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Robert W. Sanders - Short C.V.


Present Position: Professor of Biology, Temple University

Research Area: Microbial Ecology

Phone: 215-204-2056 / /Fax: 215-204-6646

e-mail: robert.sanders@temple.edu

 
Education

1988    Ph.D. University of Georgia; Athens, GA
1982    M.S.  University of Maine; Orono, ME

1979    B.A.   University of Virginia; Charlottesville, VA

Employment History

Professor of Biology, Temple University, 2011 - present
Associate Professor of Biology, Temple University, 2002 - 2011

Vice Chair of Biology Department, Temple University, 2002 - 2003

Assistant Professor of Biology, Temple University, 1996 - 2002

Assistant Curator, Microbial Ecology Section Leader, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1989 - 1996

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stockton College of New Jersey, 1996

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1993 - 1998
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Georgia, 1988

Professional Service

Editorial Boards: Professional Journals

  Aquatic Microbial Ecology: Editor, 1994 - present

  Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology: Board of Reviewers, 2001- 2007;  Associate Editor, 2009- present
  Journal of Plankton Research, Editorial Board, 2007 - present

  Marine Microbial Food Webs: Editorial Board, 1992 - 1994

Ad hoc reviewer: > 20 peer-reviewed journals; numerous international funding agencies
Professional Societies
   American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
   American Society for Microbiology
   International Society of Protistologists: President, 2009 - 2010; President-elect, 2008-2009.

   Sigma Xi

Selected Publications (click here for complete list and links to abstracts or pdfs)

Sanders, R.W. and R.J. Gast. 2012. Bacterivory by phototrophic picoplankton and nanoplankton in Arctic waters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 75:xxx-xxx. [10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01253.x] Accepted ms.
On line at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1574-6941/accepted
Tsai, A.Y., G.C. Gong, R.W. Sanders, K.P. Chiang, and C.F. Choa. 2012. Heterotrophic bacterial and Synechococcus spp. growth and mortality along the inshore-offshore in the East China Sea in summer. J. Oceanography 68:xxx-xxx.  [DOI:10.1007/s10872-011-0076-6]
Online First:http://www.springerlink.com/content/104315/?Content+Status=Accepted
Sanders, R.W. 2011. Alternative nutritional strategies in protists: symposium introduction and a review of freshwater protists that combine photosynthesis and heterotrophy. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 58:181-184.
Tsai, A.Y., G.C. Gong, R.W. Sanders, W.H. Chen, C.F. Chao, and K.P. Chiang. 2011. Relative importance of pigmented- and heterotrophic nanoflagellates grazing on bacteria during the warm season in a coastal subtropical ecosystem of the Western Pacific. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 63:9-18.
Tsai, A.Y., Sanders, R.W., Chao, C., Chiang, K., and Gong, G. 2010. Microbial dynamics in an oligotrophic bay of the western subtropical Pacific: impact of short-term heavy freshwater runoff and upwelling. Journal of Oceanography 66:873-883.
Tsai, A.Y., G.W. Gong, R.W. Sanders, C.J. Wang, and K.P. Chiang. 2010. The impact of the Changjiang River plume extension on the nanoflagellate community in the East China Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 89: 21-30.
Taylor, W.T. & R.W. Sanders. 2010. Chap. 3. Protozoa. In: Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd ed., J. Thorp & A. Covich (eds.) Academic.
Gast, R.J., R.W. Sanders and D.A. Caron. 2009. Ecological strategies of protists and their symbiotic relationships with prokaryotic microbes. Trends in Microbiology 17:563-569.
Macaluso, A.L., Mitchell, D.L., and R.W. Sanders. 2009 Direct effects of UV-B radiation on the freshwater heterotrophic nanoflagellate Paraphysomonas. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75:4525-4530.

Heinze, A.W. and R.W. Sanders. 2009. Novel temperature gradient incubator to study the effects of temperature on motile aquatic organisms. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 7:216-221.

Moorthi, S.D., R.J. Gast, D.A. Caron, and R.W. Sanders. 2009. Mixotrophy: a widespread and important ecological stategy for planktonic and sea-ice nanoflagellates in the Ross  Sea, Antarctica.  Aquatic Microbial  Ecology 54:269-277.
Sanders, R.W. 2009.  Protists. Encyclopedia of Inland Waters, volume 3, pages 252-260. Gene E. Likens (ed). Oxford: Elsevier
Sanders, R.W., A.O. Macaluso, A.O., T.J. Sardina and D.L. Mitchell. 2005. Photoreactivation n freshwater ciliates: differential responses to variations in UV-B flux and temperature. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 40:283-292.

