CURRICULUM VIT®

 

Name: MARIA CELIA (Machel) DEFRANCE MALAY

Department of Biology, University of Florida

& Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611-8525 USA

E-mail: malay@flmnh.ufl.edu

Telephone: (1 352) 273 1977

 

Research Interests

Phylogenetics, systematics, and biogegography of marine invertebrates; biology of coral symbionts; Indo-West Pacific coral reef biology and biodiversity; management of coastal resources and invertebrate fisheries.


Education

Graduate Studies:

 M.S.-Ph.D. Program

 Department of Zoology (now Biology)

 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 August 2002 - present

 

 M.S. Program

 Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman

 November 1999 Ð April 2002  

Undergraduate:    

 B.S. Biology

 Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines, Diliman

 June 1994 Ð April 1998

 

Publications and manuscripts

Malay, MCD and G Paulay. Accepted. Peripatric speciation drives diversification and distributional patterns of reef hermit crabs (Decapoda: Diogenidae: Calcinus). Evolution.

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 Ð 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 Ð 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.

 

Conference presentations; invited lectures; websites

ÒDiversity and speciation of the coral-dwelling barnacles (Balanomorpha: Pyrgomatidae)Ó. Invited talk presented at The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting; Sept 20-24, 2009. Tokyo, Japan.

ÒPeripatric speciation drives diversification and distributional patterns of reef hermit crabsÓ (Decapoda: Diogenidae: Calcinus)Ó. Poster presented at The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting; Sept 20-24, 2009. Tokyo, Japan.

ÒPhylogenetics, biogeography, host-specificity, and speciation in the coral-dwelling barnaclesÓ. Paper presented at the 1st UF Marine Biology Meeting; Jan 29-30, 2009. St. Augustine, Florida, USA.

Malay, MCD. 2009. Invertebrate Zoology Ð Spring 2009. http://www.zoology.ufl.edu/COURSES/zoo2203/2009spring/ paulay/index.html

ÒPhylogeneticsÓ. Guest lecture in PCB 3063 Ð Genetics, University of Florida; December 2, 2008.

ÒPhylogenetics and speciation of coral barnacles (Pyrgomatidae), with emphasis on the genus TrevathanaÓ. Paper presented at the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. Jul 7-14 Jul 2008. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

ÒPhylogenetics, speciation, and biogeography of hermit crabs (Calcinus) and coral-dwelling barnacles (Pyrgomatidae)Ó. Invited seminar, University of the Philippines Ð Marine Science Institute; Jun 17, 2008.

ÒSystematics. phylogenetics, & biogeography of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Pyrgomatidae)Ó. Invited lecture, Dr. K-Y Soong Research Laboratory, Kuroshio Research Group, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Jun 26, 2007.

Malay, MCD. 2006 upwards. The coral-dwelling barnacles (Family Pyrgomatidae): Taxonomy and identification. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology /pyrgomatidae/index.html

Malay, MCD and G Paulay. Phylogeny of Indo-Pacific reef-inhabiting hermit crabs, with special emphasis on the diogenid genus Calcinus. Poster presented at the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium.  Jun 28 Ð Jul 2, 2004. Okinawa, Japan.

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. Paper presented at the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium. Oct 23 Ð 27, 2000. Bali, Indonesia.

ÒIntroduction to Cladistics & PhylogeneticsÓ. Guest lecture in PCB 4674 Evolution, University of Florida; March 2007.

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. Paper presented at the 5th PAMS National Symposium in Marine Science. October 18-19, 1999. Marine Science Institute University of  the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. Also presented at the 3rd Asia Pacific Marine Biotechnology Conference. Nov 28ÐDec 1, 1999, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.

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 PAMS National Symposium in Marine Science. Oct 18-19, 1999. Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.


Fellowships & awards

Best Student Poster, The Crustacean Society Summer Meeting in Tokyo (for the poster ÒPeripatric 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; University of Florida (2009)

Travel Grant for Symposium speakers, The Carcinological Society of Japan (2009)

Travel Grant, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Florida (2009)

Travel Grant, Office of Research & Graduate Programs, University of Florida (2009)

Best Published Paper in Marine Fisheries, Elvira O. Tan Memorial Awards, Department of Agriculture, Republic of the Philippines (for the paper ÒEnhancing the recovery of depleted Tripneustes gratilla stocks through grow-out culture and restockingÓ by Juinio-Me–ez et al.; 2008)

Kuroshio Research 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)

Summer 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 Ð 2006)

AFMA Best Research Paper Award (unpublished category), 12th Bureau of Agricultural Research National Research Symposium, Oct 2000 (for the paper ÒEnhancement effect of sea urchin grow-out cages in Lucero, Bolinao, PangasinanÓ by Malay et al.)

Travel grant from the David & Lucile Packard Foundation for the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium (2000)


Service

Reviewer, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology

 

Professional memberships

Americal Microscopical Society; Society for the Study of Evolution; The Crustacean Society

 

Media interviews

ÒGulf of Mexico yields a wealth of undersea animalsÓ, The Gainesville Sun, December 5 2006 (http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061205/LOCAL/612040343/-1/news).


Work experience

Teaching assistant, Invertebrate Zoology; University of Florida, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, & Spring 2009

Supervisor: Dr. Gustav Paulay

Teaching assistant, Genetics; University of Florida, Fall 2008

Supervisor: Dr. Marta Wayne

Teaching assistant, Evolution; University of Florida, Fall 2007

Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Kimball

Teaching assistant, Integrated Principles of Biology I; University of Florida, Fall 2004

Supervisor: Dr. Kent Vliet

Research assistant for the Sea Urchin Research Project (Jan 1999 Ð Oct 2000)

Project Leader:  Dr. Marie Antonette Juinio Ð Me–ez (UP Marine Science Institute)

Editorial assistant in the preparation of the book ÒPhilippine Coral Reef AtlasÓ (Sept Ð Dec 1998)

Supervisor:  Dr. Porfirio M. Ali–o (UP Marine Science Institute)


Field experience

Independent fieldwork and participation in scientific expeditions in the Philippines (with the University of the Philippines - Marine Science Institute & the Museum National dÕHistoire Naturelle, Paris), Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands (with the University of Florida, University of Guam, & NOAA), the northern Line Islands (with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD), French Polynesia (with the FACE program and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Perpignan, France), 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 La RŽunion (with the UniversitŽ de La RŽunion).

 

Participation in large group expeditions:

UP-MSI expedition to Northern Palawan, the Philippines; Oct 1998 (Expedition leader: Dr L David)

UP-MSI expedition to Northern Palawan and Tubbataha Reef, the Philippines; 1999 (Expedition leader: Dr P Ali–o)

UP-MSI/DLSU expedition to the Pacific Seaboard of the Philippines; 2000 (Expedition leader: Dr W Licuanan)

NOAA expedition to the Northern Marianas Islands; Aug 2003 (Expedition leader: Dr R Brainard)

MNHN expedition to Panglao, Central Visayas, the Philippines; 2004 (Expedition leader: Dr M Bouchet)

UCSD-SIO expedition to the Line Islands; 2005 (Expedition leader: Dr E Sala)

TAAF/Univ.-RŽunion expedition to the Iles Eparses, W Indian Ocean; Apr-May 2009 (Expedition leaders: Drs H Bruggeman & M Guillaume)

 

SCUBA certifications

PADI Rescue Diver; TDI Nitrox Certification; AAUS Scientific Diver

Languages spoken

Fluent in Tagalog (Filipino), English, & French


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