SARAH E. GILMAN
Joint Science Department phone: (909) 607-0715
The Claremont Colleges fax: (909) 621-8588
W. M. Keck Science Center home: (714) 256-4750
925 N. Mills Avenue sgilman@jsd.claremont.edu
Claremont, CA 91711-5916
EDUCATION
2003 University of California, Davis, CA
Doctor of Philosophy in Population Biology
Dissertation: Factors controlling the northern geographic range limit of the intertidal limpet Collisella scabra. Advisor: Dr. Richard K. Grosberg.
1994 Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Bachelor of Science in Earth Systems
Interdisciplinary program incorporating biology, geology, and economics.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2008 - Adjunct Research Faculty, California State University Fullerton
Collaborating with Dr. Danielle Zacherl on thermal ecology of native and invasive oysters.
2005 - 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington.
Field and laboratory studies of the effects of temperature on community interactions. (No formal supervisor)
2003 - 2005 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Conducted modeling and field research projects aimed at determining thermal environments of marine invertebrates and the physiological and ecological consequences of those environments. Supervisor: Dr. Brian Helmuth
1995 - 2003 Doctoral Research, University of California, Davis, CA.
I used transplant experiments and demographic studies to determine how population dynamics and individual performance of the limpet Collisella scabra varied with latitude and thermal environment. Supervisor: Dr. Richard Grosberg
1994 - 1995 Researcher, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Monterey, CA.
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Denny.
1993 Research Assistant, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Supervisor: Dr. J. Roughgarden.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND HONORS
2009 Newport Bay Naturalists and Friends Network “Effects of habitat modification on the performance of native and non-native oysters in Newport Bay, CA”, with Dr. Danielle Zacherl (CSUF) and Dr. Jennifer Burnaford (CSUF) $1000
2008 - 2012 National Science Foundation, Biological Oceanography Panel, 08-24903 "The Effects of Temperature on Ecological Processes in a Rocky Intertidal Community: A Mechanistic Approach," with Dr. Emily Carrington (University of Washington), $542,658
2005 - 2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington (salary and research) $80,000
2004 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology and Oceanography, Symposium VI, Invited Participant
2002 The Western Society of Naturalists, Best Student Paper Award (Honorable Mention)
2001 - 2002 National Science Foundation (DEB-0120789), “Interdisciplinary approaches to natural history: a student symposium” (Co-PI with Dr. M. H. Graham, Univ. of California, Davis) $10,950
2001 - 2002 Center for Population Biology, University of California, “Examination of the northern range limit of the snail Macclintockia scabra.” $600
1999 - 2002 U.S. Department of Energy, Graduate Research Environment Fellowship (tuition, stipend, & research) $67,500
2000 The Sigma – Xi Society, Grant in Aid of Research, “Stable Isotope Sclerochronology of the limpet Macclintockia scabra.” $450
2000 American Malacological Society, Best Student Poster Award, 2000 AMS Annual Meeting $500
1999 - 2000 Western Society of Malacologists, “An examination of the factors influencing the northern range limit of Macclintockia scabra.” $1,000
1996 - 1999 National Science Foundation, Graduate Predoctoral Fellowship (tuition, stipend, & research) $64,500
1997 - 1998 Center for Population Biology, University of California, “Life-history variation in an intertidal snail.” $600
1996 - 1997 Jastro - Shields Research Scholarship, University of California, Davis CA. “The ecology and evolution of marine species flocks.” $2,000
PUBLICATIONS
Yamane, L and S.E. Gilman. 2009. Opposite responses by an intertidal predator tounde increasing aquatic and aerial temperatures. Marine Ecology Progress Series, in press
Gilman, S.E. 2007. Shell microstructure of the patellid gastropod Collisella scabra (Gould): Ecological and phylogenetic implications. The Veliger 48(4):235-242.
Gilman, S.E. 2006a. Life at the edge: an experimental study of a poleward range boundary. Oecologia 148:270-279.
