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Aaron O’Dea
webpages: aaronodea.wordpress.com | www.stri.si.edu email: aaronodea@gmail.com
tel: +507 212 8065
RESEARCH THEMES
Paleobiology and historical ecology in tropical seas
EDUCATION
2000
Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Environmental inferences from Recent and fossil bryozoans University of
Bristol, UK
1996
B.Sc (Hons.) Joint major Ecology & Earth Science Liverpool John Moores University, UK
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Research
2012–
Associate Staff Scientist Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2012–
Distinguished Researcher, SNI Panama.
2007–2012
Earl S. Tupper postdoctoral fellow Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2004–2007
Fellow Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
2002–2003
Fellow Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Courses and classes designed and led
2015
2014/2015
Environmental Geosciences 405 Texas A&M University/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Paleobiology component of IGERT course Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2012
Invited Professor Northeastern University/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2012
Coordinator of ‘Science Camp’ for >40 impoverished high school children in Panama
2012
Paleobiology module leader Green Bay University/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2011
Paleobiology module leader Princeton University/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2010
Tropical Coastal Ecosystems module, SENACYT/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2004–
2001
1997–1999
Lecturer in ecology and evolution, University of Panama.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, Appalachian State University
Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
CURRENT FUNDING
2015-2016
Research and Development grant SENACYT
$65,000
2014-2015
Competitive Grants for Science
$64,368
2013-2015
Four philanthropic donations (total)
$138,000
2013-2016
NSF Research Award “Elements of Extinction” (with Dr Ethan Grossman)
$290,714
2013-2015
National System of Investigators, SENACYT
$48,000
2012-2014
Scholarly Studies Grant
$48,000
1 PAST FUNDING
2011-2013
National System of Investigators, SENACYT
$48,000
2011-2012
Marine Science Network grant
$15,000
2011
Marine Science Network grant to host Colloquium
$20,000
2009
NSF Research Award (with Dr JBC Jackson)
$120,000
2008
SENACYT R&D Grant
$50,000
2007
SENACYT Program for the stimulation of scientific activities.
$10,000
2007–2010
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Tupper Award
$144,000
2006–2007
National Geographic Exploration Grant
$20,000
2003–2007
NSF, Research Award (with Dr JBC Jackson)
$350,000
Marine Science Network grant
$10,000
Smithsonian Post-Doctoral Fellowship
$33,000
2000
Grant-in-aid of Research, Sigma Xi
$600
1999
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Short-term Fellowship
$2100
1997
John Ray Trust Research Bursary
$1,200
1997
Bristol University Alumni Foundation Grant
$1,200
2003
2002–2003
DISTINCTIONS
2014-2016
Distinguished Researcher, SNI, Panama
2011-2013
Distinguished Researcher, SNI, Panama
2007
2004–2010
1997
One of ‘37 under 36 Young Innovators’ in the Arts and Sciences. link
Member of Council for the International Bryozoology Association
President’s Student Prize at the Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting
P E E R R E V I E W E D A R T I C L E S * = student in my lab
45.
Orzechowski EA, Lockwood R, Byrnes JE, Anderson SC, Finnegan S, Finkel ZV, Harnik PG,
Lindberg DR, Liow LH, Lotze HK, McClain CR, McGuire JL, O’Dea A, Pandolfi1 JM, Simpson
C, !Tittensor DP. 2015. Determinants of extinction selectivity over the last 500 million years: a metaanalysis of marine bivalves and gastropods. Global Change Biology. In press.
44.
Finnegan S, Anderson SC, Harnik PG, Simpson C, Tittensor DP , Byrnes JE, Finkel ZF, Lindberg DR,
Liow LH, Lockwood R, Lotze HK, McClain CM, McGuire JL, O’Dea A, Pandolfi JM. 2015.
Paleontological baselines for evaluating extinction risk in the modern oceans. Science 348: 567-570.
43.
O’Dea A, Leigh EG, Vermeij GJ. 2015. Natural history of Panama’s seas (in Spanish). In: Rodriguez F
& O’Dea A (eds). Historia Natural del Istmo de Panamá. SENACYT/Smithsonian, Panama. 170pp.
42.
