CURRICULUM VITAE
Contact:
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
60 Bigelow Drive
East Boothbay, ME 04544
Education:
2011 – 2016
Ph.D. in Oceanography, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME
2007
M.E.Sc. Environmental Science, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT
2002 – 2006
B.A. Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Current Position:
2022–present
Research Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, E. Boothbay, ME
Professional Experience:
2018–2021
Postdoctoral Associate, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA
2018–2021
Adjunct Researcher, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, E. Boothbay, ME
2017–2018
Postdoctoral Researcher, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, E. Boothbay, ME
2015–2016
Michael J. Eckardt Dissertation Writing Fellow, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME
2012–2015
NSF Graduate Research Fellow, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME & Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME
2011–2012
Ecosystem Modeling Lab Graduate Research Assistant, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME & School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME
2011
Diamondback Terrapin Research Assistant, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Wellfleet, MA
2010–2011
Marine Policy Program Science Coordinator, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
2010–2011
Cape Cod Commission District of Critical Planning Concern natural resources advisory working group member, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
2008–2011
Right Whale Habitat Studies Associate Scientist, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
2008
Right Whale Habitat Studies Research Assistant, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
2007
Native Aquatics Field Technician, Utah Division of Natural Resources, St. George, UT
2007
Bat Ecology Field Technician, Woodlot Alternatives LLC, Topsham, ME
Teaching Experience:
2018–2019
Undergraduate thesis committee, Colby College, Waterville, ME
2017, fall semester
Laboratory Instructor, Bigelow/Colby College, E. Boothbay, ME
2016–2017
Adjunct Professor, Unity College, Unity, ME
2015, single lecture
Guest Lecturer, Unity College, Unity, ME
2012, single lecture
Guest Lecturer, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2012, fall semester
Volunteer Teaching Assistant, Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, ME
2009–2010
Interim Education Program Coordinator, Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, MA
At-sea Research Experience:
2018, 35 days
Postdoctoral Associate, NASA EXPORTS cruise, Subarctic NE Pacific
2014, 9 days
Chief Scientist-in-Training, UNOLS training cruise, Barbados to Bermuda
2012, 7 days
Co-Principal Investigator, Ocean Acidification and Zooplankton Cruise, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Gulf of Maine
2011/2012, 40 days
Zooplankton Research Assistant, Palmer LTER Research Cruise, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, West Antarctic Peninsula
2010, 26 days
Acoustics Research Assistant, Zooplankton Acoustics Cruise, SUNY Stony Brook, West Antarctic Peninsula
2009/2010, 40 days
CTD operator and cruise intern, CLIVAR P6, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Southwest Pacific Ocean - Australia to Tahiti
Publications submitted:
Steinberg DK, Stamieszkin K, Maas AE, Durkin CA, Passow U, Estapa ML, Omand MM, McDonnell AMP, Karp-Boss L, Galbraith M, Siegel DA (in revision) The outsized role of salps in carbon export in the subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean.
Stamieszkin K, Luo JY, Millette NC, Follett EM, Record NR, Johns DG (in revision) Environmental conditions associated with mixotrophs in the North Atlantic Continuous Plankton Recorder time series.
Publications:
Omand MM, Steinberg DK, Stamieszkin K (2021) Cloud shadows drive vertical migrations of deep-dwelling marine life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2022977118
Siegel DA, et al. (2021) Overview of the EXport Processes in the Ocean from RemoTe Sensing. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 9(1): 00107, doi: 10.1525/elementa.2020.00107
Stamieszkin K, Steinberg DK, Maas AE (2021) Fecal pellet production by mesozooplankton in the subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno11774
Maas AE, Miccoli A, Stamieszkin K, Carlson C, Steinberg DK (2021) Allometry and the calculation of zooplankton active flux. Journal of Plankton Research, doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbab028
Pershing AJ, Stamieszkin K (2020) The North Atlantic ecosystem, from plankton to whales. The Annual Review of Marine Science, doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010419-010752
Record NR, Runge JA, Pendleton DE, Balch WM, Davies KTA, Pershing AJ, Johnson CL, Stamieszkin K, Feng RJZ, Kraus SD, Kenney RD, Hudak C, Mayo CA, Chen C, Salisbury J, Thompson CRS (2019) Rapid climate-driven circulation changes threaten conservation of endangered North Atlantic right whales. Oceanography, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.201
Staudinger M, Mills, KE, Stamieszkin K et al. (2019) It’s about time: phenology of the Gulf of Maine. Fisheries Oceanography, doi: 10.1111/fog.12429
Brun P, Stamieszkin K, Visser AW, Licandro P, Payne MR, Kiørboe T (2019) Climate change has altered zooplankton-fuelled carbon export in the North Atlantic. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0780-3
Record NR, Balch WM, Stamieszkin K (2018) Century-scale changes in phytoplankton phenology in the Gulf of Maine. PeerJ. Preprints6:e27425v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27425v1
Schuetz J, Mills KE, Allyn A, Stamieszkin K, LeBris A, Pershing AJ (2018) Complex patterns of temperature sensitivity, not ecological traits, dictate diverse species responses to climate change. Ecography, doi: 10.1111/ecog.03823
Polashenski DJ, Osterberg EC, Koffman BG, Winski D, Stamieszkin K, Kreutz KJ, Wake CP, Ferris DG, Introne D, Campbell S, Lewis GM (2018) Denali ice core methanesulfonic acid records north Pacific marine primary production. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2017JD028123
Stamieszkin K, Poulton NJ, Pershing AJ (2017) Zooplankton grazing and egestion shifts particle size distribution in natural communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 575: 43-56, doi: 10.3354/meps12212
