Curriculum VitaeDr. Kathryn D. Feller, PhD

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

ACADEMIC HISTORY

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University of MinnesotaEcology, Evolution & Behavior Department1479 Gortner AveSt. Paul, Minnesota 55108

July 2018 - present Researcher 6 (postdoc) with Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido EEB, University of Minnesota, USA

Sept 2016 - Jun 2018 Marie Sklowdowska-Curie Independent Postdoc Research Fellow with Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido PDN, University of Cambridge, UK

July 2015 - Sept 2016 Postdoctoral Associate with Nicholas Roberts, Ecology of Vision Lab, University of Bristol, UK

Jan 2015 - Mar 2015 Visiting Postdoc in Kentaro Arikawa Lab Sokendai School of Advanced Sciences, Japan

2007 – 2014 PhD Biological Sciences Department, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), USA (Thesis advisor: Thomas Cronin)

2002 – 2006 BSc. High Hon. Biology & Env. Science, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, USA (Thesis advisor: Kristy Kenyon)

In review Feller, KD; Sutton G; Gonzalez-Bellido, PT. Medium compensation in a spring- actuated system. Journal of Experimental Biology.

2019 Feller, KD; Wilby D; Jacucci, G; Vignolini, S; Mantell J; Wardill TJ; Cronin TW; Roberts NW. Long-wavelength reflecting filters found in the larval retinas of one mantis shrimp family (Nannosquillidae). Current Biology. 29, p 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.07.070

2019 Pollak, DJ; Feller, KD; Serbe, E; Gage, GJ. An electrophysiological investigation of power-amplification in the ballistic mantis shrimp punch. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 17(2), p.T12-18. • Contributions: initial idea, experimental design, instruction & mentorship for mantis shrimp ephys, animal supply and care instructions.

2017 Feller, KD; Jordan TM; Wilby D; Roberts NW. Selection of the intrinsic polarization properties of animal optical materials creates enhanced structural reflectivity and camouflage. Phil. Trans.R. Soc. B. 20160336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0336

Email: kate.feller@gmail.com kfeller@umn.edu

Phone: +1 585 219 7023Website: www.katefeller.com

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PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION

2016 Feller, KD & Cronin, TW. Spectral absorption of visual pigments in stomatopod larval photoreceptors. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 202(3): 215-223. 10.1007%2Fs00359-015-1063-y 2016 Roberts NW; Jordan T; Wilby D; Chiou TH; Feller KD; & Cronin TW. A shape- anisotropic reflective polarizer in a stomatopod crustacean. Scientific Reports. 6, Article number: 21744. http://rdcu.be/x3Lw • Contributions: animal collection, spectral data measurements, schematic illustrations, and editing of text

2014 Feller, KD, JH Cohen, & TW Cronin. Seeing double: visual physiology of double- retina eye ontogeny in stomatopod crustaceans. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-014-0967-2

2014 Feller, KD and TW Cronin. Hiding opaque eyes in transparent organisms: In situ spectral and image contrast analysis of eyeshine in stomatopod larvae. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217, 1-11 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.108076

2014 How, MJ; ML Porter; AN Radford; KD Feller; SE Temple; RL Caldwell; NJ Marshall; TW Cronin; & NW Roberts. Out of the blue: The evolution of horizontally polarized signals in Haptosquilla (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Protosquillidae). Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.107581 • Contributions: animal collection, spectral data measurements, and schematic illustrations

2013 Feller, KD, TW Cronin, ST Ahyong, & ML Porter. Morphological and molecular description of late-stage Alima Leach, 1817 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) larval types from Lizard Island, Australia. Zootaxa. 3722(2): 22-32 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3722.1.2

2011 Gumm, JM, KD Feller, TC Mendelson. 2011. Spectral characteristics of male nuptial coloration in darters (Etheostoma). Copeia. 2011(2): 319-326. https://doi.org/10.1643/CG-10-033 • Contributions: animal collection, spectral data measurements & analysis, and schematic illustrations 2009 Feller, KD, S Langerholm, R Clubwala, MT Silver, D Haughey, JM Ryan, ER Loew, ME Deutschlander, & KL Kenyon. 2009. Characterization of photoreceptor cell types in the little brown bat Myotis lucifugus (Vespertilionidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 154(4):412-418. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.08.006

Palecanda, S*; Feller, KD*; Porter, ML. Estimating Stomatopod Diversity at Lizard Island (Queensland, Australia) Using Planktonic Samples: Implications for Conservation and Diversity Estimates Worldwide. *shared first author. To be submitted. • Contributions: dataset acquisition (animal collection & sequencing) and analysis, idea for publication, and manuscript edits

Feller, KD; Imhoff VE; Gumm, JM. Dynamic coloration in a mantis shrimp, Coronis scolopendra. To be submitted.

Feller, KD & Gonzalez-Bellido, PT. Descending sensory information encoded in Squilla nervous system (Stomatopoda).

