EDUCATION
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Ph.D. in Biology (in progress)

Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, MA
M.A. in Biology, 2006

McGill University, Montreal, QC
B.Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology, 2001

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Multisensory integration in the behaviors of fishes, particularly elasmobranch feeding behaviors.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2006 - Present: Functional Morphology Lab, USF / Center for Shark Research, Mote Marine Laboratory - Investigating multisensory (olfaction, mechanoreception, vision, electroreception) integration in shark and teleost feeding behaviors through behavioral assays, selective sensory lesioning, high-speed videography of feeding kinematics, SEM and MRI of sensory structures, and neurophysiology

2004 - 2006: Research Assistant, Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, MA - Investigated the contribution of olfaction, mechanoreception by the lateral line, and vision to turbulent odor plume tracking and localization behavriors in sharks through selective lesioning of sensory systems, behavioral assays, and neurorecordings

2000 - 200 1: Honors Student, McGill University, Montreal, QC - Investigated the effectiveness of the various strains of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccines, used to provide immunity against tuberculosis, by comparing their survival in a human macrophage cell line

1997 - 1999: Research Assistant, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB - Assisted with field and laboratory research on insect behavior and ecology, Integrated Pest Management, and viral transmission by insect vectors

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) project mentor, USF/Mote

2006-2007: Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) project mentor, BUMP

2007-2009: Graduate Instructional Assistant, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (ZOO3713C: Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy)

2005: Teaching Fellow, Boston University, Boston, MA (BI107: Biology I)

2005: Undergraduate project mentor, Boston University Marine Program (BI541: Analysis in Behavioral Ecology)

HONORS AND AWARDS
2006 - Present: Presidential Doctoral Fellowship, University of South Florida

2009: Student Travel Award, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

2008: Conference Presentation Grant, USF Student Government

2008: Student Travel Award, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

2007: Student Travel Award, USF Integrative Biology

2007: Conference Presentation Grant, USF Student Government

2007: Stoye Award - Best student oral presentation, ASIH Joint Meeting

2006: Student Travel Award, Association of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

2006: Student Travel Award, Association for Chemoreception Sciences

2001: Graduation with First Class Honours, McGill University

1998 - 2000: Principal's Student-Athlete Academic Honour Roll, McGill University (Women's Crew)

1997 - 2000: James McGill Scholarship, McGill University

GRANTS AND FUNDING
2009: National Science Foundation: “Collaborative research: Multisensory guidance of animal navigation and prey capture”, written in collaboration with Jelle Atema, Philip Motta, Robert Hueter, and Allen Mensinger

2007: Lerner-Gray Grant for Marine Research, American Museum of Natural History: "Shark feeding behavior: odor localization in the smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis" ($1500)

2007: Donald R. Nelson Behavior Research Award, American Elasmobranch Society "Multisensory integration in prey tracking and capture in sharks" ($1000)

2007: Raney Fund Award, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists: "Multisensory integration in shark feeding behaviors" ($1000)

PUBLISHED PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS
Gardiner, J.M. and Atema, J. 2010. The function of bilateral odor arrival time diffferences in olfactory orientation in sharks. Current Biology 20: 1187-1191. pdf

Motta, P.J., Mazlanka, M., Hueter, R.E., De la Parra, R., Mulvany, S.L., Habbeger, M.L., Strother, J.A., Mara, K.R., Gardiner, J.M., Tyminski, J.P., and Zeigler, L.D. In Press. Feeding anatomy, filter-feeding rate, and diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus off the Yucatan Pennisula, Mexico. Zoology

Gardiner, J.M. and Motta, P.J. In review. Blind bass suck: Micropterus salmoides switch feeding modes in reponse to sensory deprivation

Gardiner, J.M., Atema, J., Hueter, R.E., and Motta, P.J. 2009. Internarial timing differences steer sharks. Integrative and Comparative Biology 49: E60

Gardiner, J.M. and Motta, P.J. 2007. Blind bass suck: effects of sensory deprivation on feeding kinematics in Micropterus salmoides. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(1): 60.1

Gardiner, J.M. and Atema, J. 2007. Sharks need the lateral line to locate odor sources: rheotaxis and eddy chemotaxis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210: 1925-1934. pdf

Gardiner, J.M. and Atema, J. 2006. Olfaction, mechanoreception, and vision are used in the location of a turbulent odor plume by a benthic shark. Chemical Senses 31(5): A6

Gardiner, J.M., Dale, D.V., Patell, S. and Atema, J. 2006. Steering sharks with odor plume information Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 87(36) Ocean Sciences Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS24I-06

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
Gardiner, J.M., Atema, J. Hueter, R.E., and Motta, P.J. Odor orientation behavior in sharks. Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists, 2009.

Gardiner, J.M. Blind Fish Suck: Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) switch feeding modalities in response to sensory deprivation. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2007.

Gardiner, J.M. Blind Fish Suck: Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) switch feeding modalities in response to sensory deprivation. Boston Behavior Club Annual Symposium, 2007.

Gardiner, J.M. Multisensory guidance: the roles of olfaction, mechanoreception and vision in food localization beahviors of the smooth dogifish, Mustelus canis. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 2006.

Gardiner, J.M. and Atema, J.  2006.  Multisensory guidance in smooth dogfish, Mustelus canis: roles of olfaction, lateral line, and vision in odor source localization.  Boston Behavior Club Annual Symposium, 2006.

Gardiner, J.M. and Atema, J. Olfaction, mechanoreception, and vision are used in the location of a turbulent odor plume by a benthic shark. Annual Meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, 2006.

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS
-American Elasmobranch Society (AES)
-American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH)
-Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS)
-Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB)

TRAINING AND CERTIFICATES
-Research Diver, American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS)
-Divemaster, Professional Association of Divers International (PADI)