CURRICULUM VITAE
ZAC H. FORSMAN
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology
P.O. Box 1346
Kāneʻohe, HI 96744
Ph: (808) 741-1385 Fax (808) 236-7443
Email: zac@hawaii.edu Web: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~zac/
RESEARCH INTERESTS
·
Evolution,
Ecology, and Conservation of coral reefs and associated organisms
·
Coral reef
restoration research
·
Speciation,
hybridization, phenotypic plasticity, cryptic biodiversity, evolution of
biodiversity
EDUCATION
PhD
(2003) Biology (Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology), University of Houston, Houston TX
Phylogeny and phylogeography of Porites &
Siderastrea (Scleractinia:Cnidaria) species in the Caribbean and Eastern
Pacific based on the nuclear ribosomal ITS region. Ph.D Dissertation.
BA
(1996) East Asian Studies
(Japanese Language), University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
BSc (1995) Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
POSITIONS
HELD
2009-present Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology,
Kaneʻohe HI
2007-2008 Consulting Fellowship; US Fish and
Wildlife Pacific Islands office (Hawaiian Coral Reef Initiative), Honolulu HI
2003-2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Biology Department,
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu HI
1997-2003 Graduate Student Teaching Assistant/Research
Assistant; University of Houston, Houston TX
1995-1996 Visiting Scholar; National Institute of Animal
Industry, Tsukuba, Japan
1993-1995 Undergraduate Student Research Assistant; University
of Arizona, Tucson AZ
PEER-REVIEWED
PUBLICATIONS
24. Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ (in prep) Genotype
by environment interactions of a morphologically variable Hawaiian coral (Montipora capitata).
23. Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ (in review) A
review of molecular studies of reef-building corals; can we tell the difference
between speciation, hybridization, and phenotypic polymorphism? Evolutionary Biology (invited for special
issue on speciation).
22. Stat M,
Baker A, Correa A, Forsman ZH,
Huggett M, Pochon X, Skillings D, Starger C., van Oppen M, Gates RD (in press)
Molecular delineation of species in the coral holobiont. Advances in Marine Biology (invited review).
21. Forsman ZH, Kimokeo BK, Hunter CL, Toonen RJ (2012) Coral farming:
species specific effects of light, water motion and artificial foods. JMBE
online first, doi:10.1017/S0025315411001500
20. Work TM,
Forsman ZH, Szabo Z, Lewis TD, Aeby
GS, Toonen RJ (2011) Inter-specific coral chimerism: genetically distinct multicellular
structures associated with tissue loss in Montipora
capitata. PLoS
One 6(7) e22869
19. Baranets
V, Forsman ZH, Karl SA (2011)
Microsatellite loci for the plate-and-pillar coral, Porites rus. Conservation
Genetics Resources 0: 2009-2011.
18. Forsman ZH, Concepcion GT, Haverkort
RD, Shaw RW, Maragos JE, Toonen RJ (2010) Ecomorph or endangered coral? DNA and
microstructure reveal Hawaiian species complexes: Montipora
dilatata/flabellata/turgescens & M. patula/verilli. PLoS One 5(12):e15021.
17. Forsman ZH, Martinez JA, Maragos JE, Toonen RJ (2010) Resurrection of Porites
hawaiiensis Vaughan 1907; a Hawaiian coral obscured by small size, cryptic
habitat, and confused taxonomy. Zootaxa 2624:67-68
16. Forsman ZH, Birkeland C (2009) Porites randalli: a new coral species
(Scleractinia, Poritidae) from Samoa. Zootaxa 2244:51-59
15. Brown
DP, Basch L, Barshis D, Forsman ZH,
D Fenner D, Goldberg J (2009) American Samoa’s island of giants: Massive Porites colonies at Ta’u Island. Coral
Reefs: 28:735.
14. Forsman ZH, Barshis D, Hunter CL,
Toonen RJ (2009) Shape-shifting corals: Molecular markers show morphology is
evolutionarily plastic in Porites. BMC Evolutionary
Biology, 9:45 (Featured by Faculty of 1000)
13. Keeley
S, Forsman ZH, Chan R (2007) A phylogeny of the “Evil Tribe” (Vernonieae:
Compositae) reveals old/new world long distance dispersal: support from
separate and combined congruent datasets (trnl-F, ndhF, ITS). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89-103
12. Forsman ZH, Rinkevich B, Hunter CL
(2006) Investigating fragment size for culturing reef-building corals (Porites lobata and P. compressa) in ex situ
nurseries. Aquaculture 261: 89-97
11. Forsman ZH, Wellington GM, Hunter CL
G.E. Fox (2006) Is the ITS region the solution to the ‘species problem’ in
corals? Intragenomic variation, and alignment permutation in Porites, Siderastrea and outgroup taxa.
10th Int. Coral Reef Symp.14-23
10. Forsman ZH, Guzman HM, Chen CA, Fox
GE, Wellington GM (2005) An ITS region phylogeny of Siderastrea (CNIDARIA:ANTHOZOA); is S. glynni endangered or introduced? Coral
Reefs 24: 343-347
9. Forsman ZH, Lednicky JA, Fox GE,
Willson RC, White Z, Halvorson S, Wong C, Lewis AM, Butel JS (2004)
Phylogenetic analysis of polyomavirus simian virus 40 from monkeys and humans reveals
genetic variation. Journal of Virology, 78(17): 9306-9316
OTHER
PUBLICATIONS
8. Forsman
ZH, Concepcion GT, Haverkort RD, Shaw RW, Maragos JE, Toonen RJ (2010) Is Montipora
dilatata an endangered coral species or an ecotype? Genes and skeletal
microstructure lump seven Hawaiian species into four groups. NOAA Report.
p.20
7. Forsman ZH, Concepcion GT,
Haverkort RD, Maragos JE, Toonen (2009) Genetic and morphological
characterization of a coral Species of Concern, Montipora dilatata, in Kaneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. NOAA Fisheries Service Pacific Islands
Regional Office FY 2008 Report. p.15
6. Forsman ZH, Phillips J, Gulko DA,
Foster KB (2008) Primary restoration: enhancement of coral recovery at the M/V
Cape Flattery incident site. U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife
Service Pacific Islands Office.
5. Foster
KB, Forsman ZH, Sukhraj NC (2007)
Barbers Point (Kalaeloa) Harbor deep draft harbor fish and wildlife coordination
act investigation marine assessment and impact analysis. U.S. Department of the
Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Islands Office. p. 82
4. Forsman ZH, Hunter CL (2007)
Propagation of Hawaiian corals for reef restoration. Hawaiian Coral Reef Initiation/NOAA report.
p.18
3. Forsman ZH, Hunter CL (2006) Origins
and relationships of the Hawaiian reef coral Porites; taxonomy, life history, endemicity, and population
genetics. Hawaiian Coral Reef Initiation/NOAA report, p. 12
2. Lewis
SS, Forsman ZH (2003) Genetics 3201
Laboratory Manual, University of Houston. http://nsm.uh.edu/~biol3201/manual.html
1. Wellington
GM, Forsman ZH (2002) Ribosomal DNA variation in Porites spp.; The relationship between
the Texas Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and the Caribbean
province. Environmental Institute of Houston Annual Report.
GRANTS
2011-2012 Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ. Waikīkī beach
maintenance project marine environmental monitoring project. Hawaiʻi Department
of Land and Natural Resources $50,000
2010-2011 Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ. Genetic
isolation and plasticity in Montipora dilatata and Hawaiian congeners:
where are the species boundaries? National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration $34,060
2009-2010 Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ. Gene flow and morphological variation in one of the rarest
known corals: is Montipora dilatata
genetically isolated? National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration $31,307
2008-2009 Forsman ZH, Hunter CL, Toonen RJ.
Genetic and morphological characterization of a coral Species of Concern, Montipora dilatata, in Kaneʻohe Bay, Hawaiʻi.
