Curriculum Vitae
Name Dropping (AKA: Academic Preparation)
Academic Family Tree
2016 Doctor of Philosophy
Academic Family Tree
2016 Doctor of Philosophy
- University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Advisor: Jennifer L. Ruesink
- Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
- Advisor: Benjamin G. Miner
- Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
- Thesis Advisor: Marney C. Pratt
- Advisor: Amy S. Johnson
- University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI
- Supervisor: Lucie Maranda
- Columbia, MD
- Rad People Responsible: Mom and Dad
From the Archives of E. W. Grason (Selected Publications)
- 2022 Keller, AG; Grason EW; McDonald PS; Ramon-Laca, A; Kelly, RP. Tracking an invasion front with environmental DNA. Ecological Applications. (Online)
- 2019 Brasseale, E; Grason EW; McDonald PS; Adams J; MacCready P. Larval transport modeling support for identifying population sources of European green crab in the Salish Sea. Estuaries and Coasts. 42: 1586 - 1599. (link)
- 2018 Grason, EW; PS McDonald, JL Ruesink. Comparing residence time and natural enemies between low- and high- density invasions. Biological invasions. 20(11): 3315-3330. (link)
- 2018 Grason, EW; PS McDonald, J Adams, K Litle, JK Apple, A Pleus. Citizen science program detects range expansion of the globally invasive European green crab in Washington State (USA). Management of Biological Invasions. 9 (1): 39-47. (link)
- 2017 Grason, EW Does cohistory constrain information use? Evidence for generalized risk assessment in nonnative prey. The American Naturalist. 189 (3): 213-226. (link) (pdf)
- 2016 Grason, EW and ER Buhle. Comparing the influence of native and invasive intraguild predators on a rare native oyster. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 479: 1 - 8. (link)
- 2015 Rohwer, S; EW Grason; AG Navarro-Siguenza. Irrigation and avifaunal change in coastal Northwest Mexico: has irrigated habitat attracted threatened migratory species? PeerJ. 3:e1187. (link)
- 2012 Grason, EW and BG Miner. Preference alters consumptive effects of predators: top-down effects of a native crab on a system of native and introduced prey. PLoSOne. 7(12): e51322. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051322. (link)
- 2012 Grason, EW and BG Miner. Behavioral plasticity in an invaded system: non-native whelks recognize risk from native crabs. Oecologia. : DOI 10.1007/s00442-011-2188-5. (link)
- 2007 Pratt, MC and EW Grason. Invasive species as a new food source: does a native nudibranch prefer eating an invasive bryozoan? Biological Invasions. 9:645-655. (link)
Performances (Selected Invited and Contributed Talks)
2017 Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR | Coauthor: Benjamin G Miner, WWU
Fools rush in? Marine snail reduces predator avoidance behavior in response to conspecific injury cues.
2014 Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA & Western Society of Naturalists, Tacoma, WA
Strangers in a Strange Land: Evidence for generalized risk assessment strategies in non-native marine snails
2014 North American Congress of Conservation Biology, Missoula, MT | Coauthor: Eric R. Buhle NOAA
The Devil You Know: The effects of native and non-native predators on restoration in an intertidal food web
2014 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, WA | Coauthor: Eric R. Buhle NOAA
**Best Graduate Student Presentation Award
Drill Baby Drill!: Invasive oyster drills are the main driver of native oyster mortality at a restoration site
2012 Western Society of Naturalists, Monterey, CA
Stranger Danger: Cue specific risk-assessment and behavioral plasticity in invasive oyster drills
2012 Padilla Bay Research Symposium (Invited), Bay View, WA
Do parasites control invasive snails in Padilla Bay?
2010 Canadian Society of Zoologists (Invited), Vancouver, BC.
Student Symposium on Plasticity: Inducible defenses in an invaded marine food chain: why cue specificity matters
2010 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle, WA | Coauthor: Benjamin G Miner, WWU
**Best Student Presentation Award, The Crustacean Society
Non-Consumptive effects in a marine food chain with native and invasive species
2017 Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR | Coauthor: Benjamin G Miner, WWU
Fools rush in? Marine snail reduces predator avoidance behavior in response to conspecific injury cues.
2014 Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA & Western Society of Naturalists, Tacoma, WA
Strangers in a Strange Land: Evidence for generalized risk assessment strategies in non-native marine snails
2014 North American Congress of Conservation Biology, Missoula, MT | Coauthor: Eric R. Buhle NOAA
The Devil You Know: The effects of native and non-native predators on restoration in an intertidal food web
2014 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Seattle, WA | Coauthor: Eric R. Buhle NOAA
**Best Graduate Student Presentation Award
Drill Baby Drill!: Invasive oyster drills are the main driver of native oyster mortality at a restoration site
2012 Western Society of Naturalists, Monterey, CA
Stranger Danger: Cue specific risk-assessment and behavioral plasticity in invasive oyster drills
2012 Padilla Bay Research Symposium (Invited), Bay View, WA
Do parasites control invasive snails in Padilla Bay?
2010 Canadian Society of Zoologists (Invited), Vancouver, BC.
Student Symposium on Plasticity: Inducible defenses in an invaded marine food chain: why cue specificity matters
2010 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Seattle, WA | Coauthor: Benjamin G Miner, WWU
**Best Student Presentation Award, The Crustacean Society
Non-Consumptive effects in a marine food chain with native and invasive species
Research Funding
2011-2013 NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserve System
2012 University of Washington, Biology Department
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Academic Awards & Honors
2015 Best Graduate Student Poster, Pacific Estuarine Research Society 2014 Best Graduate Student Presentation, Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference 2010 Top Scholar Award, University of Washington, Graduate School 2010 Graduate Research Award ($250), WWU Biology 2010 Best Student Presentation, SICB, The Crustacean Society ($100) 2009 Scholarship, Pacific Northwest Shell Club ($700) 2004 Honors in Biology, Bowdoin College |
Assistantship Experience
2014 Research Assistant (Jennifer Ruesink) 2010-2015 Teaching Assistant, University of Washington Introduction to Animal and Plant Physiology (220), Intro to Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology (200), Marine Biology (250), Conservation Biology (476) 2009-2010 Graduate Assistant, Shannon Point Marine Center, WWU 2008-2009 Teaching Assistant, Western Washington University Introductory Biology (101), Organismal Biology (206) |
Service
2015 Administrator, SciPos (Graduate blog)
2013 Steering Committee Member, BioDiverse Perspectives (blog)
2010-Present Forest restoration volunteer, Nature Consortium
2010 Panelist, Sustainable Seattle Environmental Film Festival
2009 Community Outreach, Fidalgo Bay Day
2006 Interpretive Naturalist, Seattle Aquarium
Reviewed for: American Naturalist, Oecologia, Biological Invasions, Hydrobiologia, Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, Northwest Science
2015 Administrator, SciPos (Graduate blog)
2013 Steering Committee Member, BioDiverse Perspectives (blog)
2010-Present Forest restoration volunteer, Nature Consortium
2010 Panelist, Sustainable Seattle Environmental Film Festival
2009 Community Outreach, Fidalgo Bay Day
2006 Interpretive Naturalist, Seattle Aquarium
Reviewed for: American Naturalist, Oecologia, Biological Invasions, Hydrobiologia, Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, Northwest Science