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My research is broadly focused on algal biodiversity and employs traditional and next generation molecular tools to investigate the evolution of algae. My scientific publications include 25 articles in peer-reviewed journals, representing co-authorship with 132 collaborators
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Thomas Sauvage

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1617-BFED-7FCF
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9169-6925

Addresses

  • Smithsonian Marine Station. 701 Seaway Drive, 34949, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States (Professional)
Education
Degree Classification
2011/01/20 - 2016/08/20
Concluded
 Environmental and Evolutionary Biology (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States
"Cryptic tales in the siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales, Ulvophyceae)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 validated
2006/01/20 - 2010/12/20
Concluded
 Marine Botany (Master)
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
"Molecular investigation of the 'core' Caulerpa in the Hawaiian archipelago" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 validated
2001/01/20 - 2004/05/20
Concluded
 Botany and Zoology (Bachelor)
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
"Ecology of the alien invasive species Gracilaria salicornia at Waikiki reef" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 validated
1999/08/20 - 2000/12/20
Concluded
 Biology (Bachelor)
Euro American Institute (CERAM), France
"none required" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Preparatory school
1997/09/20 - 1999/06/20
Concluded
 DEUG Biologie-Biochimie (Diplôme d´études supérieures)
Universite de Reims Champagne-Ardennes, France
"none required" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 validated
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2016/11/01 - 2019/12/01 G.E. Burch Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretic Science Smithsonian Marine Station, United States
2011/06/01 - 2016/08/01 Summer Graduate Research Assistant (NSF) University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States
2012/01/01 - 2016/05/01 Teaching assistant: Marine Botany Spring 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States
2011/01/01 - 2015/12/01 Teaching assistant: Human anatomy and physiology Fall 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States
2007/07/01 - 2010/12/01 Graduate Research Assistant (Packard) University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
2006/09/01 - 2007/06/01 Graduate Research Assistant (NSF) University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
2005/08/01 - 2006/12/01 Marine Laboratory Technician (Packard) University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
2006/01/01 - 2006/05/01 Teaching assistant: Algal Diversity and Evolution University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
2004/01/01 - 2005/07/01 Research Associate (HCRI) University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
2002/05/01 - 2003/12/01 Undergraduate Research Assistant (HCRI) University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2011/05/20 - 2016/08/20 Integrative Research and Training in Tropical Taxonomy
NSF
Researcher
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States
 National Science Foundation
Concluded
2011/05/20 - 2016/08/20 The effects of the Macondo oil spill on coastal ecosystems
NA
Researcher
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States
 Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative
Concluded
2012/05/01 - 2012/05/22 Diversity of siphonous green algae in the Northern Red Sea (Year 2)
NA
Principal investigator
Sharm-El-Sheikh marine station of the Suez Canal University, Egypt
 University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Concluded
2011/06/12 - 2011/08/01 Diversity of siphonous green algae in the the Northern Red Sea (Year 1)
227799
Principal investigator
The Inter-University Institute for Marine Sciences, Israel
 Association of European Marine Biological Laboratories (ASSEMBLE)
Concluded
2007/08/20 - 2010/12/20 Baseline study of marine algae from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
NA
Researcher
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
 David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Concluded
2006/05/20 - 2007/05/20 Biodiversity of Hawaiian Rhodophyta: Morphological Vouchers, DNA Archival and Sequence Diversity Assessment
NSF
Researcher
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
 National Science Foundation
Concluded
2005/05/01 - 2006/05/20 Populations differences based on molecular phylogenetics and ecological relationships of Gracilaria salicornia
NA
Researcher
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
 David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Concluded
2004/12/31 - 2005/05/20 Shifting the competitive advantage toward native species on Hawaii’s reefs
NA
Researcher
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
 Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative
Concluded
2003/01/20 - 2003/12/20 Developing management strategies and assessing the ecological feasibility of alien/invasive algal eradication programs in Hawaii
NA
Researcher
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
 Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative
Concluded
2002/05/20 - 2002/12/20 Assessing distributional changes and ecological characteristics of non indigenous algae in the Hawaiian Islands
NA
Researcher
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States
 Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2016/11/01 - 2019/12/01 Elucidating terpene biosynthetic genes in the chemically-defended invasive genus Caulerpa (Ulvophyceae)
NA
Post-doc Fellow
Smithsonian Institution
Ongoing
2014/04/01 - 2016/09/01 MinION Access Programme, Oxford NANOPORE Technologies® (www.nanoporetech.com)
NA
Principal investigator
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States
 Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd
Concluded
2013/08/12 - 2013/11/01 A molecular clarification of the genus Caulerpa in Florida, with a focus on Atlantic endemics and invasive species
NA
PhD Student Fellow
Smithsonian Marine Station, United States
 Link Foundation
Concluded
2012/06/22 - 2012/08/22 Diversity of siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales) in the Northwest Pacific (Okinawa), with a focus on diminutive members of the Ostreobium spp. and Pseudochlorodesmis spp. complex
#SP12209
PhD Student Fellow
University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan, Japan
 Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Sauvage, Thomas; dos Santos, Larissa; Paul, Valerie. "Preliminary exploration of algal molecular diversity in Florida's waterways via environmental DNA sequencing". Paper presented in 40th Annual SouthEastern Phycological Colloquy, Univiersity of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 2018.
