CURRICULUM VITAE
C. GRIER SELLERS
Department of Biology
Temple University
1900 N. 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-6202
cgsellers [at] temple [dot] edu
EDUCATION:
2014 Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
(Prof. Robert W. Sanders, advisor). Research Topic: "Feeding, Dark Survival, and Foreign Organelle Retention
in an Antarctic Dinoflagellate"
2001 Master of Science in Biology, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
(Prof. Eugene B. Small, advisor).
1996 Bachelor of Science in Biology (Concentration in Microbiology), Department of Biological Sciences,
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA (Prof. David R. Hosford, mentor).
1990 Acupuncture Therapist Certificate, M.Ac. candidate, Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine, Seattle, WA (Prof. Shou-chun Ma, mentor).
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2014 - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Temple University.
I am currently teaching lab sections of Biology 1111: Introduction to Biology.
2011 - 2013 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Temple University. I taught lab sections of
courses in General Biology.
2009 - 2011 NSF GK-12 Fellow, Temple University Philadelphia, PA. I worked with local high school science
teachers in the Philadelphia School District on curriculum development, etc.
2007 - 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Temple University. I taught lab sections of
courses in General Biology.
2006 - 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Fordham University, New York, NY. I assisted
with lab sections of courses in Biochemistry, General Biology, and Microbiology.
2002 - 2006 Adjunct Instructor in Biology, Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ and
Department of Science and Mathematics, Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ. I taught courses in
Field Biology, and General Biology. I also designed and taught new courses in Botany,
Microbiology, Animal Science and Aquatic Biology.
2000 - 2002 Science Teacher, Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ.
I taught a year-long 7th grade General Science course, including units on ecology, biodiversity &
evolution, botany, earth science, chemistry, physics, and astronomy.
1996 - 2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
I taught lab sections in courses on the Natural History of Chesapeake Bay, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Cellular Biology and Physiology.
1990 - 1996 Licensed Acupuncturist in private practice; Seattle, Yakima, and Ellensburg, WA.
1981 - 1983 Senior Laboratory Technician, Department of Microbial Genetics, SRI International, Menlo Park,
CA. I prepared microbiological media and conducted the Ames mutagenicity assay.
1978 - 1979 Associate, Laboratory of Extraterrestrial Biology, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
I assisted Dr. Adolph E. Smith in experimental studies of photochemical carbon and nitrogen reduction in
mineral-organic microstructure systems employed as models of biopoesis.
LABORATORY EXPERIENCE:
2007 -present DIC, epifluorescence, SEM and confocal microscopy and studies of growth, feeding and foreign plastid uptake
in Antarctic protists (laboratory of Prof. Robert W. Sanders, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA).
1997- 2000 Cytological studies of the ciliate Myrionecta rubra and its cryptomonad endosymbionts using DIC light
videomicrography, epifluorescence microscopy, protargol staining, and scanning and transmission
electron microscopy (laboratories of Prof. Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA;
Dr. Wayne Coats, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD; and Timothy Maugel,
Laboratory of Biological Ultrastructure, University of Maryland, College Park, MD).
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS: (Presenter's name is underlined)
Sellers, C.G., Gast, R.J., and Sanders, R.W. "Dark Survival and Recovery of a Foreign Organelle Retaining Dinoflagellate
and its Haptophyte Prey and Plastid Source Following a Simulated Austral Winter," Annual Meeting of the
Phycological Society of America, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, August 10, 2015.
Sellers, C. G. "Feeding, Dark Survival, and Foreign Organelle Retentionin an Antarctic Dinoflagellate,"
Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, July 30, 2014.
Sellers, C.G., Gast, R.J., and Sanders, R.W. "Responses of a Kleptoplastidic Antarctic Dinoflagellate and its Prey to an
Extended Period of Darkness," XIV International Congress of Protistology, Vancouver, B.C., Canada,
July 28 - August 2, 2013.
Sellers, C.G. and Sanders, R.W. "Selective Feeding and Foreign Plastid Retention in an Antarctic Dinoflagellate," July
2011 joint meeting of the International Society of Protistologists and the Phycological Society of America in Seattle,
WA.
Sellers, C. G. "Teaching About Microscopy and Chloroplast Endosymbiosis," poster presentation, NSF GK-12 Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, March 12, 2011.