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration $33,215
2006-2007 Forsman
ZH, Hunter CL. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Fellowship. Hawaiʻi
Coral Reef Initiative $44,000
2005-2006 Forsman
ZH, Hunter CL. Propagation of
Hawaiian corals for reef restoration. Hawaiʻi
Coral Reef Initiative $73,161
2004-2005 Forsman
ZH, Hunter CL. Origins and
relationships of an important Hawaiian reef building coral: Porites
taxonomy, life history, endemicity, and population genetics. Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Initiative $64,340
2000-2001 Forsman
ZH, Wellington GM. Ribosomal DNA
variation in Porites spp.: The
relationship between The Texas Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
and the Caribbean Province. Environmental Institute of Houston $14,395
1999-2000 Forsman
ZH, Wellington GM. Genetic connectivity to the Texas Flower Garden
National Marine Sanctuary. Environmental Institute of Houston $14,220
AWARDS AND
HONORS
2010
Paper featured by Faculty
of 1000 (Forsman et al. 2009, BMC Evolutionary Biology)
2006,2007,2008
Travel award; Hawaiʻi Coral Reef
Initiative $2,000
2006 Best poster; First Asia
Pacific Coral Reef Symposium, Hong Kong
2001 Best poster; Sigma Xi
campus-wide competition, University of Houston
1999
Teaching Excellence
Award; University of Houston campus-wide competition. $1,000
1999 Teaching Excellence Award;
University of Houston biology department competition $500
1999 Grant-in-aid of research
Sigma Xi; University of Houston $5,000
1996
Travel and research award;
biomedical research abroad, University of Arizona $8,000
1995
Honorable mention; 4.0
GPA/2 semesters, University of Arizona
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE (awarded 2 teaching
excellence awards)
2012 Guest lecture; coral phenotypic
variation (advanced topics in marine biology; 20 students)
2011 Guest lecture; coral ecology
and speciation (marine research; 15 students)
2009 Guest lecture; speciation (marine
ecology and evolution; 20 students)
2008 Guest lecture; the origin of life
(ecology & evolution; 220 students)
Guest lecture; phylogenetic
methods (molecular systematics & evolution; 15 graduate students)
2007 Guest lecture; coral phylogenetics
(marine biology; 20 students)
Guest lecture; coral evolution
(advanced topics in marine biology; 30 students)
2006 Guest
lecture; phylogenetic methods (molecular systematics & evolution; 15
students)
1997-2002 Genetics
laboratory (9 semesters;>200 students); Co-authored a new lab manual;
designed four weeks of new experiments (DNA extraction, PCR, sub-cloning,
sequencing, and bioinformatics).
1999 Ecology laboratory (2
semesters;>40 students)
1996-1997
English as a second language: National Institute of Animal Industry
Tsukuba, Japan
SEMINARS
2011 Hanauma
Bay public seminar series, Oʻahu HI
2011 Departmental
Seminar, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
2011 Northwestern
Hawaiʻi Islands Symposium, Oʻahu HI
2010 Hawaiʻi
Institute of Marine Biology, Oʻahu HI
2010 John
Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Oʻahu HI
2010 Northwestern
Hawaiʻi Islands Symposium, Oʻahu HI
2009 Bishop
Museum Sigma Xi seminar series, Oʻahu HI
2007 Pauley
Lecture Series, Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, Oʻahu HI
2007 Kewalo
Marine Lab Seminar, Oʻahu HI
2007 Hawaiʻi
Coral Reef Initiative, Oʻahu HI
2006 Oceanography
Departmental Seminar, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Oʻahu HI
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
ATTENDED
2011 Pacific Science Congress (organizer and
chair: marine biodiversity); Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2011 Evolution of Life on Pacific Islands and
Reefs; Oʻahu HI
2010 Evolution; Portland OR
2009 Evolution (Chair: Phylogenetics and
Speciation); Moscow ID
2008 11th Int. Coral Reef
Symposium; Fort Lauderdale FL
2007 Evolution (Chair: Systematics); Christchurch,
New Zealand
2007 Hawaiʻi Conservation Conference; Oʻahu
HI
2006 First Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium;
Hong Kong, P.R. China
2004 10th Int. Coral Reef
Symposium Okinawa, Japan
2003 Evolution; Chico CA
2002 9th Int. Coral Reef
Symposium; Bali, Indonesia
1996 Experimental Evolution; Tokyo, Japan
1995 Biodiversity Conference; Tucson AZ
