Curriculum Vitae SHISHIR PAUDEL Phone: (C) (O)

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1 Campus Address 008C Ag Hall, Natural Resources Ecology & Management, Oklahoma State University, OK Curriculum Vitae SHISHIR PAUDEL Phone: (C) (O) Education PhD Plant Biology (Community Ecology and Invasion Ecology track) Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL. May 2013 Major advisor: Loretta L. Battaglia MS Biology (Biodiversity, Ecology, & Evolution) University of Bergen, Norway, January 2006 MSc Botany (Ecology track), Tribhuvan University, Nepal, December 2000 Research Overview My research focuses on two broad topics: community structure and biological invasions. Specifically, I am interested in determining the effects of climate change, extreme events, and disturbance on biological invasions and their subsequent effects on the structure and functionality of plant communities. My research therefore lies at the interface of community and ecosystem ecology. My research is multidimensional in that I work in many different systems (aquatic, wetlands, and terrestrial communities). I use both univariate and multivariate statistics to evaluate effects of physical factors and biological invasion on structure, distribution and function of the communities. Positions held and Professional Experiences 01/14-Present Post Doctorate Fellow: Natural Resources, Ecology, and Management (NREM), Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK Department of Defense (DOD) and The US NAVY Research Project: Investigating the spatial extent and ecological effects of non-native earthworms in the historically Earthworm-free San Clemente Island, California (SCI). Duties: Lead field study, supervise technician, gather data, analyze, prepare reports to the funding agency and publish research finding in scientific journals. Co-teach undergraduate course NREM 3012: Applied Ecology and Conservation lab (offer every fall semester) 06/13-12/13 Project Specialist: Manage three large federal programs in STEM education, Noyce Masters Teaching Fellowship, Green Scholarship, and SI Bridges, SIUC. Oversaw daily administrative responsibilities and organized workshops, seminars and taught undergraduate and graduate level classes in science and environmental education on campus and online. Participated in problem based learning and science education. Guest Lecturer: Department of Plant Biology, SIUC, upper division undergraduate courses (PLB 200: General Plant Biology & PLB 301: Environmental Issues) 01/13-05/13 Graduate Assistant: Department of Plant Biology, SIUC. 1

2 Coordinate, organize and co-taught graduate level courses: PLB 503 B, Scientific Research Methods for Teachers and PLB 570, Interdisciplinary Science Seminar to Noyce Masters Teaching Fellows. 08/11-12/12 Graduate Research Assistant: Department of Plant Biology, SIUC Dr. Loretta Battaglia, PI and advisor. Contributed to several research projects focused on effects of climate change and anthropogenic disturbances in coastal wetland ecosystems of the southeastern United States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida). These projects were funded through National Park Service, Department of Defense, and NOAA. Contributed to establish field experiments, apply treatments, and collect data, including extensive vegetation survey, processed samples in the lab, data entry, and analysis. 05/11-07/11 Research intern: National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC). Project title: Resilience of Floating Aquatic Plant Communities in Coastal Bottomlands of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV). Carried out field survey of freshwater floating aquatic communities in coastal Louisiana, set up greenhouse experiments, data collection and analyses and presented results in NGRREC symposium. 08/09-05/11 Graduate Teaching Assistant: Department of Plant Biology, SIUC Taught PLB 117: Plant & Society and PLB 115: General Biology. 08/07-07/09 Graduate Research Assistant: Department of Plant Biology, SIUC Dr. Loretta Battaglia, PI and Advisor. 01/07-06/07 Consultant Ecologist: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nepal. Project: Ecology of rangelands in Sacred Himalayas, Nepal. Contributed with proposal writing, study design, field samplings, data collection, data analysis and report writing. 08/01-12/03 Assistant lecturer: Little Angel s College, Lalitpur Nepal. Designed lecture and lab courses and taught Botany (mainly organismal type) to undergraduates (equivalent to Associate Degree). 08/99-07/00 Assistant Lecturer: Amrit Science Campus, Kathmandu Nepal. Taught lectures and labs on general Botany, including cryptogamic botany, anatomy, physiology, morphology, systematics, ethnobotany, ecology, cell biology etc.). Peer-reviewed publications 1. Paudel S, GWT Wilson, MK McCormick, K Szlavecz, T Longcore, B MacDonald and SR Loss (2016). Belowground interactions with aboveground consequences: Invasive earthworms and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Ecology 97: Paudel S and LL Battaglia (2015) The role of light, soil and human factors on the probability of occurrence of an invasive and three native plant species in coastal transitions of coastal Mississippi, USA. Journal of Plant Ecology 8: Paudel S and JP Sah (2015) Effects of different management practices on stand composition and species diversity in subtropical forests in Nepal: Implications for community participation in Biodiversity conservation. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 34: Paudel S and OR Vetaas (2014). Effect of aspect on woody plant species composition and β- diversity in an arid Trans-Himalayan landscape, Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science 11: Paudel S, SG Baer and LL Battaglia (2014). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and success of Triadica sebifera invasion in coastal transition ecosystems along the northern Gulf of Mexico. Plant and Soil 378:

