CURRICULUM VITAE

**[Paul Moran]{.smallcaps}**

February 2007

**Personal Data**

> Date of Birth: 7 Dec. 1958
>
> Mailing Address: Conservation Biology Division

NW Fisheries Science Center

2725 Montlake Boulevard East

Seattle, WA 98112‑2097 USA

> Voice: 206‑860‑3245
>
> Fax: 206‑860‑3335
>
> E‑mail: paul.moran@noaa.gov

**Current Position**

Research Geneticist, National Marine Fisheries Service, June 1992 ‑
present

**Education**

Ph.D. Zoology, University of Maine, August 1993

Dissertation advisor: Dr. Irv Kornfield

> Dissertation title: Molecular systematics and evolution of the
> haplochromine cichlid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) of Lake Malawi,
> East Africa

M.S. Biology, Central Washington University, January 1988

Thesis advisor: Dr. Eldredge Bermingham

> Thesis title: Mitochondrial DNA restriction polymorphism among
> populations of coho salmon (*Oncorhynchus kisutch*)

B.S. Biology, Southern Oregon University, June 1985

**Research Interests**

> Population genetics and evolutionary biology related to conservation
> and restoration of marine species. Specific research areas include:
> Genetic effects of artificial propagation; selection gradients and
> heritabilities measured in natural populations; life history
> evolution, including adult and juvenile migration and habitat use;
> dispersal distances and Marine Protected Areas; ecological genetics
> and the physical oceanography of genetic subdivision; hybrids and
> genetic issues related to invasive species.

**Additional Training**

Markov Chain Monte Carlo Analysis, Summer Institute in Statistical
Genetics, June 2006

Appropriations Law for Business Operations in Government, April 2006

CPR for the Professional Rescuer, American Red Cross, March 2005

AED Essentials, American Red Cross, March 2005

Blood-borne Pathogens Training, American Red Cross March 2005

Lifeguard Training and First Aid, American Red Cross, March 2005

DOT HAZMAT shipping regulations, March 2005

Balancing Priorities and Managing Multiple Projects; February 2005

Defensive Driving; 2004

Small Boat Handling and Marine Safety; July 2003

Programming in Mathematica; November 2002

Working with data in Mathematica; September 2002

**Additional Training (cont.)**

Introduction to Mathematica; April 2002

Public Access Defibrillation; June 2002

Bootstrap Methods in Statistical Inference; May 2002

Basic First Aid and CPR; March 2002

Statistical Genetics and Computational Biology; Dec 2001

Bootstrap Methods: A Guide for Practitioners; May 2001

Emergency Response Team Training; May 2001

Hazardous Materials Transportation Training; April 2001

Wilderness First Aid; April 2001

Radiation Safety Training; January 2001

Emergency Response Team Training; March 2000

Safety Equipment and Survival Procedures; June 1999

Sexual Harassment Training for Managers, Seattle; March 1999

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response; January 1999

Radiation Safety Training; December 1998

Introduction to Geographic Information Systems using ArcView; October
1998

Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response; October 1998

> Hazardous Waste Management; October 1998

Hazardous Materials Transportation Training; November 1997

Operations Level Emergency Response Training; October 1997

Environmental Awareness and Decision Making for NOAA Managers; July 1997

Learning Styles Course; June 1996

Standard Query Language programming and Oracle; 1996

HAZMAT Spill Response Training; April 1996

How Safe is Your Laboratory? Amer. Chem. Soc. Continuing Ed.; June 1995

NW Fisheries Science Center Supervisory Team Training; April 1995

Chemical Safety Training; March 1994

Radiation Safety; February 1987

PADI SCUBA certification; March 1976

**Teaching Assistantships**

> Laboratory Instructor for Zoology and General Biology, University of
> Maine; Fall 1991 ‑ Spring 1992
>
> Laboratory/Field Instructor for Herpetology, Central Washington
> University; Spring 1986
>
> Laboratory Instructor for Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Human
> Anatomy and Physiology, Zoology, and General Biology; Fall 1985

**Research Assistantships**

> Population genetics of Atlantic herring. RFLP analysis of variable
> number tandem repeat loci in nuclear DNA sequences. Sea Grant (to Dr.
> Irv Kornfield), University of Maine; Fall 1990 ‑ Summer 1991.
>
> Population genetics of American lobster using mitochondrial DNA
> restriction analysis and RFLP analysis of variable number tandem
> repeats in genomic DNA. Sea Grant (to Dr. Irv Kornfield), University
> of Maine; Fall 1987 ‑ Summer 1990.

