Ph.D. Candidate – Boston University Marine Program
Phone: (508) 942-6470
Email: veliger@bu.edu
Web: http://people.bu.edu/veliger
1998 B.A. Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
2005 Workshop in Molecular Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory
2007 (Anticipated) Ph.D. Biology, Boston University
2006 – 2007 Boston University Marine Program – Palmer-Mcleod Fellow
2002 – 2005 Boston University Marine Program – Teaching Fellow
2003 – 2004 NSF GK-12 Fellow – Boston University Project STAMP
2004 Lerner-Grey Fund – American Museum of Natural History
2002 Boston University – Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award
Crandall, E.D., E.A. Treml, J.R. Taffel, P.H. Barber, (in prep) How do stepping stones affect gene flow in neritid gastropods?
Crandall, E.D., J.R. Taffel, P.H. Barber (in prep) Phylogeographic discordance between two amphidromous gastropods with high dispersal potential
Crandall, E.D., E.M. Jones, M. Munoz, B. Akinrobe, M.V. Erdmann, P.H. Barber (in prep) Phylogeography of Echinoderm Ectosymbionts
Crandall, E.D., M.A. Frey, R.K Grosberg, P.H. Barber. (Submitted) Concordant demography and discordant phylogeographic patterns in two Indo-Pacific gastropods. Molecular Ecology
Crandall, E.D. 1999. Early life history aspects of amphidromous neritid snails in Moorea, French Polynesia. Berkeley Scientific 3:52-61.
2004 – 2006 Funded and organized research expeditions to the South Pacific to collect samples for dissertation research.
2002 – 2007 Graduate Research Assistant – Boston University Marine Program.
Collected, managed and sequenced samples of marine organisms from Indonesia for NSF CAREER award to Dr. Paul Barber.
2001 – 2002 Staff Research Associate – U.C. Berkeley Integrative Biology Department.
Performed field and
laboratory work evaluating pesticide effects on fish in the Sacramento Delta.
2000 Benthic Laboratory Intern – Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Assisted in fieldwork and sample processing for an experiment assessing the effects of nutrient availability and predator control on seagrass meadows in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
2000 Aquatic Ecology Intern – National Park Service
Assisted the park aquatic ecologist with aquatic monitoring projects.
1998 Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands – U.C. Berkeley
Undergraduate research project on osmotic tolerance of larvae of amphidromous neritid snails in Moorea, French Polynesia
1996 Research Assistant – University of Oregon
Collected data on recruitment of juvenile barnacles from the field, cultured barnacle larvae, conducted independent research project.
2006 – 2007 Wrote and co-organized two teaching laboratories for Boston area high schools, reaching over 300 students.
2003 – 2004 Wrote and presented inquiry based biology curriculum as a co-teacher at urban Chelsea High School as an NSF GK-12 Fellow.
2002 – 2007 Assisted in developing a new course in Molecular Ecology, ran the laboratory component, teaching molecular methods and helped to guide students through independent projects.
1997 – 2001 Internships with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, National Park Service and the East Bay Regional Park District focused on environmental education and natural history interpretation.
2007 Reviewer for Journal of Experimental Marine Biology
2003 – 2005 Served as liaison to the faculty and coordinated seminars and activities with students at the Woods Hole Oceanagraphic Institute as Vice President of Boston University Marine Program Student Association
2003 Organized a larval dispersal journal club that brought together researchers from 4 different scientific institutions in the Woods Hole area.
Presentations
2007 Evolution – Christchurch, New Zealand
2007 International Biogeography Society – Puerto de la Cruz, Spain
2006 Evolution – Stony Brook, NY
2006 Ocean Sciences – Honolulu, HI
2005 New England Molecular Evolutionary Biologists – Wellesley, MA