Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ph: 607-254-4269
Corson Hall, Cornell University fax: 607-255-8088
Ithaca, New York 14853-2701 email: mtb42@cornell.edu

A. Professional Preparation
University of California, Santa Cruz Ecol & Evol Biology B.S. (Highest Honors) 2004
Cornell University Ecol & Evol Biology Ph. D. exp 2011

B. Appointments
2008- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Cornell Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2007-8 Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell Biogeochemistry and Biocomplexity Initiative
2004-2005 Field & Lab project manager, Arizona State University, Yale University, University of Minnesota
2004 Teaching Assistant, Dept of Ecol and Evol Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
2004 Course Grader, Dept of Ecol and Evol Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
2003 South Rim Exotic Plant Manager (Eugene Polk Fellowship), Grand Canyon Revegetation, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
2002-2004 Laboratory Technician, Dept of Ecol and Evol Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
2001-2002 Laboratory Technician, Dept of Ecol and Evol Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
2002 Field Assistant, Dept of Ecol and Evol Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz

C. Publications
Capps, K.A., C.B. Turner, M.T. Booth, D.L. Lombardozzi, S.H. McArt, D. Chai, and N.G. Hairston, Jr. in review. The behavioral and trophic ecology of an introduced fish, Gambusia affinis (Actinopterygii: Poeciliidae), and an endemic shrimp, Halocardina rubra (Malacostraca:Atyidae), in Hawaiian anchialine ponds. Pacific Science, January 2008.

D. Synergistic Activities
Volunteer in NSF funded “Campus to Coast” program 2007, which strives to make the racial, ethnic and economic diversity of people within science professions reflect that of the U.S. population.
Volunteer biological technician from Sept 18 – 28, 2005 with Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center USGS project “Linking whole-system carbon cycling to quantitative food webs in the Colorado River”.
Volunteer biological technician from July 21 – 26, 2003 with Grand Canyon Science Center, U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service project “Herpetofauna of the Grand Canyon”.

E. Honors and Awards
2009- Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity IGERT small grants program: “Ecological engineers? The functional role of fish in Southwestern streams” $4000
2008-National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement grant: “Ecological Role of Fish in Southwestern Streams” $11,936
2008- Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity IGERT small grants program: “Understanding the consequences of species loss in threatened ecosystems: A case study of desert fishes” $3993
2007- PADI Foundation: “The ecological role of suckers (Pisces: Catastomidae) in the American Southwest” $3000
2007- Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity IGERT small grants program: “A question of context: The ecosystem role of catastomid fishes in desert streams” $3619.15
2007- American Philosophical Society: Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research: “The ecological role of suckers (Pisces: Catastomidae) in the American Southwest” $3600
2005-2007 NSF Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity IGERT fellowship
2005- Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity IGERT small grants program: $2000
2004- NSF Predoctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention
2004- University of California, Santa Cruz thesis honors in Ecology and Evolution

F. Presentations
Booth, M.T., Flecker, A.S., Hairston, N.G. Jr. “The influence of movement dynamics on ecosystem structure: Suckers as ecosystem engineers”. Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Albuquerque, NM. August 4, 2009.

Booth, M.T., Flecker, A.S., Hairston, N.G. Jr. “Understanding the consequences of species loss in threatened ecosystems: A case study of desert fishes”. Meeting of the North American Benthological Society. Salt Lake City, Utah. May 29, 2008.

Booth, M.T. "Negative impacts of mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) on freshwater invertebrate communities" Arizona State University Graduate Student Seminar 3/2/05

Booth, M.T. "An invasive legacy: the impact of mosquitofish on freshwater communities" Cornell University Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Symposium, January 2006.

G. Collaborators and Other Affiliations
(i) Collaborators and Co-Authors (past 48 months)
Colden Baxter, ISU; Sarah Beck, SWCA; Jacques Finlay, U of Minnesota; Alex Flecker, Cornell U; Keith Gido, Kansas State; Nelson Hairston, Jr., Cornell U; Robert Hall, University of Wyoming; Theodore Kennedy, USGS; David Post, Yale U; Emma Rosi-Marshall, Loyola University-Chicago; John L. Sabo, Arizona State

(ii) Graduate and Postdoctoral Advisors
Ph.D. Advisors: Nelson Hairston, Jr. and Alex Flecker (both at Cornell University)

(iii) Professional associations:
North American Native Fish Association
Ecological Society of America
North American Benthological Society

last updated 10/02/09