TODD A. HANEY
Curriculum Vitae

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007 U.S.A.

Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, University of California Los Angeles, 621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Box 1606, Los Angeles, California 90095-1606

E-mail: haney@ucla.edu; Telephone: (310) 206-7885 or (213) 763-3473

Born: Fullerton, CA, 27 March 1971

Research positions

1998-present	Doctoral Candidate, University of California Los Angeles. Advisors: Joel W. Martin (LACM), David K. Jacobs (UCLA). Dissertation research: Systematics of the Leptostraca (Crustacea: Phyllocarida).
2002	Research Assistant, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Perform original systematics research on Crustacea; manage grant expenditures for PEET, Deep Arthropod, other NSF awards; study material by scanning electron microscopy; identify & address collections care needs.
2000, 2001	Marine Invertebrate Taxonomist, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County. Collected and identified marine invertebrates for NSF-funded survey in British Virgin Islands, using SCUBA, retrieved artificial reef matrices, used light traps, sorted samples, identified invertebrate taxa.
1997-1998	Dean's Graduate Fellow, University of Charleston, South Carolina. Assisted Graduate Program Director with broad variety of administrative, organizational, and research tasks; managed the Crustacea collections.
1997	Field and Laboratory Assistant, Marine Resources Research Institute. Operated small boats; deployed CTDs, neuston nets, and bottom sled trawls; sorted samples for penaeid shrimp post-larvae and larval fishes.
1997	Field and Laboratory Assistant, Glover's Reef Marine Research Station, Belize. Mapped scleractinian corals, visually censused and collected cryptic reef fishes of the genus Enneanectes (Blennioidii: Tripterygiidae).
1994	Laboratory Technician, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Scanned sediment core samples for plant and animal macrofossils for studies of Quaternary vegetation and climate change.
1993-1994	Laboratory Technician, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Regulated diet and health care of 4 species of corvid birds, 72 individuals; assessed avian spatial memory and seed-caching behavior.
1993-1994	Laboratory Technician, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Cultured marine isopod crustaceans (Paracerceis sculpta) in laboratory; collected specimens from Gulf of California; assisted with construction of saltwater systems.
1992-1994	Laboratory Technician, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Reconstructed three-dimensional computer images of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) sperm and egg cells from serial ultrathin sections to study plant cell ultrastructure.

Teaching experiences

2001-2002	Instructor, AP Biology and Ecology, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California. Advanced Placement Biology, Ecology. Designed and implemented curriculum of study for year-long course in Advanced Placement Biology. Designed and taught school's first course on ecology; coverage of core concepts in population, community and global ecology; led discussions and lessons relating material to interpretation of topics in the media and personal decision-making; 21 senior students.
2001	Field Instructor, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California. Co-designed, organized, and led the summer field class Adventures in Natural History to northern Arizona; 2-week course on geology and biology, including visits to Mohave Desert, Oak Creek Canyon (Sedona), and Grand Canyon; 16 students.
2000	Field Instructor, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California. Co-designed and assisted with instruction of summer field class Marine Ecology Field Experience to Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico; 10-day class on topics from marine biodiversity to invertebrate form and function; held at the Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans (CEDO); led hands-on field studies; 13 students.
1999	Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California Los Angeles, California. Evolution (OBEE 120). Assisted with preparation of lecture material and led discussions on topics in evolution, including historical development of evolutionary theory, population genetics, and ecology; 3 sessions, 20 students each.
1998-1999	Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California Los Angeles, California. Animal Physiology (OBEE 166). Led discussions and lab protocols for topics in physiology, including membrane transport, nervous systems, muscular systems, sensory systems; 3 sessions, 22 students each.
1998	Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California Los Angeles, California. Animal Behavior (OBEE 129). Assisted with preparation of lecture material and led discussions on topics in community, population, and behavioral ecology; 3 sessions, 18 students each.
1994-1996	Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Charleston, South Carolina. Human Physiology (BIOL 201L). Prepared and presented material on the chemistry and function of human body systems; included lectures; 3 laboratory classes per term, 20 students each.
1993-1994	Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona. Invertebrate Zoology (BIO221). Assisted students with laboratory studies of invertebrate diversity, form, and function; guided students in field studies; emphasis placed on marine invertebrate systematics; 2 laboratory classes, 20 students.

