Keunyea Song, Ph.D. Research Associate KS Biological Survey The University of Kansas

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1 Keunyea Song, Ph.D. Research Associate KS Biological Survey The University of Kansas RESEARCH INTERESTS Biogeochemistry of key elements (e.g. carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) in aquatic ecosystems, and The response of aquatic ecosystems on environmental, especially human derived, disturbances (e.g. eutrophication, hydrologic modification, expansion of invasive species and climate change) Creation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems, wetlands and stormwater management facility TEACHING INTERESTS Biogeochemistry, Water Chemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Science, Ecology, Limnology. EDUCATION Ph.D. August Department of Environmental Engineering, Ewha Womans University (Ranked 5 th nationwide), Korea. Dissertation title: Denitrification process and denitrifying bacterial community structure in created wetlands at different scales M.S. February Department of Environmental Engineering, Ewha Womans University, Korea. B.S. February Department of Biology, Inha University (Ranked 10 th nationwide, 4 th in Science and Engineering), Korea. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Research Associate, January 2016-Present University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Postdoctoral Researcher, April 2014-December 2015 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska. Projects: Biogeochemical controls on restored saline wetland/ Phosphorus cycling time lag related to ecological restoration of agricultural reservoirs. Postdoctoral Researcher, November 2011 April 2014 Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Project: Assessing the biogeochemical sensitivity of aquatic ecosystems to patterns of urbanized land use. Researcher, March 2010 October 2011 South Florida Water Management District, West Palm Beach, Florida, (employed as a postdoctoral researcher by The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio). Project: Assessing nutrient removal efficiency and uptake pathways of several native wetland plant species Visiting Scholar, November 2006 December 2008 Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Projects: The effects of flooding on microbial community structure and denitrification in wetland soil K. Song page 1 of 6

2 FELLOWSHIP & GRANTS Fellowship Fostering Next-Generation Scientist Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea , 2007 Outstanding Young Scientists Fellowship, City of Seoul, Korea Grants (including collaborated proposals) 2015 Saline wetland plant community and biogeochemical feedbacks as controls on restoration success in Nebraska, US EPA, Region7. FY15 Region 7 Wetland Program Development Grants. (Declined, $174,928; collaborated with PI Amy Burgin) 2013 Controlling the export of urban phosphorus: Do stormwater treatment ponds retain dissolved organic P?, Environment Canada, Lake Simcoe/South-eastern Georgian Bay Clean-Up Fund, Canada (Declined, CAD $194,565; collaborated with PI Paul Frost) 2010 Assessing nutrient removal efficiency and uptake pathways of several native wetland plant species, South Florida Water Management District (funded ; collaborated with PI. William J. Mitsch) 2009 Designing and management of wetlands with low greenhouse gas emission and maximal carbon sequestration, Ministry of Environment, Korea (funded ; collaborated with PI Hojeong Kang) PUBLICATIONS Google Scholar Citations=360, H-index=8 Peer-reviewed papers (total =21) 21. Zheng, F., Wan, Y., Song, K., Sun, D., Hedgepeth, M Reconstructing input for artificial neural networks based on embedding theory and mutual information to simulate soil pore water salinity in tidal floodplain. Water Resources Research 52, doi: /2014WR Song, K., Xenopoulos, M.A. Marsalek, J. Frost, P.C The fingerprints of urban nutrients: Dynamics of phosphorus speciation in water flowing through developed landscapes. Biogeochemistry 125: Song, K., Lee, J., Cha, C.J., Kang, H Effects of Phragmites invasion on microbial activities and structure in a brackish marsh. Plant and Soil 392: Mitsch, W.J., Zhang, L., Marois, D., Song, K., Protecting the Florida Everglades wetlands with wetlands : Can stormwater pohsphorus be reduced to oligotrophic conditions? Ecological Engineering 80 : Marois, D., Mitsch, W.J., Song, K., Miao, S., Nquyen, C., Estimating the importance of aquatic primary productivity for phosphorus retention in Florida Everglades mesocosms. Wetlands 35 : Frost, P.C., Song, K., Buttle, J.M, Marsalek, J., McDonald, A., Xenopoulos, M.A Urban biogeochemistry of trace elements: What can the sediments of stormwater ponds tell us? Urban Ecosystems 18: Song, K., Hernandez, M.E., Batson, J.A., Mitsch, W.J Long-term denitrification rates in created riverine wetlands and their relationship with environmental factors. Ecological K. Song page 2 of 6

