CURRICULUM VITAE
Lydia Kapsenberg
lydia.kapsenberg@obs-vlfr.fr
EDUCATION
2010 - 2015
PhD, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Advisor: Dr. Gretchen E. Hofmann
23 Sep 2010 - 31 Aug 2015
2005 - 2009
BSc, Biology, Summa Cum Laude
Oregon State University, USA
Minor: Chemistry, Option: Marine Biology, 13 Jun 2009
POSITIONS
2015 - present NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Advisor: Dr. Jean-Pierre Gattuso
Co-advisor: Dr. Todd R. Martz, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA
2009
Research Assistant, full-time, 15 Jun – 15 Dec
Drs. Bruce A. Menge and Jane Lubchenco, Department of Zoology, Oregon State
University, USA
2008
Research Assistant, full-time, 16 June – 11 Dec
Dr. Symon Dworjanyn, National Marine Science Centre, Southern Cross University,
Australia
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2015 - 2017
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Ocean Sciences,
Track 2: International, USA ($194,000)
2015
Nomination, 2014 Fiona Goodchild Award for Excellence as a Graduate Student Mentor
of Undergraduate Research.
2015
EEMB Block Award, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
2014 - 2015
UCSB Graduate Fellowship, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
2013
Travel Award to Ocean Sciences 2014, Sea-Bird Electronics, USA ($1000)
2012
Best Poster Award, Multidisciplinary category, Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research Open Science Conference, Portland OR, USA
2012
Travel Award to XXXII Open Science Conference, Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research, Portland OR, USA ($775)
2011 - 2014
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, USA (received in 2010)
2011
Travel Award to Friday Harbor Labs, Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry, USA ($1000)
CURRICULUM VITAE - KAPSENBERG
2010 - 2011
EEMB Block Award, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
RESEACH GRANTS
2014 - 2015
Research and Learning Grant “Characterizing Ocean pH in the Channel Islands
National Park” Southern California Research and Learning Center, USA ($3,600)
2014 - 2015
Student Equipment Loan Program Award, extension “Quantifying drivers of pH
variability in coastal Antarctica” Sea-Bird Electronics, USA (one 37-SMP-ODO
MicroCAT oceanographic sensors)
2013 - 2014
Student Equipment Loan Program Award “Quantifying drivers of pH variability in
the Channel Islands National Park” Sea-Bird Electronics, USA (three 37-SMP-ODO
MicroCAT oceanographic sensors, $37,000 value)
2013 - 2014
Research and Learning Grant “Characterizing Ocean pH in the Channel Islands
National Park” Southern California Research and Learning Center, USA ($6,000)
2014
Research Grant, “Characterizing Ocean pH in the Channel Islands National Park”
co-PIs: GE Hofmann, CA Blanchette, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, USA
($2450 + SeaFET pH sensor, $10,000 value)
2013
UCSB Research Fellowship, University of California Santa Barbara, USA ($4500)
2011 - 2012
George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship “Assessment of ocean
acidification in the Channel Islands National Park and its impact on local marine
species” National Park Service, USA ($19,987)
PUBLICATIONS
Total citations = 62
7.
Kapsenberg, L, AL Kelley, LA Francis, and SB Raskin (2015) Exploring the complexity of ocean
acidification: an ecosystem comparison of coastal pH variability. Science Scope 39(3): 51-60.
6.
Kapsenberg, L, AL Kelley, EC Shaw, TR Martz, and GE Hofmann (2015) Near-shore Antarctic
pH variability has implications for the design of ocean acidification experiments. Scientific
Reports 5, 9638. DOI:10.1038/srep09638. Citations: 2
5.
Kapsenberg, L, and GE Hofmann (2014) Signals of resilience to ocean change: high thermal
tolerance of early stage Antarctic sea urchins (Sterechinus neumayeri) reared under present day
and future pCO2 and temperature. Polar Biology 37(7): 967-980. Citations: 7
4.
Hofmann, GE, TG Evans, MW Kelly, JL Padilla-Gamiño, CA Blanchette, L Washburn, F Chan,
MA McManus, BA Menge, B Gaylord, TM Hill, E Sanford, M LaVigne, JM Rose, L
Kapsenberg, and JM Dutton (2014) Exploring local adaptation and the ocean acidification
seascape – studies in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. Biogeosciences 11: 10531064. Citations: 19
3.
Sewell, MA, R Millar, PC Yu, L Kapsenberg, GE Hofmann (2014) Ocean acidification and
fertilization in the Antarctic sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri: the importance of polyspermy.
