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Christopher B. Wall
GoogleScholar Github ORCID ResearchGate citations: 287 h-index: 10 i10-index: 10 RESEARCH INTERESTS - Climate change, environmental stress, and trophic ecology - Stable isotope biogeochemistry and nutritional plasticity - Nutrient fluxes in host-symbiont interactions - Microbial functional diversity and hosts-associated microbiome EDUCATION Ph.D. Marine Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2019) M.Sc. Biology, California State University Northridge (2010) B.Sc. Biology, minor Chemistry, University of North Texas (2008) A.Sc. Biology, North Lake College (2005) PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2019 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, UH-Mānoa 2016 Denise B. Evans Research Fellow in Oceanographic Research, UH-Mānoa 2015 – 2019 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) STAR Research Fellow, UH-Mānoa 2013 – Adjunct Professor in Life Sciences, Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, CA PUBLICATIONS Manuscripts submitted or in review (available upon request) 21. Wall CB, Wallsgrove, NJ, Gates RD, Popp BN. Amino acid δ13C and δ15N analyses reveal distinct species-specific patterns of trophic plasticity in a marine symbiosis. (submitted, Limnology and Oceanography) 20. Wall CB, Ricci CA, Wen AD*, Ledbetter BE, Klinger DE, Mydlarz LD, Gates RD, Putnam HM. Shifting Baselines: Physiological legacies contribute to the response of reef coral to frequent heat waves. (submitted, Functional Ecology + Preprint: BioRxiv doi:10.1101/2020.04.23.056457) Peer-reviewed publications 19. Bernard J, Wall CB, Constantini MS, Rollins RL, Atkins ML, Cabrera FP, et al.,.. Amend AS. Fungal and bacterial communities have contrasting compositional patterns on plant tissues over a steep environmental gradient in a tropical forest. (accepted, ISME J) 18. Wall CB, Egan C, Swift S, Hynson NA. Three decades post reforestation has not led to the reassembly of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities associated with remnant primary forests. Molecular Ecology 29:4234–4247 17. Mason RAB, Wall CB, Cunning R, Dove S, Gates RD. High light alongside elevated pCO2 alleviates thermal depression of photosynthesis in a hard coral (Pocillopora acuta). Journal of Experimental Biology 223, jeb223198. 16. Kitchen RM*, Piscetta M*, Lenz EA, de Souza MR, Schar D, Gates RD, Wall CB (2020) Symbiont transmission and reproductive mode influence responses of three Hawaiian coral larvae to elevated temperature and nutrients. Coral Reefs 39:419–431 15. Wall CB, Kaluhiokalani M*, Popp BN, Donahue MJ, Gates RD (2020) Divergent symbiont communities determine the physiology and nutrition of a reef coral across a light-availability gradient. The ISME Journal 14:945–958 14. Shih JL, Selph KE, Wall CB, Wallsgrove NJ, Lesser MP, Popp BN (2020) Trophic ecology of the tropical Pacific sponge Mycale grandis inferred from amino acid compound specific isotopic analyses. Microbial Ecology 79:495–510 13. Wall CB, Ritson-Williams R, Popp BN, Gates RD (2019) Spatial variation in the biochemical and isotopic composition of corals during bleaching and recovery. Limnology and Oceanography 64: 2011-2028. pdf link 12. Neilson BJ, Wall CB, Mancini FT, Gewecke CA (2018). Herbivore biocontrol and manual removal successfully reduce invasive macroalgae on coral reefs. PeerJ 6: e5332 pdf link 11. Wall CB, Ricci CA, Foulds GE, Mydlarz LD, Gates RD, Putnam HM (2018) The effects of environmental history and thermal stress on coral physiology and immunity. Marine Biology 165:56-71 pdf link 10. Innis T, Cunning R, Ritson-Williams R, Wall CB, Gates RD (2018) Coral color and depth drive symbiosis ecology of Montipora capitata in Kāne‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. Coral Reefs 37:423-430 pdf link 9. Wall CB, Mason RA, Ellis WR, Cunning R, Gates RD (2017) Elevated pCO2 affects tissue biomass composition, but not calcification, in a reef coral under two light regimes. Royal Society Open Science. 