JENNIFER K. SCHULTZ
 
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
jschultz@hawaii.edu

EDUCATION

05/2009

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA

Ph.D. Zoology

 

Advisor: Dr. Brian Bowen
Dissertation: Conservation genetics of the Hawaiian Monk Seal

05/1994

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON
Magna cum Laude

B.S. Marine Biology

 

CURRENT POSITIONS

08/2009 -

SOEST Young Investigator, Assistant Researcher, Affiliate Faculty

Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

University of Hawaii

08/2009 -

Program Lead, Genetics

Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program, Protected Species Division

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

NOAA Fisheries

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Schultz, JK (in review) Population genetics of the monk seals (Genus Monachus): a review. Aquatic Mammals.

Schultz JK, O’Malley JM, Kehn EE, Polovina JJ, Parrish FA, Kosaki RK (in press) When populations fail to recover in a fully protected marine reserve. Journal of Marine Biology.

Schultz JK, Baker JD, Toonen RJ, Harting, AL, Bowen BW (in press) Range-wide genetic connectivity of the Hawaiian monk seal and implications for translocation. Conservation Biology.

Schultz JK, Becker BL, Johanos TC, Lopez JU, Kashinsky L (in press) Dizygotic twinning in the Hawaiian monk seal. Journal of Mammalogy.

Marshall AJ, Brauning R, Schultz JK, Kennedy MA, Slate J, Gemmell NJ (in press) Development of a predicted microsatellite map of the pinniped genome – wider applicability to Carnivora. Molecular Ecology Resources.

Toonen RJ, Andrews KR, Baums IB, Bird CE, Concepcion GT, Daly-Engel TS, Eble JA, Faucci A, Gaither MR, Iacchei M, Puritz JB, Schultz JK, Skillings DJ, Timmers M, Bowen BW (in press) Defining boundaries for ecosystem-based management: A multispecies case study of marine connectivity across the Hawaiian Archipelago. Journal of Marine Biology.

Schultz JK, Marshall AJ, Pfunder M (2010) Genome-wide loss of diversity in the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal. Diversity 2: 863-880.

Randall JE, Schultz JK. (2009) Pictichromis dinar, a new dottyback (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae) from Indonesia. International Journal of Ichthyology 15: 169-176.

Schultz JK, Baker JD, Toonen RJ, Bowen BW (2009) Extremely low genetic diversity in the Hawaiian monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). Journal of Heredity 100: 25-33.**
**Awarded runner-up student paper of the year.

Schultz JK, Feldheim KA, Gruber SH, Ashley MA, McGovern TM, Bowen BW (2008) Global phylogeography and seascape ecology of the lemon sharks. Molecular Ecology 17: 5336-5348.

Randall JE, Schultz JK (2008) Cirrhitops mascarenensis, a new species of hawkfish from the Mascarene Islands, southwestern Indian Ocean. Smithiana 9: 15-20.

Schultz JK, Pyle RL, DeMartini E, Bowen BW (2007) Genetic connectivity among color morphs and Pacific archipelagos for the flame angelfish. Marine Biology 151: 167-175.

Schultz JK, Randall JE (2006) Ostorhinchus leslie, a new coral-reef cardinalfish from American Samoa. Aqua 12: 1-10.

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Curran, Daniel, Paul Dalzell, Jennifer Schultz, Joseph O'Malley, and Samuel Pooley, 2006. Recreational metadata: Using tournament data to describe a poorly documented pelagic fishery. SOEST Publication 06-03, JIMAR Contribution 06-363, 40 pp.

Schultz, Jennifer, Daniel Curran, Joseph O'Malley, Paul Dalzell, and Adam Griesemer, 2006. Pelagic 
Fishing Tournaments and Clubs in Hawaii. SOEST Publication 06-02, JIMAR Contribution 06-361, 38 pp.

