Maria
Celia (Machel) Defrance MALAY
Institute of
Marine
Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University
machel.malay@gmail.com
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Current
Position Research
Interests |
Post-doctoral
researcher, Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean
University (with Dr. Tim-Yan Chan) Phylogenetics,
systematics, biogeography, and population genetics of marine
invertebrates; tropical marine biology and biodiversity; coral
symbionts; management of coastal resources and invertebrate fisheries. |
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Education |
Ph.D. Zoology
University of Florida 2002-2010 Supervisor: Dr. Gustav
Paulay
M.S. Program in Marine
Science University of the
Philippines - Diliman 1998-2002 Supervisor: Dr. Marie
Antonette Juinio-Me–ez B.S. Biology University of the
Philippines - Diliman 1994-1998 Thesis co-advisors: Drs. Willie
Barraquio & Flerida Cari–o |
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Publications
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Malay, MCD and G Paulay. 2010. Peripatric
speciation drives diversification and distributional patterns of reef
hermit crabs (Decapoda: Diogenidae: Calcinus). Evolution 64(3): 634-662. Poupin, J and MCD Malay.
2009. Identification of a Ciliopagurus
strigatus (Herbst, 1804) species-complex, with description of a
new Ciliopagurus from French Polynesia (Decapoda,
Anomura, Diogenidae). Zoosystema 31(2): 209-232. Sandin, SA, JE Smith, EE DeMartini, EA
Dinsdale, SD Donner, AM Friedlander, T Konotchick, M Malay,
JE Maragos, D Obura, O Pantos, G Paulay, M Richie, F Rohwer, RE
Schroeder, S Walsh, JBC Jackson, N Knowlton, and E Sala. 2008.
Baselines and degradation of coral reefs in the northern Line
Islands. PLoS ONE 3(2): e1548.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001548 Juinio-Me–ez, MA, HGP Bangi, and MCD Malay. 2008. Effect of type of feed,
stocking density and grow-out site on gonad yield, growth and
survivorship of cultured sea urchin. Philippine
Agricultural Scientist 91(4): 439-449. Juinio-Me–ez, MA, HGP Bangi, MCD Malay, and D Pastor. 2008. Enhancing the
Recovery of Depleted Tripneustes gratilla Stocks
Through Grow-out Culture and Restocking. Reviews in
Fisheries Science 16(1-3): 35-43. Juinio-Me–ez, MA, MCD Malay,
and HGP Bangi. 2001. Sea Urchin Grow-Out Culture.
Coastal Resources management Tools. Enhancing Community Participation
in Fishery Resources Management Project, The Marine Science Institute,
University of the Philippines. The Royal Netherlands Embassy and the
Department of Agriculture Đ Bureau of Agricultural Research. 34 pages. Malay, MCD, MA Juino-Me–ez, and C Villanoy.
2000. Population genetic structure of the sea urchin Tripneustes
gratilla from selected sites in western Luzon and eastern
Philippines. In: Proceedings of the 9th
International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia, October 23 Đ
27, 1:107-111. Malay, MCD, HGP Bangi, and MA Juinio-Me–ez.
2000. Enhancement effect of sea urchin grow-out cages in Lucero,
Bolinao, Pangasinan. Science Diliman 12(2): 1-9. |
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Scientific
& Media Coverage |
ŇEvolution: Splitting on the EdgesÓ, Science (EditorŐs Choice Section) 327: 1555, 26 March
2010. ŇGulf of Mexico yields a wealth of undersea
animalsÓ, The Gainesville Sun, 5 Dec 2006 (http://www.gainesville.com/ apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061205/LOCAL/612040343/-1/news). |
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Invited
Seminars |
Diversity and speciation of the
coral-dwelling barnacles (Balanomorpha: Pyrgomatidae). Invited talk at The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting; Sept 2009; Tokyo,
Japan. Phylogenetics,
speciation, and biogeography of hermit crabs (Calcinus)
and coral-dwelling barnacles (Pyrgomatidae). Invited seminar,
University of the Philippines Đ Marine Science Institute; Jun 2008. Systematics,
phylogenetics, & biogeography of coral-inhabiting barnacles
(Pyrgomatidae). Invited lecture, Soong Research Laboratory, National
Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Jun 2007. |
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Contributed
Presentations |
Malay,
MCD. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Phylogenetics & speciation of
the coral-dwelling barnacles. Oral presentation at the 2nd
UF Marine Biology Meeting; Feb 2010; St. Augustine, FL, USA. Malay, MCD and G Paulay.
Peripatric speciation drives diversification and distributional
patterns of reef hermit crabsÓ (Decapoda: Diogenidae: Calcinus).