4:170683 pdf link 8. Donovan MK, Friedlander AM, Usseglio P, Goodell W, Iglesias I, Schemmel EM, Stamoulis K, Filous A, Giddens J, Kamikawa K, Koike H, McCoy K, Wall CB (2016) Effects of gear restriction on the abundance of juvenile fishes along sandy beaches in Hawai‘i. PLoS ONE 11:e0155221 pdf link 7. Wall CB, Stevens KJ. Assessing wetland mitigation efforts using standing vegetation and seed bank community structure in neighboring natural and compensatory wetlands (2015) Wetlands Ecology and Management 23:149-166 pdf link 6. Edmunds PJ, Burgess SC, Putnam HM, Baskett ML, Bramanti L, Fabina NS, Han X, Lesser MP, Wall CB, Yost DM, Gates RD (2014) Evaluating the causal basis of ecological success within the Scleractinia: An integral projection model approach. Marine Biology 161:2719-2734 pdf link 5. Edmunds PJ, Wall CB (2014) Evidence that high pCO2 affects protein metabolism in tropical reef corals. Biological Bulletin 227:68-77 pdf link 4. Wall CB, Fan T, Edmunds PJ (2014) Ocean acidification has no effect on thermal bleaching in the coral Seriatopora caliendrum. Coral Reefs 33:119-130 pdf link 3. Wall CB, Edmunds PJ. In situ effects of low pH and elevated HCO3- on juvenile Porites spp. in Moorea, French Polynesia (2013) Biological Bulletin 225:92-101 pdf link 2. Cumbo VR, Edmunds PJ, Wall CB, Fan T-Y (2013) Brooded coral larvae differ in their response to high temperature and elevated pCO2 depending on the day of release. Marine Biology 160:2903-2917 pdf link 1. Stevens KJ, Wall CB, Janssen JA (2011) Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on seedling growth and development of two wetland plants, Bidens frondosa L., and Eclipta prostrata (L.) L., grown under three levels of water availability. Mycorrhiza 21:279-288 pdf link Theses 2. Wall CB (2019) Environmental and biological effects on nutritional mode and resource partitioning in scleractinian corals. Ph.D., Dissertation, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. pdf link 1. Wall CB (2013) Effects of temperature and ocean acidification on juvenile scleractinian corals (2012) MSc Thesis, Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge pdf link RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2015 Division of Land and Natural Resources 2015 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Rapid Assessment and Monitoring Program research cruise Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument; NOAA Research Vessel, Hi‘ialakai; Chief Scientist: Scott Godwin 2013 – Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, Dr. Ruth Gates Laboratory 2010 – 2012 Edmunds Polyp Laboratory, Dr. Peter Edmunds 2009 – 2010 Laboratory for Marine Conservation Physiology; Dr. Ione Hunt von Herbing 2008 – 2010 Wetland Ecology Research Group; Dr. Kevin Stevens; University of North Texas 2007 – 2008 Dr. Kevin Stevens; undergraduate research; University of North Texas 2005 Hawaiian Field Studies Program; North Lake College TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructorships 2013 – Adjunct faculty: College of Life Sciences, Santa Monica College 2018 – Associate Teaching assistant: Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2017 – 2018 Teaching assistant: Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2013 – 2016 Teaching assistant: Department of Biology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2005 Teaching assistant: Hawaiian Field Studies, North Lake College 2003 – 2008 Teaching assistant: North Lake College, Science Center Invited Lectures 2018 UH Mānoa, Corals and Coral Reefs (ZOOL 410) 2016 – 2018 Kapi‘olani Community College (Honolulu, HI) 2016 Coppell High School (Coppell, TX), 12th grade, Skype lecture 2016 – 2018 Frederica Academy (St. Simons Island, GA), 10th grade, Skype lecture 2016, 2018 UH Mānoa, Advanced Topics in Marine Biology (BIOL 404) 2014, 2015 North Lake College (Irving, TX) Introduction to Biology (BIOL 1407), Skype lecture 2013 Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, Marine Biology seminar 2011 Pulse Amplitude Modulation Fluorometry (PAM) workshop National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Checheng, Taiwan. FELLOWSHIPS, RESEARCH GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, & AWARDS (Total $203,700) 2018 Peter Castro Travel Scholarship ($1,000) 2018 Scholarship: IsoCamp2018, NSF participant award ($1,200) 2018 Award: 2018 UH Mānoa Biology Photography Contest, People and Environment 2017 Award: Best Paper: 42nd Albert L. Tester Symposium, UH Mānoa ($1,000) 2016 Denise B. Evans Fellowship in Oceanographic Res. (SOEST, UH Mānoa) ($28,000) 2016 – 2019 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) STAR Fellowship ($132,000) 2016 Award: Eco-Steward: IUCN-UH Mānoa East-West Center, IUCN