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Lavalli, Kari Lee was born on February 23, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Walter Ray and Lee Lavalli.
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Kari Lee Lavalli, American Marine biologist. Achievements include discovery that lobsters are capable of suspension feeding in their juvenile stages when they are highly susceptible to predation and that armor may be much more important to crustacean survival than weapons.
F C. Recipient Koch prize Wells College, 1982, Alumni award Boston University, 1987,Graduate Student Travel award, 1986, 89.
Education
Bachelor, Wells College, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1992.
Career
Research assistant, U. Pittsburgh, 1981;
research assistant, Wells College, Aurora, New York, 1982;
field assistant, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Crested Butte, Colorado, 1982;
teaching fellow, Boston University, 1983-1989;
lecturer, staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1988-1991, 93;
postdoctoral fellow, Marine Science Center Northeastern U., East Point, Massachusetts, 1992-1994. Visiting lecturer marine program Boston University, 1991, Northeastern U., 1993. Research fishery biologist National Marine Fisheries Service, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, 1994.
Assistant professor Wellesley College, 1994. Fulbright fellow U. Haifa, 1994-1997. Visiting lecturer marine program Boston University, 1997.
Lecturer marine biology Brandeis U., 1998;assistant professor S.W. Texas State University, since 1998. Consultant Battelle, 1997-1998. V.p.Lobster Conservancy, 1996-1998.
Freelance writer, 1991. Grant reviewerSigma Delta Epsilon, 1989-1990, 92. Visiting scientist Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1990.
Article reviewer Journal Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, since 1991, Marine Behavior and Physiology, since 1992, Journal Crustacean Biology, since 1998, transactions North America Fishery Society, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Delaware National Women's Conference in Observance of International Woman's Year, Houston, 1977. Member American Association of University Women, American Society Zoologists, Animal Behavior Society, Association for Womenin Science, Crustacean Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Delta Epsilon.