McClelland HLO, Taylor PD, O’Dea A, Okamura B. 2014. Revising and refining the bryozoan zsMART seasonality proxy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, early view.
41.
O’Dea A, Schafer M*, Wake TA, Doughty D, Rodriguez F. 2014. Evidence of size-selective evolution
in the Fighting Conch from prehistoric subsistence harvesting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0159
40.
Leigh EG, O’Dea A, Vermeij GJ. 2014. Historical Biogeography of the Isthmus of Panama. Biological
Reviews 89:148-72.
39.
O’Dea A, Collins LS. 2013. Environmental, ecological and evolutionary change in seas across the
Isthmus of Panama. Bulletin of Marine Science. 89(4):769–777.
38.
Schlöder C. O’Dea A, Guzman H. 2013. Benthic community recovery from small-scale physical
disturbance on marginal Caribbean reefs: An example from Panama. Bulletin of Marine Science.
89(4):1003–1014.
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Jackson JBC & O’Dea A. 2013. Timing of the oceanographic and biological isolation of the Caribbean
Sea from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. 89(4):779–800. Bulletin of Marine Science.
36.
Łukowiak M*, Pisera A, O’Dea A. 2013. Do spicules in sediments reflect the living sponge
community? A test in a Caribbean shallow water lagoon. Palaios 28:373–385
35.
Okamura B, O’Dea A, Taylor PD, Taylor A. 2013. Evidence of el Niño/la Niña–Southern Oscillation
variability in the Neogene- Pleistocene of Panama revealed by a new bryozoan assemblage-based
proxy. Bulletin of Marine Science. 89(4):857–876.
34.
Key, MM Jr., Hollenbeck PM, O'Dea A & Patterson WP. 2013. Stable isotope profiling in modern
marine bryozoans across the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletin of Marine Science. 89(4):837–856.
33.
Fredston-Hermann A*, O’Dea A, Rodriguez F, Thompson WG, Todd JA. 2013. Marked ecological
shifts in seagrass and reef molluscan communities since the mid-Holocene in the southwestern
Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science. 89(4):983–1002.
32.
Tao K*, Robbins JA, Grossman EL, O’Dea A. 2013. Quantifying upwelling and freshening in
nearshore tropical environments using stable isotopes in modern Tropical American mollusks.
Bulletin of Marine Science. 89(4):815–836.
31.
O’Dea A, Hoyos N, Rodriguez F, Degracia B, De Gracia C*. 2012. History of upwelling in the
Tropical Eastern Pacific and the paleogeography of the Isthmus of Panama. Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 348–349: 59–66
30.
Sosdian SM, Lear CH, Tao K*, Grossman EL, Rosenthal Y, O’Dea A. 2012. Cenozoic Seawater Sr/Ca
Evolution. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
29.
Harnik PG, Lotze HK, Anderson SC, Finkel ZV, Finnegan S, Lindberg DR, Liow L, Lockwood R,
McClain CM, McGuire JL, O’Dea A, Pandolfi JM, Simpson C, Tittensor DP. 2012. Extinctions in
ancient and modern seas. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 27:608-617.
28.
Leonard-Pingel JS*, Jackson JBC, O’Dea A. 2012. Featured Article: Changes in bivalve functional and
community ecology in response to environmental change in the Caribbean Neogene. Paleobiology
38(4): 509–524.
27.
DeGracia C*, O’Dea A, Rodríguez F, D’Croz L. 2012. Environmental response to the subduction of
the aseismic Cocos ridge (Panama and Costa Rica). International Journal of Tropical Biology. 60(2): 893908.
26.
Jagadeeshan S & O’Dea A. 2012. Integrating fossils and molecules to study cupuladriid evolution in
an emerging Isthmus. Evolutionary Ecology. 26(2): 337-355.
25.
O’Dea A, Håkansson E, Taylor, P. Okamura B. 2011. Environmental change prior to the K-T
boundary inferred from temporal variation in the morphology of cheilostome bryozoans.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 308: 502–512.
24.
Okamura B, O’Dea A, Knowles T*. 2011. Bryozoan modular growth and the retrospective analysis of
environments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 430: 133-146.
23.
