Julie R. Etterson

 

                                                Associate Professor

Department of Biology

University of Minnesota Duluth

207 Swenson Science Building

Duluth, MN 55812-3003

Phone: (218) 726-8110

Email: jetterso@d.umn.edu

Web: http://www.d.umn.edu/biology/faculty/Etterson_page1.htm

 

Education

2000                Ph.D. Ecology. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior. U of MN Twin Cities, Major Professor – R.G. Shaw

1994                BS Biology. Summa cum laude. U of MN Twin Cities

1986                BA International Studies. School for International Training. Brattleboro, VT

                                   

Faculty Appointments

2002 -              Graduate Faculty, Department of Biology, U of MN Duluth

2003-               Senior Graduate Faculty, Department of Plant Biological Sciences, U of MN Twin                        Cities

2005 -              Graduate Faculty, Integrated Biological Sciences Program, U of MN Duluth

 

Research Experience

2000-2002       Postdoctoral Research Associate, L.F. Galloway. Dept. of Biology. U of VA

1997                Independent Research. F. Cuthbert. U of MI Biological Station.

1994-1995       Research Assistant. R.G. Shaw. Dept. of Ecol., Evol. and Behav. U of MN Twin Cities

1993-1994             Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship and Directed Research.

R.G. Shaw. Dept. of Ecol., Evol. and Behavior. U of MN Twin Cities

1992-1994       Lab Assistant. D.A. Samac. Dept. of Plant Pathology. U of MN Twin Cities

1992                Undergraduate Alumni Research Grant with D.A. Samac. Dept. of Plant Path.

U of MN Twin Cities

 

Professional Recognition, Fellowships, & Awards

2007                Young Teacher Award, College of Science and Engineering, U of MN Duluth.

2007                Review of Galloway and Etterson 2007 (Science) in Nature Research Highlights, Nature 2007 450:461          

2007                Faculty of 1000 Biology http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1095064 Galloway and Etterson 2007 (Science) reviewed by Johanna Schmitt, Brown University.

2007                Faculty of 1000 Biology http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1098591

                        Botktin et al. 2007 (BioScience) reviewed by David Lindenmayer, Australian National University

2006                Single-semester Sabbatical for Research. U of MN Duluth.

1998-1999       Graduate Student Dissertation Fellowship, U of MN. 1 yr salary and tuition

1995-1998       Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship, US EPA. 3 yrs salary, tuition,                               $5,000 research budget annually

1995                National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (declined)

1994                Honors Undergraduate Research Award (5 awarded), College of Biological Sciences. University of MN Twin Cities.

1994                Philip C. Hamm Memorial Scholarship, College of Agriculture, U of MN Twin Cities. $500

1993                Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Fellowship, U of MN Twin Cities. $2500

1985                President’s Youth Exchange Scholarship, India Environmental Exchange

 

Publications

Accepted and in press

 

Anderson, R.M.,J.R. Etterson and D. Schimpf. Dune restoration introduces genetically distinct American Beachgrass, Ammophila breviligulata, into a threatened native population.  Restoration Ecology.

 
Published

Etterson, J.R. 2008. “Evolution in response to climate change.”  Chuck Fox and Scott Carroll (eds). Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action. Oxford University Press. New York. pp.145-163.

Etterson, J.R., D.E. Delf, T.P. Craig, Y. Ando, and T. Ohgushi. 2008.  Parallel patterns of clinal variation in Solidago altissima in it native range in central U.S.A. and it invasive range in Japan. Botany 86:91-97.

Shaw, R.G., C.J. Geyer, S. Wagenius, H.H. Hangelbroek, and J.R. Etterson. 2008. Unifying life history analyses for inference of fitness and population growth. American Naturalist 172:E35–E47.

Fant, J.B., R.M. Anderson, E. Sirking, J.R. Etterson, and S. Masi. 2008. Genetic structure of threatened native populations and propagules used for restoration, in a clonal species, Ammophila breviligulata (American beachgrass). Restoration Ecology. doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00348.x

Franks, S.J., J.C. Avise, W.E. Bradshaw, J.K. Conner, J.R. Etterson, S.J. Mazer, R.G. Shaw, and A.E. Weis. 2008. The resurrection initiative: storing ancestral genotypes to capture evolution in action. BioScience 58:870-873.

