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Sara E. Boles, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies

San Francisco State University

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Researcher | 2020 - PresentUniversity of California, Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, Ultrasonography as a non-invasive to assess reproductive health in endangered black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii).United States Navy, Commander Pacific Fleet N62473-19-0023Postdoctoral Advisor: Jackson A. Gross, MSPH, Ph.D.
Ph.D. | 2020University of California, DavisPharmacology and Toxicology Graduate GroupDissertation: Effects of ocean acidification on the growth and survival in early-staged red abalone (Haliotis rufescens): Adaptive strategies for conservation and production aquaculture.Major Advisor: Dr. Andrew Whitehead; Dissertation Committee Members: Dr. Michael Miller and Dr. Eric Sanford

M.Sc. | 2014San Francisco State UniversityBiology with Distinction: Physiology and Behavioral BiologyThesis: Physiological cost of climate change in the native Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida). Major Advisor: Dr. Anne Todgham; Thesis Committee Members: Dr. Jonathon Stillman and Dr. Edward Carpenter
B.Sc.| 2010Marine Biology and LimnologyAcademic Advisor: Dr. Katharyn BoyerDean's List: 2007, 2009, 2010
PUBLICATIONS
Boles, S. E., Neylan, I. P., Rogers-Bennett, L., and Gross, J. A. (2022) Evaluation of gonad reproductive condition using non-invasive ultrasonography in red abalone (Haliotis rufescens). Frontiers in Marine Science (in press). 9: article 784481.
Boles, S. E. (2020). Effects of ocean acidification on the growth and survival in early-staged red abalone (Haliotis rufescens): Adaptive strategies for conservation and production aquaculture. Department of Environmental Toxicology. California: University of California, Davis.
Swezey, D. S., Boles, S. E., Aquilino, K. M., Stott, H. K., Bush, D., Rogers-Bennett, L., Whitehead, A., and Sanford, E. (2020). Evolved differences in energy metabolism and growth dictate the impacts of ocean acidification on abalone aquaculture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117: pp. 26513-26519. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2006810117
Masonbrink, R. E., Purcell, C. M., Boles, S. E., Whitehead, A., Hyde, J. R., Seethraram, A. S., and Severin, A. J. (2019). An annotated genome for Haliotis rufescens (red abalone) and resequenced green, white, black, pink, and pinto abalone species. Genome Biology and Evolution. 11 (2): pp. 431-438. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz006
PRESENTATIONS
Neylan, I. P., Swezey, D., S., Boles, S. E., Sih, A., and Stachowicz, J. (2021). Long-term effects of ocean acidification on red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) growth and performance. Western Society of Naturalists (Winner Best Student Oral Presentation).
Boles, S. E., Swezey D. S., Aquilino, K. M., Stott, H. K., Catton, C. A., Rogers-Bennett, L., Bush, D., Sanford, E., and Whitehead, A.(2020). Ocean acidification and settlement diet differentially affect survival between two populations of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens). West Coast Abalone Conservation Workshop (Oral Presentation).
Boles, S. E. (2019). Studies of ocean acidification in California abalone. University of California, Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory Research Seminar Series (Oral Presentation).
Boles, S. E., Swezey, D. S. , Aquilino, K. A., Stott, H. K., Bush. D., Catton, C. A., Gaylord, B., Rogers-Bennett, L., Sanford, E., and Whitehead, A. (2018) Maternal provisioning differentially affects survival of two populations of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens). Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association, Blaine, WA (Oral Presentation).
Boles, S. E., Swezey, D. S., and Aquilino, K. M. (2018). Effects of ocean acidification on larval and post-settlement on white abalone. Ecological Society of America, New Orleans, LA. (Poster Presentation).
Boles, S. E., Swezey, D. S. , Aquilino, K. A., Stott, H. K., Bush. D., Catton, C. A., Gaylord, B., Rogers-Bennett, L., Sanford, E., and Whitehead, A. (2017). Ocean acidification differentially affects survival of two populations of red abalone. Western Society of Naturalists, Pasadena, CA (Oral Presentation).
Swezey, D. S., Boles, S. E., Aquilino, K. M., Hill, T. M., Bush, D., Gaylord, B., Sanford, E., and Whitehead, A. (2016). Effects of ocean acidification on larval and post-settlement red abalone. Western Society of Naturalists, Monterey, CA (Oral Presentation).
