Tyler McCraney, PhD
Lecturer
Biological Sciences, SCIB 228
Research Associate
Fisheries Biology, WFB 214
Cal Poly Humboldt
Arcata, CA 95521
Website
Github
EDUCATION & TECHNICAL WORK
Postdoc in Molecular Ecology & Evolution (2021-) Cal Poly Humboldt
Advisor: Dr Andrew Kinziger, Fisheries Biology
Research: Ecological Genomics of Endangered Tidewater Goby
Research: ddPCR Assays to Detect Chinook Salmon Run-Timing Ecotypes from eDNA
Principal Investigator: Dr Susan Marshall, Forestry & Wildland Resources
Research: qPCR Assays to Detect 5 Phytophthoran Forest Pathogens in Soil
Research: Comparative Genomics of Phytophthoran Forest & Crop Pathogens
PhD in Biology (2019-12) UCLA
Advisor: Dr Michael Alfaro (2019-2015)
Dissertation: Phylogeny & Divergence Times of Gobiarian Fishes
Advisor: Dr Paul Barber (2014-2012)
Genetics Technician (2012-09) NOAA Auke Bay Laboratories, Juneau, AK
Supervisor: Dr Jeffrey Guyon
This was a term-limited Federal job
MS in Natural Resources: Fisheries (2009-07) Cal Poly Humboldt
Advisor: Dr Andrew Kinziger
Thesis: Conservation Genetics of Endangered Tidewater Goby in Northern California
Fish Technician (2006-05) Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Portland, OR
Assignment: California Recreational Fisheries Survey
Assignment: Ocean Salmon Project
This was a seasonal State job (CDFW)
BS in Fisheries Biology: Aquaculture & Marine Biology (2006-02) Cal Poly Humboldt
Advisor: Dr David Hankin
Research: Survival & Growth of Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout & Reciprocal Hybrids
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Ghezelayagh A, Harrington RC, Burress ED, Campbell MA, Buckner JC, Chakrabarty P, Glass JR, McCraney WT, Unmack PJ, Thacker CE, Alfaro ME, Friedman ST, Ludt WB, Cowman PF, Friedman M, Price SA, Dornburg A, Faircloth BC, Wainwright PC, Near TJ (2021) Prolonged morphological expansion of spiny-rayed fishes following the end-Cretaceous. Nature Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01801-3.
de Brito V, Betancur-R R, Burns MD, Buser TJ, Conway KW, Fontenelle JP, Kolmann MA, McCraney WT, Thacker CE, Bloom DD (2022) Patterns of phenotypic evolution associated with marine/freshwater transitions in fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icac085.
Thacker CE, Shelley J, McCraney WT, Adams M, Hammer MP, Unmack P (2022) Phylogeny, diversification, and biogeography of a hemiclonal hybrid system of native Australian freshwater fishes (Gobiiformes: Gobioidei: Eleotridae: Hypseleotris). BMC Ecology and Evolution, 22, 1-23.
Thacker CE, Shelley J, McCraney WT, Unmack P, McGee M (2022) Delayed adaptive radiation among New Zealand stream fishes: joint estimation of divergence time and trait evolution in a newly delineated island species flock. Systematic Biology, 71, 13-23.
McCraney WT, Thacker CE, Alfaro ME (2020). Supermatrix phylogeny resolves goby lineages and reveals unstable root of Gobiaria. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 151, 106862.
Kinziger AP, Hellmair M, McCraney WT, Jacobs DK, Goldsmith G (2015) Temporal genetic analysis of the endangered tidewater goby: extinction-colonization dynamics or drift in isolation? Molecular Ecology, 24, 5544-5560.
McCraney WT, Farley EV, Kondzela CM, Naydenko SV, Starovoytov AN, Guyon JR (2012) Genetic stock identification of overwintering chum salmon in the North Pacific Ocean. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 94, 663-668.
McCraney WT, Saski CA, Guyon JR (2011) Isolation and characterization of 12 microsatellites for the commercially important sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4, 415-417.
McCraney WT, Goldsmith G, Jacobs DK, Kinziger AP (2010) Rampant drift in artificially fragmented populations of the endangered tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi). Molecular Ecology, 19, 3315-3327.
TECHNICAL REPORTS
Kondzela CM, McCraney WT, Nguyen HT, Guyon JR (2012) Genetic stock composition analysis of chum salmon bycatch samples from the 2010 Bering Sea groundfish fisheries. NOAA Technical Memorandum, National Marine Fisheries Service - Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 233.
Gray AK, McCraney WT, Marvin CT, Kondzela CM, Nguyen HT, Guyon JR (2011) Genetic stock composition analysis of chum salmon bycatch samples from the 2008 Bering Sea groundfish fisheries. NOAA Technical Memorandum, National Marine Fisheries Service - Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 222.
