Education Ph.D.  University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1994. Major: Geology and Geophysics             Lava Flow Dynamics: Clues from Fractal Analysis. Advisor: G. Jeffrey Taylor M.S.    University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1990. Major: Geology & Geophysics             High-Resolution UV/Visible Spectroscopy of Lunar Red Spots. Advisor:             Paul Lucey B.S.    Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1987. Major: Geological            Sciences B.A.    Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1987. Major: Mathematics

Professional Appointments (*=non-compensated appointments)
2010–2011         Affiliate Faculty*, College of Education, UHM
2008–present    Graduate Faculty*, Department of Oceanography, SOEST, UHM
2007–present    Affiliate Faculty*, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology (HIGP), SOEST, UHM
2006–present    Specialist & Director of Education, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE).
                              Originally hired in 2006 as Associate Specialist & Education Coordinator; promoted in 2011
2004–2007         Various part-time research staff positions in geology and geophysics, HIGP, UHM
2004–2006         Educational Specialist (part-time), College of Education, UHM
2004–2006         Technical Consultant (Geophysics), Proxemy Research Inc., Maryland
2002–2003         Post-Graduate Skills Tutor, Centre for Staff and Educational Development, University of East Anglia, England
1998–2001         Assistant Professor, Earth and Physical Sciences, Broward College, Florida
1996–1998         Postdoctoral Researcher, Marine Geology & Geophysics, Oregon State University
1994–1996         Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Earth Sciences, The Open University, England

Research Interests
My research interests include lava flow dynamics and science education.

Awards
National Marine Educators Association, 2011 Marine Science Educator Award (for excellence in marine science education)
Northwest Regional Education Service District 2009-2010 Partner in Education (for community education)
Professor of the Year, Broward College, 2000 (for excellence in undergraduate teaching)
ARCS Achievement Reward for College Scientists, for doctoral research (1994)
NASA Graduate Student Research Fellowship, for doctoral research (1992-1994)

Memberships & Affiliations
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI) (education advisory board member)
Hawaii Science Teachers Association (HaSTA)
Infrastructure for Broadening Participation in STEM (advisory committee member)
National Marine Educators Association (NMEA)
National Science Foundation (review panelist for CCLI, GRFP, ITEST, STC programs)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
Ocean Literacy Alliance (founding member)
Oceania, the Hawaii chapter of the National Marine Educators Association  
Pacific Alliance, for encouraging individuals with disabilities to pursue STEM majors
University of Hawaii Commission on the Status of Women

Selected Synergistic Activities
- Promote Literacy in Microbial Oceanography (MO): Co-authored “Key Concepts in Microbial Oceanography” brochure. Co-organized EARTH teacher workshop in MO. Incorporated MO content into Fluid Earth/Living Ocean textbook revision (4th edition). Created MO programs for K-12 teachers and students. Co-convener of “Recent Advances in MO” Fall AGU session. Co-founder of Ocean Literacy Alliance-Hawaii (OLA-HI).  Supervise the content of the C-MORE Education (cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/education.htm) and Ocean FEST (oceanfest.soest.hawaii.edu) websites.

- Promote Diversity in the Earth and Ocean Sciences: Co-created minority-focused C-MORE Undergraduate Scholars Program. Co-convened “Partnerships for Education and Diversity in the Earth and Ocean Sciences“ AGU session. Team-taught “Malama I Ka Aina“ teacher-training culture-science course for multiple semesters. Created Hawaiian culturally focused geoscience curriculum for the UH College of Education's Center of Disability Studies. Mentor for the MS-PhD program. Received three Student Equity, Excellence & Diversity (SEED) grants to promote Hawaiian science. Received 2 NSF and 1 NASA grant to create Hawaiian culturally relevant science curriculum. Mentored 22 undergraduate and graduate students and 11 teachers; all but 3 of the students are ethnic or racial minorities.

