Stellaria longipes

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Eric Post - Curriculum Vitae

Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Lab, University Park, PA, 16802  USA

Email:  esp10@psu.edu

 
Education           
           Ph.D. Biology.  University of Alaska, Fairbanks                                                             1995
           B.S. Biology.  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul                                       1989           


Professional Appointments

            Honorary Professor, Dept. of Arctic Environment, Aarhus University                        2009-
            Visiting Professor, Dept. of Arctic Environment, Aarhus University                          2007-08
            Asociate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Penn State University                                     2005   
            Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Penn State University                                    2000
            NSF Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Oslo                                                             1998
            Norwegian Science Council Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Oslo                       1996

Professional Service        
               
            NSF Global Change Biology workshop panelist                                                         2008
            NSF Arctic Natural Sciences panel member                                                               2008
            NSF Ecology panel member                                                                                        2006
            USA National Phenology Network Executive Committee                                           2005-
            USA National Phenology Network Implementation Committee                                2007-
            NSF Arctic Natural Sciences panel member                                                               2006
            NSF Frontiers of Ecology workshop panelist                                                               2006
            NSF Arctic Natural Sciences panel member                                                               2005
            NSF Ecology panel member                                                                                        2005
            Studies of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Observing Change Panel           2005-07
            Penn State Institutes of the Environment Committee on Global Change                  2000-
            Penn State Institutes of the Environment Advisory Committee                                 2001-03
            Penn State Ecology Graduate Admissions Committee (Chair)                                   2002-
            Penn State Ecology Curriculum Committee                                                               2003-
            Penn State Department of Biology Candidacy Committee (co-Chair)                       2002-
            Penn State Department of Biology Committee on Graduate Affairs                         2000-01
            Penn State Department of Geosciences Geobiologist Search Committee                2001
            Penn State Department of Biology Senior Ecologist Search Committee                   2001
 
Editorial Service
            PNAS, Guest Editor
            Population Ecology, Editorial Board
            Ecology, Associate Editor:  Special Feature on Phenology
            Northeastern Naturalist, Guest Editor
 
Grants, Fellowships, Awards

NSF:  Timing is everything:  seasonality and phenological dynamics linking species, communities, and trophic feedbacks in the Low- vs. High Arctic (PI); 2009-12; $363,137
NSF:  Understanding the role of environmental change on the long-term population dynamics of one surviving and two extinct arctic mammals (co-PI; B. Shapiro PI); 2009-12; $267,758
NSF:  IGERT Polar Environmental Change (co-I, R. Virginia PI); 2008-10; $465,351
NSF:  Trophic mismatch and its consequences for dynamics of an arctic herbivore (PI); 2007-09; $129,903
NSF:  After the Melt - an international conference on the ecology of arctic climate change (PI); 2008-09; $10,000
NSF:  IPY:  Establishing a legacy for international collaboration investigating ecological consequences of arctic climate change (PI); 2007-08; $85,893
NSF:  REU supplement to Consumer-resource dynamics in a changing climate (PI); 2007; $7107
NSF:  2nd National Phenology Network planning workshop (co-Investigator); 2006-07; $44,525
NSF:  Consumer-resource dynamics in a changing climate (PI); 2004-07; $127,400 
National Geographic Society:  Large mammals and vegetation response to climate change in arctic Greenland (PI); 2003-05; $18,600 
NSF:  Ontologies in action:  An information architecture to support investigation of linked health-environment interactions (co-PI with E. Barron and others); 2002-05; $299,994
NSF:  Individual-based studies of ecological response to climate change at multiple spatial and temporal scales (PI); 2001-04; $35,000           
NSF:  REU supplement:  Individual-based studies of ecological response to climate change at multiple spatial and temporal scales (PI); 2001-04; $6,000          
NSF:  Long-term reproductive strategies of herbivores and plants in response to climate change (PI); 1998-2000; $80,000
Norwegian Science Council Post-doctoral Fellowship:  Bioeconomy of red deer in Norway (co-PI); 1996-98; $72,000         
University of Alaska Graduate Natural Resources Fellowship; 1994-95; $10,000                            
University of Alaska Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship; 1990; $8,000                                                                                 
 

