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DeVaul Princiotta

Sarah DeVaul Princiotta

Murray State University, Hancock Biological Station
561 Emma Drive, Murray KY 42071
sprinciotta@murraystate.edu
(270) 809-1729
www.sarahdevaulprinciotta.weebly.com

EDUCATION:

2010 – 2016 PhD, Biology. Department of Biology, Temple University

Philadelphia PA
Thesis title: Mixotrophy in freshwater food webs
Advisor: Robert Sanders

2006 – 2010 BS, Biology. Department of Biology, Temple University

Philadelphia PA
cum laude, distinction in major
Thesis title: Identification of mixotrophy in Antarctic protists

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

2017 – current Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hancock Biological Station/

Murray State University, Murray KY
Advisors: David White and Susan Hendricks

2017 Adjunct Lecturer, Penn State Worthington-Scranton,

Dunmore PA

2016 – 2017 Director of Research and Education, Lacawac Sanctuary and

Biological Field Station, Lake Ariel PA

2016 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Temple

University, Philadelphia PA

2010 – 2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Temple

University, Philadelphia PA

PUBLICATIONS: *indicates undergraduate mentee

Winslow LA, TH Hahn*, SD Princiotta, TH Leach, and KC Rose (2018) Characterizing

hydrologic networks: Developing a tool to enable research of macroscale aquatic networks.
Environmental Modelling and Software 104: 94 – 101.

Princiotta SD and RW Sanders (2017) Heterotrophic and mixotrophic nanoflagellates in a

mesotrophic lake: abundance and grazing impact across season and depth. Limnology and
Oceanography 62: 632 – 644.

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Papacostas KJ, EW Reilly, SE Georgian, D Long, SD Princiotta, AM Quattrini, KE Reuter, and

AL Freestone (2017) Biological characteristics of marine invasions. Marine Ecology Progress
Series 565: 251 – 268.

Princiotta SD, BT Smith*, and RW Sanders (2016) Temperature-dependent phagotrophy and

phototrophy in a mixotrophic chrysophyte. Journal of Phycology 52: 432 – 440

Cooke SL, JM Fischer, K Kessler, CE Williamson, RW Sanders, DP Morris, JA Porter, WH

Jeffrey, SD Princiotta, and D Pakulski (2014) Direct and indirect effects of additions of
chromophoric dissolved organic matter on zooplankton during large-scale mesocosm
experiments in an oligotrophic lake. Freshwater Biology 60: 2362 – 2378

Heinze AW, CL Truesdale, SB DeVaul (Princiotta), J Swinden, and RW Sanders (2013) The
role of temperature in the vertical distribution, growth, and grazing rates of the mixotrophic
chrysophyte Dinobryon. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 71: 155 – 163

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

2019 AQUACOSM Transnational Access, WasserCluster Lunz, Austria

2017 Margaret Briggs Foundation Grant ($10,977)
2017 PA Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Education
Grant ($37,060)
2016 Overlook Estate Foundation Grant ($3,400)
2015 Dissertation Completion Grant, Temple University ($10,000)
2015 Croasdale Fellowship, Phycological Society of America ($800)
2013 – 2015 NSF GK-12 Fellowship ($60,000)
2008 – 2010 National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant

HONORS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS:

2017 Early Career Travel Grant, Organization of Biological Field Stations

2015, 2016 Student Travel Award, Northeast Algal Society
2015 Bold Award for best oral presentation by a graduate student, Phycological
Society of America
2015 Wilce Award for best oral presentation by a graduate student, Northeast
Algal Society
2014 Punnett Memorial Scholarship, College of Science and Technology,
Temple University
2014 Outstanding Service to Students in Science, Pennsylvania Future Farmers
of America

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

Microbial food web dynamics in a green world: Biotic relationships between a bloom-forming
cyanobacteria and a flagellate predator. Honors Seminar Program, Center of Excellence for
Field Biology and Department of Biology. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville TN. March
2019.

Toxicity of Microcystis aeruginosa mediates biotic interactions within the microbial food web.
Department of Biological Sciences BioSci Seminar Series. Northern Kentucky University,
Highland Heights KY. February 2019.

Blue-green algal blooms: A global problem in your backyard. Kentucky Sierra Club, Great
Rivers Chapter. Murray KY. October 2018.

A tale of two trophies: Mixotrophy in freshwater food webs. Department of Biodiversity, Earth,
and Environmental Science Seminar Series. Drexel University, Philadelphia PA. October 2017.

Lacawac Sanctuary’s vision for citizen science in the Poconos. Coalition for the Delaware River
Watershed, Trenton NJ. December 2016.

CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS:

Princiotta SD, SP Hendricks, and DS White. Biotic interactions between a bloom-forming

cyanobacteria and a planktonic protist: Implications for toxin production. Kentucky Water
Resources Annual Symposium, Lexington KY. March 2019.

Princiotta SD, SP Hendricks, and DS White. Can mixotrophic protists graze the bloom?
Trophic interactions between a phagotrophic phytoflagellate and a toxin-producing
cyanobacteria. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico. February 2019.

Princiotta SD, J Brentrup, RW Sanders, and CE Williamson. What lies beneath: Integrating
automated sensor technologies in aquatic ecology to explore vertical plankton dynamics.
Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative, Saratoga Springs NY. March 2017.

