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Osborn, Karen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Degrees:

• B.S., Andrews University
• M.S., Western Washington University
• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests:

• Evolution of pelagic life
• Phylogenetics of marine invertebrates
• Mechanisms of speciation in the open ocean and the deep sea

Honors and Awards:

• University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Graduate Research Assistantship
• Instant Recognition Awards, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 1999, 2000, 2003
• Best Student Paper, Western Society of Naturalists, 1999
• DaHaan Work Ethic Scholarship for outstanding service, 1995 and 1996

Osborn, K.J., S.H.D. Haddock, F. Pleijel, L.P. Madin, & G.W. Rouse. 21Aug2009. Deep-sea, swimming worms with luminescent bombs. Science. 325(5943): 964.

Osborn, K.J. 2009. Relationships within the Munnopsidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Asellota) based on three genes. Zoologica Scripta. 38(6): 617-635.

Osborn, K.J., & G.R. Rouse. 2008. Multiple origins of pelagicism within Flabelligeridae (Annelida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49: 386-392.

Osborn, K.J., G.R. Rouse, S.K. Goffredi, & B.H. Robison. 2007. Description and relationships of an unusual pelagic polychaete Chaetopterus pugaporcinus (Annelida, Chaetopteridae). The Biological Bulletin. 212: 40-54.

Collins, A.G., B. Bentlage, G.I. Matsumoto, S.H.D. Haddock, K.J. Osborn, & B. Schierwater. 2006. Solution to the phylogenetic enigma of Tetraplatia, a worm-shaped cnidarian. Biology Letters. 2(1): 120-124.

Giver, K. J. 1999. Effects of the invasive seaweed Sargassum muticum on native marine communities in northern Puget Sound, Washington. Master of Science Thesis, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Reprint No. 30, 93 pp.