**Previous Employment**

> Systematics and phylogeography of East African cichlid fishes as
> determined by restriction enzyme analysis of mitochondrial DNA,
> University of Maine Migratory Fish Research Institute Competitive
> Summer Research Stipend; Summer 1988.

**Previous Employment (cont.)**

> Biological Technician (GS‑5), National Marine Fisheries Service
> (Seattle, WA); May ‑ September 1987. Conducted research on the
> molecular zoogeography and population genetics of Chinook salmon.
> Cooperated in an investigation of world‑wide salmonid systematics.
>
> Museum Curator, Vertebrate Natural History Collection, Southern Oregon
> State College; March 1983 ‑ Sept. 1985 (initially work study, staff
> position after June 1985). Assumed full responsibility for maintenance
> of collection, in addition to preparation and cataloging of specimens.
> Managed loans and trades with other museums. Participated in field
> studies involving live trapping of small mammals and mist netting of
> bats.

**Awards**

> NOAA Special Service Award for leadership in coast-wide
> standardization of Chinook salmon genetic data, September 2004
>
> NOAA Special Service Award for co-hosting a workshop on the
> conservation genetics and stock structure of North Pacific rockfishes,
> April 2004
>
> NOAA Special Service Award for contribution of genetic data to the
> Interior Columbia River Basin Technical Recovery Team, September 2003
>
> Award from the Seattle Federal Executive Board for service related to
> earthquake preparedness at the NWFSC campus, May 2002
>
> NOAA Employee of the Month Award in recognition of educational
> outreach and mentorship activities, July 2001
>
> NOAA Special Service Award for leadership of the DNA laboratory in the
> absence of the team leader, 2000
>
> The Genetics and Evolution Program received a NOAA Organizational
> Bronze Medal for sustained excellence over a period of many years and
> substantial contributions to major NMFS programs, 1997
>
> NOAA Special Service Award for helping bring the Division laboratories
> into full safety and environmental compliance, 1997
>
> NOAA Certificate of Recognition for outstanding accomplishment as a
> member of the NWFSC Safety Committee, 1995

President\'s List for Academic Excellence, Southern Oregon State
College, 1982

**Grants and Contracts**

> Determining the source and identity of an invasive tunicate species of
> the genus *Didemnum* using new molecular markers, Oceanic and
> Atmospheric Research, NOAA Aquatic Invasive Species Program/Sea Grant
> College Program Partnership, 2006. \$49,950
>
> Columbia River steelhead and resident *O. mykiss* population genetics,
> NOAA BiOp, 2004 -- 2006. \$363,400
>
> Development of a database to support genetic stock identification
> studies, Pacific Salmon Commission, 2006. \$113,500
>
> Stock-of-origin and body burdens of environmental contaminants for
> juvenile Chinook salmon in the Columbia River estuary, Lower Columbia
> River Estuary Partnership (collaboration with Environmental
> Conservation Division, NWFSC), 2005. \$21,000
>
> Development and evaluation of Chinook salmon single nucleotide
> polymorphism (SNP) markers for genetic stock identification, US
> Chinook Technical Committee, 2005 & 2006. \$55,000

**Grants and Contracts (cont.)**

> Genetic Analysis of Snohomish Basin, Washington, Adult Chinook Salmon:
> Development of a Standardized Microsatellite DNA Database for Stock
> Identification of Chinook Salmon, US Chinook Technical Committee,
> 2005 - 2006. \$15,080
>
> Monitor and evaluate genetic characteristics of supplemented salmon
> and steelhead, Bonneville Power Administration project #198909600,
> 1998 - 2006. \$3,231,500
>
> DNA markers to track juvenile salmon migration and early life history,
> National Marine Fisheries RPS, 2001 - 2005. \$510,000
>
> Population genetics of Columbia and Snake River steelhead, Lower Snake
> River Compensation Plan funds administered through US Fish and
> Wildlife Service, 2001 - 2002. \$200,700
>
> Genetics of rockfish in the North Pacific: Comparative structure and
> diversity in life history forms with different dispersal capabilities,
> NMFS ESA funds, 2002. \$25,000
>
> Species determination of unidentified char trapped at the Electron
> Dam, Army Corps of Engineers funds administered through a Memorandum
> of Agreement with the Puyallup Tribe, 2002. \$2,200
>
> Microsatellite & other non-coding locus genotyping for Clackamas River
> and related steelhead samples, US Fish and Wildlife Service, 2000.
> \$13,000