Other Honors

Thomson ISI’s #1 most highly-cited paper published in the past decade in the field of global warming  (Walther et al. 2002, Nature)
Essential Science Indicators #9 most cited researcher in the field of global warming (Walther et al. 2002, Nature)
Smith Fellows mentor in conservation biology:  2007 – 2008
Science magazine Editor’s Choice feature 2006 (publication no. 48 below)
Science magazine Editor’s Choice feature 2006 (publication no. 65 below)

 
 

Peer-reviewed Publications


2009

71.  Post, E., Forchhammer, M.C., Bret-Harte, S., Callaghan, T.V., Christensen, T.R., Elberling, B., Fox, A.D., Gilg, O., Hik, D.S., Høye, T.T., Ims, R.A., Jeppesen, E., Klein, D.R., Madsen, J., McGuire, A.D., Rysgaard, S., Schindler, D.E., Stirling, I., Tamstorf, M.P., Tyler, N.J.C., van der Wal, R., Welker, J., Wookey, P.A., Schmidt, N.M., & Aastrup, P.  Ecological dynamics across the Arctic associated with recent climate change.  Science, in press.

70.  Steltzer, H. & Post, E.  2009.  Seasons and life cycles.  Science 5929:886-887.

69.  Post, E., Brodie, J., Hebblewhite, M., Anders, A., Maier, J.A.K, & Wilmers, C.C.  2009.  Global population dynamics and hotspots of response to climate change.  BioScience 59:489-497.

68.  Høye, T.T., Post, E., & Meltofte, H.  2009.  Terrestrial ecosystems:  reproductive phenology.  Ch. 3 in Arctic Biodiversity Assessment:  Arctic 2010 Biodiversity Highlights.  In press.

67.  Post, E. & Brodie, J.  2009.  Extinction risk at high latitudes.  Pp x-xx in Extinction risk from climate change, Hannah, L. ed., Island Press, in press.

66.  Post, E.  2009.  Arctic mammals.  In Encyclopedia of weather and climate, 2nd. Ed.  Schneider, S.J. ed.  Oxford University Press, in press.


2008

65.  Post, E. & Pedersen, C.  2008.  Opposing plant community responses to warming with and without herbivores.  PNAS 105:12353-12358.

64.  Pedersen, C. & Post, E.  2008.  Interactions between herbivory and warming in aboveground biomass production of arctic vegetation.  BMC Ecology 8:17.

63.  Post, E., Pedersen, C., Wilmers, C.C., & Forchhammer, M.C.  2008.  Warming, plant phenology, and the spatial dimension of trophic mismatch for large herbivores.  Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 275:2005-2013.

62.  Post, E. & Forchhammer, M.C.  2008.  Climate change reduces reproductive success of an arctic herbivore through trophic mismatch.  Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 363:2369-2375.

61.  Post, E. & Inouye, D.W.  Phenology:  response, driver, and integrator.  2008.  Ecology 89:319-320.

60.  Post, E., Pedersen, C., Wilmers, C.C., & Forchhammer, M.C.  2008.  Phenological sequences reveal aggregate life history response to climate.  Ecology 89:363-370.

59.  Forchhammer, M.C., Christensen, T.R., Hansen, B.U., Tamstorf, M.T., Hinkler, J., Schmidt, N.M., Høye, T.T., Rasch, M., Meltofte, H., Elberling, B., & Post, E.  2008.  Zackenberg in a circumpolar context.  Advances in Ecological Research 40:499-544.

58.  Forchhammer, M.C., Schmidt, N.M., Høye, T.T., Berg, T.B., Hendrichsen, D.K., & Post, E.  2008.  Population dynamical responses to climate change.  Advances in Ecological Research 40:391-419.

57.  Garneau, D., Boudreau, T., Keech, M., Valkenburg, P., & Post, E., 2008.  Habitat use by black bears in relation to conspecifics and competitors.  Mammalian Biology 73:48-57.

56.  Garneau, D., Boudreau, T., Keech, M., Valkenburg, P., & Post, E., 2008.  Black bear movements and habitat use during a critical period for moose calves.  Mammalian Biology 73:85-92.


2007

55.  Agrawal, A.A., Ackerly, D.D., Adler, F., Arnold, A.E., Caceres, C., Doak, D.F., Post, E., Hudson, P.J., Maron, J., Mooney, K.A., Power, M., Stachowicz, J., Strauss, S., Turner, M.G., Werner, E.  2007.  In support of observational studies – reply.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:294-295.

