Credentials

A)  EDUCATION:
	PhD	Department of Ecology, Evolution &Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (2000) Advisors: Armand M. Kuris, Kathleen Foltz, and Scott Hodges
	MA	Department of Ecology, Evolution &Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (1997) Advisor: Armand M. Kuris
	BA	University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Biology & History, summa cum laude (1990)
AWARDS & HONORS:
	1984	Waller Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
	1985	Selmer Birkelo Scholarship, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
	1987	Phi Beta Kappa, University of Minnesota Chapter
	1991-1994	National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
	1994-1995	Regent's Special Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara
	1997	Graduate Student Association Outstanding Teaching Assistant Nominee
	1998	Mildred Mathias Grant, University of California Natural Reserve System
	1998	University of California Academic Senate Outstanding Teaching Assistant Nominee
	1998	American Society of Parasitologists Meritorious Paper Award
C)  EXPERIENCE :
	2004- Present	Assistant Professor of Biology Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
	2001-2004	Lecturer for Parasitology (4 quarters) & Invertebrate Zoology (4 quarters) Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
	2001-2004	Assistant Research Biologist Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara & Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research Consortium (PEEIR) Evaluated parasites for use as ecosystem indicators & examined the role of parasites in estuarine ecosystems.
	1991-1998	Graduate Teaching Assistant for Parasitology, Invertebrate Zoology & Concepts of Biology (18 quarters total) Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA.
	1984-1987	Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for Introductory Biology & Evolutionary Biology General Biology Program, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
C)  TEACHING:
	2004- Present	University of WI, Stevens Point, Biology 362 - Parasitology University of WI, Stevens Point, Biology 160 - Introductory Zoology University of WI, Stevens Point, Biology 399 - Independent Studies (Student: Nathan Peterson)
	2001-2004	University of CA, Santa Barbara, EEMB 112- Invertebrate Zoology (1 quarter)(Invertebrates exclusive of Annelida & Arthropoda)
	2001-2004	University of CA, Santa Barbara, EEMB 116- Animal Parasitology (3 quarters) (Annelida & Arthropoda)
D)  PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
	1) Professional Societies	American Society of Parasitologists Australian Society of Parasitologists American Malacological Union Ecological Society of America Western Society of Naturalists
	2) Presentations & Abstracts	Hechinger, R. F., Lafferty, K. D., Huspeni, T. C., Dunham, E. J. and A. M. Kuris.  "A massivecryptic component of parasites in coastal wetlands." Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting, Sonoma, CA 2004 Huspeni, T. C., Hechinger, R. F. and K. D. Lafferty.  "Trematode parasites as estuarine indicators: Applications and opportunities." Estuarine Indicators Meeting, Sanibel Island, FL 2003 Huspeni, T. C., Hechinger, R. F. and K. D. Lafferty.  "Habitat heterogeneity and larval trematodes infecting the California Horn snail, Cerithidea californica." American Society of Parasitologists, Nova Scotia 2003 Torchin, M. E., Byers, J. E. and T. C. Huspeni.  "Cryptic impacts of invasive species: parasites of sympatric native and introduced snails." Western Society of Malacologists, Los Angeles, CA 2003 Huspeni, T. C. and K. D. Lafferty.  "Using larval trematodes that parasitize snails to evaluate a saltmarsh restoration - A long term study." Tenth International Congress of Parasitology, Vancouver, British Columbia 2002 Huspeni, T. C. and K. D. Lafferty.  "Larval trematode community composition in three southern California wetlands." Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research Consortium Annual Meeting, Bodega Bay, CA 2001 Huspeni, T. C., Jacobs, D. and J. Staton.  "Cryptic parasite species: A molecular genetic analysis of Parorchis acanthus infections in North American snails." Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA 2001 Huspeni, T. C. and K. D. Lafferty.  "Using parasites to assess the broad scale, long term success of a wetland restoration." American Society of Parasitology, Kona, HI  1998
	3) Posters	Jiacheng Y, Brooks, A., Cao, Y., Holden, P., Hechinger, R., Huspeni, T., Lafferty, K., Nisbet, R., Page, H. and A. Stewart-Oaten.  "Preliminary Ordination Analysis of PEEIR Data". Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research Consortium Meeting, Bodega Bay, CA 2004 Kuris, A. M., Dobson, A. P., Huspeni, T. C., Hechinger, R. F. and K. D. Lafferty.  "A Preliminary analysis of the Biomass of Trematodes in Snails in Pacific Coast Salt Marshes." NSF/NIH Ecology of Infectious Diseases Program Principal Investigators Meeting, Washington, D. C. 2004 Huspeni, T. C., Hechinger, R. F. and K. D. Lafferty.  "Snail parasites as indicators of wetland communities." Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research Consortium Meeting, Bodega Bay, CA 2003 Kuris, A. M., Lafferty, K. D., Dobson, A. P., Huspeni, T. C. and M. E. Torchin.  "The role of parasites in salt-marsh ecosystems." NSF/NIH Ecology of Infectious Diseases Program Principal Investigators Meeting, Washington, D. C. 2003
	4) Publications:	Huspeni, T. C. & K. D. Lafferty.  2004.  Using larval trematodes that parasitize snails to evaluate a saltmarsh restoration project.  Ecological Applications 14:795-804. Huspeni, T. C., Hechinger, R. F. and K. D. Lafferty.  2005.  Trematode parasites as estuarine indicators: Opportunities, applications and comparisons with conventional community approaches.  In Estuarine Indicators,  Pp. 297–314.  Edited by S. Bortone. CRC Press.  Torchin, M. E., Byers, J. E., and T. C. Huspeni.  In Press.  Differential parasitism of native and Introduced snails: replacement of a parasite fauna.  Biological Invasions. Torchin, M. E., Hechinger, R. F. Huspeni, T. C., Whitney, K. and K. D. Lafferty.  In Review. Ecology of the introduced ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) in Estero de Punta Banda, Mexico: interactions with the native cord grass, Spartina foliosa.  Biological Invasions. Huspeni, T. C., Hechinger, K. D. and K. D. Lafferty.  In Prep.  Habitat heterogeneity and larval trematodes in the California Horn snail, Cerithidea californica.  Journal of Parasitology. Huspeni, T. C., Jacobs, D. and J. Staton.  In Prep.  A continental scale phylogeographic analysis of an avian-dispersed parasite in North America.  Molecular Ecology. Huspeni, T. C.  2000.  A molecular genetic analysis of host specificity, continental geography, and recruitment dynamics of a larval trematode in a salt marsh snail.  Ph.D. Dissertation.  University of California, Santa Barbara.
	5) Grants & Applications:	Co-Principal Investigator on "SEM in the Classroom: Creating a Student-Centered SEM Stereo Biological Imaging Resource (SSBIR) for Teaching and Research".  Principal Investigator: Sol Sepsenwol.  $74,300.  Submitted to NSF 12/04. Investigator on "Using parasites to evaluate wetland habitats". University of Wisconsin, UEI Program.  $6,950.  10/04.    Contributor and Associated Sr. Personnel on "Anthropogenic effects on host-trematode dynamics." Joint NSF/NIH Ecology of Infectious Diseases Program DEB-0224565.  $2,200,000. Principal Investigators: A. Kuris & K. Lafferty. Contributor and Associated Sr. Personnel on "Ecological Indicators Component of Pacific Estuarine Ecosystem Indicator Research Consortium." US EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Estuarine and Great Lakes (EaGLe) Program #R-882867601.  $1,800,000. Principal Investigators: S. Morgan, R. Nisbet, A. Brooks, H. Page, and K. Lafferty.