Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
The acquisition of elements by organisms, and the transfer of elements between organisms and the environment can influence a range of ecological effects, including population dynamics, community structure, and ecosystem function. My graduate research has focused on the physiological factors that influence the accumulation of essential elements (macro and micronutrients) and nonessential, potentially toxic trace metals by aquatic organisms, and the transfer of these elements in aquatic food webs.
Education
- PhD Candidate, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 2001- completion expected 2006. - B.A. Biology, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, 1996. - Centre for Rainforest Studies, School for Field Studies
Queensland, Australia, 1995.
Teaching Assistantships and Professional Experience
- Research Assistant, Advisor: Dr. Carol Folt, Dartmouth College, 2003- present.
- Teaching Assistant, Dartmouth College, 2001-2005
Vertebrate Zoology, Physiological Ecology, Marine Biology, Intro Ecology and Evolution - Research Technician, Salt Lake County Water Resources, UT, 2000 – 2001.
- Research Technician, Aquatic Ecology Lab, Mount Rainier NP, WA, 1998 and 1999.
Publications
- Karimi, R. and Folt, C.L. Beyond macronutrients: element variability and multi-element stoichiometry in freshwater invertebrates. (In Press, Ecology Letters, 2006).
- Karimi, R., Chen, C.Y., Fisher, N.S., Pickhardt, P.C., Folt, C.L. Stoichiometric controls of mercury dilution by growth. (In review, PNAS).
- Karimi, R., Chen, C.Y., Folt, C.L. Evidence that benthivory reduces Hg accumulation in fish. (In prep for Ecological Applications).
- Karimi, R. and Folt, C.L. The role of growth in the accumulation of macnonutrients and trace elements. (In prep).
- Renshaw, C.E., Bostick, B.C., Feng, X., Wong, C.K, Winston, E.S., Karimi,
R., Folt, C.L., Chen, C.Y. Impact of land disturbance on the fate of arsenical
pesticides. Journal of Environmental Quality 35:61-67, 2006.
Presentations and Invited Seminars
- Karimi, R., Chen, C.Y., Fisher, N.S., Pickhardt, P.C., Folt, C.L. Metabolic control of macro and micro element stoichiometry. The Metabolic Basis of Ecology, Gordon Research Conference, July, 2006.
- Karimi, R. Mercury in aquatic food webs and the implications for human health. Johnson C. Smith University, Invited Seminar, February 9 2006.
- Karimi, R. and Folt, C.L. Regulation and variation of essential and toxic metals in freshwater invertebrates. NIEHS, January 2006.
- Karimi, R. and Folt, C.L. The role of growth in the transfer of toxins in aquatic food webs. ESA, 2005.
- Karimi, R., Chen, C.Y. and Folt, C.L. Heavy metal and nutrient stoichiometry in freshwater invertebrate prey and the implications for trophic transfer. ASLO, Winter 2005.
- Karimi, R. and Folt, C.L. Understanding the metabolic basis of contaminant accumulation in omnivorous fish. The Metabolic Basis of Ecology, Gordon Research Conference, July, 2004.
- Karimi, R. and Folt, C.L. The Trophic Transfer of Trace Metals across Habitats in a Lake Food Web. NIEHS, November 2003.
Professional Memberships
- Ecological Society of America
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
- Graduate Women in Science
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