Galloway, L.F., J.R. Etterson. 2007. Transgenerational plasticity is adaptive in the wild. Science 318:1134-1136.

Etterson, J.R., S.R. Keller, L.F. Galloway. 2007. Epistatic and cytonuclear interactions govern outbreeding in the autotetraploid, Campanulastrum americanum. Evolution 61:2671-2683.

Botkin, D.B., H. Saxe, M.B. Araújo,  R. Betts, R. Bradshaw, T. Cedhagen, P. Chesson, M.B. Davis, T. Dawson, J.R. Etterson,  D.P. Faith, S. Ferrier, A. Guisan, A. Skjoldborg Hansen, D. Hilbert, P. Kareiva, C. Loehle, C. Margules,  M. New,  F. Skov, M.J. Sobel,  D. Stockwell, and J.C. Svenning. 2007. Forecasting the effects of global warming on biodiversity. BioScience 57:227-236.

Burgess, K.S., J.R. Etterson and L.F. Galloway. 2007. Artificial selection shifts flowering phenology and other correlated traits in an autotetraploid herb. Heredity 99:641-648.

Etterson, M.A., J.R. Etterson, and F. Cuthbert. 2007. A robust new method for analyzing community change and an example using 86 years of avian response to forest succession. Biological Conservation 138:381-389.

Galloway, L.F. and J.R. Etterson. 2007. Inbreeding depression in an autotetraploid herb: a three cohort field study. New Phytologist 173:383-372.

Davis, M.B., R.G. Shaw and J.R. Etterson. 2005. Evolutionary responses to climate change. Ecology. 86:1704–1714.

Galloway, L.F. and J.R. Etterson. 2005. Population differentiation and hybrid success in Campanula americana: geography and genome size. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18:81-90

Etterson, J.R. 2004. Evolutionary potential of Chamaecrista fasciculata in relation to climate change: I. Clinal patterns of selection along an environmental gradient in the Great Plains. Evolution 58(7):1446-1458.

Etterson, J.R. 2004. Evolutionary potential of Chamaecrista fasciculata in relation to climate change: II. Genetic architecture of three populations reciprocally planted along an environmental gradient in the Great Plains. Evolution 58(7):1459-1471.

Galloway, L.F., J.R. Etterson, and J. Hamrick. 2003. Outcrossing rate and inbreeding depression in the herbaceous autotetraploid, Campanula americana. Heredity 90(4):308-315.

Etterson, J.R. and L.F. Galloway. 2002. The influence of light on paternal plants in Campanula americana (Campanulaceae): Pollen characteristics and offspring traits. American Journal of Botany 89(12):1899-1906

Etterson, J.R. and R.G. Shaw. 2001. Constraint to adaptive evolution in response to global warming. Science 294:151-154.

 

Publications (Nonpeer reviewed)

Shaw, R.G. C.J. Geyer, S. Wagenius, H.H. Hangelbroek, and J.R. Etterson. 2007. Supporting data analysis for “Unifying life history analysis for inference of fitness and population growth.” Technical Report No. 658, School of Statistics, U of MN Twin Cities.

Shaw, R.G. C.J. Geyer, S. Wagenius, H.H. Hangelbroek, and J.R. Etterson. 2007. More supporting data analysis for “Unifying life history analysis for inference of fitness and population growth.” Technical Report No. 661, School of Statistics, U of MN Twin Cities.