3 Engineering 72 : Frost, C.P, Song, K., Wagner, N.C Beginner s guide to nutirtional profiling in physiology and ecology. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54: Villa, J.A., Song, K., Miao, S., Mitsch, W.J Contribution of different wetland plant species to the DOC exported from a mesocosm experiment in the Florida Everglades. Ecological Engineering 71 : Song, K., Xenopoulos, M.A., Buttle, J.M., Marsalek, J., Wagner, N. Pick., F.R., Frost, P. C Thermal stratification patterns in urban ponds and their relationships with vertical nutrient gradients Journal of Environnemental Management 127 : Song, K., Park, Y-S, Zheng, F., Kang, H The application of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to the simulation of denitrification rates in mesocosm-scale wetlands. Ecological Informatics 16: Mitsch, W.J, Zhang, L., Stefanik, K.C., Nahilik, A.M., Anderson, A.J., Bernal, B., Hernandez, M., Song, K Creating Wetlands: A 15-year study of primary succession, water quality changes and self-design. BioScience 62: Song, K., Kang, H., Zhang, L., Mitsch, W.J Seasonal and spatial variations of denitrification and denitrifying bacterial community structure in created riverine wetlands. Ecological Engineering 38: Song, K., Lee, S-H., Kang, H Denitrification rates and community structure of denitrifying bacteria in newly constructed wetland mesocosms. European Journal of Soil Biology 47: Song, K., Mitsch, W.J., Kang, H Different responses of denitrification rates and denitrifying bacterial communities to hydrologic pulsing in created wetlands. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 42: Seo, J., Song, K., Kang, H Influences of water level and vegetation presence on spatial distribution of DOC and nitrate in wetland sediments. Journal of Korean Wetlands Society 12: Song, K., Zoh, K-D., Kang, H Release of phosphate in a wetland by changes in hydrological regime. Science of the Total Environment 380: Song, K., Kang, H Wetland construction and application to water quality improvement. Journal of Korean Geoenvironmental Society 7: Song, K., Kang, H Nutrient Removal Efficiencies in Marsh- and Pond type wetland Microcosms. Journal of Korean Wetlands Society 7: Lee, S-H, Song, K A fount of wetland functioning: Microorganisms. Journal of Korean Wetlands Society 6: Kang, H., Song, K Water treatment using constructed wetlands and research perspectives in Korea. Journal of Korean Wetlands Society 6: Other publications (Book chapters) Song, K. Song, M-Y., Chon, T-S. & Kang, H Modeling of denitrification rates in eutrophic wetlands by artificial neural networks. pp Environmental Toxicology, WIT Press, Greece. MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Song, K., Amy, J. Burgin. Perpetual phosphorus cycling: Biological control on internal P loading increases under highly eutrophic conditions Under review in Limnology &Oceanography. K. Song page 3 of 6

4 Song, K., Xenopolos, M.A, Frost, P.C. Phosphorus cycling coupled with extracellular enzyme activity at the sediment and water column in urban stormwater ponds. Under review in Biogeochemistry. Kang, J., Kwon, MJ, Jung, SH., Song, K. Accelerated microbial activity following intermediate environmental disturbances in soil ecosystems. Under review in Applied Soil Ecology TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2015 Teaching (Instructor, guest-lecturer) University of Nebraska Introduction to Water Science (co-instructor; Water quality and Management parts) Limnology (guest lectured 4 sessions; phosphorus cycle, iron cycle, eutrophication, freshwater restoration); Stream Ecology (guest lectured 3 sessions; biogeochemistry and Nutrient spiraling, stream metabolism, energy flow); Applied Ecology Seminar (guest lectured; Microbial response to environmental changes: Implication to wetland restoration); Freshman career development (guest lectured; Building a career in freshwater ecology field); Ecology lab (guest instructor, lake restoration and field sampling technique) 2006 Teaching Assistant Ewha Womans University. Water chemistry Teaching Assistant Ewha Womans University. Water quality assessment I & II. STUDENT MENTORING EXPERIENCE University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 5 undergraduate students (*2 through an internal student research program) Trent University, Canada, 2 undergraduate students (senior research thesis) 2009 The Ohio State University, 1 undergraduate student (short term internship) Yonsei/Ewha Womans University, Korea, 7 undergraduates students (internship) INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2015 Microbial response to environmental changes: Implication to wetland restoration. Applied Ecology Seminar series, University of Nebraska, NE Long-term denitrification rates in created riverine wetlands: Effects of environmental factors and microbial communities. 4 th International EcoSummit, Columbus, OH Short-term thermal stratification patterns in urban ponds and their relationships with vertical nutrient gradients. Yonsei University, Korea 2010 Microbial community structure and ecosystem functions-denitrification and denitrifying bacterial community structure in constructed wetlands. South Florida Water Management District, FL. PRESENTATIONS Song, K. Adams, C.J., Moscicki, D.J., Burgin, A.J Internal phosphorus cycling in water quality in restored lakes and the effectiveness of lake restoration. 100 th Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting, Baltimore, MD. USA. Adams, C.J., Song, K., Moscicki, D.J., Burgin, A.J Ecological impacts of agricultural runoff to Midwestern lakes. 100 th Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting, Baltimore, MD. USA. Song, K., Silvey, C.L., Burgin A.J Microbial responses to salinization in a restored saline wetland (Nebraska, USA). Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) annual meeting, K. Song page 4 of 6

