Augustin C. Engman Doctoral Candidate U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University 127 David Clark Labs, Box 7617, Raleigh, NC 27695 (787) 587-6911 | [email protected] Education Ph.D. M.S. B.S.

In Progress. Fisheries Wildlife and Conservation Biology. North Carolina State University 2011. Biology University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras 2007. Marine Science and Biology. The University of Miami

Fellowships; and Teaching and Research Assistantships Graduate Research Assistant (08/2011-present)- North Carolina State University, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Field research group leader for project on the native freshwater and estuarine fishes of Puerto Rico, assisted with aquatic fieldwork in North Carolina. NSF Graduate STEM Fellowship in K-12 Education (GK-12) (05/2010-05/2011)- University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. Developed curriculum and taught at a middle school, attended summer and monthly training/workshops in education and curriculum development, provided K-12 teachers with field/laboratory scientific experiences. Graduate Research Assistant (01/2009-05/2010)- University of Puerto Rico, Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies. Conducted graduate research on the fish assemblage of urban streams in Puerto Rico. Conducted a field experiment on the effects of discharge on leaf decomposition rates in an urban stream in Puerto Rico. Aided other students in field and laboratory based research. Graduate Teaching Assistantship (05/2009-08/2009)-Tropical Ecology and Evolution Research Experience for Undergraduates. Conducted administrative and logistical duties, planned and executed field-based education experiences, seminars, and scientific paper discussions for undergraduate science students. Graduate Teaching Assistantship (08/2008-12/2008)- Taught three sections of a general biology laboratory. Undergraduate/Post-Undergraduate Research Assistantship (12/2005-10/2007)- The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) and the Monterrey Bay Aquarium Research institute (MBARI). Conducted laboratory and shipboard experiments, maintained algal cultures, fluorescent staining and slide preparation, planned and executed research cruises. Publications and Presentations Peer-Reviewed Publications: Kwak, T.J., A.C. Engman, J.R. Fischer, and C.G. Lilyestrom. 2016. Drivers of Caribbean freshwater ecosystems and fisheries. Pages 219-232 in W.W. Taylor, D.M. Bartley, C.I. Goddard, N.J. Leonard, and R. Welcomme, editors. Freshwater, fish and the future: proceedings of the global cross-sectoral conference. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome; Michigan State University, East Lansing; and American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland Engman, A. and A. Ramírez, 2012. Fish assemblage structure in urban streams of Puerto Rico: the importance of reach- and catchment-scale abiotic factors. Hydrobiolgia 693: 141-155.

Ramírez, A., A. Engman, K.G. Rosas, O. Perez-Reyes, and D.M. Martinó-Cardona, 2012. Urban impacts on tropical island streams: some key aspects influencing ecosystem response. Urban Ecosystems 15: 315-325. Worden, A., Janouskovec, J., McRose, D., Engman, A., Welsh, R., Malfatti, S., Tringe, S., and P.J. Keeling. (2012). Global distribution of a wild alga revealed by targeted metagenomics. Current Biology 22: R682–R683. Teaching Instructor of Record: Spring 2016. Urban Aquatic Ecosystems. AEC 495 *Original Course Design. Undergraduate Research Mentoring Doris Duke Conservation Scholars (July 2014 to present)-Mentor to five undergraduate conservation and diversity scholars for two separate cohorts. Scholars conducted field research projects on the Río Grande de Arecibo in July 2014 and July 2015. Both cohorts presented research at the annual meetings of the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Mary Keilhauer (2015) Temporal and spatial fish assemblage dynamics of the lower Río Grande de Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Devon Wilcox (2015) River Ingress by Post-Larval Sirajo Gobies: Diel Pattens, Abundane, and Biomass in the Río Grande de Arecibo. Tamara Wells (2015) Estimating harvest of an artisanal post-larval goby fishery in Puerto Rico. Selena Ibarra (2015) Shifts in the Food Habits of Two Caribbean Riverine Predators during Amphidromous fish migrations. Wilson Xiong (2015) Diet Composition of Estuarine Predatory Fishes of Puerto Rico. Eanas Alia (2014) Characterization of the Salinity Profile of the Río Grande de Arecibo Estuary. Malory Gyovai (2014) Creel survey of anglers and cetí fisherman of the Río Grande de Arecibo in Puerto Rico. Sakshi Handa (2014) Estimation of in situ post-larval Sirajo goby (Sicydium plumieri) swimming speeds during return migrations in the Río Grande de Arecibo in Puerto Rico. James LaPlante (2014) Characterization of near-shore larval fish assemblages in Puerto Rico. Demetrius Tillery (2014) Characterizing the esuarine fish assemblage of the Río Grande de Arecibo in Puerto Rico. El Verde Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) - Tropical Ecology and Evolution Research Experience for Undergraduates at El Verde field station, Puerto Rico. Guided undergraduate students in the design, execution and presentation of summer research projects. Maureen Duffy (2012)-Amphidromous Fishes of Puerto Rico: Post-larval Morphology and Recruitment Timing. Kimberly Pigford (2010)-Microhabitat Use by Sicydium plumieri of the Río Sonadora.

