Assistant University

SEAN F. WERLE

CURRICULUM VITAE

E DUCATION

****: Doctor of Philosophy, Organismic and Evolutionary

Biology. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Major advisor: Ben

Normark

Thesis title: The biology, ecology, and cytogenetics of the genus

Axarus (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Connecticut River.

2000: Master of Science, Entomology. University of

Massachusetts, Amherst. Major Advisor: Patricia Vittum

Thesis title: The temporal and spatial dynamics of the ant Lasius

neoniger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New England turfgrass.

1995: Bachelor of Science, Zoology. University of Rhode Island.

Graduated with Distinction.

1993: Associate in Arts, Community College of Rhode Island.

Graduated with Highest Honors.

P UBLICATIONS

2007. Asikainen, CA and SF Werle. Accretion of

ferromanganese nodules that form pavement in Second

Connecticut Lake, New Hampshire. Proceedings of the

National Academy of Sciences. 104 (45): 175**-*****.

2007. Werle, SF, NA Johnson, ER Dumont and P Parasiewicz.

Ecological dissimilarity analysis: A simple method of

demonstrating community-habitat correlations for frequency

data. Northeastern Naturalist 14 (3): 439-446.

2005. Werle SF. Populations of a Connecticut River midge

structured by geological history and downstream gene flow.

Chromosome Research 13 (1): 97-106.

2004. Werle SF, DG Smith and E Klekowski. Life in crumbling

clay: The biology of Axarus species (Diptera :

Chironomidae) in the Connecticut River. Northeastern

Naturalist 11 (4): 443-458.

2004. Werle SF, E Klekowski and DG Smith. Inversion

polymorphism in a Connecticut River Axarus species

(Diptera: Chironomidae): biometric effects of a triple

inversion heterozygote. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82 (1):

118-129.

2003. Smith DG, SF Werle and E Klekowski. The anatomy and

brooding biology of Pottsiella erecta (Potts, 1884)

(Ectoprocta : Gymnolaemata : Ctenostomata), with an

expanded diagnosis of the Pottsiellidae. Hydrobiologia 490 (1-

3): 135-145.

2002. Smith DG, SF Werle and E Klekowski. The rapid

colonization and emerging biology of Cordylophora caspia

(Pallas, 1771) (Cnidaria : Clavidae) in the Connecticut River.

Journal Of Freshwater Ecology 17 (3): 423-430.

E XPERIENCE

1996-Present. Senior Environmental Scientist, Axarus

Environmental Consulting, LLC, Montague, Massachusetts.

2004-Present. Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Biology,

University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

2005-Present. Curator of Invertebrate Collections. University of

Massachusetts, Amherst, Natural History Collections (Department

of Biology).

2005-Present. Conservation Commissioner, Town of Montague,

Massachusetts.

2004-2005. Post-doctoral Research Fellow: Northeast Instream

Habitat Program, Department of Natural Resources

Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

1986-1990. Commercial and industrial electrical construction.

1982-1986. Electronic technician, United States Coast Guard.

C O UR SE S TAUGH T

1996-2007 Instructor: Tropical Field Biology (BIOL-497h)

Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

1996-1999 Teaching Assistant: Biology of Aquatic Invertebrates

(ENT-576 laboratory) Department of Entomology, University of

Massachusetts, Amherst.

2002 Teaching Assistant: Plant Morphology (BIOL-504

laboratory) Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts,

Amherst.

2003 Teaching Assistant: Genetics (BIOL-283) Department of

Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

1999, 2000, 2002 Teaching Assistant: Introductory Animal

Biology (BIOL-102 laboratory) Department of Biology,

University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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