CV - Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences

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CHRISTOPHER M. FREE
Department of Marine & Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University  71 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901  [email protected]  http://marine.rutgers.edu/~cfree/
EDUCATION
2013-pres. Ph.D. Candidate in Oceanography, Rutgers University. Dissertation Topic: “Data-poor
management of small-scale inland fisheries and large-scale marine fisheries” (Adviser:
Dr. Olaf Jensen). NMFS-Sea Grant Population Dynamics Fellow.
2006-2010 B.A. in Environmental Studies & Biology, Middlebury College. Senior Thesis:
“Modeling big-leaf mahogany population dynamics: the importance of spatially explicit
processes” (Adviser: Dr. R. Matthew Landis). High Honors, Magna Cum Laude.
2009
Study Abroad Program in Marine Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane,
Australia. High Distinction Student.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013-pres.
2012
2010-2013
2010/2012
2009
2009
2008
2007
Research Assistant, Dept. of Marine & Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
Fisheries Ecology Technician, Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory
Quantitative Ecologist, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
GIS Analyst, Audubon Alaska
Research Assistant, Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland
GIS Analysis Intern, Continental Airlines
Field Biologist, Loon Preservation Committee
Divemaster, Florida Sea Base
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant
2015
Ichthyology, Rutgers University
2011
Conservation Biology, Middlebury College
2009
Vertebrate Natural History, Middlebury College
2008-2010 Geographic Information Systems, Middlebury College
2007-2010 Ecology & Evolution, Middlebury College
HONORS & AWARDS
2015
2015
2015
Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club Burlew Scholarship Grant ($1,500)
NJ Sea Grant Stew Tweed Fisheries & Aquaculture Scholarship ($2000)
Enhancing Linkages Between Mathematics & Ecology (ELME) Travel Award ($500)
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2014
2014
2014
2013
2012
2010
2008
2007
Wild Trout Symposium Marty Seldon Travel Scholarship ($500)
Graduate School of New Brunswick Conference Travel Award ($100)
Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club Burlew Scholarship Grant ($1,000 & $1,500)
SESYNC Proposal Writing Workshop Travel Award ($500)
Deep Submergence Science Committee Workshop Travel Award ($500)
Northeast ArcGIS User’s Conference Registration Scholarship ($250)
NESCAC All-Academic Scholar Athlete, Middlebury College
Paul W. Ward (’25) Memorial Writing Prize Nominee, Middlebury College
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
2014
American Center for Mongolian Studies Research Grant. “Assessing the motivations
and extent of illegal fishing in Mongolia and its potential impact on endangered
Mongolian fish species.” Free CM. $4,000.
2014
Grayling Research Trust Research Grant. “Assessing the extent of illegal fishing in Lake
Hovsgol, Mongolia and its potential impact on the endemic and endangered Hovsgol
grayling (Thymallus nigrescens).” Free CM. $1,600.
2013-2016 NMFS-Sea Grant Population & Ecosystem Dynamics Fellowship. “An evaluation of
data-poor stock assessment methods using data-rich stock assessments from the RAM
Legacy Stock Assessment Database.” Free CM, Jensen OP $115,500.
CONSULTANCIES & WORKING GROUPS
2014
CATIE-Finnfor Project. Petén, Guatemala. “Conservation status of big-leaf mahogany
(Swietenia macrophylla) and other lesser-known species of the forestry concessions in the
Maya Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala.” Free CM, Grogan J.
2013
The Forestland Group, LLC. Chapel Hill, NC. “The sustainable management of big-leaf
mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in natural forests.” Grogan J, Free CM.
2013
National Socioeconomic Synthesis Center (SESYNC) Working Group. Annapolis, MD.
“Solving the Mystery of Marine Protected Area (MPA) Performance.” Fox et al.
2012
Audubon California. Sonora, CA. “Developing a Python program to automate the
submission of Important Bird Areas into the National Audubon database.” Free CM.
