Nadine Christine Folino-Rorem
Curriculum Vitae

Biology Department
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL. 60187
Phone: (630)-752-7038 Fax: (630) 752-5996
E-mail: Nadine.C.Folino-Rorem@wheaton.edu

Education:

Sept. 1976-June 1977 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio
Sept. 1977-June 1980 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Degree Obtained: Bachelor of Science, Honors, Cum Laude

June-July 1981 University of Washington, WA. Friday Harbor Laboratory
Course Taken: Invertebrate Zoology

Sept. 1981-July 1988 University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.
Degree Obtained: Master of Science, 1985
 "The effects of predation by the nudibranch Cuthona nana on growth patterns and interactions among colonies of the hydroid Hydractinia echinata"
Degree Obtained: Ph.D., 1989
 "The life histories of predator and prey in a nudibranch-hydroid association: Cuthona nana and Hydractinia echinata"

August 1990 University of Hawaii at Manoa
Course Taken: Field Studies in Marine Sciences for Teachers

Teaching Experience:

Assistant Professor: Wheaton College (1993-present):
Introductory Biology (Bio 231,232)
 Contemporary Issues in Biology (Bio 303)
 Ecology (Bio 351)
Environmental Science (Bio 315)
 Intro. to Research (Bio 284)
 Invertebrate Zoology (Bio 315)
 Marine Biology (Bio 315); Coordinator of the Course;Belize 1994, 1997
 Marine Biology in conjunction with ACCA & Shedd Aquarium: Spring 1996,1998

Core Faculty : Shoals Marine Laboratory
Marine Biology for non-majors (July 1989)
 Oceanography of the Gulf of Maine (July 1995, '97, '98)
 (in assoc. with SEA of Woods Hole)

Assistant Professor: University of Minnesota, Morris (Sept.-June, 1993)
 Introductory Biology Diversity of Plants and Animals
 Invertebrate Zoology

Science Instructor: St. Paul's School (June-July, 1992; 1993)
 Developed & Taught Marine Biology for the Advanced Studies Program

Science Instructor: Phillips Exeter Academy (1989-1992)
 General Biology Marine Biology
 Shoals Marine Lab Trips: 3 day trip (Fall 1990-1994)

Instructor: Northeastern University; Marine Science Center, Nahant, MA
 (June 1990)
 Marine Ecology

Assistant Professor: The Behrend College (Aug. 1988-May 1989)
 General Biology(majors) Non-majors Biology
Symbiotic Relationships Evolution: team teaching

Teaching Assistant: University of New Hampshire ( Sept. 1982-May 1988)
 Field Marine Science(SML, 2 summers) Fisheries Biology
 Ocean Biology Ornithology
Invertebrate Zoology General Zoology Laboratories
 Environmental Biology

Research Experience

Laboratory assistant to Dr. M. Miller Feb. 1980-May 1981
 Freshwater Experience:
 Lab assistant for limnological research and development of a model stream.
 Univ. of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Research assistant to Dr. Larry Harris Sept. 1981-May 1982;
 Marine Experience June 1985-May 1986
 SCUBA diving, data analysis, photographic skills, field experimentation.
 Univ. of New Hampshire, N.H.

Personal Research:

Thesis research Sept. 1981-May 1988

Summer research: June 1986
 A nudibranch-hydroid association; Univ. of California at Santa Barbara

Hydroid species distribution June-mid-Aug. 1994, 1995
 Darling Marine Center, Maine

Consulting Research March -Dec., 1997
Cordylophora Fouling research; Common Wealth Edison (electrical co.), Morris, IL.

Continued Consulting Research Jan - May, 1998
 Cordylophora & Bryozoa Fouling research; Common Wealth Edison,Morris, IL.,
 in conjunction with Dr. Terry Marsh from North Central College

Brookfield Zoo, Chicago IL. Fall, 1997, Jan-May 1998
 Factors Controlling strobilation in the jellyfish Aurelia aurita

Collaborative PCR research with Drs. Rod Scott and Ray Lewis, May/June, 1998

Collaborative Research with the Illinois Natural History Survey: zebra mussel/hydroid
association, Sept. 1999-Dec. 2000

Awards/Funding

Aldeen Grant, Wheaton College Jan.-May 2001
Crossbreeding Studies of the hydroid, Cordylophora

