CURRICULUM VITAE June 2016 Brad Edward Erisman PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS Fisheries ecology and management Mating systems, reproduction, and development of fishes Ecology, behavior, evolution, and life history of fishes Fish population dynamics Conservation biology Citizenship: USA ADDRESS & TELEPHONE The University of Texas at Austin Department of Marine Science Marine Science Institute 750 Channel View Drive Port Aransas, TX 78373-5015 (361) 749-6833 (Phone) (361) 749-6777 (Fax) E-mail: [email protected] Faculty site: www.utmsi.utexas.edu/staff/erisman Lab website: sites.utexas.edu/fisheries/ International Research Program site: http://gulfprogram.ucsd.edu/ EDUCATION 2008-2012 - Postdoctoral Scholar, Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2008 - Ph.D., Marine Biology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2003 - M.S., Marine Biology, California State University Northridge 1998 - B.S., Aquatic Biology, University of California Santa Barbara PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (RECENT) UT Summer Statistics Institute Course – Power Analysis for Grant Writing (May 2016) UT Summer Statistics Institute Course – Introduction to Bayesian Analyses (May 2016) Teledyne Seabotix Technical Training requirements for operating Remotely operated vehicles (June 2015) NOAA Fisheries Training Workshop, Introduction to R with Dr. Eric Archer (October 2013) Center for the Advancement of Population Assessment Methodology (CAPAM) Workshop on “Selectivity: theory, estimation, and application in fishery stock assessment models” (March 2013) NOAA Fisheries Training Course, Principles of Modeling with Dr. Anthony Starfield (2011) ICES Training Course, Introduction to Fisheries Stock Assessments (2011) AWARDS AND HONORS National Academy of Sciences Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship, 2016- 2018 Blue on Tour “Blue Gulf” Film Festival 2016, First Place - Viewers Choice Award: “Illusions of Plenty: Spawning Aggregations”, 2016 CINEFISH Film Festival 2015, First Place for New Media: “Illusions of Plenty: Spawning Aggregations”, 2015 Reef Renaissance Film Festival 2014, First Place Dotcomentary: “Snapper Spawn”, 2014 University of Texas at Austin STARS Faculty Award, 2014-2016 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010 Western Society of Naturalists, Student Travel Award, 2007 SIO Graduate Department Student Travel Award: Annually, 2003-2007 Richard H. Rosenblatt Ichthyology Fellowship, 2005-2007 Best Student Presentation: Ecology and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes Meeting 2006 Maxwell Fenmore Fellowship, 2005-2007 Carl Hubbs Memorial Fellowship, 2004-2007 National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrated Graduate Education Research Training (IGERT) Associate Fellowship, SIO, 2004-2007 Graduated with High Honors, CSUN (3.93 GPA) California State University Northridge, Biology Graduate Student of the Year Award, 2003 Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies Summer Graduate Fellowship, 2001, 2002 California State University, Northridge, Graduate Student Scholarship, 2000 Graduated with High Honors, UCSB (3.7 GPA) Educational Opportunity Program Honors, UCSB: All semesters 1994-1998 Dean’s Honors, UCSB: Multiple Semesters 1994-1998 University of California Santa Barbara, University Honors program, 1994-1998 Daniel J. Frawley Memorial Scholarship (2yr scholarship), 1994-1995 PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES American Academy of Underwater Sciences American Elasmobranch Society American Fisheries Society American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists American Society of Naturalists Coastal Conservation Association Ecological Society of America Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute North American Native Fishes Association PADI Project AWARE Saltwater-Fisheries Enhancement Association Science and Conservation of Fish Aggregations Sigma Xi Southern California Academy of Sciences Western Society of Naturalists Journal Reviews: Biological Conservation BioScience Bulletin of Marine Science Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Ciencias Marinas Conservation Biology Conservation Letters Copeia Coral Reefs Current Zoology Ecology Endangered Species Research Environmental Biology of Fishes Fish and Fisheries Fisheries Research Fishery Bulletin Fish Physiology and Biochemistry ICES Journal of Marine Science Ichthyological Research International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management Journal of Evolutionary Biology Journal of Fish Biology Journal of Fish Physiology and Biochemistry Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom Marine and Freshwater Research Marine Biology Marine Biology Research Marine Ecology Progress Series Nature Scientific Reports Peer J Physical Geography PLoS One Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries Revista de Biologia Tropical