About

I am an integrative marine eco-physiologist. I strive to understand how the immediate abiotic environment and biotic interactions drive organism phenotype, ecological patterning, and evolutionary processess through the interaction of symbiosis, genetics, and epigenetics.

I am dedicated to open, rigorous, and reproducible experiments and analyses.

Contact me

dconetta1@uri.edu

DENNIS A CONETTA

Department of Biological Sciences
University of Rhode Island
120 Flagg Road, Kingston RI 02881

POSITIONS HELD

Time Position Affiliation
2018 - 2019 Lab Manager Rice University, Ecological and Evolutionary Biology Department, Houston, TX
2014 - 2016 Water Quality Analyst Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Providence, RI
2013 - 2014 Research Technician University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

EDUCATION

Date Position Affiliation
2017 MSc in Marine Biology Northeastern University, ThreeSeas Program
- Thesis The effects of varied light environments on the two color morphs of M. capitata
2014 BSc University of Rhode Island
- Dual Majors Marine Biology and Wildlife Conservation Biology

PUBLICATIONS

(= equal contribution)

Google Scholar Profile

  1. Forrester GE, Chan M, Conetta D, Dauksis R, Nickles K, Siravo A. (2019) Comparing the efficiency of nursery and direct transplanting methods for restoring endangered corals. Ecological Restoration 37(2):81-89

  2. Forrester G, Baily P, Conetta D, Forrester L, Kintzing E, Jarecki L. (2015) Comparing monitoring data collected by volunteers and professionals show that citizen science can detect long-term change on coral reefs. Journal for Nature Conservation, 24:1-9

RESEARCH GRANTS

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