CV
last updated 02/26/2025 - email mackwhiteecology@gmail.com or mwhite@fiu.edu for updated/detailed copy of CV
| Ph.D. Candidate | Florida International University | mwhite@fiu.edu | (304) 482-9142 |
Education
| Florida International University - Ph.D., Earth Systems Science (4.0 GPA) | 2021-Present |
| Tennessee Technological University - M.S., Biology (4.0 GPA) | 2019-2021 |
| Marshall University - B.S., Environmental Science (3.43 GPA) | 2013-2017 |
Relevant Employment
| Graduate Research Assistant - Florida International University, Miami, FL (Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Rehage) | 2021-Present |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant - Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN (Advisor: Dr. Kit Wheeler) | 2019-2021 |
| Contractual Biologist - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO), Cincinnati, OH | 2018 |
| Watershed Restoration Technician – Trout Unlimited & United States Forest Service (USFS), Bartow, WV | 2017 |
Publications
In press or published
Strebler, Marissa, Matthew Grisnik, Mack White, and Ryan J. Hanscom. In press. “Herpetofauna of Catoosa Wildlife Management Area and species-area relationships of reptiles and amphibians across Tennessee. Herpetological Conservation and Biology |
Santos, Rolando O., Mack White, W. Ryan James, Natasha M. Viadero, Jordan A. Massie, Ross E. Boucek, and Jennifer S. Rehage. 2025. “Cause and consequences of Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis) space use specialization in a subtropical riverscape.” Scientific Reports 15 (1): 1–15 |
Hudson, Ryan R., Kit Wheeler, Mack White, and Justin N. Murdock. 2024. “Migratory redhorse suckers provide subsidies of nitrogen but not phosphorus to a spawning stream.” Ecology of Freshwater Fish 33 (2): e12758 |
White,Mack, Kit Wheeler, Ryan R. Hudson, and Justin N. Murdock. 2023. “Salmon of the Southeastern U.S.: Sucker migrations deliver resource subsidies to oligotrophic stream.” Ecology of Freshwater Fish 32 (1): 181–94 |
White,Mack. 2021. “Nutrient Contributions from and Early Life History Variability of an Adfluvial Sucker in an Oligotrophic Southeastern Stream.” Thesis available on ProQuest |
In review
White,Mack, W. Ryan James, Justin S. Lesser, Ryan J. Rezek, Jonathan R. Rodemann, Ross E. Boucek, Rolando O. Santos, Jennifer S. Rehage. In review. Linking hydrology, temperature, and energetics: global change implications for the foraging ecology of a generalist predator. Marine and Coastal Fisheries. |
Goldner, Victoria S., Mack White, Cody W. Eggenberger, Alia Jones, Cameron Atkinson, Jonathan R. Rodemann, W. Ryan James, Andrea M. Kroetz, Patrick M. O’Donnell, Ross E. Boucek, Rolando O. Santos, Jennifer S. Rehage. In review. Gone but not forgotten: Collaborative telemetry network provides insight into out-of-system movements of Common Snook (Centropomus undecimalis). Marine and Coastal Fisheries. |
Sturges, James W., W. Ryan James, Ryan J. Rezek, Rolando O. Santos, Mack White, Gina A. Badlowski, Shakira Trabelsi, Jordan A. Massie, James A. Nelson, Joel C. Trexler, and Jennifer S. Rehage. In review. Food web reliance on green and brown energy pathways varies across an ecosystem gradient. Ecosphere. |
In prep
White,Mack, Nate P. Lemoine, W. Ryan James, Jake E. Allgeier, Deron E. Burkepile, Jennifer S. Rehage, Max C.N. Castorani, and… (13 additional authors). In prep. Taxonomic richness and population asynchrony drives temporal stability of consumer-mediated nutrient dynamics across diverse marine ecosystems. |
James, W. Ryan, Jonathan R. Rodemann, Mack White, Gina A. Badlowski, Valentina Bautista, Nicholas A. Castillo, Sophia V. Costa, and… (9 additional authors). In prep. Trophic niche packing varies seasonally in a coastal seagrass food web |
White,Mack, Cody W. Eggenberger, Cameron Atkinson, Victoria S. Goldner, James W. Sturges, Jonathan R. Rodemann, Rolando O. Santos, and Jennifer S. Rehage. In prep. Temporal variation of individual movement strategies and home range sizes mediates the spatial distribution of consumer-mediated nutrient supply in a coastal river system. |
Datasets published
White,Mack, Li Kui, Angel Chen, Bradley Strickland, Shalanda Grier, Joseph Peters, Dante Capone, Grace Cawley, Kyle Emery, Lauren Enright, Anya Stajner, James Nelson, Jennifer Caselle, Russel Hopcroft, Jennifer Rehage, Deron Burkepile, Nicholas Lyon, and Mark Ohman. 2025. Estimates of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates in individual marine and estuarine animals. Environmental Data Initiative. |
Funding
| Conference Travel Grant; Funded by Ocean Tracking Network ($500) | 2024 |
| Florida Forage Fish Research Fellowship (PI); FFFC & FWRI ($15,000) | 2024 |
| Supplemental Research Grant (PI); Funded by NSF CREST Center for Aquatic Chemistry & Env. ($4,550) | 2023 |
| Student Travel Grant; Funded by Florida Chapter of American Fisheries Society ($300) | 2023 |
| NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Synthesis Grant (PI); Funded by US-LTER ($55,000) | 2022 |
| Student Travel Grant; Funded by US-LTER ($1,000) | 2022 |
| FIU ForEverglades Fellowship (PI); Funded by Everglades Foundation ($25,000) | 2022 |
| Student Travel Grant; Funded by Florida Chapter of American Fisheries Society ($300) | 2022 |
| Colin Cone Writing Scholarship; Funded by Florida Outdoor Writers Association ($1,000) | 2021 |
Proposals pending or not selected for funding
| Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship (PI); Ford Foundation ($30,000) | 2022 |
| Conservation Research Grant (PI); North American Native Fishes Association ($1,000) | 2020 |