 

Invited contribution (accepted)

Etterson, J.R. and R.M. Holmstrom.  Case study “Dune restoration introduces genetically distinct American beachgrass, Ammophila breviligulata, into a threatened local population” in “Implications of landscape alteration for the conservation of genetic diversity of endangered species” P. Leberg; J.A. DeWoody, J.W. Bickham, C.H. Michler, C.M. Nichols, G. Rhodes, and K.E. Woeste (eds). Molecular Insights Towards the Conservation and Management of our Natural Resources, Department of Forestry & Natural Resources at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

 

Research Grants

2009-2012       National Science Foundation. Collaborative Research: Adaptive differentiation, selection and water use of a seasonally dry tropical oak: implications for global change (P.I.) J. Cavender-Bares (PI), J.R. Etterson and J.D. Sparks (Co-PIs) $ 565,529 (funded 12/4/08)

2008                National Science Foundation Major Instrumentation. S. Guildford (PI), J.R. Etterson and R. Hicks (Co-PIs). MRI proposal for acquisition of a flow cytometer for aquatic ecosystem research. $193,827. (funded)

2008                National Science Foundation REU Supplement.  J.R. Etterson.  Phenotypic selection in a natural population of a polyploid goldenrod. $6,000 (funded)

2007-2011       National Science Foundation.  J.R. Etterson (P.I.) Testing the evolutionary potential of polyploids in the context of climate change. $ 576,333 (funded)

2006                Organizing Committee Member, National Science Foundation Workshop Grant. (PI and Chair), A.E. Weis, other committee members: J. K. Conner (Kellogg Biological Station), Ruth G. Shaw (University of Minnesota St. Paul), and Susan Mazer (University of California-Santa Barbara). Project Baseline: A Workshop to Plan the Collection of Materials for the Future of Evolutionary Genetics. $30,391

2005                Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship. Office of the Dean of the Graduate School U of MN. Testing the evolutionary potential of polyploids. $30,484

2004                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: MN Lake Superior Coastal

Program. The risk to native MN beachgrass posed by historical restoration efforts that used MI plants. $15,000

2004                Center for Community and Regional Research. U of MN Duluth. Collaborative

effort to assess the risk to the threatened MN American beachgrass population on Park Point posed by historical restoration projects that used nonlocal plants. $5,000  

2003                Sea Grant. Potential disruption of local adaptation of native MN populations of

Ammophila breviligulata as a consequence of habitat restoration using nonlocal propagules. U of MN Duluth. $7,500.

1998                Graduate Student Dissertation Research Grant, U of MN. $500

1995-1998       Dayton-Wilkie Funds for Graduate Research, Bell Museum of Natural History. four awards $500, $1,150, $900, $1,000

1995-1998       Research grants from the MN Center for Community Genetics, U of MN. five

                        awards $1,500, $1,500, $2,000, $2,500, $3,900

1992                Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, U of MN. $1,200

 

Professional Meetings and Seminars

Invited symposia

2009                Etterson, J.R. “Genetic considerations for facilitated migration” Symposium “Assisted Migration: An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of a Newly Proposed Conservation Strategy” Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America Albuquerque, NM (pending approval)

2008                Etterson, J.R. “Evolution in response to climate change” Symposium “Climate Change, Sustainable agriculture and Bioresources.”  The Center for Austrian Studies and the Horst M. Rechelbacher Foundation.  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

2006                Etterson, J.R. “Local adaptation of plant populations across climate gradients.” Symposium “Thermal Tolerance and it Relationship to Climate Change.” Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

2006                Etterson, J.R. “Pondering the near future: the impact of climate change on native plants.”  Symposium “What is Local? Genetics and Plant Selection in the Urban Context" American Museum of Natural History, The NYC Department of Parks, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden- Metro Flora Project, and the Center for Urban Restoration Ecology at Rutgers University. New York City, NY.

2005                Etterson, J.R. “Will plants adapt to climate change? A case study from the Great Plains.” Symposium “Plant Conservation in an Era of Global Climate change.” Chicago Botanical Garden. Chicago, IL.

2005                Etterson, J.R. “Evolution in response to climate change of a prairie species at the northern range limit.” Symposium “Dynamics of Species Range Limits.”  Ecological Society of America. Montréal, Canada.

2004                Etterson, J.R. “How can we best forecast the likely effects of global warming on

general probabilities of extinction? Adaptive evolution should be considered” Symposium “Biodiversity and Climate Change.” Institut for Miljøvurdering (IMV), Environmental Assessment Institute. Copenhagen, Denmark

2002                “Evolutionary consequences of invasions by exotic species.” Invited participant. Institute for Mathematics and its Applications. U of MN Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN

1999                “Evolutionary approaches to global change.”  Invited participant. Reno, Nevada. Sponsored by Department of Energy.