- Promote family geoscience events in Hawaii:  Workshop instructor at annual Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery to promote hands-on science in astronomy, geology and related fields; C-MORE Coordinator of biennial SOEST Open House event; Organize Ohana (family) days for Na Pua Noeau’s Native Hawaiian students. Received NSF/GEO grants through Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in Geoscience (OEDG) and Geoscience Education (GeoEd) programs to run career-oriented ocean-themed family science nights statewide in Hawaii for elementary (20/year) and middle/high school (4/year) students and their families.

- University of Hawaii Appointments/Service: Graduate Faculty, Depts. of Oceanography and Geology & Geophysics; Affiliate Faculty, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology; Affiliate Faculty, College of Education; Member, SOEST Outreach Committee; Member, UH Commission on the Status of Women.

Scientific Research Publications
Burr, D.M., B.C. Bruno, P.D. Lanagan, L.S. Glaze, W.L. Jaeger, R.J. Soare, J.-M. Wan Bun Tseung, J.A. Skinner; S.M. Baloga (2009), Mesoscale raised rim depressions (MRRDs) on Earth: A review of the characteristics, processes, and spatial distributions of analogs for Mars, Planet. and Space Sci. 57, 79-596, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.11.011.

Baloga, S.M., L.S. Glaze, and B.C. Bruno (2007), Nearest neighbor analysis of small features on Mars: Applications to tumuli and rootless cones, J. Geophys. Res. 112, E03002, doi:10.1029/2005JE002652.

Bruno, B.C., S.A. Fagents, C.W. Hamilton, D.M. Burr, and S.M. Baloga (2006), Identification of volcanic rootless cones, ice mounds, and impact craters on Earth and Mars: Using spatial distribution as a remote sensing tool, J. Geophys. Res., 111, E06017, doi:10.1029/2005JE002510.

Baloga, S.M and B.C. Bruno (2005), The origin of transverse ridges on the surfaces of catastrophic mass flow deposits on the Earth and Mars, J. Geophys. Res. 110, E05007, doi:10.1029/2004JE002381.

Bruno, B.C., S.A. Fagents, T. Thordarson, S.M. Baloga and E. Pilger (2004), Clustering within rootless cone groups on Iceland and Mars: Effect of nonrandom processes.  Geophys. Res. Lett. 109, E07009, doi:10.1029/2004JE002273.

Blake, S. and B.C. Bruno (2000), Modeling the emplacement of compound lava flows. Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett. 184, 181-197.

Symonds, G., R.A. Holman and B.C. Bruno (1997), Rip Currents. Proceedings of Coastal Dynamics ‘97. ASCE: Plymouth, UK, 584-593.

Bruno, B.C., S.M. Baloga and G.J. Taylor (1996), Modeling gravity-driven flows on an inclined plane. Journal Geophys. Res. 101, 11, 565-11, 577.

Bruno, B.C. and G.J. Taylor (1995), Morphologic identification of Venusian lavas.  Geophys. Res. Lett. 22, 1897-1900.

Bruno, B.C., G.J. Taylor, S.K. Rowland and S.M. Baloga (1994), Quantifying the effect of rheology on lava flow margins using fractal geometry. Bull. Volc. 56, 193-206.

Bruno, B.C., G.J. Taylor, S.K. Rowland, P.G. Lucey, and S. Self (1992), Lava flows are fractals. Geophys. Res. Lett. 19, 305-308.

Bruno, B.C., P.G. Lucey, and B.R. Hawke (1991), High resolution UV-visible spectroscopy of lunar red spots.  Proceedings of Lunar Planet. Sci. XXI, 405-415.

Lucey, P.G., B.C. Bruno and B.R. Hawke (1991), Preliminary results of imaging spectroscopy of the Humorum Basin Region of the Moon. Proceedings of Lunar Planet. Sci.  XXI, 391-403.

Peer-Reviewed Educational Publications
Foley, J.M., B.C. Bruno, R.T. Tolman, R.S. Kagami, M.H. Hsia, B. Mayer, J.K. Inazu (2013, accepted pending revisions). C-MORE Science Kits as a Classroom Learning Tool. Journal of Geoscience Education (accepted pending revisions).

