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1 Education University of Victoria Ph.D. Biology Kieran D. Cox Ph.D. Candidate and Hakai Scholar University of Victoria Curriculum Vitae Updated: September, Present University of Victoria B.Sc. Biology Okanagan College University Transfer, General Biology Professional Experience The Smithsonian Institute 2018 Link Fellowship University of Victoria Winter Semester 2018 Bamfield Marine Science Centre Fall Semester 2017 Marine 415, Animal Structure & Function, Lab Instructor University of Victoria Winter Semester 2017 Bamfield Marine Science Centre Fall Semester 2016 Marine 415, Animal Structure & Function, Lab Instructor University of Victoria Winter Semester 2016 Research Associate 2015 Report Writing Contract, Dr. Natalie Ban University of Victoria Fall Semester 2015 Biology 345, Animal Behaviour, Lab Instructor University of Victoria 2015 Juanes lab, Research Assistant NSERC USRA University of Victoria, Baum Lab Research Assistant, Scientific Diver, Lead Diver Research Grants Francis Juanes, Kieran Cox, Garth Coverton, Sarah Dudas Trophic Transfer of Microplastic Within Coastal Environments. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, National Contaminants Advisory Group $130,000 Kieran Cox Understanding How Marine Ecosystems Responds First Nation Clam Gardens. The PADI Foundation. $4,000

2 Awards and Honours Link Smithsonian Fellowship Link Foundation, Smithsonian Institute $8500 President s Research Scholarship UVic Graduate Research Award $4000/year The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship-Doctoral (PGS D) $21,000/year University of Victoria 2017 Graduate Award $5000 Aquaculture Association of Canadian 2016 Student Scholarship $1000 University of Victoria Graduate Award $4600/year Hakai Institute Hakai Scholarship $25,000/year Hakai Institute Research Funding $50,000 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council 2015 Undergraduate Student Research Award $6000 University of University 2013 Dr. Michael Bigg Memorial Bursary $450 Irving Barber 2011 Transfer Scholarship $5000 Okanagan College Ruther Sutherlands Memorial Award $1000 Okanagan College South Okanagan Environmental Award $500/Year Supervised Students NSERC USRA Research Assistant, University of Victoria Summer 2018 Wendy Fleming, Dower Lab Research Assistant, University of Victoria Hailey Davies, Juanes Lab Winter 2016-Present Directed Studies, University of Victoria Fall 2016 Hailey Davies, Juanes Lab BSc Honours, University of Victoria Eva MacLennan, Juanes Lab Undergraduate Research Project, Vancouver Island University Layla Olefs, Ecological Interactions Research Program 2

3 Directed Studies, University of Victoria Fall 2016 Quinn Bishop, Juanes Lab Directed Studies, University of Victoria Winter 2015 Lawrence Brennan, Juanes Lab Directed Studies, University of Victoria Winter 2015 Rylan Command, Juanes Lab Publications Gerwing, T.G., Allen Gerwing, A.M., MacDonald, T., Cox, K.D., Juanes, F., and Dudas, S.E Assessing the Relationship between Community Dispersion and Disturbance in a Soft-Sediment Ecosystem. Marine Ecology. 11. Cox, K.D., Brennan, L., Gerwing, T.G., Dudas, S.E., and Juanes, F A Global Meta-Analysis on the Effect of Aquatic Noise on Fish Behavior and Physiology. Global Change Biology Cox, K.D., Black, M., Filip, N., Miller, M., Mohns, K., Mortimor, J., Ricardo, T., Greiter Loerzer, R., Gerwing, T.G., Juanes, F., and Dudas, S.E Community Assessment Techniques and the Implications for Rarefaction and Extrapolation with Hill Numbers. Ecology and Evolution 9. Cox, K.D., The Unique Ecology of Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Fisheries. 8. Gerwing, T.G., Cox, K.D., Allen-Gerwing, A.M., Carr-Harris, C.N., Dudas, S.E., and Juanes, F Depth to The Apparent Redox Potential Discontinuity (Arpd) As A Parameter of Interest in Marine Benthic Habitat Quality Models. International Journal of Sediment Research 7. Gerwing, T.G., Allen Gerwing, A.M., Cox, K.D., Dudas, S.E., and Juanes, F Relationship Between Apparent Redox Potential Discontinuity (Arpd) Depth and Environmental Variables in Soft-Sediment Habitats. International Journal of Sediment Research. 6. Cox, K.D. and Bright, J Raja Ampat: A Biodiversity Hot Spot and the Future of Marine Conservation, Fisheries. *Cover 5. Gerwing, T.G., Allen Gerwing, A.M., MacDonald, T., Cox, K.D., Juanes, F., and Dudas, S.E Intertidal Soft-Sediment Community Does Not Respond to Disturbance as Postulated by the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis. Journal of Sea Research. 4. Gerwing, T.G., and Cox, K.D Erosion of Trust in Government Consultation will Impede the Creation of Environmental Policy. Marine Policy. 3. Chalifour, L., Black, M., Cox, K.D., Schroeder, S., Juanes, F Review of "Ecology of Salmonids in Estuaries around the World: Adaptations, Habitats, and Conservation" by Colin D. Levings. Fish and Fisheries Cox, D.K., Brennan, L., Dudas, S.E., and Juanes, F Assessing the Effect of Aquatic Noise On Fish Behavior And Physiology: A Meta-Analysis Approach. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. 1. Reimchen, E.T., and Cox, D.K Differential Temperature Preferences of Vertebral Phenotypes in Gasterosteus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 3