**External Referee**

BioTechniques

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Copeia

Evolution

Ecology of Fresh Water Fish

EPA Star Program

Fishery Bulletin

Hydrobiologia

IDEAL Symposium: International Decade for the East African Lakes

> MARFIN Program

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Molecular Ecology

National Science Foundation

North American Journal of Fisheries Management (associate editor)

Saltonstall‑Kennedy Program

Sea Grant Program (Alaska, New York, Washington)

SBIR Program (US Dept. Of Commerce)

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

SeaDoc Society, UC Davis (formerly Marine Ecosystem Health Program)

**Outreach and Public Policy**

Active collaborator in the Genetics of Western Salmonids program (GROWS,
University of Puget Sound) with sustained commitment to public education
and research support for local educators, 1995 -- present.

Member of the Prevention Committee of the National Invasive Species
Council/Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, 2003 -- present.

Member of the Risk Analysis Working Group and liaison to the Prevention
Committee, 2003 -- present.

# Publications

> Moran, P., D.J. Teel, E.S. LaHood, J. Drake, and S. Kalinowski. 2006.
> Standardizing multi-laboratory microsatellite data in Pacific salmon:
> An historical view of the future. Ecol. Freshwater Fish 15:597-605.
>
> Narum, S. R., S. Boe, P. Moran, and M. Powell. 2006. Small scale
> genetic structure and variation in steelhead of the Grande Ronde
> River, Oregon, U.S.A. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 135:979--986.
>
> Moran, P. and 11 co-authors. 2005. [Interlaboratory standardization of
> coast-wide Chinook salmon genetic data for international harvest
> management.](http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/cbd/documents/gaps_year2_final.pdf)
> Progress report from the Genetic Analysis of Pacific Salmonids (GAPS)
> consortium to the Chinook Technical Committee of the Pacific Salmon
> Commission, FY2004, FY2005, 44 p.
>
> Winans, G.A., M.Z. Paquin, D.M. VanDoornik, D. Rawding, B. Baker, A.
> Marshall, P. Moran, and S. Kalinowski. 2004. Genetic stock
> identification of steelhead in the Columbia River basin: An evaluation
> of different molecular markers. N. Am. J. Fish Manag. 24:672--685.
>
> Lundrigan, T.A., P. Moran, D. J.Teel, A. R. Marshall, S.F. Young, and
> D.L. Bottom. 2004. Conservation and genetic stock identification: A
> study investigating the stock-specific distribution and performance of
> juvenile Chinook salmon in the Columbia River estuary. N. Pac. Anadr.
> Fish. Comm. Tech. Rep. 5:70-71.
>
> Ford, M. J., T.A. Lundrigan, and P.C. Moran. 2004. Population genetics
> of Entiat River spring Chinook salmon. U.S. Dept. Commer., NOAA Tech.
> Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-60, 45 p.
>
> Moran, P. 2003. Genetic structure of *Oncorhynchus mykiss* populations
> in the Grande Ronde River, Imnaha River, and adjacent regions of the
> Snake River basin. Final report submitted to the U.S. fish and
> Wildlife Service, Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Office, Boise,
> Idaho, in partial fulfillment of Contract No. 14110-1-H070. 28p. +
> Appendices.
>
> Moran, P. 2003. New molecular methods represent a paradigm shift.
> SETAC Globe 4:42-43.
>
> Baker J.D., P. Moran, and R. Ladley. 2002. Nuclear DNA identification
> of migrating bull trout captured at the Puget Sound Energy diversion
> dam on the White River, Washington State. Molec. Ecol. 12:557-561.
>
> Moran, P. 2002. Conservation genetics: building an ecological approach
> to the synthesis of molecular and quantitative genetic methods. Ecol.
> Freshwater Fish 11:30‑55.
>
> Moran, P. and J. Baker. 2002. Polymerase chain reaction inhibition in
> historical fish scale mounting cards. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.
> 131:109‑119.
>
> LaHood, E.S., P. Moran, J. Olsen, W.S. Grant, and L.K. Park. 2002.
> Microsatellite allele ladders in two species of Pacific salmon:
> preparation and field‑test results. Molec. Ecol. Notes 2:187‑190.
>
> Baker, J., P. Moran, and P. Bentzen. 2002. Molecular markers
> distinguish coastal cutthroat trout from coastal rainbow
> trout/steelhead and their hybrids. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 131:404‑417.