Martin Perales (5/2009-8/2009)-Relationships Between Instream Habitat and the Native Fish Community in the Río Piedras Drainage. El Verde REU, El Verde, PR. Invited Presentations: Oral Presentation—Engman, A.C., T.J. Kwak, J.R. Fischer and C. A. Grieshaber. 2015. Temporal dynamics and the ecological role of recruitment in Caribbean amphidromous fishes. Invited speaker to a symposium entitled “Do macro-consumers matter? Researching the effects of large-bodied biota on aquatic ecosystems“ at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society, Savanah, Georgia. Presentations: Oral Presentation— Engman, A.C., T.J. Kwak, and J.R. Fischer. 2016. Temporal patterns of recruitment in Caribbean amphidromous fshes. 2nd Annual Meeting Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Oral Presentation—Engman, A.C., T.J. Kwak, and J.R. Fischer. 2015. Patterns and drivers of recruitment in Caribbean amphidromous fishes. 145th American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. Oral Presentation (In Spanish)—Life history and ecological research to inform the management of Puerto Rico riverine fisheries. Estudios del ciclo de vida y ecologicos con el fin de proveer información para el manejo de las pesquerías ribereñas de Puerto Rico. 2015. 1st Annual Meeting Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Cerillos, PR. Oral Presentation—Recruitment Patterns of Amphidromous Fishes in Puerto Rico. North Carolina State University Student Fisheries Society Meeting (invited mini-symposium). Oral Presentation—Recuitment Phenology of Caribbean Amphidromous Fishes. 38th Annual Larval Fish Conference/144th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Quebec, Canada. Presented in the contribution of early life history studies to the management of fish populations theme session. Oral Presentation—The Early Life History of Puerto Rico’s Amphidromous Fishes. 2014 El Verde Research Experience for Undergraduate Seminar Series, El Verde, PR (invited). Oral Presentation—Recruitment Phenology of Caribbean Amphidromous Fishes. ZGSA Symposium, Raleigh, NC. Oral Presentation—Recruitment Phenology of Caribbean Amphidromous Fishes. 25th Annual Meeting North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Durham, NC. Oral Presentation—Lunar Influences on Recruitment Phenology of Caribbean Amphidromous Fishes. 2014 Spring Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), Charleston, SC. Oral Presentation—Urban Impacts on Tropical Island Streams: Key Aspects Influencing Ecosystem Response. 2013 El Verde Research Experience for Undergraduate Seminar Series, El Verde, PR. Poster—Ecology and Conservation of Caribbean Island Stream Fishes. 2013 Spring Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), Nashville, TN. Oral Presentation—Urban Impacts on Tropical Island Streams: Key Aspects Influencing Ecosystem Response. 2012 142nd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society (AFS), Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.

