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Education:
PhD: Expected data of completion, June 2015
UW-Madison Center for Limnology
B.A.: Biology, June 2008
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Research Experience:
Graduate Student, June 2010-present: University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology.
My work as a graduate student has taken place almost exclusively in Green Bay Lake Michigan. In Green Bay, I focus on the role of pelagic and benthic primary production in supporting aquatic food webs and how those roles change across space, time, trophic status, and from processes such as invasion by Dreissenid mussels. I hope to expand my study sites to include locations around Lake Michigan and perhaps even to Lake Myvatn in Iceland.
Research Technician, December 2008-2010: Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Radiation Oncology, Milwaukee, WI.
My work at the Medical College of Wisconsin focuses around mitigating organ failure in rats after exposure to high-dose x-ray irradiation. This research is part of the Radiation Terrorism Countermeasures Center which aims to provide mitigators of radiation-induced injuries should an event such as a dirty bomb explosion or a nuclear plant meltdown occur. My work at MCW has many facets: I provide basic husbandry to a colony of about 1,200 research rats, conduct survival surgeries, manage independent projects, and perform protein and nitrate assays on rat urine and serum. In addition, I am also actively involved in data analysis and the grant writing process of our lab.
Lawrence University Marine Term Program, May 2008: Grand Cayman Island and Lawrence University.
During my last term at Lawrence, I participated in the Lawrence University Marine Term Program (LUMP). The focus of this program is a two-week period on Grand Cayman Island, during which we dove at numerous reef locations around the island, collecting biodiversity data on vertebrates, invertebrates, and corals. In addition, all students conducted group research projects concerning reef habitats. My group analyzed the influence of substrate complexity and coral polyp size on zooplankton diel emergence. A written analysis and presentation of the independent projects were required at the end of the term; each student also compiled a comprehensive analysis of the biodiversity data. My biodiversity analysis was selected by the professors running LUMP to be submitted to the Caymanian Department of the Environment in order to expand the DOE’s coral reef data set.
Senior Independent Research Project, March 2007 - May 2008: Lawrence University.
In order to combine both my course and research based experiences, I completed a lab-based honors thesis during my senior year. The aim of my research was to quantify the damage of chronic low-dose UV-B irradiation on Microcystis aeruginosa and Scenedesmus quadricauda in terms of cell density, DNA damage, and chlorophyll degredation. In addition, I expanded my analysis to include how UV-B induced changes in the phytoplankton assemblage could alter freshwater aquatic habitats from the community to the ecosystem levels. The project culminated in the submission of a written analysis of my research as well as a two-hour oral defense in front of a four-faculty member committee.
NSF Undergraduate Research Experience, Summer 2006: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute, Milwaukee, WI.
During the summer of 2006 I participated in a REU program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute. While at the WATER Institute, I worked under Dr. Russell Cuhel to design a ten-week research project studying the size distribution, nutrient composition, and nutrient excretion of quagga mussels (Dreisenna bugensis) in Lake Michigan. To accomplish this, I used CHN combustion analysis, an array of nutrient-based colorometric assays, and took a variety of size and weight measurements of mussels gathered during field sampling. My research resulted in the submission of a written analysis as well as a poster presentation to WATER Institute faculty and other REU participants. Currently, the WATER Institute is using my data to further assess the impact of quagga mussels on the Lake Michigan ecosystem.
Honors and Awards:
Graduated Summa Cum Laude in course: June 2008.
Obtained Magna Cum Laude in study for my Senior Honors Thesis: June 2008.
Sumner Richman Student Research Award in Biology: May 2008.
Phi Beta Kappa Inductee: October 2007.
Lawrence University Presidential Academic Scholarship: August 2004-June 2008.
Teaching and Outreach:
Teaching Assistant, UW-Madison Limnology Lab: Fall of 2010 - present.
Instructor, UW-Madison Winter Limnology course for kids: December 2010 and 2011
Vital Volunteer Tutor Program, Lawrence University: January 2006 – May 2008.
Co-curricular activities:
Varsity Football, Lawrence University: August 2004 – November 2007.
Varsity Fencing, Lawrence University: December 2005 – February 2006.
Publications:
F. Sieber., S.A. Muir, E.P. Cohen, B.L. Fish, M.M. Mader, A.M. Schock, B.J. Althouse, J.E. Moulder: Dietary Selenium for the Mitigation of Radiation Injury: Effects of Selenium Dose Escalation and Timing of Supplementation. Radiation Research. 176. 366-374, 2011.
Doctrow, S.D., Lazaroya, Z. Effect of superoxide dismutase (SOD)/catalase mimetic EUK-207 on the radiation-induced skin injury. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology. 130(S1):S2-S2.