 

Invited seminars

Jan. 2009         Etterson, J.R. “Evolution in response to climate change.” Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Nov. 2008       Etterson, J.R. “Evolution in response to climate change.” Wesleyan University. Middletown, CT. “Evolution in response to climate change.”

2007                Etterson, J.R. “Evolution in response to anthropogenic change in the environment.” U of MN Twin Cities.

2006                Etterson, J.R. “Evolution in response to climate change.” Sigma Xi, U of MN Duluth.

2006                Etterson, J.R. “Evolution in response to climate change.” Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

2006                Etterson, J.R. “Evolution in response to climate change.” Northern Forest Genetics Association. U of MN Cloquet Forestry Center, Cloquet, MN.

2006                Etterson, J.R. Saul Memorial Lectures in Genetics “Biotic response to climate change” and “Will plants adapt to climate change? A case study from the Great Plains.”  Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT.

2002                Etterson, J.R. “Adaptation in a changing environment: Evolutionary potential and the limits to natural selection.”  U of WA. Seattle, WA.

2002                Etterson, J.R. “Adaptation in a changing environment:  Evolutionary potential and the limits to natural selection. U of OR. Eugene, OR.

2002                Etterson, J.R. “Adaptation in a changing environment:  Evolutionary potential and the limits to natural selection” U of TN. Knoxville, TN.

2001                Etterson, J. R. “Will plant populations adapt to climate change?” Carlton College. Northfield, MN.

2001                Etterson, J.R. “Adaptation in a changing environment:  Evolutionary potential and the limits to natural selection.” Utah State University. Logan, UT.

2001                Etterson, J.R. “Will plant populations adapt to global warming?  A case study from the Great Plains.” American Society of Plant Biologists, National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.

 

Professional Meetings

June 2008        Etterson, J.R. and L.F. Galloway. “Adaptive maternal effects: a quantitative genetic analysis.”  Society for the Study of Evolution. Minneapolis, MN.

June 2008        Snell, K, and J.R. Etterson.  “Endoreduplication and plant functional traits.  Society for the Study of Evolution.  Minneapolis, MN.

June 2008        Invited Seminar and Expert Panelist. Climate Change Adaptation and Biodiversity Conservation: A Minnesota Response. Organized by Dr. S. Galatowitsch and Dr. L. Frelich, University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

2007                Franks, S.J., A.E. Weis, J.K. Conner, J.R. Etterson, S.J. Mazer, R.G. Shaw. Poster. “Storing and resurrecting ancestral genotypes to capture evolution in action.” Botanical Society of America. Chicago, IL.

2007                Etterson, J.R. “The use of fluorescence in situ hybridization to understand polyploid ancestry in a goldenrod species.” FISH Workshop. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

2005                Galloway, L.F. and J.R. Etterson.“The contribution of maternal effects to adaptation in natural plant populations” XVII International Botanical Congress. Vienna, Austria.

2004                Etterson, J.R. and L.F. Galloway. “Mode of gene action contributing to population divergence in Campanula americana.” Society for the Study of Evolution. Ft. Collins, CO.

2004                Galloway, L.F. and J.R. Etterson. Poster. “Inbreeding depression in autotetraploid, Campanula americana: a three year field study.” Society for the Study of Evolution. Ft. Collins, CO.

2003                Etterson, J.R. and L.F. Galloway. “The genetics of population divergence studied

through hybridization.” Society for Conservation Biology. Duluth MN.

2003                Galloway, L.F. and J.R. Etterson. “Cyto-nuclear interactions contribute to

outbreeding depression in the herbaceous plant Campanula americana.” Society for the Study of Evolutionary Biology. Chico, CA.2003

2003                Etterson, M.A., J.R. Etterson, and F. Cuthbert. “Changes in            Neotropical migrant

land birds with forest succession at the University of Michigan Biological Station: A meta-analysis spanning 84 years” Society for Conservation Biology. Duluth, MN.