Anlauf H*, D’Croz L, O'Dea A. 2011. A corrosive concoction: the combined effects of ocean warming
and acidification on the early growth of a stony coral are multiplicative. Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology. 397(1): 13-20.
22.
O’Dea A, Ostrovsky AN & Rodriguez F. 2010. Embryonic brooding and clonal propagation in
tropical eastern Pacific cupuladriid bryozoans. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United
Kingdom. 90(2): 291-9.
21.
O’Dea A & Jackson JBC. 2009. Environmental change drove macroevolution in cupuladriid
bryozoans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276: 3629-3634.
20.
O’Dea A. 2009. Feature Article: Relation of form to life habit in free-living cupuladriid bryozoans.
Aquatic Biology 7: 1-18.
19.
Ostrovsky AN, O’Dea A & Rodríguez F. 2009. Comparative anatomy of the internal incubational
sacs in the genera Discoporella and Cupuladria (Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata), and evolution of brooding
in the free-living Cheilostomata. Journal of Morphology. 270, 12: 1413-1430.
18.
Robertson DR, Christy J, Collin R, Cooke R, D’Croz L, Kaufmann K, Heckadon S, Mate J, O’Dea A,
Torchin M. 2009. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Marine research, education and
3 conservation in Panama. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. 38: 73-93.
17.
D’Croz L & O’Dea A. 2009. Nutrient and Chlorophyll Dynamics in Pacific Central America.
Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. 38: 335-344.
16.
Robertson DR, Christy J, Collin R, Cooke R, D’Croz L, Kaufmann K, Heckadon S, Mate J, O’Dea A,
Torchin M. 2009. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute: Marine research, education and
conservation in Panama. In: Lang MA, MacIntyre IG, Ruetzler K (Eds.), Proceedings of the Smithsonian
Marine Science Symposium: 73-93. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
15.
O’Dea A, Jackson JBC, Taylor PD & Rodriguez F. 2008. Modes of reproduction in Recent and fossil
cupuladriid bryozoans. Palaeontology 51: 847-864.
14.
Renema W, Bellwood D, Braga JC, Bromfield K, Hall R, Johnson KG, Lunt P, Meyer CP, McMonagle
L, Morley RJ, O’Dea A, Todd JA, Wesselingh FP, Wilson MEJ, Pandolfi, JM. 2008. Hopping Hotspots:
global shifts in marine biodiversity. Science 321: 654-657.
13.
O’Dea A, Jackson JBC, Fortunato H, Smith T, D’Croz L, Johnson KG & Todd J. 2007. From the cover:
Environmental change preceded Caribbean mass extinction by 2 million years. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences 104: 5501-5506.
12.
D’Croz L & O’Dea A. 2007. Variability in upwelling along the Pacific shelf of Panama and
implications for the distribution of nutrients and chlorophyll. Estuarine. Coastal and Shelf Science 73:
325-340.
11.
O’Dea A, Rodríguez F & Romero T*. 2007. Response of zooid size in Cupuladria exfragminis (Bryozoa)
to simulated upwelling temperature. Marine Ecology 28: 1-9.
10.
O’Dea A, Rodríguez F, DeGracia C*, Coates, AG. 2007. Marine paleontology on the Isthmus of
Panama. Canto Rodado 2: 149-179.
9.
O’Dea A. 2006. Asexual propagation in the marine bryozoan Cupuladria exfragminis. Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 335: 312-322.
8.
O’Dea A. 2005. Zooid size parallels contemporaneous oxygen isotopes in a large colony of Pentapora
foliacea (Bryozoa). Marine Biology. 146: 1075-1081.
7.
O’Dea A, Herrera-Cubilla A, Fortunato H & Jackson JBC. 2004. Life history variation in cupuladriid
bryozoans from either side of the Isthmus of Panama. Marine Ecology Progress Series 280: 145-161.
6.
O’Dea A. 2003. Seasonality and variation in zooid size in Panamanian encrusting bryozoans. Journal
of the Marine Biological Association 83: 1107-1108.
5.
O'Dea A & Jackson JBC. 2002. Bryozoan growth mirrors contrasting seasonal regimes across the
Isthmus of Panama. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 185: 77-94.
4.