Scientia Marina University of Texas at Austin Undergraduate Research Journal Zootaxa PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS At University of Texas at Austin, 2014-present Assistant Professor of Marine Science, 2014- present At Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2003-present Visiting Assistant Research Scientist, 2014-present Lecturer Appointment, 2013-2014 Assistant Research Scientist, Marine Biology, 2012 – present Postdoctoral Researcher with P. Hastings, 2008- 2012 Co-founder and Director of Scientific Research, Gulf of California Marine Program, 2008-present Research Staff: SIO Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, 2008-present Research Associate: Marine Vertebrates Collection, 2008-present Student Representative: SIO Collections, 2004-2008 Student Representative: Aquarium Museum Panel, 2004-2008 Student Representative: Diving Control Board, 2004-2007 Graduate Trainee: California Seagrant, 2003-2007 Graduate Research Assistant: Marine Vertebrates Collection, 2003-2008 At Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Coastal Resources Advisory Council, 2015-present At American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists (AIFRB), 2015-present Director, Texas Chapter, 2015-present At International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 2008-present Species Survival Commission, Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group, 2008-present At Society for the Conservation of Reef Fish Aggregations (SCRFA), 2010-present Board of Directors, 2010-present Treasurer, 2011-2014 At California State University Northridge from 1999-present Research Associate: Nearshore Marine Fish Research Program, 2001-present Graduate Research Assistant: Nearshore Marine Fish Research Program, 1999-2003 At Occidental College from 2001-2006 Research Associate: Vantuna Research group, 2001-2006 At Bimini Biological Research Station from 1998-1999 Research Assistant, 1998-1999 At University of California, Santa Barbara from 1994-1998 Undergraduate volunteer: Ichthyology Laboratory of Dr. Milton Love, 1996-1997 Undergraduate volunteer: Invertebrate Laboratory of Dr. Steve Gaines, 1997-1998 UNIVERSITY SERVICE University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) Ad-hoc Faculty Search Committee: 2016 Graduate Studies Committee: 2014-present Diving Control Board: 2014-present Marine Operations Committee: 2014-present Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) SIO Dive Control Board: 2004-2008 Birch Aquarium Panel: 2004-2008 Committee Chair, Knowlton-Jackson Annual Lecture in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation: 2012-2014 Steering Committee, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation: 2012-2014 Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (BAS) Volunteer Scientist: 2003-2014 Exhibit Tours: 2005-2014 National Ocean Science Bowl (SIO/BAS) Science Judge: 2004-2007 Question Writer: 2005-2008 Marine Vertebrate Collection, SIO Collections Tours: 2005-2014 PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND SERVICE Moderator, Fish and Fisheries Session, Texas Bays and Estuaries Annual Meeting, April 2016 Host Committee, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Austin Meeting 2017 (planned) Raney Award Committee, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2016-2018 Technical Reviewer: NOAA Review of status of Gulf Grouper for designation on U.S. Endangered Species list, 2015 Coastal Resources Advisory Committee, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 2014 – present Student Presentation Award, Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Annual Meeting, 2014 GCFI/SCRFA Student Travel Award Committee, Society for the Conservation of Fish Aggregations, 2014-present Scientific Advisory Committee (Grupo Tecnico) – Gulf Corvina Fishery, SEMARNAT, Mexico, 2011-present Scientific Advisory Committee, Vaquita Conservation Plan (PACE Vaquita), SEMARNAT, Mexico, 2013-2014 Symposium Organizer, Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fish Spawning Aggregations in Mexico: Sociedad Ictiologica Mexicana XI, 2008 COURSES TAUGHT University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute Research Advisor: UT Summer REU Program: Summer 2016 Lecturer: UT Summer Science Program, Summer 2016 Research Advisor: UT Semester by the Sea Program, Spring 2015, 2016 Lecturer: Introduction to Marine Science (BIO 101C) Instructor: Marine Fisheries Ecology, Spring 2015 (MNS 353) Instructor: Scientific Communications, Spring 2016 (MNS 191C) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Lecturer: Benthic Ecology, Winter 2014 Lecturer: Fish Ecology, Winter 2014 Instructor: Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Summer 2013 Lecturer: Ichthyology, Winter 2012 & 2013 Instructor: Marine Protected Areas, Winter 2013 & 2014 Teaching Assistant: Ichthyology, 2008 Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Marine Biology,