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Research Activities: Biochemical, Genetic, and Genomic Investigation of the Evolution and Ecology of Sexual Reproduction 
Current Projects:
A Biochemical, Genetic, and Genomic Investigation of the Evolution and Ecology of Sexual Reproduction (Funded by NSF 03-597)
Education:
2006-present Postdoctoral Scientist Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
2000-2006 Ph.D. Biological Oceanography Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, Woods Hole, MA
Thesis: The Ecology, Life History, and Phylogeny of the Marine Thecate Heterotrophic Dinoflagellates Protoperidinium and Diplopsalidaceae (Dinophyceae)
Advisor: Dr. Donald M. Anderson
1990-1994 B.A. Biology Lawrence University, Appleton WI
Distinctions and Awards:
2006 Student Travel Award, XII International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms
2004 Student Travel Award, XI International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms
2004 Student Travel Award, Society of Protozoologists
2003 Carroll Wilson Award, MIT Entrepreneurship Society
1994 Phi Beta Kappa
1994 Mortar Board Honor Society
1992 Lambda Sigma Honor Society
1991 Wright Academic Scholarship
1991 Best Freshman Essay Award
Professional Societies:
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae
International Society of Protozoology
Phycological Society of America
Research Experience:
1998-2000 Research Assistant Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Research Activities: Ecology of harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Maine
1997-1998 Guest Student Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Research Activities: Ecology of harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Main
1996-1998 Citizen Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Waquoit, MA
Activities: Training, technical, educational, and organizational support for 17 volunteer water quality monitoring groups. Liaison between regulatory agencies and citizen monitors
1996 Research Assistant Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
Research Activities: Water quality of Provincetown Harbor
1993 REU Marine Biology Intern Marine Biological Laboratory/BUMP, Woods Hole, MA
Research Activities: Nutrient regeneration from sediments in eutrophic estuaries
1992 Research Assistant Lawrence University/Great Lakes Seagrant, Appleton, WI
Research Activities: Phytoplankton and zooplankton production and diversity as indicators of eutrophication in lower Green Bay, Lake Michigan
Teaching Experience:
2005 Teaching Assistant, Oceanography Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA
Assisted with undergraduate oceanography course for two semesters, including lecturing, labs, review sessions, research project development, and grading.
2005 Advisor Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA
Designed research project and advised undergraduate summer student fellow on independent investigation of growth and grazing rates of heterotrophic dinoflagellates feeding on toxic dinoflagellates.
1994-1995 Environmental Educator Nature\u2019s Classroom, Charlton, MA
Taught grade school to high school level ecology and biology courses in a residential, outdoor, environmental education program. Lead team-building and low ropes course activities.
1994 Environmental Education Intern Mosquito Hill Nature Center, New London, WI
Assisted with operation of nature center while receiving hands-on training in environmental education. Lead narrative hikes and group activities for school visitors.
1992 Tutor, Introductory Zoology Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
1992 Laboratory Assistant, Aquatic Ecology Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
1992 Laboratory Assistant, Introductory Biology Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
Courses:
2004 Workshop on Molecular Evolution Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
1993 Marine Mammal Biology and Conservation Program School for Field Studies La Paz, B.C.S. Mexico
1992 Lawrence University Marine Program Coral Reef Ecology Grand Cayman Island.
Research Cruises:
2003 July 19-25 Biological Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms Survey, Southwestern Coast of Ireland. R/V Celtic Voyager
2002 July 25 - Aug 4 Irish Harmful Algal Bloom Survey, Western Coast of Ireland. R/V Celtic Voyager.
2001 June 5-14 Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms, Gulf of Maine.
2000 May - June Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms, Casco Bay, Gulf of Maine. R/V Gulf Challenger. Eight cruises of 2-3 days each.
2000 May - June Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), Massachusetts Bay. R/V Gulf Challenger. Three cruises of 2 days each.
1999 May - June MWRA, Massachusetts Bay. R/V Gulf Challenger. Three cruises of 2 days each.
1999 July 15 - 18 Dinoflagellate cyst survey, Bering Sea, Russia. M/V Turmoil (Ship of Opportunity).
1998 April - June Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms, Casco Bay, Gulf of Maine. R/V Gulf Challenger, 11 cruises of 2 to 3 days each.
1997 November 4-12 Harmful Algal Bloom Cyst Survey, Gulf of Maine. R/V Endeavor.
Presentations:

Gribble, K.E., J. Mark Welch, E. Suatoni, D. Mark Welch. 2007. Diversity and role in speciation of the mate recognition protein gene in the Brachonus plicatilis species complex. Oral presentation. 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology. Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Gribble, K.E., D.W. Coats and D.M. Anderson. 2006. Asexual and sexual reproduction in Protoperidinium steidingerae (Dinophyceae). Oral presentation. XII International Conference on Harmful Algae, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Gribble, K.E. and D.M. Anderson. 2004. Pseudogenes of the LSU rDNA of Protoperidinium spp. (Dinophyceae): Interspecific, intraspecific, and intracellular variability. Poster Presentation. ASLO Summer Meeting, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

Gribble, K.E. and D.M. Anderson. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the Protoperidinium. Oral presentation. XI International Conference on Harmful Algae, Cape Town, South Africa.

Gribble, K.E. and D.M. Anderson. 2004. Observations of asexual and sexual processes in Protoperidinium depressum (Dinophyceae). Oral presentation. 56th Annual Meeting of the Society of Protozoologists, Smithfield, RI.

Gribble, K.E., G. Nolan, and D.M. Anderson. 2004. Distribution of Protoperidinium species, including Protoperidinium crassipes, the putative producer of azaspiracid toxins, in southwestern Ireland, July 2003. Poster presentation. International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety, Galway, Ireland.

Gribble, K.E., Keafer, B.A., Kulis, D.M., Cembella, A.D., and D.M. Anderson. 2003. Alexandrium ostenfeldii: Spatial and temporal distribution of cell concentrations and discovery of spirolide toxins in populations from the Gulf of Maine, USA. Poster presentation. Gordon Research Conference: Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins, Colby College, Waterville, ME.

Gribble, K.E. 2003. Proposed studies of Protoperidinium: Autecology, phylogeny and toxicity. Invited speaker. University of Ireland-Galway.

Gribble, K.E., B.A. Keafer, D.M. Kulis, A. Cembella, and D.M. Anderson. 2002. Alexandrium ostenfeldii: Spatial and temporal distribution of cell concentrations and discovery of spirolide toxins in populations from the Gulf of Maine, USA. Poster presentation. X International Conference on Harmful Algae, St. Pete Beach, FL.

Publications:

Gribble, K.E., G. Nolan, and D.M. Anderson. 2007. Biodiversity, biogeography and potential trophic impact of Protoperidinium spp. (Dinophyceae) of the southwestern coast of Ireland. Journal of Plankton Research 29 (11): 931-947.

Gribble, K.E., and D.M. Anderson. 2007. High intragenomic variability in LSU rDNA genes in the heterotrophic dinoflagellates Protoperidinium, Diplopsalis, and Preperidinium (Dinophyceae). Phycologia 46 (3): 315-324.

Gribble, K.E. and D.M. Anderson. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of the heterotrophic dinoflagellates, Protoperidinium, Diplopsalis, and Preperidinium (Dinophyceae), inferred from LSU rDNA. Journal of Phycology 42, 1081-1095.

Gribble, K.E., B.A. Keafer, M. Quilliam, A.D. Cembella, D.M. Kulis, A. Dietz, and D.M. Anderson. 2005. Distribution and toxicity of Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae) in the Gulf of Maine, USA. Deep-Sea Research II 52, 2745-2763.

Anderson, D.M., D.M. Kulis, B.A. Keafer, K.E. Gribble, R. Marin, and C.A. Scholin. 2005. Identification and enumeration of Alexandrium spp. from the Gulf of Maine using molecular probes. Deep-Sea Research II 52, 2467-2490.

Orlova, T.Y., T.V. Morozova, K.E. Gribble, D.M. Kulis, and D.M. Anderson. 2004. Dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments from the East Coast of Russia. Botanica Marina 47, 184-201.

 
     
Supported by NIH, NSF, NASA, The Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation, W.M. Keck Foundation, G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, and Ellison Medical Foundation.
Unless otherwise stated, all material © 2004 Bay Paul Center, MBL.