Environmental Science & Technology 48: 713-722. Citations: 8
CURRICULUM VITAE - KAPSENBERG
2.
Hofmann, GE, CA Blanchette, EB Rivest, and L Kapsenberg (2013) Taking the pulse of marine
ecosystems: The importance of coupling long-term physical and biological observations in the
context of global change biology. Oceanography 26(3): 140–148. Citations: 8
1.
Yu, PC, MA Sewell, PG Matson, EB Rivest, L Kapsenberg, and GE Hofmann (2013) Growth
attenuation with developmental schedule progression in embryos and early larvae of Sterechinus
neumayeri raised under elevated CO2. PLoS One 8(1): e52448. Citations: 18
MANUSCRIPTS
Kapsenberg, L, and GE Hofmann. Ocean pH time-series and drivers of variability along the northern
Channel Islands, California, USA. Limnology & Oceanography, in revision
PRESENTATIONS
2015
Oral “Surprising pH from Earth’s most southern sea” 11th Annual Departmental
Graduate Student Symposium, USA, 7 Feb
2014
Poster “From kelp to ice: temporal and spatial variability in ocean pH” Ocean Sciences
Meeting, USA, 23-28 Feb
2013
Oral “From kelp to ice: temporal and spatial variability in ocean pH” 94th Annual
Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists, USA, 7-10 Nov
2013
Oral “Hot but not bothered: ocean change and Antarctic sea urchin larvae” 9th Annual
Departmental Graduate Student Symposium, USA, 2 Feb
2012
Oral “Global change biology in the Antarctic: sea urchins, SeaFETs and the
anthropocene” PC Yu, GE Hofmann, L Kapsenberg, Wednesday Night Science Lecture,
McMurdo Station, Antarctica, 21 Nov
2012
Poster “Ocean acidification: assessment of pH in the Channel Islands National Park and
its effect on sea urchin fertilization” remote presentation, 8th California Island
Symposium, USA, 23-26 Oct
2012
Poster, “Ocean acidification: assessment of pH in the Channel Islands National Park and
its effect on sea urchin fertilization” LTER All Scientist Meeting, Estes Park CO, USA,
10-13 Sep
2012
Poster “Combatting heat in a changing ocean, sea urchins are prepared for battle” Third
Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World, Monterey CA, USA, 24-27 Sep
2012
Poster “Combatting heat in a changing ocean, sea urchins are prepared for battle”
XXXII Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Conference, Portland
OR, USA, 16-19 Jul
CURRICULUM VITAE - KAPSENBERG
INVITED SEMINARS
2015
NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting “Ocean
pH Research in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park” GE
Hofmann, L Kapsenberg, Santa Barbara CA, USA, 15 May
2015
Channel Islands National Park From Shore to Sea Lecture Series “Keeping up with ocean
change: pH variability at the Channel Islands” Ventura CA, USA, 12 Mar
2014
Pacific Ocean Education Team Webinar “What biologists and resource managers need
to know about ocean acidification” CA Blanchette, L Kapsenberg, 25 Sep
2014
NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting “Drivers
of natural pH variability in the Channel Islands National Park” Santa Barbara CA, USA,
24 Jan
2014
Channel Islands National Park All Employees Meeting “Ocean acidification… the other
CO2 problem” Ventura CA, USA, 22 Jan
2012
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Science Pub “Chills, drill, and thrills: climate
change and marine life in Antarctica” PC Yu, L Kapsenberg, Santa Barbara CA, USA 25
Jun
2012
Climate Change in America’s National Parks: Climate Change Research from the Next
Generation Webinar “Ocean change in the Channel Islands National Park” National
Park Service, USA, 14 Jun
2012
NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting “Ocean
acidification monitoring in the Channel Islands National Park” Ventura CA, USA, 16
Mar
TEACHING
2015
Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology Laboratory 3, Spring Quarter, UCSB, USA
2014 - 2015
Lead Coordinator, Ocean acidification curriculum development, in collaboration with
NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, USA
2013
Teaching Assistant, Global Change Biology, Spring Quarter, UCSB, USA
2013
Guest Lecturer, Global Change Biology, Spring Quarter, UCSB, USA
2005 - 2008
Assistant Swim Coach, Crescent Valley High School, Corvallis OR, USA
CRUISE & REMOTE FIELD RESEARCH
2014
Research Assistant, NOAA Channel Islands Research Cruise for Acidification Studies
(CIRCAS), Santa Barbara Channel, R/V Shearwater, 2 days. Lead PI: JJ Lunden
CURRICULUM VITAE - KAPSENBERG
2013