McCraney WT, Kondzela CM, Murphy J, Guyon JR (2010) Genetic stock identification of chum salmon from the 2006 and 2007 Bering-Aleutian Salmon International Survey. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, 1288.
AWARDS
Raney Award (2018) American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists
Conference Grant (2016) Western Division American Fisheries Society
Taiwan Grant (2015) NSF East Asia Pacific Summer Institute
Rosemary Award (2014) Society for the Study of Evolution
Franklin Grant (2014) UCLA Center for Tropical Research
FLAS Fellowship: Indonesian (2014-13) US Department of Education
Graduate Award (2009) Granite Bay Flycasters
Graduate Award (2008) Marin Rod & Gun Club
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer
BIOL 340: Genetics, Cal Poly Humboldt
CLUSTER 70CW: Evolutionary Applications for Fisheries & Wildlife Conservation, UCLA
EE BIOL 100: Introduction to Ecology and Behavior, UCLA
EE BIOL 120: Evolution, UCLA
EE BIOL 185: Evolutionary Medicine, UCLA
FISH 474: Conservation Genetics of Fish & Wildlife, Cal Poly Humboldt
Teaching Assistant/Associate/Fellow
CLUSTER 70A/B: Evolution of Cosmos & Life, UCLA
CLUSTER 70CW: Evolutionary Applications for Fisheries & Wildlife Conservation, UCLA
EE BIOL 109/L: Introduction to Marine Science/Laboratory, UCLA
EE BIOL 120: Evolution, UCLA
EE BIOL C172: Advanced Statistics in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
EE BIOL C174: Comparative Biology & Macroevolution, UCLA
IBRC: Molecular Ecology & Evolution, Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center
FISH 310: Ichthyology, Cal Poly Humboldt
FISH 380: Techniques in Fisheries Biology, Cal Poly Humboldt
FISH 474: Conservation Genetics of Fish & Wildlife, Cal Poly Humboldt
LS 1: Evolution, Ecology, & Biodiversity, UCLA
LS 15: Life - Concepts & Issues, UCLA
PRESENTATIONS
Eco-Evo Pub (2020) Los Angeles, CA
American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists (2018) Rochester, NY
Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (2017) Papeete, Tahiti
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (2016) New Orleans, LA
Western Division American Fisheries Society (2016) Reno, NV
Northeast Pacific Pink & Chum Salmon Workshop Poster (2012) Juneau, AK
American Fisheries Society (2011) Seattle, WA
Alaska Chapter American Fisheries Society (2010) Juneau, AK
Coastwide Salmonid Genetics Meeting (2010) Boise, ID
University of Alaska Fairbanks Fisheries Division (2009) Juneau, AK
Humboldt Bay Symposium (2008) Eureka, CA
Gilbert Ichthyological Society (2008) Klamath, OR
American Fisheries Society Poster (2007) San Francisco, CA
American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists Poster (2007) St Louis, MO
Gilbert Ichthyological Society (2006) Newport, OR
SYMPOSIA
Eco-Evo Pub (2016)
Organizer & Moderator, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology of Gobies in North America (2011)
Organizer & Moderator, American Fisheries Society, Seattle, WA
ACADEMIC & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Peer Reviewer (2022) Molecular Ecology Resources
Peer Reviewer (2022) Systematic Biology
Peer Reviewer (2021) Molecular Ecology
Peer Reviewer (2020) Systematic Biology
Organizer & Host (2018) Monday Social for Ecologists & Evolutionary Biologists, UCLA
Department Representative (2018-17) Biological Sciences Council, UCLA
Laboratory Safety Coordinator (2019-2015) Alfaro Lab, TLSB 2154, UCLA
Scientific Diver (2015-14) Kelp Project, LA Waterkeeper, Los Angeles, CA
Peer Reviewer (2011) Journal of Fish Biology
Temporary Duty (2010) NOAA Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response, Pascagoula, MS
STEM Mentor (2010) Juneau-Douglas High School, Juneau, AK
Genetics Section Judge (2010) Southeast Alaska Regional Science Fair, Juneau, AK
Peer Reviewer (2010) Genetica
TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
Workshop on Molecular Evolution (2018) Marine Biological Laboratory
Scientific Diver (2012) American Academy of Underwater Sciences
SQL Fundamentals (2012) Oracle
Workshop on Leading Effective Technical Meetings (2011) NOAA
AFFILIATIONS
American Fisheries Society
American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists
Gilbert Ichthyological Society
Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Dr Michael Alfaro
Professor & Chair
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Dr Andrew Kinziger
Professor & Chair
Department of Fisheries Biology
Cal Poly Humboldt
Arcata, CA 95519
Dr Susan Marshall
Professor
Department of Forestry & Wildland Resources
Cal Poly Humboldt
Arcata, CA 95519
Dr Christine Thacker
Curator Emerita
Department of Ichthyology
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, CA 90007