Alumni Grant, Wheaton College June-May 2001
Sabbatical funding for research and writing

Aldeen Grant, Wheaton College June-Oct. 2000
Collaborative research with the Illinois Natural History Survey

Aldeen Grant, Wheaton College May/June 1999
Continue DNA research on hydroid taxonomy

Junior Faculty Achievement Award, Wheaton College 1998-2000
(2 years of support for research with undergraduates)

COMED March-Dec. 1997; (Electrical Co.) Cordylophora Fouling Research Jan-May 1998

American Scientific Affiliation "Caring for Science" Award August, 1997

Shed Aquarium Oct. 1995
Research Grant "Assessing Water Quality Using an Aquatic Invertebrate Cordylophora):
Using a Model Stream

Burroughs Wellcome Summer, 1994
 Fellowship Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (Declined due to conflict with PEW research)

PEW Science June-mid-Aug. 1994
Program Grant Hydractinia distributions in Maine

PEA(Phillips Exeter Academy) August 1990;July 1991
Summer Grants Marine Teachers course in Hawaii; Improve the invertebrate collection

CURF 100ufrCUBC May 1987-Jan. 1988
UNH Grant The study of a nudibranch-hydroid association: C nana and H. echinata

CURF C-86243 Summer 1986
UNH Grant A comparison of nudibranch-hydroid associations: Hydractinia spp. and their predators

Summer Fellowship Summers 1983,1987,1988; Univ. of New Hampshire

Professional Memberships

AIBS: American Institute of Biological Sciences
Center for Marine Conservation
Morton Arboretum
National Audubon Society
National Marine Educators Association
Shedd Aquarium
Sigma Xi
The American Scientific Affiliation
The Nature Conservancy

Publications/Presentations

Folino, N.C. 2000. The Freshwater Expansion and Classification of the Colonial Hydroid Cordylophora(Phylum Cnidaria, Class Hydrozoa). INPRESS. pp. 139-144. In: Pederson, Judith (ed.) Marine Bioinvasions: Proceedings of the First National Conference, January 24-27, 1999. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant College Program, Cambridge, MA.

Danil D. Meadows, Rebecca M. Sanderson, (Dr. Nadine Folino) Wheaton College. The Effects of Salinity Variation on The Morphology and Reproduction in The Colonial Hydroid Cordylophora Spp. The 25th Annual Biology Undergraduate Research West Coast Conference. Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California. April 29th, 2000.

Ben Chan, Lorren Cunningham, Jill Erickson, Dustin Lang, Mark Lanker, Andres Martiny, Christopher McDonald, Matthew McNiel, Daniel Meadows, Amy Wright. Biota Sediment Along a Back Reef Transect, Southwater Cayne, Belize
Faculty Advisor: Dr's Nadine C. Folino, Ray Lewis, and Steve Mosier. The 33rd Annual ACCA Student Symposium. April 8, 2000.

Janelle Buckley, Dan Chase, Brian Dunn, David Hoekman, Rich Kang, Jan Kuhn, Amy Logan, Chris Long. Fish Poplations and Herbivory Patterns in a Nearshore Marine Environment in Belize. Faculty Advisor: Dr's. Ray Lewis, Nadine C. Folino, and Steve Mosier. The 33rd Annual ACCA Student Symposium. April 8, 2000.

Folino, N.C. 2000. Aspects of Colonial Hydroid Cordylophora (Phylum Cnidaria, Class Hydrozoa) as a Freshwater Invader and its association with Zebra Mussels. 10th International Aquatic Nuisance Species Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Feb 14-18, 2000.

Folino, N.C. and J. Indelicato. 2000. The Effects of Temperature and Chlorine on the Colonial, Freshwater Hydroid, Cordylophora. IN PREP: Water Research.

Folino, N.C. 1999. The Distribution of the Colonial Hydroid Cordylophora (Phylum Cnidaria, Class Hydrozoa). The First National Conference on Marine Bioinvasions. Jan. 1999. MIT, Cambridge MA. (poster)

Folino, Nadine C., An Introducion to the Shoals Marine Laboratory. The Benthic Ecology Meetings. Baton Rouge, Lousiana. March, 1999.

Nadine C. Folino, Anne Costa and Sarah Wood. 1999. Strobilation Induction in the Common Moon Jelly, Aurelia aurita. The Benthic Ecology Meetings.Baton Rouge, Lousiana. March, 1999.