Gilman, S.E. 2006b. The northern geographic range limit of the intertidal limpet Collisella scabra: a test of performance, recruitment, and temperature hypotheses. Ecography 29: 709 -720.
Gilman, S.E., D.S. Wethey, and B. Helmuth 2006a. Variation in the sensitivity of organismal body temperature to climate change over local and geographic scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(25): 9560-9565.
Gilman, S.E., C.D.G. Harley, D.C. Strickland, O. Vanderstraeten, M.J. O'Donnell, & B. Helmuth. 2006b. Evaluation of 'Effective Shore Level' as a method of characterizing intertidal wave exposure regimes. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 4:448-457
Helmuth, B., B.R. Broitman, C.A. Blanchette, S.E. Gilman, P. Halpin, C.D.G. Harley, M.J. O'Donnell, G.E. Hofmann, B. Menge, & D. Strickland 2006. Mosaic patterns of thermal stress in the rocky intertidal zone: implications for climate change. Ecological Monographs 76(4): 461–479.
Gilman, S.E. 2005. A test of Brown's Principle in the intertidal limpet Collisella scabra. The Journal of Biogeography 32: 1583-1589.
Sagarin, R. D., J. P. Barry, S. E. Gilman, and C. H. Baxter. 1999. Climate related changes in an intertidal community over short and long time scales. Ecological Monographs 69(4): 465-490.
Barry, J. P., C. H. Baxter, R. D. Sagarin, and S. E. Gilman. 1995. Climate-related long-term faunal changes in a California rocky intertidal community. Science 267: 672-675.
Invited Submissions
Gilman, S.E., M. Urban, J. Tewksbury, G.W. Gilchrist, and R.D. Holt. The great unknown: community interactions under climate change. Trends in Ecology and Evolution Proposal accepted, article in prep.
Popular Press
"A Mussel-Bound Robot", Bruce Stultz, On Earth Magazine, Fall 2008, http://www.onearth.org/article/a-mussel-bound-robot
"Mussels at Risk" interview with Steve Kruger, 6/6/2006, KPLU Radio 88.5 FM, Tacoma, Washington
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Talks
2009. Department of Biology, Temple University
2009. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati
2008. Environmental Studies Program, Whittier College
2008. Biology Department, Harvey Mudd College
2007. Biology Department, San Diego State University
2007. Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
2007. Department of Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton.
2007. Department of Biology, University of Oregon
2007. Division of Integrative Biology, University of South Florida.
2007. Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University.
2006. Department of Biology, California State University, Dominguez Hills.
2003. Department of Biology, Sonoma State University.
Contributed Talks (past 5 years)
Gilman, S.E. 2008. Climate change and species interactions: Predicting indirect effects in a snail-barnacle system. Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Gilman, S.E., Helmuth B.S.T., and D. Wethey. 2006. Understanding the thermal consequences of climate change: a mechanistic approach. Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, Tennessee.
Gilman, S.E. 2006. Climate change and species interactions: Predicting indirect effects. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists, Redmond, Washington.
Gilman, S.E., 2006. Understanding organismal thermal environments. Poster presented at the 2006 Gordon Conference on the Metabolic Basis of Ecology, Lewiston, Maine.
Gilman, S.E., Helmuth B.S.T., and D. Wethey. 2006. Predicting body temperature sensitivity to future climate change in the intertidal mussel Mytilus californianus. Presented at the 2006 summer meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Victoria, Canada.
Gilman, S.E., Helmuth B.S.T., and D. Wethey. 2005. Spatial variation in body temperature of the intertidal mussel Mytilus californianus: local and latitudinal patterns. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada.
Gilman, S.E., Helmuth B.S.T., and D. Wethey. 2004. Risk analysis in rocky intertidal ecosystems: predicting patterns of thermal stress in space and time. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists, Sonoma, California.
Gilman, S.E. 2004. Climate, population dynamics, and the northern geographic range limit of an intertidal snail. Presented at the Benthic Ecology Meeting, Mobile, Alabama.
