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Laura Timm

Florida International University

Department of Biological Sciences

11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL  33199  

ltimm004@fiu.edu

Project List:

Deep-Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - Master's Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 7

2021

Timm, L. E., Jackson, T. L., Browder, J. A., & Bracken-Grissom, H. D. (2021). Population Genomics of the Commercially Important Gulf of Mexico Pink Shrimp Farfantepenaeus duorarum (Burkenroad, 1939) Support Models of Juvenile Transport Around the Florida Peninsula. Front. Ecol. Evol., 9.

2020

Timm, L. E., Bracken-Grissom, H. D., Sosnowski, A., Breitbart, M., Vecchione, M., & Judkins, H. (2020). Population genomics of three deep-sea cephalopod species reveals connectivity between the Gulf of Mexico and northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 158, 103222.
Timm, L. E., Isma, L. M., Johnston, M. W., & Bracken-Grissom, H. D. (2020). Comparative Population Genomics and Biophysical Modeling of Shrimp Migration in the Gulf of Mexico Reveals Current-Mediated Connectivity. Front. Mar. Sci., 7.

2019

Timm, L., Browder, J. A., Simon, S., Jackson, T. L., Zink, I. C., & Bracken-Grissom, H. D. (2019). A tree money grows on: the first inclusive molecular phylogeny of the economically important pink shrimp (Decapoda, Farfantepenaeus) reveals cryptic diversity. Invert. Systematics, 33, 488–500.

2018

Milligan, R. J., Bernard, A. M., Boswell, K. M., Bracken-Grissom, H. D., D'Elia, M. A., deRada, S., et al. (2018). The Application of Novel Research Technologies by the Deep Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND) Consortium. mar technol soc j, 52(6), 81–86.
Timm, L. E., Moahamed, B., Churchill, D., & Bracken-Grissom, H. (2018). Bathynomus giganteus (Isopoda: Cirolanidae) and the canyon: a population genetics assessment of De Soto Canyon as a glacial refugium for the giant deep-sea isopod. Hydrobiologia, 825(1), 211–225.

2015

Timm, L., & Bracken-Grissom, H. D. (2015). The forest for the trees: evaluating molecular phylogenies with an emphasis on higher-level Decapoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 35(5), 577–592.

Conference Presentations - 9

2020

Hamontree, H. M., Romero, I. C., Frank, T., Bracken-Grissom, H., van Eenennaam, J. S., Murk, A. J., et al. (2020). Using Hopanes and Steranes for Assessment of Petroleum Contamination in Marine Invertebrates. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2018

Bracken-Grissom, H., Wilkins, B., GoLightly, C., Timm, L. E., DeLeo, D., & Frank, T. (2018). DEEPEND: DNA Barcoding Enhances Large-Scale Biodiversity Initiatives of Crustaceans in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Judkins, H., Vecchione, M., Sosnowski, A., Timm, L., Richards, T., Romero, I., et al. (2018). DEEPEND: What have we learned since 2011 about cephalopods of the northern Gulf of Mexico? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Judkins, H., Vecchione, M., Timm, L., Romero, I., Richards, T., Cook, A., et al. (2018). Lessons learned since 2011 about cephalopods in the Gulf of Mexico. In 15th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium. Monterey, CA : 09/09/18-09/14/18: Poster.
Timm, L. E., Judkins, H., Sosnowski, A., Vecchione, M., & Bracken-Grissom, H. D. (2018). DEEPEND: Does the Atlantic serve as a genetic reservoir for the Gulf of Mexico? A comparative population genomics investigation of six midwater invertebrate species. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.

2017

Timm, L., & Bracken-Grissom, H. (2017). Comparative population genomics of mesopelagic shrimp to diagnose long-term changes to ecosystem health and resilience in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Timm, L., & Bracken-Grissom, H. (2017). Population genomics of the mesopelagic shrimp Sergia robusta suggests resilience in the Gulf of Mexico following a major anthropogenic disturbance. In The Crustacean Society Mid-Year Meeting. Barcelona, Spain : 06/19/17-6/22/17.

2016

Timm, L., & Bracken-Grissom, H. (2016). Diversity and connectivity of a mesopelagic shrimp as proxies for ecosystem health and recovery in the Gulf of Mexico. In Florida International Annual Biosymposium. Miami, FL : 02/01/16-02/01/16: Poster.
Timm, L., & Bracken-Grissom, H. (2016). Diversity and connectivity of a mesopelagic shrimp as proxies for ecosystem health and recovery in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.