Curriculum Vitae John Matthew Romansic 1203 E. Curtis St. Tampa, FL (813)

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1 Curriculum Vitae John Matthew Romansic 1203 E. Curtis St. Tampa, FL (813) Research Interests: Disease ecology, evolution of virulence, virulence management, ecotoxicology, conservation biology Research Abilities: Proficient in the design, execution, and analysis of laboratory and field experiments, field surveys, and monitoring programs Skilled in using quantitative PCR techniques to measure pathogen presence and load Experienced in the isolation and culturing of pathogens from field samples Goal: Conduct research and teach as a faculty member at a research university Education: Ph.D., Oregon State University (Zoology) Advisor: Professor Andrew R. Blaustein Title of thesis: Effects of multiple pathogens on amphibians in the Pacific Northwest B.A. University of California, Berkeley (Integrative Biology and English double major) Relevant Positions Held: 12/2007- Postdoctoral Research Associate Investigating the interactive effects of climate change, pond drying, and chytridiomycosis on amphibians, the influence of parasites on treefrog populations, and the effects of pesticides on aquatic communities Advisor: Dr. Jason R. Rohr, jrohr@cas.usf.edu, Department of Biology, SCA110, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., CPR107, Tampa, FL, 33620, (813) /2004-9/2007 US Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results Fellow Explored interactions between multiple pathogens and environmental stress, using amphibians as model hosts Advisor: Dr. Andrew R. Blaustein, blaustea@science.oregonstate.edu, Department of Zoology, 3029 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (541) /2001-6/2004 Graduate Teaching Assistant Taught laboratory classes in introductory biology Course Coordinator: Dr. Deborah Clark, deborah.clark@oregonstate.edu, Biology Program, 2042 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (541) /2001-9/2004 Research Assistant Coauthored studies on the effects of ultraviolet-b radiation and the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on amphibians Dr. Andrew R. Blaustein, blaustea@science.oregonstate.edu, Department of Zoology, 3029 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (541)

2 5/1998-6/2000 Field Technician Assisted ecological field research on the effects of introduced trout on threatened mountain yellow legged frogs (Rana muscosa) in the Sierra Nevada backcountry of California Supervisor: Dr. Vance T. Vredenburg, Department of Biology, Hensill 534, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA (415) / /2000 Scientific Aid (Volunteer) Removed human-introduced trout from high elevation lakes in the Sierra Nevada to aid a population of mountain yellow-legged frogs, a threatened native species Assisted a survey of Lahontan cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi) Supervisor: Curtis Milliron, cmilliro@dfg.ca.gov, California Department of Fish and Game, 407 West Line St., Bishop, CA 93514, (760) /2000-8/2000 Field Technician Collected salamanders in the Sierra Nevada for studies of salamander evolution Extracted tissue samples for cryo-archiving and preserved specimens Supervisor: Dr. David Wake, wakelab@berkeley.edu, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg., Berkeley, CA , (510) /1999-3/2000 Field Technician Helped observe, census, catch and band birds for long-term research of the social system of acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus) Monitored California tiger salamanders (Ambystoma californiense) and California newts (Taricha torosa) using a drift fence/pitfall trap system Assisted in the capture and handling of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) Supervisor: Dr. Walt Koenig, koenigwd@berkeley.edu, University of California, Berkeley, Hastings Natural History Reservation, E. Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel Valley, CA 93924, (831) /1998-5/1999 Undergraduate Student Instructor Helped teach undergraduates in a special field laboratory section of Introductory Biology. Taught students how to capture, handle, identify, and mark California voles (Microtus californicus), house mice (Mus musculus), and various lizard species Mentored students in group research projects Supervisor: Dr. Steve Takata, steve_takata@yahoo.com, (510) ; Course Coordinator: Mike Moser, mmoser@berkeley.edu, Department of Integrative Biology, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. #3140, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, (510) Grants and Scholarships: 2008 ($7,500) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) supplementary funding Authored the proposal for this supplement of an NSF project entitled Collaborative Research: Community Ecology as a Framework for Understanding Disease Dynamics in which I am a Co-Investigator. Principal Investigator: Dr. Jason Rohr; Grant No.: ($111,000) US Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship Project title: Exploration of complex interactions between multiple pathogens and environmental stress, using amphibians as model hosts 2002 ($2,000) Declining Amphibian Population Task Force SEED Grant Proposal title: The effects of a pesticide and ultraviolet-b radiation on susceptibility of amphibian larvae to the pathogen Saprolegnia ferax 2