Poster—Channelization: Effects on instream habitat and fish assemblage structure in a tropical urban watershed. 2011 Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Sciences Meeting (PRISM), Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Oral Presentation—Effects of in stream habitat and channelization on fish assemblage structure in a tropical urban watershed. 2011 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Poster—The effects of flow reduction on leaf decomposition rates in a tropical urban stream. 2010 North American Benthological Society (NABS) and American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) joint meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Poster—Urban streams in Puerto Rico: understanding stream ecosystems outside of the Luquillo Forest. 2009 Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) all scientists meeting, Estes Park, Colorado. Authored Oral Presentations Fischer, J.R., T.J. Kwak, A.C. Engman, and W. Smith. 2015. Use of post-larval otoliths to compare age, growth , and pelagic larval durations of Caribbean Amphidromous Gobies. 145th American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. Fischer, J.R., T.J. Kwak, A.C. Engman, C.A. Grieshaber, and W. Smith. 2015. Determination of pelagic larval duration and growth of Caribbean amphidromous fishes. Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia. Kwak, T.J., A.C. Engman, J.R. Fischer, and C.G. Lilyestrom. 2015. Ecological services and drivers of Caribbean freshwater fisheries. Invited speaker to a Global Conference on Inland Fisheries. Freshwater, Fish, and the Future: Cross-Sectional Approaches to Sustain Livelihoods, Food Security, and Aquatic Ecosystems. January 26-30, United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization Headquarters, Rome, Italy. Kwak, T.J., A.C. Engman, J.R. Fischer, and C.G. Lilyestrom. 2015. Ecological drivers, functions, and services of Caribbean freshwater fishes. Invited speaker to a Symposium entitled “Do macroconsumers matter? Researching the effects of large-bodied biota on aquatic ecosystems” at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Division of the American Fisheries Society. January 28February 1, Savannah, Georgia. Fischer, J.R., T.J. Kwak, A.C. Engman, C.A. Grieshaber, and W. Smith. 2014. Early life age and growth of Caribbean amphidromous fishes. 144th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Quebec City, Quebec. Awards and Recognitions 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 2003-2007 2006-2007 Spring 2004 Spring 2006

Skinner Memorial Award-$800 ZGSA Graduate Student Symposium-Best Oral Presentation-$100 Jimmie Pigg Memorial Outstanding Student Achievement Award-$500 NCSU Student Fisheries Society Travel Award NCSU Student Fisheries Society Service Award Estuaries Section Student Travel Award-$500 North Carolina Chapter Student Travel Award-$400 University Graduate Fellowship-$4000 José Ramón Ortiz prize for the highest GPA during a Master’s program. $100 University of Miami Grants A and B CV Starr Scholarship Provost Honor Roll Dean’s List

Extracurricular Positions

AFS NCSU ZGSA SDAFS NCSU SFS NCSU SFS AFS NC AFS NCSU UPR U Miami U Miami U Miami U Miami

2015-2016 2014-Present 2011-Present

2011-2012 2010-2011

Graduate Student Representative on Search Committee for Research Assistant Professor of Quantitative Fisheries Science Webmaster Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Fisheries Society

NCSU

Member NCSU Student Fisheries Society Subunit. Subunit activities include monthly meetings, participation in the adopt-a-stream program, lake and stream cleanups, fund-raisers, fisheries assessments, and various outreach activities including youth fishing days, science fair judge and national hunting and fishing day. President NCSU Student Fisheries Society Subunit. Won Southern Division and Parent Society AFS Best Student Subunit Awards. Master’s student representative to the Biology Graduate Program Committee

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PRAFS

NCSU/AFS UPR

Journal Referee Fisheries Transactions of the American Fisheries Society North American Journal of Fisheries Management Hydrobiologia Aquatic Ecology Consulting and Professional Services Lake Kildaire Bathymetry and Fisheries Assessment. Lake Kildaire Homeowner’s Association. 2012. Puerto Rico Gap Species Datasheet Reviewer: Agonostomus monticola, Awaous banana and Centropomus ensiferus. Puerto Rico Gap Analysis Project. 2011. Howell Woods Fisheries Assessment. Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center. 2011. Popular Press Articles Top 10 Weirdest Things Found on a Fish’s Head. The Fisheries Blog. April 15th, 2013. http://www.thefisheriesblog.com/2013/04/top-10-weirdest-things-found-on-fishs.html Happy Birthday Little Fish! La Regata. November 5th, 2013. Estudio del ciclo de vida de los peces Nativos en los Ríos de Puerto Rico. Junio Mes de la Pesca Recreativa 2014 (pamphlet). June 2014 Guest Instructor Experiences Summer 2016. NCSU FW 312: Fisheries Techniques and Management. Lesson on Backpack Electrofishing. Instructor: Thomas Kwak. Fall 2015. NCSU AEC 400: Applied Ecology. Metapopulations module (2 classes). Instructor: Craig Layman. Fall 2015. NCSU AEC 400: Applied Ecology. Global Urbanization and Urban Ecology. Instructor: Craig Layman. Spring 2014. NCSU BIO 495: Fish Biology Ecology and Management. Insructor: Jody Callihan Spring 2016, Spring 2014, and Spring 2015. East Wake Middle School and Clayton Highschool. Shad in the Classroom. Lessons on fish anatomy. Teachers: Karen Curry and Janice West.