Randi Dawn Rotjan, Ph.D.

EDUCATION AND RELATED TRAINING

2009-present. Research Scientist; Principal Investigator. New England Aquarium, Research Department, Boston, MA.

2007-present. 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, 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

PUBLICATIONS

(18) Rotjan, R.D.* and J.L. Dimond. Discriminating causes from consequences of persistent parrotfish corallivory. In review.

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

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

(15) Berumen, M.L.* and R.D. Rotjan. 2010. New records of corallivory in the Red Sea. In revision, Coral Reefs.

(14) Rotjan, R.D.*, J.R. Chabot, & S.M. Lewis. 2010. Social context of shell acquisition in Coenobita clypeatus hermit crabs. In press, Behavioral Ecology.

(13) Sheridan, C., R. Guppy, R.D. Rotjan, and J.C. Bythell*. 2010. Why doesn't corallivory commonly result in coral disease? In revision, Coral Reefs.

(12) 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

(11) 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

(10) 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

(9) 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

(8) 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

(7) 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

(6) 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

(5) 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

(4) 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

(3) 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

(2) 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

(1) 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

* = 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).