MARJORIE J. WONHAM
Centre for Mathematical BiologyDepartment of Biological Sciences and
Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, CAB 632,
Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2G1
Home Address: 10844 – 84th Ave., Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6E 2J2 Telephone: (780) 492-4756 Email: [email protected] Fax: (780) 492-6826 URL: www.math.ualberta.ca/~mwonham Telephone: (780) 433-1701 Citizenship: Canadian Education
Ph.D. 2001 Department of Zoology, University of Washington (UW)
Thesis: Ecology and management of marine biological invasions: distribution and environmental constraints in Mytilus galloprovincialis. Major advisor: Robert T. Paine
East/West Marine Biology Program, Northeastern University (1992-93)
BA (Hons.) 1992 Natural Sciences, Cambridge University, U.K. Professional Experience
Research Associate, Centre for Mathematical Biology (CMB), Departments of Biological Sciences and Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta (UA), Edmonton, AB (2006-present)
Science Writer at Centre for Mathematical Biology (2006-present), Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS; 2007-present), and Centre for Research in Youth, Science, Teaching and Learning (CRYSTAL; 2007-present)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Integrated Systems for Invasive Species (ISIS) Program, CMB (2004-06)
Honorary Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, jointly at CMB and the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON (2002-04)
Visitor, Centro Nacional Patagónico, Puerto Madryn, Argentina (3/2002)
Research Associate, National Biological Invasions Shipping Study, Williams College-Mystic Seaport and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (1993-95)
Fellowships, Grants and Awards
2002-04 National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, UA
2002-04 Honorary Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship, UA
2000-02 Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) Fellowship, tenable at UW 2001 Best Student Paper, Puget Sound Research Conference, Bellevue, WA 2001 Graduate Student Conference Travel Award, UW
2001 ELP project grant: Scientific communication course development 2000 ELP project grant: Biological specimen shipment risk assessment 2000 Experimental Field Ecology Award, Department of Zoology, UW
1999 Research Assistantship, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, WA 1998 Best student paper, Puget Estuarine Research Society Annual Meeting, WA 1997-2000 National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration – National Estuarine
Research Reserve (NOAA-NERR) Graduate Fellowship, UW
1996 Research Assistantship Recruitment Award, Department of Zoology, UW
1995 Ballast Water Escort and Exchange Study, US Fish and Wildlife Service, VA and the Compton Foundation, CA
PUBLICATIONS MARJORIE J. WONHAM Manuscripts in preparation
Forecasting bioinvasions: linking population and environmental modeling. With M. Lewis, C. Levings, M. Herborg
Ecological and geographic patterns of impact in invaded communities: a meta-analysis. With K Goodell, B Von Holle, I Parker
Invader characteristics and ecological impacts: a meta-analysis. With K Goodell, B Von Holle, I Parker
Biotic resistance to invasion determined by predator identity. M Wonham Peer-reviewed publications
2006 Color polymorphism and genetic structure in the sea star Pisaster ochraceus. C Harley, M Pankey, J Wares, R Grosberg, M Wonham. Biological Bulletin 211: 248-262
2006 A null model of temporal trends in biological invasion records. M Wonham, L Pachepsky. Ecology Letters 9: 663-672
2006 Transmission assumptions generate conflicting predictions in host-vector disease models: a case study in West Nile virus. M Wonham, M Lewis, J Renclawowicz, P van den
Driessche. Ecology Letters 9: 706-725
2006 A comparison of continuous and discrete time West Nile virus models. M Lewis, J Renclawowicz, P van den Driessche, M Wonham. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 68: 491-509
2006 Crepidula convexa Say, 1822 (Caenogastropoda: Calyptraeidae) in Washington State, USA. R Collin, M Wonham, K Barr. American Malacological Bulletin 21: 113-116 2005 Modeling the invasion risk of diapausing organisms transported in ballast sediments. M
Wonham, S Bailey, H MacIsaac, M Lewis. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 2386-2398
2005 Minimizing invasion risk by reducing propagule pressure: a model for ballast-water
exchange. M Wonham, M Lewis, H MacIsaac. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3(9): 473-478
2005 Cool-temperate marine invasions at local and regional scales: The Northeast Pacific Ocean as a model system. M Wonham, J Carlton. Biological Invasions 7(3): 369-392
2005 Positive effects of a dominant invader on introduced and native mudflat species. M Wonham, M O’Connor, C Harley. Marine Ecology Progress Series 289: 109-116 2004 Mini-review: Distribution of the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis (Bivalvia:
Mytilidae) and hybrids in the Northeast Pacific. M Wonham. Journal of Shellfish Research 23: 535-543
2004 An epidemiological model for West Nile virus: Invasion analysis and control applications. M Wonham, T de Camino Beck, M Lewis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271: 501-507
2001 Recovery of the brown alga Fucus gardneri to a gradient of removal intensities. M Speidel, C Harley, M Wonham. Aquatic Botany 71: 273-280
PUBLICATIONS MARJORIE J. WONHAM 1999 Impact: assessing the ecological effects of invaders. I Parker, D Simberloff, W Lonsdale, K
Goodell, M Wonham, and 6 others. Biological Invasions 1: 3-19
1999 Invasion pressure to a ballast-flooded estuary and an assessment of inoculant survival. D Smith, M Wonham, L McCann, G Ruiz, J Carlton. Biological Invasions 1: 67-87
1996 Trouble on oiled waters: lessons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. R Paine, J Ruesink, A Sun, E Soulanille, M Wonham, C Harley, D Brumbaugh, D Secord. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 27:197-235
Book Chapters
2007 Mathematical models in marine invasions: current and future directions. M Wonham, M Lewis. In G Rilov, J Crooks (eds) Marine Bioinvasions: Ecology, Conservation, and Management Perspectives. Springer-Verlag
2006 Mytilus galloprovincialis. In P Boersma, S Reichard, and A Van Buren (eds) Invasive Species in the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press
2005 Biological Invasions. M Wonham. In M Groom, G Meffe, R Carroll (eds) Principles of Conservation Biology 3r d edition. Sinauer Associates, Inc.
