Education

• B.A. St. Mary's  College of  Maryland

• M.S. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland

Research Statement

I am interested in the bioenergetic and trophic relationships of benthic ecosystems. I use a combination of field, laboratory, and computer simulations to create predictive models that can be used to answer fisheries and ecosystem management questions. I am currently exploring the ramifications of benthic secondary production and nutritional quality on the enhancement of the blue crab Callinecties sapidus stocks using hatchery reared animals.

Research Experience

2003 - Current: Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, The College of William and Mary

• The effects of episodic hypoxia on the distribution, foraging, and scope for growth of blue crabs (Callinecties sapidus).

• The implications of Macoma balthica production and nutritional quality on the enhancement of Callinictes sapidus stocks

2003: Medicare Data Analyst, TrustSolutions LLC.

• Identifying potential fraud, waste and abuse in Medicare date using statistical and data-mining techniques.

• Developing stochastic and neural network-based models to detect criminal activity

1998 – 2002: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland Center for Ecological Science Solomons, Maryland

• The Bioenergetic modeling of blue crab (Callinecties sapidus).

• The exploration and modeling of temperature Dependant blue crab growth using molt-process techniques.

2001: Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WATER Institute Fisheries Laboratory

• Performed experiments and field studies of the feeding and larval ecology of the yellow perch.

1997-1998: Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland Center for Ecological Science Solomons, Maryland

• Explored the variation in blue crab growth in different habitats using and enclosure study.

1997: Undergraduate Research, St. Mary's College of Maryland - Glover's Reef Biological Station, Belize.

• Explored the effectiveness of algal decoration on the survival of Caribbean masking crabs.

1997: Summer Fellow (NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program), Maryland Sea Grant College, College Park, Maryland

• Explored the effects of temperature regimes on blue crab growth and mortality.

Teaching Experience

• 1997 - Teaching Assistant for Ecological Methods, St. Mary's College of  Maryland

• 2005 - Adjunct Instructor of Anatomy and Physiology, Thomas Nelson Community College

Publications

• Brylawski, B.J.; T. J. Miller (2003) Bioenergetic modeling of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) using the Fish Bioenergetics (3.0) computer program. Bulletin of Marine Science. 72(2):471-490.

• Brylawski, B.J.; T.J. Miller (2006) Temperature-dependent growth of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), a molt process approach. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63: 1298 1308.