3 1999 ($2,000) UC Berkeley Department of Integrative Biology Gompertz Award Project title: A field experiment testing the effect of UV-B radiation on the hatching success of mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) and Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) embryos at a high elevation site in California ($3,250) Oregon Sports Lottery Scholarship ($2,500) Oregon State University Department of Zoology Research Funds Awards: 2008 Third place, poster competition at the Netherlands-Flemish Ecological Society (Netherlands- Vlaamse Vereniging voor Ecologie; NecoV) Wintersymposium 2005 Best Graduate Student Poster, Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society poster competition Publications: Romansic, J. M., Waggener, A. A. & Blaustein, A. R. Influence of ultraviolet-b radiation on growth, prevalence of deformities, and susceptibility to predation in Cascades frog (Rana cascadae) larvae. Hydrobiologia (in press). Romansic, J. M., Diez, K. A., Higashi, E. M. & Blaustein, A. R. Effects of the pathogenic water mold Saprolegnia ferax on survival of amphibian larvae. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (in press). Rohr, J. R., Raffel, T. R., Romansic, J. M. McCallum, H. & Hudson, P. J Evaluating the links between climate, disease spread, and amphibian declines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105: Romansic, J. M., Higashi, E. M., Diez, K. A. & Blaustein, A. R Susceptibility of newlymetamorphosed frogs to a pathogenic water mold (Saprolegnia sp.). Herpetological Journal 17: Garcia, T. S., Romansic, J. M & Blaustein, A. R Survival of three species of anuran metamorphs exposed to UV-B radiation and the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatadis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 72: Romansic, J. M., Diez, K. A., Higashi, E. M. & Blaustein, A. R Effects of nitrate and the pathogenic water mold Saprolegnia on survival of amphibian larvae. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 68: Johnson, P. T. J., Preu, E. R., Sutherland, D. R., Romansic, J. M., Han, B. & Blaustein, A. R Adding infection to injury: synergistic effects of predation and parasitism on amphibian malformations. Ecology 87: Blaustein, A. R., Romansic, J. M. & Scheessele, E. A Ambient levels of UV-B cause mortality in juvenile western toads, Bufo boreas. American Midland Naturalist 154: Blaustein, A. R., Romansic, J. M., Scheesele, E. A., Han, B. A., Pessier, A. P. & Longcore, J. E Interspecific variation in susceptibility of frog tadpoles to the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Conservation Biology 19: Blaustein, A. R., Han, B., Fasy, B., Romansic, J., Scheesele, E., Anthony, R. G., Marco, A., Chivers, D. P., Belden, L. K., Kiesecker, J. M., Garcia, T. S., Lizana, M. & Kats, L. B Variable breeding phenology affects the exposure of amphibian embryos to ultraviolet radiation and Optical characteristics of natural waters protect amphibians from UV-B in the U.S. Pacific Northwest: a comment. Ecology 85:

4 Blaustein, A. R., Romansic, J. M., Kiesecker, J. M. & Hatch, A. C Ultraviolet radiation, toxic chemicals, and amphibian population declines. Diversity and Distributions 9: Vredenburg, V., Tunstall, T., Nguyen, H., Romansic, J. & Schoville, S Hydromantes platycephalus (Mt. Lyell Salamander). Behavior. Herpetological Review 32:178. Romansic, J Adventures in Log-Rolling and Rock-Flipping: Searching for Slender Salamanders. Sierra Nature Notes, an online journal of natural history news in the Sierra Nevada. Available online at Manuscripts in Submission or Preparation: Vredenburg, V. T., Romansic, J. M., Chan, L. M., & Tunstall, T. A field test of the effects of UV-B radiation on three high elevation amphibians in California. Submitted to Copeia. Romansic, J. M., Johnson, P. T. J., Searle, C. L. & Blaustein, A. R. Low doses of the parasitic trematode Ribeiroia speed development in Psuedacris regilla (Pacific treefrog) larvae. In preparation. Romansic, J. M., Chan, L. M., Vredenburg, V. T. & Waldman. Behavioral response to UV-B radiation in larvae of two declining toad species: implications for UVB exposure and conservation. Oral Presentations: 2008 Genomics Summer Workshop for Science Educators, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; Workshop organizer: Dr. KT Scott, Department of Biology Romansic, J. M. Measurement of Batrachochytrium dendrobatis infection in amphibians by quantitative PCR Amphibian Disease Diagnostics Workshop and Lab at the 2006 Joint Annual Meeting of the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology and the Washington Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington Romansic, J. M., Blaustein, A. R., Diez,, K. A. & Higashi, E. M. Saprolegnia and amphibians Meeting of the California/Nevada Working Group of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California Romansic, J. M., Diez, K. A., Higashi, E. M. & Blaustein, A. R. Separate and combined effects of nitrate and the pathogenic water mold Saprolegnia on survival of amphibian larvae Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada Romansic, J. M., Diez, K. A., Higashi, E. M. & Blaustein, A. R. Separate and combined effects of nitrate and a pathogenic water mold on survival of amphibian larvae Herpetological Seminar, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley Romansic, J. M., Diez, K. A., Higashi, E. M. & Blaustein, A. R. Effects of Saprolengnia ferax on amphibians Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force Symposium, Fourth Asian Herpetological Conference, Chengdu, China Vredenburg, V., Hansen, L, Romansic, J., Chan, L., Tunstall, T. & Knapp, R. Testing the effects of ambient UV-B radiation on high elevation amphibians. July 18,

