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CURRICULUM VITAE
MARI BUTLER
[email protected]
401-932-2504
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 2004
M.S., Oceanography, University of Connecticut, 1993.
B.A., Biology, Dartmouth College, 1989.
CERTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS:
•National Science Foundation, Graduate Teaching Fellowship in K-12 Education, 2003
•Northeastern Mosquito Control Association, John L. McColgan Grant in Aid, 2002
•Northeastern Mosquito Control Association, John L. McColgan Grant in Aid, 2001
•Massachusetts Secondary School Teaching Certificate, 1996, Biology.
•Scholarship from World Association of Copepodologists to attend the 5th
International Conference on Copepods, June 1993.
•Ketchum Prize for best graduate student paper, New England Estuarine Research
Society, May 1993.
•New Hampshire Secondary School Teaching Certificate, 1990, Biology.
•Research Project sponsored by NSF grant for undergraduate research, June, 1988.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
•Sept. 2004 – Present
Associate Professor, Endicott College, Beverly, MA
As a member of the Arts and Sciences Department, I teach classes including Biology,
Ecology, Oceanography, Environmental Field Sampling, Environmental Issues, Applied
Statistics, Science and Society, Freshman Seminars and laboratory sections associated
with the above classes. I also chaperoned a group of students in a community service
project to Mexico, January 2007 and to Costa Rica in January 2008.
•Sept. 2000 – Aug. 2004
Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant, University of
Rhode Island
Advisor – Dr. Roger LeBrun
While enrolled in Ph.D. program taught lab sections, I graded exams, and guest lectured.
My research focused on the aquatic ecology of catch basins and effects of the juvenile
growth hormone mimic methoprene on mosquitoes, nontarget organisms, and the catch
basin ecosystem. In addition supervised several undergraduates participating in a RI
Coastal Research Program.
•May 2001- October, 2002
Mosquito Technician, Rhode Island, Dept. of
Environmental Management, Wakefield, RI
Supervisor – Dr. Alan Gettman
I assisted in mosquito surveillance in Rhode Island and experimented with juvenile
growth hormone mimic larvicides and their effects on aquatic ecosystems.
•May 1999 – Dec 1999
Plankton Consultant
Supervisor – Dr. Elizabeth Clark
I enumerated plankton from experiments conducted by Dr. Clark in a coastal lagoon in
the Florida Keys.
•June 1994 – Dec. 2003
Research Assistant III, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Supervisors – Dr. Peter Wiebe, Dr. Carin Ashjian, Dr.
Larry Madin, Dr. Stephen Bollens
I collected and analyzed plankton samples including several months of sea time in
addition to microscopy, video analysis, data analysis using computers, presentation of the
data through graphics and written work, and general lab management. I also supervised
and trained undergraduate college students working on projects both in the lab and on
ships.
•Sept. 1997 – Aug. 1998
Biology teacher – Barnstable High School,
Hyannis, MA.
Science dept. head - Dr. John Mika
I taught four general biology classes to high school students. Classes ranged in size from
15 - 30 students. I also coached the track and field team and officiated at track meets.
•Sept. 1996 - Dec. 1996
•Apr. 1997 - Aug. 1997
Faculty member – San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA.
Supervisor - Dr. Stephen Bollens.
I assisted Dr. Stephen Bollens with teaching and research activities mainly helping
graduate students with their research projects. I also set up new labs in San Francisco,
CA and in Tiburon, CA.
•Feb. 1994 - Mar. 1994
Assistant Scientist, Sea Education Association.
Woods Hole, MA.
Supervisor - Dr. Richard Bohrer
I participated in a six-week oceanographic cruise on SSV Corwith Cramer. I supervised
undergraduate college students as they took part in scientific operations. I also lectured
on relevant oceanographic topics, and assisted students with implementation of individual
research projects.
•Nov. 1993 - Dec 1993
Technician, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute. Pacific Grove, CA.
Supervisor - Dr. Francisco Chavez.
I prepared for cruises, entered and analyzed data, and collected samples to measure
primary production using radioisotopes at sea.
•Sept. 1990 - July 1993
Graduate Research Assistant, University of
Connecticut. Groton, CT.
Advisor - Dr. Hans Dam.
I helped set up a new lab at the University of CT, participated in collection and analysis
of zooplankton pigment samples from the Equatorial Pacific and conducted research on
fecal pellet production by a coastal marine copepod and their contribution to carbon flux
in Long Island Sound.
•Mar. 1990 - Sept. 1990
Science Teacher, Waterford Country School,
Quaker Hill, CT.
Principal - Ted Phillips
I taught science at a residential school for needy children between the ages of 5 and 21.
Shared responsibility for care of farm animals kept on the school grounds.
•June 1989 - Aug. 1989
Dec. 1989 - Mar. 1990
Research Assistant, Marine Fisheries Division of
the CT. Department of Environmental Protection.
Supervisors - Mark Blake and Victor Crecco
I collected and analyzed zooplankton samples as part of a team of researchers trying to
estimate potential lobster catches in Long Island Sound. I also helped statistically
analyze Striped Bass stock assessment data using the SAS statistical program.
•Aug. 1989 – Dec. 1989
Student Teacher (Biology), Lebanon High School,
Lebanon, NH.
Master Teacher - Cally Avery
I shared primary responsibility for two tenth grade general biology classes and a ninth
grade accelerated class. I also coached men's and women's cross -country with the
women finishing fourth in New Hampshire in their division.
•Aug. 1987 – Dec. 1988
Undergraduate Laboratory and Field Assistant,
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
Supervisor – Dr. Carol Folt.
I collected zooplankton from a New Hampshire pond and microscopically analyzed
zooplankton samples from Lake Mead, Nevada as part of a fertilization study. I also
maintained live cultures of microscopic plants and animals.
SEA TIME:
•2002 USCGC Healy (WAGB-20), Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions (SBI)
Nome, Alaska – Barrow, Alaska
•2001. R/V Nathanial B. Palmer, GLOBEC-SOUTHERN OCEAN
Punta Arenas, Chile – Punta Arenas, Chile
•2000. R/V Johann Ruud
Tromsø, Norway – Tromsø, Norway
•1999. R/V Endeavor, GLOBEC – Gulf of Maine
Narragansett, RI – Narragansett, RI (2 cruises)
•1997. R/V Endeavor, GLOBEC – Georges Bank.
Narragansett, RI – Narragansett, RI (2 cruises)
•1995. R/V Malcolm Baldrige, GLOBEC – Arabian Sea Cruise
Muscat, Oman – Diego Garcia.
•1995. R/V Endeavor, GLOBEC – Georges Bank.
Woods Hole, MA – Woods Hole, MA.
•1995. R/V Seward Johnson, GLOBEC – Georges Bank Cruises.
Woods Hole, MA – Woods Hole, MA. (3 cruises)
•1994. R/V Albatross, GLOBEC – Georges Bank Cruise.
Woods Hole, MA – Woods Hole, MA.
•1994. SSV Corwith Cramer, C130, SEA.
Miami, FL – Key West, FL.
•1993. R/V Point Sur, Monterey Bay Cruise.
Moss Landings, CA – Moss Landings, CA.
•1992. R/V Thomas G. Thompson, JGOFS- Equatorial Pacific Cruise.
Papeete, Tahiti – Honolulu, Hawaii.
PUBLICATIONS:
Ashjian, C.J., R.G. Campbell, H.E. Welch, M. Butler, and D. Van Keuren. 2003. Annual cycle
in abundance, distribution, and size in relation to hydrography of important copepod
species in the Western Arctic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I. 50:1235-1261.
Avent, S.R., S.M. Bollens, M. Butler, E. Horgan, and R. Roundtree. 2001. Planktonic hydroids
on Georges Bank: ingestion and selection by predatory fishes. Deep Sea Research Part
II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 48:673-684.
Bollens, S. M., E. Horgan, S. Concelman, L. P. Madin, S. M. Gallagher and M. Butler. 2001.
Planktonic hydroids on Georges Bank: effects of mixing and food supply on feeding and
growth. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 48:659-672.
Bollens, S. M. R. C. van den Hooff, M. Butler, J. Cordell, and B.W. Frost. 2010. Feeding
ecology of juvenile Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in a northeast Pacific fjord:
diet, availability of zooplankton, selectivity for prey, and potential competition for prey
resources. Fisheries Bulletin. 108:393-407.
Butler, M. 1993. Pellet production rates and fecal pellet characteristics of the copepod Acartia
tonsa under simulated bloom conditions. Masters thesis. University of Connecticut.
Butler, Mari 2005. Catch basin ecosystems and effects of the mosquito larvicide
methoprene. Doctoral Dissertation. University of Rhode Island.
Butler, M, S.M. Bollens, B. Burkhalter, L.M. Madin, and E. Horgan. 2001. Mesopelagic fishes
of the Arabian Sea: distribution, abundance and diet of Chauliodus pammelas,
Chauliodus sloani, Stomias affinis, and Stomias nebulosus. Deep-Sea Research II.
48:1369-1383.
Butler, M. and H.G. Dam. 1994. Production rates and characteristics of fecal pellets of the
copepod Acartia tonsa under simulated phytoplankton bloom conditions: implications
for vertical fluxes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 114:81-91.
Butler, M., R. Casagrande, R. LeBrun, H. Ginsberg, and A. Gettman. 2007. A sampling device
for the fauna storm water catch basins. Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the
New Jersey Mosquito Control Association. 70-74.
Butler, M., H.G. Ginsberg, R.A. LeBrun, A.D. Gettman, and F. Pollnak 2007. Natural
Communities in Catch basins in Southern Rhode Island. Northeastern Naturalist.
14(2):235-250.
Butler, M., R.A. LeBrun, H.S. Ginsberg, and A.D. Gettman. 2006. Efficacy of methoprene for
mosquito control in storm water catch basins. Journal of the American Mosquito Control
Association. 22:333-338.
Butler, M., R.A. LeBrun, H.S. Ginsberg, and A.D. Gettman. 2010. Evaluation of nontarget
effects of methoprene applied to catch basins for mosquito control. Journal of Vector
Ecology. 35(2):372-384.
Butler, M., C. Suom, R.A. LeBrun, H.S. Ginsberg, and A.D. Gettman. 2006. Effects of
methoprene on oviposition by Aedes japonicus and Culex spp. Journal of the American
Mosquito Control Association 22:229-342.
Campbell, R.G., C.J. Ashjian., H.E. Welch, D. van Keuren, M. Butler. (In Prep). Reproduction,
growth, and development of selected copepod species in the Western Arctic Ocean.
Submitted to Deep-Sea Research.
Concelman, S., S.M. Bollens, B.K. Sullivan, L.P. Madin, E. Horgan, M. Butler, D.van Keuren.
2001. Distribution, abundance and benthic-pelagic coupling of suspended hydroids on
Georges Bank. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 48:645658.
Dam, H.G., X. Zhang, M. Butler, and M.R. Roman. 1995. Mesozooplankton grazing and
metabolism at the equator in the central Pacific: implications for carbon and nitrogen
fluxes. Deep-Sea Res. II. 42(2-3):735-756.
Dionne, M., M. Butler, and C. Folt. 1990. Plant-specific expression of antipredator behavior by
larval damselflies. Oecologia. 83: 371-377.
Ginsberg, H.S., M. Butler, and E. Zhioua. 2002. Effect of deer exclusion by fencing on
abundance of nymphal Amblyomma americanum (Acari:Ixodidae) on Fire Island, New
York, USA. J. Vector Ecol. 27(2):215-221.
Madin, L. P., S.M. Bollens, E. Horgan, M. Butler, J. Runge, B.K. Sullivan, G. Klein-MacPhee,
E. Durbin, A. Durbin, A. Bucklin, M.E. Clarke. 1996. Voracious planktonic hydroids:
unexpected predatory impact on a coastal marine ecosystem. Deep-Sea Res. 43:18231829.
Mincks, S.L., S.M. Bollens, L.P. Madin, E. Horgan, M. Butler, P.M. Kremer, J.E. Craddock.
2000. Distribution, abundance, and feeding ecology of decapods in the Arabian Sea, with
Implications for vertical flux. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in
Oceanography. 47:1475-1516.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS:
Butler, Mari and Matthew Staffier, Using Blue Mussels to Measure Contamination in a New
England Harbor, National Science Teachers Association, Chicago, Illinois, Spring 2015.
Gutwillig, Meghan, Mari Butler, and George O’Meara, A Preliminary Study of the Distribution
and Abundance in Aedes atropalus and Aedes japonicus in Different Habitats on Cape Ann,
Massachusetts, Sigma Xi Research Symposium, Beverly, MA, Feb 2011.
Carlisle, Stephanie and Mari Butler, Monitoring of Thissell Marsh, Endicott College
What is the State of Salem Sound? Past, Present and Future, March 2011
Butler, Mari and Matthew Staffier, Using a Saltmarsh Restoration Project for Educational
Purposes, New Jersey Mosquito Control Association Annual Meeting. Atlantic City, NJ. March
2008.
Butler, Mari. Catch Basin Ecosystems. New Jersey Mosquito Control Association Annual
Meeting. Atlantic City, NJ. March 2007.
Butler, M, K. Maglio, M. Staffier. Utilizing Satellite Images in the Environmental Classroom.
National Science Teachers Association. Anaheim, CA. March 2006.
Butler, M., A. Gettman, R. LeBrun, H. Ginsberg. Catch Basin Ecosytems and Effects of the
Mosquito Larvicide Methoprene. Northeastern Mosquito Control Association, 50th Annual
Meeting, Newport, RI. Dec. 5-8, 2004.
Butler, M., A. Gettman, R. LeBrun, H. Ginsberg. The fate and efficacy of methoprene in catch
basins environments. American Mosquito Control Association. Annual Meeting, Savannah,
GA. Feb.22-26, 2004.
Butler, M., A. Gettman, R. LeBrun, H. Ginsberg, and C. Suom. Effects of methoprene on catch
basin communities. Northeastern Mosquito Control Association, 49th Annual Meeting, Hyannis,
MA, Dec. 1-3, 2003.
Butler, M., A. Gettman, R. LeBrun, and H. Ginsberg. Catch Basin Ecosystems: Effects of
Methoprene. Northeastern Mosquito Control Association, 48th Annual Meeting, Mystic, CT,
Dec. 2-4, 2002.
Butler, M., A. Gettman, R. LeBrun, and H. Ginsberg. Movement and Efficacy of Methoprene
used for West Nile Virus Mosquito Management in Sewer Catch Basins. Rhode Island, Natural
History Survey. Ecological Research in Rhode Island. Warwick, Rhode Island, March 1, 2002.
Ashjian, C., R. Campbell, H. Welch, M. Butler, and D. Van Keuren. Population dynamics,
vertical distribution, and secondary production of Calanus species over an annual cycle in the
Arctic Ocean. Gordon Conference on Polar Marine Science, Ventura, CA., March 12-15, 2001
Ashjian, C., R. Campbell, H. Welch, M. Butler, and D. Van Keuren. Population dynamics,
vertical distribution, and secondary production of Calanus species over an annual cycle in the
Arctic Ocean. ARCSS - OAII all hands meeting and planning workshop, Virginia Beach, VA,
Oct. 20-22, 1999.
Ashjian, C., R. Campbell, H. Welch, M. Butler, and D. Van Keuren. Population dynamics,
vertical distribution, and secondary production of Calanus species over an annual cycle in the
Arctic Ocean. Population dynamics of Calanus in the North Atlantic: Results from the TransAtlantic Study of Calanus finmarchicus, an ICES Symposium. Tromsø, Norway 24-27 1999.
Bollens, S. M., L. P. Madin, E. F. Horgan, B. K. Sullivan, G. Klein-MacPhee, H. M. Franklin,
M. Butler, W. Michaels, R. Roundtree and M. Fogarty. Impacts of invertebrate and vertebrate
predation on GLOBEC target species on Georges Bank: regional, seasonal, and interannual
comparisons. American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 1998.
Mincks, S. L., S. M. Bollens, L. P. Madin, E. Horgan, M. Butler, P. Kremer and J. Craddock.
Distribution, abundance and feeding ecology of decapods in the Arabian Sea, with implications
for vertical flux.
American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 1998.
Madin, L. P., J. E. Craddock, E. R. Horgan, M. Butler, P. Kremer and S. M. Bollens.
Macrozooplankton and fishes in the Arabian Sea. American Geophysical Union/American
Society of Limnology and Oceanography Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 1998.
Mincks, S. L., S. M. Bollens, L. P. Madin, E. Horgan, M. Butler, P. Kremer and J. Craddock.
Distribution, abundance and feeding ecology of decapods in the Arabian Sea, with implications
for vertical flux. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, Dec. 1997.
Madin, L. P., E. F. Horgan, B. K. Sullivan, G. Klein-MacPhee, S. M. Bollens and M. Butler.
Estimating the Impact of Invertebrate Predation on Target Species of Copepods on Georges
Bank. International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) 1997 Annual Science
Conference, Baltimore, MD, September 25 - October 3, 1997.
Madin, L. P., E. Horgan, M. Butler, B. K. Sullivan, G. Klein-MacPhee, and S. M. Bollens.
Estimated Predation on Target Species by Invertebrate Predators. U.S. Global Ocean
Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC) Georges Bank Scientific Investigators' Meeting, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, July 21 - 23, 1997.
Bollens, S. M. , L. P. Madin, E. Horgan, S. Concelman, M. Butler, B. K. Sullivan, D. Van
Keuren, and J. Manning. Planktonic hydroids: A newly recognized and important component of
the Georges Bank ecosystem. American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology
and Oceanography Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 1996 (invited talk).
Madin, L. P., B. K. Sullivan, G. Klein-MacPhee, S. M. Bollens, M. Butler, E. Horgan.
Invertebrate predators of copepods and larval cod and haddock on Georges Bank: distribution,
feeding rates and impact. American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography Meeting, San Diego, CA, February 1996.
Madin, L. P, S. M. Bollens, E. Horgan, M. Butler, P. Wiebe, B. Sullivan, G. Klein-MacPhee, E.
Durbin, A. Durbin, J. Runge, and M. E. Clarke. Voracious Planktonic Hydroids on Georges
Bank. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Meeting, Reno, NV, June 1995.
Madin, L. P., E. Horgan, S. M. Bollens, M. Butler, B. Sullivan, G Klein-MacPhee. Predation
Mortality on target species of copepods and larval fish on Georges Bank. The Oceanography
Society Meeting, Newport, RI, April 1994
Butler, M. Fecal Pellet Production Rates and Pellet Characteristics of Acartia tonsa under
Simulated Bloom Conditions. New England Esuarine Research Society. Spring 1993.
Butler, M. and H.G. Dam. Fecal Pellet Production Rates and Pellet Characteristics of Acartia
tonsa under Simulated Bloom Conditions. Fifth International Conference on Copepoda,
Baltimore, Maryland, June 6-11, 1993.