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Biography

Caitlin is a current Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Illinois. Her research employs a variety of statistical and molecular tools to examine the distributional drivers of burrowing crayfishes in the United States. She uses field surveys and museum specimens to further our knowledge of the ecology and evolutionary biology of understudied and endangered species.

Activities

Employment (6)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, US

2024-07 to present | Teaching Assistant Professor (Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences)
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, US

2023 to 2024 | Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Office of Technology Management: Champaign, Illinois, US

2022-06 to 2023-05 | Commercialization Analyst (Technology Transfer)
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Illinois Natural History Survey: Champaign, IL, US

2019 to 2023 | Graduate Research Assistant
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Fossil Rim Wildlife Center: Glen Rose, Texas, US

2018-06 to 2018-11 | Environmental Education Intern (Education)
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Laidlaw Foundation: Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

2017-05 to 2017-12 | Research Intern
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, Illinois, US

2019-08 to 2023-08 | PhD (Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences)
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University of St Andrews: St Andrews, Fife, GB

2014 to 2018 | BSc. Marine Biology (Biology)
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Professional activities (4)

The Crustacean Society: Herndon, VA, US

2021 to present
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American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, Maryland, US

2021 to present | Student
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The Royal Society of Biology: London, London, GB

2020 to present | Associate
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International Association of Astacology: Hinterthal, AT

2019 to present | Student Member
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Funding (1)

Kenneth Jay Boss Fellowship in Invertebrate Zoology

2022-07 to 2022-09 | Award
Smithsonian Institution (DC, DC, US)
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Works (5)

Just Hit Submit—Perspectives and Advice From L&O Letters Early Career Publication Honor Awardees

Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Riley Barton; Rafael B. Dextro; Caitlin C. Bloomer; Danielle Claar; Tainan da Fonseca Fernandes; Thiago V. Franklin; Thu‐Hương Huỳnh; Bianca Possamai; Punwath Prum; Jessica S. Turner et al.
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Midwest prairie management practices benefit the non-target prairie crayfish

Fire Ecology
2024-01-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Caitlin C. Bloomer; Christopher M. Miller; Robert J. DiStefano; Christopher A. Taylor
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Integrating burrowing crayfish and waterfowl conservation management on moist-soil wetlands

Environmental Conservation
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Caitlin C Bloomer; Christopher A Taylor; Robert J Distefano
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Habitat suitability modelling of primary burrowing crayfishes, with a new state record for Procambarus liberorum Fitzpatrick, 1978 (Decapoda: Astacidea: Cambaridae)

Journal of Crustacean Biology
2022-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Caitlin C Bloomer; Christopher A Taylor
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A global review of life history studies on burrowing crayfish

Crustaceana
2021-03-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0011-216X
Part of ISSN: 1568-5403
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Journal of crustacean biology. (1)