My CV in PDF format (and with a bit more information)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. candidate, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. Advisor: George V. Lauder. Sep 2006 – present.
M.Sc., Biology
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada. Advsior: M. Edwin DeMont. Sep 2004 – Aug 2006. Thesis defended in Spring 2007.
B.Sc., Biology, Marine Biology Option
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Sep 2000 – Apr 2004.
PUBLICATIONS
Lim, J. L. and DeMont, M. E. (2009). Kinematics, hydrodynamics and force production of pleopods suggest jet-assisted walking in the American lobster (Homarus americanus). J. Exp. Biol. 212, 2731-2745.
Lim, J., Fudge, D. S., Levy, N. and Gosline, J. M. (2006). Hagfish slime ecomechanics: testing the gill-clogging hypothesis. J. Exp. Biol. 209, 702-710.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Lim, J. L. and Lauder, G. V. Evidence of resonance? Resonance in undulatory swimming of a robotic-flapping fish. SICB Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Jan 2008 (Oral presentation).
Lim, J. L. and DeMont, M. E. Fluid mechanics of paddle-assisted walking in Atlantic Canadian lobster. 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, Aug 2006 (Oral presentation).
DeMont, M. E. and Lim, J. Predicting the maximum you can lift. Atlantic Canada Association of Science Educators Annual Conference and Workshops, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, July 2005 (Oral presentation).
Lim, J., Fudge, D. S. and Gosline, J. M. Does hagfish slime thwart gill-breathing predators? SEB Main Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, July 2005 (Poster presentation). Abstract in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 141: S150.
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, Spring 2008
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (held as a PGS in the US), Doctoral, Sep 2006 – Aug 2008
Scholarship to attend Friday Harbor Labs, University of Washington, July 2008
Harvard MCZ Goelet Award for summer research, July 2008
USNCTAM Travel Assistance Award, June 2006
Best poster, General Biomechanics session, SEB Main Meeting, July 2005
NSERC of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship, Master’s, Sep 2004 – Aug 2006
NSERC of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award, May – Aug 2004
Undergraduate Scholar Program Scholarship, UBC, Sep 2000 – Apr 2004
David Maw Scholarship (Biological Sciences), UBC, Sep 2003
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre Undergraduate Award, June 2003
Charles and Jane Banks Scholarship, UBC, Sep 2002
J Fred Muir Memorial Scholarship in Science, UBC, Dec 2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Faculty, Shoals Marine Laboratory, ME. Summer 2008, 2009. Undergraduate field course Research in Marine Biology.
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University. Spring 2008. Patterns and Processes in Fish Diversity (OEB 130).
Teaching Assistant, Shoals Marine Laboratory, ME. July 2007. Undergraduate course Research in Marine Biology.
Teaching Assistant, St. Francis Xavier University. 2004 – 2005. Form and Function (Biol 301) and Human Biomechanics (Biol 375).
Science Facilitator, Super Science Club, Science World, Vancouver, BC. Jan – Apr 2004. Presented weekly science- and technology-themed workshops to grades 2 – 4 students in an after-school program at Vancouver inner-city schools.
Summer Camp Assistant, Summer Science Camp, Science World, Vancouver, BC. July – Aug 2003. Guided groups of children aged 6 – 9 years through a program of hands-on, science-based activities in Science World facilities.
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Mentor scientist, Science Club for Girls, Cambridge Amigos Elementary School, MA. Spring and Fall 2009.
Mentor, Harvard College Science Mentor Program, Harvard University. 2007 – 2008.
Science Fair Judge, Strait Regional Science Fair, Port Hawkesbury, NS. Mar 2005.
Volunteer in the Public Galleries and Outreach Department, Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre, Vancouver, BC. 1999 – 2003.
In-school mentor, Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver, Vancouver, BC. Mar – Apr 2002.
MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMITTEES
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Graduate student member
Society for Experimental Biology, Graduate student member
Golden Key International Honour Society
St. FXU Animal Care Committee, student representative, 2005-2006