Romi Burks Assistant Professor PhD, University of Notre Dame; BA, BS, Loyola University Chicago Location: FJS 141 Phone: 512-863-1280 Biology Home Page

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD Education and Training: 1995-2000, University of Notre Dame (UND) Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology 08/2000 Dissertation Title: Daphnia in littoral zones: costs and benefits associated with diel horizontal migration Advisor: David M. Lodge, D. Phil. 1991-1995, Loyola University Chicago (LUC) B.S. Biology with Honors & B.A. English with Honors, magna cum laude Training: Research and Teaching Faculty Fellow, Rhodes College (08/01 - 07/03) Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University (12/00 - 07/01) Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, Teaching Associate, Kaneb Center for Teaching & Learning, UND (08-12/00) Invited Guest Researcher, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark (Summer 1997, 06/98 - 07/99; 06-08/02) Host: Erik Jeppesen CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS Website featured on-line at The Chronicle of Higher Education Invited participant for "Teaching Green," a workshop aimed at incorporating environmental issues into interdisciplinary teaching. Sponsored by the Environmental Alliance within the Associated Colleges of the South. Furman University (03/2003). Selected participant (44 chosen from 180) in DIALOG IV in Bermuda (Dissertation Iniative for the Advancement of Limnology and Oceanography). The Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning Outstanding Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching (04/00). Fulbright Scholar to Denmark (1998-1999). UND Graduate Student Union Teaching Assistant of the Year Award (05/1997). Presidential Medal Recipient from the College of Arts and Sciences, LUC (1995). Phi Beta Kappa, member (05/1993 - current). RESEARCH AREAS My research focuses on quantifying the costs and benefits of a predator-avoidance behavior of an important grazer (Daphnia) in lakes and ponds. My interest in this area includes several sub-areas of ecology: Predator-prey interactions (particularly invertebrate) Role of complexity in structuring lake littoral zones Chemical communication in aquatic systems Biomanipulation in shallow lakes, alternative stable states Impact of Daphnia on water quality REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS Tuchman, N.C., R. L. Burks, C. A. Call, and J. Smarrelli. 2004. Flow rate and vertical position influence ingestion rates of colonial zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Freshwater Biology 49: 191-198. Lauridsen, T. L., E. Jeppesen, S.F. Mitchell, D. M. Lodge and R. L. Burks. 1999. Horizontal distribution of zooplankton in lakes with contrasting fish densities and nutrient levels. Hydrobiologia 408/409: 241-250. Burks, R. L., E. Jeppesen and D. M. Lodge. 2000. Macrophyte and fish chemicals suppress Daphnia growth and alter life history traits. Oikos 88(1): 139-147. Burks, R. L., E. Jeppesen and D. M. Lodge. 2001. Littoral zone structures as Daphnia refugia against fish predation. Limnology and Oceanography 46(2): 230-237. Burks, R. L., E. Jeppesen and D. M. Lodge. 2001. Pelagic prey and benthic predators: impact of odonate predation on Daphnia among complex structure. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 20(4): 683-696. Burks, R. L., D. M. Lodge, E. Jeppesen and T. L. Lauridsen. 2002. Diel horizontal migration of zooplankton: costs and benefits of inhabiting littoral zones. Freshwater Biology 47: 343-366. Burks, R. L., N. C. Tuchman, C. A. Call, and J. E. Marsden. 2002. Colonial aggregations: the effect of spatial position on zebra mussel responses to interstitial water quality. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 21(1): 64-75. Burks, R. L. and D. M. Lodge. 2002. Cued in: advances and opportunities in freshwater chemical ecology. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28(10): 1881- 1897. MORE INFORMATION Curriculum Vita To learn more about Dr. Burks or her classes, visit her webpage at www.southwestern.edu/~burksr