  2. Sauvage, Thomas; Schmidt, William; Fredericq, Suzanne. "New insights in the exploration of cryptic microbiota associated with pre- and post-DWH oil spill rhodoliths using Next-Generation and Sanger Sequencing". Paper presented in Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, 2015.
  3. Sauvage, Thomas; Schmidt, William; Fredericq, Suzanne. "Rhodoliths offshore the NW Gulf of Mexico: before and after, inside and out". Paper presented in Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference, Mobile, Alabama, USA, 2014.
  4. Sauvage, Thomas; Most, Rebecca; Smith, Jennifer; Smith, Celia. "Forty years of invasion by alien algae on the reef flats of Waikiki: Impacts on species assemblage and local diversity". Paper presented in Coral Reef Ecosystem Biodiversity Forum, Noumea, New Caledonia, 2006.
  5. Sauvage, Thomas; Most, Rebecca. "Removal and control of Gracilaria salicornia on Waikiki Reef". Paper presented in 3rd International Marine Bioinvasions Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, 2003.
Journal article
  1. Suzanne Fredericq; Sherry Krayesky-Self; Thomas Sauvage; Joseph Richards; Ronald Kittle; Natalia Arakaki; Emma Hickerson; William E. Schmidt. "The Critical Importance of Rhodoliths in the Life Cycle Completion of Both Macro- and Microalgae, and as Holobionts for the Establishment and Maintenance of Marine Biodiversity". Frontiers in Marine Science 5 (2019): https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmars.2018.00502.
    10.3389/fmars.2018.00502
  2. Sauvage, Thomas; Schmidt, William; Yoon, Hwan Su; Paul, Valerie; Fredericq, Suzanne. "Promising prospects of nanopore sequencing for holobiont metagenomics and structural variation discovery". Gigascience, submitted (2019):
    Submitted
  3. Sauvage, Thomas; Ballantine, Dave; Peyton, Kim; Wade, Rachael; Sherwood, Alison; Keeley, Sterling; Smith, Celia. "Molecular and morphological confirmation of Udotea geppiorum (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) as a new record in the Hawaiian archipelago with ecological observations in mesophotic meadows". European Journal of Phycology, submitted (2019):
    Submitted
  4. David Brumley; Kara A. Spencer; Sarath P. Gunasekera; Thomas Sauvage; Jason Biggs; Valerie J. Paul; Hendrik Luesch. "Isolation and Characterization of Anaephenes A–C, Alkylphenols from a Filamentous Cyanobacterium (Hormoscilla sp., Oscillatoriales)". Journal of Natural Products (2018): https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.jnatprod.8b00650.
    10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b00650
  5. Rachael Wade; Heather Spalding; Kimberly Peyton; Kevin Foster; Thomas Sauvage; Matthew Ross; Alison Sherwood. "A new record of Avrainvillea cf. erecta (Berkeley) A. Gepp & E. S. Gepp (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) from urbanized estuaries in the Hawaiian Islands". Biodiversity Data Journal (2018): https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e21617.