O'Dea A & Okamura B. 2000. Life history and environmental inferences through retrospective
morphometric analysis of bryozoans: a preliminary study. Journal of the Marine Biological Association.
80: 3596-3599.
3.
O'Dea A & Okamura B. 2000. Intracolony variation in zooid size in cheilostome bryozoans as a new
technique for investigating palaeoseasonality. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 162:
319-332.
2.
O’Dea A & Okamura B. 2000. Cheilostome bryozoans as indicators of seasonality in the Neogene
epicontinental seas of Western Europe. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Bryozoology Association
Conference: 74-86.
1.
O’Dea A & Okamura B. 2000. Influence of seasonal variation in temperature, salinity, and food
availability on module size and colony growth in the estuarine bryozoan, Conopeum seurati. Marine
Biology 135: 581-588.
BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES
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Rodriguez F & O’Dea A. 2015. Historia Natural del Istmo de Panamá. SENACYT/Smithsonian.
170pp.
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Taylor PD & O’Dea A. 2014. A history of Life in 100 Fossils. Natural History Museum/Smithsonian
Books.
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O’Dea A, Collins LS. 2013. Environmental, ecological and evolutionary change in seas across the
Isthmus of Panama. Special edition of the Bulletin of Marine Science originating from colloquium in
Bocas del Toro, 2011.
IN REVIEW
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Orzechowski EA, Lockwood R, Byrnes JE, AndersonSC, Finnegan S, Finkel ZV, Harnik PG, Lindberg
DR, Liow LH, Lotze HK, McClain CR, McGuire JL, O’Dea A, Pandolfi1 JM, Simpson C, !Tittensor DP.
Determinants of extinction selectivity over the last 500 million years: a meta-analysis of marine
bivalves and gastropods. Submitted to Global Change Biology.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
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Grossman EL, O’Dea A. 2014. Modern calibrations of temperature and nutrient proxies for
paleoenvironmental reconstructions in tropical mollusks. Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs, vol. 45.
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Grossman EL, Robbins JA, Tao K, O’Dea A. 2013. The Future of Sclerochronology– Constraining
under-constrained systems. 3 International Sclerochronology Conference, Caerarfon, Wales,
England (in press).
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Jackson, JB, O’Dea A. 2012. Timing of the isolation of the Caribbean from the Tropical Eastern
Pacific. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 44, no. 7.
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Robbins J, Tao K, Grossman E, O’Dea A. 2012. Exploring the delayed overturn in Caribbean fauna
using gastropod stable-isotope profiles to quantify seasonal upwelling and freshening of coastal
waters. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 44, no. 7.
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Key MM Jr, O’Dea A. 2012. Stable isotope profiling in modern marine bryozoan colonies across the
Isthmus of panama. Geological Society of America, vol. 44, no. 7.
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Fowler G, Farris D, Cardona A, O’Dea A. 2012. Structure and geochemistry of a panama arc section:
juxtaposition via contractional tectonics. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol.
44, no. 7.
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Tao K, Robbins J, Grossman E, O’Dea A. 2012. Quantifying upwelling and freshening in nearshore
tropical environments using stable isotopes in modern Tropical American gastropods. Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 44, no. 7.
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Hendrickson MJ. Strong N, Farris DW, O’Dea A, Rodriguez F. 2011. Geological map of the Kuna
Yala, Panama. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 43 (5): 625.
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O’Dea A, Jackson JBC. 2009. Ecological and evolutionary asynchrony in Caribbean extinction.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 160
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Leonard-Pingel JS, Jackson JBC, O’Dea A. 2009. Changes in bivalve functional ecology in response to
environmental change in the Caribbean Neogene. Geological Society of America Abstracts with
Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 559.
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Strong N, Francheschi P, Jaramillo C, Farris DW, Montes C, O’Dea A. 2009. Biological response to
high flux rates of pyroclastics in fluvial and nearshore shallow marine environments in the panama
canal basin. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 133
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Garcia Inguanti C, Gurocak-Orhun O, Matthews FA, Collins L, O’Dea A. 2009. Miocene
foraminiferal biofacies along the Caribbean coast of northwest Panama. Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 7, p. 105
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Strong N, Farris D, Cardona A, Montes C, O’Dea A, Jaramillo C. 2008. Evolution of fluvial drainage
networks evolving in response to an emerging Cenozoic Panama Cordillera. EOS Trans. AGU, Fall
meeting supplement.
