Curriculum Vitae CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

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1 Alexander M. Costidis, Born on 13 January 1978 Work Address: Dept. of Physiological Sciences University of Florida 1600 SW Archer Rd., Box Gainesville, FL Curriculum Vitae CURRENT EMPLOYMENT January 2008 to present. Federal large whale prosector large whale necropsy team leader (one of three prosectors on the East coast of the United States). Attends and leads multidisciplinary groups of experts through necropsies of large whales stranded on the East coast of the United States. September 2008 to present. Research Staff--Large whale propeller wound analyst. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission/National Marine Fisheries Service. Performs propeller wound analyses on large whales, especially North Atlantic Right Whales struck by vessels. August 2007 to present. Doctoral candidate. Graduate Assistant, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine. Teaching assistant for small (dog) and large (equine) animal veterinary medical anatomy ( ). Teaching assistant for veterinary embryology and veterinary histology courses (fall 2008, fall 2009, spring 2010). September 2000 to present: Marine Mammal Biologist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Marine Mammal Pathobiology Lab (MMPL), th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL Lead necropsy instructor for southeast regional cetacean necropsy training workshops. EDUCATION B.S. Marine Science, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, 2000 Graduate coursework, USF Tampa, PhD candidate, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2007-present. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Necropsy Experience: Conducted more than 1,700 manatee necropsies as primary investigator (PI) and/or co-pi. Participated in and/or led numerous small and large whale necropsies (>100 bottlenose

2 dolphins, 5 Sperm whales, 2 Fin whales. Directed 2 Humpback whale necropsies, 6 North Atlantic right whales, 4 pygmy and dwarf sperm whales {breviceps and sima}, 1 melon-headed whale, 1 pygmy killer whale, ~35 rough-toothed dolphins, 1 Risso s dolphin). Co-directed necropsies on ~15 rough-toothed (Steno bredanensis) dolphins stranded in the FL Keys. Participated in numerous California sea lion and a few Northern Elephant Seal necropsies at the Marine Mammal Center. Rescue Experience: Conducted >50 manatee rescues and numerous manatee research captures. Secondary rescue boat captain. Conducted >10 dolphin rescues, and participated in multiple dolphin health assessment captures. Teaching Experience: Invited instructor: Cetacean head anatomy wetlab, Biomedical Investigations of Stranding Diagnostics. NOAA 2010 National Marine Animal Stranding Conference, Shepardstown, WV, April 6-9, Invited instructor: Watercraft injuries wetlab. Approaches to Marine Animal Investigations: Enhancing Event Investigation through Sound Science and Observations.. NOAA 2010 National Marine Animal Stranding Conference, Shepardstown, WV, April 6-9, Invited subject expert: Marine Mammals, Decompression Sickness, and Gas Kinetics Workshop. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Woods Hole, MA, April 26-30, Invited subject expert: Navy Marine Mammal Program Clinical Research Workshop, San Diego, CA. March 23-24, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine teaching assistant for small animal (dog) veterinary anatomy of fall 2007, and large animal (equine/bovine) anatomy class of spring 2008 and spring Taught and/or assisted with teaching marine mammal gross anatomy and necropsy to veterinary students with MARVET (marine veterinary medicine) and AQUAVET (aquatic animal medicine) classes of Taught necropsy portion of MARVET class of Co-taught necropsy portion of SEAVET 2004, Co-taught necropsy portion of Prescott Stranding Training Workshops held at MMPL between Organized and conducted Prescott grant stranding and necropsy training workshops. Organized and taught numerous manatee and cetacean stranding and necropsy training workshops for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Wildlife Trust (WT), and Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation

3 Commission (FWC). Training workshops were held in Florida, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Belize. Co-taught pathology wet lab for 2006 AAZV conference, Tampa, FL, September Saint Petersburg. Presented on basic anatomy, physiology and behavioral ecology of manatees to ~40 teachers as part of the NEA (National Educators Association). Professional Experience: Sep to Aug Research Staff, Marine Mammal Pathobiology Lab, Florida Marine Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), St. Petersburg, FL. Duties have included performing rescues on injured, distressed, or entangled manatees. Performing research captures and salvaging dead manatees (secondary rescue boat captain). Performing necropsies on manatees and other marine mammals to determine most probable cause of death and evaluate health status; work supervisor ( ) Sentiel Rommel, Ph.D, ( ) Martine dewit, DVM. Cleaning, curating, and distributing manatee skeletons to non-profit organizations. Reestablishing a histological tissue collection program for marine mammals at the MMPL. I was an integral part of establishing a laboratory and field histological processing protocol between FWC and University of Florida. Collected and trimmed marine mammal tissues for histology. Setup and organization of audiovisual records of necropsies, rescues, and captures. June Assisted The Marine Mammal Center (TMMC), Sausalito, CA by performing necropsies of CA sea lions, and with restraint and blood draw of sea lions and elephant seals. October Co-taught a necropsy session for the Florida Marine Mammal Stranding Network at the University of Florida in March 12, 2004, Port St. Joe, FL. Co-PI in Tursiops truncatus UME (Unusual Mortality Event). Was primary necropsy conductor along with Wendi Noke (Hubbs) and Judy St. Leger (SeaWorld, SanDiego), on the first day of the response. March 31, 2004, Belize City, Belize. Requested by Wildlife Trust as lead instructor at necropsy training workshop for the Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network held by the Belize Coastal Zone Management Institute. 1hr presentation Comparative Anatomy of Delphinids and Manatees followed by wet lab on Post-mortem Examination Procedures for Manatees November 2004, Jacksonville, FL. On site coordinator of a fin whale necropsy conducted by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, University of Florida, and Jacksonville University.

4 December 2004, Brunswick, GA. Obtained level I (verification) and level II (satellite tag attachment) training for the Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network. March 2005, Marathon Key, FL. Co-directed necropsies of mass stranded roughtoothed (Steno bredanensis) dolphins at the sea turtle hospital and MMPL. May 2005, Port St. Joe, FL. Participated in two week bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus) dolphin captures for health assessment study. Was placed on net-hit boat. May 2005, Akron, OH. Co-lead dissector at Evolution of Aquatic Tetrapods conference dissection workshop. June 2005, Flamingo Bay (Everglades), FL. Participated as capture crew in USGS Sirenia manatee captures (tagging study) , St. Petersburg, FL. Central West Florida (CWF) Cetacean Unusual Mortality Event (UME) Investigative Team member. March-May Authored gross findings, diagnosis, and discussion sections and coauthored histopathology section of FWC s 2002 Manatee UME Technical Report. May 5, 2006, Panama City, FL. Requested by USFWS and NMFS to teach manatee necropsy procedures to local and out-of-state marine mammal stranding participants of Southeast U.S. Regional (SER) stranding network. May Became Large Whale Necropsy Team Leader apprentice. June 2006, St. Petersburg, FL. Editorial board for Working Group for Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event (WGMMUME) technical report: 2002 Red tide-related manatee mortality event. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. July 23-29, 2006, Port St. Joe, FL. Assisted NMFS with St. Joe Bay bottlenose dolphin captures. August Requested by NMFS and USFWS to conduct necropsy training on manatees and dolphins for the Puerto Rico marine mammal stranding network. August Requested by Wildlife Trust to conduct 2007 repeat training on manatee and dolphin anatomy and functional morphology, and manatee necropsy training wet lab for the Belize Marine Mammal Stranding Network. September Invited presentation on Serious Injury to Manatees at the Serious Injury to Marine Mammals workshop held by National Marine Fisheries Service in Seattle, WA.

5 January Designated by National Marine Fisheries Service as large whale Necropsy Team Leader (NTL) assigned to lead large whale and North Atlantic Right Whale calf necropsies along east coast of United States. September Co-dissector at beaked whale head dissection workshop. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. April 20-25, 2009 / June 20-25, Invited lecturer and necropsy instructor: Cetacean and manatee stranding and necropsy training workshop, Villa Clara & Havana, Cuba present. Have presented and taught countless wetlabs on marine mammal morphology and necropsy for aquatic specialty veterinary classes (e.g. MARVET, SEAVET), teaching associations (e.g. National Marine Educators Association) AWARDS, HONORS, and CERTIFICATIONS 2009: National Marine Fisheries Service Award in recognition for dedication and contributions to the sustained east coast large whale mortality event. 2008: National Marine Fisheries Service National Large Whale Necropsy Team Leader (NTL) designation. 2006: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS-NOAA) Prescott grant, $100,000, three years. Stranding and Necropsy Training for Increasing Quality of Level A, B, and C Data Collection by the Florida Cetacean Stranding Network United States Fish and Wildlife Service Manatee Conservation Award (Tampa, Florida); For sustained contributions to the science and conservation of manatees. Incident Command Structure training US Southeast Regional Stranding Conference, Panama City, Florida. Human Interaction training US SER Stranding Conference, Panama City, Florida. Oxygen Administration certification, Diver s Alert Network (Saint Petersburg, Florida). CPR/AED certification. Diver s Alert Network, Basic First Aid certification. Diver s Alert Network, : Atlantic Large Whale Disentanglement Network Level II training (New Brunswick, Georgia). United States Coast Guard boater safety certification (Saint Petersburg, Florida). Fish and Wildlife Research Institute award ceremony, Excellence in Science nomination (Saint Petersburg, Florida) 2001:

6 Manatee Forensic Workshop certification. Marine Mammal Pathobiology Laboratory, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 1992: CMAS Open Water Scuba certification (Athens, Greece). COMMITEES Red Tide FWRI Investigative Team 2002, 2003, 2005, Unusual Mortality Event ( UME) FWRI Technical Report Editorial Board. Steno bredanensis (Rough-toothed dolphin) Mass Stranding Event Investigative Team, Marathon Key, Fl Central West Florida Multi-species UME Investigative Team, 2005 to present. FWRI Manatee Mortality Database Structure team, April 2010: Invited subject matter expert (anatomy), US Navy Marine Mammal Program Clinical Research Investment Workshop FY , San Diego, CA. May 2010: Invited subject matter expert (anatomy), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2010 Gas Kinetics Workshop, Beaked Whales and Sonar, Woods Hole, MA. MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION Costidis, A.M., Piscitelli, M.A., Rommel, S.A., Harms, C. A, McLellan, W.A., Rotstein, D., Pabst, D.A. Elaborate venous structures in the thorax of kogiids, physeteriids, and ziphiids. (MS in prep) Costidis, A.M., Rommel, S.A., McLellan, W.A., Piscitelli, M.A., Cranford, T.W., and Pabst, D.A. Vascular structures associated with the air sacs and fatty bodies in the ventral head of Tursiops truncatus, Kogia spp., and Ziphius cavirostris. (MS in prep) Costidis, A.M. Methods Using External Features and Gross Anatomical Observations for Estimating Time Since Birth in the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). (MS in prep) Costidis, A.M., Reep, R., and Marino, L. Body Growth Dynamics in the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). (MS in prep)

7 Rommel, S. A. and A. M. Costidis. Comparative Morphology of the Epidural Circulation in Seals, Dolphins, and Manatees. (MS in prep) Keller, M., Moliner, J.L., Vasquez, G., Cruz, D., Bello, O., Costidis, A.M., Rommel, S.A., Calderwood Mays, M.B., and Gearhart, S Nephrolithiasis and Pyelonephritis in Two West Indian Manatees (Trichechus manatus spp.). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 44(3): Rommel, S.A., W. McLellan, A.M. Costidis, M. Moore Odontocete Necropsy Procedures (Chapter 2). Odontocete Salvage, Necropsy, Ear Extraction, and Imaging Protocols. Published by: ORCAS Consulting. Funded by: Office of Naval Research. Rommel, S. A., Costidis, A. M., Pitchford, T. D., Snyder, R., Lightsey, J Forensic Methods for Characterizing Watercraft Components from Watercraft-Induced Wounds on the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Marine Mammal Science. 23(1): Rommel, S. A., Costidis, A.M., Fernandez, A., Jepson, P.D., Pabst, D.A., McLellan, W.A., Houser, D.S., Cranford, T.W., Van Helden, A.L., Allen, D.M., and Barros, N.B Elements of Beaked Whale Anatomy and Diving Physiology, and Some Hypothetical Causes of Sonar-related Stranding. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 7(3): Rommel, S. A., McLellan, W.A., and Costidis, A. M. Odontocete (Beaked Whale) Necropsy Procedures Manual (MS in prep). Lightsey, J., Rommel, S.A., Costidis, A.M., and Pitchford, T.D Gross Necropsy Diagnosis of Watercraft-related Mortality in the Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 37(3): Rommel, S.A., A.M. Costidis. (MS in preparation). Salvage and Necropsy Manual for Carcasses of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). USFWS Manatee Husbandry Manual. N. Adimey Ed. Costidis, A.M. and S.A. Rommel (MS in preparation). External Morphometrics of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). COAUTHORED PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS Costidis, A.M., Piscitelli, M.A., Rommel, S.A., Harms, C.A, McLellan, W.A., and Pabst, D.A Elaborate venous structures in the thorax of kogiids, physeteriids, and

