

Department of Biological Sciences
College of Environmental and Life Sciences
University of Rhode Island
Curriculum Vitae
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Education
Ph.D. in Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
B.S. in Biology with Honors, Brown University
2011
2005
Professional Appointments
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2016 - 2017
2014 - 2016
2012 - 2014
2012
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Adjunct Graduate Faculty
Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Texas A&M University
Postdoctoral Scholar, Lecturer
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Puritz, J. B., and Lotterhos, K. E. Expressed Exome Capture Sequencing (EecSeq): a method for cost-effective exome sequencing for all organisms with or without genomic resources. Molecular Ecology Resources. Preprint at bioRxiv. 223735. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/223735
Puritz, J. B., Keever, C. C., Addison, J. A., Barbosa, S. S., Byrne, M., Hart, M. W., Grosberg, R. K., Toonen, R. J. Life history predicts past and present population connectivity in two sympatric sea stars. Ecology and Evolution. DOI:10.1002/ece3.2938
Willis, S. C., Hollenbeck, C. M. Puritz, J.B., Gold, J. R., Portnoy, D. S. Haplotyping RAD loci as an efficient method to characterize and filter paralogs and manage linkage disequilibrium. Molecular Ecology Resources. DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12647
Puritz, J. B., Portnoy, D. S., Gold, J. R. Fine-scale partitioning of genomic variation among recruits in an exploited fishery: causes and consequences. Scientific Reports 6, 36095; DOI: 10.1038/srep36095
Selkoe, K.A., D’Aloia, C. C., Crandall, E. D., Iacchei, M. I., Liggins, L., Puritz, J. B., von der Heyden, S., Toonen, R. J. A decade of seascape genetics: contributions to basic and applied marine connectivity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 554: 1-19. DOI:10.3354/meps11792
Feature Article
Portnoy, D. S., Puritz, J. B., Hollenbeck, C. M., Gelsleichter, J., Chapman, D., Gold, J. R. Selection and sex-biased dispersal in a coastal shark: the influence of philopatry on adaptive variation. Molecular Ecology 24: 5877–5885. doi: 10.1111/mec.13441
Gold, J. R., Willis, S. C., Renshaw, M. A., Buentello, A., Walker, Jr., H. J., Puritz, J. B., Hollenbeck, C. M., Voelker G. Phylogenetic relationships of tropical eastern Pacific snappers (Lutjanidae) inferred from mtDNA sequences. Systematics and Biodiversity DOI:10.1080/14772000.2015.1078857
Puritz, J.B., Matz, M. V., Toonen, R. J., Weber, J. N., Bolnick, D. I., Bird, C. E. Comment: Demystifying the RAD fad. Molecular Ecology 23: 5937–5942. doi: 10.1111/mec.12965
2nd Most Accessed Paper for 2014-2015
Altmetric Score of 29 (97th percentile of all articles in Molecular Ecology)
Ranks in the top 5% of all 2,827,038 articles tracked by Altmetric
Puritz, J. B., Hollenbeck, C. M., Gold, J. R. dDocent: a RADseq, variant-calling pipeline designed for population genomics of non-model organisms. PeerJ 2:e431
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.431
Puritz, J. B., Renshaw, M. A., Abrego, D., Vega, R. R., Gold, J. R. Reproductive variance of brood dams and sires used in restoration enhancement of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) in Texas bays and estuaries. North American Journal of Aquaculture 76:407–414
Toonen, R. J., Puritz, J. B., Forsman, Z.H., Whitney, J. L., Fernandez-Silva, I., Andrews, K. A., Bird, C. E. ezRAD: A Simplified Method for Genomic Genotyping in Non-Model Organisms. PeerJ 1:e203 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.203
Featured Article for week of Nov. 19, 2013
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Over 9,456 total views and downloads
Keever, C., Puritz, J. B., Addison, J. A., Byrne, M., Grosberg, R. K., Toonen R. J., Hart, M.W. Shallow gene pools in the high intertidal: Extreme loss of genetic diversity in viviparous sea stars (Parvulastra). Biology Letters 9:20130551 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0551
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One of the “10 Sexiest Stories of 2013” by Discovery News (http://goo.gl/JFRSWI)
Andrews, K. R., Perrin, W. F., Oremus, M. Karczmarski, L., Bowen, B. W., Puritz, J. B., Toonen, R. J. The evolving male: spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) ecotypes are divergent at Y chromosome but not mtDNA or autosomal markers. Molecular Ecology 22: 2408-2423
