Metro Boston Regional Coordinator, MassBays National Estuary Partnership
Northeastern University
Education
EDUCATION
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2019 Ph.D., Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University
2008 B.A., Biology with Specialization in Marine Science, Boston University
summa cum laude
Experience
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
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2023-present Associate Research Scientist, MassBays NEP Metro Boston Regional
Coordinator, Northeastern University
2021-2023 Courtesy Postdoctoral Associate, Florida International University
2020-2023 Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology, National Science Foundation/
University of Florida
2017-2019 Research Project Assistant, Stony Brook University
2013-2018 Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation/Stony Brook
University, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Marine
Station at Fort Pierce, Radboud University Nijmegen
2009-2013 Scientist II, ARCADIS US
2009 Risk Assessor, AMEC Earth & Environmental
2008 Assistant Laboratory Technician, Boston University
Funding
GRANTS AND AWARDS
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2020-2023 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology
2017-2018 National Science Foundation GROW Fellowship, Radboud University Nijmegen
2017 Link Foundation Fellowship, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
2017 National Science Foundation GRIP Fellowship, Smithsonian Marine Station at
Fort Pierce
2016-2018 Stony Brook University Graduate Council Fellowship
2016 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Short-Term Fellowship
2016 National Science Foundation GRIP Fellowship, Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute
2013-2016 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Contributed
Presentations
SELECT CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS (LAST 5 YEARS)
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Chin DW (2024) Help from near or far? Considering spatial scales of interaction when using infaunal bivalve facilitation in seagrass restoration. World Seagrass Conference 2024 and International Seagrass Biology Workshop 15, Napoli, Italy.
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Chin DW (2023) Help from near and far: potential uses for infaunal bivalve-seagrass facilitation in seagrass restoration. CERF 27th Biennial Conference, Portland, OR.
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Chin DW, de Fouw J, van der Heide T, Cahill B, Katcher K, Paul V, Campbell J, Peterson BJ (2022) Environmental context dependence of positive interactions between chemosymbiotic bivalves and seagrasses. World Seagrass Conference 2022 and International Seagrass Biology Workshop 14, Annapolis, MD.
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Chin DW, de Fouw J, van der Heide T, Cahill B, Katcher K, Paul V, Campbell J, Peterson BJ (2021) Facilitation of seagrasses by chemosymbiotic bivalves ranges from facultative to obligate. CERF 26th Biennial Conference, virtual.
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Chin DW, Zhu Q, Volkenborn N, Graffam M, Aller RC, Peterson BJ (2019) Multi-optode imaging supports potential biogeochemically mediated mutualism between a temperate seagrass and a chemosymbiotic bivalve. CERF 25th Biennial Conference, Mobile, AL.
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Chin DW, de Fouw J, van der Heide T, Cahill B, Katcher K, Paul V, Campbell J, Peterson BJ (2019) Lucinid clams increase the resilience of seagrass to multiple environmental stressors. 48th Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, St. John’s, NL.
Invited
Talks
SELECT INVITED TALKS (LAST 5 YEARS)
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(2023) Feeding vs Flushing, and Other Outstanding Questions in Chemosymbiotic Bivalve-Sediment Interactions. Nereis Park Seminar Series (virtual).
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(2022) Help from Near and Far: Bivalve-Seagrass Symbioses and Their Potential Uses in Seagrass Restoration. Georgia Southern University Department of Biology Fall Seminar Series, Statesboro, GA.
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(2021) Power of the Positive: Ecological Interactions Between Chemosymbiotic Bivalves and Seagrasses. University of Vienna Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science (virtual).
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(2019) Introduction to Eelgrass, a Critical Estuarine Habitat. Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program Master Teacher Workshop, Southampton, NY.​
Teaching
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
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2008-2010 Expert Tutor, Inspirica, Newton Center, MA
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GUEST POSITIONS
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2024 Guest Speaker, New England Marine Biomes, Northeastern University
2019 Guest Lecturer, Coastal Oceanography, Stony Brook University
2015 Guest Lecturer, Experimental Marine Biology, Stony Brook University
2014, 2015, 2018 Guest Speaker, Long Island Marine Habitats, Stony Brook University
2013-2015, 2018 Guest Laboratory Instructor, Experimental Marine Biology, Stony Brook
University
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MENTORING, SERVICE, AND OUTREACH
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2022-present STEM Professional Pen Pal, Letters to a Pre-Scientist
2020-2022 Antiracist Action Working Group for Early Career Scholars, University
of Florida
2017 Mentor, Brianna Cahill, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
2017 Mentor, Emily Kollmer, Stony Brook University
2016-2018 Mentor/Coordinator, Peterson Laboratory (45+ undergraduate and high
school interns), Stony Brook University
2016 Mentor, William Wied, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2014-2017 Volunteer Research Assistant, Shinnecock Bay Restoration Program
2012-2013 Lead Co-Chair, Risk Assessment and Ecological Sciences Young Scientists,
ARCADIS US
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TRAINING
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2021 Great Teaching Certificate, University of Florida Center for Teaching
Excellence
2019 Scientists Teaching Science, New York Academy of Sciences
Peer
Review
PEER REVIEW
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Biogeochemistry
Communications Biology
Estuaries and Coasts
Experimental Results
Harmful Algae
Journal of Ecology
Marine Ecology Progress Series
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Affiliations
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF)
National Shellfisheries Association (NSA)
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