Curriculum Vitae
 
 
 
 

   

 

Academic Background 

  • 2006-present

Associate Professor, University of New Brunswick Saint John, N.B., Canada

  • 2002-2006

Assistant Professor, University of New Brunswick Saint John, N.B., Canada

  • 2002-05

Visiting Assistant Professor, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS), Rutgers University, NJ, USA.

  • 2000-02

Postdoctoral Associate, IMCS, Rutgers University

  • 1998-00

Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

  • 1993-97

PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N. S., Canada

  • 1989-93

BSc Marine Biology, first class Honours, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada

 



 

Teaching Experience

Biol 2585 Introductory Ecology: Co-taught since 2002.
Biol 3173 Marine Field Course: Co-taught since 2003.
Biol 3955 Biological Oceanography: 2007.
Biol 3375 Research Skills: 2004.
Biol 1202 Introduction to Marine Science: 2008, 2010.
Biol 3903 Diversity and Habitats of Marine Organisms: 2007, 2009.
Biol 3933 Directed Studies in Marine Science:  2007, 2009.
I am involved in teaching in UNBSJ’s marine semester program (link to marine semester page)

 


Research Funding

  • 2009
NSERC Strategic Project Grant. Marine Biodiversity in Rocky Subtidal Habitats: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics, Controlling Factors and Conservation. With Rémy Rochette, France Dufresne, Gerhard Pohle.
  • 2008

New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) Research Assistantship

  • 2006-2009

Fisheries Science Collaborative Program. Impact of scallop harvesting activities on coastal habitats and associated fauna. Contract from DFO

  • 2005

New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) Research Assistantship.

  • 2004-2007
NBIF Research Technician Initiative (with Dr. Remy Rochette).
  • 2005-2010
NSERC Discovery Grant. Role of early post-settlement events in recruitment of marine invertebrates.
  • 2004

Canadian Foundation For Innovation. New opportunities Fund Award: Hydrodynamic Infrastructure for Marine Ecology Research.

  • 2004

New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. Research Innovation Fund:Hydrodynamic Infrastructure for Marine Ecology Research.

  • 2003

NSERC Equipment Grant. Microscopes for study of recruitment of benthic marine invertebrates.

  • 2002-05

NSERC Discovery Grant. Recruitment of benthic marine invertebrates.

  • 2002-05

NSF (USA), Biological Oceanography Program with Dr. R. J. Chant. "Tidal transport of postlarval bivalves in a flood dominated estuary."




 

Publications

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Conference Presentations 


Lundquist, C.J., Hailes, S.F., Hunt, H.L., Hewitt, J.E. (2009). Spatial variability in dispersal of juvenile bivalves in Whangarei Harbour. New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Conference. Auckland, NZ.

Hailes, S.F., Lundquist, C.J., Hunt, H.L., Hewitt, J.E. (2009). Investigating bivalve post-settlement transport in Whangarei Harbour, New Zealand. New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Conference. Auckland, NZ.

Jennings, L.B., Hunt, H.L. (2009). Do predation and competition with small macrofauna play a role in the early post-settlement mortality of juvenile sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis and sea stars Asterias spp.? 8th International Temperate Reef Symposium. Adelaide, Australia.

Jennings, L.B., Hunt, H.L. (2009). Natural vs Artificial: Quantifying Settlers and Juvenile Echinoderms on Cobble Substrate. 13th International Echinoderm Conference. Tasmania, Australia.

Jennings, L.B., Hunt, H.L. (2008). Friend or foe: predation and competition of small macrofauna with juvenile sea urchins Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis and sea stars Asterias spp. Fifth North American Echinoderm Conference. Melbourne FL.

Abgrall, M.J., Miron, G., Hunt, H.L. (2008). Should I stay or should I go?: Effects of organic matter and hydrogen sulfide on settlement and resuspension of softshell clam larvae (Mya arenaria). 8th Larval Biology Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal.

Hunt, H.L., Ellsworth, J.C, Bowen, J.E. (2008). Effects of an epifaunal and an infaunal predator on juvenile soft shell clams (Mya arenaria). Benthic Ecology Meeting. Providence, RI.

Abgrall, M.J., Miron, G., Hunt, H.L. (2008).  Effects of organic matter and hydrogen sulfide on settlement and resuspension of larvae and post-larvae of the soft shell clam Mya arenaria. Benthic Ecology Meeting. Providence, RI.

Morse, B.L., Hunt, H.L. (2008). The effect of tidal height on the settlement and post-settlement transport of soft shell clams and mussels. Benthic Ecology Meeting. Providence, RI.

LeBlanc, S., Hunt, H.L., Benoît, H. (2007). Impact of scallop dredging on benthic habitat and associated fauna. International Pectinid Workshop. Halifax, NS

Jennings, L.B., Hunt H.L. (2006). Hitting Rock Bottom: settlement and recruitment of juvenile echinoderms in Bocabec Cove, Bay of Fundy, Canada. International Echinoderm Conference, Durham, NH 

Jennings, L.B., Hunt, H.L. (2006). Spatial variation of settlement and recruitment of juvenile echinoderms. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec.

Bowen, J.E., Hunt, H.L. (2006). Impact of multiple predators (the greencrab, Carcinus maenas and the polychaete worm, Nereis virens) on juvenile soft-shell clams. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec.

Hunt, H.L. (2005). Postlarval dispersal of bivalves: can juvenile clams move far enough for it to matter? Benthic Ecology Meeting. Williamsburg, VA.

Jennings, L.B., Hunt, H.L. (2005). Recruitment of echinoderms and the effects of predation on juvenile Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (green sea urchin) in the Bay of Fundy. Benthic Ecology Meeting. Williamsburg, VA.

Bowen, J.E., Hunt, H.L. (2005). Roles of settlement and post-settlement factors in determining patterns of recruitment of clams (Mya arenaria and Macoma balthica) in the Bay of Fuundy. Benthic Ecology Meeting. Williamsburg, VA.

Hunt, H.L., Jennings, L. B., Maltais, M.-J. (2004). Scale of dispersal of postlarval bivalves. 6th International Larval Biology Conference. Honk Kong.

Hunt, H.L., Chant, R.J. (2003). Scaling-up to understand the importance of postlarval transport
of bivalves in an estuary. Estuarine Research Federation Meeting. Seattle, WA.

Hunt, H.L., Chant, R.J. (2003). Tidal transport of postlarval bivalves. Benthic Ecology Meeting.
Mystic, CT.

Hunt, H.L., Chant, R.J. (2003). Tidal transport of postlarval bivalves. Benthic Ecology Meeting.
Mystic, CT.

Hunt, H.L., Chant, R.J. (2003). Tidal transport of postlarval bivalves in a flood-dominated estuary.
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.

 

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