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1 Postdoctoral Fellow Citizenship: Canada Department of Biological Sciences Website: University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK, USA, Phone: Education PhD, Marine Biology, 2008 University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK Foraging ecology and nutritional stress of seabirds inferred using stable isotopes, fatty acid signatures, and endocrinology (Advisor: Dr. C. Loren Buck) BSc, Biology (Honors), 2000 Simon Fraser University, Department of Biological Sciences, Burnaby, BC Professional History - Research Postdoctoral Research Fellow Sept Present Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Mentor: Dr. Loren Buck Research: Persistence, entrainment, and function of circadian rhythms in arctic ground squirrels. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Mentor: Dr. Stan Boutin Research: Environmental drivers of phenology in a food-hoarding, mast-seed consumer. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Mentor: Dr. Loren Buck Research: Chronobiology of hibernation and reproduction. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Mentor: Dr. Brian Barnes Research: Effects of metabolic load on gene expression during hibernation. Professional History - Teaching Term Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Alaska, USA Courses Taught: Fundamentals of Biology II, Vertebrate Physiological Ecology, Introduction to Marine Biology, Ornithology, Animal Movement and Migration, Field Studies in Biology Sessional Instructor, 2008 Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Course Taught: Behavioral Ecology

2 Peer-Reviewed Publications Williams CT, Barnes BM, Buck CL (in revision) Persistence, entrainment, and function of circadian rhythms in polar vertebrates. Physiology [invited review] Richter MM, Williams CT, Lee TN, Tøien Ø, Florant GL, Barnes BM, Buck CL (in press) Thermogenic capacity at sub-zero temperatures: how low can a hibernator go? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology Williams CT, Wilsterman K, Kelley AD, Breton AR, Stark H, Humphries MM, McAdam AG, Barnes BM, Boutin S, Buck CL (2014) Light loggers reveal weather-driven changes in the daily activity patterns of arboreal and semi-fossorial rodents. Journal of Mammalogy In press Williams CT, Lane JE, Humphries MM, McAdam AG, Boutin S (2014) Reproductive phenology of a food-hoarding mast seed consumer: resource- and density-dependent benefits of early breeding in red squirrels. Oecologia 174: Williams CT, Barnes BM, Kenagy GJ, Buck CL (2014) Phenology of hibernation and reproduction in ground squirrels: integration of environmental cues with endogenous programming. Journal of Zoology 292: [invited review] Williams CT, Gorrell JC, Lane JE, McAdam AG, Humphries MM, Boutin S (2013) Communal nesting in an 'asocial' mammal: social thermoregulation among spatially dispersed kin. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: LaMontagne JM, Williams CT, Donald JL, Humphries MM, McAdam AG, Boutin S (2013) Linking intraspecific variation in territory size, cone supply, and survival of North American red squirrels. Journal of Mammalogy 94: Williams CT, Barnes BM, Buck CL (2012) Daily body temperature rhythms persist under the midnight sun but are absent during hibernation in free-living arctic ground squirrels. Biology Letters 8: Williams CT, Barnes BM, Richter M, Buck CL (2012) Hibernation and circadian rhythms of body temperature in free-living arctic ground squirrels. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: (cover article) Sheriff MJ, Williams CT, Kenagy GJ, Buck CL, Barnes BM (2012) Thermoregulatory changes anticipate hibernation onset by 45 days: data from free-living arctic ground squirrels. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 182: Williams CT, Sheriff MJ, Kohl F, Barnes BM, Buck CL (2012) Interrelationships among timing of hibernation, reproduction, and warming soil in free-living female arctic ground squirrels. Pages in: Living in a seasonal world: thermoregulatory and metabolic adaptations (Ruf T, et al. eds) Springer, Heidelberg DOI: / _6 Williams CT, Goropashnaya AV, Buck CL, Fedorov VB, Kohl, F, Lee TN, Barnes BM (2011) Hibernating above the permafrost: effects of ambient temperature and season on expression of metabolic genes in liver and brown adipose tissue of arctic ground squirrels. Journal of Experimental Biology 214: Williams CT, Sheriff MJ, Schmutz J, Kohl F, Tøien Ø, Buck CL, Barnes BM (2011) Data logging of body temperatures provides precise information on phenology of reproductive events in an arctic hibernator. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 181: Williams CT, Buck CL (2010) Using fatty acid signatures as dietary tracers in seabird trophic ecology: theory, application and limitations. Journal of Ornithology 151:

3 Peer-Reviewed Publications cont. Williams CT, Buck CL (2010) Spatial and temporal variation in tufted puffin Fratercula cirrhata nestling diet quality and growth rates. Marine Ornithology 38: Williams CT, Iverson SJ, Buck CL (2009) The effects of diet and caloric restriction on adipose tissue fatty acid signatures of tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) nestlings. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 179: Williams CT, Kitaysky AS, Kettle AB, Buck CL (2008) Corticosterone levels vary with breeding stage, body condition index, and reproductive performance in tufted puffins. General and Comparative Endocrinology 158: Williams CT, Iverson SJ, Buck CL (2008) Stable isotopes and fatty acid signatures reveal age and stage-dependent foraging niches in tufted puffins. Marine Ecology Progress Series 363: Williams CT, Kitaysky AS, Buck CL (2008) Food-restricted tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) nestlings increase begging behaviour without modulating total or free corticosterone. Journal of Ornithology 149: Williams CT, Buck CL, Sears J, Kitaysky AS (2007) Effects of nutritional restriction on nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes in growing seabirds. Oecologia 153: Williams CT, Kildaw SD, Buck CL (2007) Sex-specific differences in body condition indices and seasonal mass loss in tufted puffins. Journal of Field Ornithology 78: Whidden SE, Williams CT, Breton AR, Buck CL (2007) Effects of transmitters on tufted puffin reproductive success. Journal of Field Ornithology 78: Manuscripts in prep Wilsterman K, Williams CT, Barnes BM, Buck CL (in prep) Circulating levels of thyroid hormone reflect seasonal changes in activity of free-living arctic ground squirrels Williams CT, Wilsterman K, Zhang V, Barnes BM, Buck CL (in prep) Aboveground activity in arctic ground squirrels reflects thermal exchange conditions and not seasonal and sexrelated variation in energetic demands Lane JE, McAdam AG, McFarlane SE, Williams CT, Humphries MM, Coltman DW, Gorrell JC, Boutin S (in prep) The evolutionary response of red squirrels to climate change. Williams CT, Radonich M, Barnes BM, Buck CL (in prep) Post-hibernation resumption of circadian rhythmicity in captive and free-living arctic ground squirrels. Other Publications - Non-refereed Reports Williams CT, Whittam B, Purvis M (2009) The nearshore distribution of terns and other seabirds in relation to industrial development projects in Stormont Bay, Nova Scotia. Bird Studies Canada, 57 pp. Williams CT, Buck CL (2007) Tufted Puffins as biological indicators of forage fish availability in the Gulf of Alaska: assessing diets using stable isotopes and fatty acid signature analysis. North Pacific Research Board Final Report 413, 77pp. Williams CT, Kildaw SD, Buck CL (2005) Foraging distribution, diet, and breeding biology of tufted puffins in Chiniak Bay, Alaska. Pages in Gulf Apex Predator-prey Study (GAP) Final Report FY NOAA Grant NA16FX1270

4 External Grants National Science Foundation $1,624,671 with C.L. Buck & B.M. Barnes (UAA Portion $824,700) Collaborative Research: Persistence, entrainment, and function of circadian rhythms in arctic ground squirrels North Pacific Research Board (#04-13) $131,476 with C.L. Buck Tufted puffins as biological indicators of forage fish availability in the Western Gulf of Alaska Fellowships and Awards Dissertation Completion Fellowship (University of Alaska) $13,900 National Science Foundation AK EPSCoR Fellowship $53,600 Environmental Physiology Angus Gavin Migratory Bird Research Grant $10,437 University of Alaska Foundation U of Alaska Climate Change Student Research Grant $7,322 Seabirds as indicators of ecosystem health Graduate Entrance Fellowship (University of Alaska) $33,499 Invited and Departmental Seminars Old Dominion University (2014) Department of Biological Sciences Texas Tech University (2014) Department of Bioloigcal Sciences University of Alaska Anchorage (2013) Department of Biological Sciences University of Saskatchewan (2013) Department of Biology University of Trømso (2013) Mini-Symposium on Arctic Chronobiology University of Alberta (2011) Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series University of Alaska (2011) INBRE Physiology Seminar Series University of Alaska Anchorage (2009) Department of Biological Sciences University of Alaska (2007) INBRE Physiology Seminar Series University of Alaska Fairbanks (2007) Institute of Marine Sciences