8 ziphiids. Poster presented at 2009 Society of Marine Mammology Biennial Marine Mammal Conference, Quebec City, Quebec. Rommel, S.A., Costidis, A.M., McLellan, W.A., Piscitelli, M.A., Cranford, T.W., and Pabst, D.A Vascular structures associated with the air sacs and fatty bodies in the ventral head of Tursiops truncatus, Kogia spp., and Ziphius cavirostris. Poster presented at 2009 Society of Marine Mammology Biennial Marine Mammal Conference, Quebec City, Quebec. Costidis, A.M Serious Injury to Manatees. Presented for National Marine Fisheries Service at Serious Injury to Marine Mammals Workshop, Seattle, WA. September 12, Costidis, A.M., and Rommel S.A. Forensic Methods for Characterizing Watercraft Components from Watercraft-Induced Wounds on the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Presented for FWC at public Manatee Forum, Sarasota, September Rommel, S. A., and Costidis, A. M., Comparative Morphology of the Epidural Circulation in Seals, Dolphins, and Manatees. Evolution of Aquatic Tetrapods Conference, Akron OH, May 16-20, Rommel, S. A., Costidis, A. M., Pitchford, T. D, Haubold, E. Forensic Methods for Characterizing Watercraft from Watercraft Induced Injuries. Poster Presentation, IAAAM, Alaska 2005 Rommel, S.A., K. Tripp, A. Costidis Hypogastric Fossae in Florida Manatees: Homologous or Analogous to Structures in Terrestrial Mammals? Third International Conference on Secondary Adaptations to Life in Water. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. December, Rommel, S. E. Haubold, A. Costidis, G. Bossart, and R. Meisner Comparative Distribution of Lymph Nodes in Marine Mammals. Poster presentation at the Florida Marine Mammal Health Conference. University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center, Gainesville, Florida. April, Meisner, R., S.A. Rommel, A.M. Costidis, and G. Bossart Pathologic Lesions Associated With Suspected Immune Compromise In Florida Manatees With Cold Stress Syndrome. Paper presented at the Florida Marine Mammal Health Conference. University of Florida Hotle and Conference Center, Gainesville, Florida. April, Rommel, S.A Manatee Forensic Workshop. Conducted at the Marine Mammal Pathobiology Lab in association with the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine, St. Petersburg, FL. April, 2001.

9 EDITORIAL/REVIEW WORK Slutsky, J et al. Hydrodynamic Study of Ship and Whale Collisions. Submitted on 20 th November, 2007 to Marine Mammal Science for review. Cox, T.M. et al Understanding the Impacts of Anthropogenic Sound on Beaked Whales. J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 7(3): Rommel, S.A., Pabst, D. A., and McLellan, W. A., Evidence of Reproductive Heterothermy in Ascrotal Marine Mammals like the Dolphin, Seal, and Manatee. Rommel, S.A. Elements of Beaked Whale Anatomy, Diving Physiology, and Hypothetical Causes of Sonar-related Strandings. Invited presentation to the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, Baltimore April Ackerman, et al. Aerial Surveys for Manatee Distribution in Florida, Rommel, S.A. Comparative Morphology of Brain Blood Supplies in Harbor Seals, Bottlenose Dolphins, and Florida Manatees. Abstract submitted to the Fifteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Greensboro, NC. December, Rommel, S.A., Reynolds, J.E., III, Lynch, H.A Herbivorous Marine Mammals. Invited Presentation. In: ---(eds.), Recent Developments in the Nutrition of Herbivores. Proceedings of the VIth International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores, October, 2003, Merida, Mexico. Rommel, S.A. Manatee Anatomy. Manatee Husbandry Manual. N. Adimey Ed. Tripp, K. and S. Rommel. Gross Morphology of the Ovaries of the Florida Manatee. Abstract submitted to the Fifteenth Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Greensboro, NC. December, 2003.