Grants received

Active participation in the writing and submission of NSF award DEB9978193 to J. W. Martin and D. K. Jacobs (1999), $749,463

2003	UC Dissertation Year Fellowship for completion of analyses and writing of UCLA dissertation on the systematics of leptostracan Crustacea. Haney.	$23,180
2002	UC Mexus Dissertation Improvement Grant for fieldwork along the entire Pacific Coast of Mexico, collecting Crustacea for molecular and morphological studies, providing field experiences to Mexican students. Aw	$9180
2000	Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research Grant for fieldwork and sampling from University of California Reserves. Award to Todd Haney.	$1098
1999	UCLA Latin American Center for sampling along the coasts of Baja California and Baja California Sur. Award to Todd Haney.	$2100
1998	Joanna Fund Fellowship for continued work on systematics of whale-lice (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Award to Todd Haney.	$1500
1996	Joanna Fund Fellowship for continued research on systematics of whale-lice (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Award to Todd Haney.	$1000
1996-1997	Graduate Program in Marine Biology for SEM and light microscopical studies of whale-lice (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Award to Todd Haney.	$650
1996	Lerner Gray Fund for Marine Research for work on collections of amphipod specimens at the LACM. Award to Todd Haney.	$493
1996	PADI Foundation for microscopical analysis at the Grice Marine Laboratory. Award to Todd Haney.	$654
1996	Slocum-Lunz Foundation for work on collections at the Smithsonian Institution (USNM). Award to Todd Haney.	$800
1995-1996	Graduate Student Association for travel and participation in professional meetings. Award to Todd Haney.	$200

Publications

Wardle, W. J., Haney, T. A., and G. A. J. Worthy. 2000. New host record for the whale louse Isocyamus delphinii (Amphipoda, Cyamidae). Crustaceana. 73(5): 639-641.

Haney, T. A., and J. W. Martin. 2000. Nebalia gerkenae, a new species of leptostracan (Crustacea, Phyllocarida) from the Bennett Slough region of Monterey Bay, California. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 113(4): 996-1014.

Haney, T. A., Hessler, R. R., and J. W. Martin. 2001. Nebalia schizophthalma, a new species of leptostracan (Crustacea: Malacostraca) from deep waters off the eastern United States. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 21(1): 192-201.

Haney, T. A., and J. W. Martin. 2004. A new genus and species of leptostracan (Crustacea: Phyllocarida) from Guana Island, British Virgin Islands, with a review of the known leptostracan genera. Journal of Natural History. 38: 447-469.

Haney, T. A., De Almeida, A. O., and M. S. Reis. In press. A new species of cyamid (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from a stranded cetacean in southern Bahia, Brazil. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Jacobs, D. K., Haney, T. A., and K. D. Louie. In press. Genes, Diversity & Geologic Process on the Pacific Coast. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. (anticipated publication date of May, 2004)

Martin, J. W., and T. A. Haney. Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2003. In review.

Haney, T. A., and J. W. Martin. In press. Leptostraca. In: D. Turgeon, editor, Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication (submitted April 2002).

Haney, T. A., and J. W. Martin. In press. Cyamidae. Light's Manual, 4th Edition. J. T. Carlton (ed.).

In preparation

Haney, T. A., Jacobs, D. K., and J. W. Martin. Systematics of Nebalia along the western coast of North America: based on morphological and molecular evidence. Manuscript in preparation. Target: Journal of Crustacean Biology.

Haney, T. A. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the whale-lice (Amphipoda: Caprellidea: Cyamidae). Manuscript in preparation. Target: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Haney, T. A., and J. W. Martin. New records for three caprellidean genera: Hemiproto, Luconacia, and Phtisica from Guana Island, British Virgin Islands. Manuscript in preparation. Target: Journal of Crustacean Biology.

Martin, J. W., Haney, T. A., and E. W. Vetter. Leptostraca. Manuscript in preparation. Invited chapter, Light's Manual, 4th Edition. J. T. Carlton (ed.).

