "Fine-scale
molecular genetic analysis of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent tube worm,
Riftia pachyptilia." $7,500.
15. 03/92 - 06/95 National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant. PI: S.A.
Karl. "Single copy nuclear DNA genetic assessment of natural
populations." $6,750 (declined due to graduation).
16. 09/92 09/94 National Science Foundation, Post Doctoral Marine Biotech Fellowship,
PI: S.A. Karl, CoPI: R. Vrijenhoek and R. Lutz. "Population genetics and
gene flow in hydrothermal vent communities: Molecular assessment of
genetic variation." $86,000.

PAST POSTDOCTORAL ADVISEES

Dr. Clark Craddock, 7/1/95 to 6/30/96

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS (*co-chair of committee)

Ph. D.

1. A. Bass: Systematics, Sea slugs
2. A. Castro: Pop. Genetics, Sharks
3. C. Curtis: Pop. Genetics, Seals

M. S.

PAST GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISEES (graduated: F=Fall, S=Spring, Sm=Summer)

Ph. D.

1. M. Cattell*; S01: Plant Hybridization
2. A. Jackson: Pop. Genetics, Shrimp
3. K. Jansen*; S01: Mol. Conserv., Snakes
4. E. Severance: Phylogeography, Coral
5. JT. Streelman*§; F98: Systematics, Fish
6. M. Tringalli: Pop. Genetics, Fish

M. S.

7. 5. K. Hayes: Phylogeography, Snails
8. M. Roberts; F98: Genetics, Sea Turtles
9. S. Schulze*; S99: Genetics, Polycheates
10. T. Schwartz: Mol. Conserv., Tortoises
11. M. Stone; S99: Invert. Community Ecol.

*co-chair of committee §awarded a NSF/Sloan Postdoctoral Fellowship.

CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES

Ph. D.

1. T. Campbel (USF)
2. K. McCarthy (FL Int. Uni.)
3. L. Rocha (Univ. FL)
4. B. Warwick (Dept. Mar. Sci.)

M. S.

5. J. Colson (USF)
6. H. Hamilton (USF)
7. S. Hosain (USF)

PAST GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES (graduated: F=Fall, S=Spring, Sm=Summer)

Ph. D.

8. P. Delis (USF); S01
9. K. Donaldson (Dept. Mar. Sci.); S01
10. O. Hernandez (USF); S98
11. A. Matos (USF); S00

M. S.

12. C. Crawford (Dept. Mar. Sci.); S01
13. L. S. Cho Chumg Hing (USF); S95
14. L. Dryden (USF); S97
15. J. Kirsten (USF); F96
16. A. Morales (USF); S95
17. C. Steffen (USF); Sm98
18. B. Warwick (USF); S99

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS COMMITTEES

Heather Stevens; S95
Amanda Ellerd; S99

UNDERGRADUATE ADVISEES

1. A. Balar; Sm95
2. B. Boss; F94, Sm94
3. R. Brachmann; S01, Sm01
4. M. Evans; Sm97
5. S. Jones; F97, S98
6. R. Juemmankhan; Sm95
7. A. Ledger; Sm99, F99, S00
8. S. Lutz; Sm96, F96, S96
9. M. Moody; S02, Sm02, F02
10. S. Nyland; F94
11. F. Pirone; F94

12. E. Ponty; S96
13. C. Puchulutegui; S00 - S02
14. J. Rifkin; Sm97
15. M. Stabinski; S95
16. M. Smith; F00, S01, Sm01
17. D. Sweger; F94, Sm94
18. B. Wawrik; Sm96
19. V. Rusin-West; S98
20. J. Wittkopp; Sm96, F96
21. C. M. Zajac; Sm95

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Associate Editor for Evolution, 1 January 2000 ­ 31 December 2003.
Reviewer for numerous manuscripts and grants from national and international Journals and
organizations.
National Science Foundation, Population Biology Grant Panel, 17 ­ 19 October 2001.
National Science Foundation, National Ecological Observatory Network Workshop, 10 - 11
March 2000.
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant Panelist, February 1998.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS

American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Genetics Society of America
Sigma Xi.
Society for the Study of Evolution.
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