PhD: Expected data of completion, June 2015
UW-Madison Center for Limnology
B.A.: Biology, June 2008
Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Research Experience:
Graduate Student, June 2010-present: University of Wisconsin Center for Limnology.
My work as a graduate student has taken place almost exclusively in Green Bay Lake Michigan. In Green Bay, I focus on the role of pelagic and benthic primary production in supporting aquatic food webs and how those roles change across space, time, trophic status, and from processes such as invasion by Dreissenid mussels. I hope to expand my study sites to include locations around Lake Michigan and perhaps even to Lake Myvatn in Iceland.
Research Technician, December 2008-2010: Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Radiation Oncology, Milwaukee, WI.
My work at the Medical College of Wisconsin focuses around mitigating organ failure in rats after exposure to high-dose x-ray irradiation. This research is part of the Radiation Terrorism Countermeasures Center which aims to provide mitigators of radiation-induced injuries should an event such as a dirty bomb explosion or a nuclear plant meltdown occur. My work at MCW has many facets: I provide basic husbandry to a colony of about 1,200 research rats, conduct survival surgeries, manage independent projects, and perform protein and nitrate assays on rat urine and serum. In addition, I am also actively involved in data analysis and the grant writing process of our lab.
Lawrence University Marine Term Program, May 2008: Grand Cayman Island and Lawrence University.
During my last term at Lawrence, I participated in the Lawrence University Marine Term Program (LUMP). The focus of this program is a two-week period on Grand Cayman Island, during which we dove at numerous reef locations around the island, collecting biodiversity data on vertebrates, invertebrates, and corals. In addition, all students conducted group research projects concerning reef habitats. My group analyzed the influence of substrate complexity and coral polyp size on zooplankton diel emergence. A written analysis and presentation of the independent projects were required at the end of the term; each student also compiled a comprehensive analysis of the biodiversity data. My biodiversity analysis was selected by the professors running LUMP to be submitted to the Caymanian Department of the Environment in order to expand the DOE’s coral reef data set.
Senior Independent Research Project, March 2007 - May 2008: Lawrence University.
In order to combine both my course and research based experiences, I completed a lab-based honors thesis during my senior year. The aim of my research was to quantify the damage of chronic low-dose UV-B irradiation on Microcystis aeruginosa and Scenedesmus quadricauda in terms of cell density, DNA damage, and chlorophyll degredation. In addition, I expanded my analysis to include how UV-B induced changes in the phytoplankton assemblage could alter freshwater aquatic habitats from the community to the ecosystem levels. The project culminated in the submission of a written analysis of my research as well as a two-hour oral defense in front of a four-faculty member committee.
NSF Undergraduate Research Experience, Summer 2006: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute, Milwaukee, WI.
During the summer of 2006 I participated in a REU program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute. While at the WATER Institute, I worked under Dr. Russell Cuhel to design a ten-week research project studying the size distribution, nutrient composition, and nutrient excretion of quagga mussels (Dreisenna bugensis) in Lake Michigan. To accomplish this, I used CHN combustion analysis, an array of nutrient-based colorometric assays, and took a variety of size and weight measurements of mussels gathered during field sampling. My research resulted in the submission of a written analysis as well as a poster presentation to WATER Institute faculty and other REU participants. Currently, the WATER Institute is using my data to further assess the impact of quagga mussels on the Lake Michigan ecosystem.
Honors and Awards:
Graduated Summa Cum Laude in course: June 2008.
Obtained Magna Cum Laude in study for my Senior Honors Thesis: June 2008.
Sumner Richman Student Research Award in Biology: May 2008.
Phi Beta Kappa Inductee: October 2007.
Lawrence University Presidential Academic Scholarship: August 2004-June 2008.
Teaching and Outreach:
Teaching Assistant, UW-Madison Limnology Lab: Fall of 2010 - present.
Instructor, UW-Madison Winter Limnology course for kids: December 2010 and 2011
Vital Volunteer Tutor Program, Lawrence University: January 2006 – May 2008.
Co-curricular activities:
Varsity Football, Lawrence University: August 2004 – November 2007.
Varsity Fencing, Lawrence University: December 2005 – February 2006.
Publications:
F. Sieber., S.A. Muir, E.P. Cohen, B.L. Fish, M.M. Mader, A.M. Schock, B.J. Althouse, J.E. Moulder: Dietary Selenium for the Mitigation of Radiation Injury: Effects of Selenium Dose Escalation and Timing of Supplementation. Radiation Research. 176. 366-374, 2011.
Doctrow, S.D., Lazaroya, Z. Effect of superoxide dismutase (SOD)/catalase mimetic EUK-207 on the radiation-induced skin injury. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology. 130(S1):S2-S2.