3 6. Paudel S and LL Battaglia (2013). Germination responses of the invasive Triadica sebifera and two co-occurring native woody species to elevated salinity across a Gulf Coast transition ecosystem. Wetlands 33: Paudel S and J Sah (2003). Physiochemical characteristics of soil in tropical Sal (Shorea robusta) forests in eastern Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Sciences 1: Paudel S (2003). Vegetation and prominent flora from Begnash Tal to Tara hill (Annapurna Conservation Area Project) area, Kaski District, Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Sciences 1: Paudel S (2003). Community forestry in Nepal: An Overview. Himalayan Journal of Sciences 1: Shakya PR, I Shrestha, S Paudel and S Shakya (2002). Study on non-timber forest product in Annapurna Conservation Area (ACA), Nepal. Pro Natura Fund 11: Manuscripts in review 11. Paudel S, GWT Wilson, T Longcore, B MacDonald and SR Loss. Spatial extent and ecological effects of invasive earthworms on an oceanic island. Diversity and Distributions (Pending decision on minor revisions). 12. Paudel S and LL Battaglia. Resilience of invaded and uninvaded floating aquatic plant communities to simulated extreme events in coastal floodplain forests, southeastern USA. Biological Invasions (In review). Manuscripts in preparation 13. Paudel S, JC Benavides, GWT Wilson, T Longcore, B MacDonald and SR Loss. Climate, topography, and soil spatial patterns of native and non-native plant species distribution on semi-arid Mediterranean type oceanic Island, USA. Will be submitted to. Ecography. 14. Paudel S and LL Battaglia. Responses of two native species and an invasive Triadica sebifera to simulated hurricane disturbances in forested ecosystems of coastal Mississippi of southeastern United States. Will be submitted to Biotropica. Other Publications (*indicates advisee) *Paudel, S., MacDonald, B., Longcore, T., Loss, S Invasive species (earthworm) assessment for control or eradication, San Clemente Island, California. Annual Report Prepared for Naval Base Coronado, Natural Resources Office, Environmental Division (N45), San Diego, California and Commander, United States Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Presentations at professional meetings 1. Paudel S, B MacDonald, T Longcore, GWT Wilson, and SR Loss. Non-native earthworms in a historically earthworm free California Channel Island: Drivers and ecological effects of earthworm invasions. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America Centennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD, August 9-14, Battaglia L.L. and S. Paudel. Environmental and biotic drivers of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) invasion in coastal Mississippi. Invited Oral Presentation, Research Symposium, Grand Bay Estuarine Research Reserve, October 25-26,

