Research Experience
University of New South Wales Sydney February 2020 – June 2024
Ph.D.
Insights into the state of coral reefs and coral health research
Supervisory Team: Shinichi Nakagawa, Tracy Ainsworth, Szymon M
Drobniak, and Tracey Rogers
The impact of rising temperatures on the prevalence of coral diseases and its predictability: a global meta-analysis June 2023
Samantha Burke, Patrice Pottier, Erin L Macartney, Szymon M Drobniak,
Malgorzata Lagisz, Tracy Ainsworth, and Shinichi Nakagawa
Ecology Letters
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14266
Altmetric Score: 655
Method Reporting with Initials for Transparency (MeRIT) promotes more granularity and accountability for author contributions April 2023
Shinichi Nakagawa, Edward R Ivimey-Cook, Matthew J Grainger, Rose E
O’Dea, Samantha Burke, Szymon M Drobniak, Elliot Gould, Erin L
Macartney, April Robin Martinig, Kyle Morrison, Matthieu Paquet, Joel
L Pick, Patrice Pottier, Lorenzo Ricolfi, David P Wilkinson, Aaron
Willcox, Coralie Williams, Laura A B Wilson, Saras M Windecker,
Yefeng Yang, and Malgorzata Lagisz
Nature Communications Vol 14
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37039-1
Quantifying between individual variation using high throughput phenotyping of behavioural traits in the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) (in review)
Erin L Macartney, Patrice Pottier, Samantha Burke, Shinichi Nakagawa,
and Szymon M Drobniak
PeerJ (in review)
Preprint DOI: 10.32942/X22S39
Mapping literature reviews on coral health: Protocol for a review map, critical appraisal and bibliometric analysis November 2022
Samantha Burke, Patrice Pottier, Erin L Macartney, Szymon M Drobniak,
Malgorzata Lagisz, Tracy Ainsworth, and Shinichi Nakagawa
Ecological Solutions and Evidence Vol 3.4
DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.12190
Altmetric Score: 13
Developmental plasticity in thermal tolerance: Ontogenetic variation, persistence, and future directions August 2022
Patrice Pottier, Samantha Burke, Rose Y Zhang, Daniel WA Noble, Lisa E
Schwanz, Szymon M Drobniak, and Shinichi Nakagawa
Ecology Letters Vol 25.10
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14083
Meta-analytic approaches and effect sizes to account for ‘nuisance heterogeneity’ in comparative physiology March 2022
Daniel WA Noble, Patrice Pottier, Malgorzata Lagisz, Samantha Burke,
Szymon M Drobniak, Rose E O’Dea, and Shinichi Nakagawa
Journal of Experimental Biology Vol 225.1
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.243225
Methodological inconsistencies define thermal bottlenecks in fish life cycle: a comment on Dahlke et al. 2020 February 2022
Patrice Pottier, Samantha Burke, Szymon M Drobniak, and Shinichi
Nakagawa
Evolutionary Ecology Vol 36
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-022-10157-w
Sexual (in)equality? A meta-analysis of sex differences in thermal acclimation capacity across ectotherms August 2021
Patrice Pottier, Samantha Burke, Szymon M Drobniak, Malgorzata Lagisz,
and Shinichi Nakagawa
Functional Ecology Vol 35.12
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13899
Cornell University May 2016 – May 2019
Senior thesis
Development and replacement of oral teeth in Balistidae and
Monacanthidae (Acanthopterygii: Tetraodontiformes)
Supervisor: William E Bemis
Tooth development and replacement in the Atlantic Cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus, with comparisons to other Scombroidei January 2019
Katherine E Bemis, Samantha M Burke, Carl A St John, Eric J Hilton, and
William E Bemis
Journal of Morphology Vol 280.1
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20919
BASF Corporation through BCForward May – August 2018
White Biotechnology Department Intern
Cultured and isolated bacterial strains, conducted PCR and gel
electrophoresis, modified media
Cornell Ocean Research Apprenticeship for Lynch Scholars Spring 2018
One of five CORALS students
Ocean and climate change research in Hawai’i and Friday Harbour
Topics: coral ecology, eelgrass wasting disease, whale bioacoustics,
water pollution, and invertebrate biodiversity
Rockland Soil and Water Conservation District Division of Environmental Resources May – August 2017
Certified NAACC Lead Observer
NYSDEC certified for culvert analysis in culvert connectivity collaborative
Education
University of New South Wales, Sydney February 2020 – June 2024
Ph.D. Insights into the state of coral reefs and coral health research
Cornell University August 2015 – May 2019
B.S. in Biological Sciences, Marine Biology concentration
Graduated Cum Laude with Distinction in Research
Hard Skills
Microsoft Office • Adobe Illustrator • Adobe Audition • Computerized Tomography • R Statistical Analysis Software • Adobe Photoshop • Spectrophotometry • Scanning Electron Microscopy • PCR • Gel Electrophoresis • Micro-Pipetting • Culturing bacteria • Dissecting specimens • Skeletal preparation • Writing and editing manuscripts • Literature Review • Preparing and presenting scientific posters • Raven 2.0 • Gram Staining • Bacterial media modification • Meta-analysis • Research synthesis • Systematic review
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