5 Teaching Experience Guest Lecturer Department of Biological Sciences University of Alaska Anchorage Courses: Biol 490/690: Special Topics- Behavioral Endocrinology 2014, 2013 o Lectured on Stress Ecophysiology and Conservation Physiology Biol 490/690: Special Topics- Stable Isotopes in Ecology 2014, 2011 o Lectured and led discussion on Use of C/N isotopes in Trophic Ecology Term Assistant Professor of Marine Biology Department of Natural Resources University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK Courses Taught: BIOL 106: Fundamentals of Biology II o Lecturer and supervised 1 TA that was responsible for laboratory instruction BIOL 215: Introduction to Marine Biology o Lecturer BIOL 373: Current Topics: Animal Movement and Migration o Discussion-based class focused on peer-reviewed primary literature BIOL 393: Special Topics: Vertebrate Physiological Ecology o Lecturer plus moderator of discussion group BIOL 396: Field Studies in Behaviour and Ecology o Hands on research class in which students completed independent projects BIOL 426: Ornithology o Lecturer and lab instructor Sessional Instructor Spring 2008 Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Courses Taught: BISC 410: Behavioral Ecology o Lecturer and supervised one TA that led tutorial discussion groups Teaching Assistant Spring 2003 Department of Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK Courses: BIOL 362: Principles of Genetics o Teaching Assistant responsible for laboratory instruction

6 Conference Presentations Cory T. Williams Williams CT, Lane JE, Humphries MM, McAdam AG, Boutin S (2014) Reproductive phenology of a food-hoarding mast seed consumer: resource- and density-dependent benefits of early breeding in red squirrels. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Compartive Biology. Austin, TX Williams CT, Barnes BM, Buck CL (2013) Persistence, entrainment, and function of circadian rhythms in an arctic hibernator. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. Kelowna, BC Williams CT, Sheriff MJ, Barnes BM, Buck CL (2013) Phenology of hibernation and reproduction in free-living arctic ground squirrels. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Compartive Biology. San Francisco, CA Williams CT, Kildaw SD, Breton AR, Buck CL (2011) All seabirds don t tell the same story: productivity of tufted puffins and black-legged kittiwakes from in Chiniak Bay, Kodiak, AK. Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium, Kodiak, AK Williams CT, Buck CL, Sears J, Kitaysky AS (2007) Effects of nutritional restriction on nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes in growing seabirds. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group, Asilomar, CA Williams CT, Kitaysky AS, Buck CL (2006) Adrenocortical activity in tufted puffins varies with growth rates and fledging behavior. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Orlando, FL Williams CT, Iverson SJ, Buck CL (2006) Fatty acid and stable isotope signatures reveal annual, seasonal, and age-related variability in Tufted Puffin Diets. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group. Girdwood, AK Williams CT, Iverson SJ, Buck CL (2006) Using puffins as biological indicators of forage fish availability. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK (poster) Williams CT, Iverson SJ, Kildaw SD, Buck CL (2005) Remote sensing: fatty acid and stable isotope signatures suggest seasonal and age-related variability in tufted puffin diets. Joint Conference of the Pacific Seabird Group and Waterbird Society. Portland, OR (poster) Service Institutional Coordinated the 2011 spring physiology seminar series for Alaska INBRE IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence at the University of Alaska Anchorage Prepared the 2010 Program Review for Biology and Marine Biology degree programs at the University of Alaska Southeast Occasional Reviewer for the Following Journals Aquatic Biology, Cryobiology, Ethology, General and Comparative Endocrinology, Hormones and Behavior, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Integrative Zoology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Field Ornithology, Journal of Mammalogy, Marine Biology Research, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Oecologia, PLoS ONE, Polar Biology, Waterbirds Occasional Proposal Reviewer for the Following Institutions North Pacific Research Board, Univ Alaska Global Change - Student Grant Competition

7 Mentoring and Supervisory Experience Cory T. Williams University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Biological Sciences ( ) Mentoring 1 graduate student Mentored 2 UAA undergraduate students on independent research projects Mentored 2 NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduate) students conduct independent research projects Coordinating/supervising all field technicians (2-3/summer) and field operations University of Alaska Southeast, Department of Biological Sciences ( ) Mentored 3 undergraduate students conduting independent research projects Supervised 1 graduate student teaching assistant Simon Fraser University, Department of Biological Sciences (2008) Supervised 1 graduate student teaching assistant Bird Studies Canada (2008) Trained and supervised two field technicians University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences ( ) Trained and supervised 4 field technicians and 1 lab technician Trained and supervised 1 undergraduate lab assistant Simon Fraser University (2001) Acted as crew leader for 6 field technicians