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Stacy Elizabeth Aguilera
Ungar Building 230M  1365 Memorial Drive 
University of Miami
 Coral Gables, FL  33124  USA
E: [email protected]
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EDUCATION
University of Miami, Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy
Ph.D. student
2012-present
Advisors: Dr Kenny Broad
Stanford University
M.S. in Earth Systems: Marine Policy
2011-2012
Advisor: Meg Caldwell, JD
B. S. in Biology, Honors concentration: Marine Biology
2007-2011
Advisor: Dr Stephen Palumbi
Glenbrook North High School: Glenbrook Academy of International Studies
2003 - 2007
First experience with an interdisciplinary education program, Northbrook, Illinois
TEACHING AND WORK EXPERIENCE
 Research Mentor: Jen Cole (MS), Sanah Seram (Undergraduate), Jacob Shea (MS)
 Teaching Assistant ATM220: Global and Climate Change, Prof Igor Kamenkovich, UM
Spring 2013
 Teaching Assistant FNS191: Freshmen Seminar on Climate and Global Change,
Fall 2013
Professor Lisa Beal – University of Miami
 Teaching Assistant Biology 5: Ecology for Everyone, Professor Deborah Gordon – Stanford Spring 2012
 Teaching Assistant Earth Systems 188: Social and Environmental Tradeoffs in
Winter 2012
Climate Decision Making, Professor Pam Matson – Stanford University
 Stanford EPGY Summer Institutes Admission Committee
Winter 2012
 Teaching Assistant Earth Systems 10: Introduction to Earth Systems – Stanford University
Fall 2011
 Ocean Champions Internship, Advisor: Dr David Wilmot
Fall 2011
 Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Ocean Innovations Mexico Ecomarkets Internship
2010-2011
Advisors: Alex Markham and Dr Rod Fujita
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
 Center for Ocean Solutions, Project Lead, Monterey, CA
April 2013-present
Social Ecological System Resilience in Monterey Bay Small-Scale Fisheries
 Tambopata Research Center, Peru, Scientific Marketing Intern
Summer 2011
A guide to key flora and fauna of the Peruvian Amazon, Advisor: Professor William Durham
 Prof. Stephen Palumbi Lab at Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Honors Project
2010-2011
Variation of SNPs in the PMCA Gene of Lottia gigantea from an Upwelling Acidic
Monterey Bay Population Compared With a Non-upwelling Santa Barbara Population
 REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Secondary Production of Subtidal and Intertidal Rip-Rap Shoreline Structures Along
the Patuxent and Lynnhaven Rivers, Advisor: Professor Rochelle Seitz
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Stanford at Sea, Hopkins Marine Station, French Polynesia
Summer 2009
SQUID: Squid Qualitative Understanding of Individual Dispersion, Advisor: Prof. Barbara Block
Analysis of cephalopod paralarvae family dispersion on a transect from Tahiti to Hawaii
 Professor William Talbot Lab at Stanford University
Research Assistant/Lab Support, genetic analysis of myelinated axons in zebrafish
 Professor Elizabeth Hadly Lab at Stanford University
Research Assistant, mammalian fossil deposit matrix identification
Spring 2009
2008 - 2009
2008
PUBLICATIONS
 Aguilera, S.E., Cole, J., Finkbeiner, E.M., Le Cornu, E., Ban, N.C., Carr, M.H., Cinner, J.E., Crowder,
L.B., Gelcich, S., Hicks, C.C., Kittinger, J.N., Martone, R., Malone, D., Pomeroy, C., Starr, R.M., Seram,
S., Zuercher, R., Broad, K. Managing small-scale commercial fisheries for adaptive capacity: Insights from
dynamic social-ecological drivers of change in Monterey Bay. In press. PLoS One.
 Fujita, R., A.C. Markham, J.E. Diaz Diaz, J.R. Martinez Garcia, C. Scarborough, P. Greenfield, P. Black,
and S. Aguilera. 2012. Revisiting Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion. Marine Policy, 36.2, 463-465.
 Fujita, R., J.H. Moxley, H. DeBey, T. Van Leuvan, A. Leumer, K. Honey, S. Aguilera, M. Foley. 2012.
Managing for a Resilient Ocean. Marine Policy, 38, 538-544.
PRESENTATIONS
 NOAA Social Coast Forum Oral Presentation, Social-Ecological Resilience of the
February 2014
Monterey Bay Wetfish Fishery, Charleston, South Carolina
 Invited Talk: University of Miami, Global and Climate Change, US Climate Change Policy
April 2013
 Fishing Futures: Too Big To Ignore. Social-Ecological Resilience of Monterey Bay
June 2013
Small-Scale Fisheries , University of British Columbia, Vancouver
 Invited Talk: Stanford EnvRes 220: The Social Ocean, topic: The Stanford Bag Project February 2012
 IMCC (International Marine Conservation Congress) Oral Presentation,
May 2011
Ecological Resilience Metrics in Baja, Victoria, BC, Canada
 Stanford Biology Achauer Honors Symposium, Stanford, CA, USA
May 2011
 SURPS (Symposium of Undergraduate Research and Public Service), Stanford, CA, USA October 2010
 VIMS REU Summer Project Symposium, Gloucester, VA, USA
August 2009
GRANTS/ AWARDS
 RSMAS TA Excellence Award in the category of Undergraduate Lecture Course
 University of Miami Abess Center Fellowship
 Stanford University Tambopata Research Program UAR Grant
 Earth Systems CoTerm UPS Peru Summer Research Grant
 Stanford VPUE UAR Travel Grant
 Woods Institute for the Environment Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Grant
 Alan Davis Scholarship, Hopkins Marine Station
 National Science Foundation REU Internship- VIMS
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Summer Grant
2014
Fall 2012
Summer 2011
Summer 2011
Spring 2011
Summer 2010
Summer 2010
Summer 2009
Summer 2009
WORKSHOPS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 Summer School in Ethnographic Methods in Miami, Renzo Taddei, Center for
May 2014
Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University
 Data Visualization Workshop, Alberto Cairo, Miami, FL
April 2014
 R Software Carpentry Bootcamp, UBC and University of Miami
January 2014
 Small-Scale Fisheries Working Group, Center for Ocean Solutions, Monterey, CA
November 2013
 Basic R Statistics and Charts Workshop, Abess Center, Miami
November 2013
 ScienceOnline Oceans, Communication Conference, Volunteer, Miami
October 2013
 Center for Ocean Solutions Ocean Policy Course, Stanford University
August 2013
 Too Big To Ignore Small-Scale Fishing Futures Workshop, University of British Columbia
June 2013
 Ecopath with Ecosim Programming Workshop, Biodiversity Research Centre, Vancouver
April 2013
 ArcGIS Training, Stanford University
Fall 2010
 Cap and Gown, Society for Women Leaders at Stanford
2010-2011
MARINE RELATED ACTIVITIES
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AAUS Authorized University of Miami Research Diver
The Stanford Bag Project, Co-Founder and President, Advisor: Professor Meg Caldwell
Stanford Chapter of The Coastal Society- Secretary 2010, Vice President 2011-2012
PADI Certified Divemaster
Fall 2013
2010-2012
2010-2012
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