Guy-Haim T, Alexander H, Bell TW, Bier RL, Bortolotti LE, Briseño-Avena C, Dong X, Flanagan AM, Grosse J, Grossmann L, Hasnain S, Hovel R, Johnston CA, Miller DR, Muscarella M, Noto AE, Reisinger AJ, Smith HJ, Stamieszkin K (2017) What are the type, direction and strength of species, community, and ecosystem responses to warming in aquatic mesocosm studies and their dependency on experimental characteristics? A systematic review protocol. Environmental Evidence, doi: 10.1186/s13750-017-0084-0
Record NR, O’Brien JD, Stamieszkin K, Runge JA (2016) Omic-style statistical clustering reveals old and new patterns in Gulf of Maine zooplankton data. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2016-0151
Stamieszkin K, May MA, Chase A (2016) Student-led retreats for graduate student cohesion and career success. Oceanography 29: 80-81, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.18
Stamieszkin K, Pershing AJ, Record NR, Pilskaln CH, Dam HG, Feinberg LR (2015) Size as the master trait in modeled copepod fecal pellet carbon flux. Limnology and Oceanography, doi: 10.1002/lno.10156
Pershing AJ, Mills KE, Record NR, Stamieszkin K, Wurtzell KV, Byron C, Fitzpatrick D, Golet W, Koob E (2015) Evaluating trophic cascades as drivers of regime shifts in different ocean ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 370, doi: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0265
Parks SE, Warren JD, Stamieszkin K, Mayo CA & Wiley DN (2011) Dangerous dining: surface foraging of right whales increases risk for vessel collisions. Biology Letters 8: 57-60, doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.057
Stamieszkin K, Wielgus J, Gerber LR (2009) Management of a marine protected area for sustainability and conflict resolution. Ocean & Coastal Management 52: 449-458.
Presentations:
Stamieszkin K (2021) Invited seminar: Zooplankton ecology impacts upper ocean carbon distribution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Ecology Seminar, virtual.
Stamieszkin K, Steinberg DK, Maas AE (2020) Oral presentation: The role of mesozooplankton community structure in fecal pellet carbon production in the subarctic Northeast Pacific Ocean, Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Brun P, Maas A, Steinberg DK (2019) Invited oral presentation: Using allometry to model copepod-mediated carbon flux – how well do we estimate key rates and variables, Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry summer workshop, Woods Hole, MA, USA.
Stamieszkin K (2019) Gulf of Maine warming runs deep. Invited oral presentation: The Island Institute's Fisherman's Climate Roundtable, Rockland, ME, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Record NR, Thomas AC, Kerr LA, Mills KE (2018) Seasons in the ocean: Phenology indices for climate assessment. Oral presentation: Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Millette N, Follett E, Luo J (2017) Conditions for mixotrophy in the ocean. Poster: Trait-Based Approaches to Ocean Life, Osøyro, Norway.
Stamieszkin K (2016) How plankton impact the earth’s climate cycle. Lightening talk: New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative conference, Portland, ME, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Poulton N, Pershing AJ (2016) Zooplankton grazing effects on particle size spectra under different seasonal conditions. Oral presentation: Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Mills KE, Record NR (2015) Size structure of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem across multiple trophic levels. Oral presentation: Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine, Portsmouth, NH, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Pershing AJ (2015) Changes in North Atlantic copepod community size structure and fecal pellet carbon flux over 55 years. Oral presentation: Trait-Based Approaches to Ocean Life, Waterville Valley, NH, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Pershing AJ, Record NR (2014) Using copepod physiology and biogeography to understand variability in the biological carbon pump. Oral presentation: Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Record NR, Pershing AJ (2013) How does copepod body size influence the flow of carbon through marine ecosystems? Poster: Trait-based Approaches to Ocean Life, Copenhagen, Denmark, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Brault S, Mayo CA. (2009) Quantifying the Relationship between Zooplankton Resource and Right Whale Behavior: a step toward risk prediction. Oral presentation: North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Meeting, New Bedford, MA, USA.
Stamieszkin K, Osterberg D, Mayo CA. (2008) The Ecology of Risk. Oral presentation: North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium Meeting, New Bedford, MA, USA.
Grants & Awards:
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North Pacific Research Board, Co-Investigator (2021-2024) $596,616
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NSF Biological Oceanography, Co-Investigator (2021-2024) $928,486
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NSF Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry, Co-Investigator (2020-2022) $29,097
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M.J. Eckardt Dissertation Fellowship (2015)
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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2012)
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Ruth Hiebert Memorial Fellowship (2011)
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Jubitz Family Endowment for Research Internships (2006)
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Carpenter/Sperry Summer Internship Fund (2006)
Memberships & Special Programs:
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2021-2023 Mixotrophs and Mixotrophy OCB Working Group co-investigator
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2019, 2022 Trait Based Approaches to Ocean Life Scientific Steering Committee
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2017 Hjort Summer School
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2016 Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences
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2014 UNOLS Chief Scientist Training Cruise
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American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
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American Geophysical Union