U.S.G.S. Canyonlands Research Station, Moab, Utah

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1 University of California, Santa Cruz Environmental Studies 1156 High St. Santa Cruz, CA Phone (cell): EDUCATION 2014 Ph.D. Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara 2005 B.A. Department of Biology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon 2004 Study abroad in New Zealand (Island Biogeography), Lewis & Clark College AREAS OF INTEREST Terrestrial biogeography; Plant ecophysiology; Climate change; Coastal fog; Mediterranean ecosystems; Water resource management; Urban ecohydrology; Science education and outreach. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2015-present USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Environmental Studies, UC-Santa Cruz Mentor: Dr. Michael E. Loik Effects of coastal fog on crop water and carbon balance in California agriculture Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC-Berkeley Mentor: Dr. Max Moritz Comparing water availability and use of trees and shrubs in the Sierra Nevada Graduate Researcher Department of Geography, UC-Santa Barbara Mentors: Dr. Christopher J. Still (advisor) and Dr. Jennifer Y. King (co-advisor) Influence of coastal fog on the physiology and distribution of Bishop pine on Santa Cruz Island, California 2008 Biological Research Technician (GS4) U.S.G.S. Canyonlands Research Station, Moab, Utah Mentor: Dr. Jayne Belnap Long-term vegetation survey in Arches and Canyonlands National Parks Student Conservation Association Intern Channel Islands National Park, California Mentors: Sarah Chaney and Paula Powers Island oak habitat restoration and invasive species management Biological Research Technician (GS3) U.S.G.S. Canyonlands Research Station, Moab, Utah Mentor: Dr. Jayne Belnap Impact of climate change and disturbance on biological soil crust community 2004 Undergraduate Senior Thesis Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL), Gothic, CO Mentor: Dr. Alison Brody Impact of predispersal seed predation on reproductive success of Castilleja 2003 NSF-Research Experience Undergraduate Fellow Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL), Gothic, CO Mentor: Dr. Alison Brody Influence of antagonist species to reproductive success of Ipomopsis

2 PUBLICATIONS Baguskas SA, King JY, Fischer DT, D Antonio CM, Still CJ (in press) Impact of fog-drip versus fog immersion on the physiology of Bishop pine saplings. Functional Plant Biology. Baguskas SA, Still CJ, Fischer DT, D Antonio CM, King JY (2016) Coastal fog during summer drought improves the water status of sapling trees more than adult trees in a California pine forest. Oecologia, 181(1), Rastogi B, Williams AP, Fischer DT, Iacobellis S, McEachern K, Carvalho L, Jones C, Baguskas SA, Still CJ (2016) Spatial and temporal patterns of cloud cover and fog inundation in coastal California: Ecological implications. Earth Interactions, 20(15), Fischer DT, Still CJ, Ebert CM, Baguskas SA, Williams PA (2016) Fog drip maintains dry season ecological function in a California coastal pine forest. Ecosphere, 7(6). Baguskas SA, Peterson SH, Bookhagen B, Still CJ (2014) Evaluating spatial patterns of drought-induced tree mortality in a coastal California pine forest. Forest Ecology & Management, 315, MANUSCRIPTS (Available upon request) Baguskas SA, Loik ME. Coastal fog increases water-use efficiency of strawberry crops in a California agricultural system. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology (in prep) Baguskas SA, Molinari NM, Moritz M. Comparing plant water availability and use by trees and shrubs at a snow-rain transition zone in the southern Sierra Nevada (in prep) Baguskas SA, Voelker S, Gao L, Greer B, Miller RA, Rastogi B, Arce R, Still CJ. Impact of historic drought on the size and age structure of a Bishop pine (Pinus muricata) forest on Santa Cruz Island, California (in prep) FELLOWSHIPS USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship Using coastal fog to enhance sustainable water use in a California agricultural system Kearney Foundation of Soil Science Graduate Fellowship Understanding the patterns and processes of tree mortality at multiple spatial and temporal scales in a California coastal pine forest 2009 Olivia Long Converse Fellowship, UCSB Interactions between coastal fog and epiphytic lichens in Baja, California AWARDS AND GRANTS 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Geography, UCSB 2012 Dangermond Travel Scholarship, UCSB 2011 Grant. A. Harris Research Instruments Fellowship, Decagon Devices Inc Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Research Grant, UC-Natural Reserve System 2007 Education Award, Student Conservation Association, Americorps 2005 David Martinsen Award, Biology Departmental Award, Lewis & Clark College 2004 Student Academic Affairs Board Grant, Lewis & Clark College TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2016 Spring Guest lecturer, UCSC, Global Change Ecology (ENVS169) Guest lecturer, UCSC, Senior Seminar (ENVS196) 2015 Summer Guest lecturer, UCSC, Global Change Ecology (ENVS169) 2014 Winter Lead Instructor, UCSB, California s Channel Islands (ES111/GEOG149)