2002                M.B. Davis, R.G. Shaw and J.R. Etterson. “Evolutionary responses to changing

Climate” American Quaternary Association Meeting, Anchorage, AK

2001                Etterson, J.R. and R.G. Shaw. “Constraint to adaptive evolution in response to

global warming: A case study from the Great Plains.” The Society for the Study of Evolution, Knoxville, TN

2000                Etterson, J.R. “Will plants adapt to global warming? A case study from the Great Plains.” Southeastern Population Ecology and Genetics Group. Highlands, NC.

2000                Etterson, J.R. “Adaptive evolution in response to global warming: A case study from the Great Plains.”  Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, UT.

1999                Etterson, J.R. “Fitness consequences of hybridization between locally adapted populations of Chamaecrista fasciculata.” The Society for the Study of Evolution. Madison, WI.

1998                Etterson, J.R. and T.D. Lee. “Clinal variation in morphology and physiology of the annual legume, Chamaecrista fasciculata: Greenhouse drought studies.” The Society for the Study of Evolution. Vancouver, BC.

1998                Lee, T.D. and J.R. Etterson. Poster. “Physiological differences among population of Chamaecrista fasciculata in response to drought.” The American Society of Plant Physiologists. Madison, Wisconsin.

1995                Etterson, J.R. and R.G. Shaw. “Spontaneous mutational variation in quantitative

traits of Arabidopsis thaliana. The Society for the Study of Evolution. Montreal, Quebec.

 

Workshops

2008-2009       Invited participant, Assisted Migration: Evaluating a New Strategy for Species Conservation (Aug. 2008, Milwaukee, WI; Jan. 2008, Providence RI; Aug 2009, South Bend, IN).  Organized by D. Sax (Brown University), J. McLachlan (Notre Dame), J. Hellman (Notre Dame), and M. Schwartz (UC Davis). Sponsored by NSF and the Cedar Tree Foundation.

2007                Organizing Committee Member, Project Baseline: A Workshop to Plan the Collection of Materials for the Future of Evolutionary Genetics. Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies, Irvine, CA  (Chair) A.E. Weis, other organizers: J. K. Conner (Kellogg Biological Station), Ruth G. Shaw (University of Minnesota St. Paul), and Susan Mazer (University of California-Santa Barbara).

2007                Karyotyping using Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (FISH). University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

1996                Evolutionary Genetics Workshop. Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA

 

Teaching Experience

University of Minnesota Duluth

Evolution. Biol. 4801. 3 credits. U of MN Duluth (Sp 08, F 08)

Integrated Evolutionary Processes. Biol. 8012. 2 credits. Broadcast via ITV to U of MN Twin Cities (Sp 07)

Ecological Genetics (lecture and lab). Biol 5240. 3 credits. (Sp 05, F 05, F 07)

General Biology II (lecture and lab supervision). Biol 1012. 5 credits. (Sp 04, 05, 06, 07)

Plant Diversity (lecture and lab). Biol 3601. 3 credits. (F 02, Sp 04, F 04, 05)

Senior Seminar II. Biol 3998. 0.5 credits. U of MN Duluth (F 02, Sp 04, F 04, F 08)

Senior Seminar I. Biol 3997. 0.5 credits. U of MN Duluth (F 05, Sp 06)

Maternity leave in fall semester 2003

 

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Evolution (Teaching Assistant for lab). Biol 5409. 3 credits (F 99)

Ecology (Teaching Assistant for lab). Biol 5407. 3 credits (Sp 00)

Introduction to Ecology (Instructor). Biol 3407. 3 credits (Summer 99)

Evolution (Committee member - developed lab component). Biol. 5409 (99)

 

Other teaching experience

English Teacher. Grades K-12. Mobara English Institute. Mobara, Japan. (89-90)

English Teacher. Grades 7-9. Shimokita Public Schools. 29 rural middle school in the Shimokita Peninsula, Mutsu, Japan. (88-89)

Summer School Instructor. Grades 2-4. Alexandria, MN Public Schools, District 206. (88)

Science Curriculum Enhancement Instructor and Consultant. Grade 6. Dayton, OH Public Schools (88).

