2005-2008
PURDUE UNIVERSITY. Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology

1995-1999
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA. B.A. in Anthropology (biological emphasis) with Highest Honors

PUBLICATIONS
1. McDonald, K. A. and D. Vaughn. (in press) An abrupt change in food environment induces cloning in Dendraster excentricus plutei. The Biological Bulletin

2. Vaughn, D. (2009) Predator-induced larval cloning in the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus: Might mothers matter? The Biological Bulletin 217(2) (PDF)

3. Vaughn, D. and R. R. Strathmann. (2008) Predators induce cloning in echinoderm larvae. Science (14 March 2008) 319:1503 (PDF)

4. Vaughn, D. (2007) Predator-induced morphological defenses in marine zooplankton: A larval case study. Ecology 88:1030-1039 (PDF)

MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW
5. Vaughn, D. (n.d.) Why run and hide when you can divide? Evidence for cloning and reduced size as an adaptive inducible defense

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREP
6. D. Vaughn and J. D. Allen. (n.d.) The peril of the plankton. Invited for publication in Integrative and Comparative Biology

RESEARCH GRANTS
2006-2009
Predator-induced morphological defenses of marine zooplankton. National Science Foundation OCE-0623102 co-written with R. R. Strathmann, awarded to R. R. Strathmann ($243,279)

2008
-Acheivement Results for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation Fellowship, Seattle Chapter ($3,000)
-Patricia L. Dudley Endowed Fellowship, Friday Harbor Laboratories ($500)

2007
Graduate Student Research Fellowship, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories ($3,000)

2006
-Lerner-Grey Fund for Marine Research Award ($1,625)
-Stephen and Ruth Wainwright Endowed Fellowship, Friday Harbor Laboratories ($2,500)
-ARCS Foundation Fellowship, Seattle Chapter ($1,500)

OTHER GRANTS
2005
Travel Grant, Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (NSF IOB 0450894)

HONORS AND AWARDS
2009
Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award (sole recipient), Department of Biology, University of Washington

2008
Runner-up for Best Student Poster Award. Division of Invertebrate Zoology. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). San Antonio, Texas

2007
Adrian M. Wenner Strong Inference Award for Best Student Paper. Division of Invertebrate Zoology. Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Phoenix, Arizona

2004
-Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
-Graduate School Top Scholar Award, University of Washington, Seattle

2003
-Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship
-Graduate School Top Scholar Award, University of Washington, Seattle

1999
Academic Excellence Award in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara (sole recipient)

OTHER RECOGNITION
2008
-Research featured in the New York Times (March 13, 2008), the Seattle Times (March 14, 2008), Scientific American (May 2008), Natural History (June 2008), Cosmopolitan Magazine (June 2008) and by numerous online news sources (March-June 2008)

-Research featured in Ecological Developmental Biology. Scott F. Gilbert and David Epel (authors). Sinauer Associates, Inc.; 1st Edition

2007
Research featured in the Friday Harbor Laboratories Newsletter, Intertidal Tidings. Volume 12

PRESENTATIONS
2008
- "Sand Dolly: Predator-induced cloning and size reduction in Dendraster excentricus plutei". Friday Harbor Laboratories Summer Seminar Series. San Juan Island, Washington.
- "Attack on the Clones: Predator-induced cloning in echinoderm larvae". Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). San Antonio, Texas

2007
- "Predator-Induced Morphological Defenses in Marine Zooplankton: A Larval Case Study". Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Phoenix, Arizona
- "Impacts of food concentration and larval stage on incidence of cloning in Dendraster excentricus plutei". (K. A. McDonald and D. Vaughn). Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Phoenix, Arizona

2005
"The Ballad of the Veliger Revisited: Alterations in Larval Shell Morphology in Response to Planktonic Predators". Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). San Diego, California

2002
"Cytoskeletal Contributions to Healing in Acetabularia acetabuluma". Friday Harbor Laboratories Research Apprenticeship Scientific Symposium, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington

INVITED TALKS
2008
-Friday Harbor Laboratories Summer Seminar Series, San Juan Island, Washington
2007
-EcoLunch Seminar Series, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana
-Friday Harbor Laboratories Spring Seminar Series, San Juan Island, Washington
-Larval Biology (graduate course), University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories
2006
-Larval Biology (graduate course), University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories
2003 & 2002
-Guest Lecture on Hominid Evolution, Principles of Evolution, University of Washington, Tacoma

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
-Teaching Assistant, Larval Biology (graduate course), University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories. Instructors: Drs. Richard R. Strathmann and Richard Emlet
-Teaching Assistant, Invertebrate Paleontology, University of Washington, Seattle. Instructor: Dr. Peter D. Ward
-Teaching Assistant, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories. Instructors: Drs. Bruno Pernet and Elizabeth Balser
-Mentor to local High School Student, Dr. H. D. (Toby) Bradshaw's Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle
-Teaching Assistant, Human Anatomy Laboratory and Introductory Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Instructor: Dr. Barry Tanowitz

TEACHING INTERESTS
- Ecology
- Ecology of Development (Eco-Devo)
- Marine Ecology
- Marine Invertebrate Zoology
- Larval Ecology
- Sensory Biology

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
2007-present
-Ad Hoc Reviewer for Aquatic Ecology, The Biological Bulletin, Hydrobiologia, Journal of Shellfish Research

2005-present
-K-12 Marine Biology Expert Day. Friday Harbor Middle School. San Juan Island, Washington
-Friday Harbor Laboratories Open House. San Juan Island, Washington
-Friday Harbor Laboratories Annual Donor "Beach Walk". San Juan Island, Washington

PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS
-Ecological Society of America
-Marine Biological Laboratories
-Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
-Evolution & Development of Metazoans, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories
-Biomechanics, University of Washington
-Principles of Evolution, University of Washington
-Principles of Ecology, University of Washington
-Invertebrate Zoology, University of Washington
-Comparative Embryology, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories
-Larval Biology, University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories

REFERENCES
Richard R. Strathmann
Associate Director, Friday Harbor Laboratories
University of Washington
620 University Road
Friday Harbor, Washington 98250
email: rrstrath@u.washington.edu
phone: 206.616.0705

Billie J. Swalla
Department of Biology
University of Washington
24 Kincaid Hall
Seattle, Washington 98195-1800
email: bjswalla@u.washington.edu
phone: 206.616.9367

Thomas Daniel
Endowed Chair, Department of Biology
24 Kincaid Hall
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-1800
email: danielt@u.washington.edu
phone: 206.543.1659

Daniel Grunbaum
School of Oceanography
318 Marine Sciences Building
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-1800
email: grunbaum@ocean.washington.edu
phone: 206.221.6594