5 Poster Presentations: 2008 Netherlands-Flemish Ecological Society (Netherlands-Vlaamse Vereniging voor Ecologie; NecoV) Wintersymposium, Groenenborg campus, University of Antwerp, Belgium Romansic, J. M., Johnson, P. T. J., Searle, C. L., Johnson, J. E., Tunstall, T., Han, B. A. & Blaustein, A. R. Individual and combined effects of multiple pathogens on Pacific treefrogs (Pseudacris regilla) EPA STAR Fellows Conference, Washington, DC Romansic, J. M. Testing for between-pathogen interactions using amphibian hosts Joint meeting of the Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology and the Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Oregon State University Romansic, J. M., Scheesele, E. A., Han, B. A., Pessier, A. P., and Longcore, J. E. & Blaustein, A. R. Exposure of amphibians to the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and ultraviolet-b radiation EPA STAR Fellows Conference and EPA STAR Fellows Capitol Hill Poster Session, Washington, DC Romansic, J. M. Exploration of complex interactions between multiple pathogens and environmental stress, using amphibians as model hosts Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon Romansic, J. M., Scheesele, E. A., Han, B. A., Pessier, A. P., Longcore, J. E & Blaustein, A. R. Effects of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on larvae of four frog species Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology Annual Meeting, Humbold State University, California Romansic, J. M., Diez, K. A., Higashi, E. M., and Blaustein, A. R. Susceptibility of amphibians to the pathogenic water mold Saprolegnia ferax. Guest Lectures: 11/2008 Parasitology, Department of Biology, Univ. of South Florida, Instructors: Drs. Jason Rohr and Tom Raffel A two-lecture section entitled Community and Ecosystem Ecology of Parasites Advising: 10/2008- Thesis committee member for Andrea D. Schlunk, undergraduate honors student, Univ. of South Florida Thesis project: The effect of immune response of second intermediate hosts on choice-selective behavior of trematode cercariae (genus: Plagiorchis). Additional Service: 10/ /2003 Volunteer science teacher Led sixth grade students in an aquatic ecology activity in which they used aquatic invertebrates as bioindicators of water quality Supervisor: Staci Stein, staci.stein@oregonstate.edu, Corvallis Outdoor School, 1555 SW 35th St., Corvallis, OR 97333, (510)

6 3/2002-2/2006 Volunteer presenter at youth outreach sessions Introduced junior high and high school students to amphibians, amphibian population declines, and careers in ecological research and led discussions on amphibian biodiversity Supervisors: Lois Sullivan, OSU/Marion County Extension Service, 3180 Center St. NE, Room 1361, Salem, OR 97301, (503) ; Dr. Stevan J. Arnold, Department of Zoology, 3029 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, (541) /1999-5/1999 Volunteer, Amphibiaweb ( University of California, Berkeley Authored species accounts for an online resource for researchers, conservationists, and members of the general public concerned about amphibian population declines Authored accounts for Ambystoma gracile (northwestern salamander), Plethodon stormi (Siskiyou Mountains salamander), and Rana cascadae (Cascades frog) Co-authored accounts for Batrachoseps attenuatus (California slender salamander), Bufo californicus (arroyo toad), and B. canorus (Yosemite toad) Supervisor: Dr. David B. Wake, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Bldg., Berkeley, CA , (510) /2001- Reviewer (Number of reviews in parentheses) Conservation Biology (13), Ecohealth (1), Journal of Herpetology (1), Western North American Naturalist (2), Herpetological Review (4) 10/2004 Invited Panelist, Graduate School Panel Discussion: Is Graduate School for Me? Department of Biology, Oregon State University Contact Information for Four References: Dr. Andrew R. Blaustein Professor Department of Zoology 3029 Cordley Hall Oregon State University Corvallis, OR Phone: (541) Fax: (541) Dr. Jason R. Rohr Assistant Professor University of South Florida Tampa, FL Phone: (813) Fax: (510)

7 Dr. Vance T. Vredenburg Assistant Professor Department of Biology 1600 Holloway Ave San Francisco State San Francisco, CA Phone: (510) Fax: (510) Dr. David B. Wake Emeritus Professor/Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA Phone: (510) Fax: (510)