KELLY M. ANDERSEN, PH.D. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

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1 KELLY M. ANDERSEN, PH.D. POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH SAN DIEGO ZOO GLOBAL SAN PASCUAL VALLEY ROAD ESCONDIDO, CA USA PHONE: X WEBSITE: RESEARCH INTERESTS My primary research interests include plant community ecology and plant soil interactions, with particular interest in understanding mechanisms that determine both native and nonnative species distribution patterns along soil nutrient gradients. However, I have broad interests across both plant community and ecosystem ecology. EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana, 2009, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (PEEB), Advisor: James W. Dalling. B.S. University of Wisconsin Madison, 2000, Conservation Biology and Certificate in Environmental Studies PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012 POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, San Diego Zoo, Institute for Conservation Research POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute GRADUATE STUDENT, University of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, INTERN/RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center PUBLICATIONS Andersen, K.M. and B.L. Turner Preferences or plasticity in nitrogen acquisition by understory palms in a tropical montane forest? Journal of Ecology, 101: Dalling, J.W., K. Winter, K.M. Andersen and B.L. Turner Artefacts of the pot environment on soil nutrient availability: implications for the interpretation for ecological studies. Plant Ecology, 214: Turner, B.L., A. Wells, K.M. Andersen, and L.M. Condron Patterns of tree community composition along a coastal dune chronosequence in lowland temperate rain forest in New Zealand. Plant Ecology 213: Turner, B.L., L.M. Condron, A. Wells and K.M. Andersen Soil development and nutrient dynamics along a coastal sand dune chronosequence under lowland temperate rain forest. Catena, 97: Andersen, K.M., M.J. Endara, B.L. Turner, and J.W. Dalling Trait-based community assembly of understory palms along a soil nutrient gradient in a lower montane tropical forest. Oecologia, 168: Andersen, K.M., M.D. Corre, B.L. Turner, and J.W. Dalling Plant soil associations in 1

2 a lower montane tropical forest: physiological acclimation and herbivore-mediated responses to nitrogen addition. Functional Ecology, 24: Andersen, K.M., B.L. Turner, and J.W. Dalling Soil-based habitat partitioning in understory palms in lower montane forests. Journal of Biogeography, 37: Lovelock, C.E., K. Andersen, and J. B. Morton Host tree species and environmental control on arbuscular mycorrhizal spore communities in a tropical forest. Oecologia, 135: NON-PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS Dalling, J.W., A. Morris, P. Caballero, K. Andersen, and B. Turner La dinámica del bosque de montaña en la Reserva Forestal de Fortuna, Chiriquí. Tecnociencia, 12: Morris, A., J. Dalling, K. Andersen Web-guide to the trees and shrubs of the Fortuna Forest Reserve, Chiriqui, Panama. PRESENTATIONS Dalling, J.W., A. Morris, K.M Andersen, P. Caballero and B.L. Turner. Tree species composition and floristic turnover across a soil fertility gradient in a lower montane forest. Annual meeting of the Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), San Jose, Costa Rica, June Andersen, K.M., and Oregon MIREN members. Patterns of non-native plant invasions in the Blue Mountains of Northeast Oregon, USA. Annual meeting of the Mountain Invasions Research Network (MIREN), Pucón, Chile, November Andersen, K.M., J.R. Mayor, and B.L. Turner. Nitrogen acquisition strategies in tropical mountain forests. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), Portland, OR, August Andersen, K.M. Predicting seedling performance along a soil nutrient gradient: Shifts in the relative importance of functional traits and biotic interactions. ESA annual meeting, Austin, TX, August Andersen, K.M. Preferences or plasticity in nitrogen acquisition in a lower montane forest? Fellows Symposium, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). March Andersen, K.M. An experimental assessment of soil-based resource partitioning in understory palms. ESA annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI, August Andersen, K.M. Soil-based resource partitioning in understory palms. 10 th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana (UIUC), February Andersen, K.M. Soil-based resource partitioning in understory palms. ESA annual meeting, San Jose, CA, August Andersen, K.M. Soil-based resource partitioning in understory palms. STRI Fellows Symposium, June Andersen, K.M. and J.W. Dalling. Assessment of species composition and forest structure in relation to microenvironment conditions in tropical forests. Tinker Foundation Symposium, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, UIUC, November Andersen, K. M., and C. E. Lovelock. Temporal and spatial variation of arbuscular mycorrhizal communities in a temperate forest. ESA annual meeting, Madison, WI, August

