DONALD R. SCHOOLMASTER JR.

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1 DONALD R. SCHOOLMASTER JR. National Wetland Research Center 112 Hillside Dr. U.S. Geological Survey Lafayette, LA Cajundome Blvd. Home: (269) Lafayette, LA Work: (337) ACADEMIC/RESEARCH POSITIONS Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center 04/14-Present Research Scientist, IAP World Services/Five Rivers Services, Inc. U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center 07/10-4/14 Adjunct Research Associate, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, 08/10-Present Coordinator, Enhancing Linkages between Mathematics and Ecology Program, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University 06/07-07/10 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University 06/07-07/10 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Case Western Reserve, Department of Biology. 04/05-06/07 EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Michigan 2004 Plant Ecology M.S. University of Michigan 1998 Plant Biology B.S. Eastern Michigan University 1996 Ecosystem Biology PUBLICATIONS Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Mittelbach, G.G. and Gross,K.L Resource competition and community response to fertilization: the outcome depends on spatial strategies. Theoretical Ecology, 7: Grace, J.B., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Schweiger, E.W, Mitchell, B.R., Miller, K.M. & Guntenspergen, G.R Connecting the Dots: A Collaborative USGS NPS Effort to Expand the Utility of Monitoring Data. The George Wright Forum, 31: Schoolmaster Jr., D.R Resource competition and coexistence in heterogeneous metacommunities: many-species coexistence is unlikely to be facilitated by spatial variation in resources. PeerJ, 1:e136 1

2 Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Grace, J.B., Schweiger, E.W., Mitchell, B.R. & Guntenspergen, G.R. A causal examination of the effects of confounding factors on multimetric indices. Ecological Inidicators, 29: Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Grace, J.B., Guntenspergen, G.R., Mitchell, B.R., Miller, K.M. & Little, A.M. An algorithmic and information-theoretic approach to multimetric index construction. Ecological Indicators, 26: Aanderud, Z.A., Jones, S.E., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Fierer, N. & Lennon, J.T. Sensitivity of soil respiration to and microbial communities to altered snowfall. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 57: *Grace, J.B., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Guntenspergen, G.R., Little, A.M., Mitchell, B.R., Miller, K.M. & Schweiger, E.W Guidelines for graph-theortic implementation of structural equation modeling. Ecosphere, 3:1-44. *Selected as a Faculty of 1000 Biology Paper Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Grace, J.B., Schweiger, E.W A general theory of multimetric indices and their properties. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 3: Lennon J.T., Aanderud Z.T., Lehmkuhl B., Schoolmaster Jr. D.R Mapping the niche space of soil microorganisms using taxonomy and traits. Ecology, 93: Aanderud, Z.T., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. & Lennon, J.T Plants mediate the sensitivity of soil respiration to rainfall variability. Ecosystems 14: Grman, E., Lau, J., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., & Gross, K.L Mechanisms contributing to stability in ecosystem function depend on the environmental context. Ecology Letters 13: Schoolmaster Jr., D.R Recruitment limitation modifies probability of positive net effects of shared enemies on competitively inferior. Journal of Ecology, 96: *Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. and Snyder, R.E Invasibility in a spatiotemporally fluctuating environment is determined by the periodicity of fluctuations and resident turnover rates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B., 274: *Selected as a Faculty of 1000 Biology Paper Schoolmaster Jr., D.R Impatiens capensis (Balsaminaceae) Meerb. is a necessary nurse host for the parasitic plant Cuscuta gronovii (Convolvulaceae) Willd in Southeastern Michigan wetlands. American Midland Naturalist, 153(1): Schoolmaster D.R Using the Dispersal Assembly Hypothesis to predict local species richness from the relative abundance of species in the regional species pool. Community Ecology 2:

3 Hazlett, B.A. & Schoolmaster D.R Responses of Camarid crayfishes to predator odor. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24: MANUSCRIPTS IN PRESS OR SUBMITTED Grace, J.B., Scheiner, S.M. & Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. (in press: due out late 2014 or early 2015) Structural equation modeling: building and evaluating causal models. In: Ecological Statistics: contemporary theory and application. Aanderud,Z.T., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Rigby, J., Campbell, T. & Roundy, B. (Submitted). Soil microbial processes mediate the impact of coarse woody debris on exotic native species. Hall, E.K., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Amado, A.M., Stets, E.G., Lennon, J.T., Domine, L, Cotner, J.B. (Submitted). Controls on aquatic respiration from the smallest to the largest freshwater ecosystems. PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS Contributed Oral Presentations Grace, J.B., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. A third generation of structural equation modeling: From theories to queries. 97 th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland Or. Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Gross, K. & Mittelbach, G.G. The scale of resource patchiness and resource use modulates the competitive interaction between clonal and non-clonal plants; model predictions and experimental results. 94 rd Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM, August 2009 Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. Resource competition and coexistence in a heterogeneous metacommunity: Bridging the gap between the models of Tilman and Chesson. 93 rd Meeting of the Ecologcial Society of America, Milwaukee, WI, August 2008 Aanderud, Z.T., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. & Lennon, J.T. Precipitation variability alters the responsiveness of soil CO2 evolution. 93 rd Meeting of the Ecologcial Society of America, Milwaukee, WI, August 2008 Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. Coexistence of specialist and generalist plants in variable Environments. 92 nd Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, San Jose, CA, August

