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Carlos E. Cintra Buenrostro, Ph. D. Resume / Research Experience - August 2020 Personal Information Job Title: Professor Address: School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Brownsville TX 78520 USA. Joint appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences, UTRGV Phone: (956) 882-5746. E-mail: [email protected]. Education 2006. Ph.D. Geosciences (Marine Paleoecology), University of Arizona (UA), Department of Geosciences, Tucson. Thesis: Bivalve mollusk paleoecology: trophic and environmental reconstruction from stable isotopes, sclerochronology and shell damage. 2000. M.Sc. Marine Sciences (Marine Ecology), Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML), Moss Landing, CA. Thesis: Gulf of California Pleistocene and Modern Molluscan comparison as a test for global change. 1997. B.Sc. Marine Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS), La Paz, B.C.S., México. Thesis: Sinópsis taxonómica y biogeografía ecológica de asteroideos (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) del Golfo de California. Research Interests Biotic response to environmental change, ecosystems functions and processes, habitat restoration, stable isotopes, artificial reef monitoring and development, biogeography, ecology, evolution, taxonomy and paleontology of marine macroinvertebrates (mainly corals, echinoderms and molluscs). Fellowships - Friday Harbor Laboratories (July 19-August 21, 2004). University of Washington, Friday Harbor, WA, USA. - Environmental Defense (2002-2003 Academic Year). University of Arizona (UA), Tucson, USA. - T & E, Inc. (Summer 2002). UA, Tucson, USA. - Chevron / Dept. of Geosciences (June 2002). UA, Tucson, USA. - Bert S. Butler Fellowship (2001-2002 Academic Year). UA, Tucson, USA. - Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) (September 2001-August 2004). México, DF - USA, Arizona. - Packard Foundation (April 25-May 1, 2000). MLML-San José State University (SJSU), California, USA. - Ray Cannon Scholarship (1999). MLML-SJSU, California, USA. - Dr. Earl H. Myers and Ethel M. Myers Oceanography and Marine Biology Trust (1999). MLML- SJSU, California, USA. - Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) (September-October, 1998). Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS)-MLML, México-USA. Honors and Awards - Promotion to Full Professor (2018). The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), Brownsville, TX, USA. - Faculty Exceptional Merit (2014). The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB), Brownsville, TX, USA. - Joint appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences (2013). UTB, Brownsville, TX, USA. - Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor (2012). UTB, Brownsville, TX, USA. - Faculty Exceptional Merit (2011). UTB, Brownsville, TX, USA. - Faculty Exceptional Merit (2009). UTB, Brownsville, TX, USA. - Member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (August, 2006-2009). - Best grade average of the Class 1991-1995 in Marine Biology (12/19/1995). Universidad Autonóma de Baja California Sur (UABCS), La Paz, B.C.S., México. - Number two ranked in Marine Biology during the semester 1995-1 (11/1/1995). UABCS, La Paz, Baja California Sur (B.C.S.), México. Grants and Contracts Current: Note all amounts in U.S. Dollars, unless otherwise noticed. 2 - Co-PI (Steering Committee Member) on the project: “RCN: Integrating and translating conservation paleobiology”. National Science Foundation (NSF) - University of Florida, Lead Institution - The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Grant Number 1922562 (September 2019-August 2024): Total Award Amount $492,099.00. - Co-PI on the project: “Coastal and marine ecosystems”. Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (CCME) / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Florida A&M University, Lead Institution - UTRGV. Grant Number NA16SEC4810009 (September 2016-August 2021): Total Award Amount $15,496,597.00; UTRGV Award Amount $2,314,719.00. Plus $6,500,000.00 to lead institution; $998,587.00 to UTRGV during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021. - Co-PI on the project: “GEOPATH-EXTRA: Stimulating Hispanic participation in the Geosciences (SHIP-GEO)”. NSF - UTRGV. Grant Number 1600585 (September 2016- August 2019), PI C-L. Cheng, Co-PI’s J. Gonzalez, J. Kang, and J. Benavides: Total Award Amount $464,959.00. Project was extended for another year at no cost. - Co-PI on the project: “RESTORE”. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Consortium Harte Research Institute, Lead Institution - UTRGV. (FY 2015-2030): Total Award Amount $11,000,000.00. Past - PI on the project: “Artificial reef biological monitoring and research program FY 2016-2017”. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) - The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). Contract Number 475342 (September 2015-August 2017), Co-PI’s D. Hicks and R. Kline: Total Award Amount $633,323.00. Project was extended for another year at no cost. - PI on the project: “Rio Grande Valley reefing site pre-and post-deployment monitoring FY 2016-2017”. TPWD Artificial Reef Program - UTRGV. Contract Number 474944 (September 2015-August 2017), Co-PI’s D. Hicks and R. Kline: Total Award Amount $308,841.00. Project was extended for another year at no cost. - Co-PI on the project: “A regional ecosystem approach for the conservation and sustainable management of coastal and marine resources”. Environmental Cooperative Science Center (ECSC) / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Florida A&M University, Lead Institution - The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB). Grant Number NA11SEC4810001 (September 2011-August 2016): Total Award Amount $14,925,000.00; 3 UTB Award Amount $1,089,859.00. Project was extended for two years (one at a time) at no cost. - PI on the project: “Artificial reef biological monitoring and research program FY 2014-2015”. TPWD - UTB. Contract Number 439189 (September 2013-August 2015), Co-PI’s D. Hicks and R. kline: Total Award Amount $449,986.00. - Co-PI on the project: “Repurposing the UT-Brownsville Research Vessel M/V Vollert for Monitoring Artificial Reefs”. TPWD - UTB. Contract Number 426996 (September 2012- December 2013), PI R. Kline and Co-PI D. Hicks: Total Award Amount $76,000.00. - PI on the project: “Artificial reef biological monitoring and research program”. TPWD - UTB. Contract Number 409326 (April 2011-March 2013), Co-PI D. Hicks: Total Award Amount $297,172.00. - PI on the project: “Texas Clipper Reef biological monitoring and evaluation program”. TPWD - UTB. Contract Number 183089 (October 2007-March 2011), Co-PI D. Hicks: Total Award Amount $245,330.00. - Associated Researcher on the project: “Biodiversidad asociada a mantos de rodolitos y pastos marinos en Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur”. Reference Number SO74 UABCS - CONABIO (April 1999-2001) PI R. Riosmena-Rodríguez: Total Award Amount $113,200.00 (Mexican Pesos). - Co-PI on the project: “Think before you throw campus recycling program at UTB/TSC”. Walmart Foundation (2007), Co-PI’s E. Heise, J. Benavides and S. Lalonde: Total Award Amount $1,000.00. In-Kind Donations Received - SCUBA Diving Equipment Donated by CON-DIVE October 2007: Estimated Value of Equipment $30,000.00. Employment on Research Grants - Technician on the project: “Research Coordination Network - Colorado River Delta”. National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant to k.W. Flessa (July 2005-August 2006). - Technician on the project: “Estimating the minimum amount of Colorado River water needed to restore critical parts of the river’s estuarine habitat in the northern Gulf of California”. Environmental Defense Grant 463230 to K.W. Flessa (August 2002-May 2003). - Technician on the project: “Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental, en su modalidad específica: salitrales de San Ignacio BCS”. Exportadora de Sal, S.A. de C.V. (2000-2001). 4 - Technician in the Oceanographic Campaign PROMEBIO IV, on the project: “Procesos Oceánicos y Mecanismos de Producción Biológica en el Sur del Golfo de México”. Reference Number G27777-B ICMyL, UNAM - CONACyT (April 17-May 1, 2000). - Technician on the project: "Evaluating Biological Response to Global Change Using the Fossil Record". National Geographic Society (Grant 5774-96) (January 1997-August 2000). - Technician on the project: "The impact of climate change on nearshore marine biodiversity in the Gulf of California". University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Joint International Climate Projects, IAI Initial Science Program (January 1997-August 2000). - Assistant on the project: "Potencial de la Isla Cerralvo, B.C.S., como un área de reserva pesquera". Registro de la Dirección de Posgrado e Investigación, del Instituto Politécnico Nacional No. 966509 (April 1996-March 1998). - First assistant on the project: "Riqueza específica y biogeografía de los corales hermatípicos de la sección sur del Golfo de California y las Islas Revillagigedo". Convenio FB342/H337/96 UABCS - CONABIO (September 1996-August 1997). - Technician on the project: "Biología poblacional de Isostichopus fuscus (Ludwig, 1875) (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) en el sur del Golfo de California". Convenio FB315/H216/96 UABCS - CONABIO (August 1996-July 1997). Publications Published: 21) Gil-Agudelo, D.L., C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro, J. Brenner, P. González-Díaz, W. Kiene, C. Lustic, and H. Pérez-España. 2020. Coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico large marine ecosystem: conservation status, challenges, and opportunities. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 807 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00807. 20) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E. and J.E. Cifuentes-Lujan. 2019. Predation of Eastern Cottontail
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