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<strong>CURRICULUM</strong> <strong>VITAE</strong><br />
<strong>Jessica</strong> <strong>Ann</strong> <strong>Marks</strong><br />
Th. Hansensv. 14 Department of Biology<br />
1410 Kolbotn, NORWAY University of Bergen<br />
Telephone: (47) 92 28 1331 PO Box 7800, 5020 Bergen, NORWAY<br />
e‐mail: jessica.marks@bio.uib.no (present address: CEES,<br />
Dept. of Biology, UIO, Blindern)<br />
<strong>EDUCATION</strong><br />
1979 ‐ 81 Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA<br />
1985 Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in Zoology, University of Washington; Seattle, Washington, USA<br />
1993 Cand.scient. in Marine Ecology, Department of Resource Biology<br />
Norwegian College of Fisheries Science, University of Tromsø; Norway<br />
1996‐2004 Universitetsstipendiat, Department of Zoology, University of Bergen, Norway<br />
(includes extended maternity leave)<br />
2005‐ 2006 Stipendiat (80%), Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway<br />
<strong>GRANTS</strong> AND AWARDS<br />
1986 ‐ 87 Rotary Foundation Graduate Scholarship<br />
1989 North Norwegian Research Fund (UiTø) Student Grant<br />
1989 Nordic Council of Marine Biology (to Kristineberg Marine Biol. Station, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden)<br />
1990 UiTø student travel funds; work with F. Lafargue, Laboratoire Arago, Banyuls sur‐Mer, France<br />
1991 UiTø student travel fund; work with Ib Svane, Kristinebergs Marine Biology Station, Sweden<br />
1995‐96 NorFA Mobility Stipend to Kristineberg Marine Biological Station Sweden, (6 months)<br />
1997 L. Meltzer Høyskolefond; kr 45 000 for Project “Latitudinal variation in egg size in urchins”<br />
1997 NFR: Norwegian National Committee on Polar Reasearch, kr. 30 000 grant for fieldwork in<br />
Longyearbyen and Ny Ålesund (Svalbard).<br />
1999‐2000 Norwegian Research Council grant (kr 64 000); fieldwork at the UW Friday Harbor Laboratory<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
Vermeij, G. J., R. B. Lowell, L. J. Walters and J. A. <strong>Marks</strong>. (1987). Good hosts and their guests: Relations<br />
between trochid gastropods and the epizoic limpet Crepidula adunca. The Nautilus. 101(2):69 ‐ 74.<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J. A. (1993). Systematics and ecology of three didemnid ascidians: Didemnum albidum<br />
(Verrill, 1871), Didemnum polare (Hartmeyer, 1903) and Didemnum romssae, new species.<br />
Cand.scient. thesis, University of Tromsø, Norway, pp. 89.<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J. A. (1996). Three sibling species of subarctic didemnid ascidians: Didemnum albidum (Verrill, 1871),<br />
Didemnum polare (Hartmeyer, 1903) and Didemnum romssae, new species. Can. J. Zool. 74: 357‐379.<br />
Padilla, D. K., Harvell, C. D., <strong>Marks</strong>, J. A., and B. Helmuth. (1996). Inducible aggression and intraspecific<br />
competition for space in a marine bryozoan, Membranipora membranacea. Limnol. Oceanog. 41(3): 505‐512.<br />
Biermann, C. H. and J.A. <strong>Marks</strong> (2000). Geographic divergence of gamete recognition systems in two species of<br />
the sea urchin genus Strongylocentrotus. Zygote 8 (S): 86‐87.<br />
Biermann, C.H., <strong>Marks</strong>, J. A., Vilela‐Silva, A‐C. E. S., Castro, M. O. and P. A. S. Mourão (2004). Carbohydrate‐<br />
based species recognition in sea urchin fertilization: another avenue for speciation? Evolution and<br />
Development 6(5): 353‐361.<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J.A., Biermann, C.H. and H. Kryvi (Biol. Bull. 215:115‐125). Sperm polymorphism within<br />
the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: Divergence between Pacific and Atlantic oceans.<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J.A., Biermann, C.H., Heegaard, E. and A. Breistøl (submitted ms.). Sperm<br />
Availability and the evolution of egg and jelly‐coat size in a free‐spawning marine invertebrate.<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J.A. (manuscript) Zooid replacement and overwintering in two sibling species of colonial ascidians
from North Norway (Didemnum albidum and Didemnum romssae )<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J.A. and Aarset, B. (2004). Kråkeboller – fra pest til gullgruve? Norsk Fiskeoppdrett 29(4): 32 ‐ 34.<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J.A. (in prep on commission from Norsk Fiskeoppdrett/FishfarmingXpert)<br />
Alien sea squirt Didemnum vexillum: invasive nuisance species threatens fish‐farming industry<br />
RECENT PRESENTATIONS:<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J.A., The species concept: Fact or fiction?, Science and Philosophy series, UIB, 2007<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J.A., Fertilization dynamics of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis: Is egg size ova‐rated?<br />
UW Friday Harbor Labs, August 2006.<br />
Biermann, C. H. and J.A. <strong>Marks</strong> (2004). ʺThe Jelly Role: High‐Impact Carbs and Sea Urchin<br />
Fertilizationʺ, Comparative Developmental Biology: Insights into Embryos, Cells and<br />
Evolution. June 6‐11 2004, UW Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor WA, USA.<br />
<strong>Marks</strong>, J.A. and C.H. Biermann (2003).”The jelly role blues: evolution of egg and jelly‐coat size in<br />
the sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus spp.” International Echinoderm Conference, Munich,<br />
Germany, 6‐10 Oct. 2003.<br />
TEACHING EXPERIENCE<br />
‐ Includes organizing lectures and laboratory courses in diverse areas of biology (lectures,<br />
colloquia, field work (also at sea), experimental laboratory exercises, student presentations, exams).<br />
‐ Advisor for several undergraduate and master’s students<br />
TEACHING EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:<br />
University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, spring‐summer 2006<br />
Marine Molecular Ecology, faculty (10 week undergraduate apprenticeship, co‐taught with<br />
C.H. Biermann); Mentor for undergraduate Blinks Scholar (with B. Swalla)<br />
University of Bergen, 1996, 1997 ‐ 2000<br />
Embryology, BZL ‐256 (Developmental biology of invertebrates and vertebrates; course leader 3 years,<br />
lectures and laboratory); Organlærer (in part, laboratory assistant, 1996)<br />
University Courses on Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, fall 1995, 1996, 1997<br />
Arctic Biology, AB‐201 (one of instructors on cruise, and laboratory leader for subsequent marine biology<br />
portions of course)<br />
University of Tromsø, 1987 ‐ 1993, spring 1995<br />
Laboratory leader (planned and organized laboratory lectures, exercises, and field trips at sea; laboratory<br />
assistant and leader of colloquium sections for parts of the following courses:<br />
Zoology (BIO‐102; Invertebrate morphology and life history; classification and use of keys); Marine<br />
Biology I (BIO‐201; Basic principles of marine biology); Zoology II (BIO‐224; Principles of zoological<br />
systematics, classification and biogeography); Resource Biology (F‐300; Principles of marine ecology,<br />
utilization of marine resources); Aquatic Pollution (BIO‐301; Pollution in aquatic environments and<br />
toxicology testing, utilizing sea urchin and cod eggs and larvae)<br />
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE<br />
TRANSLATION AND EDITING BUSINESS (‘BARTLEBY TRANSLATIONS’, org. nr. 991005919 MVA)<br />
‐ Since 2006. Translation and language vetting. Includes writing/editing for popular scientific<br />
publications. Clients include: UiTø, UiB, Havforskningsinstitutt, NINA, Tromsø Municipal Court,<br />
SINTEF, SNF, Norsk Fiskeoppdrett magazine (Fish FarmingXpert), Helse Fonna<br />
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, TECHNICIAN, SCUBA DIVER: including, NFH, Tromsø, Norway, 1987‐92 (part<br />
time); Univ. of WA, Friday Harbor Laboratories (1994‐95, R. R. Strathmann; 1984–86, D. Harvell)<br />
FISHERIES INSPECTOR on Norwegian commercial minke whaling vessel in Barents Sea, (May‐June 1987)<br />
BIOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATION of course compendia and manuscripts
OTHER<br />
POPULAR SCIENTIFIC DISSEMINATION: ‘Verdt å Vite’;‘På Høyden’; ‘Norsk Fiskeoppdrett’;<br />
‘Forskning.no’; ’Forskningsdagene’; ’Faglig‐Pedagogisk Dag’<br />
‘SU’ Fagertun Barnehage, Bergen (2004‐2006 leader)<br />
ACTED AS REVIEWER FOR MANUSCRIPTS (2007):<br />
Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology; Marine Biology, USDA (grant proposal)<br />
CURRENT RESEARCH CONTACTS: Christiane Biermann, Portland State University, USA, Einar<br />
Heegaard, Bjerknes Center for Climate Research, Bergen, Christoffer Schander, University of<br />
Bergen, Jon Havenhand, Tjärnø Marine Biological Station.<br />
Ongoing projects include:<br />
Population genetic analyses of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis and S.pallidus<br />
along the Norwegian coast and Svalbard. <strong>Marks</strong>, J.A., Dahle, G., Skage, M. and C. Schander (UIB/IMR).<br />
Co‐advisor for student at Kristineberg Marine Biological Station (with Mike Thorndyke and Job<br />
Havenhand), starts Jan‐Feb 2008.<br />
REFERENCES<br />
Dr. C. H. Biermann. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Portland State University,<br />
Portland, OR 97207‐0751, email: biermann@pdx.edu 503‐244‐1666 (H) http://web.pdx.edu/~biermann/<br />
Dr. Harald Kryvi, Professor, Vertebratevolusjon og Utvikling, Biologisk Institutt, Univ. i Bergen, Norway,<br />
email: harald.kryvi@bio.uib.no, tel. 55 583593<br />
Dr. Christoffer Schander, Professor, Marine Biodiversitet, Biologisk Institutt, Univ. i Bergen,<br />
email: christoffer.schander@bio.uib.no, tel: 55 584383<br />
Dr. R. R. Strathmann, University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories, Friday Harbor, WA USA,<br />
email: rrstrath@u.washington.edu<br />
Further documentation will be provided upon request<br />
Also see following links:<br />
Course taught at University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories<br />
http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/studentApprentice2006.html#spring2<br />
Articles on my research:<br />
http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2004/september/1095684520.98<br />
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2004/10/20049603.shtml
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