**Dawn Noren, Ph.D.**

**NOAA/NMFS/Northwest Fisheries Science Center**

**2725 Montlake Blvd. East**

#### Seattle, WA 98112

**(206) 302-2439**

## Education

2002 University of California, Santa Cruz. Ph.D. Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology (No GPA -- pass/fail system)

1999 University of California, Santa Cruz. M.A. Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology (No GPA -- pass/fail system)

1997 University of California, Santa Cruz. M.S. Marine Sciences (No GPA
-- pass/fail system)

1994 University of Maryland, College Park. B.S. Biology, Magna Cum
Laude. GPA 3.88; Major GPA 3.86

1990 Seneca Valley High School, Germantown, Maryland. Diploma,
Valedictorian. GPA 4.00; 4.63 (weighted)

**[Computer Skills]{.underline}**

MS Word, Word Perfect, Power Point, Excel, Sigma Plot, Sigma Stat,
Systat, energetic modeling using BASIC programming.

**[Field Research Skills]{.underline}**

Have experience living in remote field camps and being on small and
large ships for extended periods of time. Proficient in handling,
restraining, and weighing marine mammals, including harbor seals,
northern elephant seals, Steller sea lions, and bottlenose dolphins.
Proficient in using ultrasound to measure blubber thickness of harbor
seals, northern elephant seals, Steller sea lions, and bottlenose
dolphins. Skilled in taking blood and blubber samples from phocids and
otariids, measuring body composition using tritium and the hydrogen
isotope dilution method, measuring metabolism with flow-through
respirometry techniques, and recording behavioral observations of
cetaceans and pinnipeds. Experienced in identifying marine mammal
species from land and ship based platforms.

## 

## Teaching Experience

9/99 - 12/99 **[UCSC Reader]{.underline}**, Dep. of Ocean Sciences,
University of California, Santa Cruz. Graded exams for [Life in the
Sea]{.underline} undergraduate class.

9/95 - 6/99 **[UCSC Teaching Assistant]{.underline}**, Dep. of Ocean
Sciences and Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz. Taught
sections of students; graded papers, quizzes, and tests; prepared and
ran labs; and conducted review sessions.

Winter 2000 - Biology 141 [Field Methods in Animal Biology]{.underline},
Dr. Jennifer Burns (Instructor)

Winter 1999 - Biology 141 [Field Methods in Animal Biology]{.underline},
Dr. Dan Crocker (Instructor)

Fall 1998 - Biology 139 [Biology of Marine Mammals]{.underline}, Dr. Dan
Costa (Instructor)

Spring 1998 - Biology 133/233 [Exercise Physiology]{.underline}, Dr.
Terrie Williams (Instructor)

Winter 1998 - Biology 132 [Comparative Vertebrate
Physiology]{.underline}, Dr. Terrie Williams (Instructor)

Fall 1997 - Biology 20B [Development and Physiology]{.underline}, Dr.
Jane Silverthorne, Dr. Dan Crocker (Instructors)

Winter 1997 - Biology 132 [Comparative Vertebrate
Physiology]{.underline}, Dr. Terrie Williams (Instructor)

Spring 1996 - Biology 11 [Structure and Function of
Organisms]{.underline}, Dr. Patrick Elvander, Dr. Leo Ortiz
(Instructors)

Winter 1996 - Marine Sciences 80A [Life in the Sea]{.underline} **(Head
Teaching Assistant)**, Dr. David Lohse (Instructor)

Fall 1995 - Marine Sciences 80A [Life in the Sea]{.underline}, Dr. Mary
Silver (Instructor)

9/96 - 6/97 **[UCSC Ocean Sciences Board Student T.A.
Coordinator]{.underline}**, Dep. of Ocean Sciences, University of
California, Santa Cruz. Led meetings to inform teaching assistants of
their responsibilities and resources available to them, gave

advice on being a proficient T.A., and acted as a liaison between
teaching assistants and the Ocean Sciences Board.