Sellers, C.G. “Cytological Observations of an Antarctic Mesodinium rubrum”, Marine Symbiosis Seminar, Boston
University Marine Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, December 18, 1997, and at Horn
Point Laboratory student seminar series, Cambridge, MD, March 6, 1998.
PUBLICATIONS:
Sellers, C.G., Gast, R.J. and Sanders, R.W. (2014) Selective Feeding and Foreign Plastid Retention in an Antarctic
Dinoflagellate, Journal of Phycology, 50(6): 1081-1088. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12240
Sellers, C.G. and Sanders, R.W. (2011) Selective Feeding and Foreign Plastid Retention in an Antarctic
Dinoflagellate, Journal of Phycology, 47: S48 (Abstract).
AWARDS:
Holz-Connor Travel Grant, April 2011, International Society of Protistologists, for travel to the July 2011 joint
meeting of the International Society of Protistologists and the Phycological Society of America in Seattle, WA.
National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship, Fall 2009 - Spring 2011, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Dean's Scholarship, Fall 2007- Spring 2009, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia,
PA.
Presidential Scholarship, Summer 2006 - Spring 2007, Fordham University, Bronx, NY.
Schering - Plough Scholarship, Fall 2006, Fordham University, Bronx, NY.
NASA Planetary Biology Internship, Summer 1998; sponsored by Prof. Lynn Margulis, Department of Geosciences,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Teaching Assistantships, Fall 1996; Spring, Summer, and Fall, 1997; Spring and Fall, 1998; Spring, Summer, and
Fall 1999; Spring 2000, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Fall 2006; Spring 2007; Department of Biology, Fordham University, New York, NY. Fall 2007; Spring and Fall
2008; Spring 2009; Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2013 Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
SERVICE:
Member, ISS International Support Committee, Fourth International Symbiosis Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
August 17-23, 2003.
Reviewer: Symbiosis (2007); Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology (2011 - 2012)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
International Phycological Society
International Society for Evolutionary Protistology
International Society of Protistologists
International Symbiosis Society (founding member, 1997)
Japanese Phycological Society
Phycological Society of America
Sigma Xi (Associate Member)
C. GRIER SELLERS
Department of Biology
Temple University
1900 N. 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
(215) 204-6202
cgsellers [at] temple [dot] edu
EDUCATION:
2014 Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
(Prof. Robert W. Sanders, advisor). Research Topic: "Feeding, Dark Survival, and Foreign Organelle Retention
in an Antarctic Dinoflagellate"
2001 Master of Science in Biology, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
(Prof. Eugene B. Small, advisor).
1996 Bachelor of Science in Biology (Concentration in Microbiology), Department of Biological Sciences,
Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA (Prof. David R. Hosford, mentor).
1990 Acupuncture Therapist Certificate, M.Ac. candidate, Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and
Oriental Medicine, Seattle, WA (Prof. Shou-chun Ma, mentor).
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2014 - Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Temple University.
I am currently teaching lab sections of Biology 1111: Introduction to Biology.
2011 - 2013 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Temple University. I taught lab sections of
courses in General Biology.
2009 - 2011 NSF GK-12 Fellow, Temple University Philadelphia, PA. I worked with local high school science
teachers in the Philadelphia School District on curriculum development, etc.
2007 - 2009 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Temple University. I taught lab sections of
courses in General Biology.
2006 - 2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Fordham University, New York, NY. I assisted
with lab sections of courses in Biochemistry, General Biology, and Microbiology.
2002 - 2006 Adjunct Instructor in Biology, Department of Biology, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ and
Department of Science and Mathematics, Centenary College, Hackettstown, NJ. I taught courses in
Field Biology, and General Biology. I also designed and taught new courses in Botany,
Microbiology, Animal Science and Aquatic Biology.
2000 - 2002 Science Teacher, Newark Academy, Livingston, NJ.
I taught a year-long 7th grade General Science course, including units on ecology, biodiversity &
evolution, botany, earth science, chemistry, physics, and astronomy.
1996 - 2000 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
I taught lab sections in courses on the Natural History of Chesapeake Bay, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Cellular Biology and Physiology.
1990 - 1996 Licensed Acupuncturist in private practice; Seattle, Yakima, and Ellensburg, WA.
1981 - 1983 Senior Laboratory Technician, Department of Microbial Genetics, SRI International, Menlo Park,
CA. I prepared microbiological media and conducted the Ames mutagenicity assay.
