Kelly J. Benoit-Bird

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CURRENT POSITIONS


ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Biological Oceanography
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

July 2004 -
Present

AFFILIATE FACULTY
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii
July 2004 -
Present


EDUCATION

UHM

UNIVERSITY of HAWAII
at MANOA,
Honolulu, Hawaii
Ph.D. in Zoology
"Dynamics of the Hawaiian mesopelagic boundary community and their effects on predator foraging"
(Abstract, Table of Contents)
May 2003
Brown

BROWN UNIVERSITY
,
Providence, Rhode Island
B.S. with Honors in Aquatic Biology
May 1998
Duke


DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY
, Beaufort, North Carolina
Spring 1997



HONORS AND AWARDS


Best Young Presenter Award, European Congress on Underwater Acoustics, Delft, Netherlands
2004

Young Investigator Travel Award, NSF, International Society for Behavioral Ecology Meeting  2004

The Future of Animal Bioacoustics and Acoustical Oceanography, Acoustical Society of America 
Selected as one of nine young presenters to speak at the Society’s 75th Anniversary Celebration Plenary
2004

Excellence in Science Communication Award
15th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Best Presentation by a Non-Student
2003

DIALOG V Symposium Invited Participant, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography    2003


Best Student Paper in Acoustical Oceanography   
   - 145th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, Tennessee
   - First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics, Cancun, Mexico (2nd Prize)   
   - 142nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida   
   - 140th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Newport Beach, California 

2003
2002
2001
2000

Best Student Paper in Animal Bioacoustics   
   - 145th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Nashville, Tennessee 
   - 140th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Newport Beach, California  

2003
2000

Excellence in Doctoral Student Research Award University of Hawaii Regents   2002

National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, IBN     2002

Pauley Marine Biology Scholar Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation     2001

Sigma Xi Inducted as a Member of the scientific honor society     2001

Albert Tester Memorial Award for Best Graduate Student Paper, University of Hawaii     2000

Leonida Scholarship Endowment for Fisheries Research, Oceanography Dept, Univ. of Hawaii     1999

Aspect Technology Fund Award Recipient for the Development of Novel Technology     1999

Hughes Fellow Brown University, Biology Department Undergraduate Research Award   
1997



PUBLICATIONS


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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

ASA
Acoustical Society of America, Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committee Representative December 2002 -
Present
UHM
26th Annual Albert L. Tester Symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 
Planned the graduate student symposium with the help of three other students. Communicated with authors and collected their titles and abstracts, scheduled talks, prepared the meeting abstract book and program, and made arrangements for the invited speaker.
April 11-12, 2001
SMM
Society for Marine Mammalogy
   - Education Committee                  
   - Hawaii Student Chapter Organizer  
January 2001
- Present
February 2000-
May 2002
HIMB Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Student Colloquium , Kaneohe, Hawaii         
Along with two other graduate students, planned and oversaw the annual Student Colloquium, a two-day meeting of student presentations. I arranged for facilities, catering, and audiovisual equipment, scheduled talks, put together a meeting program, communicated with presenters, prepared announcements, enlisted volunteers, and helped oversee the meeting.
November 8-9, 2000

Hawaii State Science Fair Judge, High School Biological Sciences Division, 2002





REFEREE 
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 
Deep Sea Research Part I
Limnology and Oceanography
Aquatic Mammals 
Journal of Marine Systems
Aquatic Living Resources
Sea Grant College Programs
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS


International Society for Behavioral Ecology


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