Costa, Anne, Sarah Wood and Nadine Folino. 1999. Strobilation Induction in the Common Moon Jelly, Aurelia aurita. IN PREP: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology.

Lecturer, May, 1998. Marine Ecology of South Water Caye, Belize. The DuPage Audubon Society, Wheaton, IL.

Wood, Sarah, Laurie Braker, Anne M. Costa. Strobilation Induction in the Common Moon Jelly, Aurelia aurita.

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nadine C. Folino. The 31st Annual ACCA Student Symposium. April 4, 1998

Jen Indelicato. and Amy Kanazawa. Controlling Growth of the Hydroid Cordylophora .

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Nadine C. Folino. The 31st Annual ACCA Student Symposium. April 4, 1998

Eric P. Arnfeldt, Kimberly R. Andrews, Tonya R. Blakemore, Anne M. Costa, Erin M. Garret, Jennifer D. Indelicato, Amy M. Kanazawa, Daniel E. Kronstad, Tahaddeus A. Nicholls, Jason A. Polk, Justin H. Rachley, Jeremy R. Vaughan. MARINE ECOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY AT SOUTH WATER CAY, BELIZE.

Faculty Advisors: Nadine C. Folino & Stephen O. Moshier. The 31st Annual ACCA Student Symposium. April 4, 1998

Folino, N.C. and P. Yund. 1998. The Distribution of Hydroid Sibling Species on Hermit Crabs in Estuaries of the Gulf of Maine. Estuaries, Vol. 21 (4).

Folino, Nadine C. ; Indelicato, Jennifer. Controlling Growth of the Hydroid Cordylophora The Benthic Ecology Meetings. Melbourne, Florida. March, 1998.

Folino, N.C. 1997. "Assessing Water Quality Using the Colonial Hydroid, Cordylophora". American Scientific Affiliation. Westmont, California.

Julia K. Wood and N.C. Folino. 1997. Aspects of Dormancy and Cryogenics of the Hydroid Cordylophora lacustris. The Benthic Ecology Meetings. Portland, Maine. April, 1997.

Folino, N.C. 1997. The Role of Prey Motility and the Population Ecology of the nudibranch Cuthona nana (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). American Malacological Bulletin, Vol. 14 (1):17-25.

Lecturer at the Illinois Assoc. of Community College Biologist's Annual Meeting. Oct., 1995. "Nudibranch-hydroid predator-prey associations of New England"

The Benthic Ecology Meetings. Rutgers University, New Jersey. March, 1995. "A Further Analysis of Hydractinia and its Association with specific hermit crab species"

Folino, N.C. 1993. Feeding and Growth of the nudibranch Cuthona nana (Alder and Hancock, 1842). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 59:15-22.

Marine Lecture Series at Northeastern University, November 1990, May 1992. "Shell-less Molluscs of the World"

The Benthic Ecology Meetings. Solomons, Maryland. March, 1989. "Feeding and growth rates of the nudibranch Cuthona nana"

The Benthic Ecology Meetings. Portland, Maine. April, 1988. "The ecology of a nudibranch-hydroid predator-prey association: Cuthona nana and Hydractinia echinata"

The American Society of Zoologists. New Orleans, Louisiana. Dec., 1987. "Aspects of the biology of a hydroid-nudibranch predator-prey association"

The Benthic Ecology Meetings. Univ. of S. Carolina, Columbia, S.C. March, 1985. "Effects of predation by the nudibranch Cuthona nana on growth patterns and interactions among colonies of the hydroid Hydractinia echinata"

P-Bone: Population Biologists of New England. Harvard Univ., Mass. Oct., 1984. "Effects of predation by the nudibranch Cuthona nana on growth patterns and interactions among colonies of the hydroid Hydractinia echinata"

UNH/UMO Graduate Symposium. The Darling Center, Walpole, Maine. Sept., 1984. "Predation effects by the nudibranch Cuthona nana on strains of Hydractinia echinata (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)"

The Benthic Ecology Meetings. F.I.T. Melbourne, Fla. March, 1983. "The effects of predation by the nudibranch Cuthona nana on growth patterns and intraspecific competition of the hydroid, Hydractinia echinata"

The Ohio Academy of Science Meetings. Northern Ohio. 1980. "Abiotic and biotic controls of periphyton in a model stream system" Undergraduate Thesis Research