    10.3897/BDJ.6.e21617
  6. Olga Camacho; Thomas Sauvage; Suzanne Fredericq. "Taxonomic transfer of Syringoderma to Microzonia (Syringodermataceae, Syringodermatales), including a new record of Microzonia floridana comb. nov. for the Gulf of Mexico". Phycologia 57 4 (2018): 413-421. https://doi.org/10.2216%2F17-51.1.
    10.2216/17-51.1
  7. Thomas Sauvage; Sophie Plouviez; William E. Schmidt; Suzanne Fredericq. "TREE2FASTA: a flexible Perl script for batch extraction of FASTA sequences from exploratory phylogenetic trees". BMC Research Notes 11 1 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs13104-018-3268-y.
    10.1186/s13104-018-3268-y
  8. Gabriel D; Draisma SGA; Schmidt WE; Schils T; Sauvage T; Maridakis C; Gurgel CFD; Harris DJ; Fredericq S. "Beneath the hairy look: the hidden reproductive diversity of the Gibsmithia hawaiiensis complex (Dumontiaceae, Rhodophyta).". Journal of phycology. (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28990202.
    10.1111/jpy.12593
  9. Joseph L. Richards; Thomas Sauvage; William E. Schmidt; Suzanne Fredericq; Jeffery R. Hughey; Paul W. Gabrielson; M. Vis. "The coralline genera Sporolithon and Heydrichia (Sporolithales, Rhodophyta) clarified by sequencing type material of their generitypes and other species". Journal of Phycology 53 5 (2017): 1044-1059. https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fjpy.12562.
    10.1111/jpy.12562
  10. Krayesky-Self S; Schmidt WE; Phung D; Henry C; Sauvage T; Camacho O; Felgenhauer BE; Fredericq S. "Eukaryotic Life Inhabits Rhodolith-forming Coralline Algae (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta), Remarkable Marine Benthic Microhabitats.". Scientific reports (2017): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/28368049.
    10.1038/srep45850
  11. Joseph L. Richards; Talita Vieira-Pinto; William E. Schmidt; Thomas Sauvage; Paul W. Gabrielson; Mariana C. Oliveira; Suzanne Fredericq. "Molecular and Morphological Diversity of Lithothamnion spp. (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) from Deepwater Rhodolith Beds in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico". Phytotaxa 278 2 (2016): 81-81. https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fphytotaxa.278.2.1.
    10.11646/phytotaxa.278.2.1
  12. Daniela Gabriel; Stefano G.A. Draisma; Thomas Sauvage; William E. Schmidt; Tom Schils; Phik-Eem Lim; D. James Harris; Suzanne Fredericq. "Multilocus phylogeny reveals Gibsmithia hawaiiensis (Dumontiaceae, Rhodophyta) to be a species complex from the Indo-Pacific, with the proposal of G. eilatensis sp. nov.". Phytotaxa 277 1 (2016): 1-1. https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fphytotaxa.277.1.1.
    10.11646/phytotaxa.277.1.1
  13. Thomas Sauvage; William E. Schmidt; Shoichiro Suda; Suzanne Fredericq. "A metabarcoding framework for facilitated survey of endolithic phototrophs with tufA". BMC Ecology 16 1 (2016): https://doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12898-016-0068-x.
    10.1186/s12898-016-0068-x
  14. Draisma SG; van Reine WF; Sauvage T; Belton GS; Gurgel CF; Lim PE; Phang SM. "A re-assessment of the infra-generic classification of the genus Caulerpa (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta) inferred from a time-calibrated molecular phylogeny.". Journal of phycology. (2014): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26988784.
    10.1111/jpy.12231
  15. Sauvage, T.; Wynne, M.J.; Paul, V.J.; Fredericq, S.. "Morphological and molecular clarification of the enigmatic Caulerpa floridana W.R. Taylor (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) from the Dry Tortugas, Florida". European Journal of Phycology 49 3 (2014): 370-383. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84926031731&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/09670262.2014.947330
  16. Felder, D.L.; Thoma, B.P.; Schmidt, W.E.; Sauvage, T.; Self-Krayesky, S.L.; Chistoserdov, A.; Bracken-Grissom, H.D.; Fredericq, S.. "Seaweeds and decapod crustaceans on gulf deep banks after the macondo oil spill". BioScience 64 9 (2014): 808-819. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84910664025&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1093/biosci/biu119
  17. Fredericq, S.; Arakaki, N.; Camacho, O.; Gabriel, D.; Krayesky, D.; Self-Krayesky, S.; Rees, G.; et al. "A dynamic approach to the study of rhodoliths: A case study for the northwestern gulf of Mexico". Cryptogamie, Algologie 35 1 (2014): 77-98. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904328486&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.7872/crya.v35.issl.2014.77
  18. Thomas Sauvage; Claude Payri; Stefano G.A. Draisma; Willem F. Prud'homme van Reine; Heroen Verbruggen; Gareth S. Belton; C. Frederico D. Gurgel; et al. "Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa–Caulerpa peltatacomplex (Caulerpaceae, Bryopsidales) in New Caledonia, with new Australasian records forC. racemosavar.cylindracea". Phycologia 52 1 (2013): 6-13. https://doi.org/10.2216%2F11-116.1.