# [Research and Related Work Experience]{.underline}

5/03-present **[Research Fishery Biologist]{.underline}**,
NOAA/NMFS/Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Develop research programs
for

marine mammals, particularly Southern Resident killer whales (SRKW), in
the Pacific Northwest. Organize and

participate in scientific workshops and meetings on pertinent SRKW
research concerns. Write statements of work

to be filled by government contractors and review research proposals and
permit applications. Collaborate with

other NMFS agencies, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW),
universities and independent

researchers on killer whale research projects. Monitor program budget
and research project budgets. Conducting a study on the behavioral
energetic responses to vessel interactions with Southern Resident killer
whales and

participating in the research on the distribution and habit use patterns
of Southern Resident killer whales. Manage 2

term employees, 1 contractor, and 1 volunteer.

4/02 -- 4/03 [**National Research Council** (**NRC) Postdoctoral
Research Associate,**]{.underline} National Marine Mammal Laboratory,

NOAA/NMFS/Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington.
Conducted research on Steller sea lion

diving and foraging ecology. Particpated in tagged and branded animal
re-sight cruises and underwater captures of

Steller sea lion juveniles. Assisted with morphometric measurements,
including ultrasonic measurements of

blubber thickness, and collected physiological samples, including blood
and blubber. Developed a model

investigating how individual juvenile Steller sea lions utilize their
energy reserves during fasting, how long

individuals of differing body condition can survive until they must
successfully find prey, and how the proportion of

time spent in the water influences energy reserve utilization patterns
and maximum fasting duration. Participated in

an interdisciplinary modeling workshop with investigators that are
modeling Steller sea lion bioenergetics,

population structure, and prey dynamics. Participated in an
interdisciplinary workshop on fatty acids in marine

mammals and their prey.

9/95 - 3/02 **[Graduate Student Research]{.underline}**, Dep. of Marine
Sciences and Dep. of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz.

> **Body energy reserve utilization during the postweaning fast of
> northern elephant seals (*Mirounga angustirostris*) pups: implications
> for survival (9/97 - 3/02)**. Project resulted in a Ph.D. degree in
> Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Conducted research at Año Nuevo, CA
> on northern elephant seals. Wrote proposals and budgets for research
> grants. Acquired multiple grants to fund the project, ordered
> supplies, and maintained budget for research expenses. Field duties
> included: tagging northern elephant seal weaned pups, population
> censuses of Año Nuevo rookery, reading tags and maintaining tag
> records, monitoring animal behavior, performing necropsies and
> collecting tissue samples, manually restraining pups, chemically
> sedating pups (utilizing Ketamine and Valium), weighing animals,
> taking morphometric measurements, measuring blubber thickness with a
> portable ultrasound unit, measuring body composition with tritium,
> taking blood samples, taking blubber biopsies, and translocating
> animals to Long Marine Laboratory in Santa Cruz, CA to measure oxygen
> consumption using flow through respirometry. Trained and supervised
> field teams of undergraduates (approximately 50 students total for two
> years of research). Laboratory duties included: blood serum
> distillations for calculating body composition using the hydrogen
> isotope dilution method, lipid extraction from blubber samples,
> transesterification of lipids, and determining fatty acids in blubber
> samples with gas chromatography.
>
> **Balancing the conflicting physiological demands of thermoregulation
> and diving in the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus
> (9/95 - 6/97)**. Project resulted in a M.S. degree in Marine Sciences.
> Duties included: setting up experimental design to compare the effects
> of exercise on the dive response of bottlenose dolphins in the
> Bahamas, measuring blubber thickness with a portable ultrasound unit,
> and taking heat flow and skin temperature of dolphins at the water
> surface and at depth. Much of the research for this project was done
> underwater while on SCUBA.
>
> **Other research experiences:** assisted cetacean necropsies, assisted
> experiments on how apnea affects blood gas parameters of Pacific white
> sided dolphins in captivity, surveyed Monterey Bay for marine birds
> and mammals, assisted harbor seal captures, and assisted handling and
> chemically sedating adult female elephant seals for physiological
> studies.

9/95 -3/02 **[Stranding Program Volunteer]{.underline}**, Long Marine
Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz. Assisted

necropsies and sample collections on dolphins, pinnipeds, and beaked
whale. Assisted rescue efforts for live

stranding of gray whale calf.

10/00 - 12/00 **[Marine Mammal Observer]{.underline}**, SRS
Technologies, Newport Beach, California. Counted and observed behaviors
of

marine mammals, primarily CA sea lions and harbor seals, from land and
boat based platforms for the San

Francisco-Oakland Bridge pile installation demonstration. Primary focus
of project was to quantify pinniped

disturbance from the pile driving operations.