2003 Ecological gambling: expendable extinctions vs. acceptable invasions. M Wonham. In P Kareiva, S Levin (eds) The Importance of Species. Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, pp. 179-205
Technical Reports
1998 Puget Sound Expedition. A rapid assessment survey of non-indigenous species in the shallow waters of Puget Sound. A Cohen, C Mills, H Berry, M Wonham, and 13 others. Nearshore Habitat Program, Washington State DNR
1997 Biological invasions by nonindigenous species in United States waters: quantifying the role of ballast water and sediments. Parts I and II. D Smith, M Wonham, L McCann, D Reid, G Ruiz, J Carlton. USCG Report no. CG-D-02-97
1997 Ballast sampling methodology. An outline manual of sampling procedures and protocols for fresh, brackish, and salt-water ballast. J Carlton, D Smith, D Reid, M Wonham, L McCann, G Ruiz, A Hines. USCG Report no. CG-X-XX-97
Science Communication Articles
2007 A comparative analysis of models for West Nile virus. M Wonham, M Lewis. In F Brauer et al. (eds) Transmission Dynamics and Spatial Spread of Infectious Diseases: Modelling, Prediction and Control. Publication for undergraduate and graduate students from the PMIS-MITACS-MSRI Special Program on Infectious Diseases at the Banff International Research Station.
2004 The mathematics of mosquitoes and West Nile virus. M Wonham. Pi in the Sky, the High School Mathematics Magazine of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences 8: 5-9 2001 Marine invaders. M Wonham Sea Kayaker Magazine December issue.
INVITED CONTRIBUTIONS MARJORIE J. WONHAM Invited Workshops and Working Groups
2006 Science Communications Program, Banff Centre, Banff, AB (2-week workshop) 2002-06 Integrated Systems for Invasive Species (ISIS): Ecological forecasting and risk
analysis of nonindigenous species (5-year interdisciplinary ecological-economic-mathematical modeling project among 6 Canadian and U.S. institutions)
2004 Mathematical ecology and evolution, Banff International Research Station (BIRS) Banff, AB (2-day retreat)
2003 Mathematical biology: from molecules to ecosystems; the legacy of Lee Segel, BIRS (5-day workshop)
2002 1st Annual Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Mathematical
Biology Summer Workshop, UA (2-week student workshop)
2001 Olympic Coast Marine National Sanctuary Expedition (8-day field survey for introduced marine and maritime species)
1998-2000 Invasion biology: Toward a theory of impacts. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) Santa Barbara, CA (3-year working group)
2000 Washington State Exotics Expedition: A rapid survey of exotic species in the shallow waters of Elliott Bay, Totten and Eld Inlets, and Willapa Bay (7-day field survey for introduced marine and maritime species)
1998 Puget Sound Expedition: A rapid assessment survey of non-indigenous species in the shallow waters of Puget Sound (9-day field survey for introduced marine and maritime species)
Invited Presentations (oral, poster and panel)
2006 Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (2 talks)
2005 Department Seminar, Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
2005 Symposium, Quantitative Models of Vector-Borne Diseases: The First 100 Years. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Washington DC
2005 Colloquium Seminar, Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2005 Edmonton Catholic School Board Science and Mathematics Teachers’ Retreat
2005 WISEST (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology) Science and Mathematics Teachers’ Day, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2004 Departmental Seminar, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC
2004 Departmental Seminar, Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
2004 Grand Rounds Seminar, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
2004 Mathematical Biology Seminar, Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS MARJORIE J. WONHAM 1999 Ship's ballast water and aquatic nuisance species, American Society for Testing and
Materials Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA (panelist) Conferences organized
1999 When are species expendable? Ecological answers to a philosophical question.
Symposium and Festschrift for R. T. Paine, Leavenworth, WA. Proceedings published as The importance of species, Eds. P. Kareiva and S. Levin, PUP 2003.
