Randi Dawn Rotjan, Ph.D.

EDUCATION AND RELATED TRAINING

Present. Associate Research Scientist. New England Aquarium, Research Department, Boston, MA.

2007-2010. Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Cambridge, MA. Microbial ecology of tubeworm symbionts in the deep-sea. Dr. Colleen Cavanaugh, postdoctoral adviser

2007 Ph.D., Tufts University, Department of Biology, Medford, MA.
The patterns, causes, and consequences of parrotfish corallivory in Belize. Dr. Sara Lewis, dissertation adviser

1999 B.S., Cum laude, Cornell University, Division of Biological Sciences, , Ithaca, NY.
Concentration: Neurobiology and Behavior. (Dean’s list, Golden Key). Dr. Tom Seeley, honors thesis adviser: Work Allocation of Honeybee Pollen Foraging Behavior.

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICES

· Editorial Board Member, Coral Reefs: http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/ecology/journal/338
· Editorial Board Member, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology: http://www.elsevier.com/
· Editorial Board Member, Aquatic Biology: http://www.int-res.com/journals/ab/
· Reviewer for PLoS One, PLoS Biology, Ecology, Biology Letters, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Coral Reefs, Marine Biology, Botanica Marina, Oecologia, Behaviour, Neotropical Ichthyology, Annales Zoologici Fennici, Aquatic Biology, Marine Biotechnology, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Journal of Zoology
· Session Organizer: Surf and Turf: Establishing New Paradigms by Integrating Theory and Forging Partnerships between Marine and Terrestrial Ecology. Co-chair: Josh Idjadi. Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM. (2009)·
· Ecology Consultant, COMAP, National Science Foundation (NSF) Bio-Math Panel
· Founder, New England Coral Reef Science Salon Series

PUBLICATIONS

Rotjan, R.D.* and J.L. Dimond. 2010. Discriminating causes from consequences of persistent parrotfish corallivory. In press, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

Berumen, M.L.* and R.D. Rotjan. 2010. New records of corallivory in the Red Sea. Coral Reefs 29(3): 727. Click here

Sheridan, C., R. Guppy, R.D. Rotjan, and J.C. Bythell*. 2010. Parrotfish as potential vectors of coral disease. In revision, Coral Reefs.

Rotjan, R.D.*, J.R. Chabot, & S.M. Lewis. 2010. Social context of shell acquisition in Coenobita clypeatus hermit crabs. Behavioral Ecology 21(3): 639-646 Click here

Highlighted: 4-3-10 www.boston.com Click here

Rhyne, A.*, R. Rotjan, A. Bruckner, and M. Tlusty. 2009. Crawling to collapse: Ecologically unsound ornamental invertebrate fisheries. PLoS ONE; 4(12): e8413 Click here

Highlighted: Nature News 2009 doi:10.1038/news.2009.1163 Click here

Highlighted: 3-22-10 New York Times Science Times cover Click here

Lewis, S.M.* and R.D. Rotjan. 2009. Vacancy chains provide aggregate benefits to Coenobita clypeatus hermit crabs. Ethology 115 (4): 356-365. Click here

Rotjan, R.D.* and S.M. Lewis. 2009. Reproductive fitness consequences of parrotfish predation on a tropical reef-building coral. Marine Biology 156: 569-577. Click here

Rotjan, R.D.* and S.M. Lewis. 2008. The impact of coral predators on tropical reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 367: 73-91. Click here

T.L. Harmer, R.D. Rotjan, A.D. Nussbaumer, M. Bright, A.W. Ng, E.G. DeChaine, and C.M. Cavanaugh*. 2008. Free-living tubeworm endosymbionts found at deep-sea vents. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (12): 3895-3898 Click here

Highlighted: In brief, Nature Reviews Microbiology 2008 6:412 Click here

Griffiths, M.E.*, R.D. Rotjan, and G.S. Ellmore. 2007. Salt spray deposition and secretion on leaves of the mangrove Avicennia germinans L. in the Exuma chain, Bahamas. Caribbean Journal of Science 44 (2): 267-271 Click here

Rotjan, R.D.*, J.L. Dimond, D. Thornhill, J. Leichter, B. Helmuth, D. Kemp, and S.M. Lewis. 2006. Chronic parrotfish grazing impedes coral recovery after bleaching. Coral Reefs 25: 361-368. Click here

Rotjan, R.D.* and S.M. Lewis. 2006. Parrotfish abundance and selective corallivory on a Belizean coral reef. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 335: 292-301. Click here

Rotjan, R.D.* and S.M. Lewis. 2005. Selective predation by parrotfishes on the reef coral Porites astreoides. Marine Ecology Progress Series 305: 193-201. Click here

Rotjan, R.D.*, J. Blum, and S.M. Lewis. 2004. Shell choice in Pagurus longicarpus: Does predation threat influence shell choice behavior? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 56(2): 171-176. Click here

Pechenik, J.A.*, M. Blanchard, and R.D. Rotjan. 2004. Susceptibility of larval Crepidula fornicata to predation by suspension-feeding adults. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 306(1): 75-94. Click here

Rotjan, R.D., Calderone, N.W., Seeley, T.D.* 2002. How a honey bee colony mustered additional labor for the task of pollen foraging. Apidologie 33(4): 367-373. Click here

Rotjan, R.D.*, J.R.Chabot, & B. Stauffer. Circadian rhythms in Caribbean corals. In review.

Rotjan, R.D.* Grazer-epibiont interactions on reef versus mangrove Thalassia testudinum seagrasses. In review.

Rotjan, R.D.*, A. Rhyne, J. Masi, D. Laughlin, M. Tlusty, and L. Kaufman. Alternative algal stable states. In review.

* = corresponding author

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS).
The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS).
International Society for Behavioral Ecology (ISBE).
The Ecological Society of America (ESA).
The Animal Behavior Society (ABS)
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS).
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).