PUBLICATIONS
Norghauer JM, Free CM, Landis RM, Grogan J, Malcolm JR, Thomas SC (2015) Herbivores limit
the population size of big-leaf mahogany trees in an Amazonian forest. Oikos 10.1111/oik.02324
Free CM, Jensen OP, Mason SA, Eriksen M, Williamson NJ, Boldgiv B (2014) High-levels of
microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake. Marine Pollution Bulletin 85(1): 156–163.
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Free CM, Landis RM, Grogan J, Schulze MD, Lentini M, Dünisch O (2014) Management
implications of long-term tree growth & mortality rates: a modeling study of big-leaf mahogany
(Swietenia macrophylla) in the Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecology & Management 330: 46–54.
Smith MA, Walker NJ, Free CM, Kirchhoff MJ, Drew GS, Warnock ND, Stenhouse IJ (2014)
Identifying marine Important Bird Areas using at-sea survey data. Biological Conservation 172: 180–189.
Grogan J, Landis RM, Free CM, Schulze MD, Lentini M, Ashton MS (2014) Big-leaf
mahogany Swietenia macrophylla population dynamics and implications for sustainable
management. Journal of Applied Ecology 51(3): 664–674. * June 2014 Editor’s Choice.
Powers SP, Hernandez FJ, Condon RH, Drymon JM, Free CM (2013) Novel pathways for injury
from offshore oil spills: Direct, sublethal and indirect effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
on pelagic Sargassum communities. PLOS One 8(9): e74802.
PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW & NEAR SUBMISSION
Tsogtsaikhan P, Mendsaikhan B, Jargalmaa G, Ganzorig B, Weidel BC, Filosa CM, Free CM,
Young T, Jensen OP. Comparison of age and growth of lenok, Brachymystax lenok (Pallas 1773),
and grayling, Thymallus spp., in lentic and lotic habitats of Northern Mongolia. In review at
Journal of Applied Ichthyology.
Free CM, Jensen OP, Mendsaikhan B. Quantifying illegal fishing and its impact on the endangered
endemic Hovsgol grayling (Thymallus nigrescens) in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia. Near
submission to Biological Conservation.
Free CM, Grogan J, Pinelo Morales G, Johnson A, Alegria R. Assessment of the conservation
status of four secondary tropical timber species in the forestry concessions of the Maya
Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala. Near submission for Conservation Biology.
Grogan J, Free CM, Landis RM, Johnson A, Pinelo Morales G, Alegria R (2014) Assessment of the
conservation status of big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in the forestry concessions of the
Maya Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala. Near submission to Conservation Biology.
Schulze MD, Free CM, Landis RM, Grogan J, Lentini M. Management implications of population
structure: a case study of big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in the Brazilian Amazon. Near
submission to Forest Ecology & Management.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Grogan J, Free CM, Johnson A, Pinelo G, Alegria R (2014) Assessment of the conservation status
of big-leaf mahogany, Spanish cedar, and three secondary timber species populations in the
forestry concessions of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala. CATIE-Finnfor.
Grogan J, Schulze M, Lentini M, Zweede J, Landis RM, Free CM (2013) Managing big-leaf
mahogany in natural forests. ITTO Tropical Forest Update 22(1): 12-19.
Free CM, Landis RM, Grogan J (2013) Manual del Usuario para el Modelo de Crecimiento y
Rendimiento de la Caoba. US Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry.
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Smith MA, Walker N, Free CM, Kirchhoff M, Warnock N, Weinstein A, Distler T, Stenhouse IJ
(2012) Marine Important Bird Areas in Alaska: Identifying globally significant sites using colony
and at-sea survey data. National Audubon Society, Audubon Alaska.
Free CM, Landis RM, Grogan J (2011) User Manual for the Big-Leaf Mahogany Growth & Yield
Model. US Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry.