Project Leader1, field research at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Oct-Nov. Lead PI: GE
Hofmann
2010 - 2012
Research Assistant, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Oct-Dec. Lead PI: GE Hofmann
2011
Research Assistant, March Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station, University
of California Berkeley, Moorea, French Polynesia, Mar. Lead PI: EB Rivest
UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2015
Reviewer for NSF grant proposal, Biological Oceanography
2015
Graduate Student Representative, Marine Physiology search committee, Department of
Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, UCSB
2014
Participant in the National Academy of Sciences Study on Science Priorities in
Antarctica, Stanford University, Stanford CA, 12 Nov
2014
Reviewer for Environmental Science & Technology, Conservation Physiology
2012, 2013
Lead-, Co-Coordinator for the Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Department of
Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, UCSB
2012 - 2014
Departmental Assembly Representative, UCSB Graduate Student Association
WORKSHOPS
2014
Keynote speaker, Co-Organizer for Ocean Acidification Section, “Teaching
Environmental Science in a Changing Climate” NOAA Channel Islands National Marine
Sanctuary, Santa Barbara CA, USA, 20 Jun
2013
Co-Instructor for SeaFET workshop for the Consortium for the Study of Ocean Change,
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico 17-20 Jun
2012
Lead speaker, Co-Organizer for “LTER Ocean Acidification Data Management
Workshop” LTER All Scientists Meeting, Estes Park CO, USA, 13 Sep
STUDENT ADVISING
2014
Evan Barba (Santa Barbara Coastal LTER Research Experience), UCSB, 3 months
2013 - 2014
Mark Bitter (Santa Barbara Coastal LTER Research Experience, senior thesis), UCSB, 8
months
2012
Kylie Langlois (lab assistant), UCSB, 3 months
2011
Ella Bendrick-Chartier (lab assistant), UCSB, 3 months
1
USA government shutdown in 2013 led to travel cancelation to Antarctica. L.Kapsenberg remotely coordinated and coached scientists at
McMurdo Station to complete the tasks.
CURRICULUM VITAE - KAPSENBERG
OUTREACH
2014 - 2015
Science Advisor, Channel Coast Watershed Observatory in collaboration with SCCOOS,
NOAA Channel Islands National Park, Nature Bridge, Monterey Bay Aquarium, BOEM,
JASON learning, middle school STEM coordinators, USA
2013 - present Leader, Ocean acidification education and outreach implementation, Channel Islands
National Park, USA
2012
Science Panelist, Climate Change Student Summit, NOAA and ANDRILL, Ventura CA,
USA, 28 Apr
NEWS & MEDIA
2015
NOVA “Lethal Seas” documentary, 13 May
2015
Channel Islands National Park News Release “Marine Biologist Studies Climate Change
Effect on Local Sea Life” Yvonne Menard, 6 Mar
[http://www.nps.gov/chis/learn/news/pr030615.htm]
2013
Nature Comment “Politics: The long shadow of the shutdown” Gretchen E. Hofmann, 18
Oct [http://www.nature.com/news/politics-the-long-shadow-of-the-shutdown-1.13978]
2013
Washington Monthly “The government shutdown is killing Antarctic science” Rachel
Cohen, 9 Oct [http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/ten-milessquare/2013/10/the_shutdown_is_killing_antarc047279.php]
2012
National Science Foundation News “Researchers recover recorder from Antarctic waters
containing critical baseline on acidification” Peter West, 18 Oct
[http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125761]
2012
Convergence Cover story “Oceans of change” Cathrine Newell, 19 Sept
[http://www.convergence.ucsb.edu/article/oceans-change]
2011
Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry News “Impressions of the summer 2011 Ocean
Acidification Course at UW Friday Harbor Labs” 4(3) Fall
2011
Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistry News “OCB to provide student travel support for the
Friday Harbor Ocean Acidification Course” 4(2) Spring/Summer
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2012 - 2015
Ocean Margins Ecosystems Group for Acidification Studies (OMEGAS), USA
2011 - 2015
University of California Ocean Acidification Training and Research Consortium, USA
2012 - 2015
Santa Barbara Coastal Long Term Ecological Research, USA
CERTIFICATIONS
CURRICULUM VITAE - KAPSENBERG
2011 - present Scientific SCUBA Certification, American Academy of Underwater Sciences, USA
2011 - present CPR, AED, First Aid, Oxygen, Scientific Diving Program, University of California Santa
Barbara, USA