Workshop organizer: Fifth DELTA Crustacean Workshop (Oct 2002) - Los Angeles, California.
Initiated, organized and assisted with instruction; 9-day workshop on use of computer software for construction of interactive taxonomic keys, natural language descriptions and character-taxon data matrices; 14 participants representing 6 countries.

Served as referee for the following journals: Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Journal of the Marine Biological Association, Marine Biology, Records of the Australian Museum, Sarsia; Invertebrates, 2nd ed. (personal review).

Serving to provide informal instruction to Museum's docents via presentations on marine science in annual docent training class (March, 2004).

Presentations at national and international meetings

2004 Gulf Conference - Tucson, Arizona, upcoming presentation, June 13-16

2002 Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting - Monterey Bay, California, USA.
Paper1: "The usefulness of interactive keys in taxonomy: an example using DELTA"
Paper 2: "The systematics of Nebalia on the western coast of North America"

2002 Marine Biology Laboratory, LA County Sanitation Districts - Carson, California, USA
Invited talk: "The Benefits of Using Taxonomic Database Software"

2002 6th International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology - Patras, Greece.
Attendance at 7-day conference on crustacean evolution, phylogenetics, and student training.

2002 PEET Workshop IV - University of California, Berkeley, California.
Poster: "Systematics of the Leptostraca"

2002 American Cetacean Society: Los Angeles Chapter ­ San Pedro, California.
Invited talk: "Whale-lice: the amphipod hitchhikers"

2001 14th Biennial Conference on Marine Mammals - Vancouver, Canada.
Poster: "Systematics of the whale-lice and their cetacean hosts"

2001 Fifth International Crustacean Congress - Melbourne, Australia.
Paper1: "Hitchhiking amphipods: morphological adaptations of the whale-lice" Best paper award.
Paper 2: "Who is 'pugettensis'?: a look at Nebalia on the West Coast of the United States"

2001 Showcase for Competing Technologies in Phylogenetics - Montreal, Canada.
Attendance at 4-day conference on phylogenetic theory and algorithms.

2000 The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting - Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.
Poster: "The Leptostraca of Mexico"

2000 Southern California Association of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists - San Diego, California.
Invited talk: "The Leptostraca and Interactive Taxonomic Keys"

2000 DELTA Workshop III - Kristineberg Marine Research Station, Sweden.
Participant: 12-day training program on use of taxonomic software DELTA.

2000 NSF PEET workshop III: The Monographic Process - Washington, D.C.
Poster: "Los Angeles PEET project: research on the Brachyura, Leptostraca, and Conchostraca"

1999 The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting - Lafayette, Louisiana.
Attendance at conference on all aspects of crustacean biology.

1998 Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology - Boston, Massachusetts.
Poster: "Systematics of the Whale-Lice (Amphipoda: Cyamidae)"

1997 The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting - Mobile, Alabama.
Paper: "Phylogenetics of the whale-lice (Amphipoda: Cyamidae)"

1996 Phylogeny of Life Symposium - Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Attendance at 4-day conference on biodiversity and the "Tree of Life"

1995 The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting - Harbor Branch, Florida.
Attendance at conference on all aspects of crustacean biology.

1995 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting - Atlanta, Georgia.

Professional affiliations

American Association for the Advancement of Science	(1996-present)
American Microscopical Society	(1996-2000)
Biological Society of Washington	(1995-present)
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium	(2002-present)
The Crustacean Society	(1995-present)
Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans	(2000-present)
International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology	(2002-present)
National Science Teachers Association	(2002-present)
Sigma Xi Research Society	(1998-2000, present)
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology	(1997-2000)
Society of Marine Mammalogy	(2002-present)
Society of Systematic Biologists	(1998-present)
Southern California Association of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists	(2000-present)
Western Society of Naturalists	(2000-present)
Wildlife Conservation Society	(1999-2001)

Field research

East Pacific Rise. November, 2003. R/V Atlantis cruise 11-03 for study of biodiversity of hydrothermal vents along the East Pacific Rise from 08°37'N to 12°48'N. Made exploratory dives in manned submersible Alvin, collected deep-sea marine invertebrates for identification and study. Cruise duration, 4 weeks.

