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Zac H. Forsman PhD Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology P.O. Box 1346 Kane’oe, HI 96744 Ph: (808) 236-7428 Fax: (808) 236-7443 e-mail: zac@hawaii.edu |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS · The ‘species problem’ - Ecological, evolutionary, and conservation implications of cryptic biodiversity and taxonomically difficult groups · Molecular evolution of ribosomal genes & spacers · Coral evolution, ecology and conservation EDUCATION PhD (2003) Biology (Evolution & Ecology), University of Houston, Houston TX BA (1996) East Asian Studies (Japanese language), University of Arizona, Tucson AZ BSc (1995) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ LANGUAGES: English (native), Japanese (fair), Mandarin Chinese (some) POSITIONS HELD 2009-present Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology-Papahānoumokuākea Marine National Monument Research Management Liaison, Kaneohe HI 2008-2009 Consultant; US Fish and Wildlife Pacific Islands office, Honolulu HI 2007-2008 Fellow, Hawaiian Coral Reef Initiative; US Fish and Wildlife Pacific Islands office, Honolulu HI 2003-2007 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biology Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu HI 2003 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Houston, Houston TX 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 Brown DP, Basch L, Barshis D, Forsman Z, D Fenner D, Goldberg J (in press) American Samoa’s island of giants: Massive Porites Colonies at Ta’u Island. Coral Reefs TECHNICAL REPORTS/NON PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 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. 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 Forsman ZH, Hunter CL (2007) Propagation of Hawaiian Corals for Reef Restoration. Hawaiian Coral Reef Initiation/NOAA report. p.18 Forsman ZH, Hunter CL (2006) Origins and Origins and relationships of the Hawaiian reef coral Porites; taxonomy, life history, endemicity, and population genetics. Hawaiian Coral Reef Initiation/NOAA report, p. 12 Lewis SS, Forsman ZH (2003) Genetics 3201 Laboratory Manual, University of Houston. http://nsm.uh.edu/~biol3201/manual.html 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. MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW OR IN PREP Forsman ZH, Birkeland C (in review) Porites randalli: a new coral species (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from Samoa. Zootaxa Martinez JA, Anson J, Macduff S, Forsman ZH, Richmond RH (in prep) The Reproductive Biology and Recruitment Ecology of Porites hawaiiensis. Forsman ZH, Hunter CL (in prep) Isogenic colony fusion; A useful tool for captive coral propagation. Forsman ZH, Hunter CL (in prep) The relative importance of light, water motion, and commercial ‘coral food’ on culturing reef building coral. Zoo Studies PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS Concepcion G, Forsman ZH, Haverkort RD, Maragos JE, Toonen RJ (2009) Evolutionary relationships of Hawaiian Montipora. 34th Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, Hawaii Forsman ZH, Barshis D, Hunter CL (2008) Coral Biodiversity is not as it appears: cryptic species and morphospecies flocks in Porites, Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Florida Forsman ZH, Hunter CL (2008) Optimizing ex-situ nursery culturing conditions for Hawaiian coral. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Florida Forsman ZH, Hunter CL (2006) ITS and mtDNA congruence, corallite-level concordance, and rapid phenotypic evolution in Porites species. First Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium, Hong Kong Forsman ZH, Baker A, Hunter CL (2006) Fluorescent ITS-SSCP can differentiate Porites lobata and P. lutea; a useful tool for the coral species problem. First Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium, Hong Kong Chaung YY, Tseng CC, Fukami H, Claereboudt, Obura MD, Forsman ZH, Knowlton N, Chen CA (2005) Does deep divergence apply to the Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific congeneric corals? Insights from the mitogenomics of Siderastrea, Barcode of Life workshop, Panama Keeley SC, Forsman ZH (2004) Phylogenetic Signal and Congruence in Nuclear and Chloroplast DNA Data in the Vernonieae (Asteraceae). Botanical Society of America 2004 Forsman ZH, Fox GE, Nnabuihe N, Konshak AME, Wellington GM (2001) Can Ribosomal Internally Transcribed Spacers Be Used To Document Reticulate Evolution And Population Relationships In Corals? Sigma Xi research symposium, Houston TX Forsman ZH, Papaj DR (1995) Shared Preferences And Resource Partitioning In Two Species Of Walnut Flies Rhagoletis Boycei And R.Juglandis. Undergraduate Biology Research Program (UBRP) Sixth Annual Conference, Tucson AZ Forsman ZH, Bronstein JL (1995) Growth initiation cohorts of Yucca schottii, UBRP Fifth Annual Conference, Tucson AZ FUNDED GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Forsman ZH, Hunter CL, Toonen RH (2008-2009) Genetic and morphological characterization of a coral Species of Concern, Montipora dilatata, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. NOAA species of concern proposal. $33,215 Forsman ZH & Hunter CL (2006-2007) Fellowship at U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative $44,000 Forsman ZH & Hunter CL (2005-2006) Propagation of Hawaiian corals for reef restoration. Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative $73,161 Forsman ZH & Hunter CL (2004-2005) Origins and relationships of an important Hawaiian reef building coral: Porites taxonomy, life history, endemicity, and population genetics. Hawaii Coral Reef Imitative $64,340 Wellington GM & Forsman ZH (2000-2001) 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 Wellington GM & Forsman ZH (1999-2000) Genetic connectivity to the Texas Flower Garden National Marine Sanctuary. Environmental Institute of Houston $14,220 AWARDS Travel award (2006,2007,2008) Hawaiian Coral Reef Initiative Best poster (2006) First Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium, Hong Kong Best poster (2001) Sigma Xi campus-wide competition, University of Houston Teaching excellence award (1999) University of Houston campus-wide competition Teaching excellence award (1999) University of Houston biology department competition Grant-in-aid of research (1999) Sigma Xi, University of Houston Travel and research award (1996) Biomedical research abroad, University of Arizona Honorable mention (1995) University of Arizona TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE Guest lecturer: Ecology & Evolution (11/08, 220 students), Marine Biology (1/07), Advanced topics in Marine Biology, (4/06,2/08), Molecular Systematics & Evolution (12/05) Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Houston: Genetics, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 (Co-authored a new lab manual; designed four weeks of new experiments introducing students to PCR, cloning, sequencing, and bioinformatics). Ecology, 1999 (2 semesters) English instructor: (1996-1997) English as a second language; National Institute of Animal Industry Tsukuba, Japan OTHER PROFESSIONAL SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES AND RELATED EXPERIENCE Outreach and Service: Kindergarten through 12th grade curriculum development for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative (2007) Undergraduate Marine Biology Education program mentor, University of Hawaii (2006) Marine Option Program thesis mentor, University of Hawaii (2006, 2005) Animal Science Program thesis mentor, University of Hawaii (2007, 2004) Nanakuli High School Aquaculture program development: NOAA proposal with Eric Whitman (2006) Translate for Japanese scientists at the Waikiki Aquarium (2005) Behind the scenes tours of coral propagation research at the Waikiki Aquarium (2005) Alien invasive algae removal, community events at Waikiki (2004) Science fair judge (1998) Washington middle school, Houston TX Field/Research expeditions: Oahu Hawaii, Coral reef ecological surveys; Barbers Point (Kalaeloa) channel (2007) Maui, Molokai, Oahu Hawaii, collection of rare Hawaiian coral for Waikiki Aquarium (2007, 2005) Flower Gardens Banks National Marine Sanctuary, fish surveys (1998) MV Fling, MV Spree (1999) Galapagos Archipelago, El Nińo 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) Scientific Meeting Chair: Systematics session –Evolution 2007 Christchurch, New Zealand Media exposure: BMC Evolutionary Biology paper coverage (Science Daily, Physorg.com, esciencenews.com, sciencecentric.com, 7thspace.com, genref.com, wildsores.blogspot.com) Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Quarterly Reports; 2005, 2006, 2007 (on HCRI website and YouTube) Galapagos expedition with National Public Radio and National Geographic (1997) Arizona's Public Television Broadcasts: Arizona Illustrated, and Tucson Journal (1993) INVITED SPEAKER “Species flocks and cryptic species in Porites” Pauley Lecture Series (2007), Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe HI Kewalo Marine Lab Seminar (2007), Honolulu HI “Coral Biodiversity is not as it appears; a phylogeny of Porites spp”. Evolution meeting (2007), Christchurch, New Zealand Oceanography Departmental Seminar (2006) University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu HI First Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium (2006), Hong Kong, PR China “Is The ITS Region The Solution to The ‘Species Problem’ in corals?” 10th Int. Coral Reef Symposium (2004) Okinawa, Japan “Phylogeny and Phylogeography of the coral genus Porites”. Evolution meeting (2003), Chico CA MEETINGS ATTENDED 11th Int. Coral Reef Symposium (2008) Florida,USA Evolution meeting; systematics session chair (2007) Christchurch, New Zealand Hawaii Conservation Conference (2007) Honolulu, Hawaii First Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium (2006) Hong Kong, P.R. China 10th Int. Coral Reef Symposium (2004) Okinawa, Japan Evolution meeting (2003) Chico, California 9th Int. Coral Reef Symposium (2002) Bali, Indonesia Experimental Evolution (1996) Tokyo, Japan Biodiversity conference (1995) Tucson, Arizona REVIEWER SERVICE Proceedings of the Royal Society B The National Science Foundation Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Molecular Ecology Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (2008) Coral Reefs (Journal of the International Society for Coral Reef Studies) Marine Ecology Progress Series Ecological Research Zoological Studies Pacific Science Journal of the World Aquaculture Society Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology Bulletin of Marine Science BMC Ecology CERTIFICATIONS AAUS scientific diver (master diver, rescue diver) O2 administration First Aid & CPR Radiation and Chemical safety RECENT COLLABORATORS J Maragos, I Baums, M Hellberg, D Fenner, A Chen, R Toonen, B Rinkevich, H Fukami, M van Oppen, R Moothien, T Shearer, C Birkeland, D Barshis, S Keeley, C Hunter, B Richmond, C Pitman, K Foster, D Gulko, H Guzman, J Butel, J Lednicky UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CREDIT OR THESIS SUPERVISION Nnecka Nebeuihe (Undergraduate Biology Research Program, University of Houston) Anne Konshak (Undergraduate Biology Research Program, University of Houston) Adam Baker (Undergraduate Research Assistant/Independent Study Biol. 499, University of Hawaii) Lauren Ho (Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Hawaii) Sonoko Sakurai (Animal Science Program Senior Thesis, University of Hawaii) Andrea Rivera (Marine Option Program Senior Research Thesis, University of Hawaii) Megan Deagle (Marine Option Program Senior Research Thesis, University of Hawaii) Julius Lucky (Undergraduate Mentoring Biology Program, Kewalo Marine Lab) William Misa (Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Hawaii) Molly Jean Martin (Marine Option Program Senior Research Thesis, University of Hawaii) Carrie Pederson (Marine Option Program Senior Research Thesis, University of Hawaii) Yasuhiro Fujiwara (Animal Science Program Internship Program, US Fish and Wildlife) TECHNICIANS AND GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT SUPERVISION Olga Olberu (Graduate Research Assistant) Nadiera Sukhraj (Graduate Research Assistant) Pakki Reath (Lab Technician) Toby Sarah Daly Engel (Graduate Research Assistant) GRADUATE ADVISORS: Prof. GM Wellington, Prof. GE Fox, University of Houston POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS: Prof. GE Fox, University of Houston, Prof. CL Hunter, University of Hawaii, Dr. RJ Toonen, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology |
