JOHN D. ZARDUS – Curriculum Vitae
Department of Biology
The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina
171 Moultrie Street
Charleston, SC 29409
U.S.A.
office: (843) 953-7511
home: (843) 763-3671
fax:
(808) 953-7264
e-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D., 1998, (Biology) Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Dissertation: “Larval development and autecology of the protobranch bivalve Acila
castrensis” Advisor: M. Patricia Morse
M.S., 1991, (Zoology) Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
Thesis: “Diet of the barnacle Balanus nubilus (Darwin) and the effects of the anemone
Metridium senile (Linnæus) on its feeding” Advisor: Lee F. Braithwaite
B.S., 1988, (Zoology) Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
Minor: Botany
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests lie in the evolution and ecology of marine invertebrates. The scope of
my work extends to larval biology, field ecology, population genetics and molecular
systematics. I am presently studying the attachment biology of barnacles that are commensal
with sea turtles, whales and other marine hosts. Using a combination of microscopical
observations of functional morphology, laboratory experiments in chemical ecology,
benchwork in molecular genetics, and field studies on larval recruitment, I am seeking to
understand how symbiotic barnacles recognize and attach to their specific hosts.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Interested in ecological processes and biological diversity generally, I relish explaining to
introductory biology students the patterns of ecosystem function and the evolutionary
processes that drive the tremendous diversity of life on this planet. I also specialize in
teaching marine biology and invertebrate zoology to upperclass and graduate students. I
teach biology in the framework of ecological patterns and processes with an emphasis on
evolutionary theory and guided by my philosophy of teaching about life where it lives
whenever possible. Mentoring, to me, is integral to teaching and I invite students to join in
my research and am eager to assist them in their journey of professional development.
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Full Professor, Department of Biology, The Citadel, 2015 – present.
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, The Citadel, 2009 – 2015.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, The Citadel, 2005 – 2009.
Adjunct Faculty, College of Charleston, Grice Marine Lab, Graduate Program in Marine Biology
& Master of Science in Environmental Studies, 2006 – present.
Curatorial Affiliate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History,
Yale University, 2016 – present.
POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS HELD
Research Fellow, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 2001-2005
Population linkages in a barnacle introduced to Hawaii; biofouling studies of marine
invertebrates using larval bioassays of settlement and adhesion (Michael G. Hadfield P.I.).
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts – Boston, MA 1999-2001
Population genetics of deep-sea mollusks, utilizing formalin-preserved specimens collected
throughout the deep Atlantic (Ron J. Etter and Michael A. Rex co-P.I.’s).
RESEARCH SUPPORT AWARDED
External Awards
National Science Foundation
2007-12
NSF Initiative, Assembling the Tree of Life - Collaborative Research: “Phylogeny
on the Half-Shell -- Assembling the Bivalve Tree of Life”, Senior Collaborator
(P.I. Gonzalo Giribet, Harvard University, NSF Award No. DEB-0732903 for
$1,153,303), Citadel subcontract $25,816.
Faculty Research Awards
Citadel Foundation
2016-17
The Intertwined Biology of Endangered Sea turtles and their Epibionts, $2,948
2015-16
Characterizing Whale Barnacle Relationships through Molecular Genetics and
Radiological Imaging, $2,952.
2014-15
Characterizing Microbial Biofilms from Sea-turtle Shell, $2,249 awarded.
2013-14
Genetic Population Connectivity of the Sea Whip Barnacle, Conopea galeata,
$2,993.
2012-13
On the Origin of Commensalism in Barnacles, $3,000.
2011-12
The platylepadinine Barnacles of Sea Turtles: “endless forms most beautiful”,
$3,000.
2010-11
Barnacles as Indicators of Dolphin Population Boundaries, $3,000.
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2009-10
Bungled Barnacles: Investigating the Taxonomic Status of Barnacles Displaying
Morphological Plasticity Relative to Substratum Selection, $2,198.
2008-09
Reproduction and Larval Development of the Titan Acorn Barnacle,
Megabalanus coccopoma, a Pacific Invader Resident in SC, $2,580.
2008 (June) Deep sea sampling expedition (funded by Star of the West Foundation), $1,154.
2007-08
Genetic Relationships Among Barnacles Associated with Marine Mammals, $2,951.
2006-07
Genetic Relationships Among Barnacles Associated with Sea Turtles, $2,944,
2005-06
Morphological Diversity Among Barnacles Associated with Sea Turtles, $2,838.
