#### Katherine Nieves-Puigdoller

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**EDUCATION**

2001- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

PhD Natural Resource Conservation (Wildlife and fisheries

> Conservation) and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
>
> 1994-2000 University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, San Juan, PR
>
> MS Biology. Major: Ecological Physiology of Amphibians.
>
> 1986-1994 University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, San Juan, PR
>
> BS Biology. Major: Education in Science. Graduated Cum Laude.

# PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

# Research Assistant

> 1996-1999 Research of amphibian ecophysiology.
>
> University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, San Juan, PR

# Technician

> 1997 Caribbean Center for Marine Studies. Ponce, PR.
>
> Turtles and Marine Mammals watch during ocean blasting.

**Animal Rehabilitator**

> 1994 Caribbean Stranding Network. Lajas, PR.
>
> Turtle and Marine Mammal rehabilitation.

**PUBLICATIONS**

> Rogowitz, G. L., M. Cortez-Rivera and K. Nieves-Puigdoller. 1999.
> Water Loss, Cutaneous Resistance, and the Effects of Dehydration on
> Locomotion of *Eleutherodactylus* Frogs. J. Comp. Physiol. B
> 169:179-186.
>
> Nieves-Puigdoller, K., Y. Sánchez de Leon and G. L. Rogowitz. The
> Effect of Changes in Temperature on the Water Loss, Cutaneous
> Resistance and Locomotor Performance of *Eleutherodactylus
> antillensis* and *Eleutherodactylus cochranae.* (In prep).
>
> Juanes, F., G. Kligys, A. Krauth, G. Mendez, M. Monette, K.
> Nieves-Puigdoller, J. Odell and J. Sotiropoulos. 2003. Book Reviews;
> Marine Fisheries Ecology. By S. Jennings, M.J. Kaiser and J.D.
> Reynolds. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK. 2001. 417 pages. Transactions
> of American Fisheries Society 132:619-620.

### PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION

> Nieves-Puigdoller, K. 1998. *Effects of Temperature and Dehydration in
> the Aerobic Metabolism of [Eleutherodactylus]{.underline}
> [Antillensis]{.underline}.* (Poster) "41 Annual Meeting Society for
> the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles". University of Guelph, Ontario,
> Canada.
>
> Nieves-Puigdoller K. and Y. Sánchez. 1998. *Effects of Changes in
> Temperature and Hydration on Jumping Ability in Two Puerto Rican
> Frogs*. (Poster) "10^th^ Annual National Alliance of Research Centers
> of Excellence Conference: Mainstreaming for the Future: Advances in
> Science and Technology at National Centers of Excellence". University
> of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus.
>
> Nieves-Puigdoller K; Y. Sánchez and G. Rogowitz. 1997. *Effects of
> Changes in Temperature and Hydration on Jumping Ability of
> Eleutherodactylus Antillensis*. (Poster) "9^th^ Annual National
> Alliance of Research Centers of Excellence Conference: "Mainstreaming
> for the Future: Advances in Science and Technology at National Centers
> of Excellence". University of El Paso, Texas.

### VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

### Cleaning marine animals from the oil spill 1994, San Juan.

### Cetacean survey in the Caribbean Sea 1995, Oregon II ship, NOAA.

**AWARDS RECEIVED**

> 1996-National Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
>
> 1996-1999 - Minority Research Center of Excellence/National Alliance
> Research Center for Excellence (MRCE/NARCE)- Graduate Assistantship
> for 1996-1999. Sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF).
>
> 2001-2002 Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the
> Professoriate/UMass-Minority Graduate Education (MGE) Graduate
> Assistantship for 2001-2002. Sponsored by National Science Foundation
> (NSF) This award covers only the first and last year of the entire
> graduate program.
>
> 2002 - Richard Cronin Fisheries Research Fund -- To support a graduate
> student research project
>
> 2003\. Atlantic Salmon Federation. OILN Fellowship - To support
> individuals seeking to improve their knowledge in advanced fields
> while looking for solutions to current problems in Atlantic salmon
> biology, management and conservation.