3 FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS Smithsonian Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute SI POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Nitrogen partitioning in lower montane forests. Awarded $67, , 2007 University of Illinois, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology PEEB CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANT: Awarded $ University of Illinois, Graduate College GRADUATE COLLEGE TRAVEL GRANT: Awarded $ National Science Foundation NSF DISSERTATION IMPROVEMENT GRANT: An experimental assessment of soil resource availability and herbivory in determining habitat specificity in understory palms. Awarded $12, Smithsonian Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute SI PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: Soil-based habitat partitioning in understory palms. Awarded $25, University of Illinois, School of Integrative Biology CLARK RESEARCH SUPPORT GRANT. Awarded $ University of Illinois, Graduate College DISSERTATION TRAVEL GRANT. Awarded $ Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIP. Awarded $ University of Illinois, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology PEEB SUMMER RESEARCH GRANT. Awarded $ University of Illinois, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology PEEB RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP. Awarded $ University of Illinois, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies TINKER TRAVEL AWARD. Awarded $ University of Illinois, Graduate College PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP. Awarded $7500. ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2008 University of Illinois, Dept. of Plant Biology GOVINDJEE AND RAJNI GOVINDJEE AWARD. Awarded $ University of Illinois, 10 th Annual Graduate Student Symposium BEST TALK BY PH.D STUDENT. Awarded $ , 2005 University of Illinois INCOMPLETE LIST OF TEACHERS RANKED EXCELLENT University of Illinois, School of Integrative Biology JOHN G. AND EVELYN HARTMAN HEILIGENSTEIN OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANT. Awarded $400. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2012 INVITED SPEAKER FOR UNDERGRADUATE HONORS SEMINAR at the University of Georgia, Lecture on Trait-based Plant Community Ecology. 3

4 2008 TEACHING ASSISTANT, University of Illinois, Integrative Biology (IB) 199 Merit workshop 2007, 2008 INVITED INSTRUCTOR FOR A TROPICAL ECOLOGY FIELD COURSE for students of the Autonomous University of Chiriqui (UNACHI), Panama TEACHING ASSISTANT, University of Illinois, IB 151-Laboratory 2002, 2008 TEACHING ASSISTANT, University of Illinois, IB 150-Discussion ACADEMIC SERVICE CHAIRPERSON, Plant Biology Affiliated Graduate Students (PBAGS) GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, Department of Plant Biology PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2008-present REFEREE for Biotropica (1), Journal of Applied Ecology (1), Journal of Biogeography (2), Journal of Community Ecology (1), Journal of Ecology (3), Journal of Tropical Ecology (1), New Phytologist (1), Oecologia (1), Plant Ecology (7), Plant Ecology and Diversity (1) MENTOR FOR UNDERGRADUATE THESIS for two Panamanian students at the Universidad Autonimo de Chiriqui (UNACHI) 2008 INSTRUCTOR FOR AN INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY MERIT WORKSHOP PROGRAM designed for high achieving students from targeted demographic groups interested in a career in science 2006 MENTOR FOR A STRI INTERN from Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Ecuador awarded a 3-month internship to learn plant ecophysiology techniques 2005 MENTOR FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT from the University of Illinois participating in the NSF-sponsored Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) program 2004 DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULAR MATERIALS, Introductory Biology Laboratory, University of Illinois PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 2007-present MEMBER of the Ecological Society of America 2012-present Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Andersen, K.M., J.W. Dalling and B.L. Turner. In prep. Trade-offs, functional traits, and biotic interactions determine seedling performance along a soil nutrient gradient in a lower montane forest. Target journal: Ecology Andersen, K.M., J.R. Mayor and B.L. Turner. In prep. Competition for chemical forms of nitrogen among sympatric plant species in a low nitrogen forest. Andersen, K.M., B.J. Naylor, B.A. Endress, K. Coe, and C.G. Parks. In prep. Patterns of nonnative plant species invasions in the Blue Mountains of Northeast Oregon, USA. 4

5 ADVANCED TRAINING/WORKSHOPS INTRODUCTION TO ARCGIS PART I, 2011, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, organized by Milton Solano. INTRODUCTION TO R, 2005, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, organized by Richard Condit. TROPICAL PLANT SYSTEMATICS, 2004, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Dr. James W. Dalling, Associate Professor, University of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana, Department of Plant Biology, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, 286 Morrill Hall, Urbana, IL 61801, Phone: , Fax: , dallingj@life.illinois.edu, Webpage: Dr. Benjamin L. Turner, Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Unit 9100, BOX 0948, DPO AA , USA, Phone: , Fax: , turnerbl@si.edu, Webpage: Dr. Carol Augspurger, Associate Professor, University of Illinois - Champaign/Urbana, Department of Plant Biology, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, 286 Morrill Hall, Urbana, IL 61801, Phone: , Fax: , carolaug@illinois.edu Dr. Bryan Endress, Director of Applied Plant Ecology, San Diego Zoo Global, Institute for Conservation Research, San Pasqual Valley Road, Escondido, CA, 92027, Phone: , Fax: , bendress@sandiegozoo.org 5