BSc, Biology (Honors), 2000 Simon Fraser University, Department of Biological Sciences, Burnaby, BC. Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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1 Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biological Sciences University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, AK, USA, Citizenship: Canada 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. Host: 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. Host: Dr. Stan Boutin Research: Environmental drivers of phenology in a food-hoarding, mast-seed consumer. Postdoctoral Research Fellow Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska, USA. Hosts: Drs. Brian Barnes & Loren Buck Research: Effects of metabolic load on gene expression during hibernation. Chronobiology of hibernation and reproduction. 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, Lane JE, Humphries MM, McAdam AG, Boutin S (In review) Reproductive phenology of a food-hoarding mast seed consumer: resource- and density-dependent benefits of early breeding in red squirrels. Oecologia Williams CT, Barnes BM, Kenagy GJ, Buck CL (In Press) Phenology of hibernation and reproduction in squirrels: integration of environmental cues with endogenous programming. Journal of Zoology 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 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: 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: 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 Kildaw SD, Murra K, Gamble B, Williams CT, Buck CL, Irons O (2003) Colony size and productivity of kittiwakes, cormorants, and murres in Chiniak Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska in Report for US Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Migratory Bird Management. Anchorage Alaska.

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 Lectures University of Saskatchewan (2013) Keeping time in a changing world: persistence, entrainment, and function of biological rhythms in temperate and arctic vertebrates University of Trømso - Mini-Symposium on Arctic Chronobiology (2013) Persistence, entrainment, and fuction of biological rhythms in an arctic hibernator University of Alberta - Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series (2011) Data logging of body temperature provides precise information on phenology of reproductive events and circadian organization of behaviour in a free-living arctic hibernator University of Alaska - INBRE Physiology Seminar Series (2011) Effects of ambient temperature and season on expression of metabolic genes in arctic ground squirrels University of Alaska Anchorage - Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series (2009) Using stable isotopes and fatty acids as dietary tracers in seabird trophic ecology. University of Alaska - INBRE Physiology Seminar Series (2007) The effects of nutritional status on adipose tissue fatty acids in tufted puffins

5 Select Conference Presentations 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, Sears JS, Kitaysky AS, Buck CL (2006) Effects of nutritional restriction on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in tufted puffin nestlings: Implications for assessment of diet and body condition. American Academy for the Advancement of Science Arctic Division. Fairbanks, AK. Williams CT, Iverson SJ, Buck CL (2006) Using puffins as biological indicators of forage fish availability. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, AK 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 Williams CT, Kildaw SD, Buck CL (2005) Using stable isotope analysis to investigate the trophic relationships of tufted puffins. American Association for the Advancement of Science Arctic Division. Kodiak, AK. Williams CT, Kildaw SD, Buck CL (2004) Are puffins really piscivores? Using stable isotope analysis to investigate the diets of adult and nestling tufted puffins. 10 th Biennial Alaska Bird Conference. Anchorage, AK.

6 Teaching Experience Term Assistant Professor of Marine Biology Department of Natural Resources University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK Courses Taught: BIOL 106: Fundamentals of Biology II Lecturer and supervised 1 TA (lab) BIOL 215: Introduction to Marine Biology Lecturer BIOL 373: Current Topics: Animal Movement and Migration Discussion-based class focused on peer-reviewed primary literature BIOL 393: Special Topics: Vertebrate Physiological Ecology Lecturer plus moderator of discussion group BIOL 396: Field Studies in Behaviour and Ecology Hands on research class in which students complete independent projects BIOL 426: Ornithology Lecturer and lab instructor Sessional Instructor Spring 2008 Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Courses Taught: BISC 410: Behavioral Ecology Lecturer and supervised one TA that led tutorial discussion groups Teaching Assistant Spring 2003 Department of Biology University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK Courses Taught: Service BIOL 362: Principles of Genetics (lab portion) Teaching Assistant responsible for laboratory instruction 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, 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, Marine Biology Research, Marine Ecology Progress Series, PLoS ONE, Polar Biology, Waterbirds Occasional Proposal Reviewer for the Following Institutions North Pacific Research Board University of Alaska Center for Global Change - Student Grant Competition