VIOLA TONIOLO Oikonos Address: PO Box 1932 Benicia CA 94510 USA (415) 868-1399 email: viola at oikonos dot org

EDUCATION

Presently pursuing a PhD on the foraging ecology od Adélie penguins - Stanford University.

BS in Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology concentration - Cornell University, 1998.

Intern, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), various projects - PRBO Conservation Science, 2002-2003.

Intern, Life History and Demography of Riparian Associated Birds: a Monitoring Project - PRBO Conservation Science, 2002.

Intern, Population Studies of Northern Elephant Seals on the South Farallon Islands - PRBO Conservation Science, 2002.

Field Biologist, Golondrinas de las Americas Project - Cornell University, 1997.

APPOINTMENTS

Biologist, Geographic structure of Adélie Penguin populations: demography of population expansion - PRBO Conservation Science & Stanford University, 2002-present.

GIS Biologist, various projects - PRBO Conservation Science, 2003-2006.

Co-founder and board member - Oikonos, 2002-current

Riparian Habitat Conservationist, Marin Riparian Habitat Conservation Program - PRBO Conservation Science, 2000-2002

Landscape Designer, Restoring Native Ecosystems in the Urban Landscape - Ceiba Garden Design, 1998-1999

Research Assistant, A Study in Avian Chemical Ecology and Ethno-Ornithology, Yutaje, Venezuela - Cornell University, 1998

Collections Assistant - Paleontological Research Institution, 1997

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Ainley, D, K. Dugger, V. Toniolo, and I. Gaffney. In Press. Cetacean Occurrence Patterns In The Amundsen And Southern Bellingshausen Sea Sector, Southern Ocean. Marine Mammal Science.

Ainley, D., V. Toniolo, G. Ballard, K. Barton, J. Eastman, B. Karl, S. Focardi, G. Kooyman, P. Lyver, S. Olmastroni, B. Stewart, W. Testa, and P. Wilson. 2005. Top-Trophic Level Predators In The Ross Sea: Overlap In Diet And Habitat Use. 3rd International Ross Sea Conference. Venice, Italy.

Ainley, D., G. Ballard, C. Parkinson, V. Toniolo, and P. Trathan. 2005. Sea Ice Movement And The Winter Journeys Of Adelie Penguins In The Ross Sea Region: Does Physics Explain The Biology? 3rd International Ross Sea Conference. Venice, Italy.

Ballard, G., D. Ainley, K. Barton, M. Hester, H. Nevins, and V. Toniolo. 2004. Three-Dimensional Foraging Effort Of Breeding Adélie Penguins In Relation To Sex, Colony,Season, And Time Within Season. 5th International Penguin Conference. Ushuaia, Argentina.

Stralberg, D., V. Toniolo, G.W. Page, and L.E. Stenzel. 2004. Potential Impacts Of Non-Native Spartina Spread On Shorebird Populations In South San Francisco Bay. Report to the Coastal Conservancy Invasive Spartina Project.

Toniolo, V., and N. Scolari. 2002. Birds in the Agricultural Landscape: Riparian Restoration in Coastal California. 3rd International Partners in Flight Conference, Asilomar, CA.

Toniolo, V., Geupel GR and Elliott G. 2001. Working in Partnership with Private Landowners: Riparian Habitat Conservation in Marin County. Riparian Habitat and Floodplains Conference, Sacramento, CA.

Torres, E., V. Toniolo, D. Rosane, A. Dhondt, J. Louis-Jacques, and E. Rodriguez. 1998. Behavioral Ecology and Preen Gland Function of Neotropical Birds. Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science Conference, Washinton, D.C.

OTHER

Co-author, Love and Antarctic Light, Jubilat 9, 2005

Technical editor, Ecology and Conservation of Birds of the Salton Sink: an Endangered Ecosystem, edited by W.D. Shuford and K.C. Molina, Studies in Avian Biology No. 27, 2004.

Web master, www.oikonos.org, 2003-present.

Instructor, Standardized Methods for Monitoring Landbird Populations, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, 2000-2004.

Instructor, Bird Monitoring and Conservation: a workshop for private landowners, Blucher Creek Watershed Council, 2002.

Instructor, Restoring Riparian Habitat for Songbirds, Institute for Sustainable Forestry's Where the Wild Things Are workshop, 2001.

Member, Tomales Bay Watershed Council Habitat Committee, 2000-2002.

Editor, Walker Creek News, Marin County Resource Conservation District, 2000-2002.

Technical editor, The Riparian Bird Conservation Plan: a strategy for reversing the decline of riparian associated birds in California, 2000.

Vice-president, Cornell University Outing Club, 1996-1997.

SKILLS

• Field biology: field seasons in avian and/or plant ecology in Venezuela, New York, California (various sites), Farallon Islands, and Antarctica.

• Foreign Languages: Italian (native fluency).
  

• Geographic Information Systems: ArcView 3.2, ArcGIS 9.1, Spatial Analyst, Image Analysis.

• Programming: Avenue, FoxCode, R.
  

• Video, sound, and photo documentation in the field.
  

• Technical climbing and mountaineering.