4 Schoolmaster Jr., D.R and Snyder, R.E. Resident turnover increases invasibility in rapidly changing environments, but decreases invasibility in slowly changing environments. 91 st Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, Tn, August Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. Using mathematical models to predict the effect of the angiosperm parasite, Cuscuta gronovii on the structure of a wetland plant community. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference. University of Notre Dame March Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. The impact of the angiosperm parasite Cuscuta gronovii on a wetland plant community. 88 th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Savannah, GA. August Contributed Poster Presentations Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., Grace, J.B., Guntenspergen, G.R., Schweiger, E.W., Mitchell, B.R., & Cooper, D.J. Statistical theory for construction of ecological indexes. 96 th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX. Grman, E., Lau, J., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., & Gross, K.E. Compensatory dynamics: Their existence and stabilizing effect on ecosystem function are context-dependent. LTER All Scientists Meeting, Estes Park, Colorado, September 2009 Lennon J.T., Schoolmaster Jr. D.R., Lehmkuhl B., Aanderud Z.T. Mapping the niche space of diverse microbial populations along an environmental gradient. American Society of Microbiology, Philadelphia, PA, May 2009 Lennon J.T., Schoolmaster Jr. D.R., Aanderud Z.T. Soil moisture variability: a "master variable" of microbial activity and diversity. SoilCritZone Workshop, Chania, Crete, Greece, 2008 Grman, E., Lau, J., Schoolmaster Jr., D.R., & Gross, K.E. Evidence for compensatory dynamics: Negative species covariances predominate in early and mid-successional oldfields, among but not within plant functional groups. 93 rd Meeting of the Ecologcial Society of America, Milwaukee, WI, August 2008 Lennon J.T., Schoolmaster DR, Aanderud Z.T. Plants mediate the effects of soil moisture variability on soil CO2 dynamics. USDA Soil Processes Meeting, Menlo Park, CA, 2008 Schoolmaster Jr., D.R. Parasite mediated coexistence in a Michigan wetland plant community. 89 th Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR. August

5 AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS EEB Block Grant recipient ($6000), Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2004 Interdisciplinary Training Fellowship in Infectious Disease, Center for Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases EEB Block Grant recipient ($ summer support), Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, 2001 Biology Block Grant recipient ($ summer support), Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan 1999 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor/Co-Instructor: Graph-Theoretic Structural Equation Modeling, MSU, Summer 2012, 2014 Maximum Likelihood Analysis in Ecology, MSU, Summer Introduction to Theoretical Pop. Biology, Michigan State University, Summer , with Robin Snyder Theoretical Community and Ecosystem Ecology, MSU, Summer 2008, with Chris Klausmeier Maximum Likelihood Analysis in Ecology, MSU, Summer 2008, with Ben Bolker Field Ecology and Evolution, MSU, Summer 2008, with Gary Mittelbach and Jeff Conner, Summer 2009 with Gary Mittelbach and Jen Lau Quantitative Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Spring 2007 Ecology, University of Michigan, Winter 2005 Program coordinator: Enhancing Linkages between Mathematics and Ecology (ELME), Kellogg Biological Station, Summer Teaching Assistant: Woody Plants, University of Michigan, Fall 2002, Fall 2000 Plant Biology, University of Michigan, Fall 2001 Ecology, University of Michigan, Winter

6 Spring Flora, University of Michigan, Spring 2000 Practical Botany, University of Michigan, Winter 2000 Microbiology, University of Michigan, Fall 1999, Fall 1998, Fall 1997 Biochemistry, University of Michigan, Spring 1999 Plant Diversity, University of Michigan, Winter 1999 Cell. & Mol. Biol. Lab, University of Michigan, Winter 1998 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Committees: Academic Program Planning Committee, Postdoctoral Representative, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Academic Planning Committee, Postdoctoral Representative, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, Community Outreach: Created and facilitated the Academic Success Postdoc and Graduate Student Mentoring Program, Winter 2009 Winter Botany and Gardening Lecture. Cuyahoga County Public Library 11/16/06 Vegetation survey 2005 Shaker Lakes Nature Center Professional Societies: Ecology Society of America Manuscript/Grant Reviewer: American Naturalist Ecology Ecology Letters Theoretical Population Biology National Science Foundation Theoretical Ecology Oecologia Biological Invasion Cambridge University Press 6

7 REFERENCES James B. Grace National Wetlands Research Center US Geological Survey 700 Cajundome Blvd Lafayette, LA Phone: (337) Prof. Katherine L. Gross W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Michigan State University 3700 East Gull Lake Drive Hickory Corners, MI (269) Prof. Gary G. Mittelbach W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Michigan State University 3700 East Gull Lake Drive Hickory Corners, MI (269) Asst. Prof. Robin Snyder Department of Biology Case Western Reserve University Euclid Ave. Cleveland, OH Phone: (216) Assoc. Professor Christopher Klausmeier W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Michigan State University 3700 East Gull Lake Drive Hickory Corners, MI