Princiotta SD. A citizen science approach to water quality in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Lake Management Society, State College PA. February 2017.

DeVaul (Princiotta) SB and RW Sanders. Vertical distribution of mixotrophic protists in a

mesotrophic lake. Northeast Algal Society, Westfield MA. April 2016.

DeVaul (Princiotta) SB and RW Sanders. Spatial and temporal dynamics of mixotrophic

protists within a protected glacial lake. ASLO Ocean Sciences, New Orleans LA. February
2016.

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DeVaul (Princiotta) SB and RW Sanders. Striking a balance between phototrophy and

heterotrophy in the mixotrophic chrysophyte Dinobryon. Phycological Society of America,
Philadelphia PA. August 2015.
*Awarded Harold C. Bold award for best oral presentation

DeVaul (Princiotta) SB and RW Sanders. Temperature-dependent phagotrophy and

phototrophy in a mixotrophic chrysophyte. Northeast Algal Society, Syracuse NY. April 2016.
*Awarded Robert T. Wilce award for best oral presentation

Sanders RW, SB (DeVaul) Princiotta, and AW Heinze. Temperature-driven changes in growth

and bacterivory in a common mixotrophic chrysophyte. PROTIST 2012 (Joint meeting of the
International Society of Protistologists and International Society for Evolutionary Protistology),
Oslo Norway. July 2012.

Fay SA, RJ Gast, SB (DeVaul) Princiotta, and RW Sanders. Studying trophic compartments of
eukaryotic food webs using a thymidine analog and environmental DNA sequencing. ASLO
Ocean Sciences, Salt Lake City UT. February 2012.

Fay SA, SB (DeVaul) Princiotta, E Halliday, RJ Gast, and RW Sanders. Separation of

eukaryotic bacterivore DNA from environmental samples. Joint meeting of the Phycological
Society of America and International Society of Protistologists, Seattle WA. July 2011.

TEACHING AND MENTORING:

Instructor of Record
2017 Penn State Worthington Scranton, Science Department, Dunmore PA
Biology: Molecules and Cells (BIOL 230W)
Biological Sciences: Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution (BISC 002)

2016 Temple University, Department of Biology, Philadelphia PA

Experimental Marine Biology (BIOL 3244)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

2010 – 2016 Temple University, Department of Biology, Philadelphia PA
Introduction to Biology (BIOL 1111)
Marine Ecology (BIOL 3245)
Principles of Ecology (BIOL 2227)
Human Biology (BIOL 1001)

Undergraduate Mentorship
2018 – current Hancock Biological Station, NSF Research Experience for
Undergraduates (M. Franklin)
2017 Lacawac Sanctuary and Biological Field Station, Undergraduate Research
Internship Program (N. Kremp, D. Valle, C. Wildenstein)
2017 Pocono Lake Ecological Observatory Network, Undergraduate Internship
Program (A. Saul, L. Williamson)

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2014 – 2016 Temple University, President’s Scholar Program (J. Angeles, E. Nealon,
T. Nguyen)
2014 – 2015 Temple University, Undergraduate Research Program (B. Smith)
2012 – 2014 Temple University, Undergraduate Research Program (J. Lepkowski)

ACADEMIC SERVICE:

Manuscript Review
ISME, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Functional Ecology, Limnology and Oceanography,
Nature Scientific Reports

Public Outreach
2018 – current Scientific Advisory Board, Pocono Lake Ecological Observatory Network
2018 Media coverage in Minnesota Daily, #Lake365 project aims to track lake
changes with social media
2016 – 2017 Chief scientist, Pocono Lake Ecological Observatory Network: water
quality monitoring and environmental education in Northeastern
Pennsylvania
2016 Participant, Women in STEM Symposium, Lacawac Sanctuary and
Wayne Pike Workforce Alliance, Pocono Mountains PA
2013 Program facilitator and mentor, Scholar Advancement Program, Temple
University Office of Scholar Development and Fellowships Advising
2013 Judge and mentor, George Washington Carver Science Fair, W.B. Saul
High School, Philadelphia PA
2013 Future Farmers of America sponsor, Agriscience fair, W.B. Saul High
School, Philadelphia PA
2013 Mini-course instructor, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia PA
2012 Research exhibitor (Marine Invasions in NJ), Philadelphia Science
Festival, Independence Seaport Museum

Professional Development and Workshop Participation/Organization

2019 Participant, Journalist for a Day Program, Association for the Sciences of
Limnology and Oceanography, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2018 Participant, Algal Identification Workshop, PhycoTech Inc., St. Joseph MI
2017 Planning Committee, Northeast Global Lake Ecological Observatory
Network meeting, Millbrook NY.
2016 Planning Committee, 5th Annual Lacawac Ecology Conference, Lake
Ariel, PA
2016 Invited Participant, Planning workshop for Daniel Smiley Research
Center, New Paltz, NY.
2015 Participant, Introduction to Maine seaweeds: identification, ecology, and
ethnobotany, Steuben ME.
2015 Participant, Intro to R: data manipulation, descriptive statistics, and
graphing, Lake Ariel PA.