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1 Ian Daniel Medeiros 22 Williams Street, Rehoboth, Massachusetts orcid.org/ imedeirosbotany.wordpress.com (774) EDUCATION College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME, USA BA in Human Ecology (W. H. Drury, Jr. Prize in Natural History) Primary Adviser: Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna WORK EXPERIENCE 2016 (Summer) Field Research Assistant Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Fort Collins, CO Supervisors: Tom Baldvins and Joe Stevens Curatorial Assistant College of the Atlantic/Acadia National Park Herbarium, Bar Harbor, ME Supervisors: Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna and Geneva Langley 2014 (Summer) REU Intern Science and Education, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL Supervisors: Dr. Robert Lücking and Dr. H. Thorsten Lumbsch 2013 (Summer) Field Research Assistant John Muir Institute of the Environment, University of California, Davis, CA Supervisors: Gabrielle N. Bohlman and Dr. Hugh Safford PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed articles 4. Medeiros, I. D., E. Kraichak, A. Mangold, R. Lücking, and H. T. Lumbsch. Assembling a taxonomic monograph of tribe Wirthiotremateae (lichenized Ascomycota: Ostropales: Graphidaceae). Fieldiana, in press. 3. Stern, M., I. D. Medeiros, L. Negoita, and N. Rajakaruna Limestone flora of the Simonton Quarry Preserve, Rockport, ME, USA. Rhodora 118(974): Medeiros, I. D., N. Rajakaruna, and E. B. Alexander Gabbro soil-plant relations in the California Floristic Province. Madroño 62(2): Medeiros, I. D., A. M. Fryday, and N. Rajakaruna Additional lichen records and mineralogical data from metal-contaminated sites in Maine. Rhodora 116(967):

2 Manuscript under review Medeiros, I. D., A. C. Mathieson, and N. Rajakaruna. Heavy metals in seaweeds from a polluted coastal Maine estuary. Under review at Rhodora. Book Reviews 2. Medeiros, I. D Review of: A Natural History of English Gardening: By Mark Laird pp. Yale University Press, London. Plant Science Bulletin 62(1): Medeiros, I. D Review of: The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants, revised. By Peter D Amato pp. Ten Speed Press, Emeryville, CA. Plant Science Bulletin 60(2): CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Oral Presentations (contributed) 3. I. D. Medeiros and N. Rajakaruna. Serpentinite Outcrops Do Not Support a (Particularly) Distinctive Biota in Western Massachusetts. BOTANY 2016 Conference. Savannah, Georgia, USA. 30 July 3 August I. D. Medeiros and N. Rajakaruna. Serpentinite Outcrops in Massachusetts: A Botanical and Ecological Overview. Northeast Natural History Conference. Springfield, Massachusetts, USA April I. D. Medeiros, A. M. Fryday, and N. Rajakaruna. Diversity and Conservation of Lichens at Two Metal-Enriched Sites in Coastal Hancock County, Maine, USA. Eighth International Conference on Serpentine Ecology, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia June Poster Presentations 6. I. D. Medeiros and N. Rajakaruna. Documenting the Rocks, Soils, and Biota of Serpentinite Outcrops in Western Massachusetts. Geological Society of Maine 2016 Spring Meeting. University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA. 1 April Honorable Mention. 5. I. D. Medeiros and N. Rajakaruna. Documenting the Rocks, Soils, and Biota of Serpentinite Outcrops in Western Massachusetts. Geological Society of America Northeastern Section 51 st Annual Meeting. Albany, NY, USA March I. D. Medeiros, R. Lücking, and H. T. Lumbsch. New Species of Thelotremoid Graphidaceae in Hawai i: Insights into Lichen Endemism on a Remote Archipelago. BOTANY 2015 Conference. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada July I. D. Medeiros and N. Rajakaruna. Research in Progress: Documenting the Serpentine Biota of Massachusetts. New England Botanical Club 120 th Anniversary Research Conference. Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA. 5 7 June I. D. Medeiros and N. Rajakaruna. Research in Progress: Documenting the Serpentine Biota of Massachusetts. Northeast Natural History Conference. Springfield, Massachusetts, USA April I. D. Medeiros and N. Rajakaruna. A Biodiverse Polluted Site in Coastal Maine: Opportunity and Dilemma. Twentieth International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology. Bar Harbor, Maine, USA October

