Curriculum Vitae: Gretchen A. Gerrish
Education and
Employment:
July 2010 – Present: Assistant
Professor at University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, WI.
2007 – 2010: Assistant Professional Specialist
Faculty at University of Notre Dame: Notre Dame, IN
Assistant Director of the University of Notre Dame Environmental
Research Center (UNDERC) West Program
2001 – 2008: Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology at Cornell University: Ithaca, New York
1999 – 2001: M.S. in Natural Resources and
Environmental Sciences at University of Illinois:
Urbana - Champaign, Illinois
1994 – 1998: B.A. in biological sciences with
honors at Lawrence University: Appleton, Wisconsin
Awards, Grants and Fellowships:
2010 (Submitted to NSF July 9th) RUI: REVSYS: A
systematic revision of bioluminescent Caribbean ostracods (Cypridinidae)
and the role of sexually selected courtship displays in
speciation
2009 Funds granted from the University of Notre
Dame Office of International Studies, Dean of Science and Office
of Research to cover student participation and faculty expenses
associated with Coral Reef Ecology
2009 Initiated alumni contact for gift to
UNDERC endowment
2006 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
2005 Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Science;
American Museum of Natural History
2005 Orenstein Fund, Cornell University
2003, 2004 Mcgill Graduate Fellowsip, Shoals
Marine Laboratory
2003 International Travel Grant; Cornell
University
2002 Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research,
American Scientific
2001 Cornell Fellowship for graduate research
Curriculum Development and
Instruction:
2008, 2009 Coral Reef Ecology, University of
Notre Dame
- 2-week field course in Belize, Central America followed by a
5-week on-campus seminar. Organization included planning
academic content, financial structuring, international travel,
and managing risk and safety concerns.
2008, 2009 Marine Biology, University of Notre
Dame
- 40-lecture course focusing on physical, biological,
conservation and ecosystem aspects of marine systems.
2007, 2008 Practicum in Field Environmental
Biology, UNDERC West, University of Notre Dame
2009 - 10-week summer field course in Montana. I teach a module
on stream ecology and mentor 6-8 undergraduates on their
independent research projects each summer. 1-2 students wach
year turn these projects into senior honors theses or
publications.
2005, 2006 State of the Planet, Cornell
University
- Starting in 2005, I worked with a team of five graduate
students to develop an interdisciplinary course on
sustainability and global perspectives. As a teaching assistant,
I managed the course website and online assignments for >300
students, and assisted in discussion sections
Past and Present Professional
Associations:
Ecological Society of America, American Society of Limnology and
Oceanography, The Crustacean Society, American Association of
Underwater Scientists, Divers Alert Network, EEB Graduate
Student Association President, American Association of
University Women, Sigma Xi, Society for Comparative and
Integrative Biology, National Association of Biological
Teachers, State of the Planet Development Team
Volunteer and Outreach:
Cayuga Watershed Floating Classroom Instructor, Expanding Your
Horizons, Cornell Adult Education Evolution in the
Galapagos, 4-H youth aquatic field trips, Resident Scientific
Lecturer at International Zoological Expeditions - BZ, High
School Job Shadow program, Panelist – Cornell Women in Science