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 • Microbiology
Current Adjunct Research Professor • San Francisco State University • Biology Department
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, JB Henderson, and AW Lam (2021) Chromosomal-level genome assembly of the bioluminescent cardinalfish Siphamia tubifer, an emerging model for symbiosis research. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2021.09.03.458932
Gould, AL, A Gaisiner and A Fritts-Penniman (2021) Museum genomics illuminate the high specificity of a bioluminescent symbiosis across a genus of reef fish. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:630207
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
2021 University of California, Davis • Center for Population Biology
2021 PacBio Webinar • Museum Genomics
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 Micro, Frontiers Ecol Evol, PLoS ONE, ISME J, J Fish Biology, J Continental Shelf Research, Marine Biodiversity, Current Zoo, FEMS Microbiology, Genes, eLife, Comp Phys Biochem
2020 NSF Panelist • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology
2019-21 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
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