EDUCATION
PhD Student in Ecology, 2018 – present
Joint Doctoral Program in Ecology
University of California, Davis and San Diego State University
Advisors: Dr. Kevin Hovel and Dr. Jay Stachowicz
Area of Emphasis: Marine Ecology
B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2013 – 2017
B.S. Environmental Science, Natural Resources concentration
University of Connecticut
PUBLICATIONS
Becker, D.M., J.E. Griffin, and C. Miller. 2022. Identifying factors that contribute to positive and negative student experiences at field-based institutions (in) Women of the Wild: Challenging gender disparities at field stations and marine laboratories. Lexington Books, Washington, D.C.
Griffin, J.E., B.P. O'Malley and J.D. Stockwell. 2020. The freshwater mysid Mysis diluviana (Audzijonyte & Väinölä, 2005) (Mysida: Mysidae) consumes detritus in the presence of Daphnia (Cladocera: Daphniidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 40.
Griffin, J.E., G. Park, and H.G. Dam. 2019. Relative importance of nitrogen sources, algal alarm cues and grazer exposure on toxin production of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella. Harmful Algae 84: 181-187.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Completion of Research and Creative Activity (CORE) Fellowship, San Diego State University, $4,700, 2023
California Sea Grant, Pathways to Inclusive Research Training, (Co-PIs Brian Hentchel, Luke Miller, Gena Sbeglia, Lily McIntire and Paul Detwiler), $75,000, 2022
Ecological Society of America Graduate Student Policy Award, 2022
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship, $10,000, 2021, additional $10,000 in 2022
COAST Graduate Student Research Award, $3,000, 2021
Dr. Susan Lynn Williams Memorial Graduate Award, $1,000, 2021
Mesa Foundation Innovation Grant, $1,500, 2021
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Awarded, $138,000, 2019
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 2018
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates, $5,000, 2016
University of Connecticut, IDEA Grant Program, $4,000, 2015
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Griffin, J.E. and K.A. Hovel. 2022. Effects of invasive Asian mussels and eelgrass disturbance on native bivalve communities. Oral presentation. Western Society of Naturalists Meeting, Oxnard, CA.
Becker, D.M., J.E. Griffin, and C. Miller. 2021. Identifying factors that contribute to positive and negative student experiences at field-based institutions. Oral presentation. Ecological Society of America Virtual Meeting.
Griffin, J.E., and K.A. Hovel. 2019. Interactive effects of habitat disturbance and Asian mussel invasion on seagrass infauna communities. Poster presentation. Western Society of Naturalists, Ensenada, Mexico.
Griffin, J.E., and J.E. Marsden. 2018. Visual display of complex, multidimensional spatial data from acoustic telemetry. Poster presentation. Lake Champlain Research Conference, Burlington, VT.
Griffin, J.E., B.P. O’Malley, and J.D. Stockwell. 2017. Food quality and diet preference in Mysis diluviana. Poster presentation. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
Griffin, J.E., B.P. O’Malley, and J.D. Stockwell. 2016. Food quality and diet preference in Mysis diluviana. Poster presentation. REU 2016 Symposium, Burlington, VT.
Griffin, J.E., and H.G. Dam. 2016. The influence of red tide algae on prey selection of marine copepod Acartia tonsa. Poster presentation. UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition, Storrs, CT.
Griffin, J.E., G. Park, and H.G. Dam. 2015. Effects of nutrients and alarm cues on toxin production of marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense. Poster presentation. UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition, Storrs, CT.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Biology, San Diego State University 2023. Primary instructor. BIO: 354L: Experimental Ecology. 21 students.
Department of Biology, San Diego State University 2018 – 2019. Teaching Assistant. BIOL 354: Ecology & the Environment
Fall 2018: 50 undergraduate students; Spring 2019: 54 undergraduate students
University of Vermont Extension, Watershed Alliance. 2018. Watershed Educator.