9/99 - 6/00 **[Graduate Research Assistant]{.underline}**, Dep. of
Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz. Collaborated with

researchers at California State University, Monterey Bay to develop
interactive web-site on elephant seals

(http://kibak.monterey.edu/\~seal) to be used nationwide in high school
science curricula. Reviewed curricula drafts

and student activities, researched elephant seal facts, answered
questions about elephant seal research, provided

details about my research project, and conducted interviews with other
researchers. Provided information and

assistance to an undergraduate from Cal State Monterey, and trained her
with hands-on northern elephant seal

research at Año Nuevo.

6/97 - 7/97 **[Graduate Research Assistant]{.underline}**, Dep. of
Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz. Assisted Steller sea lion

conservation research at a remote island field camp in southeast Alaska
(Forester Island) in collaboration with the

Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game. Duties included: manually restraining
pups, taking morphometric measurements of

adult females and pups, taking blubber thickness measurements of adult
females and pups using portable ultrasound

unit, taking heat flow and skin temperature data, performing necropsies,
and collecting tissue samples.

11/03 - 7/94 **[Marine Animal Rescue Program Volunteer]{.underline}**,
National Aquarium, Baltimore, Maryland. Trained in rescue and

revival methods for stranded sea turtles, pinnipeds, and cetaceans.
Aided rehabilitation efforts of pygmy sperm

whale and loggerhead sea turtle. Fed and gave medications to animals.
Maintained sanitary environment.

9/93 - 6/94 [**UMCP Undergraduate Research** **Assistant**]{.underline},
Dr. Susan Carter-­Porges\' behavioral endocrinology lab, University of

> Maryland, College Park. Cared for animals, injected hormones and
> sedatives, performed surgeries, ran choice
>
> experiments with Illinois prairie voles, collected data for studies on
> effects of hormones on sex behaviors and
>
> parental care in voles.

9/93 - 12/93 **[Mammalogist Intern]{.underline}**, National Aquarium,
Baltimore, Maryland. Prepared food, fed animals, aided in medical

drills and procedures on pinnipeds and cetaceans, kept record of animal
behaviors, evaluated dolphin shows,

observed and assisted training exercises.

1/93 **[Aquarist Intern]{.underline}**, National Aquarium, Baltimore,
Maryland. Prepared food, fed animals, helped maintain and

repair exhibits and tanks, operated filtration systems, kept records,
accompanied supervisor on collecting trip.

## Professional Organizations

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Society for Marine Mammalogy

## 

## Honors, Awards, Scholarships, and Grants

2005 NOAA NMFS Northwest Fisheries Science Center Internal Grant for
Scientific Research

2002 SICB: Physiology of Plasticity Symposium Travel Award

2002 National Research Council (NRC) Post-Doctoral Research
Associateship Award

2000 - 2001 GANN Department of Biology, UCSC Graduate Full Fellowship

1998, 1999, 2000 Friends of Long Marine Laboratory Student Research
Award Grant

1998, 2000 American Museum of Natural History Lerner-Gray Fund for
Marine Research Grant

1999 Society for Marine Mammalogy Student Travel Grant to the 13^th^
Conference on the

Biology of Marine Mammals

1998, 1999 CA Natural Reserve System Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student
Research Grant

1998, 1999 Friends of Long Marine Laboratory Student Research Award
Grant

1997, 1999 UCSC Graduate Student Association Travel Grant

1997, 1998 Dr. Earl H. and Ethel M. Myers Oceanographic and Marine
Biology Trust Grant

1997 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (University of California,
Santa Cruz)

1996, 1997 UCSC Marine Science Research/Travel Grant

1995, 1996, 1997 Honorable Mention Department of Defense Fellowship
Competition

1995 University of California, Santa Cruz Regent's Fellowship

1994 Graduated Magna Cum Laude (University of Maryland, College Park)

1994 University of Maryland Honors Citation

1994 National Dean's List

1992 - 1994 Academic All-American Award (presented at NCAA Women's
National Water Polo Championships)

1990 - 1994 University of Maryland Full Scholarship

1990 - 1994 Maryland Distinguished Scholar Scholarship

1990 Robert C. Byrd Scholarship

## Scientific Publications

Sherman-Cooney R.A., Ortiz R.M., **Noren D.P.**, Pagarigan L., Ortiz
C.L., Talamantes F. (2005) Estradiol and Testosterone Concentrations
Increase with Fasting in weaned pups of the northern elephant seal
(Mirounga angustirostris). Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
78(1):55-59.