Bahamas, Lee Stocking Island. January, 2003. Collection, sorting, photography, and identification of marine invertebrates from caves and shallow waters of the Exuma Cays.

Mexico, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) and Pacific Coast of Baja California peninsula. Annually since 1991. Collected amphipod and isopod Crustacea in Gulf of California, quarterly trips from 1991-1994. Participated in 6-week Marine Ecology course in Baja California, emphasis on development of question-driven projects related to marine life. 1994. Assisted with Invertebrate Zoology class trip to Puerto Peñasco. 1995-2003. Traveled and collected throughout Gulf of California and Pacific Coast of Baja California, mainly from littoral zone, also shallow subtidal work.

British Virgin Islands, Guana Island. June, 2000; July, 2001. Participation in NSF-funded project of the Biotic Surveys and Inventories program to survey marine invertebrates of Guana Island. Collected while diving using SCUBA, day and night (by hand, nets, light and baited traps, and artificial reef blocks), operated small boats, recovered of artificial reef components, identified and sorted specimens, organized field gear, and photographed material.

Southwestern US, California. Worked at rocky and estuarine intertidal sites including La Jolla, Mission Bay, Cabrillo National Monument, Palos Verdes peninsula, Ballona Marsh-Marina del Rey, Carpenteria Salt Marsh, Elkhorn Slough, Tomales Bay, and Bodega Bay.

Belize, Glover's Reef Marine Research Station. January-March, 1997. Assisted with field project on blennioid fishes of the family Tripterygiidae, identified and mapped scleractinian corals using SCUBA, collected fishes, operated small boats, assisted with sponsorship of two volunteer students from Long Island University.

Southeastern US, South Carolina. 1994-1998. Studied and collected invertebrates from Spartina marshes, barrier islands. Georgia. June-July,1997. Worked on Ogeechee River to determine patterns of transport of larval shrimps and fishes, used CTD casts, bottom sleds, and plankton tows. Florida. 1998. Sampled Crustacea from mangrove lagoons, bays, and reefs off Key West.

Collections work. 1994-2002. Systematics research included visits to National Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C.), Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (Los Angeles), The Natural History Museum (London), and Zoologisk Museum (Copenhagen) for study of collections.

Selected research skills

Laboratory: Brightfield, DIC, scanning electron and video microscopy; histological staining, dissections, slide-making; aquarium system setup and maintenance; sterile techniques; extraction, amplification, purification, cycle sequencing, and direct sequencing of DNA; cloning, gel electrophoresis; preparation, care, and data management related to biological collections.

Field: Identification, collection and preservation of all marine invertebrates (with particular familiarity with Gulf of California and Caribbean fauna); boat operation & boating safety; CTD casting, plankton nets, trawling gear; identification of marine fishes; experimental design and problem-solving; underwater transects, videography; SCUBA certification (NAUI #527915432).

Macintosh OS and Windows Software: MS Word, Netscape Navigator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Pagemill, Dreamweaver, MS Excel, FilemakerPro, MS Powerpoint. Systematics and taxonomic software: PAUP, MacClade, DELTA.

Languages: English and conversational Spanish.

References

(1) Dr. David K. Jacobs (co-chair): University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Los Angeles, CA 90095; e-mail, djacobs@ucla.edu; telephone, (310) 206-7885.

(2) Dr. Joel W. Martin (co-chair): Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007; e-mail, jmartin@nhm.org; telephone, (213) 763-3440.

(3) Dr. Richard C. Brusca: Director, Conservation and Science, Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ 85743; e-mail, rbrusca@desertmuseum.org; telephone, (520) 883-1380.

(4) Dr. Charles K. Biernbaum, Grice Marine Biological Laboratory, 205 Fort Johnson, Charleston, SC 29412; e-mail, biernbaumc@cofc.edu; telephone, (843) 406-4010.

(5) Dr. Robert Hessler: University of California at San Diego, Marine Biology Research Division, La Jolla, CA 92093; e-mail, rhessler@ucsd.edu; telephone, (858) 534-2665.

(6) Dr. Donald Buth: University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Los Angeles, CA 90095; e-mail, dbuth@ucla.edu.

Prepared by Todd Haney