PhD Student in Ecology, 2018 – present
Joint Doctoral Program in Ecology
University of California, Davis and San Diego State University
Advisors: Dr. Kevin Hovel and Dr. Jay Stachowicz
Area of Emphasis: Marine Ecology
B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2013 – 2017
B.S. Environmental Science, Natural Resources concentration
University of Connecticut
PUBLICATIONS
Becker, D.M., J.E. Griffin, and C. Miller. 2022. Identifying factors that contribute to positive and negative student experiences at field-based institutions (in) Women of the Wild: Challenging gender disparities at field stations and marine laboratories. Lexington Books, Washington, D.C.
Griffin, J.E., B.P. O'Malley and J.D. Stockwell. 2020. The freshwater mysid Mysis diluviana (Audzijonyte & Väinölä, 2005) (Mysida: Mysidae) consumes detritus in the presence of Daphnia (Cladocera: Daphniidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 40.
Griffin, J.E., G. Park, and H.G. Dam. 2019. Relative importance of nitrogen sources, algal alarm cues and grazer exposure on toxin production of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella. Harmful Algae 84: 181-187.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Completion of Research and Creative Activity (CORE) Fellowship, San Diego State University, $4,700, 2023
California Sea Grant, Pathways to Inclusive Research Training, (Co-PIs Brian Hentchel, Luke Miller, Gena Sbeglia, Lily McIntire and Paul Detwiler), $75,000, 2022
Ecological Society of America Graduate Student Policy Award, 2022
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Scholarship, $10,000, 2021, additional $10,000 in 2022
COAST Graduate Student Research Award, $3,000, 2021
Dr. Susan Lynn Williams Memorial Graduate Award, $1,000, 2021
Mesa Foundation Innovation Grant, $1,500, 2021
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Awarded, $138,000, 2019
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention, 2018
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates, $5,000, 2016
University of Connecticut, IDEA Grant Program, $4,000, 2015
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Griffin, J.E. and K.A. Hovel. 2022. Effects of invasive Asian mussels and eelgrass disturbance on native bivalve communities. Oral presentation. Western Society of Naturalists Meeting, Oxnard, CA.
Becker, D.M., J.E. Griffin, and C. Miller. 2021. Identifying factors that contribute to positive and negative student experiences at field-based institutions. Oral presentation. Ecological Society of America Virtual Meeting.
Griffin, J.E., and K.A. Hovel. 2019. Interactive effects of habitat disturbance and Asian mussel invasion on seagrass infauna communities. Poster presentation. Western Society of Naturalists, Ensenada, Mexico.
Griffin, J.E., and J.E. Marsden. 2018. Visual display of complex, multidimensional spatial data from acoustic telemetry. Poster presentation. Lake Champlain Research Conference, Burlington, VT.
Griffin, J.E., B.P. O’Malley, and J.D. Stockwell. 2017. Food quality and diet preference in Mysis diluviana. Poster presentation. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI.
Griffin, J.E., B.P. O’Malley, and J.D. Stockwell. 2016. Food quality and diet preference in Mysis diluviana. Poster presentation. REU 2016 Symposium, Burlington, VT.
Griffin, J.E., and H.G. Dam. 2016. The influence of red tide algae on prey selection of marine copepod Acartia tonsa. Poster presentation. UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition, Storrs, CT.
Griffin, J.E., G. Park, and H.G. Dam. 2015. Effects of nutrients and alarm cues on toxin production of marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense. Poster presentation. UConn Frontiers in Undergraduate Research Poster Exhibition, Storrs, CT.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Biology, San Diego State University 2023. Primary instructor. BIO: 354L: Experimental Ecology. 21 students.
Department of Biology, San Diego State University 2018 – 2019. Teaching Assistant. BIOL 354: Ecology & the Environment
Fall 2018: 50 undergraduate students; Spring 2019: 54 undergraduate students
University of Vermont Extension, Watershed Alliance. 2018. Watershed Educator.