World Congress 2015 Marine Biology Program Student Grant; UH Mānoa ($2,500) 2014 – 2018 Col. Willys E. Lord & Sandina L. Lord Endowed Scholarship; UH Mānoa ($10,500) 2014 Santa Monica College Faculty Sabbatical Fellowship ($2,500) 2014 Arthur & Beatrice Harris Endowment Graduates Scholarship; UH Mānoa ($1,000) 2013 – 14, 2016 Edmondson Research Grant; UH Mānoa ($6,000) 2013 – 2016 Graduate Opportunity Grant; UH Mānoa ($6,000) 2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Honorable Mention 2011 California State University Grant; CSUN ($2,000) 2011 Thesis Support Fellowship; CSUN ($1,000) 2010, 2011 Graduate Equity Fellowship Grant ; CSUN ($2,000) 2008 Summa Cum Laude; University of North Texas 2008 Student Travel Award; Society of Wetland Scientist Regional Conference ($1,000) 2006 Honors College Scholarship; UNT ($1,000) 2005 – 2006 Transfer Student Scholarship; UNT ($5,000) ORAL PRESENTATIONS (§ indicates a poster) 24. CB Wall, SB Matsuda, RD Gates (2018) Symbiodinium diversity in shallow reefs of the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. NOAA Symposium on Science in Support of Archipelagic Management. 23. CB Wall, RD Gates (2017) Patterns of Symbiodinium diversity in the coral Montipora capitata from shallow reefs of the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. 7th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop. Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Wawona, California 22. CB Wall, RD Gates (2017) Ecosystem primary productivity as a driver for heterotrophic nutrition in reef corals of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology student scholarship research symposium. Kāne‘ohe, Hawai‘i 21. CB Wall, R Ritson-Williams, RD Gates (2017) Context-dependent shifts in nutritional modes of thermally stressed and recovered corals. 42nd Albert L. Tester Symposium, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Honolulu, Hawai‘i 20. CB Wall, R Ritson-Williams, RD Gates (2017) Energetic and isotopic analysis of two species of thermally stressed and recovered corals. Association for the Study of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, Hawai‘i 19. CB Wall, WR Ellis, R Mason, R Cunning, RD Gates (2016) High pCO2 alters the energetics and composition of biomass, but not calcification, in a reef building coral at two light regimes. The 100th Western Society of Naturalists Conference, Monterey, California 18. CB Wall, WR Ellis, R Mason, R Cunning, RD Gates (2016) Combined effects of pCO2 and irradiance on the energy reserves and calcification of a reef building coral. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 17. § BJ Neilson, CB Wall, F Mancini, CA Gewecke (2016) Coral reef restoration through management of alien invasive species through the use of mechanical removal and bio-control efforts. 13th International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 16. CB Wall, WR Ellis, R Mason, R Cunning, RD Gates (2016) Ocean acidification and irradiance effects on the energy reserves and calcification of the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis. The 41st Albert L. Tester Symposium, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Honolulu, Hawai‘i 15. CB Wall, PJ Edmunds (2015) Evidence that elevated pCO2 perturbs protein metabolism in two early life stages of a tropical reef coral. The 40th Albert L. Tester Symposium, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Honolulu, Hawai‘i 14. CB Wall, PJ Edmunds (2014) Elevated pCO2 alters protein metabolism in the early life stage of a tropical reef coral. 98th Western Society of Naturalists Conference, Tacoma, Washington 13. CB Wall, PJ Edmunds (2014) Elevated-DIC stimulates coral calcification in juvenile Porites spp. exposed to ocean acidification in situ. The 39th Albert L. Tester Symposium, UH Mānoa. Honolulu, Hawai‘i 12. § CB Wall, T Fan, PJ Edmunds (2014) Ocean acidification does not affect thermal bleaching in the coral Seriatopora caliendrum. Ocean Science Meeting, Association for the Study of Limnology and Oceanography. Honolulu, Hawai‘i 11. § CB Wall, PJ Edmunds (2013) Elevated pCO2 increases ammonium excretion in the juvenile scleractinian coral Seriatopora caliendrum. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Regional Meeting. San Francisco, California 10. CB Wall, PJ Edmunds (2012) In situ effects of low-pH and elevated-DIC on the calcification and respiration of juvenile massive Porites spp. 96th Western Society of Naturalists Conference. Monterey, California 9. CB Wall, T Fan, PJ Edmunds (2012) Ocean acidification does not enhance thermal bleaching in juvenile scleractinian corals. CSUN Student Research Symposium. Northridge, California 8. CB Wall (2012) The effects of climate change on juvenile corals in Taiwan and Moʻorea, French Polynesia. Symposium for Moʻorea Scientific Research and Education, Gump South Pacific Research Station. Moʻorea, French Polynesia 7. CB Wall, T Fan, PJ Edmunds (2011) Ocean acidification and increased temperatures do not act additively to cause bleaching in the juvenile scleractinian coral Seriatopora caliendrum. NSF USA Taiwan Collaborative Research in Coral Biology, CSUN. Northridge, California 6. CB Wall, TY Fan, PJ Edmunds (2011) pCO2 does not affect thermal bleaching in juvenile colonies of the coral Seriatopora caliendrum. 97th Western Society of Naturalists Conference. Vancouver, Washington 5. CB Wall, PJ Edmunds (2011) Elevated pCO2 and coral thermal bleaching: Does ocean acidification affect bleaching severity or recovery? Taiwan-USA Bilateral Workshop on Coral Reef Research, Academia Sinica. Taipei, Taiwan 4. CB Wall, PJ Edmunds (2011) Elevated pCO2 and temperature stress: Understanding the dynamics of coral bleaching in acidified oceans. NSF Coral Reproduction and Resilience Workshop, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium. Checheng, Taiwan 3. § CB Wall, PJ Edmunds (2011) Effects of elevated pCO2 and temperature on the corals Pocillopora damicornis and P. verrucosa – a proposal for research CSUN Student Research Symposium. Northridge, California 2. CB Wall, JA Jansen, KJ Stevens (2010) The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in modulating wetland community structure. 96th Western Society of Naturalists Conference. San Diego, California 1. CB Wall, JA Jansen, KJ Stevens (2008) Wetland plants form mycorrhizal association in variable water conditions. Society of Wetland Scientists Southwest Chapter Regional Conference. Birmingham, Alabama PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & TRAINING 2018 IsoCamp 2018 University of Utah, Salt Lake City 2018 Conference organizing committee: UH Mānoa Dept. of Biology, 43rd Albert L. Testers Symposium 2017 7th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop Sierra Nevada Research Institute, UC Merced 2017 STEM mentorship workshop; UH Mānoa-SOEST, hosted by Dr. Becky Packard 2016 Hawai‘i Coral Bleaching Collaborative Division of Aquatic Resources, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coral Reef Task Force, Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology Univ. of Hawai‘i Mānoa 2014 pH and Autonomous Ocean Sensor Workshop. University of California San Diego Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 2013 EarthCube Domain Workshop: Developing a Community Vision of Cyberinfrastructure (NSF) 2012 Environmental Proteomics Workshop (NSF) California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; sponsored Dr. Lars Tomenak 2012 Tropical Coral Reefs of the Future (focus on coral physiology) National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) Working Group STUDENT MENTORSHIP 3 grad., 8 undergrad., 9 middle/high school students – 13 woman, 9 Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/Asian Graduate students (co-mentored) 2018 Madeline Piscetta, University of Miami RSMAS 2018 Rebecca Kitchen, Northeastern University 2016 Teegan Innis, Northeastern University Undergraduate students 2018 Pansa Cecchini, Hawai‘i Pacific University 2017 Christian Marin, Hawai‘i Pacific University 2017 Mario Kaluhiokalani, Humboldt State University 2016 Kelly Wyrick, post-baccalaureate, University of Kentucky 2016 Alexandra Wen, Duke University 2016 Ann Pace, Univ. of California Los Angeles School for Theater, Film, and Television 2015-16 William Ellis, Undergraduate, Northeastern University 2015 Dylan Comb, Undergraduate, Northeastern University Middle school and high school students 2017 Bethany Lum, 12th grade, ‘Iolani School (Honolulu, HI) 2017 Haley Otto, 7th grade, School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability (Honolulu, HI) 2016 Marco Conati and Ethan Li, 12th grade Minnetonka High School (Minnetonka, MN) 2016 Kaci Muromoto, 7th grade, Mid-Pacific Institute (Honolulu, HI) Awards: Advanced to National Science Fair 2016 Sami Thomas, 11th grade Coppell High School (Coppell, TX) 2015-16 Gabbie Owen-Mendonca, 7th grade, School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability 2015 Kennedy Flores, 8th grade Mid-Pacific Institute (Honolulu, HI) Awards: Advanced to National Science Fair 2014 Zoe Chan, 8th grade Mid-Pacific Institute (Honolulu, HI) Awards: Advanced to Hawai‘i State Science Fair EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH 2018 Science outreach short film What is a marine biologist? 