    10.2216/11-116.1
  19. Sauvage, T.; Payri, C.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Prud'homme Van Reine, W.F.; Verbruggen, H.; Belton, G.S.; Frederico, C.; et al. "Erratum: Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa - Caulerpa peltata complex (Caulerpaceae, Bryopsidales) in New Caledonia, with new Australasian records for C. racemosa var. cylindracea (Phycologia (2013) 52:1 (6-13))". Phycologia 52 2 (2013): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875820846&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2216/0031-8884-52.2.222
  20. Liang Z; Sorribas A; Sulzmaier FJ; Jiménez JI; Wang X; Sauvage T; Yoshida WY; et al. "Stictamides A-C, MMP12 inhibitors containing 4-amino-3-hydroxy-5-phenylpentanoic acid subunits.". The Journal of organic chemistry (2011): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21500817.
    10.1021/jo200241h
  21. Sherwood, A.R.; Sauvage, T.; Kurihara, A.; Conklin, K.Y.; Presting, G.G.. "A comparative analysis of COI, LSU and UPA marker data for the Hawaiian florideophyte Rhodophyta: Implications for DNA barcoding of red algae". Cryptogamie, Algologie 31 4 (2010): 451-465. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78951476868&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
  22. Sherwood AR; Kurihara A; Conklin KY; Sauvage T; Presting GG. "The Hawaiian Rhodophyta Biodiversity Survey (2006-2010): a summary of principal findings.". BMC plant biology (2010): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/21092229.
    10.1186/1471-2229-10-258
  23. Verbruggen H; Vlaeminck C; Sauvage T; Sherwood AR; Leliaert F; De Clerck O. "Phylogenetic analysis of Pseudochlorodesmis strains reveals cryptic diversity above the family level in the siphonous green algae (bryopsidales, chlorophyta)". Journal of phycology. (2009): http://europepmc.org/abstract/AGR/IND44213577.
    10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00690.x
  24. Heroen Verbruggen; Matt Ashworth; Steven T. LoDuca; Caroline Vlaeminck; Ellen Cocquyt; Thomas Sauvage; Frederick W. Zechman; et al. "A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50 3 (2009): 642-653. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ympev.2008.12.018.
    10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.018
  25. Wang N; Sherwood AR; Kurihara A; Conklin KY; Sauvage T; Presting GG. "The Hawaiian Algal Database: a laboratory LIMS and online resource for biodiversity data.". BMC plant biology (2009): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19728892.
    10.1186/1471-2229-9-117
  26. Smith, J.E.; Hunter, C.L.; Conklin, E.J.; Most, R.; Sauvage, T.; Squair, C.; Smith, C.M.. "Ecology of the invasive red alga Gracilaria salicornia (Rhodophyta) on O'ahu, Hawai'i". Pacific Science 58 2 (2004): 325-343. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-2942736987&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Sauvage, Thomas. "Cryptic tales in the siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales, Ulvophyceae)". PhD, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2016.
  2. Sauvage, Thomas. "Molecular revision of the ‘core’ Caulerpa in the Hawaian archipelago". Master, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2010.

Other

Dataset
  1. Sauvage, Thomas. Data from: A metabarcoding framework for facilitated survey of endolithic phototrophs with tufA. BMC Ecol. 2016.. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6cj8h.