Summer Programs Instructor. Grades 4-6. Science Center of NH, Holderness, NH. (86, 87)

Outdoor Educator. Grade 6. Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center, Yellow Springs, OH. (86)

Instructor of environmental science programs for general public. Science Center of  NH, Holderness, NH. (85)

Naturalist Intern. Organization for grades 9-12. Natuur 2000, Oostende, Belgium. (84)

 

Teaching Grants

2007                Little, A. and J. Etterson. Chancellor’s Small Grant. Improvements to Plant Diversity slide collection. $720

2005                Etterson, J. Student Tech Fees. Request for instructional equipment for Ecological Genetics lab (computers, gel rigs, field supplies) $15,488

2004                Etterson, J. Student Tech Fees. Request for instructional equipment for Plant

Diversity (wall charts and plant mounts) $2,066

2004                Shannon, L. and J. Etterson. Student Tech Fees. Request for instructional equipment for General Biology II (prepared slides, plant and animal models). $3,625

2004                Etterson, J. Student Tech Fees. Request for instructional equipment for Plant Diversity and General Biology II (growth carts, plant models, DVDs) $1,123

2003                Etterson, J. Student Tech Fees. Instructional equipment for Plant Diversity

(growth chamber). $6,010

2003                Craig, T. and J. Etterson. Student Tech Fees. Instructional equipment for

Coevolution and Plant Diversity (lap top computers and software). Dept. of Biol., U of MN Duluth. $12,000

2003                Shannon, L. and J. Etterson. Funding for creation of an online greenhouse

holdings database. Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grant. U of MN Duluth. $623

2003                Borden, V., L. Shannon and J. Etterson. Conversion of analog videos to digital.

Chancellor’s Faculty Small Grant. U of MN Duluth $1,352

2002                Etterson, J. and T. Craig. Student Tech Fees. Request for instructional equipment

for Plant Diversity and Coevolution (digital camera for microscopes, field equipment including: balances, calipers, light meter). Dept. of Biol., U of MN Duluth. $4,655.

 

Graduate Student Mentoring at University of Minnesota Duluth

 

Major advisor

Graduated

2008                Kyle Snell. Integrated Bioscience MS candidate. Endopolyploidy and plant functional traits.

2007                Jessica Grochowski. Biology MS. The distribution of ploidy levels of Solidago altissima in MN and relationship a climate gradient across a biome boarder.

2006                Rebecca Holmstrom (Anderson). Biology MS. Ammophila breviligulata: Implications of using non-local plant sources for native plant restorations in MN. Co-advised with Dr. David Schimpf.        

 

Current

2008                Ada Tse.  Integrated Bioscience MS. Genetic variation for resistance simulated damage by biocontrol agents in the invasive species Tanacetum vulgare.

2005                Tim McAulay. Biology MS candidate. Fitness consequences of climate change on populations of Solidago altissima sampled across the prairie-forest biome in Minnesota. Expected graduation Winter 08-09.

 

Committee member

                        Graduated

2008                Natalie White. Biology MS. Ecological factors contributing to invasion success of European genotypes of Phragmites australis.

2007                Marte Thabes. Biology MS. Bythotrephes invasions, morphometry, and resting eggs. Expected graduation Winter 08.

2007                Mike Dixon. MS Biology. Oviposition preference and fitness of the tumbling flower beetle: Implications for the goldenrod gall system. Unable to participate in final examination.

2005                Joe Beer. MS Geology. Sequence stratigraphy of fluvial and lacustrine deposits in the lower part of the Chinle formation, central UT, USA: Paleoclimatic and paleoecologic implications.

 

Current

2008                Carrie Pike. PhD Candidate. Forestry.  U of MN Twin Cities.

 

Undergraduate Student Mentoring

2008                Tyson Sievers. Physiological response to drought in a polyploid goldenrod.  Directed Research.

2007                Jessica Chatteron. Differences in the extent of inbreeding depression among different genotypes of a nonnative species. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UROP) $1700

2007                Jessica Chatterton. The effect of inbreeding on an invasive herbaceous species. Directed Research

2006                Laura Jensen. Varying responses of a polyploid goldenrod to drought. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Grant, UROP $1700

2005                Daniel Delf. Overcompensation in response to deer herbivory of the invasive species Campanula cervicaria. McNair Fellowship. College of St. Scholastica.