2018 Thomas Jefferson Elementary, Falls Church,VA, How do I become a marine biologist? 2018 Chasing Coral Scientific Panelist, LeJardin Academy, Kailua, HI 2018 Hawai’i Middle School Science Fair, Honolulu Convention Center 2017, 2018 Hawaiian Field Studies Program (Lihue, HI), North Lake College, Irving, TX 2017 UH Mānoa SOEST Open House: Understanding the Coral Complex 2017, 2018 Hanahau‘oli School (Honolulu, HI), kindergarten and 1st grade. 2017 Film contributor “PonoH2O” video, Ala Wai restoration initiative 2017 Waikiki Aquarium Science Seminar 2017 UH-SOEST high school outreach: Biodiversity within invasive algae mats 2017 UH Isdell Center for Global Leadership, Pace Academy (Atlanta, GA), 12th grade 2017 Waikiki Aquarium, HIMB, JABSOM, The Science of the Sting 2017 Honolulu Museum of Art School, STEAM with Queen Ka‘ahumanu 1st grade class 2017 Punahou School (Honolulu, HI) “Scientist for a Day” with the Gates Lab at HIMB 2016 Nu‘uanu Elementary School (K-5) (Honolulu, HI) 2016 Science project advising: Moanalua High School (Honolulu, HI) 2016 Honolulu Museum of Art School, STEAM with Queen Ka‘ahumanu 1st grade class 2016 “Talk story with a scientist”, Kula Kaiapuni 'O Ānuenue Hawaiian Cultural Immersion School 2016 School for Examining Essential Questions in Sustainability: SEEQS (Kahala, HI) 2016 Pacific Island Institute, marine biologist snorkel tour at Kuilima Cove 2016 Hawaiian Field Studies Program (Irving, TX), Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology 2016 Leihoku Elementary School (Wai‘anae, HI); 6th grade, guest speaker: 2016 Career Day guest speaker, Kula Kaiapuni 'O Ānuenue Hawaiian Cultural Immersion School 2016 OPIHI (Our Project In Hawaii's Intertidal) citizen science project 2015 Hawaiian Field Studies Program (Lihue, HI), North Lake College, Irving, TX 2015 Generation of open access, digital reefscapes for coral reef education and outreach 2015 University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, SOEST Open House community outreach event 2015 Career Day guest speaker, Kula Kaiapuni 'O Ānuenue Hawaiian Cultural Immersion School 2014 Hawaiian Field Studies Program (Lihue, HI), North Lake College, Irving, TX 2014 Kailua Intermediate School (Kailua, HI); 7th grade science fair judge 2014 Mid-Pacific Institute (Honolulu, HI); 8th grade science fair judge 2014 Hanauma Bay Lecture Series; Reef corals and the threat of global climate change 2014 Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology education and community outreach volunteer 2014 Hawaiian Field Studies Program, North Lake College (Irving, TX); volunteer 2012 Sun Valley High School (Sun Valley, CA); guest lecturer 2011 Viewpoint School (Calabasas, CA); guest lecturer 2011 Viewpoint School (Calabasas, CA); guest lecturer 2011, 2012 National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (Checheng, Taiwan), student education program 2009, 2010 Texas Governor’s School science research program for high school students, Univ. of North Texas. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Service as Peer Reviewer: Nature Scientific Reports, PLoS One, PeerJ, Ecological Engineering, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Frontiers in Marine Science, Invertebrate Biology Marine Biology Graduate Student Association (CSUN), Treasurer, 2010-2011 Hazardous Waste Manager, Gates Laboratory, Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology CERTIFICATION & PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS) American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) American Academy of Underwater Scientists (AAUS) (2010 – present) Divers Action Network (DAN) Boating certification, National Association of Boating Law Administrators (2016 – present) NAUI Enriched Air Nitrox Diver (NITROX) NAUI Master Diver NAUI Rescue Diver Emergency oxygen provider and emergency first responder (DAN) |