**Noren D.P.** and Mangel M. (2004) Energy reserve allocation in fasting
northern elephant seal pups: Interrelationships between body condition
and fasting duration. Functional Ecology 18: 233-242.

Ortiz R.M., **Noren D.P.**, Ortiz C.L, Talamantes F. (2003) GH and
ghrelin and growth hormone increase with fasting in a naturally

adapted species, the northern elephant seal (*Mirounga angustirostris)*.
Journal of Endocrinology 178: 533-539.

**Noren D.P.**, Crocker D.E, Williams T.M., Costa D.P. (2003) Energy
reserve utilization of northern elephant seal (*Mirounga*

*angustirostris*) pups during the postweaning fast: Size does matter.
The Journal of Comparative Physiology (B) 173: 443-

454\.

**Noren D.P.** (2002) Thermoregulation of weaned northern elephant seal
(*Mirounga angustirostris*) pups in air and water. Physiological and
Biochemical Zoology 75: 513-523.

**Noren D.P.** (2002) Body energy reserve utilization during the
postweaning fast of northern elephant seals *Mirounga angustirostris*):

Implications for survival. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California,
Santa Cruz, 151pp.

Ortiz R.M., **Noren D.P.**, Litz B., Ortiz C.L. (2001) A new perspective
on adiposity in a naturally obese mammal. American Journal

of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism 281: E1347-E1351.

**Noren D.P.**, Williams T.M., Berry P., Butler E. (1999)
Thermoregulation during swimming and diving in bottlenose dolphins,

*Tursiops truncatus*. The Journal of Comparative Physiology (B) 169:
93-99.

Williams T.M., **Noren D.**, Berry P., Estes J.A., Allison C., Kirtalnd
J. (1999) The diving physiology of bottlenose dolphins

(*Tursiops truncatus*) III. Thermoregulation at depth. The Journal of
Experimental Biology 202: 2763-2769.

**Noren D.P.** (1997) Balancing the conflicting demands of
thermoregulation and diving in the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin,
*Tursiops*

*truncatus*. M.S. Thesis, University of California, Santa Cruz, 49pp.

##### Papers in Prep

**Noren, D.P.**, Mocklin, J.A., Jones, L. A review of biopsy techniques:
Information gained and the behavioral and physiological effects of
biopsying marine mammals (To be submitted to Marine Mammal Science)

**Noren, D.P.**, Rea, L., Loughlin, T. Fasting capabilities of weaned
juvenile Steller sea lions: influence of body condition and environment
(To be submitted to Functional Ecology)

**Noren D.P.**, Iverson S., Goebel M., Costa D.P., Williams T.M.
Physical and biochemical changes in the blubber of northern elephant

seal (*Mirounga angustirostris*) pups during the Ppostweaning fast (To
be submitted to Journal of Comparative Physiology).

**Noren D.P.** The influence of body condition and length of the
postweaning fast on haul-out behavior during the first foraging trip of

northern elephant seal (*Mirounga angustirostris*) pups (To be submitted
as a not to Marine Mammal Science).

Williams, T.M. and **Noren, D.P.** The effect of exercise on heat flow
from the extremities and thermoregulation of the intra-

abdominal testes of the bottlenose dolphin (*Tursiops truncatus*) (To be
submitted to Physiological Zoology).

**Noren D.P**. and Ortiz, R.M. Plasma metabolites indicate variation in
energy reserve utilization during the postweaning fast of

northern elephant seals (Submission journal TBA)

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### [Scientific Meeting Presentations and Abstracts]{.underline}

**Noren, Dawn P.** and Ortiz, Rudy M. (2005) Plasma metabolites indicate
variation in energy reserve utilization in fasting northern

elephant seal pups. The FASEB Journal 19(4): A192 (Abstract 131.11).

Norris, Thomas; Hanson, Brad; **Noren, Dawn**; Jones, Linda (2004)
Acoustic surveys of killer whales during winter along the

Pacific Northwest coast. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America 116: 2589.

**Noren, Dawn P.** (2003) Fasting capabilities of weaned juvenile
Steller sea lions: Influence of body condition and daily foraging

duration. 15^th^ Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals,
the Society for Marine Mammalogy, 120.

