CV
Education
2016 - present // PhD in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, Northeastern University
2008 - 2013 // BA in Environmental Studies and Economics, Northeastern University
2012 // Studio art program at The Burren College of Art, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
2010 // Semester abroad at Universidad Latina, San Pedro, Costa Rica
Experience
2018 // Arrowstreet Architecture & Design
2015 - 2016 // MIT Energy Initiative
2015 // Mixed Paper Design Collaborative
2014 - 2015 // North American Marine Environment Protection Association
2013 - 2014 // Romberg Tiburon Center
2012 // Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Outreach
2019 // Guest judge for student projects on urban coastal adaptation,
Dedham Middle School
2018 // "School to Sea" lab tours
Skype a Scientist - elem. level
2017 // MSC Open House
2013 // Starfish International
2013 // Science Club for Girls
Coursework
2018 // Sustainable Adaptive Gradients in the Coastal Environment Short Course on Coastal Resiliency
Graduate Leadership Institute
2017 // Design of Urban Shores
Ecological Dynamics
Sustainability Science
2016 // Experimental Design
Urban Coastal Sustainability
Teaching Assistantships
2019 // Marine Invertebrate Zoology and Botany (undergraduate)
2017 // Experimental Design (undergraduate)
2016 // Marine Invertebrate Zoology and Botany (graduate)
Grants & Awards
2018// Alternate, Fulbright Research Fellowship Award
2013 // Physical and Life Sciences Award, Northeastern University Research, Scholarship and Innovation Expo
2008 - 2013 // Deans Scholarship, Northeastern University
Publications
2019 // Cryan, A., B. Helmuth and S. Scyphers. "Ecological Design for Urban Coastal Resilience." Handbook on Resilience of Socio-technical Systems. Eds. Matthias Ruth and Stefan G. Reisemann. Edward Elgar Publishing.
2015 // Cryan, A. et al. 2015. "Growth, reproduction, and senescence of the epiphytic marine alga Phaeosaccion collinsii Farlow (Ochrophyta, Phaeothamniales) at its type locality in Nahant, Massachusetts, USA". Botanica Marina 58 (4), 275-283.
Presentations
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2018 // "Shoreline Design" at ArchitectureBoston Expo (ABX)
2018 // "What's in Your Fish" Forum at the Boston Museum of Science
2015 // World Climate at the Boston Society of Architects
Skills
Software //
Adobe Creative Suite
ESRI ArcGIS
R
Tableau
Research //
Social-ecological systems
Marine invertebrate ecology
Rocky intertidal dynamics
Urban intertidal ecology
Novel ecosystems
Ecological engineering
Harmful algal blooms