Other output
  1. Online repository for TREE2FASTA.pl. 2018. Sauvage, Thomas. https://github.com/tomsauv/TREE2FASTA.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2018/04/27 Cryptic tales in the siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales, Ulvophyceae) Seminar Series
Smithsonian Marine Station (Fort Pierce, FL, United States)
2017/02/22 Promising prospects of Oxford NANOPORE sequencing for chloroplast genomics Global Biodiversity Genomics Conference
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. (Washington DC, United States)
2016/07/24 A metabarcoding framework for facilitated survey of endolithic phototrophs with tufA Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America
John Carrol University ( Cleveland, OH, United States)
2014/05/20 Morphological and molecular clarification of the enigmatic Caulerpa floridana W.R. Taylor (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) from the Dry Tortugas, Florida Annual Phycological Society of America
Joint Aquatic Science Meeting (Portland, OR, United States)
2013/08/04 Molecular diversity of the endolithic siphonous green algal genus Ostreobium (Bryopsidales) in the Ryukyu archipelago, Japan 10th International Phycological Congress
(Orlando, FL, United States)
2012/05/05 Algal biodiversity studies in the Red Sea, with a focus on the genus Caulerpa Seminar Series
Open Ocean Science Center (OOSC)/South Sinai partner field station of the Suez Canal University (Dahab, Egypt)
2011/10/14 Genetic diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa complex in New Caledonia and South East-Asia SouthEastern Phycological Colloquy
Florida International University (Miami, United States)
2009/07/20 Assessing impacts of the non-indigenous red alga Gracilaria salicornia on Waikiki's reef health: Algal distribution changes over a 40 year period Joint Annual Meetings of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Phycological Society of America
Hawaii Convention Center (Honolulu, United States)

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2017/03 - 2019/06 Molecular approaches for taxonomic identification of marine algae Larissa dos Santos
2018/11 - 2019/05 Morphological and molecular assessment of the genus Halimeda in Belize Modupe Williams
2014/08 - 2014/11 Molecular diversity of the genus Codium from the Gulf of Mexico George Rees
Distinctions

Award

2018 Grants-In-Aid of Research: Completing Caulerpa’s hologenome: evolution and molecular function of giant siphonous cells
Phycological Society of America, United States
2016 Georges E. Burch Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretic Science: Elucidating terpene biosynthetic genes in the chemically-defended invasive genus Caulerpa (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta)
Smithsonian Institution, United States
2016 H.C. Bold Award for best oral presentation: A metabarcoding framework for a facilitated survey of endolithic phototrophs with tufA
Phycological Society of America, United States
2014 Grants-In-Aid of Research: Early access program for long-read sequencing on the MinION platform (Oxford Nanopore Technologies): Testing prospects of a portable low cost third generation sequencer for algal genomic studies
Phycological Society of America, United States
2014 R. Hoese and R. Moore Award for Best Graduate Student Publication: Sauvage et al. 2013. Phycologia
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States
2014 Hoshaw (conference) Travel Award
Phycological Society of America, United States
2013 Grants-In-Aid of Research: Developing genomic resources for diversification studies in the genus Caulerpa (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta)
Phycological Society of America, United States
2013 Link Foundation/Smithsonian 12-Week Graduate Student Fellowship: A molecular clarification of the genus Caulerpa in Florida, with a focus on Atlantic endemics and invasive species
Smithsonian Marine Station, United States
2013 Hoshaw (conference) Travel Award
Phycological Society of America, United States
2012 Summer program fellowship #SP12209: Diversity of siphonous green algae (Bryopsidales) in the Northwest Pacific (Okinawa), with a focus on diminutive members of the Ostreobium spp. and Pseudochlorodesmis spp. complex
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
2012 Field Travel Grant: Diversity of siphonous green algae in the Gulf of SUEZ, with a focus on the genus Caulerpa
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, United States
2011 Research Grant: Diversity of siphonous green algae in the Gulf of EILAT with a focus on the genus Caulerpa
Phycological Society of America, United States
2011 Best Student presentation: Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa complex
Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, United States
2011 ASSEMBLE Research Grant 227799: Diversity of siphonous green algae in the Gulf of EILAT, Red Sea
2008 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship: A training course in Tropical Field Phycology
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
2008 Financial support for travel to: A training course in Tropical Field Phycology
British Phycological Society, United Kingdom
2003 Coastal America Partnership Award: Hawaii Marine Algae Group, Alien Algae Research and Removal Project