Education
August 2014-present
PhD Ecology (in progress) University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Advisors: Craig Osenberg (UGA) and Scott McKinley (Tulane)
August 2010-July 2014
begin PhD University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, Advisors: Craig Osenberg (UGA) and Scott McKinley (Tulane)
May 2010
B.A. Marine Biology and Applied Mathematics New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fl, Thesis: Spatial Analysis of Octopus Dens and Predation, Advisors: Sandra Gilchrist and Necmettin Yildirim
Publications
2014
Ferguson, J.M., Langebrake, J.B., Cannataro, V., Garcia, A.J., Hamman, E.A., Martcheva, M. Osenberg, C.W. Optimal sampling strategies for detecting zoonotic disease epidemics. PLOS Computation Biology 10(6): e1003668 (link)
2011
Broome, M., Claar, D., Hamman, E., Matthews, T., Salazar, M., Shugart-Schmidt, K., Tillman, A., incent, M., and J. Berkson. Exploratory Assessment of Four Stocks in the U.S. South Atlantic: Black Sea Bass (Centropristis ocyurus), Gray Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus), Sand Perch (Diplectrum formosum), Tomate (Haemulon aurolineatum). NOAA Technical Memorandum Annual Meeting; NMFS-SEFSC-617 (link)
in review
Hamman, E.A., Osenberg, C.W., McKinley, S.A., Stier, A.C. Spatial patterns of symbionts arising from propagule redirection
in prep
Hamman, E.A. Spatial distribution of damage affects skeletal growth and scar healing
in prep
Hamman, E.A. Aggregation patterns of two corallivorous snails and applications for coral dynamics
Teaching
2014
Moorea Marine Ecology Field Course, Teaching Assistant, University of Florida
2013-2014
General Ecology Lab, Teaching Assistant, University of Florida
2010-2011
Biological Sciences 2011L (Intro Bio Lab 2), Teaching Assistant, University of Florida
2009
Computational Ordinary Differential Equations, Teaching Assistant, New College of Florida
2009
Scientific Computing, Teaching Assistant, New College of Florida
Mentoring
2013-2014
Alissa Rubin Thesis: The Relationship Between Barnacles and Green Sea Turtle Health, University of Florida.
2012-2013
Luc Overholt Thesis: Comparison of sampling methods used to study plant-pollinator systems, University of Florida.
2011-present
Field Assistants: Julie Zill, Angela Mulligan, Morgan Farrell
2011-present
Lab Assistants: Luc Overholt, Alissa Rubin, Sean Deeb, Keiana Solomon, Carly Roeser
Internships and Workshops
July 2012
Summer Institute in Statistics and Modeling of Infectious Diseases Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
April 2012
Workshop on Spatial Models of Micro and Macro Systems Mathematical Biology Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
June 2011
Ocean Bridges Workshop, French American Cultural Exchange and Gump Research Station,, Moorea, French Polynesia.
Summer 2010
RTR Summer Program National Marine Fisheries Service Recruiting, Training and Research Program, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
April 2012
RTR Workshop National Marine Fisheries Service Recruiting, Training and Research Program, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA (workshop in Marathon, FL)
Honors
January 2015
2nd Place PhD Research Presentation Odum School of Ecology Graduate Student Symposium
January 2014
Runner-up Best Graduate Student Talk North Florida Marine Science Symposium
2013
Video and Poster Public Choice Award National Science Foundation IGERT Video and Poster Competition, with Vincent Cannataro, Jake Ferguson, Andy Garcia, and Jessica Langebrake
2012
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
2011
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
2010
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program
2009
Morris K. Udall Scholar, Morris K. Udall Foundation