 

FUNDING AND GRANTS

2010

$20,000

US Marine Mammal Commission, Research Grant

2009

$60,000

NOAA Fisheries, Research Grant

2009

$143,000

University of Hawaii, SOEST Young Investigator Fellowship

2009

$10,000

University of Hawaii, Dai Ho Chun Fellowship

2008

$7,500

Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Mia J. Tegner Award

2008

$10,000

University of Hawaii, Jessie D. Kay Fellowship

2008

$1,000

University of Hawaii, E.A. Kay Scholarship

2007-2008

$80,000

National Science Foundation, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship in Ecology, Conservation and Pathogen Biology

2007

$40,000

NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, Research Grant

2007

$23,000

National Science Foundation, Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, Graduate Student Fellowship

2007

$10,000

ARCS Foundation, Maybelle Roth Fellowship

2007

$3,000

University of Hawaii, Arts and Sciences Council Fellowship

2006

$2,000

University of Hawaii, Ecology Evolution and Conservation Biology

2005

Honorable Mention

National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship

2005

$14,000

Marine Mammal Commission, Research Grant

2004

$103,000

Environmental Protection Agency, STAR, Science To Achieve Results

2003

$12,000

United States Department of Defense, National Security Education Program, Boren Fellowship

$14,000

Travel Grants (total)

$552,500

TOTAL

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2009 -

Mentor and advisor, two post-doctoral researchers, two graduate students and two undergraduate students

2008 -

Lecturer: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Kapiolani Community College, Leeward Community College

2007

Teaching Assistant: Population Genetics, Zool 739, graduate seminar course

2006-2008

Mentor and lecturer: NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology Course

2006

Organizer: Conservation Genetics, Zool 750, graduate level seminar course

2005-2007

Mentor in molecular ecology: National Science Foundation, Marine Science Undergraduate Research Fellow, Laurie Sorenson

2004-2009

Volunteer educator: National Science Foundation GK-12 Program

2000-2002

Teacher, Saturday Morning Scholars, science education for college-bound public high school students

PREV IOUS EMPLOYMENT

12/02-5/04

Fisheries Surveyor

Joint Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research

University of Hawaii/NOAA Fisheries

8/96-6/00

Forensic Biologist

Forensic Science Center at Chicago

Illinois State Police

TRANSDISCIPLINARY TRAINING AND RESEARCH

2007 -

Coordinator, “Deconstructing the linkages between coral reef ecosystems and human health,” an international collaboration of 12 research scientists.

2007-2009

Integrated Graduate Research and Education Traineeship (IGERT), NSF

Ecology, Conservation and Pathogen Biology.

 

 

INVITED TALKS

Range-wide connectivity of Hawaiian monk seals and implications for management

     Science Review Group (SRG), NOAA Fisheries, Hawaii (November 2010)

Applying genomics to the conservation of the Hawaiian monk seal

     American Genetics Association Conference, Hawaii (July 2010)

Conservation genetics of the monk seals.

     Workshop: Research, Management Conservation, and Policy in Monk Seal Recovery

     Marine Mammalogy Biennial Conference, Canada (November 2009)

Global phylogeography and seascape ecology of the lemon sharks (genus Negaprion)

     11th Pacific Science Inter-Congress, French Polynesia (March 2009)

Deconstructing the linkages between coral reef ecosystems and human health

     EcoHealth, Mexico (December 2008)

The Hawaiian monk seal: a genetic glimpse into its past, present, and future
     Hanauma Bay Educational Lecture Series, Hawaii (March 2008)

Genetic population structure of the sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens)
     University of Perpignan, France (January 2006)

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2010-

Co-Chair, Marine Wildlife Protections Working Group

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

2010-

SOEST Representative, Faculty Senate, University of Hawaii

2010-

Committee on Academic Planning and Policy, University of Hawaii

2010-

LEED Green Associate

2009-

National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs proposal reviewer

2009-

Research Alternate, Sanctuary Advisor Council

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary

2007

Co-Organizer: Marine Conservation and Health: Science, Policy and Coral Reef Ecosystems in the Asia-Pacific, an NSF IGERT sponsored symposium

2007

Student Organizer: Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics, a short course co-hosted by the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity and Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

2006-

Reviewer: Current Biology, Molecular Ecology, Heredity, Marine Biology, Journal of Heredity, Conservation Genetics, and Pacific Science