Education
PhD in Zoology/Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology, University of Hawaii, Manoa, 2005. Dissertation: Community Ecology of the Invasive Intertidal Barnacle Chthamalus proteus in Hawai`i.
B.A. in Marine Biology, highest honors, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 1998. Senior thesis: The Distribution of an Alien Bryozoan, Watersipora subtorquata, in the Monterey Bay.
B.A. in Journalism, Sierra University, Santa Monica, CA, 1985.
Research Diving Certificate (UCSC)/Master diver NAUI, 1996.
Research Experience
Research assistant
Hawaiian Tree Snail Project
7/15/98 to 8/31/99
PI: Michael Hadfield, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Department of Zoology.
Duties: Fieldwork including mark/recapture studies of endangered Hawaiian tree snails, assistance in captive rearing program, data organization and entry, laboratory equipment and greenhouse maintenance.
Consultant (volunteer)
Introduced species surveys of Hawaiian harbors and reefs.
7/1/98 to present
PI: Lu Eldredge & Steve Coles, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI.
Duties: Identification and preservation of native and non-native bryozoan specimens collected in the survey. Includes microscope work, literature searches, and correspondence with taxonomic experts.
Researcher
Survey of introduced marine invertebrates of Elkhorn Slough, CA
3/98 to 7/2000
Scope of work: Working with a post-doctoral fellow (Kerstin Wasson) at UC-Santa Cruz, I organized a volunteer crew and participated in a series of field surveys at Elkhorn Slough Natural Estuarine Research Reserve in California. We collected and identified intertidal invertebrates and conducted thorough literature searches to update an existing list of introduced marine invertebrates at the slough.
Research assistant
Rhodolith Ecology Project
7/97 to 6/98
PI: Peter Raimondi, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
Duties: Assisted doctoral student (Diana Steller) with research project on rhodolith bed ecology. Work included collection, identification, and preservation of macroinvertebrates and assistance with field experimental design and set-up using scuba in Baja California, Sur. Lab work in Santa Cruz involved sorting and counting specimens caught in plankton traps and cores, species identification for bryozoans, ophioroids and chitons.
Research diver
Channel Islands Research Project
4/98
Jack Engstrom, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
Duties: Underwater surveys of kelp forest and sea grass bed organisms (fish, invertebrates and kelp species) at several Catalina Island sites. Methods included point-contact quadrats, counts along transect lines and band transects, and timed swimming transects. Data collected were added to a 25+ year database for these sites.
Research assistant
Intertidal Biodiversity Survey
6/96 to 9/97
PI: John Pearse, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
Duties: Field surveys including species richness counts and quantitative sampling, species identification of ascidians and bryozoans, specimen preservation and labeling, assistance in preparing reports, abstracts, slide presentations and posters, literature research, data organization and entry, assistance with class organization and teaching Intertidal Organisms (in 1997).
Senior thesis
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.
3/97-5/98
Scope of work: I tested three hypothesis about the apparent restriction of Watersipora subtorquata to harbors and estuaries in the Monterey Bay, using plankton tows, settlement experiments in the lab and transplant experiments in the field.
Teaching
Assistant teacher
Education Laboratory School, Honolulu, HI.
Spring 2003
Ninth Grade Marine Science class (created curriculum to complement class research project, assisted with organization of and leading field trips, taught a number of classes and labs. Intertidal Project)
Science teaching workshops
Spring 2003
Several workshop for teachers on Oahu and Kauai, and demonstration science teaching days in Oahu elementary schools.
Undergraduate teaching assistant
Intertidal Organisms
Spring 1997
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Writing tutor
Writing in the Natural Sciences program
September 1995 to March 1996
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Writing instructor
Institute for the Study of Human Dependency and Abuse
December 1985 to May 1986
Santa Monica, CA
Editing & Writing
Writer/editor, June 1996 to September 1997, for Changes in a California Estuary: A Profile of Elkhorn Slough, Watsonville, CA. (Published 2002, Elkhorn Slough Foundation.)