54.  Høye, T.T., Post, E., Meltofte, H., Schmidt, N.M., & Forchhammer, M.C.  2007.  Rapid advancement of spring in the High Arctic.  Current Biology 17:449-451.

53.  Wilmers, C.C., Post, E., & Hastings, A.  2007.  The anatomy of predator-prey dynamics in a changing climate.  J. Anim. Ecol., 76:1037-1044.

52.  Wilmers, C.C., Post, E., & Hastings, A.  2007.  A perfect storm:  the combined effects on population fluctuations of autocorrelated environmental noise, age structure, and density dependence.  American Naturalist 169:673-683.

51.  Garneau, D., Post, E., Boudreau, T., & Valkenberg, P.  2007.  Spatio-temporal patterns of predation among three sympatric predators in a single-prey system.  Wildl. Biol., 13:186-194.

50.  Agrawal, A.A., Ackerly, D.D., Adler, F., Arnold, A.E., Caceres, C., Doak, D.F., Post, E., Hudson, P.J., Maron, J., Mooney, K.A., Power, M., Schemske, D., Stachowicz, J., Strauss, S., Turner, M.G., Werner, E.  2007.  Filling key gaps in population and community ecology.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:145-152.


2006

49.  Post, E & Forchhammer, M.C.  2006.  Spatially synchronous population dynamics: an indicator of Pleistocene faunal response to large-scale environmental change in the Holocene.  Quaternary International 151:99-105.

48.  Wilmers, C.C, Post, E., Peterson, R.O, & Vucetich, J.A.  2006.  Predator disease outbreak modulates top-down, bottom-up, and climatic effects on herbivore population dynamics.  Ecology Letters 9:383-389.

47.  Wilmers, C.C. & Post, E.  2006.  Predicting the influence of wolf-provided carrion on scavenger community dynamics under climate change scenarios.  Global Change Biology 12:403-409.

46.  Anders A.D & Post, E. 2006.  Distribution-wide effects of climate on population densities of a declining migratory landbird.  Journal of Animal Ecology 75:221-227.


2005

45. Post, E.  2005.  Large-scale spatial gradients in herbivore population dynamics.  Ecology, 86:2320-2328.

44. Forchhammer, M.C., Post, E., Berg, T.B.G., Høye, T.T., & Schmidt, N.M.  2005.  Large-scale climatic fingerprint in local short-term plant and herbivore behaviour.  Ecology, 86:2644-2651.


2004

43. Post, E. & Forchhammer, M.C.  2004.  Spatial synchrony of local populations has increased in association with the recent Northern Hemisphere temperature trend. PNAS, 101:9286-9290. 

42. Post, E. & Forchhammer, M.C.  2004.  Living in synchrony on Greenland coasts? – reply.  Nature, 427:698.

41. Post, E.  2004.  Time lags in terrestrial and marine environments.  Pp. 165-167 in Marine ecosystems and climate variation, N. C. Stenseth et al., eds.  Oxford University Press.

40. Forchhammer, M.C. & Post, E.  2004.  Using large-scale climate indices in climate change ecology studies.  Population Ecology, 46:1-12.

39. Ellis, A.M. & Post, E.  2004.  Population response to climate change:  linear vs. non-linear modeling approaches.  BMC Ecology, 4:2.

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2003

38. Post, E.  2003.  Large-scale climate synchronizes the timing of flowering by multiple species.  Ecology 84:277-281.

37. Post, E.  2003.  Climate-vegetation dynamics in the fast lane.  Trends Ecol. Evol., 18:551-553.

36. Post, E.  2003.  Timing of reproduction in large mammals:  climatic and density-dependent influences.  In Phenology, an integrative environmental science, M.D. Schwartz, ed., pp. 437-449.  Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands.

35. Post, E., Bøving, P.S., Pedersen, C., & MacArthur, M.A.  2003.  Synchrony between caribou calving and plant phenology in depredated and non-depredated populations.  Can. J. Zool. 81:1709-1714.

34. Post, E.  2003.  Book Review:  Population Cycles – the case for trophic interactions, Allan Berryman, Ed.  Q. Rev. Biol., 78:483-484.

33. Schmitz, O.J., Post, E., Burns, C.E., & Johnston, K. M.  2003.  Ecosystem responses to global climate change:  moving beyond color-mapping.  Bioscience, 53: 1199-1205.

