Olivia Markham

Graduate Student

Degree Sought: Ph.D.
Major Professor:  Dr. Matt DiMaggio

Olivia Markham is a graduate assistant obtaining her Ph.D. in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Lab. Funded by Rising Tide Conservation, she is working with Dr. Matt DiMaggio and Ph.D. candidate Casey Murray on marine ornamental aquaculture, focusing specifically on the Pacific Blue Tang and Flame Hawkfish. During her time at the Tropical Aquaculture Lab, Olivia’s goal is to recreate the lab’s previous success with Pacific Blue Tang and optimize environmental conditions for captive spawning and larval rearing, along with other important ornamental trade species like Flame Hawkfish and Firefish. She is also helping Casey Murray with her dissertation research on larval fish digestive physiology.

Olivia graduated from Roger Williams University in 2020 with a B.S. in Marine Biology and a B.A. in Aquaculture and Aquarium Science. During her undergraduate years, she started her career in ornamental aquaculture in live feeds production at the RWU CEED Wet Laboratory and completed her senior thesis studying and optimizing sulfur denitrification. She also worked at the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and cared for their local marine fauna exhibits.

In whatever free time she has, Olivia enjoys going to the beach, playing Animal Crossing, knitting, or reading with her cat.

CONTACT

UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory
1408 24th Street SE
Ruskin, FL  33570
oliviamarkham@ufl.edu
813-671-5230

• Education

  B.S., Marine Biology, 2020, Roger Williams University

  B.A., Aquaculture and Aquarium Science, 2020, Roger Williams University

   

• Publications

  Murray, C.A, O. Markham, S.W. Hutchins, and M.A. DiMaggio. 2022. Characterizing the gastrointestinal development and digestive enzyme ontogeny of larval Amphiprion ocellaris. Aquaculture 563:738897.
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• Presentations

  Murray, C.A., O.I. Markham, E. Domas, M.A. DiMaggio. 2023. Examining the digestive physiology of larval Betta splendens to improve larval culture protocols. Invited Oral Presentation. Aquaculture America, New Orleans, LA, USA. pg 389.

  Murray, C.A., O.I. Markham, S.W. Hutchins, M.A. DiMaggio. 2023. Characterizing the gastrointestinal development and digestive enzyme ontogeny of larval Amphiprion ocellaris. Poster Presentation. Aquaculture America, New Orleans, LA, USA. pg 390.

  O.I. Markham, C.A. Murray, S.W. Hutchins, M.A. DiMaggio. 2023. Effects of environmental manipulations on survival, growth, and feeding incidence of larval Dascyllus auripinnis. Invited Oral Presentation. Aquaculture America, New Orleans, LA, USA. pg 341.

  S.W. Hutchins, C.A. Murray, O.I. Markham, M.A. DiMaggio. 2023. Mod your pods: Improving feeding success of marine larval fishes by modifying copepods’ escape responses. Invited Oral Presentation. Aquaculture America, New Orleans, LA, USA. pg 264.

  O.I. Markham, C.A. Murray, S.W. Hutchins, M.A. DiMaggio. 2023. Manipulating environmental parameters to improve survival, growth, and feeding incidence of larval Neocirrhitus armatus. Poster presentation. Aquaculture America, New Orleans, LA, USA. Poster Presentation pg 342.

  Murray, C.A., O.I. Markham, N. Evans, M.A. DiMaggio. 2022. Using digestive ontogeny data to design larval culture protocols for Gyrinocheilus aymonieri. 152^nd Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Spokane, Washington, USA. Poster Presentation. Abstract

  Murray, C.A., O.I. Markham, N. Evans, M.A. DiMaggio. 2022. A glimpse into the larval development and digestive physiology of the freshwater ornamental Chinese algae eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri). Poster Presentation. Women of the Water, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida.

  O.I. Markham, C.A. Murray, S.W. Hutchins, M.A. DiMaggio. 2022. Effects of environmental manipulations on survival, growth, and feeding incidence in larval golden domino damselfish, Dascyllus auripinnis. Poster Presentation. Women of the Water, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, Florida.

  Murray, C.A., O.I. Markham, N. Evans, M.A. DiMaggio. 2022. Investigating the ontogeny of digestive function in larval Chinese algae eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri) to inform feeding and weaning protocols. Poster presentation. Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Haines City, Florida.

  Murray, C.A., O.I. Markham, N. Evans, M.A. DiMaggio. 2022. Examining the digestive physiology of the Chinese algae eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri) to improve larval culture protocols. Poster presentation. Aquaculture, San Diego, CA.

• Awards

  2023 Student Poster Honorable Mention - Florida AFS

  2023 Oral Presentation Award - NOAA, Sea Grant - World Aquaculture Society 

  2023 Fish Culture Section (FCS) Best Student Abstract Travel Award - American Fisheries Society FCS - World Aquaculture Society

  2023 Aquatic Equipment and Design Travel Award – US Aquaculture Society - World Aquaculture Society