Boles, S. E., Swezey, D. S., Aquilino, K. M., Catton, C. A., Hill, T. M., Bush, D., Stott, H. K., Gaylord, B., Rogers-Bennett, L., Sanford, E., and Whitehead, A. Red abalone as a model for climate change research and assessing adaptive potential. UC Conservation Genomics Consortium: Conservation and Gene Expression Workshop, Asilomar, CA (Oral Presentations).
Boles, S. E. (2016). developing resilience to ocean acidification in red abalone aquaculture. Fly Fisherman of Davis Association, Davis, CA (Oral Presentation).
Boles, S. E., Swezey, D. S. , Aquilino, K. M., Catton, C. A., Hill, T. M., Bush, D., Stott, H. K., Gaylord, B., Rogers-Bennett, L., Sanford, E., and Whitehead, A. (2016). The effects of diet on developing red abalone (Haliotis rufenscens) in response to acidification. 4^th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO₂ World, Hobart, Tasmania, AUS (Contributed Poster).
Boles, S. E. (2013). Physiological cost of climate change in the native Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida. The Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA (Master of Science Oral Thesis Defence).
Boles, S. E., Hettinger, A., Gaylord, B., Sanford, E., and Todgham, A. E. (2013). Physiological cost of future ocean conditions on larval development in the native Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference, San Francisco, CA. (Contributed Poster).
Boles, S. E. (2013). Physiological cost of climate change in the native Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida. The Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies Seminar Series, Tiburon, CA. (Research in Progress Oral Presentation).
Boles, S. E., Hettinger, A., Gaylord, B., Sanford, E., and Todgham, A. E. (2012). Metabolic cost of ocean acidification on growth and development of the native oyster, Ostrea lurida. 10^thInternational Larval Biology Symposium, Berkeley, CA. (Contributed Poster).
Boles, S. E., Hettinger, A., Gaylord, B., Sanford, E., and Todgham, A. E. (2012). Metabolic cost of ocean acidification on growth and development of the native oyster, Ostrea lurida. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Conference. Charleston, SC. (Contributed Poster).
AWARDS & RESEARCH GRANTS
2019 Pacific Coast Shellfish Grower's Association Student Scholarship $3002019 Sonoma County Fish & Wildlife Commission Al Gerhardt Scholarship $2,0002018 Pacific Coast Shellfish Grower's Association Student Scholarship $7502018 Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Award $2,8752016 Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group Fellowship $6,6922016 Fly Fishers of Davis & UC Davis Center for Aquatic Biology & Aquaculture $1,5002014 Jarena Wright Fellowship, University of California, Davis $8,2692013-2014 National Institute of Health Initiative for Maximizing Student Development Award $27,0002013-2014 Ines McMillan Fellowship, University of California, Davis $17,2612013-2014 UC Davis Pharmacology & Toxicology Graduate Group Fellowship $22,3902013 College of Science & Engineering (SFSU) Distinguished Graduate Award2012 College of Science & Engineering Advisory Board Scholarship $2,5002012 Vincent Constantino University Scholarship $1,0002012 National Institute of Health M.Sc./Ph.D Bridge Predoctoral Fellowship $18,0002012 San Francisco State University, Department of Biology $6752011 Council on Ocean Affairs, Science & Technology, California State University $1,5002011 California Association of Highway Patrolmen Memorial Scholarship $5002011 San Francisco State University Alumni Association $15002011 San Fransisco Bay Scholarship $5002011 College of Science and Engineering, San Francisco State University Travel Award $2002011 Council on Ocean Affairs, Science & Technology, California State University Travel Award $750
RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Animal Physiology
Biological Invasions & Climate Change
Biology of Fishes
Biometry
Behavioral Ecology
Cell Biology
Cells, Microbes, & Life
Comparative Genomics
Disease
Ecosystems Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Entomology
Environmental Fate of Toxicants
Environmental Geography
Environmental Physiology
Evolution
Geology
Genetics
Genetic Revolution
Herpetology
Magic, Myths, & Medicine
Marine Biology
Marine Invertebrate Zoology
Meteorology
Our Endangered Planet
Plant Physiology
Principles of Pharmacology & Toxicology I, II, III
Restoration Ecology
Survey of Marine Mammals
Wetland Ecology

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