Hsia, M.H. and B.C. Bruno (2012). Hands-on family science program stimulates interest in ocean science careers. Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 28(2), 16-25.

Gibson, B.A. and B.C. Bruno (2012). The C-MORE Scholars Program: Motivations for an academic-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates program. Journal of College Science Teaching, 41(5), 12-18.

Bruno, B.C., S.E. Thomas, M.M. Frazier & L. James (2011). Student Perspectives on Facilitating Positive Undergraduate Research Experiences. Council of Undergraduate Research Quarterly, 32(2), 37-40.

Wiener, C.S., B.C. Bruno, J. Foley (2011), Monitoring Coral Reefs using Quadrats. The Green Teacher, 92, 31-34.

Hsia, M.H., K.A. Thomas and B.C. Bruno (2011). What microbe are you? An activity designed for our youngest scientists. American Society for Microbiology Classroom and Outreach Activities (online), July 2011. (http://www.asm.org/index.php/education/classroom-activities.html)

B.C. Bruno, C. Wiener, A. Kimura, and R. Kimura (2011), Ocean FEST: Families Exploring Science Together.  J. Geosci. Educ. 59, 13-21 (2011); doi:10.5408/1.3543933.

Thomas, K.A., Bruno, B.C., K. Achilles and S.B. Sherman (2011), A Watery Whodunit: The Case of the Missing Zooxanthellae.  Science Scope 34(7): 44-54.

Bruno, B.C., K.A. Tice, N. Puniwai and K. Achilles (2011), Hands-on Experiments to Explore the Causes & Consequences of Ocean Acidification.  Science Scope 34(6): 23-30.

Bruno, B.C, K. Tice, K.M. Achilles, and J. Matsuzaki (2010), Quantifying Marine Microbes:  A Simulation to Introduce Random Sampling.  American Society of Microbiology - Online Microbial Discovery Activity. (http://www.asm.org/asm/images/MDA-PDF/2010%20marine%20microbes.pdf)                              

Weersing, K., J. Padilla-Gamiño, and B.C. Bruno (2010), What Microbe Are You?  The Science Teacher, 77(6):40-44.

Bruno, B.C., K.M. Achilles, K.A. Weersing, G. Walker, and P.F. Kemp (2008), Professional development at the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE). The Earth Scientist.  XXVII(2): 7-10.

Non Peer-Reviewed Educational Publications & Curriculum Books
Mayer, B. and B.C. Bruno (2011). C-MORE and Science Buzz: Where students and scientists meet. The Earth Scientist, 27(4), 27-30.  

Padilla-Gamiño, J and B.C. Bruno (2010), El Mar y Sus Microbios, Hélix, Ciencia y Desarrollo (monthly spanish-language children's magazine), Mexico City.

Bruno, B.C., K.M. Achilles, K.A. Weersing, G. Walker, and P.F. Kemp (2008), Professional development at the Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education (C-MORE). The Earth Scientist. 27(2): 7-10.

Achilles, K., B.C. Bruno, G. Walker, K. Weersing and the C-MORE Team (2008), Key Concepts in Microbial Oceanography (http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/downloads/MO_key_concepts_hi-res.pdf)

Bruno, B.C. and J.Q. Zhang, eds. (2005), Pikoi Ke Kaula Kualena: Standards-based, culturally relevant science curricula for Hawai`i’s students, published by the Pikoi Ke Kaula Kualena project, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.

Bruno, B.C. and J.Q. Zhang, eds. (2004), Malama I Ka Aina: Standards-based, culturally relevant science curricula for Hawai`i’s students, published by the Malama I Ka Aina project, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu.

Bruno, B.C. (1999), Earth and Physical Science Laboratory Manual, Three Bees Press, Fort Lauderdale.  (used as course text for laboratory class at Broward College, Florida)