Barbosa, S., Klaten, S., Puritz, J. B., Toonen, R. J., Byrne, M. Very fine scale population genetic structure of sympatric asterinid sea stars with benthic and pelagic larvae: influence of mating system and dispersal potential. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 821-833
Puritz, J. B. and Toonen, R. J. Next-generation sequencing for high-throughput molecular ecology: a step-by-step protocol for targeted multilocus genotyping by pyrosequencing. Chapter in Methods in Molecular Biology: Microsatellites. Volume Editor: Kantartzi, S. K. Pages 89-99
Puritz, J. B., Keever, C. C., Addison, J. A., Byrne, M. Hart, M. W, Grosberg, R. K., Toonen, R. J. Extraordinarily rapid life history divergence between Cryptasterina sea star species. Proc. R. Soc. B. 279: 3914-3922
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Over 8,503 total downloads, Altmetric score of 46 (98th percentile)
Puritz, J. B., Addison, J. A., Toonen, R. J. Next-Generation Phylogeography: the application of targeted next-generation sequencing of non-model organisms. PLoS One 7(3): e34241. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034241
Over 9,017 article views
Puritz, J. B. and Toonen, R. J. Coastal Pollution Limits Pelagic Larval Dispersal. Nature Communications 2:228
Covered by Discovery News (http://goo.gl/g3QMrl)
8th most downloaded paper on Nat Comm Mar 2011
Toonen, R. J., Andrews, K. R., Baums, I. B., Bird, C. E., Concepcion, G. T., Daly-Engel, T. S., J. Eble, A. Faucci, M. Gaither, M. Iacchei, J. Puritz, J. Schultz, D. Skillings, M. Timmers & B. Bowen. Defining boundaries for ecosystem-based management: A multispecies case study of marine connectivity across the Hawaiian Archipelago. Journal of Marine Biology DOI: 10.1155/2011/460173
Keever, C. C., Sunday, J., Puritz, J. B., Addison, J. A., Toonen, R. J., Grosberg, R. K., Hart, M. W. Discordant Distributions of Populations and Genetic Variation in a Sea Star with High Dispersal Potential. Evolution 63: 3214-3227
Haney, R. A., Dionne, M., Puritz, J. B., Rand, D. M. The Comparative Phylogeography of East Coast Estuarine Fishes in Formerly Glaciated Sites: Persistence versus Recolonization in Cyprinodon variegatus ovinus and Fundulus heteroclitus macrolepidotus. Journal of Heredity 100: 284-296
Walker, A. N., Bush, P., Puritz, J., Wilson, T., Chang, E. S., Miller, T., Holloway, K., Horst, M. N. Bioaccumulation and Metabolic Effects of the Endocrine Disruptor Methoprene in the Lobster, Homarus americanus. Integrative and Comparative Biology 45: 118-126
Grants Awarded
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Harte Research Institute Staff Innovations Grant (Declined)
Collaborative proposal to investigate evolutionary impacts of barotraumain red snapper
Texas Research Development Fund Program
Impacts of sewage effluent on genomic diversity and connectivity of marine intertidal communities
NSF East Asian Pacific Science Institute Fellowship
Fellowship for two months of research at the University of Sydney
University of Hawaii Graduate Student Organization
Travel Grant for 2011 Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists
University of Hawaii Graduate Student Organization
Travel Grant for 2010 Benthic Ecology Meeting
University of Hawaii Graduate Student Organization
Research grant for sample collection trip to California
The Charles H. and Margaret B. Edmondson Research Fund
Research on the population connectivity of Linckia multifora
Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology Travel Grant
Travel Grant for 2007 Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists
University of Hawaii Arts and Sciences Advisory Council Award
Research expedition to the Chagos Archipelago
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Research Experience
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University
Under supervision of Dr. Kathleen Lotterhos
Postdoctoral Researcher, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Under supervision of Dr. John Gold (2012-14, Wildlife and Fisheries, Texas A&M)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Under supervision of Dr. Robert Toonen and Dr. Chris Bird
Research Assistant, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology
Under supervision of Dr. Robert Toonen
Field Assistant, Diego Garcia- Chagos Archipelago
Under supervision of Dr. Robert Toonen
Field Assistant, NOAA R/V Hi’ialakai, NWHI
Under supervision of Dr. Robert Toonen
Research Assistant, HPCSU
Under supervision of Dr. Larry Basch
Senior Thesis Research, Brown University
Under supervision of Dr. David Rand
Hughes Fellowship Researcher/Intern, Brown University
Under supervision of Dr. Jon Witman
Research Intern, Darling Marine Center, University of Maine
Under supervision of Dr. Mike Horst