Faculty Development Awards
Citadel Foundation
2015
Field Collection of Barnacles from Sea Turtles in Costa Rica, Goldring-Gund
Marine Biology Station, Playa Grande, Costa Rica, March 19 – 25, $1,080.
2012
Museum Collections Training and Course Exploration, Museum of Tropical
Queensland, Townsville, Australia, November 6 – December 20, $2,500.
2011
Collaborative Meeting to Author Marine Biology Lab-Manual, Oregon Institute
of Marine Biology, Charleston, Oregon, June 13 - 15, $1,635.
2010
Light Microscopy for the Biosciences, MUSC, Charleston, SC, June 6 - 11, $650.
2009
Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole,
MA, 26 July - 7 August, $2,000.
SABBATICAL LEAVE
2012-2013
On the Origin of Commensalism in Barnacles, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
(Nov. 6 – Dec. 20, 2012) and Charleston, SC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching
The Citadel, Department of Biology, Charleston, SC
Methods & Applications in Science (Biol 330), majors teaching track mentor
fall: 13-15
Senior Leadership Integration Seminar (LDRS 411)
fall: 13-14
Introduction to Biology I (Biol 130), majors core lecture course
fall: 11, 13, 15, 16
Introduction to Biology Lab I (Biol 131), majors core lab course
fall: 13-14, 15, 16
Introduction to Biology II (Biol 140), majors core lecture course
spring: 06-12, 14-17
Introduction to Biology Lab II (Biol 141), majors core lab course
spring: 06-11, 15
Research Intern (Biol 320), undergrad directed research
fall/spring: 06-12, 14-15
Honors Directed Research Project (HONR 400), undergrad directed research
spring 14
Invertebrate Zoology (Biol 301), jr/sr majors lab & lecture course
fall: 07, 11; spring: 16
Tropical Rainforest & Reef Ecology (Biol 412/610), study away field course
maymester:
Belize 06-09, 15; Panama 10, 16; Costa Rica 11; Puerto Rico 12; Trinidad & Tobago 14
General Biology I (Biol 101), non-majors core lecture course
fall: 06-10
General Biology Lab (Biol 111), non-majors core lab course
fall: 05, 07
Freshwater Biology (Biol 426), majors lab & lecture course
fall: 06, 09, 14; spring 12
Marine Biology (Biol 409), majors lab & lecture course
fall: 05, 08, 10, spring: 14, 17
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Marine Biology (Biol 409/509), combined grad & undergrad
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sum 08, sum 12, sum 15
College of Charleston, Grice Marine Lab – Graduate Program in Marine Biology, Charleston, SC
Deep Sea Biology (Biol 650), graduate seminar course
spring 08
Cornell University – Shoals Marine Lab, Appledore Island, Maine
Field Marine Biology and Ecology, zoology portion of u.g. course
(Kathy Ann Miller co-instructor)
Field Marine Science II, ecology portion of undergrad course
(Megan Dethier co-instructor)
Wheelock College, Boston, MA
Intro. to Oceanography, undergrad non-majors science elective
summer 2000-01
summer 1995
fall 1997
Mentoring & Advising
The Citadel, Department of Biology, Charleston, SC
2014/15 Research Interns: Michael Rokusek (BIOL), Ricardo Caporale (HONR)
2011/12 Research Interns: Quentin Gaddy (BIOL), Ricardo Caporale (BIOL)
2010/11 Research Interns: Suzanne Gay (BIOL), Art Jordan (BIOL), Charles McRae (HESS),
Thomas Morin (HESS), Zachary Northcutt (BIOL), Jaroslav Vorac (BIOL)
2008/09 Research Interns: Cody Martinez (BIOL), Mike Pierce (BIOL), and Greg Schulman
(BIOL), Jaroslav Vorac (BIOL)
2007/08 Research Interns: Alan Benda (BIOL), Jerry Edelson (BIOL), Avel Fernandez (BIOL),
Tyler Gardiner (BIOL), and David Lake (BIOL)
2006/07 Research Interns: Adam Ackerman (BIOL), and Maggie Bryan (HESS)
Theses advised, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC – Graduate Program in Marine Biology
(GPMB) & Master of Science in Environmental Studies (MES)
2017-present Meghan Reilly (GPMB), paternity and gender assignment in barnacles
2016-present Zachary Lane (GPMB), Turtle barnacles as biotoxin indicators
2013-2016
Lisa Scarano (MES), “Investigating the attachment biology of the tassel
barnacle, Xenobalanus globicipitis, and its incidence on dead and debilitated
dolphins” ProQuest 10133795
2008-11
Kelly Sloan (MES), “Influence of barnacles on debilitated sea turtles”
2007-10
Tucker Williamson (GPMB), “Molecular ecology of the barnacle
Megabalanus coccopoma over its introduced range in the southeastern
U.S.”
