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Austin Price Parrin
CURRICULUM VITAE
Academic Personal
Department of Biology 77 N Victoria Ln, Unit G
Harper College Streamwood, IL 60107
Palatine, IL 60067 (630) 514-5557
Email: aparrin@harpercollege.edu E-mail: apparrin@gmail.com
Education
2011 – 2016 Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Biological Sciences,
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115
Dissertation title: “Like Lemmings Off a Cliff? Unraveling Symbiodinium
Spp. Migration in Octocorals via the Canonical and Non-canonical Pathways
of Coral Bleaching”
Mentor: Dr. Neil W. Blackstone
2008 – 2010 Master of Science, Department of Biological Sciences,
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115
Thesis title: “The gastrovascular system of a stoloniferan octocoral: a
laboratory model for the study of coral bleaching”
Mentor: Dr. Neil W. Blackstone
2003 – 2007 Bachelor of Science, Department of Biological Sciences,
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115
Major: Biological Sciences
Minor: Chemistry
Ongoing Research
 Interactions between host-Symbiodinium genotypes and their determination of symbiont
migration and retention.
 Broadening our phylogenetic understanding of symbiont migration across the class
Anthozoa.
 Determining if reactive oxygen species and chlorophyll fluorescence change immediately
following the initiation of fluorescent microscopy in four species of octocorals (Briareum sp.,
Phenganax parrini, Sarcothelia sp., and Sympodium sp.)
 Continuing our understanding of the functional biology of the gastrovascular system in other
colonial cnidarians.

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Grants, Awards and Honors
2015 Plant Molecular Biology Fellowship ($9,189)
Northern Illinois University, Department of Biological Sciences
2015 Graduate Student Travel Grant ($900)
Northern Illinois University, Department of Biological Sciences
2014 Graduate Student Travel Grant ($1,000)
Northern Illinois University, Department of Biological Sciences
2013 Graduate Student Travel Grant ($1,000)
Northern Illinois University, Department of Biological Sciences
2011 Phenganax parrini: named for Austin Parrin for his extensive laboratory work involving this
species.
2010 Graduate Student Travel Grant ($600)
Northern Illinois University, Department of Biological Sciences
2009 Graduate Student Travel Grant ($400)
Northern Illinois University, Department of Biological Science
Peer-reviewed Publications
2016 Parrin, A. P., E. L. Somova, P. M. Kern, T. A. Millet, L. S. Bross, and N. W. Blackstone.
Imaging the cnidarian stress response in three octocoral species using in vivo
microscopy. (in review, Invertebrate Biology).
2016 Parrin, A. P., T. L. Goulet, M. A. Yaeger, L. K. Barnes, L. S. Bross, C. S. McFadden, and N. W.
Blackstone. Symbiodinium migration mitigates bleaching in three octocoral species. J. Exp.
Mar. Biol. Ecol. 474, 73-80.
2015 Harmata K. L., E. L. Somova, A. P. Parrin, L. S. Bross, S. L. Glockling, and N. W. Blackstone.
Structure and signaling at hydroid-polyp stolon junctions, revisited. Biol. Open (in press) doi:
10.1242/bio.012187.
2014 Netherton, S. E., D. M. Sheer, P. A. Morrison, A. P. Parrin, and N. W. Blackstone.
Physiological correlates of symbiont migration during bleaching of two octocoral species. J.
Exp. Biol. 217, 1469-1477.
2013 Harmata K. L., A. P. Parrin, P. R. Morrison, K. K. McConnell, L. S. Bross, and N. W.
Blackstone. Quantitative measures of gastrovascular flow in octocorals and hydroids: toward
a comparative biology of transport systems in cnidarians. Invert. Biol. 132, 291-304.
2012 Parrin, A. P., K. L. Harmata, S. E. Netherton, M. A. Yaeger, L. S. Bross, and N. W. Blackstone.
Within-colony migration of symbionts during the stress response of octocorals. Biol. Bull.
223, 245-256.
2010 Parrin, A. P., S. E. Netherton, L. S. Bross, C. S. McFadden, and N. W. Blackstone. Circulation
of fluids in the gastrovascular system of a stoloniferan octocoral. Biol. Bull. 219, 112-121.
Oral Presentations
2016 Parrin A. P., P. M. Kern, J. Strohecker, M. Volker, L. S. Bross and N. W. Blackstone. Like
lemmings of a cliff?: Unraveling Symbiodinium migration in octocorals via canonical and
non-canonical bleaching pathways. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Oxford,
OH.

