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 Condon, R.H., M.D. Norman & K. Bayha. (2007). Nematocysts and morphometrics of lion’s

mane jellyfishes, genus Cyanea, supporting validity of C. nozakii and C. annaskala in

Australian waters. 2nd International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium, Gold Coast, Australia. (June,

2007).

 Tozzi, S., R.H. Condon, E.S. Darrow (Condon), A.C. Spivak, L.H. Brasseur & L.W. Haas.

(2003). Characterization and environmental regulation of the spring bloom in the York River

estuary, Virginia, USA. 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federeation (ERF),

Seattle, WA. (14-18 September, 2003).

 Condon, R.H., M.B. Decker & J.E. Purcell. (2000). Effects of hypoxia on sea nettle polyps,

Chrysaora quinquecirrha. 1st International Conference into Jellyfish Blooms, Alabama, USA.

(January, 2000).

Current & Previous Students

Graduate Students

2012 – C. Hollyhead, Univ. Southampton (mentor), J. Luo, U. Miami (committee member), J.

Stone, VIMS (committee member)

2011 - N. Ortell Cumbaa (committee member), A. Rellinger (committee member), J. Jones

(committee member)

2009 – K. Suzuki (POGO, BIOS), O. Shatova (POGO)

2008 – R. Ayala (POGO), N. Joshi (POGO), S. Kidawi (POGO)

 REU & Interns (* indicates minority student)

2012 – A. Johns* (VCU)

2011 – E. McParland (USC), J. Ivory (Humboldt), M. Bogeberg (Intern)

2010 – N. Shelton (Kansas), S. Cecil (Coastal Carolina), J. Burchfield (Intern)

2009 - A. Hendrix (Scripps College), K. Davis (NCST), A. Hermann (Princeton)

Media & Public outreach

 Discovery Day, DISL: 2011

Hosted children’s jellyfish art display

 School visits

Conducted regular visits to early childhood and elementary schools in Mobile County, Alabama

and Bermuda as part of TEAMS (Toward Elementary Advancement Module in Science)

program. Worked with teachers to develop lesson plans and conduct experiments in the

classroom, in addition to holding Skype video conference calls with children while on research

cruises.

 Media interviews

Personally conducted over 60 media interviews for local, domestic and international print and

television media outlets concerning jellyfish blooms (stemming from the PNAS paper and

NCEAS Global Jellyfish Project), open ocean food web project and the Deepwater Horizon oil

spill. Several press releases have been coordinated with these papers. These media agencies

included:

- Two NSF Discovery Reports: Dybas 2011 and Dybas 2013

- ‘Quirks & Quarks’ Canada Broadcasting radio program, National Public Radio, NSF press

release, wired.com, The Scientist, Greenwire, The Guardian, Climate Central, El Mundo,

New York Times, Yahoo!, MSNBC, Royal Gazette, Nature News, MacLean Magazine, The

Economist, Sydney Morning Herald, The Conversation, Cosmos Magazine, BBC,