PROFESSIONAL & INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
Subject Editor, Marine Biology Research, deep-sea (exclusive of hydrothermal vents)
2005 – present.
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Invited Peer Reviews, Journals:
American Malacological Bulletin, Aquaculture, Aquatic Invasions, Biofouling, Biogeosciences
Discussions, Biological Bulletin, Biological Invasions, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society,
BioScience, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Crustaceana, Deep-Sea
Research Part I, Fieldiana, Fisheries Biology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Integrative
and Comparative Biology, International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation,
Invertebrate Biology, Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, Invertebrate Zoology,
Journal of Conchology, Journal of Crustacean Biology, Journal of Fish and Wildlife
Management, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Journal of
Molluscan Studies, Journal of Morphology, Journal of Natural History, Marine Biodiversity
Records, Marine Biology, Marine Biology Research, Marine Ecology, Marine Ecology Progress
Series, Molecular Ecology, Molecular Ecology Resources, Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution, Naturwissenschaften, Nautilus, Polish Polar Research, Proceedings of the Royal
Society of London (B), Southeastern Naturalist, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,
Zootaxa
Invited Peer Reviews, Grant Proposals:
National Science Foundation, research proposals (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2010, 2011)
NOAA, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, graduate fellowship (2008)
Symposia Organized:
Barnacle Biology: Essential Aspects and Contemporary Approaches, Society for Integrative
and Comparative Biology, January 7, 2012, Charleston, SC
Professional Organizations:
Chair, Div. Invert. Zoo., Soc. for Integrat. & Compar. Biol.
SICB Liason Officer, The Crustacean Society
Program Officer, Div. Invert. Zoo., Soc. for Integrat. & Compar. Biol.
Libbie H. Hyman Scholarship Committee, SICB
Secretary, American Microscopical Society
Member-at-Large, American Microscopical Society
University Committees (The Citadel):
Scholarships
Awards
Faculty Tenure & Promotion
Sabbaticals
Bowers Award committee (Dept. ad hoc)
CURE committee (Dept. ad hoc)
Undergrad. Res. Office (college, ad hoc)
2015 - present
2014 - present
2011 - 2014
2008 - 2013
2009 - 2011
2008
2006 - 2008, 2013 – 2016
2008 - 2016
2011 - 2012
2007 - 2008
2015
2013 – present
2016 – present
University Committees (College of Charleston, Graduate Program in Marine Biology):
Curriculum and Academic Planning (C of C) 2016 - present
Colloquium Committee (C of C)
2012 - 2016
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Nominating Committee (C of C)
2011 - 2012
ad hoc oral presentations judge, GPMB Colloquium 07, 08
ad hoc poster presentations judge, GPMB Colloquium Sep. 09
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Soc. for Integrative and Comparative Biol. (1991)
American Microscopical Society (1996)
The Crustacean Society (2003)
PUBLICATIONS
International Sea Turtle Society (2004)
Unitas Malacologica (2009)
Peer Reviewed Articles
24. Robinson, N.J., E.A. Lazo-Wasem, F.V. Paladino, J.D. Zardus, and T. Pinou. In press. Assortative
epibiosis on leatherback, olive ridley, and East Pacific green turtles in the Eastern Tropical
Pacific. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K.
23. Combosch, D.J., T.M. Collins, E.A. Glover, D.L. Graf, E.M. Harper, J.M. Healy, G.Y. Kawauchi, S.
Lemer, E. McIntyre, E.E. Strong, J.D. Taylor, J.D. Zardus, et al. 2017. A family-level Tree of Life
for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
107:191-208.
22. Ewers-Saucedo, C., J.D. Zardus, and J.P. Wares. 2016. Microsatellite marker discovery from
next-generation sequencing data and subsequent marker characterization in the epizoic
barnacle Chelonibia testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1798). PeerJ 4: e2019.
21. Robinson, N.J., R. Majewska, E.A. Lazo-Wasem, R. Nel, F.V. Paladino, L. Rojas, J.D. Zardus, and
T. Pinou. 2016. Epibiotic diatoms are universally present on all sea turtle species. PLoS ONE
11:e0157011.