Awards & Honors
| Student of the Year, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER | 2023 |
| Best Student Poster Award, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All-Scientists Meeting | 2023 |
| Best Student Oral Presentation Award, Southeastern Fishes Council Meeting | 2021 |
| Best Student Poster Presentation Award, Southeastern Fishes Council Meeting | 2019 |
Teaching & Mentor Experience
Teaching
| Principles of Ecology Lab (BIOL 3130): 3 Semesters - Tennessee Technological University | 2020-2021 |
| Principles of Biology Lab (BIOL 1113): 2 Semesters - Tennessee Technological University | 2019 |
Mentoring
| Graduate & Undergraduate Student Research Mentor: MS students - Florida International University (5); UG Students - Florida International University (12), Tennessee Technological University (4); NSF-REU Students – Florida International University (2) | 2019-Present |
University & Professional Service
| Gear Loan & Deployment Committee, Ocean Tracking Network | 2024-Present |
| Aquatic Technical Working Group Committee, National Ecological Observatory Network | 2023-Present |
| Broadening Inclusion Committee, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER | 2022-Present |
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Southeastern Fishes Council | 2021-Present |
| Florida AFS - Reefs to Rivers Blog, Editor, Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society | 2022-2023 |
| Florida AFS Student Subunit, University Liaison, Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society | 2022-2023 |
| FCE-LTER Student Subunit, Secretary, Florida Coastal Everglades LTER | 2021-2022 |
| Biology Graduate Student Society, President, Biology Department of Tennessee Technological University | 2020-2021 |
| City of Cookeville Fishing Derby, Event Coordinator, Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society | 2020 |
| Biology Graduate Student Society, Treasurer, Biology Department of Tennessee Technological University | 2019 |
| Life Below the Water Line Community Outreach Program, Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission | 2018 |
Selected Presentations
| Stability, Disturbance, and Consumer Nutrient Dynamics: Insights from LTER Synthesis Research; National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis - invited talk | 2024 |
| Inclusive Facilitation; United States Long Term Ecological Research Network - invited talk | 2024 |
| Species richness and functional diversity drives nutrient supply stability across marine ecosystems; Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All-Scientist meeting – poster presentation | 2024 |
| Species richness and functional diversity drives nutrient supply stability across marine ecosystems; Florida American Fisheries Society annual meeting – poster presentation | 2024 |
| Consumer nutrient dynamics in coastal ecosystem in the wake of global change; Florida American Fisheries Society annual meeting – poster presentation | 2023 |
| Consumer nutrient dynamics in coastal ecosystem in the wake of global change; NSF CREST Center for Aquatic Chemistry & Env. All-Scientists Meeting – poster presentation | 2023 |
| When world’s collide: Consumer nutrient dynamics in the coastal Everglades; Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All-Scientists meeting – poster presentation | 2023 |
| When world’s collide: Multi-directional movements of fishes and their ecological importance; Florida American Fisheries Society annual meeting – poster presentation | 2022 |
| South Florida coastal fisheries acoustic telemetry project update; Florida Atlantic Coast Telemetry Meeting – oral presentation | 2021 |
| Consumer functional roles and the biodiversity of freshwater fishes in the southeast; Florida International University Department of Earth & Science Seminar Series – oral presentation | 2021 |
| Salmon of the South: Suckers in Citico Creek; Southeastern Fishes Council annual meeting – oral presentation | 2021 |
| Salmon of the South: Nutrient contributions of an adfluvial catostomid; Tennessee Technological University Seminar Series – oral presentation | 2021 |
| Growth of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Two Tennessee Tailwaters; Tennessee Chapter of the American Fisheries Society annual meeting – oral presentation (second author) | 2021 |
| Suckers - salmon of the South? Tennessee Rare Fishes Meeting – oral presentation | 2020 |
| Abundance estimates of spawning catostomids in a small, oligotrophic stream using aerial imagery; Southeastern Fishes Council annual meeting – oral presentation | 2019 |
| Native brook trout conservation genetics; Tennessee Technological University Department of Biology Seminar Series – oral presentation | 2019 |
Specialized Skills
| Proficiency in R, Git, GitHub, QGIS, and ArcGIS |
| Experience in Python, CCS, HTML |
| Extensive backcountry, kayak, canoe, trailering, and boating experience |
| Extensive backcountry camping and field work experience (temperate and subtropical environments) |
| Extensive electrofishing (backpack-, barge-, and boat-), seining, and snorkeling experience |
| Extensive acoustic, passive integrated transponder, and coded wired tagging experience |
| Extensive fish identification, water quality analysis (discrete auto-analyzer and handheld fluorometry), macroinvertebrate identification |
| Experience in DNA extractions |
| Extensive experience troubleshooting electrical and mechanical issues in the field (e.g., electrofishing equipment, boat motors, etc.) |