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Barreda V. et al. 2008. Fossil Pollen Grains Of Asteraceae (Nassauviinae) From the Miocene Of
Patagonia, Southern South America. Palynology 32:257-273.
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O’Dea A. 2008. Environmental change preceded Caribbean mass extinction by 2 million years.
Palynology, 32:266-266
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O’Dea A, Jackson JBC, Rodríguez F & Herrera A. 2006. Life history evolution of Tropical American
cupuladriid bryozoans. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 514
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Jackson JBC, O’Dea A, Rodríguez F, Herrera A & Cheetham A. 2006. Cheilostome bryozoan faunal
turnover in the tropical western Atlantic. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 171
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O’Dea A & Jackson JBC. 2003. Coastal seasonality during closure of the Isthmus of Panama. Boletín
de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción. 74: 95
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O’Dea A. 2003. Reproductive life histories of Central American cupuladriids. Boletín de la Sociedad
de Biología de Concepción. 74: 94
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O'Dea A & Jackson JBC. 2003. Coastal Seasonality during closure of the Isthmus of Panama.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 119, p. 11
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS AND OTHERS
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Collins LS, O’Dea A, 2013. Dedication to Anthony G Coates. Bulletin of Marine Science. 89(4):767–768.
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O’Dea A. 2006. Salvage paleontology of the Panama Canal Basin: Extending the fossil record of the
Isthmus of Panama.
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O’Dea A. 2002. Conservation of the freshwater bryozoan Lophopus crystallinus. Prepared for the
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UK.
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O’Dea A. 1998. A Student’s Guide to Palynology. Prepared for the Department of Geology, Royal
Holloway University of London.
PRESENTATIONS IN LAST 5 YEARS *student from my lab, #invited
2015
O’Dea A. Una (breve) Historia de la vida en 10 fosiles. El Biomuseo, Panama.
2014
O’Dea A. A (very brief) History of Life in 5 fossils. Book Launch, American Trade Hotel, Casco Viejo,
Panama.
2014
O’Dea A. Evolutionary and ecological consequences of the formation of the isthmus of Panama.
Universidade Federal Fluminense. Brazil. October 2014 #
2014
O’Dea A. What is Pristine? Workshop for the kick-off the Smithsonian’s Capital Campaign,
Washington DC. October 2014 #
2014
O’Dea A. Consecuencias evolutivas y ecológicas de la formación del Istmo de Panamá. Invited
Seminar, Museo de La Plata, Argentina. October 2014 #
2014
Graniero L, Grossman EL, O’Dea A, Robbins JA, Morales J, Thompson R. Modern calibrations of
temperature and nutrient proxies for paleoenvironmental reconstructions in tropical mollusks.
Geological Society of America, Vancouver 43.
2014
O’Dea A. Life in Tropical American seas over the last 10 million years. Invited Texas A&M
departmental Seminar, April 2014 #
2014
O’Dea A. Size-selective evolution in the Fighting Conch Strombus pugilis in response to prehistoric
and modern subsistence harvesting. North American Paleontological Congress, Gainesville.
2014
Graniero L, Grossman EL, O’Dea A, Rodriguez F. Using nitrogen isotopes to characterize nutrient
cycling in coastal environments in Bocas del Toro Archipelago. North American Paleontological
Congress, Gainesville.
2014
Grossman EL, Tao K, Robbins J, O’Dea A. Quantifying upwelling and freshening in nearshore
Tropical American environments using modern gastropod shells—stable isotopic successes and trace
element complexities. North American Paleontological Congress, Gainesville.
2014
Grossman EL, Robbins J, Tao K, O’Dea A. Late Neogene environmental change and faunal overturn
in the Caribbean: Revelations using gastropod stable- isotope profiles to quantify seasonal upwelling
and freshening in coastal waters. North American Paleontological Congress, Gainesville.