20. Bieler R., P.S. Mikkelsen, T.M. Collins, E.A. Glover, V.L. González, D.L. Graf, E.M. Harper, J.M.
Healy, G.Y. Kawauchi, S. Staubach, E.E. Strong, J.D. Taylor, I. Tëmkin, J.D. Zardus, S. Clark, A.
Guzmán, E. McIntyre, P. Sharp, and G. Giribet. 2014. Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life –
an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters.
Invertebrate Systematics 28:32-115.
19. Sloan K., J.D. Zardus, and M.L Jones. 2014. Substratum fidelity and early growth in Chelonibia
testudinaria, a turtle barnacle especially common on debilitated loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
sea turtles. Bulletin of Marine Science 90:581-597.
18. Zardus J.D., D.T. Lake, M.G. Frick, and P.D. Rawson. 2014. Deconstructing an assemblage of
‘turtle’ barnacles: species assignments and fickle fidelity in Chelonibia. Marine Biology
161:45-59.
17. Sharma, P.P., J.D. Zardus, E.E. Boyle, V.L. González, R.M. Jennings, E. McIntyre, W.C. Wheeler,
R.J. Etter, and G. Giribet. 2013. Into the deep: A phylogenetic approach to the bivalve
subclass Protobranchia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69:188-204.
16. Pinou, T., E.A. Lazo-Wasem, K. Dion, and J.D. Zardus. 2013. Six degrees of separation in
barnacles? Assessing genetic variability in the sea-turtle epibiont Stomatolepas elegans
(Costa) among turtles, beaches, and oceans. Journal of Natural History 47:2193-2212.
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15. Zardus, J.D. 2012. Introduction to the symposium—“Barnacle Biology: Essential Aspects and
Contemporary Approaches”. Integrative and Comparative Biology 52:333-336.
14. Frick, M.G., J.D. Zardus, A. Ross, J. Senko, D. Montano-Valdez, M. Bucio-Pacheco, and I. SosaCornejo. 2011. Novel records and observations of the barnacle Stephanolepas muricata
(Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea); including a case for chemical mediation in turtle
and whale barnacles. Journal of Natural History 45: 629-640.
13. Blick, J.P., J.D. Zardus, and D. Dvoracek. 2010. The sea turtle barnacle, Chelonibia testudinaria
(Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea), from pre-Columbian deposits on San Salvador,
Bahamas. Caribbean Journal of Science 46:228-239.
12. Frick, M.G., J.D. Zardus and E. Lazo-Wasem. 2010. A new coronuloid barnacle subfamily,
genus and species from cheloniid sea turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural
History 51: 169–177.
11. Frick, M.G. and J.D. Zardus. 2010. A new Stomatolepas barnacle species (Cirripedia:
Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea) from leatherback sea turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum
of Natural History 51:123-136.
10. Frick, M.G. and J.D. Zardus. 2010. First authentic report of the turtle barnacle Cylindrolepas
darwiniana since it description in 1916. Journal of Crustacean Biology 30: 292-295.
9. Zardus, J.D., B.T. Nedved, Y. Huang, C. Tran, and M.G. Hadfield. 2008. Microbial biofilms
facilitate adhesion in biofouling invertebrates. Biological Bulletin 214:91-98.
8. Zardus, J.D. and G.H. Balazs. 2007. Two previously unreported barnacles commensal with the green
sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758), in Hawaii and a comparison of their attachment modes.
Crustaceana 80:1303-1315.
7. Zabin, C.J., J.D. Zardus, F. Pitombo, V. Fread and M.G. Hadfield. 2007. A tale of three seas:
consistency of natural history traits in a Caribbean-Atlantic barnacle introduced to Hawaii Biological
Invasions 9:523-544.
6. Zardus, J.D., R.J. Etter, M.R. Chase, M.A. Rex and E.E. Boyle. 2006. Bathymetric and
geographic population structure in the pan-Atlantic deep-sea bivalve Deminucula atacellana
(SCHENCK 1939). Molecular Ecology 15:639-651.
5. Zardus, J.D. and M.G. Hadfield. 2005. Multiple origins and incursions of the Atlantic barnacle
Chthamalus proteus in the Pacific. Molecular Ecology 14:3719-3733.
4. Zardus, J.D. and M.G. Hadfield. 2004. Larval development and complemental males in Chelonibia
testudinaria, a barnacle commensal with sea turtles. Journal of Crustacean Biology 24: 409-421.