32. Weladji, R.B., Steinheim, G., Post, E., Holand, Ø., & Ådnøy, T.  2003.  Pre-rut body weight affects lambing success in primiparous sheep (Ovis aries).  Acta Agric. Scand. Ser. A, 53:35-40.

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2002

31. Post, E. & Forchhammer, M.C.  2002.  Synchronization of animal population dynamics by large-scale climate.  Nature 420:168-171.

30. Post, E., Stenseth, N.C., Peterson, R.O., Vucetich, J.A., & Ellis, A.M.  2002.  Phase dependence and population cycles in a large-mammal predator-prey system.  Ecology 83:2997-3002.

29. Walther, G.-R., Post, E., Convey, P., Menzel, A., Parmesan, C., Beebee, T.J.C., Fromentin, J.-M., Guldberg, O.H., & Bairlein, F.  2002.  Ecological responses to recent climate change.  Nature 416:389-395.

28. Forchhammer, M.C., Post, E., & Stenseth, N.C.  2002.  North Atlantic Oscillation timing of long- and short-distance migration.  J. Anim. Ecol. 71:1002-1014.

27. Forchhammer, M.C., Post, E., Stenseth, N.C., & Boertmann, D.  2002.  Long-term responses in arctic ungulate dynamics to variation in climate and trophic processes.  Pop. Ecol. 44:113-120.

 

2001

26. Post, E., Forchhammer, M.C., Stenseth, N.C., & Callaghan, T.V.  2001. The timing of life history events in a changing climate.  Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268:15-23.

25. Post, E., Levin, S.A., Iwasa, Y., & Stenseth, N.C.  2001.  Reproductive asynchrony increases with environmental disturbance.  Evolution 55:830-834.

24. Post, E. & Forchhammer, M.C.  2001.  Pervasive influence of large-scale climate in the dynamics of a terrestrial vertebrate community.  BMC Ecology 1:5.

23. Post, E.  2001.  Northern ungulates as bioclimatic indicators.  pp. 183-192 in Integrated Regional Impact Studies in the European North, M. Lange, ed.  Univ. Münster Press.

22. Maier, J.A.K. & Post, E.  2001.  Sex-specific dynamics of North American elk in relation to global climate.  Alces 37:411-420.

21. Ottersen, G., Planque, B., Belgrano, A., Post, E., Reid, P.C., & Stenseth, N.C.  2001.  Ecological effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation.  Oecologia 128:1-14.

20. Oba, G., Post, E., & Stenseth, N.C.  2001.  Sub-saharan desertification and productivity are linked to hemispheric climate variability.  Global Change Biology 7:241-246.

 

2000

19. Forchhammer, M.C. & Post, E.  2000.  Climatic signatures in ecology.  Trends Ecol. Evol. 15:286.

18. Oba, G., Post, E., Syvertsen, P.O., & Stenseth, N.C.  2000.  Spatial patterns of pastoralist land use in relation to cycles of bush encroachment in dry savannah of southern Ethiopia.  Landscape Ecology, 15:535-546.

17. Oba, G., Post, E., Stenseth, N.C., & Lusigi, W.J.  2000.  The role of small ruminants in arid-zone environments:  a review of research perspectives.  Ann. Arid Zone 39:305-332.

 

1999

16. Post, E., Peterson, R.O., Stenseth, N.C., & McLaren, B.E.  1999.  Ecosystem consequences of wolf behavioural response to climate.  Nature, 401:905-907.

15. Post, E., Langvatn, R., Forchhammer, M.C., & Stenseth, N.C.  1999.  Environmental variation shapes sexual dimorphism in red deer.  PNAS, 96:4467-4471.

14. Post, E. & Stenseth, N.C.  1999.  Climatic variability, plant phenology, and northern ungulates.  Ecology, 80:1322-1339.

13. Post, E., Forchhammer, M.C., Stenseth, N.C., & Langvatn, R.  1999.  Extrinsic modification of vertebrate sex ratios by climatic variation.  Am. Nat., 154:194-204.

12. Post, E., Forchhammer, M.C., & Stenseth, N.C.  1999.  Population ecology and the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO).  Ecological Bulletins, 47:117-125.

11. Post, E. & Klein, D.R.  1999.  Caribou calf production and seasonal range quality during a population decline.  J. Wild. Manage., 63:335-345.

