Charles F. Cotton – BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Florida State University Coastal & Marine Lab, 3618 Highway 98, St. Teresa, FL 32358 Phone: (850) 697-4092, FAX: (850) 697-3822; email: [email protected] a) PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION Ph.D. Marine Science, College of William and Mary, March, 2010 M.S. Marine Science, University of Georgia, 2002 B.S. Applied Biology, minor in Spanish, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995 b) APPOINTMENTS Florida State University Coastal and Marine Lab: 2013 – present Assistant Research Faculty Savannah State University: 2012 - 2013 Postdoctoral Associate Virginia Institute of Marine Science: 2011 - 2012 Visiting Scientist Virginia Institute of Marine Science: 2010 - 2011 Postdoctoral Curatorial Associate c.i) RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS Tomita, T., C. F. Cotton, M. Toda. 2016. Ultrasound and physical models shed light on the respiratory system of embryonic dogfishes. Zoology 119(1): 36-41. Cotton, C. F., R. D. Grubbs, J. E. Dyb, I. Fossen, and J. A. Musick. 2015. Reproduction and embryonic development in two species of North Atlantic squaliform sharks, Centrophorus granulosus and Etmopterus princeps: evidence of matrotrophy? Deep Sea Research II 115:41-54. Cotton, C. F., A. H. Andrews, S. B. Irvine, G. M. Cailliet, R. D. Grubbs, and J. A. Musick. 2014. Assessment of radiometric dating for age validation of deep-water dogfish (Order: Squaliformes) finspines. Fisheries Research 151:107-113. Veríssimo, A., C. Cotton, G. Burgess, R. Buch, and J. Guallart. 2014. Species diversity of the deep-water gulper sharks (Squaliformes: Centrophoridae: Centrophorus) in North Atlantic waters – current status and taxonomic issues. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172(4):803–830. Cotton, C. F., R. D. Grubbs, T. S. Daly-Engel, P. D. Lynch, and J. A. Musick. 2011. Age, growth and reproduction of a common deep-water shark, shortspine spurdog (Squalus cf. mitsukurii) from Hawaiian waters. Marine and Freshwater Research 62: 811–822. c.ii) OTHER PUBLICATIONS Musick, J. A. and C. F. Cotton. 2015. Bathymetric Limits of Chondrichthyans in the Deep Sea: a Re-evaluation. Deep Sea Research II 115:73-80. Cotton, C. F. and R. D. Grubbs. 2015. Biology of Deep-Water Chondrichthyans: Introduction. Deep Sea Research II 115:1-10. Moura, T., E. Jones, C. Cotton, S. Irvine, R Daley, M. Clarke, P. Lorance, K. Jakobsdottir, L. López Abellán, P. Crozier, G. Diez, I. Fossen, J. Dyb, R. Severino, P. Pascual, and I. Figueiredo. 2014. Large-scale distribution of three deep-water squaloid sharks: Integrating data on sex, maturity and environment. Fisheries Research 157:47–61. Fossen, I., C. Cotton, O. A. Bergstad, and J. E. Dyb. 2008. Species composition and distribution patterns of fishes captured by longlines on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Deep Sea Research II 55:203–217. Newman, M. C., X. Xu, C. F. Cotton, K. Tom. 2011. Mercury concentrations in three species of deepwater chondrichthyans from the North Atlantic. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 60(4):618-625. d ) SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES Member of the MAR-ECO deep-water expedition to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Co-host (with R. D. Grubbs) of American Elasmobranch Society symposium: “Biology of Deep-Water Chondrichthyans”; Guest editor (with R. D. Grubbs) of Deep Sea Research II thematic issue, “Biology of Deep-Water Chondrichthyans”; Encyclopedia of Life curator; Scientific Advisor for the film The Luminous Deep (www.theluminousdeep.com); Scientific Advisor for the Shark Trust (www.sharktrust.org); Scientific Advisor for Shark Advocates International (www.sharkadvocatesinternational.org), > 50 conference presentations and published abstracts. Public Service: I give 5-10 presentations per year about marine biology and fisheries to public schools and civic organizations. e) COLLABORATORS DOMESTIC: Florida State Univ.: D. Grubbs, F. Coleman, C. Koenig, S. Brooke; Virginia Inst. of Mar. Sci.: J. Musick, A. Verissimo, P. D. Lynch, M. C. Newman; Univ. of Florida: G. Burgess; Moss Landing Mar. Lab: G. Cailliet , A. Andrews, D. A. Ebert; Univ. of North Florida: J. Gelsleichter, Univ. West Florida: T. Daly- Engel; Nova Southeastern Univ.: D. Kerstetter; Savannah State Univ.: M. C. Curran; Coll. of Charleston: G. J. P. Naylor; Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv.: J. Carlson, J. Castro, C. T. McCandless; U.S. Geological Survey: J. Romine; Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute: S. K. Lowerre-Barbieri INTERNATIONAL: Bergen Museum, Institute of Marine Research, Møreforsking, (Norway): I. Byrkjedal, O. A. Bergstad, I. Fossen, J. E. Dyb. Univ. of Valencia (Spain): J. Guallart; Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Portugal): T. Moura; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia): S.B. Irvine, R. K. Daley, W.T. White; Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography: A. M. Orlov Graduate Advisors and Postdoctoral Sponsors: R.L. Walker, M.S. Advisor, University of Georgia J.A. Musick, Ph.D. Advisor, College of William & Mary E.J. Hilton, Postdoctoral Sponsor, College of William & Mary M.C. Curran, Postdoctoral Sponsor, Savannah State University Graduate Advisory Service (n=8): B. Moe, B. Keller (Florida State University) M. Dancho, T. Weidner (Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center); K. Parsons (College of William & Mary, Virginia Institute of Marine Science); D. Franco, J. Güt, S. Ramsden, C. Brinton (Savannah State University); S. Rolfe (University of Central Florida)