Kinnison Laboratory

Dr. Kinnison

Current Positions:

Graduate Education:

Doctor of Philosophy – 1999 – Life history divergence and population structure of New Zealand chinook salmon: a study of contemporary microevolution. 169 pp. University of Washington. Advisor: Dr. Thomas P. Quinn
Master of Science – 1997 – Population differentiation in chinook salmon introduced to New Zealand: evidence from morphological, reproductive and early life history characters. 181 pp. University of Washington. Advisor: Dr. Thomas P. Quinn

Undergraduate Education:

Degree: Bachelor of Science - Summa Cum Laude - 1993 Major: Marine and Freshwater Biology Institution: University of New Hampshire

Academic Honors and Societies:

Undergraduate:
- Dean's List (all semesters)
- University Honors Program
- Member Phi Kappa Phi
- President's Award for Academic Achievement
- Honors Achievement Award
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Graduate:
- School of Fisheries Recruitment Award
- Recipient of H. Mason Keeler Fellowship
- Recipient of Faculty Memorial Fellowship
- Recipient of Faculty Merit Award (highest award given by school)
Post-Graduate:
- First Croasdale Fellow in Ecology (Dartmouth College)

Professional Societies:

Teaching Experience (not including teaching assistantships)

Vertebrate Biology (Dartmouth and U-Maine) Winter 2000, 2001, Fall 2002-2006
- developed course on the evolution, anatomy and natural history of vertebrates.
- included coordination of lectures, exams, hands-on specimen examination, course projects, field trips and teaching assistants.
Animal Behavior (Dartmouth) – Spring 2000
- presented series of lectures on genetic and environmental basis for behavior
Ecology and Evolution (Dartmouth) – Fall 2000, Fall 2001
- co-instructed introductory course on ecology and evolution
- developed lectures and exams and helped coordinated lab materials and teaching assistants
Evolution and Ecology Seminar (U-Maine) – Spring 2003-11-03
- co-instructed graduate student seminar on current research in ecology and evolution
Professionalism in Biology Seminar (U-Maine) – Spring 2004, Fall 2005
- co-instructed seminar class on professional development in biology
Experimental Aquatic Ecology (U-Maine) – Fall 2004, Fall 2006
- co-instructed lecture, reading and field work course on aquatic ecology
Senior Paper in Ecology and Environmental Sciences (U-Maine) – Spring 2005
- led seniors in a semester long writing project as a capstone experience for their program

Professional Experience:

2005 – on Biological Sciences Policy Advisory Committee
2005 – on Biological Sciences (Murray Hall) Building Manager
2003 – on Faculty advisor to University of Maine Chapter of American Fisheries Society
2002 – on Assistant professor – University of Maine (Orono)
2002 – on Maine Atlantic Salmon Technical Advisory Committee
2002 - on Curator of University of Maine Fish Collection
2002 – 2005 Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
1999 - 2001 Croasdale fellow in ecology – Dartmouth College
1993 to 1999 M.S. Thesis and Ph.D. Dissertation - University of Washington
1999 - 2001 Guest editor of journal Genetica
- Editing issue and book: "Microevolution: rate, pattern, process".
1998 Teaching Assistant for "Salmonid Life-History and Evolution" course
1996 to 1999 Graduate student representative of Instructional Quality Committee
- Helped to restructure graduate program curriculum and examinations procedures
- Helped develop graduate seminar series
- Co-developed course (Fish 507a) on evolutionarily significant units and conservation
1996 to 1999 Representative council member of Fisheries Integrated Network of Students
1996 to 1997 Representative of graduate program student committee formed to address graduate school review
1995 Coordinator of 6th Annual Graduate Student Symposium