William H. Light, Ph.D.
- Position:
Research Associate
Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
California Academy of Sciences
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Degrees:
Ph.D., Biology, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)M.Sc., Biology, San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA), Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, Canada)
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Clinical Training:
Fellowship, Environmental Toxicology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Other Experience:
2011-present Contract Content Writer, Mometrix Media, LLC, 3827 Phelan #179, Beaumont, TX 77707
2011-present Senior Instructional Designer, E-Learning Experts LLC, Atlanta, GA
2010-2011 Course Content Writer for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions, Science On Demand MCAT Lessons
2007-2010 Senior Scientific Writer-Editor and Scientific Consultant for: EMCI Marketing & Communications Consulting; Encyclo-pedia of Earth; Earth Portal; Writers Express, Inc.; Textcheck Scientific and Technical Editing Services
2007-2008 Academic Reviewer for the new edition of Holt, Reinhart and Winston high school physical science text: Holt Science Spectrum: A Physical Approach (2007)
2005-2007 Scientific Writer-Editor, National Office of Public Health Genomics and National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
2004-2005 Adjunct Professor of Biology, Gwinnett Technical College and Georgia Perimeter College, Lawrenceville, GA
2003-2005 Senior Medical Writer, MediTech Media Ltd, Atlanta GA
2000-2001 Biology Instructor, Southern Nevada Community College, Las Vegas NV
1997-1999 Biology Instructor, Shasta Community College, Redding CA
1996-1997 1996-1997 Instructor, Science and Mathematics, The Cascade School, Whitmore, CA
1992-1995 1992-1995 Participating Consultant, Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Santa Barbara Channel, Science Applications International, San Diego, CA
1990-1991 AP Ecology Instructor, Colorado Springs School, Colorado Springs CO
1989-1991 Participating Consultant, Exhibits Department Biology of Venoms Project, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
1982-1988 Assistant Professor of Biology and Pharmacology, joint appointment, University of Colorado and Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
1980-1982 NIEHS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Laboratory of Oceanography and Limnology and Center for Environmental Toxicology, University of Wisconsin at Madison
1977-1978 Associate Curator of Natural Sciences and Aquatic Biologist, Division of Natural Sciences, The Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
1972-1977 1972-1977 Research Biologist, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco CA
1974-1976 Participating Consultant, Stanford Research Institute and U. S. Army Corps of Engineers: I designed and supervised all aspects of a major benthic study of San Francisco Bay
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Honors:
1980-present Elected full member, Sigma Xi
1980-1982 • NIEHS postdoctoral fellowship in Environmental Toxicology, University of Wisconsin at Madison
1979-1980 • Unsolicited Graduate Academic Scholarship, University of Arizona,
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William Light's Posters and Presentations (14)
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Attine Ants and Their Fungus Gardens: A Four-Way Obligate Symbiosis Involving Three Kingdoms (presentation)
William H. Light
Mushroom Club of Georgia, Atlanta, GA; 09/2009 -
Mycorrhizal Symbioses between Fungi, Trees, and Other Vascular Plants (presentation)
William H. Light
Trees Atlanta Kendeda Center LEED Platinum, Atlanta, GA; 09/2009 -
Carnivorous Fungi: A Study in Nematophagy (presentation)
William H. Light
Mushroom Club of Georgia, Atlanta, GA; 05/2009 -
You Touched It — Now What? What To Do When Bitten, Stabbed or Stung by a Venomous Marine Creature. (presentation)
William H. Light
Preservation Through Education; Sponsored by the Atlanta Zoo and the National Geographic Society; 05/2005 -
Dysfunctional Families in Addictive Disorders (presentation)
William H. Light
Symposium on Addictive Disorders, Jointly sponsored by Harvard University and Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado; 09/1986 -
Systematic Revision of the Genera of the Polychaete Subfamily Maldaninae Arwidsson (presentation)
William H. Light
Second International Polychaete Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark; 08/1986 -
Heavy Metal and Calcium Uptake by the Cuticles of Freshwater Cladocerans: a Functional Kidney of Accumulation (presentation)
William H. Light
1982 University of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Oceanography and Limnology ; 05/1982 -
• Patterns and Evolution of Obligate Symbiotic Associations Between the Species of the Polydora alloporis Complex (Polychaeta, Spionidae) and Their Cnidarian Hosts (presentation)
William H. Light
1982 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Department of Biology; 04/1982 -
Patterns and Evolution of Obligate Symbiotic Associations Between the Species of the Polydora alloporis Complex (Polychaeta, Spionidae) and Their Cnidarian Hosts (presentation)
William H. Light
University of Wisconsin at Madison, Department of Limnology & Oceanography; 10/1981 -
Sediment-Organism Interactions in the Northern Gulf of California: a Modern Analog for Interpreting Depositional Environments in the Rock Record (presentation)
William H. Light
1979 University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences; 05/1979 -
Pathophilia: Patterns of Co-Dependency in Addictive Families (presentation)
William H. Light
University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA; 10/1977 -
The San Francisco Bay Project: a New Approach to Invertebrate Identification Keys. (presentation)
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58th Annual Meeting, Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, ; 06/1977 -
Patterns and Evolution of Obligate Symbiotic Associations Between the Species of the Polydora alloporis Complex (Polychaeta, Spionidae) and Their Cnidarian Hosts (presentation)
William H. Light
University of California at Berkely, Dept. Zoology; 10/1976 -
Mathematical Species Diversity Indices: Assumptions not Realized in Nature (presentation)
William H. Light
Simon Fraser University, Department of Biological Sciences. Burnaby, B. C., Canada; 04/1971
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