2013
Grossman EL, Robbins JA, Tao K, O’Dea A. 2013. The Future of Sclerochronology– Constraining
under-constrained systems. 3 International Sclerochronology Conference, Caerarfon, Wales.
rd
6 2013
O’Dea A. Hub of the Americas. Conference for the 500th Anniversary of the ‘discovery’ of the
Southern Seas by Balboa. Preview to Science week. University of Panama. #
2012
O’Dea A. Niche conservatism is stronger in ancestors than descendants. 12 International Coral Reef
Symposium, Cairns.
2012
O’Dea A. Evolution, ecology and life histories of cupuladriid bryozoans. 2012 AustraLarwood
meeting, Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville
th
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2012
Fredston-Hermann A* & O’Dea A. Reconstructing a pristine non-coral reef community in the
southwestern Caribbean. 12 International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns.
th
2011
Robbins J, Grossman EL, O'Dea A, Tao K. Reconstruction of Regional Environments in the
Caribbean During the Neogene Using Gastropod Stable Isotope Profiles. AGU 2011 fall meeting San
Francisco
2011
Tao K, Grossman EL, O'Dea A, Robbins J. Characterizing upwelling and freshwater influx in
nearshore tropical environments using stable isotopes in mollusks - example from Panama. AGU
2011 fall meeting San Francisco
2011
Hendrickson MJ. Strong N, Farris DW, O’Dea A, Rodriguez F. Geological map of the Kuna Yala,
Panama. Geological Society of America 41.
2011
O’Dea A. The Ghosts of Caribbean past. Monthly Public Seminar, Bocas del Toro, Panama
2011
O’Dea A. Curso de ecología marina para estudiantes latinos internacionales en Galeta.
2010
Grossman EL, Tao K, Robbins J, O’Dea A. Oxygen and Carbon Isotope Studies of Modern and
Neogene Tropical Paleoenvironments: Preliminary Results. STRI PaleoTalk.
2010
O’Dea A, Torben R, Pyenson N. Putting the past into the future. Marine GEO, Smithsonian
Institution, Washington DC.
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2010
Herrera-Cubilla A, Rodríguez F, O’Dea A, Jackson JBC. Phylogeny of the genus Cupuladria in
Tropical American Neogene. XIII National Congress of Science and Technology, Panama.
2010
Ríos Katliarova J*, Vijil D, De Gracia C*, Rodríguez F, O’Dea A. Paleoecology and paleobiology of
fossil molluscs in Payardi Island. XIII National Congress of Science and Technology, Panama.
2010
De Gracia C*, O’Dea A. The emergence of the Isthmus of Panama and changes in Tropical Eastern
Pacific benthic communities. Albert Einstein Institute, Science Fair. Panama.
2010
Osorio A*, Aguilera O, O’Dea A, Rodríguez F. Occurrences of fossil otoliths in the eastern Pacific
Neogene of Panama. XIII National Congress of Science and Technology, Panama.
2010
Rodríguez F, O’Dea A. Climate change and its impact on Panama. 2010. Albert Einstein Institute,
Science Fair. Panama.
2010
Leigh E, O’Dea A, Vermeij, G. Historical Biogeography of the Isthmus of Panama. Harvard
University Herbaria Seminar.
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2010
O’Dea A, Green WA, Jackson JBC. Niche breadth in Caribbean cupuladriid bryozoans through the
Neogene. 15 International Bryozoology Association, Kiel.
th
2010
Herrera-Cubilla A, Rodriguez F, O’Dea A, Jackson JBC. Phylogeny of the Genus Cupuladria (Bryozoa:
Cheilostomata) in the Neogene of tropical America. 15 International Bryozoology Association, Kiel.
th
2010
O’Dea A, Rodriguez F, de Gracia B*, del Valle Y*, Jackson JBC. Sex in the Caribbean: environmental
change drove evolution in cupuladriid bryozoans. 15 International Bryozoology Association, Kiel.
th
2010
Rodriguez F & O’Dea A. Hotspot of molluscan diversity in Kuna Yala associated with high levels of
predation. Fellows’ Symposium at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
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2010
O’Dea A, Rodriguez F, de Graca B*, del Valle Y* & Jackson JBC. Sex in the Caribbean. Fellows’
Symposium at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
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2010
De Gracia C* & O’Dea A. Cambios geológicos y cambios en las comunidades bentónicas del Pacífico
durante el cierre del Istmo de Panamá. Fellows’ Symposium at the Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute.