1978 - 1979 Associate, Laboratory of Extraterrestrial Biology, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
I assisted Dr. Adolph E. Smith in experimental studies of photochemical carbon and nitrogen reduction in
mineral-organic microstructure systems employed as models of biopoesis.
LABORATORY EXPERIENCE:
2007 -present DIC, epifluorescence, SEM and confocal microscopy and studies of growth, feeding and foreign plastid uptake
in Antarctic protists (laboratory of Prof. Robert W. Sanders, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA).
1997- 2000 Cytological studies of the ciliate Myrionecta rubra and its cryptomonad endosymbionts using DIC light
videomicrography, epifluorescence microscopy, protargol staining, and scanning and transmission
electron microscopy (laboratories of Prof. Lynn Margulis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA;
Dr. Wayne Coats, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD; and Timothy Maugel,
Laboratory of Biological Ultrastructure, University of Maryland, College Park, MD).
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS: (Presenter's name is underlined)
Sellers, C.G., Gast, R.J., and Sanders, R.W. "Dark Survival and Recovery of a Foreign Organelle Retaining Dinoflagellate
and its Haptophyte Prey and Plastid Source Following a Simulated Austral Winter," Annual Meeting of the
Phycological Society of America, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, August 10, 2015.
Sellers, C. G. "Feeding, Dark Survival, and Foreign Organelle Retentionin an Antarctic Dinoflagellate,"
Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, July 30, 2014.
Sellers, C.G., Gast, R.J., and Sanders, R.W. "Responses of a Kleptoplastidic Antarctic Dinoflagellate and its Prey to an
Extended Period of Darkness," XIV International Congress of Protistology, Vancouver, B.C., Canada,
July 28 - August 2, 2013.
Sellers, C.G. and Sanders, R.W. "Selective Feeding and Foreign Plastid Retention in an Antarctic Dinoflagellate," July
2011 joint meeting of the International Society of Protistologists and the Phycological Society of America in Seattle,
WA.
Sellers, C. G. "Teaching About Microscopy and Chloroplast Endosymbiosis," poster presentation, NSF GK-12 Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, March 12, 2011.
Sellers, C.G. “Cytological Observations of an Antarctic Mesodinium rubrum”, Marine Symbiosis Seminar, Boston
University Marine Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, December 18, 1997, and at Horn
Point Laboratory student seminar series, Cambridge, MD, March 6, 1998.
PUBLICATIONS:
Sellers, C.G., Gast, R.J. and Sanders, R.W. (2014) Selective Feeding and Foreign Plastid Retention in an Antarctic
Dinoflagellate, Journal of Phycology, 50(6): 1081-1088. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12240
Sellers, C.G. and Sanders, R.W. (2011) Selective Feeding and Foreign Plastid Retention in an Antarctic
Dinoflagellate, Journal of Phycology, 47: S48 (Abstract).
AWARDS:
Holz-Connor Travel Grant, April 2011, International Society of Protistologists, for travel to the July 2011 joint
meeting of the International Society of Protistologists and the Phycological Society of America in Seattle, WA.
National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship, Fall 2009 - Spring 2011, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Dean's Scholarship, Fall 2007- Spring 2009, College of Science and Technology, Temple University, Philadelphia,
PA.
Presidential Scholarship, Summer 2006 - Spring 2007, Fordham University, Bronx, NY.
Schering - Plough Scholarship, Fall 2006, Fordham University, Bronx, NY.
NASA Planetary Biology Internship, Summer 1998; sponsored by Prof. Lynn Margulis, Department of Geosciences,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Teaching Assistantships, Fall 1996; Spring, Summer, and Fall, 1997; Spring and Fall, 1998; Spring, Summer, and
Fall 1999; Spring 2000, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
Fall 2006; Spring 2007; Department of Biology, Fordham University, New York, NY. Fall 2007; Spring and Fall
2008; Spring 2009; Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2013 Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
SERVICE:
Member, ISS International Support Committee, Fourth International Symbiosis Congress, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
August 17-23, 2003.
Reviewer: Symbiosis (2007); Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology (2011 - 2012)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
International Phycological Society
International Society for Evolutionary Protistology
International Society of Protistologists
International Symbiosis Society (founding member, 1997)
Japanese Phycological Society
Phycological Society of America
Sigma Xi (Associate Member)