**Publications (cont.)**

> Waples, R.S. and P. Moran. 1999. Genetic monitoring and evaluation
> program for supplemented populations of salmon and steelhead in the
> Snake River basin. Final Report of Research to the Bonneville Power
> Administration.
>
> Moran, P., D.A. Dightman, L.K. Park. 1998. Nonelectrophoretic
> genotyping using allele‑specific PCR and a dsDNA‑specific dye.
> Biotechniques 24:206‑212.
>
> Moran, P., D.A. Dightman, R.S. Waples, and L.K. Park. 1997. PCR‑RFLP
> analysis reveals substantial population‑level variation in the introns
> of Pacific salmon (*Oncorhynchus* spp.). Mol. Mar. Biol. Biotechnol.
> 6:315‑327.
>
> Park, L.K., P. Moran, and D.A. Dightman. 1996. A chinook salmon
> PCR‑RFLP marker in
>
> the p53 locus. Animal Genet. 27:127128.
>
> Moran, P. and I. Kornfield. 1995. Were population bottlenecks
> associated with the radiation of the mbuna species flock (Teleostei:
> Cichlidae) of Lake Malawi? Mol. Biol. Evol. 12:10851093.
>
> Park, L.K., P. Moran, and D.A. Dightman. 1995. A polymorphism in
> intron D of the chinook salmon growth hormone 2 gene. Animal Genet.
> 26:277‑285.
>
> Moran, P. 1994. Overview of commonly used DNA techniques. In, L. K.
> Park, P. Moran, and R. S. Waples (eds.), Applications of DNA
> technology to the management of Pacific salmon, p. 15‑26. U.S. Dep.
> Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS‑NWFSC‑17, 178 p.
>
> Park, L.K. and P. Moran. 1994. Developments in molecular genetic
> techniques in fisheries. In, G. R. Carvalho and T. J. Pitcher (eds.),
> Molecular genetics in fisheries, Reviews in Fish Biology and
> Fisheries. 4:272‑299
>
> Moran, P. and E. Bermingham. 1994. The phylogeographic structure of
> coho salmon (*Oncorhynchus kisutch*) populations assessed by
> mitochondrial DNA. Abstract in, L. K. Park, P. Moran, and R. S. Waples
> (eds.), Applications of DNA technology to the management of Pacific
> salmon, 57‑62. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS‑NWFS‑17, 178
> p.
>
> Park, L.K., P. Moran, and D.A. Nickerson. 1994. Application of the
> oligonucleotide ligation assay (OLA) to the study of chinook salmon
> populations in the Snake River. Abstract in, L. K. Park, P. Moran, and
> R. S. Waples (eds.), Application of DNA technology to the management
> of Pacific salmon, 91‑97. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo.
> NMFS‑NWFSC, 178 p.
>
> Moran, P., I. Kornfield, and P. Reinthal. 1994. Molecular systematics
> and the radiation of the haplochromine cichlids (Teleostei:
> Perciformes) of Lake Malawi. Copeia 1994:274‑288.
>
> Moran, P. and I. Kornfield. 1993. Retention of an ancestral
> polymorphism in the mbuna species flock (Teleostei: Cichlidae) of
> Malawi. Mol. Biol. Evol. 10:1015‑1029.
>
> McElroy, D.M., P. Moran, E. Bermingham and I. Kornfield. 1992. REAP:
> an integrated environment for the manipulation and phylogenetic
> analysis of restriction data. J. Heredity. 83:157‑158.
>
> Herke, S.W., I. Kornfield, P. Moran and J. Moring. 1990. Molecular
> confirmation of hybridization between northern pike (*Esox lucius*)
> and chain pickerel (*E. niger*). Copeia 1990:846‑850.

**Publications (cont.)**

> Kornfield, I., S.W. Herke, P. Moran, and J. Moring. 1989. Molecular
> taxonomy of Esocid fishes. Isozyme Bull. 22:75.
>
> Kornfield, I. and P. Moran. 1989. Genetics of population
> differentiation in lobsters. Abstract in, I. Kornfield (ed.), Life
> History of the American Lobster. Proceedings of an International
> Workshop. Univ. Maine Press, Orono.