Carly D. Kenkel
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station C0990
Austin, TX 78712
EDUCATION:
CELL: (623) 910-2394
WORK: (512) 475-6424
EMAIL: carly.kenkel@gmail.com
The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. Candidate in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, May 2009 to present.
Thesis advisor: Dr. Mikhail Matz, Integrative Biology
State University of New York at Stony Brook
B.S. in Marine Science, Summa Cum Laude. May 2007
Austin, TX
Stony Brook, NY
FELLOWSHIPS:
University of Texas at Austin Harrington Dissertation Fellowship, Sept 2013 – May 2014
University of Texas at Austin School of Biological Sciences Teaching Award, May 2010
Fulbright Full Research Fellowship, Thailand, 2007-2008
FUNDING:
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($18,782)
Departmental Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($8.000)
Graduate School Professional Development Award ($1,000)
P.E.O. Women’s International Graduate Fellowship ($15,000)
PADI Foundation Grant ($5,000)
Carl Gottfried Hartman Graduate Fellowship ($1,990)
National Science Foundation REU scholarship, ($8,000)
PUBLICATIONS:
Kenkel CD, Goodbody-Gringley G, Caillaud D, Davies S, Bartels E, Matz M (2013) Evidence
for a host role in thermotolerance divergence between populations of the mustard hill coral
(Porites astreoides) from different reef environments. Molecular Ecology, in press.
Kenkel CD, Meyer E, Matz MV (2013) Gene expression under chronic heat stress in
populations of the mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) from different thermal environments.
Molecular Ecology, in press.
Hufmann LS, LA O’Connell, CD Kenkel, et al. (2012) Distribution of nonapeptide systems in
the forebrain of an African cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni. Journal of Chemical
Neuroanatomy, 44: 86-97.
Kenkel CD, et al. (2011) Diagnostic gene expression markers of acute heat-light stress in reefbuilding corals of the genus Porites. PLoS ONE, 6(10):e26914.
Kenkel CD, MR Traylor, J Wiedenmann, A Salih, MV Matz (2011) Fluorescenc of coral larvae
predicts their settlement response to crustose coralline algae and reflects stress. Proc R Soc B,
10.1090/rspb.2010.2344.
Kenkel, CD. (2008) Coral disease: baseline surveys in the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand.
Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, 69, 43-53.
PRESENTATIONS/
INVITED TALKS
“Transcriptomic signatures of local adaptation in a Caribbean coral”, poster at Gordon Research
Conference on Evolutionary and Ecological Genomics, July 2013
“Physiological and genetic underpinnings of local coral adaptation in the Florida Keys”,
International Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, January 2013
“Gene expression biomarkers of acute and chronic heat stress in a reef-building coral”, poster at
the SICB Annual Meeting, January 2013
“Investigating mechanisms of local thermal adaptation in Porites astreoides” Weekly seminar,
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD Australia, July 2012
“Evidence of local thermal adaptation in Porites astreoides in the Florida Keys” International
Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, QLD Australia, July 2012
“Multi-scale investigation into a coral’s thermal stress response” Population Biology Seminar
Dept. of Integrative Biology, The Univ. of Texas at Austin, January 2012
“Evidence of local thermal adaptation in a Caribbean coral” International Society for Integrative
and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, January 2012
“An introduction to thermal adaptation “, Guest Lecture, St. Edward’s University, Nov 2011
“Evidence of local thermal adaptation in a reef-building coral” Ecological Society of America
Meeting, Austin, TX, August 2011
“Reef-building corals: Not just rocks”, Science Under the Stars Public Outreach, March 2011
“Integrative gene expression analysis of stress response in Porites astreoides” International
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, January 2010
“Life after a Mote REU Internship: Marine Science Research Opportunities” invited talk at
Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, June 2009
“Coral Disease in Thailand” presentation at the nationwide Coral Reefs Meeting held at the
Phuket Marine Biological Center, May 2008
TEACHING:
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin
• BIO165U - Systems Physiology Lab: fall 2012
• BIO325 - Genetics: fall 2009, fall 2010, fall 2011
• BIO448L - Invertebrate Biology: spring 2010, spring 2011, spring 2013
Assistant Instructor
• The Art of Gene Expression Analysis at Mote Marine Tropical Research Lab, Summerland
Key, FL; June 2013: taught laboratory and bioinformatic protocols for RNAseq and QPCR.
• QPCR for Coral Biologists at Mote Marine Tropical Research Lab, Summerland Key, FL;
August 2010 and July 2011
• Biomarkers of Coral Health and Disease Advanced Course at Mote Marine Tropical Research
Lab, Summerland Key, FL; July 2009
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT:
• Okinawa Integrative Biology Course, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa
Japan, May 2013
BROADER IMPACTS:
• Manuscript Review: PLoS ONE, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, BMC
Genomics
• Undergraduate research mentor:
Previous Students: Monica Traylor (co-author on Proc R Soc B paper), Sarah
Guermond (now a graduate student in the lab of Eli Meyer at Oregon State), Anna
Sessa
Current Students: Albert Almanza, Karen Pereia, Sam Setta, Kathryn Thompson, Chris
Wood, Ava Ibanez
• Galindo Elementary Career Day Presenter, 2013
• Darwin Day Presenter, 2013
• Marine Science Club invited speaker, 2013
• UT Research Internship Program Mentor for Crockett High Student Raven Mitchum,
academic year 2011-2012
• SURGE Roads to research invited discussion panelist, 2011
• Girl Scouts STEM FEST volunteer, 2011
• Annual Women In Science Day Presenter (2009, 2010, 2011,2012)
• Citizen Schools Volunteer Teacher, Feb – May 2011
• Barrington Elementary Career Day Presenter, 2010