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2014 Feller, KD & TW Cronin. Chaper 8: Sensory Ecology of Vision. In: The Natural History of Crustaceans: Crustacean Nervous Systems and Their Control of Behavior. C. Derby & M. Thiel (eds.), Vol III. Oxford University Press.

2013 Feller, KD. Subclass Hoplocarida Calman, 1904: Order Stomatopoda Latreille, 1817: Larvae. In: Treatise on Zoology – Crustacea. FR Schram & JC von Vaupel Klein (eds.), vol. 4A: 257-269. Brill, Leiden.

BOOK CHAPTERS & REVIEWS

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FUNDING

2019 University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (2 X $1750) to undergraduate mentees: Tanner Mierow & Ilin Joshi

2018 Grass Foundation Fellowship (>$2000). “Neural basis of staomtopod striking behavior”, provided funding for lab support, food, housing, and travel to MBL, Woods Hole USA

2018 The Company of Biologists Travel Fellowship (£2000). “Developing a sustainable collecting sitefor Coronis scolopendra (Stomatopoda),” funding for field collecting expedition to the NW coast of Florida, USA

2016 Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSC) Independent Research Postdoc Fellowship ($183,455). “Sensory-motor conversion of stomatopod predatory strikes.” Cambridge, UK.

2016 International Society of Neuroethology Konishi Award ($2,500). Funding for MSC field work in Malaga, Spain.

2014 The Graduate School at UMBC Dissertation Fellowship ($8239.88).

2014 Leon M. Abbott Scottish Rite Scholarship ($1000). Funding to attend Lund University Sensory Ecology Course, Sweden.

2013 International Society of Neuroethology Heiligenberg Travel Award ($700). Funding to attend Lund Universitiy Sensory Ecology Course, Sweden.

2013 Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Travel Grant ($2000). Funded electrophysiological field expedition to Duke Marine Lab, USA.

2012 The Crustacean Society Fellowship in Graduate Studies ($1000). Funding for work with Shane Ahyong at Australian Museum, Australia.

2010 Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Facility TAP ($2000 AUD). Funded TEM work at University of Queensland, Australia.

2007 Graduate Assistant in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Award ($60,000). Funded first two years of PhD training.

2007 Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons Education Assistance Award ($1000).

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HONORS & AWARDS

2017 – 2018 Trinity Hall College Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) Univ. Cambridge, UK2017 & 2018 Best Post-doc presentation (£50), PDN Research Symposium Univ. Cambridge, UK2017 British Research Council “Famelab”, Cambridge Regional Champion2012 Best Poster Award ($100), The Crustacean Society, SICB Conference

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CONFERENCES & INVITED SEMINARS

2019 International Conference of Invertebrate Vision, Bäckaskog, Sweden talk: “Longwavelength reflecting filters in mantis shrimp larval retinas” poster: “Descending interneuron responses to multimodal sensory stimuli in Squilla” Airforce Reserach Lab: Natural Systems Sensing, Eglin Airforce Base, USA invited seminar: “The photonic mantis shrimp: diverse optical structures in stomatopods” University of Minnesota at Duluth, Biology Dept, USA invited seminar: “Big lessons from small subjects: visual biology of mantis shrimp larvae” Union College, Schenectady, USA invited seminar: “Making sense of the striking biology of mantis shrimp” Carleton College, Northfield, USA invited seminar: “Neuro-mechanical control of the mantis shrimp strike” St. Thomas University, St. Paul, USA invited seminar: “Linking vision and behavior in mantis shrimp crustaceans”

2018 Universitiy of Minnesota EEB Department Behavior Group, St. Paul, USA talk: “The striking biology of mantis shrimp crustaceans” University of Cambridge Zoology Department, Cambridge, UK invited seminar: “The neuroethology of a striking crustacean” University of Cambridge PDN Department Symposium, Cambridge, UK talk: “A novel photonic tapetum for improving bioluminescence detection” Living Light Conference, Cambridge, UK talk: “A twinkle in the eye: Novel tapetum for improving bioluminescence detection” Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Francisco, USA talk: “Neural control in a striking crustacean, Squilla mantis (Stomatopoda)”

2017 University of Cambridge PDN Department Symposium, Cambridge, UK talk: “Pulling the trigger: neural control of mantis shrimp strikes” Visionarium Symposium, Tvärminne Zoological Station, Finland talk: “A photonic solution for seeing bioluminescence”

2016 University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, USA invited seminar: “A novel and naturally occuring notch filter: unusual feature in stomatopod larval eyes” Visionarium Symposium, Tvärminne Zoological Station, Finland talk: “To strike or not to strike? Sensorimotor control of mantis shrimp strikes” Living Light Conference, Scripps, San Diego, USA talk: “A novel and naturally occuring notch filter: unusual feature in stomatopod larval eyes”

2015 Plymouth State University, Plymouth NH, USA invited seminar: “The visual ecology of stomatopod larvae”

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2019 onward Undergrad Research Project Mentor (2 students), University of Minnesota, USA2017 onward PhD Student Research Mentor (1 student), University of Hawai’i at Manoa, USA2019 (fall) Animal Physiology Guest Lecturer (2 sections), Univ. of Minnesota at Duluth, USA.