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2010
Rojas-Briceño A* & O’Dea A. Revision of Recent Brachiopods from the Panama Paleontology Project.
Fellows’ Symposium, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
7 2010
Okamura B, O’Dea A, Knowles T. Bryozoan modular growth and the retrospective analysis of
environments. Symposium in honour of Roger Hughes, University of Wales, Bangor.
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S T U D E N T S M E N T O R E D (25)
Carlos Vergara Chen (U. of Mercia, Spain); Marcela Herrera (U. of Costa Rica); Darlenis Cerdeño,
Marcos Alvarez, Maria Pinzon Concepcion, Carlos DeGracia (winner APANAC Best Thesis 2010),
Jilma Ríos Katliarov, Abraham Osorio, Oris Solis, Gisele Laino, Janice Chen, Graciela Quijano, Marisa
Quintero, Natyarith Montenegro, Brigida de Gracia, Yadixa del Valle, Luis De Gracia (U. of Panama);
Marian Shaffer (Green Bay University); Magdalena Łukowiak (Polish Academy of Sciences); Holger
Anlauf (Southampton University); Alexa Fredston-Hermann (Princeton University); Lauren Graniero
(Texas A&M); Mike Hynes (STRI); Erin Dillon (Stanford).
P O S T - D O C S (6)
2014–
Magdalena Łukowiak
2014–
Paola Rachello-Dolmen
2014–
Michele Pierotti
2013–
Katie Cramer
2009–2013
John Robbins
2009–2012
Santosh Jagadeeshan (now McMaster University)
HOSTED CONFERENCES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
2011
Colloquium: Ecological and Evolutionary Change in the Tropics, Bocas del Toro
2008
Introduction to Tropical Paleontology, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
2007
Advanced course in histological techniques for marine animals, STRI
1999
The 29 Progressive Palaeontology conference, University of Bristol
1998
The First Larwood Bryozoan Symposium, University of Bristol. link
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MAJOR FIELD EXPEDITIONS
2014
Neogene, Holocene and modern environs, isotopes and ecology in Bocas del Toro, Lead Scientist
2014
Fossil and modern foraminifera of Bocas del Toro
2014
Coring coral reefs in Belize
2013
Holocene and modern environments, isotopes and ecology in Bocas del Toro
2013
Coring late Holocene coastal Caribbean sediments in Bocas del Toro, Panama
2012
Holocene and modern reefs of the Dominican Republic, Lead Scientist
2012
Holocene sedimentary and biological baselines, Bocas del Toro, Lead Scientist
2011
Marine ecological survey of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, R/V Anibal Chief Scientist
2011
Miocene and Holocene paleontology of Sarawak, Malaysia
2011
Excavation of marine fossil vertebrates, Piña, Panama
2011
Paleontology of the Burica Peninsula, Panama and Costa Rica Lead Scientist
2009
Paleontology of the Neogene of the Dominican Republic
2008
Geological exploration of Kuna Yala, Panama & Colombia R/V Urraca Chief Scientist
2008
Paleontology of the Neogene of Jamaica
2007
Paleontology of the Urumaco and associated formations, Venezuela
2007
Geological exploration of the Gulf of Mosquitos, Panama Lead Scientist
2006
Marine ecological survey of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, R/V Urraca Chief Scientist
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Miocene of Panama for students of the University of Panama Lead Scientist
2006
Paleoecology on the Pacific coast of Panama and Costa Rica Lead Scientist
2006
Extending the marine and terrestrial fossil record of Panama R/V Urraca Chief Scientist
2006
Caribbean paleoecology in the Neogene of Costa Rica Lead Scientist
2005
Marine benthic survey of the Gulf of Mosquitos aboard R/V Urraca Chief Scientist
2004
Marine benthic survey of the south-western Caribbean, R/V Urraca Chief Scientist
2004
Marine collections in the Caribbean Neogene, R/V Urraca Chief Scientist
2003
Neogene paleontology of Bocas del Toro, Panama
2000
Marine benthic survey of the tropical eastern Pacific aboard R/V Urraca
1999
K-T boundary paleontology, Denmark Lead Scientist
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND RESEARCH GROUPS
Palaeontological Association, Geological Society of America, Paleontological Society, International
Bryozoology Association, SNI-SENACYT. Tropical Marine Historical Ecology, Panama Paleontology
Project, Indo-Pacific Ancient Ecosystem Group, NESCent Working Group: “Determinants of
extinction in ancient and modern seas”.