Seitzinger, S.P., R.W. Sanders and R. Styles.  2002. Bioavailability of DON from natural and anthropogenic sources to estuarine plankton.  Limnology and Oceanography

Sanders, R.W., D.A. Caron, J.M. Davidson, M.R. Dennett, & D. Moran. 2001. Nutrient acquisition and population growth of a mixotrophic alga in axenic and bacterized cultures. Microb. Ecol. 42:513-523.

Sanders, R.W., U.-G. Berninger, E.L. Lim, P.F. Kemp and D.A. Caron. 2000. Heterotrophic and mixotrophic nanoplankton predation on picoplankton in the Sargasso Sea and on Georges Bank.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 192:103-118.

Seitzinger, S.P. and R.W. Sanders.  1997.  Estuarine eutrophication: the contribution of dissolved organic nitrogen.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 159: 1-12. 

Sanders, R.W., C.E. Williamson, P.L. Stutzman, R.E. Moeller, C.E. Goulden and R.B. Aoki.  1996.  Reproductive success of "herbivorous" zooplankton fed algal and non-algal food resources.  Limnology and Oceanography  41: 1295-1311.

Sanders, R.W. 1995.  Seasonal distributions of the photosynthesizing ciliates Laboea strobila and Mesodinium rubrum in an estuary of the Gulf of Maine.  Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 9: 237-242.

Sanders, R.W. and C.C. Gilmour. 1994.  Accumulation of selenium in a model freshwater microbial food web. Applied Environmental Microbiology 60: 2677-2683. 

Sanders, R.W. and S.A. Wickham. 1993.  Planktonic protists and metazoa: predation,

food quality and population control.  Marine Microbial Food Webs 7: 197-223. 

Sanders, R.W., D.A. Caron, and U.-G. Berninger. 1992.  Relationships between bacteria and heterotrophic nanoplankton in marine and fresh waters: an inter-ecosystem

comparison.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 86: 1-14.

Berninger, U.-G., D.A. Caron, and R.W. Sanders. 1992. Mixotrophic algae in three ice-covered lakes of the Pocono Mountains, USA. Freshwater Biology 28: 263-272.

Sanders, R.W. 1991. Mixotrophic protists in marine and freshwater ecosystems. Journal of Protozoology 38: 76-81.

Sanders, R.W. and K.G. Porter. 1990. Bacterivorous flagellates as food resources for the freshwater crustacean zooplankter Daphnia ambigua.  Limnolology and Oceanography 35: 188-191.

Sanders, R.W., K.G. Porter, and D.A. Caron. 1990.  Relationship between phototrophy and phagotrophy in the mixotrophic chrysophyte Poterioochromonas malhamensis. Microbial Ecology 19: 97-109.

Sanders, R.W., K.G. Porter, S.J. Bennett, and A.E. DeBiase. 1989. Seasonal patterns of bacterivory by flagellates, ciliates, rotifers, and cladocerans in a freshwater planktonic community. Limnology and Oceanography  34: 673-687.

Sanders, R.W. and K.G. Porter. 1988. Phagotrophic phytoflagellates. In: Advances in Microbial Ecology, Volume 10, pp. 167-192,  K.C. Marshall, (ed.) Plenum Press.

Sanders, R.W. and K.G. Porter. 1986. Use of metabolic inhibitors to estimate proto-zooplankton grazing and bacterial production in a monomictic eutrophic lake with an anaerobic hypolimnion.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 52: 101-107.

 

Selected Workshops and Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

R.W. Sanders. Alternative nutritional strategies in freshwater protists – a short review. Invited Chair, ISOP Symposium: Alternative Nutritional Strategies, International Society of Protistologists. Canterbury, UK. July 2010.
N. Ismail, R.W. Sanders and D.J. Velinsky. Bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls in the northern diamondback terrapin. Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC). Narragansett, RI. June 2010.
R.W. Sanders, A.W. Heinze, C.L. Truesdale and J. Swinden. Seasonal and vertical distribution of a mixotrophic alga Dinobryon: Relationship to temperature. American Society for Microbiology. Philadelphia, PA. May 2009.
R.J. Gast and R.W. Sanders. Mixotrophic protists in Arctic waters: Bacterivory by pico- and nanophytoflagellates in the Beaufort Sea. American Society for Microbiology. Philadelphia, PA. May 2009.
R.W. Sanders and N. Sahu. Interactive effects of UV-B exposure and salinity stress on population growth of a marine ciliate. Amer. Society of Limnology & Oceanography. St John's, Newfoundland. Canada. June 2008.

