Kiyoko Gotanda 859 Sherbrooke Street West H3A 0C4 (514) 398-4086 X09058 kiyoko{dot}gotanda{at}mail{dot}mcgill{dot}ca EDUCATION Doctoral Candidate, Biology 2005-2009 Bachelor of Science, First Class Honours in Biology Cumulative GPA: 3.88/4.0 PUBLICATIONS Peer reviewed 6. Siepielski, A. M. *, Gotanda, K. M. *, Morrissey, M. B., Diamond, S. E., DiBattista, J. D., Carlson, S. M. (accepted) The spatial dynamics of phenotypic selection. Ecology Letters. * Authors contributed equally to this work 5. Gotanda, K. M., Delaire, L. C., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., Pérez-Jvostov, F., Dargent, F., Bentzen, P., Scott, M. E., Fussmann, G. F., Hendry, A. P. (2013). Adding parasites to the guppy-predation story: insights from field surveys. Oecologia. 172(1): 155-166. doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2485-7 4. Gotanda, K. M., Reardon, E. E., Murphy, S. M. C. and Chapman, L. J., (2012). Critical swim speed and fast-start response in an African Cichlid: convergent performance in divergent oxygen regimes. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 90: 545-554. doi: 10.1139/z2012-019 3. Haller, B. C., De Léon, L. F., Rolshausen, G., Gotanda, K. M., Hendry, A. P. (2012) Magic traits: distinguishing the important from the trivial. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 27(1): 5-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.09.005 2. Gotanda. K. M., Reardon, E. E., Chapman, L. J. (2011). Hypoxia and behaviour in a male African cichlid. Journal of Fish Biology. 78(7): 2085-2092. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02996.x 1. Gotanda, K. M., Turgeon, K., and Kramer, D. L. (2009). Body size and reserve protection affect flight initiation distance in parrotfishes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 63(11):1563-1572. doi: 10.1007/s00265-009-0750-5 In prep Gotanda, K. M. and Hendry, A. P. (in prep). Using variation in an adaptive trait to consider the potential consequences of temporal variation in selection: spatiotemporal variation in guppy colour. ACADEMIC AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 2011-2014 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, $150,000 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 2011-2014 Alexander Graham Bell Doctoral Scholarship (CGS-D) $105,000 (Declined) Le Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT) 2011-2014 Doctoral research scholarship $60,000 (Declined) Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada Scholarship for Canadian Women June 2013 Annual scholarship to Canadian women pursuing higher education and are changing the world through their remarkable efforts and leadership, $3,500 Student Travel Award June 2013 American Society of Naturalists
Lottery award for students to attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Naturalists, $500 Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) Training Excellence Award June 2013 Award to support and encourage biodiversity research through members of the QCBS, $1,800.27 Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research April 2013 Grant to expand and encourage students scientific excellence, $500 McGill Department of Biology International Graduate Research Travel Award April 2013 Award for students to conduct research internationally, $2,000 Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) Training Excellence Award July 2012 Award to support and encourage biodiversity research through members of the QCBS, $1,053 Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada (SWAAC) 2012 Graduate Student Award of Merit, $3,000 Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Award (GREAT) 2011 Department of Biology, Award to help present research at CSEE 2011, $500 Society for the Study of Evolution August 2011 International Travel Award to attend the European Society of Evolutionary Biology s annual congress, $1,000 Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) Training Excellence Award August 2011 Award to support and encourage biodiversity research through members of the QCBS, $2, 467 Le Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT) 2010-2011 Doctoral research scholarship, $20,000 Lorne Trottier Science Accelerator Fellowship 2010-2011 Faculty of Science,, Award by the Faculty of Science to meritorious students, $2,500 Principal s Graduate Fellowship 2010-2011,, $2,500 Provost s Graduate Fellowship 2010-2011 Department of Biology,,, $5,000 FQRNT Bourse pour le stage international 2010 Bursary awarded by FQRNT through the Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) to promote international internships, $10,000 Delise Alison Graduate Student Development Award June 2010 Redpath Museum,, Award based on academic standing to aid in the academic development of outstanding graduate students, $1,000 Student Travel Award June 2010 American Society of Naturalists Lottery award for students to attend the annual meeting of the American Society of Naturalists, $500 Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) Training Excellence Award May 2010 Award to support and encourage biodiversity research through members of the QCBS, $1,273.57 First Prize in Biological Sciences October 2009 Faculty of Science,, McGill Undergraduate Research Competition, poster competition, $300 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 2009-2010 Alexander Graham Bell Masters Scholarship (CGS-M), $17,500 Le Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies (FQRNT) 2009-2010 Master s research scholarship, $15,000 (Declined) Lorne Trottier Science Accelerator Fellowship 2009-2010 Faculty of Science,, Awarded annually by the Faculty of Science to attract outstanding students into the Faculty's graduate degree programs, $2,500 Provost s Graduate Fellowship 2009-2010,, $1,500 Penhallow Prize in Biology 2009 Department of Biology,,