Jones, Linda; Hanson, M. Bradley; **Noren, Dawn P.** (2003) Research on
Southern Resident population of killer whales in the Pacific

Northwest of the United States. 15^th^ Biennial Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals, the Society for Marine

Mammalogy, 81.

Sherman, Rebecca A.; Pagarigan, Lauren; **Noren, Dawn P**.; Ortiz, C.
Leo; Ortiz, Rudy M.; Talamantes, Frank. (2003).

Reproductive hormone concentrations in fasting, postweaned northern
elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) pups. 15^th^

Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, the Society for
Marine Mammalogy, 150.

**Noren, D.P.** (2003) Fasting capabilities in weaned juvenile Steller
sea lions: Influence of body condition and activity. Marine

Science in the northeast Pacific: Science for Resource Dependent
Communities Pacific Joint Scientific Symposium.

**Noren, D.P.** (2003) Differential energy reserve utilization during
the postweaning fast of northern elephant seals: Implications for the
first year of life. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Annual Meeting and Exhibition, Phenotypic Plasticity Symposium, 261-262
(Abstract MS2.1).

Sherman, R.A.; Pagarigan, L.; **Noren, D.P.**; Ortiz, R.M.; Ortiz, C.L.;
Talamantes, F. (2003) Reproductive hormone

concentrations in fasting, postweaned northern elephant seal (Mirounga
angustirostris) pups. Experimental Biology \'03

Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 11-15.

Sherman, R.A.; Pagarigan, L.; **Noren, D.P.**; Ortiz, R.M.; Ortiz, C.L.;
Talamantes, F. (2003) Reproductive hormone

concentrations in fasting, postweaned northern elephant seal (Mirounga
angustirostris) pups. Society for Integrative and

Comparative Biology Annual Meeting and Exhibition, 302 (Abstract
P2.129).

**Noren, D.P.**; Williams, T.M.; Crocker, D.E.; Costa, D.P. (2001)
Energy reserve utilization in northern elephant seal pups during the

postweaning fast: does size matter? 14^th^ Biennial Conference on the
Biology of Marine Mammals, the Society for Marine

Mammalogy, 156-157.

**Noren, D.P.**and Williams, T.M. (2001) Effects of environmental regime
and body condition on resting metabolic rates in northern

elephant seal pups: does RMR measured in ambient air represent true RMR?
Society for Integrative and Comparative

Biology Annual Meeting and Exhibition, 321 (Abstract P1.66B).

**Noren, D.P.**; Williams, T.M.; Haun, J.E.; Pabst, D.A. (1999) The
effect of exercise on heat flow from the extremities and

thermoregulation of the intra-abdominal testes of the bottlenose dolphin
(*Tursiops truncatus*). 13^th^ Biennial Conference on

the Biology of Marine Mammals, the Society for Marine Mammalogy,
135-136.

**Noren, Dawn P.** and Williams, Terrie M. (1996) Balancing
thermoregulatory and exercise demands during diving in the Atlantic

bottlenose dolphin, *Tursiops truncatus.* APS Intersociety Meeting, the
Integrative Biology of Exercise, The Physiologist

39(5): A-28 (Abstract 10.17).

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## Invited Presentations, Last Five Years

3/05 American Cetacean Society, Puget Sound Chapter, *Marine Mammal
Tricks: How are They Specialized to Live in*

*the Marine Environment?*

9/04 US-Russia Marine Mammal Meeting, *Killer Whales of the Pacific
Northwest, USA*

4/04 Highline Community College Marine Science and Technology (MaST),
*Killer Whales of the Pacific Northwest.*

6/03 American Meterological Society's Series of Programs on Ocean and
Fisheries Topics for Pre-College Teachers,

*Marine Mammals: What Are They and How Do They Live in Their
Environment?*

2/03 Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS Seminar, *Bioenergetics of
Cetaceans and Pinnipeds: Physiological Capacities and Responses to
Environmental Pressures.*

10/02 National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NMFS Seminar, *Body Energy
Reserve Utilization During the Postweaning*

*Fast of Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris): Implications
for Survival.*

11/99 Docent Training Seminar, Año Nuevo, California State Park, *Body
Reserve Utilization Strategies During the*

*Postweaning Fast of Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris):
Implications for Survivorship.*