4 Forthcoming Cox, K.D., Davies, H.L, Davidson, K., Gerwing, T.G., Dudas, S.E., and Juanes, F. (In Review). Shellfish Subsidies Within Coastal Ecosystems. Gerwing, T.G., Cox, K.D., Allen Gerwing, A.M., Campbell, L., MacDonald, T., Dudas, S.E., and Juanes, F. (In Review). Implications of Varying Invertebrate Taxonomic Resolution upon Ecological Findings. Claar, D.C., Tietjen, K., Cox, K.D., R.D. Gates, and J.K. Baum. (In Review). Chronic disturbance modulates symbiont beta diversity on coral reefs. Gerwing, T.G., Campbell, L., Allen Gerwing, A.M., Allen, S., Cox, K.D., Rogers, M., Gray, O., Drewes, M., and Juanes, F., (In Review). Impact of Logging on Intertidal Infaunal Communities within the Kitimat River Estuary. Holden, J., Collicutta, B., Covernton, G., Cox, K.D., Lancaster, D., Dudas, S.E., Ban, N., and Jacob, A. (In Review). Synergies on the Coast: Challenges Facing Shellfish Aquaculture Development on the Central and North Coast of British Columbia. Technical Reports *Collicutt, B., *Covernton, G., *Cox, K.D., *Holden, J., Dudas, S.E British Columbia Shellfish Aquaculture and Ecosystem Services: A Review. 59 pp. Cox, K.D., Mohns, K., Dudas, S.E. Intertidal Biodiversity Annual Report 2015 Hakai Institute & Ecological Interaction Research Program *These authors contributed equally to this work Conference Presentations Cox, K.D.*, Juanes, F., and Dudas, S.E. Community Assessment Techniques and Implications for Diversity Indices and Species Accumulation Curves. Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution Meeting Victoria, British Columbia. May 7-11, 2017 Cox, K.D., Brennan, L., and Juanes, F.* The Effects of Anthropogenic and Biological Noise on Fish Behaviour and Physiology: a meta-analysis. Canadian Society for Ecology & Evolution Meeting Victoria, British Columbia. May 7-11, 2017 MacLennan, E.*, Cox, K.D., Brittain, S., Nameth, B., and Juanes, F. Assessing the Behavioural Response of the Plainfin Midshipman to Anthropogenic Noise, and its Dependence on Habitat Complexity. Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference, Bamfield, British Columbia, February 24-26, 2017 Cox, K.D.*, Juanes, F., and Dudas, S.E. A Comparison of Substrate Ecosystem Assessment Techniques and the Implications from Commonly Used Biodiversity Metrics. Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference, Bamfield, British Columbia, February 24-26, 2017 Cox, K.D., Brennan, L., MacLennan, E., Dudas, S.E., and Juanes, F.* Assessing the effect of marine noise on fish behaviour and physiology: a case study and meta-analysis approach. The International Conferences on the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, Dublin, Ireland, July 10-16, 2016 Cox, K.D.*, Dudas, S.E., and Juanes, F. Assessing the effects of contemporary and traditional shellfish aquaculture on marine biodiversity. The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 13-15th, 2016 Cox, K.D.*, Dudas, S.E., and Juanes, F The effects of shellfish aquaculture and First Nations clam gardens on species diversity and abundance. Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference, Bamfield, British Columbia, February 24-26, 2016 *Presenting Author 4

5 References Francis Juanes Professor, Department of Biology University of Victoria Phone: Thomas Reimchen Senior Instructor & Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology University of Victoria Phone: Sarah Dudas Emeritus Canada Research Chair in Shellfish Aquaculture Ecosystem Interactions, Vancouver Island University Phone:

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