10. Stenseth, N.C., Chan, K.-S., Tong, H., Boonstra, R., Boutin, S., Krebs, C., Post, E., O'Donaghue, M., Yoccoz, N.G., Forchhammer, M.C., & Hurrell, J.W.  1999. Common dynamic structure of Canada lynx populations within three climatic regions.  Science, 285:1071-1073.

9.  Sætre, G.-P., Post, E., & Král, M.  1999.  Can environmental fluctuation prevent competitive exclusion in sympatric flycatchers?  Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 266:1247-1252.

8.  Oba, G. & Post, E.  1999.  Browse production by Acacia tortilis and offtake by free-ranging goats in an arid zone, Kenya.  J. Arid Environ., 43:183-195.

 

1998

7.  Post, E. & Stenseth, N.C.  1998.  Large-scale climatic fluctuation and population dynamics of moose and white-tailed deer.  J. Anim. Ecol., 67:537 - 543.

6.  Forchhammer, M.C., Post, E., & Stenseth, N.C.  1998.  Breeding phenology and climate. Nature, 391:29 - 30.

5.  Forchhammer, M.C., Stenseth, N.C., Post, E. & Langvatn, R.  1998.  Population dynamics of Norwegian red deer:  density-dependence and climatic variation.  Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 265:341 - 350.

 

1997

4.  Post, E., Stenseth, N.C., Langvatn, R., & Fromentin, J.-M.  1997.  Global climate change and phenotypic variation among red deer cohorts.  Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, 264:1317 - 1324.

3.  Bøving, P.S. & Post, E.  1997.  Vigilance and foraging behaviour of female caribou in relation to predation risk.  Rangifer, 17:55 - 63.

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1996

2.  Post, E.S. & Klein, D.R.  1996.  Relationships between graminoid growth form and levels of grazing by caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Alaska.  Oecologia, 107:364 - 372.

1995

1.  Post, E.S.  1995.  Comparative foraging ecology and social dynamics of caribou (Rangifer tarandus).  Ph.D. dissertation, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.  169 pages.

 

Professional Reports

Betancourt, J., Schwartz, M.D., Breshears, D., Cayan, D., Dettinger, M., Inouye, D., Post, E., & Reed, B.  2005.  Implementing a USA-National Phenology Network (USA-NPN).  EOS, in press.
ANONYMOUS.  2005.  SEARCH Observing Change Panel position paper.  Preparation for SEARCH Implementation Workshop, Lansdowne, VA, 23-25 May, 2005.
Forchhammer, M.C., Post, E., & Stenseth, N.C.  1999.  The North Atlantic Oscillation:  interactions between climatic and biological processes.  NSN Newsletter 24:10-14.
Post, E.S. & Bøving, P.S.  1994.  Botanical description of the Qeqertarsuatsiaat (Fiskenæset) region in relation to a possible introduction of muskoxen.  Report to the Greenland Homerule Government.  In Danish.
Post, E.S. & Bøving, P.S.  1993.  Botanical nature of Disko Island in relation to a possible introduction of muskoxen.  Report to the Greenland Homerule Government. 