4 3. Paudel, S. and L.L. Battaglia. Resilience of Floating Aquatic Plant Communities in Coastal Bottomlands of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV). Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America meeting, Portland, OR, August 5-10, Paudel, S. and L. L. Battaglia. Growth response of native and invasive species within coastal transition ecosystems at Grand Bay, Mississippi, USA: the effect of canopy and storm surge. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America meeting, Austin, TX, August 6-12, Paudel, S. and L.L. Battaglia. Resilience of Floating Aquatic Plant Communities in Coastal Bottomlands of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley (LMAV). National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC) Intern symposium, Alton, IL, August 1-2, Paudel, S. and L.L. Battaglia. Predicting effects of altered tropical storm regimes on recruitment of native and invasive species along the coastal transition ecosystem at Grand Bay, Mississippi, USA. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, August 1-7, Paudel, S. and L.L. Battaglia. Climate change and potential shifts in distribution of exotic and native plant species in Coastal Ecosystems of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Oral presentation, Society of Wetland Scientists, Madison, Wisconsin, June 21-26, International meeting. 8. Battaglia, L.L., S. Paudel, M.A. Foster and M.S. Woodrey. Climate change and proliferation of exotic species threaten coastal ecosystems. Invited symposium presentation. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, 20th Biennial Conference. November 1-5, Portland, OR. National meeting. 9. Battaglia, L. L.; H. J. Kalk, J. A. Looft, S. Paudel and A. S. Tate. Characteristics of successful wetland ecology students. Invited symposium presentation. Annual meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists. June 27 July 2, Salt Lake City, UT. International meeting. 10. Paudel, S. and L.L. Battaglia. Predicting the invasiveness of an alien plant Triadica sebifera under future climate change scenarios in southeastern United States. Oral presentation, annual meeting of Illinois Academy of Sciences. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, April 17-18, Makweche, P.T, S. Paudel, J. Looft, G. D. Schmale, D. R. Ernat and L. L. Battaglia. Fire suppression effects on a coastal floating marsh ecosystem. Poster presentation, annual meeting of the Society for Wetland Scientists, Washington, D. C., May 27-30, International meeting. 12. Paudel, S. Vetaas O. R. Species composition and richness: the effect of aspect in an arid Trans- Himalayan landscape, Nepal. Oral presentation, a workshop on local effect of large-scale global change: A case study in the Himalayas, Nepal, Nov. 2-4, 2006, Nepal. 13. Paudel, S. and Sah, J. P. Ground Vegetation Structure and Soil Characteristics in the Community - and Government-managed Forests in the Sanua Village, Udayapur district, Nepal. Oral presentation. Conference on recent advances in plant science, Nepal, March 17-18, National meeting. Invited Talk 1. Invasive Triadica sebifera (Chinese Tallow): A potential future threat t Oklahoma s natural areas. Oklahoma Invasive Species Conference, Norman, OK. March 13, Plant mating system and ecology. North Central College, Naperville, IL, April Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Plant Species Distribution and Invasion in Coastal Mississippi. Botany Department, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK. Nov

5 Award/Scholarship Summer Research Award ($ ) National Grate Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC): Resilience of Floating Aquatic Plant Communities in Coastal Bottomlands of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley, May-July Travel Grant (Total: $ ) To attend national and international scientific meetings from (Society of Wetland Scientists meetings, Ecological Society of America, and Illinois State Academy of Science) Abroad Study Fellowship Masters Study for 2 years in University of Bergen, Norway through Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Total: 220,000 NOK = $ , including three round trip tickets from Nepal to Norway), January 2004-December Synergistic activities/services Associate Editor Associate editor: Botanica Orientalis ( Central Department of Botany, TU, Kathmandu, Nepal (Nov 1997-July 1999) Himalayan Journal of Sciences. January current most widely read journal in Nepal, according to INASP (103,732 views/yr) ( pdf) Assisted in Publishing Book as a member of non-profit association in Nepal Himalayan Perceptions (2006) authored by Dr. Jack Ives Reviewer: Plant and Soil, Plant Ecology, Journal of Coastal Research, Journal of Mountain Science, Journal of Forestry Research, American Journal of Plant Science, PLOS ONE, Biological Invasions, AOB Plants Professional affiliation Society of Wetland Scientists ( The Ecological Society of America ( 5