SAMUEL NATHAN CRANE

Curriculum Vitae

December 2009

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Professional Preparation

Ph.D. Student, Biology: Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Expected 2011
Graduate Center, The City University of New York.
Thesis advisor: Dr. Rob DeSalle, American Museum of Natural History.
Committee members: Dr. Mike Hickerson (CUNY), Dr. Amy Berkov (CUNY), Dr. Richard Pearson (AMNH), Dr. Andrea Sequeira (Wellesley College).

Bachelor of Science: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 2005
University of Washington, Seattle.

Appointments

College Now Instructor 2009-present
College Now, City University of New York and New York City Department of Education. New York, NY.

NSF Graduate Teaching Fellow In K-12 Education 2008-2009
CUNY Science Now GK-12 Program. New York, NY Curriculum development 2007–2008 Center for Advanced Study in Education, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. New York, NY.

Adjunct Lecturer 2006–2008
Baruch College, The City University of New York, Department of Natural Sciences. New York, NY

Lecturer 2007
American Museum of Natural History, Education Department, High School After-school Program.

Intern 2004–2005
Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Microbiology Program, Resource Enhancement and Utilization Technologies Division.

Awards

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund 2009

Dean K. Harrison Fellowship 2009-2010

NSF-CUNY Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Summer Research Award 2009

NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows In K-12 Education 2008–2009

Entomological Society of America Student and Young Professional Award 2008

Publications

Wiens GD, Rockey DD, Wu Z, Chang J, Levy R, Crane S, Chen DS, Capri GR, Burnett JR, Sudheesh PS, Schipma MJ, Burd H, Bhattacharyya A, Rhodes LD, Kaul R, Strom MS. 2008. Genome Sequence of the Fish Pathogen Renibacterium salmoninarum Suggests Reductive Evolution away from an Environmental Arthrobacter Ancestor. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(21): 6970—6982. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00721-08
Ponnerassery S, Crane S, Cain KD, and Strom M. 2007. Sortase inhibitor phenyl vinyl sulfone inhibits Renibacterium salmoninarum adherence and invasion of host cells. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 78:115-127. DOI: 10.3354/dao01859
Kolokotronis SO, Crane SN, and DeSalle R. Genetic differentiation within the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using spacer oligotyping of the Direct Repeat locus and genomic 16S rRNA barcodes. In preparation.

Presentations

Crane SN. December 2007. Resident Weevil: Population Genetic Structure of the Plum Curculio, a Native Fruit Pest. 2008 Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America. Reno, NV, USA.
Strozak V, Esposito L, and Crane SN. May 2008. What’s in Your Backyard: Using the Local Environment to Integrate Research into High School Classes. Communicating Science and Mathematics: An NSF GK–12 NY/NJ/PA Regional Meeting and Teacher Professional Development Workshop. Newark, NJ, USA.
Crane SN. December 2007. Population Subdivision of a Fruit Pest. 2007 Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America. San Diego, CA, USA.
Crane SN, and Strom MS. November 2005. Identification of a sortase enzyme and its substrates in Renibacterium salmoninarum: Solving problems with bioinformatics. BKD—Challenge for the 21st Century Conference. Seattle, WA, USA.

Posters

Crane SN. June 2008. Niche Model of a Native Agricultural Pest, the Plum Curculio Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): Implications for Pest Management. Presented at the annual Evolution conference in Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Frazier M, Dillon M, and Crane SN. January 2007. Altitudinal clines in insect body size: Physiological interpretations of mixed patterns. Poster presented by M Frazier at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2007 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, USA.
Crane SN, Chen D, and Strom MS. November 2005. Renibacterium salmoninarum Genome Sequencing Project Summary. Presented at the Bacterial Kidney Disease—Challenge for the 21st Century conference in Seattle, WA, USA.

Synergistic Activities

Anonymous Reviewer
Conservation Genetics, Journal of Heredity, Mitochondrial DNA

Founder and Organizer, AMNH Evolution Journal Club 2009-present
With funding from: Comparative Biology PhD Program. Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History.

Student Representative 2007–2008, 2008-2009
Comparative Biology PhD Program Committee. Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History.

Student Representative 2008–Present
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior PhD sub-Program Committee. The Graduate Center, The City University of New York.

Student Representative, Biology 2008–Present
The Graduate Council. The Graduate Center, The City University of New York.

Courses Taught

DNA Detectives High School After-school Program
College Now, Hostos Community College, The City University of New York, NY.
DATES: Fall 2009

Biology 1003, Survey of the Living World Lab
Baruch College, The City University of New York, NY.
DATES: Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008

Biology 1005, General Biology: A Human Orientation Lab
Baruch College, The City University of New York, NY.
DATES: Spring 2007, Summer 2007, Summer 2008

Environmental Studies 1020, Principles of Ecology. Lab
Baruch College, The City University of New York, NY.
DATES: Summer 2006

Biodiversity and Conservation Lecture
American Museum of Natural History After-School Program for High School Students.
DATES: Winter 2007

Living Environment High School Class
James Baldwin School, (M313) NYC Department of Education, New York City.
DATES: Fall 2008, Spring 2009

Everyday Chemistry High School Class
James Baldwin School, (M313) NYC Department of Education, New York City.
DATES: Fall 2008

Science & Society High School Class
James Baldwin School, (M313) NYC Department of Education, New York City.
DATES: Fall 2008

Science of Smell High School Class
James Baldwin School, (M313) NYC Department of Education, New York City.
DATES: Spring 2009

Professional Societies

Entomological Society of America 2006–Present
The Society for Systematic Biologists 2006–Present