Talina Konotchick

Contact Information

Address:	9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0208 La Jolla, CA 92093-0208
Email:	tkonotchick @ ucsd.edu
Phone:	(858) 822-2717

Education:

2005-present	PhD student in Biological Oceanography Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego
2008	Antarctic Biology Course, National Science Foundation McMurdo Station, Antarctica
2007	Friday Harbor Marine Laboratory, University of Washington Coursework in Marine Invertebrate Zoology and Larval Biology
2004	Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology University of California, Los Angeles

Honors & Awards:

2006	National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF)
2005	National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG)
2005	NSF IGERT Associate in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, SIO
2004	Summa Cum Laude, UCLA (3.92 cumulative GPA; 4.00 major GPA)
2004	College Honors, UCLA
2004	Golden Key National Honor Society
2004	Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Research Interests:

Larval dispersal patterns of marine benthic invertebrates
Physical-biological interactions
Marine biodiversity and conservation

Research Experience:

Graduate Student	2007
NOAA Ocean Explorer, National Geographic, and WHOI sponsored cruise: Exploring the Inner-Space of the Celebes Sea Scientific blue-water diving collecting jellyfish, ctenophores, and other gelatinous creatures

Graduate Student	2006
DeepSee submersible and Nitrox diving, Cocos Island, Costa Rica Observations of Leather Bass (Dermatolepis dermatolepis) reproductive behavior

Research Biologist	2004-2005
Pacific Blue Foundation Coral reef surveys and Marine Protected Area (MPA) planning

Field Research Assistant	2004
Caribbean Marine Research Center, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas Observations and experiments exploring the population dynamics of small reef fishes

Publications:

S.A. Sandin, J.E. Smith, E.E. DeMartini, E.A. Dinsdale, S.D. Donner, A.M. Friedlander, T. Konotchick, M. Malay, J.E. Maragos, D. Obura, O. Pantos, G. Paulay, M. Richie, F. Rohwer, R.E. Schroeder, S. Walsh, J.B.C. Jackson, N. Knowlton, E. Sala. Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the Northern Line Islands. 2008. PLoS ONE 3(2): e1548.

Presentations:

Konotchick, T., W. Hamner, G. Stone, E. Horgan, G. Noda, and L. Madin. 2008. Exploring the Inner-space of the Celebes Sea. American Academy of Underwater Sciences meeting, San Diego, California. (poster)
Konotchick, T.H., D.I. Kline, D.B. Allison, N. Knowlton, S.J. Belongie, D.J. Kriegman, A. Bickett, N. Butko, C. Taylor, and B.G. Mitchell. 2006. Computer vision technology applications for assessing coral reef health. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. (poster)

Other Publications (Non-Peer Reviewed):

C. Benham, A.M. Cawood, G.S. Cook, A. Darnell, P.C. Davison, M.C. Goldstein, A.E. Johnson, T. Konotchick, E. M. Maldonado, A. L. Pasulka, J.C. Prairie, S. M. Moseman, V. Tai, C.A. Tanner, T. Vardi, T.S. Whitty, L.A. Levin. 2008. Review of J.P. Kritzer and P.F. Sale, Marine Metapopulations (2006) in Marine Ecology 29(2): 319.
L.A. Levin, G.F. Mendoza, and T. Konotchick. 2008. Macroinfauna of active and inactive hydrothermal sediments from Solwara I and South Su, Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea. Technical report.