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Elizabeth Whitehill Brombosz, PhD

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Bolingbrook, IL 60490 Email: ****.********@*****.***

Qualifications

Experienced in experimental design and statistical analysis of laboratory

experiments

Able to visually analyze samples using light, fluorescence, and electron

(transmission and scanning) microscopy

Proficient in following assays in laboratory settings, particularly those designed to

extract and quantify desired constituents in materials

Experienced in writing and editing scientific and non-scientific content, including

grant writing

Education

BS, Biology, 2005; Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL; GPA 3.54/4.00

Minor in Chemistry

MS, Biological Sciences, 2007; Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; GPA 4.00/4.00

PhD, Biological Sciences, 2012; Clemson University, Clemson, SC; GPA 4.00/4.00

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant August 2007-December 2012

Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Advisor: Dr. Amy Moran

Conceived and designed experiments to answer physiologically and environmentally

relevant questions

Quantified biochemical content of samples, including colorimetric assays (protein

and carbohydrate content) and FID-TLC chromatographic analysis (lipid content)

Measured metabolic input and output of microscopic marine organisms

Examined microscopic animals using fluorescence and confocal microscopy

Reared unicellular marine algae

Research Assistant June 2005-August 2007

Department of Visual Ecology, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, FL

Advisor: Dr. Tamara Frank

Preserved tissues of deep-sea organisms shipboard for histological analysis

Sectioned tissues embedded in paraffin (wax) and plastic

Prepared tissues for analysis via electron microscopy

Examined tissues using transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron

microscopy

REU Research Intern June 2004-August 2004

Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, ME

Advisor: Dr. Kevin Eckelbarger

Preserved and analyzed tissues of marine organisms using light microscopy

Embedded tissues for paraffin and plastic histological sectioning

Writing Tutor January 2002-April 2005

Writing Center, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL

Worked as a peer writing tutor, reading over and editing papers that students

brought in for a variety of courses

Edited papers for grammar and spelling errors as well as editing for content and

ensuring that main arguments were properly and adequately supported

Publications

Moran, A.L., McAlister, J.S., and W hitehill, E.A.G. 2013. Eggs as energy: revisiting the

scaling of egg size and energetic content among echinoderms. Biological Bulletin

224:184-191.

Whitehill, E.A.G., Moran, A.L. 2012. Comparative larval energetics of an ophiuroid and an

echinoid echinoderm. Invertebrate Biology 131:345-354. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-

7410.2012.00277.x

Whitehill, E.A.G., Frank, T.M., Olds, M.K. 2009. The structure and sensitivity of the eye of

different life history stages of the ontogenetic migrator Gnathophausia ingens. Marine

Biology 156:1347-1357. doi:10.1007/s00227-009-1176-3

Conference Proceedings

Using energetics of sea urchin development to examine the temperature-size rule. Society

for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2013).

Energy utilization by nonfeeding larvae is affected by rearing temperature. Society for

Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2013).

The effects of temperature on energy utilization by feeding and nonfeeding larvae. 10th

International Larval Biology Symposium, Berkeley, CA (2012).

The effects of temperature on the developmental energetics of a sea urchin with indirect

larval development. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting,

Charleston, SC (2012).

The effects of temperature on development and energetics of larvae of the sea urchin

Lytechinus variegatus. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Mobile, AL (2011).

Respiration rates and energetic content of larvae of a tropical ophiuroid: comparisons with a

sympatric echinoid. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting,

Seattle, WA (2010).

Comparative sensitivity of the eyes of ontogenetically migrating crustaceans. Society for

Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX (2008).

Visual adaptations of life history stages of ontogenetically migrating crustaceans. Society for

Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ (2007).

Selected Grants and Awards

Slocum-Lunz Foundation Grant (2011, $500)

Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research Grant (2008; $1,000)

Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Grant (2008; $936)

R.C. Edwards Graduate Fellowship, Clemson University (2007-2008)

The Crustacean Society Best Student Poster Award, Society for Integrative and

Comparative Biology (SICB) annual meeting (2007)

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