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008-2009 Mentor for Kelly Cloward, Senior Thesis Project, Scripps College
2008 Mentor for Tim Iafe, Independent Study, Claremont McKenna College
2007-2009 Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, Joint Science Department, The Claremont Colleges. Responsibilities include a non-majors course in marine biology and an upper division course in marine ecology, both with laboratories.
2007 Mentor for Caitlin Wigre, Independent Study, Skagit Valley College.
2006 Co-Instructor, Ecological and evolutionary analysis of spatial variation in marine systems Friday Harbor Labs Research Undergraduate Apprentice Course, with Melissa Frey. We trained students in both experimental and molecular techniques. Two student projects from this course are currently being prepared for publication.
2005-2006 Mentor, Blinks Fellowship Program to Enhance Diversity, Friday Harbor Laboratories. For two summers I volunteered as faculty mentor for undergraduate students from communities under-represented in science, who come to FHL to conduct 8 week independent research projects.
2006 Mentor for Stephanie Palacio-Betancur, University of Puerto Rico
2005 Mentor for Albert Rodriguez, California State University, Fullerton
2002 Certificate, Seminar in College Teaching, UC Davis.
2000 – 2001 Mentor for Lisa Gust and Mandene Thomas, Senior Thesis, Humboldt State University
1999 Mentor for Sakura Nakamura, Undergraduate Research Project, UC Davis
1996 – 1998 Teaching Assistant, Evolutionary Biology, UC Davis.
I led weekly discussion and problem-solving sections. I also contributed to homework and exam questions and graded exams. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Turelli.
1994 - 1995 Student Services Assistant, Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey, CA.
I developed a new program for student recruitment. This included writing and publishing informational materials on the marine station, and developing an internship program with local resource agencies. Supervisor: Dr. Mark Denny.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Committees
2005 - 2007 Organizing Committee, Friday Harbor Laboratories Annual Open House
I helped plan the Labs' annual open house to the local community, which attracts around 500 visitors each year.
2001 – 2002 Postdoctoral Search Committee, Center for Population Biology
I participated as the student representative in an international postdoctoral fellow search for the Center for Population Biology.
1999 - 2002 Student Committee, Western Society of Naturalists
2001 - 2002 Chair, Student Committee, Western Society of Naturalists
WSN is a prominent scientific society dedicated to marine biological research. I helped to plan symposia, workshops, and student socials at the annual meetings.
1996 – 1999 Organizing Committee, Association of Graduate Student Employees, UC Davis. As a member of the governing committee of AGSE, I worked to achieve a legally recognized graduate student employees union.
1997 – 1998 Graduate Student Assembly, University of California, Davis
I served as the representative for the Population Biology Graduate program to the Graduate Student Association at UC Davis.
1996 – 1998 Steering Committee, Center for Population Biology, UC Davis.
As the student representative, I communicated student concerns to the governing committee for the both the CPB and the Population Biology graduate program.
Other Activities
2009 Panelist, Organism-Environment Interactions, Biological Sciences, National Science Foundation
2007-2009 Invited Participant, "Mechanistic distribution models: energetics, fitness, and population dynamics", NCEAS/NESCent Working Group organized by L. Buckley, M. Angilletta, R. Holt, and J. Tewksbury.
2006 Co-Chair, Best Student Paper Awards Committee, Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Redmond, Washington
2006 Co-Organizer, “Thermal physiology as a biogeographic determinant: historical and mechanistic perspectives”, with Jonathon Stillman and Joshua Tewksbury. Symposium organized for the 2006 the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN. The symposium explored how temperature influences organisms at physiological, ecological, and biogeographical spatial and temporal scales.
2001 Organizer, “Integrative Approaches to Studying Natural History”, NSF – funded Symposium, Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Ventura, California.
2000 Organizer, "Careers in Applied Biology", Student – Sponsored Workshop, Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon.
Professional Societies
Ecological Society of America
American Society of Limnologists and Oceanographers
American Malacological Society
Western Society of Naturalists
Reviewer
Ecology
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
National Science Foundation, Biological Oceanography
Journal of Ecology
Biological Bulletin
Ad-Hoc Editor
Ecology