EDUCATION
2016 Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology • University of Michigan
2009 M.S. Marine Biology • San Francisco State University • Estuary & Ocean Science Center
2005 B.A. Mathematics • Biology • University of Virginia
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Current Research Scientist • California Academy of Sciences • Ichthyology and Microbiology
Current Adjunct Research Professor • San Francisco State University
Current Sandler Faculty Fellow Affiliate • University of California, San Francisco
2018 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology • California Academy of Sciences, Ichthyology
2017 Postdoctoral Fellow • University of California, Berkeley • Molecular and Cell Biology
2015-16 Rackham Predoctoral Fellow • University of Michigan (UM)
2013-14 Carl L. and Linda Hubbs Fellow • University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ)
2012 Assistant Curator • UMMZ • Ichthyology Division
2009-10 Research Technician • Taxon Biosciences, Inc. • Tiburon, California
PUBLICATIONS
Gould, AL, A Gaisiner and A Fritts-Penniman (in press) Museum genomics illuminate the high specificity of a bioluminescent symbiosis across a genus of reef fish. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (biorXiv doi:10.1101/2020.10.01.323204)
Gould, AL and PV Dunlap (2019) Shedding light on specificity: population genomic structure of a symbiosis between a coral reef fish and luminous bacterium. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:2670
Gould, AL, V Zhang, B Obadia, A Gavryushkin, L Lamberti, N Beerenwinkel, E Jones, J Carlson and W Ludington (2018) Microbiome interactions shape host fitness. PNAS 115(51): E11951–E11960
Gould, AL and PV Dunlap (2017) Genomic analysis of a cardinalfish with larval homing potential reveals genetic admixture in the Okinawa Islands. Molecular Ecology 26:3870-82
Gould, AL, *K Dougan, *S Koenigbauer and PV Dunlap (2016) Life history of the symbiotically luminous coral reef fish Siphamia tubifer (Perciformes: Apogonidae). J Fish Biology 89:1363-1377
Gould, AL, S Harii and PV Dunlap (2015) Cues from the reef: olfactory preferences of a symbiotically luminous cardinalfish. Coral Reefs 34:673–677
Gould, AL, S Harii and PV Dunlap (2014) Homing behavior and site fidelity of the symbiotically luminous cardinalfish, Siphamia tubifer (Perciformes: Apogonidae). Marine Biology 161:2897-907
Kimmerer, WJ, T Ignoffo, A Slaughter and AL Gould (2014) Food-limited reproduction and growth of three copepod species in the low-salinity zone of the San Francisco Estuary. J Plankton Res 0:1-14
Dunlap, PV, AL Gould, ML Wittenrich and M Nakamura (2012) Symbiosis initiation in the bacterially luminous sea urchin cardinalfish Siphamia versicolor (Perciformes: Apogonidae). J Fish Biol 81:1340-56
Urbanczyk, H, Y Ogura, TA Hendry, AL Gould, N Kiwaki, JT Atkinson, T Hayashi and PV Dunlap (2011) Genome sequence of Photobacterium mandapamensis strain svers. 1.1, the bioluminescent symbiont of the cardinal fish Siphamia versicolor. J Bacteriology 193:3144-45
Gould, AL and WJ Kimmerer (2010) Development, growth, and reproduction of the cyclopoid copepod Limnoithona tetraspina in upper San Francisco Estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 412:163-77
Kimmerer, WJ and AL Gould (2010) A Bayesian approach to estimating copepod development times from stage frequency data. Limnol Oceanogr Methods 8:118-26
*undergraduate students mentored
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2018-23 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (DP5) • $1,250,000
2017-19 NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology • Research Using Biological Collections • $138,000
2014 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) • $17,510
2014 PADI Foundation Grant • $4,550
2014 Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) National Fellowship • Honorable Mention
2014 Susan Lipschutz Award for women scholars • Rackham Graduate School, UM • $6,000
2013-15 Ichthyology Graduate Student Awards • UMMZ • $6,220
2013 Robert and Francis Miller Ichthyology Award • UMMZ • $1,000
2013 Rackham International Travel Grant • UM • $1,200
2012 Rackham International Research Award • UM • $5,000
2011-13 Rackham Graduate Student Research Grants • UM • $4,500
2011-12 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Block Grants • UM • $3,258
2008 Robert W. Maxwell Scholarship • San Francisco State University (SFSU) • $4,000