2019 (summer) Animal Behavior Field Course Neuroethology Module Co-Instructor & Developer, University of Minnesota Itasca Research Station, USA

2018 Backyard Brains, Undergraduate research project mentor (1 student)

2017 – 2018 Tutor in Scientific Writing, Trinity Hall College, UK

2017 Lab Practical Co-Demonstrator for Eye Movements Lab University of Cambridge, UK

2016 Sensory Ecology Field Course Co-Instructor & Developer, Univ. of Bristol, UK

2016 Guest Lecturer to Art History Department “Vision” Course, taught by Lucy Donkin Univ. of Bristol, UK

2015 Guest Lecturer to Animal Physiology Course, taught by Chris Chabbot, Plymouth State Univ, USA

2010 – 2014 Human Anatomy and Physiology Lab & Lecture Teaching Assistant UMBC, USA

2012 – 2014 Undergrad Research Project Mentor (2 students), UMBC, USA

2012 & 2014 Guest Lecturer to Physiology of Marine & Estuarine Animals Course, taught by Thomas Cronin, UMBC, USA

2014 Undergrad Field Research Workshop Instructor, for SIT study abroad program, Lizard Island, Australia

2011 Guest Lecturer for “The Biology of Color” Course, taught by Megan Porter, UMBC, USA

2011 Instructor for/Developer of Professional Development Seminar on Quantifying Enviornmental Light, Living Classrooms Foundation & Masonville Cove Enviornmental Education Center, USA

2008 – 2010 Undergrad Academic Advisor, UMBC, USA

2008 Cell Biology Lecture Teaching Assistant, UMBC, USA

TEACHING & SUPERVISORY ROLES

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Journal Reviewer: J. Exp. Biol., J. Crust. Biol., Frontieers Zoology, Plos One, Biol. Bull., R. Society Open Science

UMN College of Biological Science Postdoc Committee, EEB Department Representative – 2018 ongoing

Scientific Logo Designs: European Retina Meeting (2019), Grass Foundation Fellowship (2018), International Conference of Subterr. Biol. (2016), Nymark Lab (Tampere Univ, Finland), Ecology of Vision Lab (Univ. Bristol, UK)

Univ. Cambridge PDN Department Postdoc Committee Member, creator of “Coffee Chalk” breakfast seminar series – 2016 to 2018Univ. Bristol Biology Dept. “Press Gang”, founder and lead organizer for press-release writing club – 2016International Society of Neuroethology Young Investigator Representative – 2014 to 2017

UMBC Graduate Association of the Biological Sciences – President 2011 to 2013

UMBC Grad Student Assoc. Congress – Senator 2011 to 2013

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MEDIA, IMPACT, & SCIENCE OUTREACH

2019 onward Founding Board Member and Grant Writer for “Camp Quin”, a diverse, week-long summer camp for teens that cultivates curiosity, creativity, and community in Western NY. Also design and lead “Nature of Us” camper major program. www.camp-quin.com

March 2019 Nerd Night Presentation: stand-up comedy gig on being a stomatopod field biologist who is also female, Duluth, USA

2017 – 2018 The Variables Science Comedy Troupe Member: performed regular, science- themed stand-up comedy gigs in Cambridge and London, UK.

2017 – 2018 The Naked Scientists Podcast Guest: appeared on 6 separate episodes. Served as “Oceans” programming consultant June 2017.

April 2018 Skype a Scientist, Laurel Lane Elementary School, Williamsburg, USA Hour long Q&A with 4th grade special education class over Skype.

May 2017 Science Presentation to 7th Year Students at Sancton Wood School, Cambridge, UK.

March 2017 Cambridge Science Festival: constructed giant, spring-loaded raptorial striking appendage for public outreach booth on stomatopod biology, Cambridge, UK.

December 2015 ISN Newsletter article contribution: “Scientific PDA and you: not exactly a public display of affection”

February 2015 ISN Newsletter article contribution: “A Visual Guide to the Lund University Sensory Ecology Short Course.”

January 2014 Science Presentation to 7th Grade Class at Geneva School of Boerne, TX, USA

August 2012-14 Skype Presentation to 8th Grade Class at Colegio Granadino of Mainzales, Caldas, Columbia.

June 2010 & 13 STEM Day Presenter at Arocola Middle School, Wheaton-Glenmont, USA

November 2013 ISN Newsletter article contribution: ”Backaskog to the Future: recap of the International Conference of Invertebrate Vision.”

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