Award for a graduating student showing highest merit, $600 McGill Biology Student Union s Travel Bursary 2009, Travel bursary for CFSIA 2008, $300 Emily Ross Crawford Scholarship 2008-2009 Faculty of Science,, Award for high academic merit, $1,000 McConnell Award 2008-2009 Faculty of Science,, Award for academic distinction top 5% of Faculty of Science, $1,400 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) 2007, 2008 Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA), $5,625 Dean s Honours List 2006, 2008, Award for academic distinction top 10% of Faculty of Science Programme de bourses du Ministère de l Éducation du Québec pour de courts séjours d études universitaires à l extérieur du Québec (PBCSE) 2007 Mobility award PRESENTATIONS Evolution June 2013 Snowbird, Utah Gotanda, K. M. and Hendry, A. P. The predictability of evolution tested using experiments with Trinidadian guppies. Oral presentation Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) December 2012 Gotanda. K. M., Siepielski, A. M., DiBattista, J. D., Diamond, S. E., and Carlson, S. M. The spatial dynamics of phenotypic selection in the wild. Oral Presentation 1 st Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology July 2012` Ottawa, Ontario Gotanda, K. M., Correa, C., Turcotte, M., Hendry, A. P. Linking macro-theories with micro-rates: micro-evolutionary support for Cope s rule? Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) December 2011 Gotanda. K. M. and Hendry, A. P. Spatiotemporal variation in guppy colour: exploring a mosaic of adaptation. Oral Presentation European Society for Evolutionary Biology August 2011 University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Gotanda, K. M. and Hendry, A. P. Spatiotemporal variation in guppy colour: exploring a mosaic of adaptation. Oral Presentation Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution/La Société canadienne d écologie et d évolution University of Calgary, Banff, Alberta May 2011 Gotanda, K. M. and Hendry, A. P. Spatiotemporal variation in colour patterning in the Trinidadian guppy. Oral Presentation Society for the Study of Evolution June 2010 Portland State University, Portland, Oregon Gotanda. K. M. and Hendry, A. P. Spatiotemporal variation in colour patterning in the Trinidadian guppy. Oral presentation Ecological and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes (EEEF) May 2010 Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia Symposium: The Impacts of Environmental Stressors on Fish Behaviour Gotanda, K. M., Reardon, E. E., Murphy, S. M. C., Chapman, L. J. Development under hypoxia: tradeoffs in swim performance in an African cichlid. Oral presentation McGill Graduate Spring Student Symposium April 2010
, Gotanda, K. M. and Hendry, A. P. Exploring spatiotemporal variation in natural and sexual selection. Oral presentation Société Québécoise pour l Étude Biologique du Comportement November 2009 Université du Québec à Trois-Rivière Gotanda, K. M. and Hendry, A. P. Exploring spatiotemporal variation in natural and sexual selection. Oral presentation Undergraduate Research Conference October 2009, Gotanda, K. M., Reardon, E. E. and Chapman, L. J. The effects of hypoxia on the critical swimming speed of an African cichlid. Poster presentation Undergraduate Honours Symposium April 2009, Gotanda, K. M., Reardon, E. E. and Chapman, L. J. The effects of hypoxia on the critical swimming speed of an African cichlid. Oral presentation Société Québécoise pour l Étude Biologique du Comportement November 2008 Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec Gotanda, K. M., Reardon, E. E. and Chapman, L. J. The effects of hypoxia on startle response in an African cichlid. Oral presentation Société Québécoise pour l Étude Biologique du Comportement November 2007 Université Laval, Québec City, Québec Gotanda, K. M., Turgeon, K. and Kramer, D. L. Flight initiation distance increases with size in parrotfish. Oral presentation MENTORING Shrisha Mohit 2013 Data collection method for the study of spatial patterning of colour patches in guppies Shaffiq Jersch and Marlee Jackson 2012-2013 The effects of colour, behaviour, and sexual preference in the link between natural and sexual selection in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) Michael Saminsky and Caroline Traynor 2012-2013 Behavioural responses to predation risk in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) Amy Pack 2012 A painter s palette: Can the effects of admixture be detected through male colour? Katherine Blackwood and Brian Wilson 2011-2012 Behavioural responses to predation risk in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) Marlee Jackson and Sara Pease 2010-2011 The effect of color and behaviour on natural and sexual selection in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata) Bryan Seversky and Meerae Park 2008-2009 The effect of lowered dissolved oxygen concentration on the predation rate of Pseudotropheus estherae Woodbridge High School, Irvine, California WORK EXPERIENCE Professional Ballet Dancer Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, 1998-2004 Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 1996-1998
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND OUTREACH CSLEEZ 2014, joint conference between three Canadian societies Graduate Student Representative for McGill university Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution Outreach Committee Member 2012-present 2011-present, Website administrator, Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA) 2010-present Redpath Museum representative, Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA) Volunteer, Let s Talk Science Workshop Presenter Secretary, Biology Graduate Student Association (BGSA) 2011-2013 Student Facilitator 2012-2013 Academic Integrity Day 2012 Organizing Committee Member 2010 Société Québécoise pour l Étude Biologique du Comportement VP Internal and member, Daraja Students Connecting with Africa 2007-2010 Organismal Seminar Representative 2009 Coordinator, Neurobiology and Developmental Biology Note Taking Club 2008-2009 Graduating Class Representative for the McGill Biology Student Union (MBSU) 2008-2009 President, Mature and Re-Entry Student Association (MRSA) 2006-2008 VP Digital, Photographic Society (MUPS) 2006-2008 Contributing photographer, McGill Daily and McGill Tribune 2006-2006 Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Rehearsal Assistant 2003 Benefit Performance coordinator, à Suivre..., 2003 Workshop Performance Coordinator 2000-2002 Assistant to the Artistic Coordinator 1999-2004 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS The American Naturalist, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Ecological Society of America, European Society for Evolutionary Biology, International Society for Behavioural Ecology, Sigma Xi, The Society for the Study of Evolution