5 Providence, RI. Song, K., Xenopoulos, M.A., Frost, P.C A changing urban phosphorus fingerprint: Internal P dynamics alter phosphorus speciation in urban aquatic systems. 98 th Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Song, K., Mitsch, W. J., Hernandez, M. E., Batson, J. A Long-term denitrification rates in created riverine wetlands: Effects of environmental factors and microbial communities. 4 th International EcoSummit, Columbus, OH. USA. Mitsch, W.J., Song, K Protecting the Everglades wetlands with wetlands: temporal patterns and mesocosm experiments related to stormwater treatment. 4 th International EcoSummit, Columbus, OH. USA. Nahlik, A.M., Kentula, M.E., Mitsch, W.J., Hernandez, M.E., Song, K Using soil isotopes as an indicator of denitrification in wetlands. 4 th International EcoSummit, Columbus, OH. USA. Song, K., Buttle, J.M., Marsalek, J., Pick, F.R., Xenopoulos, M.A., Frost, P.C Short-term thermal stratification patterns in urban ponds and their relationships with vertical nutrient gradiets. ASLO Aquatic Science Meeting. Lake Biwa, Japan. Song, K., Mitsch, W.J., Kang, H., Denitrification and denitrifying bacterial community structure during a hydrologic pulse in created riverine wetlands. 95 th Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Song, K., Lee, S-H., Kang, H., Denitrification rates and community structure of denitrifying bacterial in newly constructed wetland mesocosms. Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) annual meeting Salt Lake city, UT, USA. Song, K., Mitsch, W.J., Kang, H., The effects of drought on denitrifying bacterial community structure and function in experimental wetlands. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Singapore. Song, K., Mitsch, W.J., Kang, H., The temporal and spatial patterns of denitrification rates in created wetlands World city water forum, Inchon, Korea. Song, K., Mitsch, W.J., Kang, H., Effects of spatial patterns on denitrification in created wetlands. 29th annual SWS meeting, Washington DC. Song, K., Lee, S. H., Kang, H The Analysis of Denitrification Process in Different Type of Wetlands including Marsh and Pond in respect to Denitrifier Community and Denitrifying Enzyme Activity. International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea. Daegu, Korea. Song, K., Lee, S. H., Kang, H Nitrogen removal and denitrification rate in constructed wetland. 2 nd Scientific Congress of East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies (EAFES). Niigata, Japan. Kang, H., Song, K., Jung, S. H., Park, S. Y The Studies about Biogeochemical Cycles of Wetland in Korea. International Symposium for hosting 2008 RAMSAR COP 10. Gyeongsangnam-do Province, Korea. Song, K., Kang, H Release of Phosphate in Wetland by the Change of Hydrological Regime. International Symposium on Wetland Pollution Dynamics and Control. Ghent, Belgium. Song, K., Lee, S. H., Kang, H Nutrient Removal efficiency and Dynamics of Denitrifying Bacterial Community Structure in a Treatment Wetland System. International Meeting of the Microbiological Society of Korea. Hoengseong, Korea. Park, S., Song, K., Kang, H Influences of Invasive plant on Biogeochemical Cycles of K. Song page 5 of 6

6 Riparian Zone. Korea Society of Limnology, Spring Meeting. Song, K., Kang, H., Lee, J. The trend of phosphorus storage and release in wetland sediments. Proceedings of the First EAFES International Congress Mokpo, Korea. Song, K., Kang, H The phosphate removal efficiency and the effects of drying season in treatment wetland. VII INTECOL International Wetlands Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands. Jung, S., Song, K., Kang, H Effects of Cadmium on the Soil Microbial Activities in Wetland. Korea Society of Environmental Engineer, Spring Meeting, Korea. Kang, H., Song, K., Water Treatment Using Constructed Wetlands and Research Perspectives in Korea. Korean Wetlands Society, Winter Meeting, Korea. Song, K., Kang, S-J., Kang, H Nutrient Removal efficiencies and Extracellular Enzyme Activities in a pond- and a marsh-type wetland microcosms. KSL-KSEB-KSE, Spring Meeting, Korea. KEY TECHNICAL SKILLS Ecosystem scale measurements: Soil and water nutrient analyses; Chemical fractionation of total nutrients; Hydrolysable organic nutrient fractionation; Internal nutrient loading rate (sediment reflux) measurement; Dissolved organic matter fractionation; Algae Community and plant productivity measurement; Decomposition rate measurement (litterbag experiment); Greenhouse gas flux measurement (CO2, N2O, CH4). Microbial analyses: Microbial process rate measurement (e.g. aerobic respiration, denitrification, iron reduction, methanogenesis, methane oxidation, sulfate reduction); Extracellular enzyme activity; Microbial biomass; Substrate induced respiration Molecular techniques: Environmental DNA extraction; Real-time PCR; functional gene-based microbial community analysis (T-RFLP) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Editorial board member Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure Ad Hoc reviewer NSF (Organisms & Ecosystems, Antarctic Sciences), Freshwater Biology, Ecological Engineering, Microbial Ecology, Journal of the American Water Resources Association Regular member Ecological Society of America, Society of Wetland Scientists, Korean Society of Environmental Engineering, Nebraska Citizens for Science K. Song page 6 of 6