FELLOWSHIPS
2017-19 NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology (PRFB) • California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
2015-16 Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship • Rackham Graduate School, UM
2013-14 Carl L. and Linda Hubbs Fellowship • UMMZ
2011 NSF East Asia and the Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) Fellowship • Okinawa, Japan
2004 NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) • University of Alaska, Southeast
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2014 Ecology Lab (EEB372) • Graduate Student Instructor • UM
2011-13 Animal Diversity (BIO288) • Graduate Student Instructor • UM
2010 Introductory Ecology & Evolution (BIO171) • Graduate Student Instructor • UM
2008 Biological Oceanography (BIO582) • Teaching Assistant • SFSU
INVITED SEMINARS
2020 San Diego State University • Biology Department • San Diego, CA
2019 Washington State University • School of Biological Sciences • Vancouver, WA
2019 Mini Symposium on Biological Interactions • Carnegie Institution for Science • Baltimore, MD
2019 Eco/Evo Lunch Seminar • Biology Department • Stanford University • Palo Alto, CA
2019 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology • Harvard University • Cambridge, MA
2018 Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability Seminar (CAS) • San Francisco, CA
2017 Rosenberg Institute Seminar • Estuary and Ocean Science Center • SFSU • Tiburon, CA
2017 Bay Area Postdoc Symposium • Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
2020 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology • Austin, TX
2019 2nd International Fish Microbiota Workshop • Eugene, OR
2018 7th Conference on Beneficial Microbes • Madison, WI
2017 7th Annual Symbiosis Meeting • Yosemite, CA
2016 13th International Coral Reefs Symposium • Honolulu, HI
2016 Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting • Monterey, CA
2015 Fish at Night Symposium • Miami, FL
2015 Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting • Sacramento, CA
2015 Benthic Ecology Meeting • Québec City, Québec, Canada
2014 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting • Sacramento, CA
2014 Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting • Tacoma, WA
2013 9th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference • Okinawa, Japan
2009 Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference • Portland, OR
PATENTS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
E Jones, L Lamberti,AL Gould, V Zhang, B Obadia, A Gavryushkin, N Beerenwinkel, J Carlson and W Ludington (2019) How do microbes shape fruit fly fitness? Biomedical Science Journal for Teens
Ashby, M, L Wood, U Lidström, C Clarke, AL Gould, D Strapoc, AJ Lambo and BJ Huizinga. Compositions and methods for identifying and modifying carbonaceous compositions. US Patent 9,206,680 B2. December 8, 2015
SERVICE AND OUTREACH
Peer Reviewer • Molecular Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Frontiers Microbiology, Frontiers Ecology Evolution, PLoS ONE, J. Fish Biology, J. Continental Shelf Research, Marine Biodiversity, Current Zoology, FEMS Microbiology, Genes, eLife
2020 NSF Panelist • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology
2019-20 Volunteer • Skype a Scientist
2018-19 Project Mentor • Careers in Science Internship Program (CAS)
2018-19 Volunteer • NightLife events at CAS
2014-16 Regional Coordinator • Great Lakes Bowl, National Ocean Science Bowl
2014-15 Elected Representative • Admissions Committee, EEB Department (UM)
2013-14 Volunteer • Females Excelling More in Mathematics, Engineering and the Sciences (FEMMES) capstone event (UM)
2012-15 Volunteer • ID Day (UMMZ)
2012-13 President • Graduate Researchers in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (UM)
2011-14 Volunteer Judge • Great Lakes Bowl, National Ocean Science Bowl
2011-13 Volunteer • 826michigan Writing Workshops
2011-12 Elected Representative • Executive Committee, EEB Department (UM)
2008-10 Volunteer Judge • Sea Lion Bowl, National Ocean Science Bowl
2008-09 Volunteer • Marine Science Institute, Earth Day on the Bay, San Francisco
2006-07 Volunteer Docent • Richardson Bay Audubon Center, Bay Shores Studies
2006-07 Volunteer • Expanding Your Horizons, Women in Math and Science Fair
2002-05 Volunteer • Big Siblings Program, Madison House, University of Virginia