Audrey Helen Reid
3349 Mississauga Road, 12 Schreiberwood Mississauga, ON L5L 1J7 CANADA
Mobile Phone: 416-837-2709  E-Mail: audrey.reid@mail.utoronto.ca
Citizenship: United States
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Toronto
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Supervisor: Dr. W. Gary Sprules
Fall 2010-Present
(Expected completion Summer 2016)
B.Sc. Honors, University of Vermont
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Science
Focus: Water Resources
Cum laude, Honors College Scholar
Cumulative G.P.A.: 3.80
Fall 2006-Spring 2010
Märladalen University, Västerås, Sweden
Fall 2008
School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology
Exchange student through the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP)
Courses in environmental science, biology, and Swedish language
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Sprules Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Mississauga, ON Canada
Ph.D. Candidate
Fall 2010-Present
Vermont EPSCoR Streams Project, Burlington, VT USA
Undergraduate Intern
Fall 2009-Spring 2010
Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study (LTER), Woodstock, NH USA
Summer 2009
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) with Prof. Charles Driscoll investigating the
effect of acid deposition on recovering lakes and their corresponding input and output streams.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
BIO361H5S: Biometrics II
Winter 2013, 2014, 2015
TA for Prof. Christoph Richter
Taught computer lab section
Third-year course covering statistics from two-sample t-tests to principle component
analysis, using R statistical software
***Winter 2015 semester interrupted by labor dispute between CUPE 3902 and the
University of Toronto. TA duties postponed from March 3 - ? to participate in legal
strike.
BIO205H5F: Ecology
Fall 2014
TA for Prof. Christoph Richter
Taught tutorial section, including outdoor and computer-based labs
Guest lectured course material
Second-year introductory course covering basic ecological concepts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE CONTINUED
BIO360H5F: Biometrics I
Fall 2011, 2012, 2013
TA for Prof. Helene Wagner, Shahad Abdulnour
Taught computer lab section, assisted additional computer lab section
Guest lectured
Third-year course covering elementary statistics through simple one-way ANOVAs,
using Mini-Tab statistical software
EEB410H: Lake Ecosystem Dynamics
Summer 2012
TA for Prof. Hélène Cyr
Field course held at the Harkness Fisheries Laboratory in Algonquin Park, ON
Developed and taught lab modules, assisted students with development and
implementation of individual research projects.
BIO313HY: Field Methods and Quantative Analysis in Ecology
Fall 2010-Winter 2013
TA for Prof. Nick Collins and Prof. Peter Kotanen
(Yearlong course)
Assisted in field sampling and graded reports
Fourth-year course devoted to teaching methods necessary to design and conduct
field research
BIO153H5S: Diversity of Organisms
TA for Dr. Maria Arts
Taught two lab sections, graded, and invigilated exams
Second-half of first-year biology requirement
Winter 2011
STUDENT SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE
Alexandra Surugiu
Work Study
Summer 2013
RECENT NON-ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Fall 2012-Present
Student Housing and Residential Life (SHRL)
Mississauga, ON Canada
Programming Assistant for Family and Graduate Community
SHRL contact person for graduate, professional, and medical students, and students
with families
Organize community programs, events
Maintain weekly newsletter
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Fall 2011-Summer 2012
Student Housing and Residential Life
Mississauga, ON Canada
Community Assistant
Assisted residents with lockouts, emergency maintenance
Assessed apartment unit condition during check-out/check-in
Organized community events
SKILLS
Laboratory Equipment and Tests
 PreSens Sensor Dish Reader v_3.8 with non-invasive oxygen SPOT sensors
 Infrared recording of zooplankton
 Freshwater zooplankton, phytoplankton rearing
 Winkler Method for determining dissolved oxygen concentration
 Colilert Method for determining total coliform and total E. coli
 Total suspended solids (TSS) testing
 Ascorbic acid digestion method for determining total phosphorus
 Lyophilization of plant samples
 Advanced statistical analyses, including custom programs written in MatLab
 Constructing laboratory equipment (organism chambers, aquariums, etc).