Editorial assistant, April to September 1997, Invertebrate Biology, continuing Transactions of the American Microscopial Society, offices at Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Reporter, copy editor, back-up city editor, Register-Pajaronian, general interest daily newspaper, September 1988 to September 1995, 1000 Main St., Watsonville, CA
Reporter, editor, Good Times, weekly entertainment newspaper, May, 1987 to September 1988, 1110 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA
Reporter, LA Weekly, general interest weekly newspaper, April, 1986 to May, 1987, 2140 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA
Awards & Scholarships
National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellowship in K-12 Education, 2002 to 2005
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1999-2002
Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology travel grant, 2000
Edmonson Research Fund, 1999
Dr. Earl H. Myers and Ethel M. Myers Oceanagraphic and Marine Biology Trust, 1998
Sigma Alpha of Omega Nu Scholarship, 1997
Seaspace Scholarship, 1997
Campus Merit Scholarship, 1997
Friends of Long Marine Laboratory Student Research Award, 1997
Re-entry Women's book award, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1996
Re-entry summer scholarship, UCSC Women's Club, 1996
Career Development Grant, American Association of University Women, 1995
Publications
Zabin, C.J., E. Baumgartner, E., and D.N. Adams, in prep. Between tropical tides: biodiversity in the intertidal on Oahu, Hawaii.
Zabin, C.J., J.T. Carlton and L.S. Godwin, 2003. First report of the Asian sea anemone Diadumene lineata from the Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2003, Part 2: 54-58.
Wasson, K., C. Zabin, L. Bedinger, C. Diaz and J. Pearse, 2001. Biological invasions of estuaries without international shipping: the importance of intraregional transport. Biological Conservation 102: 143-53.
Zabin, C.J. 1999. New records of introduced fouling bryozoa from Honolulu Harbor. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1999, Part 2 No.59: 46-47.
Presentations
Zabin, C. J., Recruitment limitation and the success of an invasive barnacle in Hawaii. Presented at the 34th Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, April 2005, Williamsburg, VA.
Zabin, C.J. Biotic and abiotic factors in the invasion of a Caribbean barnacle in Hawaii. Presented at the 3rd International Marine Bioinvasions Conference, March 2003, San Diego, CA.
Zabin, C.J. and K. Wasson, Biological invasions of estuaries without international shipping: a case study from California. Presented at the 11th International Congress on Marine Corrosion and Fouling, July 2002, San Diego, CA.
Zabin, C.J. and K. Wasson. Are estuaries without international shipping safe from invasions by exotic species? Presented at the 2nd International Marine Bioinvasions Conference, March 2001, New Orleans, LA.
Zabin, C.J. and M.G. Hadfield. Locals only: Interactions between native intertidal animals and a Caribbean barnacle on Oahu, Hawaii. Presented at the 2nd International Marine Bioinvasions Conference, March 2001, New Orleans, LA.
Zabin, C.J. and M.G. Hadfield. Do locals rule? Presented at the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, October 2000 Bali, Indonesia.
Zabin, C.J. and K. Wasson. Are estuaries without international shipping safe from invasions by exotic species? Presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists, December 1999, Monterey, CA.
Watson, L., E. Danner, C. Zabin, and J. Pearse. 24-year comparison of the rocky intertidal of Central California. 78th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, January 1997
Pearse, J., E. Danner, L. Watson, and C. Zabin. Stability and Flux in the Rocky Intertidal. (poster) Annual Research Symposium of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Cruz, CA, March 1997. (received symposium outstanding poster award)
Zabin, C. The Establishment of an Introduced Bryozoan Species, Watersipora subtorquata, in Monterey Bay Harbors and Estuaries. (poster) Annual Research Symposium of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Santa Cruz, Calif., March 1997.
Danner, E., L. Watson, C. Zabin, and J. Pearse. Stability and Flux in the Rocky Intertidal of Central California: A 24-year comparison. Abstract in the proceedings of the Symposium for Marine Conservation Biology, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 1997.
Volunteer Work
Reef Check diver, June 2000 to present.
Participant in alien algae clean-ups, Waikiki Beach, 2001 to present.
Docent, Long Marine Lab, March 1996 to June 1998.
Water quality lab coordinator, Santa Cruz Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, December 1994 to December 1995.
Professional Affiliations
Ecological Society of America
Society for Conservation Biology
American Association of Underwater Scientists
Hawaiian Academy of Sciences
Western Society of Naturalists
