Shelby L.

Ziegler
3431 Arendell Street
Morehead City, NC 28557
sziegler@live.unc.edu

EDUCATION
2015-

PhD student
Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2009-2013

BS Biology
The College of William and Mary
Advisor: Jonathan. D. Allen

Research Experience
2013-2015

Laboratory and Research Specialist I, Marine Biodiversity Laboratory, Virginia Institute

of Marine Science, Supervisor: Dr. J. Emmett Duffy.

2010-2013

Undergraduate Researcher, College of William and Mary.

2012

Summer Research Intern, Coastal Studies Center, Bowdoin College.

Publications
2015

Duffy J. E., S. L. Ziegler, J. Campbell, P. Bippus and J. S. Lefcheck. 2015. Squidpops: A

simple tool to crowdsource a global map of marine predation intensity. PLoS ONE
10(11): e0142994. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142994

2015

Allen J. D., A. F. Armstrong and S. L. Ziegler. 2015. Environmental induction of

polyembryony in echinoid Echinoderms. Biol. Bull. 229: 221231.

In Review
2016

McCann, M. J., K. W. Able, R. R. Christian, F. J. Fodrie, O. P. Jensen, J. J. Johnson, P.

C. Lpez-Duarte, C. W. Martin, J. A. Olin, M. J. Polito, B. J. Roberts and S. L. Ziegler.
2016. Key taxa in food web responses to stressors: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Presentations
2016
Ziegler S. L., M. J. McCann, et al., Developing a food web model to measure responses
to disturbance: Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 4th Annual UNC Curriculum for the
Environment and Ecology Student Research Symposium.
2015

Ziegler S. L., P. M. Bippus and J. E. Duffy. BiteMap: A simple, scalable assay to

quantify predation pressure along environmental gradients. 44th Benthic Ecology
Meeting.

2015

Allen, J.D., A.F. Armstrong, S.L. Ziegler and S.T. Abdel-Raheem. Environmental
induction of polyembryony in echinoderms. Developmental Biology of Sea Urchins.

2014

Ziegler S. L., J. S. Lefcheck, J. P. Richardson and J. E. Duffy. Shifts in mesograzer

community structure following two major eelgrass die-offs in the Chesapeake Bay. 43rd
Benthic Ecology Meeting.*

2014

Richardson, J. P., J. S. Lefcheck, S. L. Ziegler, and J. E. Duffy. Size structure drivers of

crustacean grazer epifauna in a Chesapeake Bay Zostera marina bed. 43rd Benthic
Ecology Meeting.

2013

Ziegler, S. L., and J. D. Allen. Developmental responses to multiple environmental

stressors in echinoid echinoderms. 42nd Benthic Ecology Meeting.*

2012

Ziegler S. L., and J. D. Allen. A Summer in Maine: Cloning in Echinoderms. College of

William and Mary NOYCE Education Seminar.*

2012

Ziegler, S. L., and J. D. Allen. Rates and Costs of Cloning in Echinoderms, Bowdoin
College Coastal Studies Center Summer Presentations.
*Indicates poster presentation

Grants, Scholarships, Fellowships

2015

Professional and Staff Development Grant. Virginia Institute of Marine Science. $600.

2013

HHMI Travel Grant, College of William and Mary. $300.

2012

Mary E. Ferguson Memorial Research Grant. College of William and Mary. $250.

2012

Robert F. Noyce Scholarship. National Science Foundation. $10,000. (offered)

2012

Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow Fellowship. Virginia Department of Education.

$3,600.

2011

Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow Fellowship. Virginia Department of Education.

$3,600.

Memberships and Outreach

2015-present Member: Ecological Society of America
2015-present Contributer: UNder the C Blog