3. Boyle, E.E., J.D. Zardus, M.R. Chase, R.J. Etter and M.A. Rex. 2004. Strategies for molecular
genetic studies of preserved deep-sea macrofauna. Deep-Sea Research 51:1319-1336.
2. Zardus, J.D. 2002. Protobranch bivalves. Advances in Marine Biology 42:1-65.
1. Zardus, J.D. and M.P. Morse. 1998. Embryogenesis, morphology and ultrastructure of the
pericalymma larva of Acila castrensis (Bivalvia: Protobranchia: Nuculoida). Invertebrate
Biology 117:221-244.
Book Chapters
2.
Zardus, J.D. and A. Martel. 2001. Phylum Mollusca: Bivalvia. In, Atlas of Marine Invertebrate
Larvae. C.M. Young, M. Sewell & M. Rice eds., pp. 289-325. Academic Press.
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Morse, M.P. and J.D. Zardus. 1997. Bivalvia. In, Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates Vol. 6A:
Mollusca II. F.W. Harrison and A.J. Kohn eds., pp. 7-118. Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Book Reviews
1. Zardus, J.D. 2008. Captivating and Valuable Perspectives on the Hidden Realm of the Deep
Sea. [review of The Silent Deep: The Discovery, Ecology and Conservation of the Deep Sea by
Tony Koslow, UNSW Press, Sydney, Australia, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-86840-415-8], Marine
Biology Research 4:239.
PRESENTATIONS (5 YRS)
Conference Presentations (*denotes presenter)
35. Zardus, J.D.* 2016 (oral). Rearing turtle barnacles from larva to adult on test surfaces using
revolving pipes. The Crustacean Society Mid-Year Meeting, July 11-13, National University of
Singapore, Singapore.
34. Zaghdoudi-Allan, N.A.*, M.A. Roberts, M.G. Frick, J.D. Zardus, and M. Andersson. 2014
(poster). Analysis of population genetic structure in the embedding turtle barnacle
Stephanolepas muricata. 34th International Sea Turtle Symposium, April 10-17, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
33. Sharma P.P.*, J.D. Zardus, E.E. Boyle, V.L. González, R.M. Jennings, E. McIntyre, P. Bouchet,
W.C. Wheeler, R.J. Etter, and G. Giribet. 2013 (oral). Into the deep: A phylogenetic approach
to the bivalve subclass Protobranchia. World Congress of Malacology, July 21-28, Azores,
Portugal.
32. Ewers C.*, J.D. Zardus and J.P.Wares. 2013 (oral). Male or no male? How hosts impact
reproductive patterns in a mostly androdioecious turtle barnacle. 42 nd Annual Benthic
Ecology Meeting, March 20-23, Savannah, Georgia.
31. Caporale R.A.V.* and J.D. Zardus. 2013 (poster). Genetic divergence across marine barriers in
a barnacle commensal with sea whips. Citadel Undergraduate Research Conference, March
8, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina (1st place Sigma Xi award).
30. Zardus J.D.* 2012 (oral). Introduction to the symposium - barnacle biology: essential aspects
and contemporary approaches. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, January 3-7,
Charleston, South Carolina.
Invited Talks
13. Whitney Marine Lab – University of Florida, Marineland, FL, Oct. 30, 2015. “Attachment Theory
and the Barnacle/Host Relationship: Making Close Connections with a Mobile Substratum.”
12. SAIL (regional conference of the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries
and Information Centers), The Citadel, Charleston, SC, May. 21, 2015. “Distribution and
Delivery in the Sea: How Hitchhiking Barnacles Make Tight Connections.”
11. Charleston Natural History Association, Charleston, SC, Nov. 12, 2014. “There’s No Place Like
Home: The Biology of Attachment in Barnacles on Mobile Hosts.”
10. School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia,
Nov. 26, 2012. “Parasites or Partners? Motives and Modes of Barnacle Epibiosis.”
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Greater Issues Forum, The Citadel, Military College of South Carolina, SC, Jan. 27, 2012.
“Adrift In the Sea: There’s No Place Like Home, Especially a Mobile Home.”
Media Interviews/Consultations/Blog Spots
5.
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Washington Post, 2015. “N.C. Shark attacks”
ScienceNews, Magazine of the Society for Science & the Public, January 15, 2013. “Finally, the
truth about barnacle sex is revealed”.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/347617/description/Finally_the_truth_about_
barnacle_sex_is_revealed