Contributed Presentations
2005 Dynamic epidemiological models for West Nile virus: Assumptions and controls. Ecological Society of America 89th Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC
2003 West Nile virus: invasion analysis and control applications. Ecological Society of America 88th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA
2003 Positive interactions among mudflat invaders: does facilitation lead to “invasional
meltdown”? 3rd International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, San Diego, CA
2003 Positive interactions among mudflat invaders: does facilitation lead to “invasional
meltdown”?Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Ottawa, ON
2003 Reducing the risk of aquatic species invasions via biological supply shipments (poster).
Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Ottawa, ON
2001 Congener diversity may indirectly facilitate mussel invasion. Society for Conservation Biology 15th Annual Meeting, Hilo, HI
2001 101 recipes for carp: history and ecology of introduced marine species in the Pacific Northwest. 2n d International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, New Orleans, LA
2001 Introduced marine and maritime species of the Pacific Northwest: historical pathways and current patterns. Puget Sound Research Meeting, Bellevue, WA
2000 Ecological and geographic patterns of impact in invaded communities: a meta-analysis. Ecological Society of America 85th Ann. Mtg., Snowbird, UT
1999 The ecological sword of Damocles: when is a species introduction acceptable? Symposium: When are species expendable? Ecological perspectives on a philosophical question.
Leavenworth, WA
1999 Competition vs. predation in predicting the spread of an invasive mussel. Ecological Society of America 84th Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA
1999 Predicting the spread of an invasive mussel: the changing roles of competition and predation. 1st National Conference on Marine Bioinvasions. Cambridge, MA.
1998 Biological invasions on exposed shores: abiotic or biotic resistance? Puget Estuarine Research Society Annual Meeting, Whidbey Island, WA
1996 Ballast water transport of nonindigenous species: physical and biological dynamics of a transoceanic voyage. 24th Benthic Ecology Meeting, Columbia, SC
Manuscript Reviewer
Diversity & Distributions, Ecological Applications, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Ecoscience, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Journal of Plankton Research, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Marine Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
TEACHING & SERVICE MARJORIE J. WONHAM Courses taught – Instructor
Marine Conservation Biology, Three Seas Program, Wrigley Marine Science Center, Catalina Island, CA; primarily U.S. undergraduate students (Spring 2004, 2005, 2006)
Marine Conservation Biology, FHL, UW; primarily U.S. and international graduate students (Summer 2004, 2007)
Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Three Seas Program, FHL, UW (Fall 2002)
Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Bamfield Marine Station, Vancouver Island (Summer 2006, 2007)
History and Ecology of Biological Invasions, UW-Tacoma; primarily undergraduate students (Spring 2001)
Guest lectures in courses: East West Marine Biology Program (FHL 1995-2001), Environmental Biology (Seattle Central Community College 2000), Marine Conservation Biology (FHL 1998), Invertebrate Zoology (UW 1997), Conservation Biology (UW Tacoma 1996)
Courses taught – Teaching Assistant
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Annual Mathematical Biology Summer Workshop, UA (May 2003, 2004, 2005)
Marine Conservation Biology 533a, FHL (Summer 2000)
Ecology 472, UW (Winter 2000)
Marine Invertebrate Zoology, East-West Marine Biology Program, FHL (Fall 1998)
Introductory Biology 101, UW (Fall 1996)
Marine Invertebrate Zoology 432, FHL (Summer 1996)
Physiology and Development 202, UW (Winter 1996)
Benthic Marine Algae, Bamfield Marine Station, Vancouver Island (Summer 1993) Graduate Teaching Awards
2000 Deyrup-Olsen Teaching Award, Department of Zoology, UW 1997 Crary Teaching Award, Biology Program, UW
Service Contributions in Science
Co-founder and annual speaker series organizer, and co-host Inside/OUT, UA (2002-present)
Invited speaker, WISEST Choices conference for Grade 6 girls, UA (2006)
Guest speaker, Edmonton Catholic School Board Science and Mathematics Teachers’ Retreat (2005)
Dinner speaker, WISEST Teachers’ Day, UA (2005)
Keynote speaker, WISEST SET (Science, Engineering and Technology) conference, UA (2004)
Invited speaker for Profiles of Success, Faculty of Science Visiting Committee, UA (2003)
K-12 education in Seattle, WA: Field trip interpreter and SCUBA diver, Guest speaker, Science fair judge (1995-2001)