3 2013 Spring Lead Instructor, UCSB, California s Channel Islands (ES111/GEOG149) 2012 Winter Teaching Assistant, UCSB, Biotechnology, Food, and Agriculture (ES166BT) Guest lecturer, UCSB, Environmental Ecology (ES100) 2012 Fall Teaching Assistant, UCSB, Environmental Ecology (ES100) 2012 Spring Guest lecturer, UCSB, California s Channel Islands (ES111/GEOG149) 2010 Winter Teaching Assistant, UCSB, Biogeography (GEOG167) 2009 Fall Teaching Assistant, UCSB, Biogeochemistry (GEOG195) 2009 Spring Teaching Assistant, UCSB, California s Channel Islands (ES111/GEOG149) 2008 Winter Teaching Assistant, UCSB, Biogeography (GEOG167) 2008 Fall Teaching Assistant, UCSB, Land, Water, and Life (GEOG3B) 2004 Fall Undergraduate Lab Assistant, Lewis & Clark College, Investigations in Ecology and Environmental Science (BIO141) MENTORING AND EDUCATION OUTREACH 2016 Co-mentor USDA SUPERDAR Fellow, UCSC Mentor, Undergraduate Independent Research Project (ENVS199) Visiting scientist, Spring Hill Middle School, Santa Cruz, CA 2015 Co-mentor for Research Experience for Undergraduate Fellow, UCSC Mentor, McNair Scholars Program, UCSB Visiting scientist, Geography Awareness Week, Santa Barbara, CA PRESENTATIONS (upcoming and past) Oral presentations 2017 Baguskas SA, Voelker S, Gao L, Greer B, Miller RA, Rastogi B, Arce R, Still CJ. Impact of historic drought on the population dynamics of a fog-influenced coastal forest: Implications for forest water balance. Session: "Influence of Summer Fog on Patterns of Diversity along the California Coast Northern California Botanist Symposium (9-10 January), CSU-Chico (invited speaker) 2016 Baguskas, SA, Oliphant AJ, Loik ME. Impact of coastal fog on the water, carbon, and energy balance of a Californian agricultural system. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (December) 2015 Still CJ, Baguskas SA, Williams AP, Rastogi B, Carbone MS, Fischer DT. Cloud and fog interactions with coastal forests in the California Channel Islands. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (December) Baguskas SA, Voelker S, Gao L, Greer B, Miller RA, Rastogi B, Arce R, Still CJ. Impact of historic drought on the population structure of a Bishop pine (Pinus muricata) forest on Santa Cruz Island, California. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Baltimore, MD (August) Baguskas SA, Loik ME. Using coastal fog to support sustainable water use in a California Agricultural System. USDA-NIFA Project Director Meeting, Washington DC (August) 2014 Baguskas SA, King JY, Fischer DT, Still CJ. Impact of fog-drip versus fog immersion on the physiology of Bishop pine saplings. MEDECOS XIII International Conference, Olmué, Chile (October) 2013 Baguskas SA, King JY, Still CJ. Summertime fog and its impact on the water relations of adult and sapling trees in a coastal pine forest. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Minneapolis, MN (August)