A.L. Macaluso, J.A. Porter, and R.W. Sanders (presenter). Direct and indirect effects of UV radiation and CDOM on a heterotrophic flagellate. American Society of Limnology & Oceanography. Orlando, FL. March 2008.
R.W. Sanders, W.H. Jeffrey, R.E. Moeller, D.P. Morris, J.A. Porter. Dynamics of planktonic microbial communities across a gradient of dissolved organic carbon (DOC): results from mesocosm experiments. Amer. Society of Limnology & Oceanography. Santa Fe, NM. Feb 2007.

A.W. Heinze and R.W. Sanders. The seasonal distribution of the mixotroph Dinobryon in a mesotrophic lake. American Society of Limnology & Oceanography. Victoria, Canada. June 2006..

A.L. Macaluso and R.W. Sanders. The importance of photoenzymatic DNA repair in two freshwater protozoa following acute ultraviolet exposure. American Society of Limnology & Oceanography. Victoria, B.C., Canada. June 2006. 

C.L. Speekmann and R.W. Sanders. The effect of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) on grazing rates of zooplankton on nanoplankton. American Society of Limnology & Oceanography. Victoria, B.C., Canada. June 2006.

 

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate Research Mentoring at Temple University

  Roni Devassy, Biology Honors Research, September 2010 - present.
  Sarah DeVaul, Biology Honors Research, September 2009 - August 2010.
  Lance Dixon, Biology Honors Research, September 2009 - May 2010.
  Jonathan Swinden, Biology Honors Research, January 2008 - Aug 2009.

  Corinne Truesdale, Biology Honors Research, September 2008 - Aug 2009.
  Novneet Sahu, Biology Honors Research, September 2006 - May 2008.

  Vinh Nguyen, June 2007 - September 2007.

  Ann Christine Olsson Allen, September 2002 - November 2004.

  Robyn Reinmiller, Biology Honors Research, September 2001 - May 2002.

  Anita Michael, Biology Honors Research, September 1999 - May 2000. 

  Ayasha Williams, Biology Honors Research, September 1999 - May 2000.

  Erin Gordon, Summer Science Research Program, 2000.

  Rebecca Roth, NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, June - Dec 2000.

  Jean Marie Davidson, Biology Honors Research, Jan 1998 - May 1999.

 

Graduate Student Advising:

  Erin Graham, Ph.D. candidate. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)

  C. Grier Sellers, Ph.D. candidate. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)
  Zaid McKie-Krisberg, Ph.D. candidate. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)
  Sarah DeVaul, Ph.D. track. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)
  Jay Lunden, Ph.D. candidate. Temple University (Advisory Committee)
  Michele Grinar, M.S. 2011. Temple University (Advisory Committee)
  Amy O'Brien Macaluso, Ph.D. 2010. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)
  Niveen Ismail, M.S. 2010. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)
  Monika Claessens-Kenning, Ph.D. 2010. Univ. of Salzburg, Austria (Advisory Committee)
  Adam Heinze, Ph.D. 2009. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)

  Mark Randa, Ph.D. 2007. Temple University (Advisory Committee)

  Donald Schoener, M.S. 2005. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)

  Aderonke Adeniyi, M.S. 2005. Temple University (Advisory Committee)
  Sandra Cooke, Ph.D. 2005. Lehigh University (Advisory Committee)

  Tina Sung, M.A. 2001. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)

  Thomas Sardina, M.A. 2001. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)

  Andrew Yasindi, Ph.D. 2001. University of Waterloo, Ont., Can. (Advisory Committee)

  Yolanda Wilkerson, M.A. 1998. Temple University (Principal Thesis Advisor)

  Paul Stutzman, Ph.D. 1996. Lehigh University (Advisory Committee)

  Andrea Arenovski, Ph.D. 1994. MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. (Advisory Committee)

  Jeff Jack, Ph.D. 1993. Dartmouth College (Advisory Committee)

 

Post-doctoral Associates:

  Scott Fay, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-present.
  An-Yi Tsai, Visiting Research Scholar, 2009-2010.
  Christa L. Speekmann, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2007.