Writing Experience
 Scientific grant, research proposals
 Community outreach grants
 Environmental Impact Statements
 Environmental Assessments
 Displays on natural history and ecology for the general public
Public Outreach and Community Development
 Development of programming for family and graduate residents at the University of
Toronto at Mississauga including community long-term programs, events, bulletin boards
and other outreach activities
 Former creation and maintenance of website for The University of Toronto at
Mississauga Association of Graduate Students (UTMAGS): http://utmags.sa.utoronto.ca/
 Former author of newsletter for UTMAGS
 Former creation and maintenance of blog for Hubbard Brook REU program:
http://hubbardbrook.blogs.plymouth.edu/
Certifications
 Standard First Aid Adult (Canadian Red Cross)
 Pleasure Craft Operators Card (BoaterExam, Ontario)
 Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (University of Toronto at
Mississauga)
 OSHA 10-Hour Constructions Safety and Health (U.S. Department of Labor,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
 safeTALK Suicide Intervention Training (LivingWorks Education)
Computer Programs
 MatLab (v. R2014a)
 ‘R’ Statistical Software
 RStudio (GUI for R)
 ArcGIS
 JMP Statistical Software
 SPSS Statistical Software
 MiniTab Statistical Software
 Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
 Microsoft Office
 Windows, OSX, and Linux (Ubuntu) Operating Systems
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
University of Toronto Graduate Skills Program
University of Toronto Teachers Assistant Training Program
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
President/Executive (2013-2014)
Biology Union of Graduate Students
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Student Volunteer (2014)
Genomes to Biomes Conference
Society for Canadian Limnologists
Student Volunteer (2014)
Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Graduate Student Representative (2014)
2014 Ontario Biology Day
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Department Chair Search Committee (2013)
Department of Biology
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Aquatic Ecology Faculty Search Committee (2011/2012)
Department of Biology
University of Toronto at Mississauga
Vice President (2012-present), Communications Director (2011-2012)
University of Toronto at Mississauga Graduate Student Association (UTMAGS)
Developed and maintained website, social media
Graduate Curriculum Committee Member (2011)
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Toronto
Aquatic Ecology Faculty Search Committee (2009/2010)
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
University of Vermont
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Volunteer Writer/Blogger (2011-2014)
Theology on Tap
Faith Connections (Fontbonne Ministries, Sisters of St. Joseph, Toronto)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
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American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
International Society of Limnology (SIL)
Society of Canadian Limnologists (SCL)
International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR)
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
PRESENTATIONS
Invited Oral: SUNY Buffalo State Biology Department Seminar Series, 2014
“ Living below the poverty line? How Prey Patches Allow Consumers to Thrive in Regions of Low
Mean Prey Density”
Oral: Genomes to Biomes, Joint Conference Between: Society for Canadian Limnologists, Canadian
Society of Ecology and Evolution, and the Canadian Society of Zoologists, 2014
“Influence of Prey Patches on Daphnia pulex Foraging Behaviour”
Oral: Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting: Association for the Sciences of Limnology and
Oceanography, Society for Freshwater Science, Phycological Society of America, and
Society of Wetland Scientists, 2014
“Daphnia pulex” Behavioral Responses to Prey Patches
Oral: International Society of Limnology, 32nd Congress, 2013
“Effects of Prey Spatial Distribution on Grazing Zooplankton Productivity and Fitness”
Oral: International Association for Great Lakes Research, 56th Annual Conference on Great Lakes
Research, 2013
“The Impacts of Heterogeneous Phytoplankton Distributions on Daphnia pulex Productivity and
Fitness”
Oral: University of Toronto Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2013 Atwood
Colloquium, “Two-Minute Thesis” Contest
“Assessing the Effects of Prey Spatial Distribution on Foraging Success and Fitness in Freshwater
Zooplankton”
Poster: University of Toronto at Mississauga Graduate Research Night, 2013
“Do Daphnia pulex” Grow and Reproduce Better in Patchy than Uniform Algal Distributions?”
Poster: Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Society of Canadian Limnologists and Society
of Wetland Scientists, 2013
“Do Daphnia pulex” Grow and Reproduce Better in Patchy than Uniform Algal Distributions?”
Oral: University of Vermont Honors College Thesis Presentation, 2010
“Comparing the Responsiveness of Ponds and Streams to Decreases in Acid Deposition in the White
Mountains of New Hampshire”
Oral: University of Vermont Student Research Conference, 2010
“Comparing the Responsiveness of Ponds and Streams to Decreases in Acid Deposition in the
Northeastern United States”
Oral: Vermont Monitoring Cooperative 2009 Meeting
Student Panel: “A Millennial Generation View Towards Achieving Sustainability”
HONORS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2013 IAGLR-OMNR Student Travel Award,
International Association of Great Lakes Research
Amount (if applicable)
$200
2013 Clemens-Rigler Travel Award, Canadian
Conference for Fisheries Research, Society of
Canadian Limnologists and Society of Wetland
Scientists
$200
2010-2014 Faculty of Arts & Sciences Graduate
Fellowship, University of Toronto
Full tuition (approx. $16,000) annually for
duration of program
2011 IAGLR-OMNR Student Travel Award,
International Association of Great Lakes Research
$200
Cum Laude, University of Vermont
Honors College, University of Vermont
Outstanding Service in Environmental Science,
University of Vermont
Lawrence and Anne Forcier Scholarship, University
of Vermont
$1,250 annually for 4 years
Green and Gold Scholar, University of Vermont
Full tuition (approx. $11,000) annually for 4
years
Lola Aiken Scholar, University of Vermont