JON CONWAY
2045 Bren Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 | 8312972278 | jconway@bren.ucsb.edu
EDUCATION
Bren School, UC Santa Barbara
Ph.D. in Environmental Science & Management – Advisor: Dr. Arturo Keller
Dissertation: “Fate, Transport, and Implications of Engineered Nanomaterials in Terrestrial Ecosystems”
Expected June 2015
2011 - Current
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara
B.S. in Ecology & Evolution
GPA 3.50
2009 - 2011
Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA
AA. in Biology, IGETC Certification
GPA 3.85 - Graduated with Honors
2008 - 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Bren School, UC Santa Barbara
Teaching Assistant – Earth Systems Science
Led discussion sections and assisted with grading.
Fall 2012 & 2013
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Bren School, UC Santa Barbara
Lab Assistant
University of California employee in Dr. Arturo Keller’s lab of the UC CEIN (University of California
Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology) at the Bren School of Environmental
Science & Management. Job activities included preparing stocks and experimental solutions and
generally assisting with research. Research topics have included studying the behavior of metal
oxide nanoparticles (NP) in aqueous matrices, investigating recapture methods for metal NP, and
determining toxicological effects and sequestration behavior of metal oxide NP on soil-grown
Clarkia.
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara
Research Intern
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) intern in Dr. Susan Mazer’s lab (Department of
Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology). Trained in anti-oxidant enzymatic and physical analysis of
Clarkia species.
January 2009 – January 2011
January 2009 – January 2010
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
“Effects and implications of trophic transfer and accumulation of CeO2 nanoparticles in a marine mussel”
Paper submitted to Environmental Science & Technology
2013 (Submitted)
“Trophic transfer and long-term accumulation of CeO2 nanomaterials in Mytilus galloprovincialis”
Poster presentation at the 243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Expo, CA
2012
“Uptake and physiological effects of two metal oxide nanomaterials on a soil-grown wildflower”
Poster presentation at the 1st Annual Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization conference, VA
2012
“Physiological impact of metal oxide nanoparticles in soil-grown Clarkia (Onagraceae)”
Poster presentation at the 241st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Expo, CA
2011
MEMBERSHIPS
University of California Center for the Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology
American Chemical Society
Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization
American Geophysical Union