3 GRANTS RECEIVED California Lichen Society Grant. I. D. Medeiros and P. L. Excoffier (2015): Documenting the Lichen Biota of the Pine Hill Intrusive Complex. $1,000. National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant. N. Rajakaruna (Principal Investigator), A. M. Fryday, S. J. Siebert, I. D. Medeiros, R. B. Boneschans, and N. Pope (Project Investigators; 2015): Examining the role of substrate chemistry and climate on the diversity of lichen species in South Africa. $17,850. Garden Club of America Joan K. Hunt and Rachel M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany. I. D. Medeiros (2015): Documenting the serpentine biota of Massachusetts: A study of the plant and lichen diversity of serpentine outcrops in Massachusetts, USA. $2,500. Maine Space Grant. I. D. Medeiros (2015): Documenting the serpentine biota of Massachusetts: A study of the plant and lichen diversity of serpentine outcrops in Massachusetts, USA. $1,750. New England Botanical Club Les Mehrhoff Botanical Research Fund Grant. I. D. Medeiros (2015): Documenting the serpentine biota of Massachusetts: A study of the plant and lichen diversity of serpentine outcrops in Massachusetts, USA. $1,500. Maine Sea Grant. I. D. Medeiros and N. Rajakaruna (2014): Investigation of metal uptake by macroalgae at the Callahan Mine, Brooksville, Maine, USA. $2,050. Maine Space Grant. I. D. Medeiros (2014): Survey of lichens at the Settlement Quarry granite site in Stonington, Deer Island, Maine, USA. $500. Maine Space Grant. I. D. Medeiros (2013): Investigating the reproductive compatibility of allopatric floral morphotypes of Streptanthus polygaloides Gray (Brassicaceae), a California serpentine endemic. $2,000. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships: College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA One-on-one assistance and evaluation of students plant collections, but not lecturing. TREES AND SHRUBS (Advanced, Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna) Sep. Nov One-on-one assistance, some lecturing, and some lab instruction, but not evaluation. LICHEN BIOLOGY (Advanced, Dr. Fred C. Olday) Jan. Mar Individual meetings and tutoring/homework sessions with students, but not lecturing or evaluating. EDIBLE BOTANY (Introductory, Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna) Sep. Nov COMMUNICATING SCIENCE (Intermediate, Ms. Anne Kozak) Apr. Jun CALCULUS III (Intermediate, Dr. David Feldman) Jan. Mar COMMUNICATING SCIENCE (Intermediate, Ms. Anne Kozak) Mar. Jun Writing Tutor: Writing Center, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA From September 2013 through 2016 I worked in the Writing Center at COA, where I tutored students (including ESL students) in mechanics, style, and source attribution. Senior Experience Advisor: Mount Desert Island High School (MDIHS), Bar Harbor, Maine, USA From March through June 2014 I mentored high school student Brittany Fronczak for her senior experience project: A Field Guide to Lichens and Mosses on the MDIHS campus. 3

4 AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS Botanical Society of America Young Botanist Award (2016) College of the Atlantic John C. Dreier Scholarship (2015) National Garden Club Barbara D. May Scholarship (2014) Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts Scholarship (2014) Barry Goldwater Scholarship (awarded 2014; two year scholarship) College of the Atlantic Craig W. Greene Memorial Scholarship in Botany (2013, 2014) College of the Atlantic Presidential Scholarship (awarded 2012; four year scholarship) HERBARIUM SPECIMENS Collections: hcoa (vascular plants, lichens, bryophytes, non-lichenized fungi); bnrh (lichens); puc (lichens) Identifications: hcoa (vascular plants, lichens, bryophytes, algae, non-lichenized fungi); f (lichens); bru (lichens); big thicket national preserve museum collection (lichens) Nomenclatural annotations: hcoa (vascular plants, lichens, algae); bru (lichens) ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2015: Lab assistant for investigation of coppiced alder as soil amendment in organic farming systems. Research Supervisor: Dr. Suzanne Morse 2013: Investigator for a greenhouse experiment examining the reproductive compatibility of four floral color morphs of Streptanthus polygaloides Gray (Brassicaceae), a Californian serpentine endemic. Research Supervisor: Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna 2012: Lab assistant for mycological biodiversity comparison of Pine Hill, a serpentine outcrop on little Deer Isle, Hancock Co., Maine, and Settlement Quarry, a former granite quarry on Deer Isle, Maine, USA. Research Supervisors: Katie Jumper and Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna SERVICE and LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC GOVERNANCE SERVICE 2013 (February April); 2015 (April May): Faculty Personnel Committee (Position served: Member of ad hoc faculty contract review committee) 2014 (November) 2015 (April): Member of Admissions Committee 2013 (January) 2014 (September): Steering Committee (Offices served: Secretary, Asstistant Moderator, Moderator of All-College Meeting, Parliamentarian) 2012 (September) 2013 (November): Member of Academic Affairs Committee MUSEUM EXHIBIT WORK Performed editorial work for exhibits at the Acadia National Park Sieur de Monts Nature Center (Bar Harbor, ME; 2014), George B. Dorr Natural History Museum (Bar Harbor, ME; 2016), and Schoodic Marine Center (Winter Harbor, ME; 2016) COMPUTER SKILLS ArcGIS (desktop and online), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, and equivalent Apple programs), Geneious, RAxML, Python (basic familiarity), L A TEX 4

5 EQUIPMENT TRAINING ABI 3730 DNA Analyzer LANGUAGES Reading, Writing, Speaking: English (first language) and French (moderate proficiency) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS New England Botanical Club (since 2013); Botanical Society of America (since 2014); California Botanical Society (since 2014); International Serpentine Ecology Society (since 2014); Society of Herbarium Curators (2015); American Bryological and Lichenological Society (2016) REFERENCES Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna Professor of Botany College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA nrajakaruna.wordpress.com Dr. Robert Lücking Curator for Cryptogams Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem Dr. David P. Feldman Professor of Physics College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA hornacek.coa.edu/dave/ 5