PRESENTATIONS († Invited; first author or presenter only)
Free CM, Jensen OP, Wiedenmann J, Deroba JJ (2015) Evaluating the ORCS Working Group
approach for data-poor catch estimation using the RAM Legacy Stock Assessment Database.
AFS Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. August 16-20, 2015. *POSTER.
Free CM, Jensen OP, Mendsaikhan B (2015) A mixed-method approach for quantifying illegal
fishing and its impact on an endangered endemic grayling in Lake Hovsgol National Park,
Mongolia. AFS Annual Meeting. Portland, OR. August 16-20, 2015.
†
Free CM, Jensen OP, Mendsaikhan B (2014) Illegal fishing for the endangered endemic Hovsgol
grayling. American Center for Mongolia Studies. Philadelphia, PA. November 12, 2014.
grayling. AFS Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting. Cape Henlopen, DE. November 6-7, 2014.
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Free CM, Grogan J, Johnson A, Pinelo G (2014) Conservation status of big-leaf mahogany
(Swietenia macrophylla) and other lesser-known species of the forestry concessions in the Maya
Biosphere Reserve, Petén, Guatemala. CATIE-Finnfor. Flores, Guatemala. October 28-31, 2014.
grayling. Wild Trout Symposium. West Yellowstone, WY. September 22-25, 2014. *POSTER.
Free CM, Jensen OP, Mason SA, Eriksen M (2014) High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large,
remote lake. Ocean Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, HI. February 24-28, 2014. *POSTER.
†
Grogan J, Free CM (2013) The sustainable management of big-leaf mahogany in natural forests.
The Forestland Group, LLC. Chapel Hill, NC. November 12, 2013.
Free CM, Drymon JM, & Powers SP (2012) The impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the
composition of marine megafauna in the northern Gulf of Mexico. MASGC Bays & Bayous
Symposium. Biloxi, MS. November 14-15, 2012.
†
Catalano M, Free CM (2012) Introduction to R for fisheries scientists. Dauphin Island Sea Lab.
Dauphin Island, AL. November 1-2, 2012.
Free CM (2011) Mahogany population dynamics: implications for international trade. Student
Conference on Conservation Science (SCCS-NY). New York, NY. October 12, 2011.
Free CM, Landis RM, Grogan J (2011) Big-Leaf Mahogany Growth & Yield Model. ITTO/CITES
Workshop on Improving the Implementation of CITES for Mahogany. Brasília, Brazil. February 17, 2011.
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Smith MA, Free CM, Kirchhoff MD, Stenhouse IJ (2010) Mapping important areas for seabirds:
Exploring solutions to common challenges. Northeast Arc Users Group Conference (NEARC).
Newport, RI. November 9, 2010.
Free CM (2010) Mahogany population dynamics: importance of spatial processes. Student Conference
on Conservation Science (SCCS-NY). New York, NY. November 3, 2010. *POSTER.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & SOCIETIES
Manuscript reviewer:
Ecological Applications, Environmental Pollution, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Mediterranean Journal of
Chemistry, ERDKUNDE–Archive for Scientific Geography
With Olaf Jensen: Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Ecology and Evolution,
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Professional membership:
2013-pres. American Center for Mongolian Studies
2013-pres. Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography
2013-pres. American Fisheries Society
2010-pres. Northeast ArcUsers Group
Outreach and service:
Oceanography Graduate Student Association (OGSA):
2014-pres. OGSA Vice-President, Social Chair
2013
OGSA Student Seminar Organizer, Social Chair
Outreach at Rutgers University:
2015
Climate Change Teen Summit moderator
2014-15 Aresty Program poster judge
2014-15 Rutgers Day volunteer
2014-15 Shorebowl volunteer
2013-15 Undergraduate research mentor
Outreach at local high schools:
2014
New Jersey Science Teacher’s Convention speaker
2014
Strath Haven Middle School Career Day speaker
2014
Englewood High School Senior Research panelist
2013
Malvern Prep High School marine biology mentor

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