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2016 Parrin A. P., P. M. Kern, K. L. Harmata, E. L. Somova, M. A. Yaeger, and N. W. Blackstone.
Like lemmings of a cliff?: Unraveling Symbiodinium migration in octocorals via canonical
and non-canonical pathways. Society for Integrated and Comparative Biology, Portland, OR.
2015 Parrin A. P., T. L. Goulet, M. A. Yaeger, L. S. Bross, A. Bellantuono, D. Martinez, C. S.
McFadden, and N. W. Blackstone. Like lemmings off a mountain? Symbiodinium spp.
migration in octocorals may be a protective mechanism against bleaching. The University of
the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji.
2015 Parrin A. P., T. L. Goulet, M. A. Yaeger, L. Barnes, L. S. Bross, C. S. McFadden, and N. W.
Blackstone. Within-octocoral colony symbiont movement: Symbiodinium shelter and survival
in tough environmental times. Society for Integrated and Comparative Biology, West Palm
Beach, FL.
2014 Parrin A. P., M. A. Yaeger, and N. W. Blackstone. Quantification of symbiont fate in bleaching
octocorals. Society for Integrated and Comparative Biology, Austin, TX.
2013 Parrin A. P., M. A. Yaeger, and N. W. Blackstone. Quantification of symbiont fate in bleaching
octocorals. Argonne Central States Universities Incorporated Research Conference, Argonne,
IL.
2011 Parrin A. P., Bertucci N. M, H. L. Coulombe, T. S. Livingston, K. L. Harmata, S. E. Netherton,
L. S. Bross, and N. W. Blackstone. A symbionts-eye view of coral bleaching. Midwest
Ecology and Evolution Conference, Carbondale, IL.
2010 Parrin A. P., S. E. Netherton, L. S. Bross, and N. W. Blackstone. Predictors of successful
bleaching. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Ames, IA.
Poster Presentations
2010 Parrin A. P., S. E. Netherton, L. S. Bross, and N. W. Blackstone. Physiological predictors of
coral growth after thermal stress. Society for Integrated and Comparative Biology, Denver,
CO.
2009 Parrin A. P., S. E. Netherton, L. S. Bross, and N. W. Blackstone. The great escape: the
physiology of coral bleaching. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Lincoln, NE.
Seminars, Workshops, and Advanced Courses
2016 Invasive Species Judge at Illinois Science Olympiad (Harper College Regional Tournament)
2016 Transcriptomics Workshop: (Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting)
2015 The New Statistics with R: From ANOVA to GLMM (Northern Illinois University)
2014 A General Introduction to R (Northern Illinois University)
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Instructor
Harper College, Department of Math and Science
1200 West Algonquin Rd., Palatine, IL 60067
Fall 2016 BIO 110: General Biology (lecture/ lab)
Spring 2016 BIO 110: General Biology (lecture/ lab)
Fall 2015 BIO 110: General Biology (lecture/ lab)
Aurora University, Department of Biological Sciences
347 S. Gladstone Ave., Aurora, IL 60506
Fall 2015 BIO 3510: General Ecology (lecture/ lab)

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Fall 2015 BIO 3520: Vertebrate Zoology (lecture)
Kishwaukee College, Division of Math/Science/Business
21193 Malta Rd., Malta, IL 60150
Summer 2015 BIO 103: General Biology (lecture)
Spring 2015 BIO 105: General Biology (lab)
Fall 2014 BIO 103: General Biology (lecture)
Fall 2014 BIO 105: General Biology (lab)
Summer 2014 BIO 103: General Biology (lecture)
Summer 2014 BIO 105: General Biology (lab)
Spring 2014 BIO 105: General Biology (lab)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Northern Illinois University, Department of Biological Sciences
1425 West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL 60115
Fall 2015 Senior TA / BIOS 494 Biology Competency
Spring 2015 Senior TA / BIOS 494 Biology Competency
Fall 2014 Senior TA / BIOS 494 Biology Competency / BIOS 103 General Biology
Spring 2014 Senior TA / BIOS 494 Biology Competency / BIOS 103 General Biology
Fall 2013 BIOS 453: Entomology (lab) / BIOS 105 General Biology (lab)
Spring 2013 BIOS 213: Bacteriology (lab)
Fall 2012 BIOS 411: Plant Physiology (lab)
Spring 2012 BIOS 305: Biology of Land Plants (lab)
Fall 2011 BIOS 104: General Biology (lab)
Spring 2011 BIOS 104: General Biology (lab)
Fall 2010 BIOS 104: General Biology (lab)
Spring 2010 BIOS 104: General Biology (lab)
Fall 2009 BIOS 211: Fundamentals of Biology II (lab)
Spring 2009 CHEM 110: General Chemistry (lab)
Professional Experience
Research Assistant
Spring 2016 Blackstone Lab (PMBC Fellowship, NIU Department of Biological Sciences)
Fall 2008 Blackstone Lab (NSF Assembling the Tree of Life EF-0531654)
Collaborative Projects
2015 Transcriptomics of Bleaching and Recovery in the Alcyonacean Octocoral Sympodium sp.
Harvey Mudd College, Northern Illinois University, Pomona College. Funded by the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Science Education Award.
Project Management
2012-Present Audited production and procurement to assist senior management in developing more
efficient strategies. Aided management in project-wide risk mitigation through
implementing ad hoc strategies with fellow team members to eliminate potential loss of
productivity and revenue. Established new company-wide protocols to increase
productivity and revenue.
Curriculum Development
Waubonsee College, Department of Math and Science
Route 47 at Waubonsee Drive., Sugar Grove, IL 60554

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Fall 2015 LBT260 Environmental Labs, using Gas Chromatographs/ Mass Spectrometry, Liquid
Chromatograph/ Diode Array Detector, Spectrophotometry, Microwave Plasma Atomic
Emission Spectrometer, and Ion Chromatography in an environmental sampling context.
Funded by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training
Grant Program US Department of Labor.
Tutoring Experience
Fall 2016 Human Anatomy Tutoring at Harper College.
Undergraduate Students Mentored
2014-2016 Peter Kern (independent study)
2013-2014 Lindsey Barnes (independent study)
2014 Ali Ellison (National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates)
2013-2014 Patrick Morrison (independent study); M.S. Student: Illinois Institute of Technology
2011-2014 Mark Yaeger (independent study); M.S. Student: Northern Illinois University
2010-2011 Taylor Livingston (independent study); Scientist: UF IFAS Citrus Research and Education
Center
2010 -2011 Nick Bertucci (independent study); Student: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
2009 -2011 Sarah Netherton, M.S. (independent study); Doctor of Veterinary Medicine