Contact info
Mailing Address
RSMAS, University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149-1098
Contact Info
Ph: +1 (305) 421-4986
Fax: TBD
richard.coleman@miami.edu
education
2019
Ph.D, Zoology (Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology)
University of Hawaii, Manoa, Honolulu, HI Dissertation: Connectivity of coral reef fishes across three spatial scales
Advisor: Brian W. Bowen, Ph.D.
2010
B.S., Biology (Marine Biology & Limnology)
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Advisor: C. Sarah Cohen, Ph.D.
2006
A.S., Biology
Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023 - present. Assistant Professor. Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Sciences, University of Miami.
2021-2022. Provost’s Early Career Fellow. University of Texas at Austin
2022. JYU Visiting Research Fellow, University of Jyvaskyla
2021-2022. Lecturer. Northeastern University
2020-2021. Postdoctoral Research Associate. University of Central Florida
2020. Adjuct Faculty. Hawaii Pacific University
publications (19)
Whitney JL, Coleman RR, Deakos MH (2023). Genomic evidence indicates small island-resident populations and sex-biased behaviors of Hawaiian Reef Manta Rays. BMC Ecology and Evolution 23:31 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02130-0 [pdf]
Whitney JL, Coleman RR, Deakos MH (2023). The complete mitochondrial genome of the Reef Manta Ray, Mobula alfredi, from Hawaii. Mitochondial DNA part B: Resources. 8: 197-203 [pdf]
Coleman RR, Krafrt DW, Hoban ML, Toonen RJ, Bowen BW (2023). Genomic assessment of the larval odyssey: self recruitment and biased settlement in the Hawaiian surgeonfish, Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis. Journal of Fish Biology 1-15 [pdf]
Coleman RR, Bowen BW (2022). Genomic assessment of an endemic Hawaiian surgeonfish, Acanthurus triostegus sandvicensis, reveals high levels of connectivity and fine scale population structure. Coral Reefs. doi:10.007/s00338-022-02257-4 [pdf]
Counsell CWW, Coleman RR, Lai SS, Bowen BW, Franklink EC, Neuhemier AB, Powell BS, Toonen RJ, Hixon MA, McManus MA, Donahue ML (2022). Interdisciplinary analysis of larval dispersal in coral reef fish: opening the black box. Marine Ecology Progress Series 684: 117-132 [pdf]
Hixon MA, Bowen BW, Coleman RR, Cousnell CW, Donahue ML, Franklink EC, Kittinger JN, McManus MA, Toonen RJ (2021). Fish Flow: Following Fisheries from Spawning to Supper. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2449 [pdf]
Bowen BW, Forsman ZH, Whitney JL, Faucci A, Hoban M, Canfield SJ, Johnston EC, Coleman RR, Copus JM, Vicente J, Toonen RJ. (2020) Species Radiations in the Sea: What the Flock? Journal of Hereditary. 70-83 doi:10.1093/jhered/esz075 [pdf]
Pinheiro HT, Shepherd B, Castillo C, Abesamis RA, Copus JM, Pyle RL, Greene BD, Coleman RR, Whitton RK, Thillainath E, Bucol AA, Birt M, Catania D, Bell M, Rocha LA. (2019) Deep reef fishes in the world’s epicenter of marine biodiversity. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01825-5 [pdf]
Filous A, Lennox RJ, Coleman RR, Friendlander AM, Clua EE, Danylchuk AJ (2019). Life history characteristics of an exploited bonefish (Albula glossodonta) population in a remote South Pacific Atoll. Journal of Fish Biology. 95: 562– 574. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14057
Rowley SJ, Roberts TE, Coleman RR, Spalding HL, Joseph E, Dorricott MKL. (2019) Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. In: Loya Y., Puglise K., Bridge T. (eds) Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Coral Reefs of the World, vol 12. Springer, Cham [pdf]
Coleman RR, Copus JM, Coffey DM, Whitton RK, Bowen BW. Shifting reef fish assemblages along a depth gradient in Pohnpei, Micronesia (2018). PeerJ 6:e4650; DOI 10.7717/peerj.4650 [pdf]
Dudoit A, Iacchei M, Coleman RR, Gaither MR, Browne W, Bowen BW, Toonen RJ (2018). The little shrimp that could: phylogeography of the circumtropical shrimp, Stenopus hispidus (Crustacea: Decapoda), reveals divergent Atlantic and Pacific lineages. PeerJ 6: e4409 [pdf]