2005                Sarah Hurd. Phenotypic variation among populations of the invasive bellflower species, Campanula cervicaria. UROP and directed research. $1700

2005                Jasmine Wagner. Effects of maternal herbivory of Campanula cervicaria on seed fitness. UROP. $1700. Poster presented at 21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Dominican University of California. San Rafael, CA.

2004                Jasmine Wagner. Dispersal mechanisms and germination conditions in an invasive species, Campanula cervicaria, in northern Minnesota. UROP. $1700

2004                Kevin Prodinsky. Herbivory and its effects on parental and offspring fitness in the newly invasive species Campanula cervicaria. UROP. $1700          

2003                Margo Bergstrom. Illustration of Plant Diversity Lab Manual (Biol 3601). Coadvised with John Pastor. UROP. $1700. Poster presented at 2004 College of Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium, U of MN Duluth.

2003                Daniel Delf. A comparison of clinal variation in Solidago altissima across a broad geographical distribution in its native range and its invasive range in Japan. UROP. $1700. Poster presented at 2004 College of Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium, U of MN Duluth.

2003                Sarah Foltz. Genetic divergence of populations of Campanula americana studied by hybridization. UROP. $1700 and directed research (3 credits). Poster presented at 2003 College of Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium, U of MN Duluth.

2003                Jeff Willging. Geographic distribution of Solidago altissima cytotypes across the prairie-forest border in Minnesota. UROP. U of MN. $1700.

2002                Missy Peshman. Mechanisms of outbreeding depression studied through among-population hybridization in Campanula americana, the American bellflower. Directed research (3 credits). U of MN Duluth. Poster presented at 2003 College of Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium, U of MN Duluth.

2000-2002       Undergraduate Directed Research. Advised five students with L. Galloway. U of VA and RUI Program Mountain Lake Biological Station

1996                Jen Larson. Compatibility between populations of native prairie legume,

Chamaecrista fasciculata and its Bradyrhizobium symbiont. Directed research (2 credits) U of MN Twin Cities.

1996-1997              Laura Kinsell. Clinal variation in drought tolerance of the native prairie legume,

Chamaecrista fasciculata: A greenhouse study. UROP. $1500 and directed research (2 credits). U of MN Twin Cities.

 

Undergraduate advising

                        I am an academic advisor for 35-45 biology majors each semester.              

 

Service

 

U of MN Duluth

2008                Education Policy Committee

2008                Fulbright Scholarship Evaluation Committee

 

College of Science and Engineering, U of MN Duluth

2007-2008       Grant proposal review committee for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

2006 - current  Chair, U of MN Duluth Research and Field Studies Center, site development, space allocation, facility improvements, and expenditure of the Barbara J. Wilson Environmental Research Fund

 

Department of Biology, U of MN Duluth

2008                Chair, Plant Physiologist Search Committee

2007                Chair, Senior Lab Services Coordinator Search Committee II

2007                Chair, Senior Lab Services Coordinator Search Committee I

2005-2006       Chair, Biology Departmental Seminar Series

2005-2006       Member, Genetics/Genomics Search Committee

2005-2006       Member, Plant Physiologist Search Committee

2005                Member, Plant Biologist Search Committee              

2005                Member, Curriculum Committee

2004                Member, Graduate Admissions Committee

2003                Member, Ad hoc Library Journal Committee

2002-2003       Member, Safety Committee

 

Department of Plant Biological Science, U of MN Twin Cities

2004 -              Member, Recruitment Committee

 

Society for Conservation Biology

2003-2004       Chair, Travel Committee, International Meeting of the Society for Conservation                            Biology, July 2004, Duluth, MN.

2003-2004       Member, Planning Committee and Concurrent Sessions Committee, International                          Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, July 2004, Duluth, MN.

 

Other Professional

2007                NSF Panel: Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant

2003                Expert panelist. “Monitoring the Effects of Climate Change in Minnesota” MN

Pollution Control Agency. Minneapolis, MN.

 

Peer Review

American Journal of Botany, American Naturalist, Biological Conservation, