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Francis Ming Pong Choi
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908
Phone: 781 581-7370
Email: [email protected]
Career Statement
I am pursuing a career in marine sciences. Not only am I searching a career I enjoy, but I am willing
to learn and expand my scientific experience through this position so I can continue to contribute to
this field. You will find that my education and past job experiences have prepared me well for this
career.
Skills and Qualifications
 Registered professional biologist with BC College of Applied Biology
 Over 6 years of experience in designing and conducting biological assessments in various
marine communities (offshore, intertidal, subtidal, estuaries, ballast tanks on vessels)
 Expertise in managing ecology to biological physiology labs
 Expertise in sampling and identifying various marine invertebrate and vertebrate species
 Experience in maintaining and constructing environment controlled mesocosms
 Experience with age determination with sockeye salmon otolith
 Experience working with Transport Canada and Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
 Expertise in conducting environmental assessments and using sampling equipments: water
quality samples, oceanography samples, soil samples, etc.
 Proficient in html website design and management
 Proficient with ARC-GIS for mapping and surveying data
 Proficient in statistical programs including R programming, PRIMER, PC-ORD
 Expertise in creating and maintaining digital and physical reference collections
 Excellent science based communication skills established through research writing, academic
presentations, and public outreach programs
 Over 1000 hours of offshore research vessel time
Additional skills
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AAUS Dive Certification
Pleasure craft operator certificate
WHMIS certification
First Aid certification
Communication abilities in English, French, Cantonese and Mandarin
Work Experience
March ’13 – Present
Northeastern University
Senior lab technician for the Helmuth lab
 Manage a long term intertidal organism temperature database throughout North America
 Manage various climate change monitoring projects
 Manage daily on-goings at the Helmuth lab, including projects, website, database and
equipment maintenances
 Leading high school and middle school educational programs through the MSC Outreach
program and Museum of Science Boston
 Managed science projects during 2014 Fabien Cousteau’s Mission 31 expedition
June ’12 – Jan ‘13
University of Windsor / Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Research assistant for MEAD (Marine Ecosystem and Aquaculture Division)
 Led field sampling and processing teams for marine invertebrate projects throughout British
Columbia. Eg. Pacific oyster sampling for genetic sequencing, water filtration for invasive
species stable isotopes project, collection for Barcode of life project
 Lab processed DFO aquaculture green crab project (PARR)
 Assisted in the snakehead capture and pond clean up at Central park, Burnaby
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Herring survey on the CCGS W.E. Ricker
Culex Environmental Ltd.
Contracted consultant
 Proposal planning
Feb ‘12
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO Canada)
Sept ’11 – Feb ‘12
Field technician for MEAD (casual)
 Field sampling of multiple marine invasive species throughout British Columbia
May ‘10 & May ‘11
Pelagic Scientist (contract)
 Offshore multi-species survey and inventory on the CCGS W.E. Ricker
 Identified pelagic and ground fish species on board, including various benthic invertebrates
University of British Columbia (Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences)
Sept ’09 – Aug ‘11
Graduate researcher
 Conducted the first Pacific and Atlantic intertidal assessment of non-indigenous species in
Canada
 Identified over 200 intertidal invertebrates and algae
 Created a novel statistical standard to measure levels of biological invasion (Invasion Index)
 Familiar with government regulations including Ballast water control and management
regulations, Canada port authority environmental assessment regulations, Coastal fisheries
protection regulations, etc.
May ’07 – Aug ‘09
Research Assistant
 Assisted in multiple marine invasive species assessments, including ballast water assessment
on commercial vessels and environmental assessment for various marine environments
Guest Speaker
 University of British Columbia EOSC 747 – Guest Lecture
 Northeastern University Environmental Science 1101 – Guest Lecture
 NEOSEC 2014 Ocean Literacy Summit – Invited Speaker
 Northeastern MSC Public Lecture – Invited Speaker
 Northeastern NU@noon – Invited Speaker
March ’11 & ’12
February ’14
November ’14
October ’14
April ‘14
Education
University of British Columbia
Master of Science in Biological Oceanography
Vancouver, BC
Supervised by Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov & Dr. Thomas Therriault
Sept ’09 – Aug ‘11
Thesis title: Assessing intertidal marine non-indigenous species in Canadian ports
University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science
Supervised by Dr. Gary Bradfield
Thesis title: Morphology of Typhaceae species in Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Sept ’03 – Dec ‘08
Publications and Award
Marshall, D.J., Rezendeb, E.L., Baharuddina, N., Choi, F. and Helmuth, B. (2015) Thermal tolerance
and climate warming resilience in tropical snails. Functional Ecology (in review).
Sylvester, F., Kalaci, O., Leung, B., Lacoursiere-Roussel, A., Clarke Murray, C., Choi, F., Bravo,
M., Therriault, T. and MacIsaac, H. (2011) Hull fouling as an invasion vector: can simple models
explain a complex problem? Journal of Applied Ecology, 48, 415-423
Choi, F., Pakhomov, E.A., and Therriault, T.W. (2011) Assessing intertidal marine non-indigenous
species in Canadian ports. Master of Science, University of British Columbia, Canada
Choi, F. (2008) Morphology of Typhaceae species in Vancouver, British Columbia. Bachelor of
Science, University of British Columbia, Canada
Clarke Murray, C. and Choi, F. (2010) Spot the Invaders. Beaty Biodiversity Museum: public
display, Canada
Choi, F., Pakhomov, E.A., Therriault, T.W. (2010) Comparing Species Composition between
Canadian Coasts: Assessment of Port intertidal communities. Awarded 1st for the 2010 poster
presentation at the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network annual general meeting
References
Upon Request