Invited talks, symposia, and workshop participation

52.   University of Montana, College of Forestry & Conservation, 2010
51.   AGU Fall Meeting special session on high latitudes, 2009 (declined)
50.   UK Arctic Science Conference, National Oceonagraphy Centre, Southampton, 2009 (declined)
49.   Dartmouth College, Department of Biological Sciences, 2009
48.   AGU Fall Meeting special session on phenology, 2008
47.   Harvard University, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, 2008
46.  Northern Arizona University, 2008 (declined)
45.  "After the Melt" International Conference on Arctic Climate Change, Aarhus, Denmark, 2008
44.   Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., Annual Meeting, Washinton, D.C., 2008 (declined)
43.   Danish Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting, Keynote Address, 2008
42.   Netherlands Institute of Ecology, 2008
41.  Aarhus University, Denmark, 2007
40.  University of Gronningen, The Netherlands, 2007 (re-scheduled for 2008)
39.  The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, Sept 23-26, 2007
38.  University of Texas, Austin Section of Integrative Biology 2006 (cancelled)
37.  Danish Ministry of the Environment and National Research Institute of Denmark 2006
36.  University of Houston/Rice University Department of Biology 2006
35.  Ecological Integration Symposium, Texas A&M University 2006
34.  Royal Society Discussion:  “Climate as a synchronizer”; proposed 2006
33.  ESA and INTECOL symposium “The boreal forest and global change”, Montreal, Canada; 2005
32.  Penn State University, Dept. of Meteorology; 2005
31.  Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, Flagship Observatories Workshop; 2004
30.  Cornell University, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; 2004
29.  The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Calgary, Canada; 2004
28.  National Ecological Observatory Network Climate Change workshop, Tucson Arizona; 2004
27.  9th International Mammalogical Congress, Sapporo, Japan (declined); 2004
26.  Washington & Lee University, Dept. of Biology (declined); 2004
25.  UC-Berkeley, Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management; 2003          
24.  Bucknell University, Dept. of Biology; 2003
23.  Swarthmore College, Dept. of Biology; 2003
22.  University of Wyoming, Dept. of Zoology ; 2003
21.  University of Southern California, Wrigley Marine Science Center, Biocomplexity Workshop; 2003
20.  Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network, Stockholm, Sweden (declined); 2003
19.  Keynote address:  International Arctic Ungulate Conference, Saariselkä, Finland (declined); 2003
18.  Cambridge University, Dept. of Zoology (declined); 2003
 17.  Plenary lecture, Environmental Catastrophes in the Holocene, Brunel University, London; 2002
16.  Plenary lecture, Canadian Society of Zoologists E.E.E. Symposium, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; 2002
15.  Studies of Environmental Arctic Change Workshop, Dept. of Applied Physics, Univ. of Washington; 2002
14.  Pennsylvania Health-Environment Alliance Symposium, Hershey, PA; 2002
13.  Penn State Frontiers of Science public lecture; 2002
12.  Penn State Ecology Program; 2002
11.   Penn State Environmental Society; 2002
10.  Penn State University, Department of Geography; 2001
9.  Princeton University, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; 2000
8.  University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Biology; 1999 7.  SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse; 1999
6.  Dartmouth College, Dept. of Biology; 1999
5.  Plenary lecture, Dynamics in time and space:  basic and applied issues, The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Institute for Advanced Study, Oslo, Norway; 1999
4.  Plenary lecture, ARTERI workshop, Europe's cold regions:  scenarios for animal responses to global change, Abisko Scientific Research Station, Sweden; 1998
3.  Finse Research Station, Norway; 1998
2.  The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim; 1998
1. University of Oslo, Norway, Division of Zoology; 1998
 

Additional Invited Workshop Participation

Smith Fellows Society for Conservation Biology – American Museum of Natural History, NYC  April, 2007
NSF Frontiers in Ecology workshop – Washington, D.C., January, 2006
USA National Phenology Network annual workshop – UW-Milwaukee, September, 2006
USA National Phenology Network organizing workshop – Tucson, AZ, September, 2005
AIB NEON Global Change workshop – Tucson, AZ, September, 2004
Flagship Observatories workshop – Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 2004
NSF SEARCH Observing Change workshop – University of Washington, 2002

 

Professional Memberships

The Wildilfe Society
The Ecological Society of America
            - member of the Long Term Studies Section
American Institute of Biological Sciences

 

Students and Post-doctoral Fellows Advised

Alicia Ellis (M.S., 2002)
Amy Dechen (M.S., 2003)
Andrea Curatola (B.S. honors, 2003)
Danielle Garneau (Ph.D., 2005)
Christian Pedersen (Ph.D., 2007)
Angela Anders (Ph.D., 2007)
Chris Wilmers (post-doctoral fellow; 2004 – 2006)
Jedediah Brodie (post-doctoral fellow; 2007-2009)
Mike Avery (Ph.D., enrolled 2008)
Didem Ikis (Ph.D., enrolled 2009)
Jeff Kerby (Ph.D., enrolled 2009)

 

 

International Service

Member of the College of Reviewers for NSERC of Canada’s Special Research Opportunity program (2003 – 2005).

Regular reviewer for the Norwegian Science Council

 

 
Teaching Experience
Courses taught at Penn State since Fall 2001 (additional teaching experience elsewhere since 1987):
First Year Seminar:  Biology (PSU 16)
Populations and Communities (Biol 220)
Population Ecology and Global Climate Change (Biol 436/546)                                                       
Classic Ecology (Ecology 597a)
Critical Evaluation of the Scientific Literature (Biol 592)
Ecology Colloquium (Ecology 590)

 

Regular Reviewer for:  Nature, PNAS, NSF, NSERC, Norwegian Science Council, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Oikos, Ecography, Journal of Animal Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B.