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CURRICULUM VITAE Nilda E. Aponte Department Biology, UPRB CURRICULUM VITAE Name Nilda E. Aponte Avellanet Citizenship U.S.A Civil Status Single, 1 adult child Date and place of birth January 24, 1957 Mayagüez, P. R Work Address Department of Biology University of Puerto Rico Carr 174, Industrial Minillas Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00959 Telephone/Fax (787) 993-0000 x 3262 (787) 993-8928 (Fax) (787) 319-4545 Mobile E-Mail [email protected] (work) [email protected] (personal) EDUCATION B. S. Zoology, Department of Biology, R.U.M. University of Puerto Rico, May 1976. M. S. Botany, Department of Marine Sciences, R.U.M. University of Puerto Rico, May, 1981. Ph.D. Botany, Department of Marine Sciences, R.U.M. University of Puerto Rico, May 1990. Page 1 of 7 CURRICULUM VITAE Nilda E. Aponte Department Biology, UPRB FELLOWSHIPS Henry Rexach Memorial Fund for Academic Excellence. Pueblo International. 1986-88. 10-week Graduate Student Fellowship. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Summer 1988. EMPLOYMENT February 2013 –present. Director, Department of Biology, Univ. of Puerto Rico at Bayamón. August 2012- present. Professor, Department of Biology, Univ. of Puerto Rico at Bayamón August 2012- present. Administrative functions at the Office of Planning and Institutional Research. Univ. of Puerto Rico at Bayamón. January 2012-July 2012: Special License. Administrative functions at the Office of Planning and Institutional Research. Univ. of Puerto Rico at Bayamón. May 2003- July 2012, Director Department of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. April 2001-May 2003, Interim Director Department of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. July 2001- Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. July 2000-Nov 2000 Associate Director Office of Graduate Studies, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. July 1997-present Associate Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. September 1, 1998- December 1999. Interim Director Department of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. July 1994-June 1996 Associate Investigator, Department of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. August 1, 1990 – June 1995. Assistant Investigator/Instructor, Department of Marine Sciences, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. Instructor of Aquatic Botany and Marine Biology, Instituto Universitario Tecnológico del Mar, Isla Margarita, Venezuela. March 1981-June 1983. Researcher at the Marine Station (EDIMAR), Fundación La Salle, Margarita Island. Venezuela. August 1979-December 1980. Instructor. General Botany and Plant Evolution. U.P.R. Cayey. Page 2 of 7 CURRICULUM VITAE Nilda E. Aponte Department Biology, UPRB PUBLICATIONS Aponte-Otaola, N., Díaz-Piferrer, M. and Graham, H. D. 1983. Seasonal variation and anatomical distribution of alginic acid in Sargassum spp. found along the coasts of Puerto Rico. J. Agric. U.P.R., 47: 464-475. Aponte, N.E. and Ballantine, D.L. 1987. The life history and development of Murrayella periclados (C. Agardh) Schmitz (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae) in culture. Cryptogamie Algologie N.S. 8: 23-40. Velásquez, Y., Del Valle G., L. and Otaola (Aponte), N. E. 1987. Macroalgas bentónicas y epífitas en la laguna de Las Marites, Isla Margarita, Venezuela. Memoria. 47 (127- 128): 25-35, Contr. No. 128. FLASA. Venezuela. Aponte, N.E. and Ballantine, D.L. 1990. The life history in culture of Callithamnion boergesenii sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Ceramiaceae) from the Caribbean. Phycologia. 29: 191-199. Aponte, N.E. and Ballantine, D.L. 1991. The life history in culture of Seirospora occidentalis Børgesen (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Caribbean. Cryptogamic Botany 2/3: 261-268. Aponte, N.E. and Ballantine, D.L. 1992. The life history in culture of Pleonosporium caribaeum (Børgesen) R. E. Norris (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Caribbean. Cryptogamie Algologie 13(1): 15-23. Aponte, N.E. and Ballantine, D.L. 1994. The morphology and life history in culture of Aglaothamnion herveyi (Howe) comb. nov. with notes on A. felipponei (Howe) comb. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 33: 231-238. Ballantine, D. L., Aponte, N.E. and Holmquist, J.G. 1994. Multi-species Algal Balls and Potentially Imprisoned Fauna: An Unusual Benthic Assemblage. Aquatic Botany 48(2): 167-174. Aponte, N.E. and Ballantine, D.L. 1995. Aglaothamnion flexibilis sp. nov. and Seirospora viridis sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico. Phycologia 34(2): 102-112. Ballantine D. L. and Aponte, N.E. 1996. Verdigellas gamma (Tetrasporales, Chlorophyta), A new deep-water species from the Bahamas. Nova Hedwigia 62: 425-429. Ballantine, D.L. and Aponte, N.E. 1995. Laurencia coelenterata (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta), a new diminutive species from Dry Tortugas, Florida. Botanica Marina. Page 3 of 7 CURRICULUM VITAE Nilda E. Aponte Department Biology, UPRB Aponte, N.E., Ballantine, D.L. and Norris, J.N. 1997. Agalothamnion halliae comb. nov. and A. collinsii sp. nov.(Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) Resolution of nomenclatural and taxonomic confusion. Journal of Phycology 33(1): 81-87. Ballantine, D.L. and Aponte, N.E. 1997. Notes on the benthic Marine Algae of Puerto Rico VI. Additions to the flora. Botanica Marina, 40: 39-44. Ballantine, D.L. and Aponte, N.E. 1997. A revised checklist of the benthic marine algae known to Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 33(3/4): 150-179. Ballantine, D.L., Bowden-Kirby, A. and Aponte. N.E. 2000. Cruoriella (Peysonneliaceae, Rhodophyta) rhodolith from shallow water back reef environments in La Parguera, Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea) Coral Reefs. 19: 75-81. Ballantine, D.L. and Aponte, N. E. 2000. Botryocladia bahamense sp. nov. (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Bahamas, West Atlantic. Cryptogamie Algologie. In Press Ballantine, D.L., A. Bowden-Kerby and N.E. Aponte. 2000. Cruoriella (Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta) rhodoliths from shallow-water back reef environments in La Parguera, Puerto Rico (Caribbean Sea). Coral Reefs 19: 75- 81. Aponte, N.E. and D.L. Ballantine. 2001. Depth Distribution of Algal Species on the Deep Insular Fore Reef at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas. Deep Sea Research Part I, 48: 2185-2194. Ballantine, D.L. and N.E. Aponte. 2002. Ganonema farinosa and Ganonema dendroidea comb. nov. (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Cryptogamie Algologie 23: 211-222. Ballantine, D.L., H. Ruiz and N.E. Aponte. 2002. Predaea goffiana sp. nov.. (Nemastomataceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Botanica Marina 45: 385-389. Ballantine, D.L. and N.E. Aponte. 2002. Botryocladia bahamense sp. nov. (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Bahamas, west Atlantic. Cryptogamie Algologie 23: 123-130. Ballantine, D.L. and N.E. Aponte. 2002. A Checklist of the Benthic Marine Algae Known to Puerto Rico, Second Revision. Constancea. 83: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/constancea/83/ballantine_aponte/checklist.html Ballantine, D.L. and N.E. Aponte. 2003. An annotated checklist of deep-reef benthic Page 4 of 7 CURRICULUM VITAE Nilda E. Aponte Department Biology, UPRB marine algae from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas (western Atlantic) I. Chlorophyta and Heterokontophyta. Nova Hedwigia 76: 113-127. Ballantine, D.L. and N.E. Aponte. 2004. An annotated checklist of deep-reef benthic marine algae from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas II. Rhodophyta. Nova Hedwigia. Ballantine, D.L., H. Ruiz and N.E. Aponte. 2004. Notes on the Benthic Marine Algae of Puerto Rico VIII. Additions to the Flora. Botanica Marina. Ballantine, D.L. and N.E. Aponte. 2004. Dasya abbottiana sp. nov. (Dasyaceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Cryptogamie Algologie 25: 409- 417. Ballantine, D.L. and N.E. Aponte. 2005. An annotated checklist of deep-reef benthic marine algae from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas II. Rhodophyta. Nova Hedwigia 80: 147-171. Ballantine, D.L., H. Ruiz and N.E. Aponte. 2009. Notes on the Benthic Marine Algae of Puerto Rico IX. Additions to the Flora. Botanica Marina 52: 229-235. RESEARCH PROJECTS (selected) N.E. Aponte. An investigation of the offshore flora of the north coast of Puerto Rico and Revision of the checklist of benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico. Funded by Office of the Associate Dean for Research and External Funding, Univ. of Puerto Rico. D.L. Ballantine and N.E. Aponte. Algal Species Diversity and Composition as a Factor of Depth on the Deep Insular Reef Slope in the Bahamas. NOAA National Undersea Research Program (1992-94), 3,000.00 + ship & submersible time/year. N.E. Aponte. Restriction endonuclease analysis of plastid DNA and morphological studies on selected species of the genus Laurencia Lamouroux (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in Puerto Rico. Funded by Office of the Associate Dean for Research and External Funding. University of Puerto Rico. (1993). D.L. Ballantine, W.H. Gerwick and N.E. Aponte. Role and Production of Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites in Marine Red Algae. MBRS Program, NIH, 1996-97. ($62,742.00) N.E. Aponte. Species Relationships in the Rhodomelacean Genera Laurencia Lamouroux, Osmundea Stackhouse and their Adelphoparasite Janczewskia Solms- Laubach based on rbcL Nucleotide Sequences with Additional Notes on Species Characterization of Caribbean Laurencia. Funded by NSF 1996-97. ($56,000) Page 5 of 7 CURRICULUM VITAE Nilda E. Aponte Department Biology, UPRB D.L. Ballantine and N.E. Aponte. Culture response of the Cyanobacteria, Microcoleus lyngbyaceus, to elevated nutrient concentrations in culture. Sea Grant (2000-2002). 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