Selkoe KA, Treml EA, Wren JLK, Gaggiotti OE, Donovan M, Andrews K, Bernal MA, Bird C, Bolick H, Baums I, Bowen BW, Coleman RR, et al (2016). The DNA of coral reef biodiversity: predicting and protecting genetic diversity of reef assemblages. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 283: 20160354 [pdf]
Coleman RR, Eble JA, DiBattista JD, Rocha LA, Randall JE, Berumen ML, Bowen BW (2016) Regal phylogeography: range-wide survey of the marine angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus reveals evolutionary partitions between the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 100: 243-253 [pdf]
Ahti AP, Coleman RR, DiBattista JD, Berumen ML, Rocha LA, Bowen BW. (2016) Phylogeography of the wrasses Coris gaimard and C. cuvieri in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Journal of Biogeography. 43:1103-1115 [pdf]
Bridge, TCL., Luiz, OJ., Coleman, RR., Kane, C, Kosaki, R. (2016) Ecological and morphological traits predict depth-generalist fishes on coral reefs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 283: 20152332. [pdf]
Fernandez-Silva I., Randall JE, Coleman RR, DiBattista JD, Rocha LA, Reimer JD, Meyer CG, Bowen BW. (2015) Yellow tails in a Red Sea: Phylogeography of the Indo-Pacific goatfish Mulloidichthys flavolineatus reveals isolation in peripheral provinces and cryptic evolutionary lineages. Journal of Biogeography. 42: 2402-2413 [pdf]
Gaither MR, Bernal MA, Coleman RR, Bowen BW, Jones SA, Simison B, Rocha LA (2015) Genomic signatures of geographic isolation and natural selection in coral reef fishes. Molecular Ecology. 24: 1543-1557 [pdf]
Coleman RR, Gaither MR, Kimokeo B, Stanton FG, Bowen BW, Toonen RJ. (2014) Large-scale introduction of the Indo-Pacific damselfish Abudefduf vaigiensis into Hawai‘i promotes genetic swamping of the endemic congener A. abdominalis. Molecular Ecology 23: 5552-5565 [pdf]
Selkoe KM, Gaggiotti OE, Andrews K, Bernal MA, Bird C, Bolick H, Baums I, Coleman RR, et al. (2014) Emergent patterns of population genetic structure for a coral reef community. Molecular Ecology. 23: 3064-3079 [pdf]
SUBMITTED AND IN PREP
Fernandez-Silva I, Coleman RR, Knapp I, Bowen BW. Genetic connectivity studies in support of a traditional fishery in Hawaii: The Goatfishes Mulloidichthys flavolienatus and M. vanicolensis reveals contrasting patterns. In prep
funding
Maxwell | Hanranhan Foundation. 2023. $100,000
JYU Visiting Researcher Fellowship. University of Jyvaskyla, 2022. €6,000
Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2020. $50,000
University of Hawaii, GSO Research and Travel Award, 2018. $1.503
University of Hawaii, GSO Research and Travel Award, 2018. $635
DeLill Nasser Award (Genetics Society of America). 2017. $1,000
2017 Sarah Ann Martin Award in Biology (ARCS Scholar Foundation, Honolulu Chapter), 2017. $5,000
The Colonel Willys E. Lord DVM & Sandina L. Lord Endowed Scholarship, 2016. $3,000
University of Hawaii, GSO Research and Travel Award, 2015. $463
Sackler Colloquia Travel Award, 2015. $450
UH Sea Grant (to PI Brian Bowen, writing led by R. Coleman), 2015. $71,600
Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (NOAA), 2015. $196,000
Watson T. Yoshimoto Scholarship, 2013. $1,839
University of Hawaii GSO Research and Travel Award, 2013. $,1423
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), 2011-2016. $121,500
Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program, 2011. $8,100
NSF Undergraduate Biology Math Collaboration Fellowship, 2008-2010. $44, 000
Undergraduate Diversity for travel to the Evolution 2010 conference, funding provided by the NESCent. $815
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, 2008. $4,500
Bay Scholarship, 2008. $500
Instructionally Related Activities SFSU COSE Grant, 2008. $260
selected presentations (OUT OF 40+)
Florid Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Key West, FL. June 2019.
