Curriculum Vitae

LAURI KEALOHA FREIDENBURG

Address

Yale University                                                              Phone: (203) 432-5321

School of Forestry & Environmental Studies                  Fax:     (203) 432-3929                  

370 Prospect Street                                                      Email: kealoha.freidenburg@yale.edu              

New Haven, CT 06511 USA                                       Web: www.cbc.yale.edu/people/skelly

Education

1986-1990       B.A., Biology, Pomona College.

1992-1995       M.S., School of Fisheries, University of Washington.

1997-2003       Ph.D., Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut. 

Professional Positions

2004 -              Associate Research Scientist, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University.

2003 -              Lecturer, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University.

2004                Visiting Scholar, School of Life Sciences, University of Queensland.

1997-2001      Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut.

1996-1997      Teaching Assistant, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University.

1996                Program Coordinator, Center for Coastal & Watershed Systems, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University.

1994                Fisheries Biologist, National Biological Service, Seattle, Washington.

1991-1992       Fisheries Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Cook, Washington.

Teaching Experience

2006                Lecturer, Conservation Biology, 267 Students, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

2006                Lecturer, Principles of Evolution, Ecology & Behavior, 91 Students, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

2005                Lecturer, Conservation Biology, 43 Students, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

2005, 2006      Guest Lecturer, Invasion Biology (taught by Ann Camp and Mary Tyrell), 8 Students, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University.

2003                Lecturer, Fish Biology, 18 Students, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University

1997-2001       Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut.  Courses: Fish Biology; Marine Biology; Principles of Biology; General Ecology.

1996-1997       Teaching Assistant, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University.  Courses: Aquatic Ecology; Habitat Conservation Planning.

Fellowships and Honors

Summer Fellowship, Department of Ecol. & Evol. Biology, Univ. of Connecticut, 2000-2002.

Francis Trainor Fellowship, Connecticut Natural History Museum, Univ. of Connecticut, 2001.

Ralph Wetzel Fellowship, Connecticut Natural History Museum, Univ. of Connecticut, 1999.

Keeler Fellowship, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, 1995.

Cooperative Education Fellowship, National Biological Service, Seattle, Washington, 1992-1995.

Research Experience

1997 -              Ecology of larval amphibians. Connecticut.

1994                Electromagnetic radiation and developmental instability in plants. Seattle, Washington

1992-1995       Spatial scale, environmental variation, and the habitat use of juvenile coho salmon.  Seattle, Washington.

1991-1992       Ontogeny of swimming behavior in migrating chinook salmon. Cook, Washington.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Skelly, D. K. and L. K. Freidenburg. 2010. Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (ELS). John Wiley & Sons, Chichester.

Skelly, D. K., L. N. Joseph, H. P. Possingham, L. K. Freidenburg, T. J. Farrugia, M. T. Kinnison, and A. P. Hendry. 2007. Evolutionary responses to climate change. Conservation Biology 21:1353-1355.

Skelly, D. K., S. R. Bolden, L. K. Freidenburg, N. A. Freidenfelds, and R. Levey. 2007. Ribeiroia infection is not responsible for Vermont amphibian deformities. EcoHealth 4:156-163.

Skelly, D. K., S. R. Bolden, L. K. Freidenburg, N. A. Freidenfelds, M. P. Holland, T. R. Malcolm. 2006. Urbanization and disease in amphibians. Pages 153 to 167 in S. Collinge and C. Ray, editors.  Ecology of disease: community context and pathogen dynamics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198567081.

Skelly, D. K., M. A. Halverson, L. K. Freidenburg, and M. C. Urban.  2005.  Canopy and amphibian biodiversity in forested wetlands. Wetlands Ecology and Management 13:261-268.

Freidenburg, L. K. and D. K. Skelly.  2004.  Microgeographic variation in thermal preference by an amphibian.  Ecology Letters 7:369-373.

Halverson, M. A., D. K. Skelly, J. M. Kiesecker, and L. K. Freidenburg.  2003.  Forest mediated light regime linked to amphibian distribution and performance.  Oecologia 134:360-364. 

Skelly D. K., L. K. Freidenburg, and J. M. Kiesecker.  2002.  Forest canopy and the performance of larval amphibians. Ecology 83:983-992.

Skelly D. K., and L. K. Freidenburg.  2000.  Effects of beaver on the thermal biology of an amphibian.  Ecology Letters 3:483-486.

Freidenburg L. K.  1997.  Physical effects of habitat fragmentation.  In P. Fiedler and P. Kareiva, editors. Conservation Biology. Chapman and Hall, New York.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Freidenburg, L. K.  in prep.  Carry-over effects and habitat heterogeneity in amphibian oviposition. 

Freidenburg, L. K. and M. A. Halverson.  in prep.  Spatial distribution of larval wood frogs.

Other Publications

Nelson W. R., L. K. Freidenburg, and D. W. Rondorf.  1993.  Swimming behavior of subyearling chinook salmon.  Pages 30-51 in D. W. Rondorf and W. H. Miller, editors.  The spawning, rearing, and migratory requirements of fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River Basin. Annual report to Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR.

Nelson W. R., L. K. Freidenburg, and D. W. Rondorf.  1994.  Swimming behavior of subyearling chinook salmon.  Pages 39-62 in D. W. Rondorf and W. H. Miller, editors.  Identification of the spawning, rearing, and migratory requirements of fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River Basin.  Annual report to Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR.

Freidenburg, L. K.  1995.   Habitat use of juvenile salmonids:  the effects of scale and method of habitat assessment.  Masters thesis, University of Washington.

Freidenburg L. K.  1995.  Book review:  Bates, S. F., D. H. Gretches, L. J. MacDonnell, and C. F. Wilkinson.  Searching Out the Headwaters:  Change and Rediscovery in Western Water Policy.  Fisheries 20:52.

Invited Seminars

McGill University, Biology Department, 2003.

Yale University, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 2003.

Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, 2003.

Pennsylvania State University, Biology Department, 2001.

Peer Reviewer

Ecology Letters, Ecoscience, Functional Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Herpetology, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Series B.

Community Activities

Member Conservation Commission, Madison, Connecticut.

Bauer Farm Winter Workshop, Madison, Connecticut.

Brown Middle School Wildlife After School Program, Madison, Connecticut.