EDITORIAL
Editor for: Bulletin of Marine Science
Reviewer for: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Bulletin of Marine Science, Caribbean Journal
of Science, Coral Reefs, Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Experimental
Marine Biology and Ecology, Journal of Paleontology, Journal of the Marine Biological Association
UK, ZooTaxa, Marine Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Oikos, Palaeogeography
Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Proceedings of the International Bryozoology Association,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
SELECT PUBLIC MEDIA
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Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/how-­‐these-­‐10-­‐fossils-­‐
explain-­‐life-­‐on-­‐earth/2014/10/13/2d9647b0-­‐4fd7-­‐11e4-­‐aa5e-­‐7153e466a02d_story.html •
CHOICE: http://choiceconnect.org/webclipping/187291/5hrzgoyl7ltt9xnck4hoaska_689whloo3buf17__nt8_7-­‐kxg •
National Center for Science Education: http://reports.ncse.com/index.php/rncse/article/view/341/609 •
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Evolution of conch size by prehistoric harvesting. blogs.discovermagazine.com/inkfish/2014/03/21/ What is Pristine? http://youtu.be/gMw8YcRdVnU
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Battle for the Americas, Science. www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6143/230.summary
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‘Science of Wonder’. www.stri.si.edu/sites/what_is_pristine/index.html
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‘Ghost of the Caribbean Expedition’, Jan 2013. youtu.be/KyC5XEet27U
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‘All hands to Paleontology!’ Supplement LEARNING, La Prensa, 6 Aug 2012
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‘Ocean conditions and the Great Death’ Smithsonian newsletter, Aug 2012.
www.stri.si.edu/sites/strinews/PDFs/STRINews_Aug24_2012.pdf
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Article in Magazine ‘K’ on my work in Panama – ‘Un Fosil muy Valioso en Panama’
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‘Youngsters Learn history in Science Camp’ La Prensa.
www.prensa.com/impreso/nacionales/jovenes-aprenden-historia-en-campamentocientifico/100169
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‘United Plates of America’ New Scientist. www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028161.600-unitedplates-of-america-the-making-of-a-new-world.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=magcontents
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‘Clash of the Americas’. National Geographic film on formation of the Isthmus of Panama
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‘How does your coral garden grow?’ wanderinggaia.com/2010/12/13/how-does-your-coralgarden-grow/
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‘Panama Canal fossils reveal ancient collision of worlds’ BBC Feature.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11415945
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Sex In The Caribbean, ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728223020.htm
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Interviewed for Channel 5 (Albatros Media), discussion about paleontology [in Spanish].
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L’extinction d’espèces a tardé, Science et Vie, No. 1076 [in French]
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A Lag Before Dying, ScienceNOW, 12 March
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Interviewed for German SWR Radio. www.swr.de/contra/nachrichten/nachrichten//id=1790028/nid=1790028/did=1943000/1pug19u/index.html [in German]
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Research suggests extinction may be gradual and unpredictable, mongabay.com
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Paleoecology in Panama, Smithsonian Inside Magazine, Vol. 12.
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Los efectos del Istmo de Panamá, La Prensa [in Spanish]
LANGUAGES
Fluent English and Spanish
CERTIFICATES AND LICENCES
Advanced Scuba Diver (NAUI), Captains Licence, Health and Safety certified, First Aid, CPR and
AED Certified, Chainsaw Licence (Forestry Commission).
ACADEMIC REFEREES
Ethan Grossman, Texas A&M, USA. e-­‐grossman@tamu.edu
Beth Okamura, The Natural History Museum, UK. b.okamura@nhm.ac.uk
Jeremy Jackson, Smithsonian Institution, USA. jeremybcjackson@gmail.com
John Pandolfi, University of Queensland, Australia. j.pandolfi@uq.edu.au
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