Symposium on Science in Support of Archipelagic Management. Honolulu, HI. November 2018
Marine Evolution 2018. Strömstad, Sweden. May 2018.
10th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference. Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. October 2017
41st Albert L. Tester Symposium Honolulu, HI. April 2016. Best Paper Honorable Mention
Western Society of Naturalists. Sacramento, CA. November 2015
INVITED TALKS
University of Central Florida Biology Seminar. Orlando, FL. October 2019.
NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series. September 2019.
Stakeholder Advisory Council (SAC) Meeting, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Alpena, MI. August 2018
Hawaii Pacific University, Marine Science Guest Speaker Seminar Series. Kaneohe, HI. December 2015
California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, CA. November 2015
2021, 2022. Lecturer. EEMB 5506. Ecology and Biology of Fishes. Northeastern University, Three Seas Program
2020. Adjunct Instructor. BIOL 3081. Marine Ecology Lab. Hawaii Pacific University
2020. Adjunct Instructor. MARS 3003. Oceanography Lab. Hawaii Pacific University
2018. Guest Lecturer. BIOL 404. Advanced Topics in Marine Biology. University of Hawaii, Manoa
2017. Guest Lecturer. BIOL 403. Field Problems in Marine Biology. University of Hawaii, Manoa
2014. Teaching Assistant. BIOL 265L. Ecology and Evolution. University of Hawaii, Manoa
2009. Teaching Assistant. BIOL 585/586. Marine Ecology. San Francisco State University
2009. Guest Lecturer. BIOL 362. Field Methods in Ecology. Sacramento City College
teaching experience
Field Experience
2019. Vanuatu. Collection of specimens and field surveys as part of a study investigating hybridization in pygmy angelfishes. 10 days.
2017. Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Kiribati. Collection of specimens as part of a study investigating the origins of Hawaiian reef fishes. 7 days.
2015. Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Collecting (CCR diving to 300'); 28 days at sea
2015. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Coral surveys & collections (dives to 200'); 30 days.
2014. Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Fish surveys & collections; (CCR dives to 300'); Joint expedition with Bishop Museum (Honolulu). 22 days.
2013. Philippines Biodiversity Expedition. Collecting (CCR dives to 250'); Joint expedition with Bishop Museum and California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco). 19 days
2013. Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument & Johnston Atoll. Collecting; 26 days at sea
2013. Red Sea Biodiversity Expedition. Collecting; Hosted by King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST). 12 days at sea.
2012. Pacific Remote Island Areas: Johnston Atoll, Phoenix Islands, Swains Is., American Samoa. Coral surveys; 28 days at sea.
research skills
Closed-Circuit Rebreather Diver. TDI Inspiration/Evolution, Advanced Mixed Gas, Staged Decompression Diving. >100 logged CCR dives. Deepest dive = 330'.
Scientific Diver (AAUS). NAUI Master Diver, Rescue Diver. Depth Authorization: 350'. More than 400 logged scientific dives.
Organismal Identification. Pacific Ocean reef fish (Hawaiʻi, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Vanuatu), Red Sea reef fish (Saudi Arabia), and Western USA intertidal invertebrates (California)
Boat Driver. U.S. Foundation's Boating Safety Course. 05.2015.
Sequencing. RAD Sequencing (ezRAD, ddRAD), Sanger Sequencing, cycle sequencing.
DNA Extractions. Phenol/Chloroform, Chelex, HotSHOT, commercial kits (Qiagen, Omega), spirit preserved tissues samples.
Genetic Analyses. Population genetics, Phylogenetics, Hybridization, Parentage, Kinship.
Photo: Hunting for fish for genetic analyses using a pole spear in Papua New Guinea. I have found the pole spear to be the easiest instrument to catch samples. It is light, fast, not cumbersome, and can spear a variety of sizes. It is also collapsable making it very easy to travel with. Photo credit: Ed Roberts.