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Curriculum Vitae

For a short version of my CV, please click on the link at the bottom of the page.

Elizabeth Zwamborn CV (Short)
Education

 

2017-2024: PhD Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova

                   Scotia

                   Supervisor: Dr. Hal Whitehead

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2013-2016:  MSc Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova                                                 Scotia

                    Supervisor: Dr. Hal Whitehead

 

2009-2013:  BSc (Honours) Biology with a minor in                                                                 Environmental Studies, Trinity Western Univeristy,                                               Langley, British Columbia

                    Supervisor: Karen Steensma

Teaching and Work Experience

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2024:            Assistant Professor (Biology), Trinity Western University, British                          Columbia, Canada

 

2023-2024:   Sessional Instructor (Biology), Trinity Western University, British                        Columbia, Canada

 

2023:            Part Time Instructor, Lab Coordinator and Developer (General                          Ecology), Trinity Western University, British Columbia, Canada

 

2022-2023:   Part-time Academic (Field Studies of Marine Mammals),                                    Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

2022:            Part-time Academic (General Ecology), Trinity Western                                      University, Langley, British Columbia

 

2021:            Sessional Instructor (Marine Ecology), Trinity Western University,                        Langley, British Columbia

 

2018-2021:   Field Teaching Assistant (Field Studies of Marine Mammals),                            Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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2018:             Lab Coordinator (Reef Ecology and Tropical Botany), Trinity                               Western University, Kona, Hawaii, USA

 

2017:             Northern Bottlenose Whale Photo ID (Contract Work),                                         Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, Nova                       Scotia

 

2016-2017:    Instructor (Marine Mammals), Au Sable Institute for the                  s                    Environment, Coupeville, Washington, USA

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2016:             Marine Mammal Observer, Department of Fisheries and                                  s Oceans, Nanaimo, British Columbia 

 

2015:             Sessional Instructor (Marine Ecology), Trinity Western University,                       Langley, British Columbia

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2013-2023:    Cape Breton Pilot Whale Project Coordinator and Lead                                        Researcher, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

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2013-2015:      Naturalist, Capt Mark's Whale and Seal Cruise, Pleasant                                   Bay, Nova Scotia

 

2013-2014:     Teaching Assistant (Introductory Biology), Dalhousie                                           University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

 

2012-2013:     Teaching Assistant (Introductory Biology, Marine Ecology,                                   and Pacific Northwest Botany), Trinity Western                                                   University, Langley, British Columbia

 

2012:               Undergraduate Research Assistant (Field Researcher: Bird                               Pests in Blueberry Fields), Trinity Western University,                                         Langley, British Columbia

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Students
 

Honours:

Andreanne Paul-Chowdhury (2022-2023) co-supervisor

Aaron Clausen (2020-2021) co-supervisor

Nicole Ure (2019) co-supervisor

Liza Tsitrin (2018) co-superviser

Julie Merchel (2017) co-superviser

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Independent Projects:

Lindsey Snep (2024) supervisor

Emmey Greenham (2024) supervisor

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Dalhousie Integrated Science Program:

Katie Korol (2018) supervisor

Emma White (2018) supervisor

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Experiential Learning:

Aaron Ulrich (2021)

Aaron Clausen (2019)

Rory Macklin (2018)

Sarah Dier-McComb (2015)

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Volunteer Experience

 

2023:          Field Crew, The Galápagos Sperm Whale Project, Galápagos,                            Ecuador

 

2021-2024: Drone Pilot and Research Team Member, The Northern Bottlenose                      Whale Project, North Atlantic

 

2019-2020: Field Crew, Sperm Whale Network and Culture Research,                                    Caribbean Sea

 

2014-2023: Response Tech, Marine Animal Response Society, Halifax, Nova                        Scotia

 

2014:           Field Crew, Sperm Whale Network and Culture Research,                                    Galápagos, Ecuador

 

2013:           Marine Mammal Research Unit Volunteer, University of                                         British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

 

2012-2013:  Undergraduate Student Mentoring, Trinity Western                                                University, Langley, British Columbia

 

2011-2015:  Volunteer Crew, Sailing and Life Training Society, Victoria,                                    British Columbia  

 

2011:           Volunteer, Orcalab, Hanson Island, British Columbia

Publications: Articles and Notes
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E. Zwamborn, S. Walmsley, and H. Whitehead (2023). Flanking female guides: collective decision making in long-finned pilot whales. Animal Behaviour, DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.09.007 
 
E. Zwamborn, N. Boon, and H. Whitehead (2023). Decision-making in aquatic mammals. Mammal Review, DOI: 
10.1111/mam.12321
 
M. Mrusczok, E. Zwamborn, M. von Schmalensee, S. Rodríguez Ramallo and R. Stefansson. (2023). First account of apparent alloparental care of a long-finned pilot whale calf (Globicephala melas) by a female killer whale (Orcinus orca). Canadian Journal of Zoology, DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2022-0161

 

E.M.J. Zwamborn and H. Whitehead. (2017). The baroque potheads: modification and embellishment in repeated call sequences of long-finned pilot whales. Behaviour, DOI: 10.1163/1568539x-00003451

 

E.M.J. Zwamborn and H. Whitehead. (2016). Repeated call sequences and behavioural context in long-finned pilot whales off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Bioacoustics, DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2016.1233457

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E.M.J. Zwamborn. (2016). Repeated call sequences in long-finned pilot whales: Social setting, modification, and behavioural context (dissertation). Dalhousie University, Halifax.

 

E.C.M Parsons et al. (2015). Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation. Endangered Species Research, 27:113-118.

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