Curriculum vitae

Personal Data

Name:                  Ruben van Hooidonk

Adress:                 550 Stadium Mall dr.      

47907 West-Lafayette IN

Birthdate:             07/Nov/1977

Nationality:           Dutch

Education

2005 - current:      PhD, Purdue University, West-Lafayette, Indiana, USA

1997 - 2004:         MSc Biology, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

2004

University of Utrecht. Wrote final MSc. thesis, "On the possible relationship between coral zooxanthellae symbiosis and the early Mesozoic radiation of dinoflagellates"

2003-2004: 

University of Amsterdam. Masters degree field research in Curacao. Designed and implemented an experimental research of coral algal interactions with the subsequent publication: Nugues, Maggy M; Smith, Garriet W; Hooidonk, Ruben J; Seabra, Maria I; Bak, Rolf PM, (2004) Algal contact as a trigger for coral disease, Ecology Letters. Vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 919-923.

2002-2003:

Utrecht University. Research of the hyponastic response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Lab research methods: PCR, HPLC and gas chromatography, digital imaging, and computer assisted image analyzing techniques.

Employment

2002-2004: University of Utrecht, Student assistant, helping out with the students with their History and Philosophy of Biology class, tasks included correcting homework, managing discussions and group-meetings and teaching students how to present their ideas.

2003-2004:  University of Utrecht, Student assistant, assist students with Marine Ecology, this included lecturing students and teaching them various techniques in the laboratories of the Royal Dutch Institute for Oceanic Research (NIOZ).

2003-2004:  University of Utrecht, system administrator, assist pharmacy and biology students and teachers with the use of their computers and WebCT. I also managed the local network and printers. I fixed minor hardware problems, and I built a tool for the helpdesk to log their problems and solutions.

2004-2005: GlidePath, system operator, manage daily IT Operations of large companies (PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Randstad). Check health of server farms, monitor services, trouble shoot network/backup related problems.

Publications

Nugues, Maggy M; Smith, Garriet W; Hooidonk, Ruben J; Seabra, Maria I; Bak, Rolf PM, (2004) Algal contact as a trigger for coral disease, Ecology Letters. Vol. 7, no. 10, pp. 919-923.

Presentations

2003 - 2004        

On several occasions I presented an introduction to reef ecology and field research results to marine ecology students from Utrecht University.

Honors and Awards

2005           Fulbright grant, $12.500 to study in the USA

2005           Ross fellowship, $14.000 and tuition

Professional activities and associations

Member of AGU

Professional member of PADI

Knowledge