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Hire Dr. Cat F.

United States

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PhD Ecologist with 10+ years research experience

Profile Summary

I am currently an NSF postdoctoral fellow in biology. I specialize in human impacts to nearshore marine communities. I also lecture at UCLA occasionally in Marine Science. I am well published in the field and an accomplished professional writer

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Botany
• ☆ Marine Botany
• ☆ Applied Ecology
• ☆ Marine Ecology
• ☆ Human Behavior & Psychology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Postdoctoral fellow

NSF Fellow

October 2016 - Present

Education

PhD

University of California Santa Barbara

September 2012 - January 2016

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Kelcie L. Chiquillo, Brianna M. Mims, Autumn U. Chong, Carly Johnson, Sennai Y. Habtes, Caitlin R. Fong, Paul H. Barber, Peggy Fong(2021). Herbivory as a limiting factor for seagrass proximity to fringing reefs in Moorea, French Polynesia . Aquatic Botany.

Emily R. Ryznar, Peggy Fong, Caitlin R. Fong, A. Randall Hughes(2020). When form does not predict function: Empirical evidence violates functional form hypotheses for marine macroalgae . Journal of Ecology.

Caitlin R. Fong, Rachel L. Kennison, Peggy Fong (2020). Nutrient Subsidies to Southern California Estuaries Can Be Characterized as Pulse-Interpulse Regimes that May Be Dampened with Extreme Eutrophy . Estuaries and Coasts.

Caitlin R. Fong, Camille J. Gaynus, Robert C. Carpenter(2020). Complex interactions among stressors evolve over time to drive shifts from short turfs to macroalgae on tropical reefs . Ecosphere.

Caitlin R. Fong, Armand M. Kuris, Ryan F. Hechinger(2019). Parasite and host biomass and reproductive output in barnacle populations in the rocky intertidal zone . Parasitology.

Caitlin R. Fong, Sarah J. Bittick, Peggy Fong, Kathy Van Alstyne(2018). Simultaneous synergist, antagonistic and additive interactions between multiple local stressors all degrade algal turf communities on coral reefs . Journal of Ecology.

Caitlin R. Fong, Matthew Frias, Nicholas Goody, Sarah Joy Bittick, Rachel J. Clausing, Peggy Fong(2018). Empirical data demonstrates risk-tradeoffs between landscapes for herbivorous fish may promote reef resilience . Marine Environmental Research.

CAITLIN R. FONG, ARMAND M. KURIS(2017). Predation on transmission stages reduces parasitism: sea anemones consume transmission stages of a barnacle parasite . Parasitology.

CAITLIN R. FONG, NANCY A. MORON, ARMAND M. KURIS(2017). Two's a crowd? Crowding effect in a parasitic castrator drives differences in reproductive resource allocation in single vs double infections . Parasitology.