Katherine L. Dosch University of Colorado, Ramaley N122, Campus Box 334, Boulder, CO 80309 (507) 269-6201 EDUCATION University of Colorado, Boulder, CO Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, in progress Advisor: Dr. Pieter Johnson
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI GIS Certificate, Aug 2006
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI Bachelor of Natural Sciences, Wildlife Ecology, May 2005 Graduated with Distinction
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS 2010 - 2013 Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, $135,000. 2010 Departmental Research Grant, University of Colorado, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, CO, $1,200. 2010 Sigma Xi Grants-In-Aid, Sigma Xi, Research Triangle Park, NC, $400. 2009 Departmental Research Grant, University of Colorado, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Boulder, CO, $2,100. 2009 Van Riper Burt Award Research Grant, University of Colorado, Museum of Natural History, Boulder, CO, $654. 2009 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Arlington, VA. 2005 Juday Fellowship for Undergraduate Research, University of Wisconsin, Trout Lake Research Station, Minocqua, WI, $4,000. 2004-2005 McCabe Scholarship, University of Wisconsin, Department of Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, $1,000. 2001-2005 Watson Scholarship, IBM, Rochester, MN, $8,000.
RESEARCH AND FIELD EXPERIENCE 2006-2007 GIS
Analyst, First American Spatial Solutions, Madison, WI. Contracted for the Urban Explorer project for NAVTEQ. Collected data for the municipal boundary, school district, and fire station location databases. Responsible for general GIS, including data acquisition, GPS use, database creation, management, and spatial analysis. 2005-2006 GIS Intern, National Park
Service, Midwest Regional GIS Office, Madison,
WI. Worked with the WFMI and FPSS programs and was responsible for the creation and editing of databases, heads up digitizing, cartography, and spatial analysis. Internship project used spatial analysis techniques, located possible dug-outs, created a park map, and built a general data model for Nicodemus National Historic Site. 2005-2006 Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Madison, WI. Sorted benthic invertebrate surveys from the Northern Temperate Lakes Long Term Ecological Research site. Responsible for general benthic invertebrate taxonomy and data entry. 2005 Juday
Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, Trout Lake
Research Station, Minocqua,
WI. Developed, implemented, and analyzed a research project on the bioenergetics of parasitized vs. un-parasitized snails. 2005 Research Assistant, University
of Wisconsin, Center for Limnology, Madison, WI. I studied the amphibian parasite, Ribeiroia ondatrae, which causes deformities in frogs, and a Daphnia chytrid parasite causing declines in zooplankton. I researched aspects of the entire life cycle of R. ondatrae, including birds, snails and amphibians. I became proficient in survey and capture methods for aquatic systems. 2004 Research Assistant, University
of Wisconsin, Department of Wildlife
Ecology Raton,
NM. I studied brown-headed cowbird foraging behavior and was responsible for insect surveys and taxonomy, bird surveys, behavioral studies, and data entry.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2010 Teaching Assistant, parasitology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Rating of 5.6 out of 6. 2009 Teaching Assistant, general biology for non-science majors, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Rating of 5.4 out of 6. 2008-2009 Teaching Assistant, general biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Rating of 5.38 out of 6 and a grade of A- from the department. 2008-2009 Mentor, high school research program, Boulder Valley School District, Boulder, CO. Mentor a high school student, Amber Mayfield, from New Vista High School in scientific research. Amber designed and implemented a project on the effects of snail size on infection levels and took 3rd at the Boulder County Science Fair.
PUBLICATIONS Johnson, P.T.J., J.M. Chase, K.L. Dosch, R.B. Hartson, J.A. Gross, D.J. Larson, D.R. Sutherland, and S.R. Carpenter. 2007. Aquatic eutrophication promotes pathogenic infection in amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 104:15781-86.
TECHNICAL REPORTS Dosch, K.L., Johnson, P.T.J., and McKenzie, V.J. 2008. Northern leopard frog (Lithobates [=Rana] pipiens) sampling protocol for Colorado. Prepared for the Colorado Division of Wildlife.
CONTRIBUTED ORAL PRESENTATIONS Dosch, K.L., Johnson, P.T.J. 2010. Anthropogenic land use change shifts freshwater aquatic community composition: Parasites and their hosts response to cattle grazing. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, August 3, 2010.
SEMINARS AND GUEST LECTURES Dosch, K.L. 2010, Avian Malaria, Parasitology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, April 19th, 2010. Dosch, K.L. 2010. Human Malaria, Parasitology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, April 14th, 2010. Dosch, K.L. 2009. Reproduction of animals. General Biology 1220, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, Feb 20th, 2009. Dosch, K.L. 2005. Bioenergetics of infected versus uninfected snails. Trout Lake Research Station Seminar Series, Minocqua, WI, Aug 15, 2005.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2009 Reviewer for American Naturalist 2008 Reviewer for International Journal of Parasitology
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2009 Investigating Careers in the Environment (ICE) graduate student panel member 2008-2010 Graduate Teacher Program 2008 Professional Development: “Success in Graduate School”
MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMITTEES 2009-2010 Graduate Computer Committee, University of Colorado 2008-2010 Disease Discussion Group, University of Colorado 2004-2005 Gamma Sigma Delta, Honor Society of Agriculture, member 2002-2005 Wildlife Society, member 2005 Wisconsin Trappers Education and Certificate |