4 2012 Baguskas SA, King JY, Still CJ. Fog and its influence on the water relations of a California coastal pine forest. 8 th California Islands Symposia, Ventura, CA (October) Baguskas SA, King JY, Still CJ. Tree mortality, drought stress, and water relations in a California coastal pine forest. Annual California Native Plant Society (CNPS), San Diego, CA (January) Poster presentations 2015 Baguskas SA, Loik ME. Using coastal fog to support sustainable water use in a California Agricultural System. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (December) 2014 Baguskas SA, Bart R, Molinari N, Tague N, Moritz M. Modeling the effects of tree-toshrub type conversion on streamflow in California s Sierra Nevada. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (December) Baguskas SA, Bart R, Molinari N, Tague N, Moritz M. Potential effects of tree-to-shrub type conversion on streamflow in California s Sierra Nevada. Critical Zone Observatory All-Hands Meeting, Fish Camp, CA (September) 2013 Baguskas SA, King JY, Still CJ. Impact of fog-drip versus fog immersion on physiological function of Bishop pines. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (December) Baguskas SA, King JY, Still CJ. Fog and its influence on the water relations of a California coastal pine forest. UC-Natural Reserve System Conference, UCSB (February) 2010 Baguskas SA, Peterson SH, Bookhagen B, Still CJ, Asner G. Understanding the spatial patterns of tree mortality in a coastal pine forest in California. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA (December) Baguskas SA, Peterson SH, Bookhagen B, Still CJ, Asner G. Understanding the spatial and temporal variability of tree mortality in a coastal pine forest in California. MntClim 2010 Conference, HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Blue River, OR (June) Baguskas SA, Still CJ. Understanding the spatial and temporal variability of tree mortality in a coastal pine forest in California. Southern California Botanist Graduate Symposium, San Jose, CA (February) MEDIA 2016 Television interview. Al Jazerra (English). TechKnow. 29 September Grusaukas, M. Foggy Notion. Good Times. 14 October Carlson, K. This Just in -- From Outdoors!. KZSC Radio. 29 May Campbell, C. Understanding the Influence of Coastal Fog on the Water Relations of a California Pine Forest. Environmental Biophysics: Measuring and Modeling the Environment. 4 December 2015 SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES 2015 January Women In Science Summit (participant), California Academy of Science 2014 February Fog Webinars (participant and presenter); organizer: Alicia Torregrosa, U.S.G.S June Interdisciplinary research meeting Coastal Fog as a System (invited participant); organizer: Dr. Kathleen Weathers, Cary Institute for Ecosystem Studies 2013 May Interdisciplinary research meeting on coastal fog (participant and presenter) at U.S.G.S., Menlo Park; organizer: Alicia Torregrosa, U.S.G.S Biogeosciences Group (regular participant and presenter), UCSB

5 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Geophysical Union, Ecological Society of America, Northern California Botanist, Women in Science and Engineering SPECIAL COURSES 2015 Summer Spatio-Temporal analysis and BigData processing using free and open source software, UC-Santa Barbara 2010 Summer Stable Isotope Course, University of Utah 2009 Summer Radiocarbon Short Course, UC-Irvine PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Dr. Christopher J. Still (Ph.D. Advisor) Associate Professor Department of Forest Ecosystems & Society, Oregon State University 326 Richardson Hall, Corvallis, Oregon Phone: (541) Dr. Jennifer Y. King (Ph.D. co-advisor) Professor Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara 1832 Ellison Hall, Santa Barbara, California Phone: (805) Dr. Michael E. Loik (Postdoctoral Advisor) Professor Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California Phone: (831)