Poster presented at The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting;
Sept 2009; Tokyo, Japan. Malay,
MCD. Phylogenetics, biogeography, host-specificity, and speciation in
the coral-dwelling barnacles. Oral presentation at the 1st
UF Marine Biology Meeting; Jan 2009; St. Augustine, FL, USA. Malay,
MCD. Phylogenetics & speciation of coral barnacles (Pyrgomatidae),
with emphasis on the genus TrevathanaÓ. Oral
presentation at the 11th International Coral
Reef Symposium; Jul 2008; Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA. Malay
MCD, MA Juinio-Me–ez, HGP Bangi, and RMB Hapitan. Effect of
seasonality, lunar phase, stocking density, and grow-out site on the
gonad yield of the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla. Oral
presentation at the 5th Philippine Association
of Marine Science National Symposium; October
1999; Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. Malay,
MCD, MA Juino-Me–ez, and C Villanoy. Population genetics of the sea
urchin Tripneustes gratilla from selected sites in
western Luzon and eastern Philippines. Oral presentation at the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium; Oct
2000; Bali, Indonesia. Malay MCD, HGP Bangi, and MA
Juinio-Me–ez. Enhancement effect of sea urchin grow-out cages in
Lucero, Bolinao, Pangasinan. Poster
presented at the 5th Philippine Association of
Marine Science National Symposium; Oct 1999; Diliman, Quezon City,
Philippines. |
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Honors
and Fellowships |
Austin Award for excellence in natural
science research,
Florida Museum of Natural History (2010) Best Poster, The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting
in Tokyo (for the poster ŇPeripatric speciation drives diversification
and distributional patterns of reef hermit crabsÓ; 2009) Travel Grants, Dept. of Biology, Office of Research
& Graduate Programs, and Graduate Student Council; Univ. of Florida
(2009) Travel Grant for Symposium Speakers, The Carcinological Society of Japan
(2009) Best Published Paper in Marine Fisheries, Elvira O. Tan Memorial Awards, Dept.
of Agriculture, Republic of the Philippines (for the paper ŇEnhancing
the recovery of depleted T. gratilla stocks through
grow-out culture and restockingÓ by Juinio-Me–ez et al.; 2008) Kuroshio Visiting Researcher Fellowship, National Sun Yat-Sen University,
Taiwan (2007) Student Research Fellowship, American Microscopical Society (2007) Exchange Student, FACE Program (Ocean Bridges: A
Florida-France Training & Research Cooperative in Coral Reef
Conservation and Biodiversity) (2006) Lerner-Gray Grant for Marine Research, American Museum of
Natural History (2004) Travel Grant, Department of
Zoology, University of Florida (2004) Brian Riewald Memorial Fund Research
Grant, Department of
Zoology, University of Florida (2004) Lelia and William Brayfield Scholarship in Invertebrate Paleontology (2003) Alumni Fellow, University of Florida (2002 Đ 2006) Best Research Paper (Unpublished
Category), 12th
Bureau of Agricultural Research National Research Symposium, Oct 2000
(for the paper ŇEnhancement effect of sea urchin grow-out cages in
Lucero, Bolinao, PangasinanÓ by Malay et al.) Travel Grant, David &
Lucile Packard Foundation (2000) |
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Teaching |
Participation
in the Innovation Through Institutional Integration (i3) pedagogical
workshop ŇExpanding the Teaching Toolbox: Introduction to
Active and Scientific Teaching ApproachesÓ, March 26-27, 2010
Teaching
assistant, Invertebrate Zoology; Univ. of Florida,
Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2009, Spring 2010 Supervisor: Dr. Gustav Paulay Teaching
assistant, Genetics; Univ. of Florida, Fall 2008 Supervisor: Dr. Marta Wayne Teaching
assistant, Evolution; Univ. of Florida, Fall 2007 Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Kimball Teaching
assistant, Integrated Principles of Biology I; Univ.
of Florida, Fall 2004 Supervisor: Dr. Kent Vliet |
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Student
Supervision |
Karina Concha and Austin Perlmutter
(2009); both students were rigorously trained in lab techniques and
gained their first exposure to the philosophy and dynamics of a
research laboratory |
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Field
Experience |
Independent and group fieldwork in the
Philippines (with the University of the Philippines - Marine Science
Institute & the MusŽum national dŐHistoire naturelle), Guam &
the Northern Marianas Islands (with the University of Florida,
University of Guam, & NOAA), the northern Line Islands (with the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography), French Polynesia (with the FACE
program & Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), the Cook Islands,
Fiji, Taiwan (with the National Sun Yat-Sen University), Oman (with the
Sultan Qaboos University), Florida (with the University of Florida),
and RŽunion Island (with the UniversitŽ de La RŽunion). |
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Major
Expeditions |
TAAF/Univ.-RŽunion
expedition to the Iles Eparses, W Indian Ocean; Apr-May 2009
(Expedition leaders: Drs H Bruggeman & M Guillaume) UCSD-SIO expedition to
the Line Islands; Aug 2005 (Expedition leader: Dr E Sala) MNHN expedition to
Panglao Is., the Philippines; May- Jun 2004 (Expedition leader: Dr P
Bouchet) NOAA expedition to the
Northern Marianas Islands; Aug 2003 (Expedition leader: Dr R Brainard) UP-MSI/DLSU expedition
to the Pacific Seaboard of the Philippines; 2000 (Expedition leader: W
Licuanan) UP-MSI expedition to N
Palawan & Tubbataha, the Philippines; 1999 (Expedition leader: Dr P
Ali–o) UP-MSI expedition to N
Palawan, the Philippines; Oct 1998 (Expedition leader: Dr L David) |
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Service Professional
Memberships SCUBA
Certifications Languages |
Reviewer, Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology American Microscopical
Society; Society for the Study of Evolution; The Crustacean Society AAUS Scientific Diver;
PADI Rescue Diver; TDI Nitrox Certification. Active diver since 1998. Fluent in Tagalog
(Filipino), English, & French; knowledge of basic Spanish.
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