Sarah Tso
Department
of Biological Science
Florida
State University
Tallahassee,
FL 32306
Education
2002-2004 Ph.D. Program, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
2003
Master of Science. Department of
Biology, Georgia Southern University
1999 Bachelor of Science. Biology, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS. GPA: 3.66
Academic Positions
2002-2004
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Biological Science,
Florida State University
1999-2002 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Biology,
Georgia Southern University
1998-1999
Project Challenge Tutor at Emporia State University
Research
2005
A greenhouse study of the effect of maternal environmental quality and density
on seed traits in the amphicarpic plant, Commelina benghalensis.
2004
Reciprocal transplant of Viola septemloba seedlings: A test for
local adaptation to maternal microenvironment.
2000-2002
Sex expression in the Caribbean coral, Porites astreoides, Master’s
thesis.
1999
Competition between two crayfish species, Orconectes virilis and
Procambarus gracilis, senior honors thesis.
1998
Distribution of mussels in Kansas rivers, field ecology project.
Conferences
2002 Sex expression in the Caribbean coral, Porites
astreoides. Benthic
Ecology Meeting, Orlando, FL.
2001 Sex expression in the Caribbean coral, Porites
astreoides. Benthic
Ecology Meeting, Durham, NH.
Publications
Tso, S. and
D. Gleason. “Sex allocation in
the coral, Porites astreoides.”
manuscript
from Master’s thesis (in prep for Oecologia).
Grants
Awarded
2000
Sex expression in the Caribbean coral, Porites
astreoides, PADI Foundation $6000
2000
Sex expression in the Caribbean coral, Porites
astreoides, Explorer’s Club $800
2000
Sex expression in the Caribbean coral, Porites
astreoides, Sigma Xi $1000
1999, 2000, 2001 Professional Research and Development Fund Georgia Southern University $400
Teaching
2005 Experimental Biology –
Foraging Ecology, Florida State University
2004
Evolution, Florida State University
2003-2004
Animal Diversity Laboratory, Florida State University
2003
Biology I Laboratory, Florida State University
2002
Prokaryotic Biology Laboratory, Florida State University
1999-2002
Environmental Biology Laboratory, Georgia Southern University
1999-2002
General Biology Laboratory for non-majors, Georgia Southern University
Relevant Courses
Mathematical Modeling in Biology
Quantitative Methods
Sex
and Mating Systems
Advanced Field Biology
Mock NSF Panel
Population Ecology
Advanced Evolutionary Biology
Ph.D.
Committee
Richard Bertram
David Houle
Brian Inouye
Nora Underwood
Alice Winn*
*major professor
Service and Outreach
2004 Sandhill Restoration Project, The Nature Conservancy
2003-2004
Saturday-at-the-Sea Program, Florida State University