OTHER SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
Languages:
English (native), Japanese (conversational), Mandarin
Chinese (basic)
Scientific
Meeting Chair:
Marine
Biodiversity and Speciation (Symposium Organizer); Pacific Science Congress,
Kuala Lumpur 2011, Malaysia
Phylogenetics
and Speciation –Evolution 2009, Moscow, ID
Systematics
–Evolution 2007, Christchurch, New Zealand
Field/Research expeditions:
Oʻahu,
Hawaiʻi, coral reef ecological surveys; Barbers Point (Kalaeloa) channel (2007)
Maui,
Molokaʻi, Oahu Hawaiʻi, collection of rare Hawaiian coral for Waikīkī Aquarium
(2007, 2005)
Flower
Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary, fish surveys (1998) MV Fling, MV Spree (1999)
Galapagos
Archipelago, El Niño and paleo-climate studies (1997) MV Cook
Caribbean Marine Research Center/
Lee Stocking Island, coral transplant and bleaching studies (1997)
Discovery
Bay Jamaica, coral reef ecology field course (1994)
Outreach and Service:
Curriculum
development (K-12) for the Hawaiʻi Coral Reef Initiative (2007)
Undergraduate
Marine Biology Program Mentor, University of Hawaiʻi (2006)
Marine
Option Program thesis mentor, University of Hawaiʻi (2006, 2005)
Animal
Science Program thesis mentor, University of Hawaiʻi (2007, 2004)
Media exposure:
SOEST
video (2011): http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/
PLoS One
(2010): Hawaiʻi Public Radio interview, Associated Press interview, Honolulu
Advertiser, Science Daily,
BMC
Evolutionary Biology (2009): Science Daily, Physorg.com, esciencenews.com,
sciencecentric.com, genref.com, wildshores.blogspot.com
YouTube: Hawaiʻi
Coral Reef Initiative Quarterly Reports; (2005, 2006, 2007)
National
Public Radio (NPR): and National Geographic Galapagos expedition (1997)
Public
Broadcasting System (PBS): Arizona Illustrated, and Tucson Journal (1993)
REVIEWER SERVICE (over 73 articles and grant proposals peer-reviewed):
Aquatic
Conservation, Bulletin of Marine Science, BMC Ecology, BMC Evolution,
Conservation Biology, Coral Reefs (Journal of the International Society for
Coral Reef Studies), Ecological Research, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Heredity,
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Journal of Marine Biology,
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Marine Ecology Progress Series,
Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Phylogenetics
and Evolution, Pacific Science, Proceedings of the Biological Society of
Washington, Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef
Symposium (2008), Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Technologiestichting STW
(Dutch National Science Foundation), The National Science Foundation, Zoological Studies
CERTIFICATIONS
AAUS
scientific diver (master diver, rescue diver), O2 administration,
First Aid, CPR, Radiation and Chemical safety, small boat operation and safety
RECENT COLLABORATORS
Ruth
Gates, Sam Kahng, Mike Stat, Xavier Pochon, Madeline van Oppen, Steve Karl,
Theirry Work, Theresa Lewis, Greta Aeby, Ross Shaw, Greg Concepcion, Doug
Fenner, Jim Maragos, Allen Chen, Buki Rinkevich, Charles Birkeland, Daniel
Barshis, Sterling Keeley, Kevin Foster, David Gulko, Hector Guzman, Janet
Butel, John Lednicky
STUDENTS (70% minority, 81% female)
Graduate student supervision:
Olga Olberu (funded R.A.),
Nadiera Sukhraj (funded R.A.), Toby Daly-Engel, Patricia Marti-Puig (M.S.
thesis advisor), Daniel Luck (M.S. thesis committee), Yuka Irei (visiting
scholar).
Undergraduate supervision:
Nnecka Nebeuihe, Anne Konshak,
Adam Baker (funded), Lauren Ho (funded), William Misa (funded), Sonoko Sakurai
(thesis), Yasuhiro Fujiwara (thesis), Julius Lucky (thesis), Nikita Aidachi
(thesis), Pauleen Fredrick (thesis), Pauleno Blagot (thesis), Molly Jean
Martin, Carrie Pederson, Megan Deagle, Andrea Rivera, Kelsey Fees (work-study)
Lab Technician supervision:
Pakki
Reath (funded), Roxanne Haverkort
High School Honors thesis supervision:
Cary Colbert, Jaslynne Chang, Kekainani Lucero, Noelle
Victoria, Anuhea Lym
GRADUATE ADVISORS: Dr. Garrard M. Wellington, Dr. Gorge E. Fox,
University of Houston,TX
POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS: Dr. Gorge E. Fox, University of Houston, TX; Dr. Cynthia
L. Hunter, University of Hawaiʻi; Dr. Robert J. Toonen, Hawaiʻi Institute of
Marine Biology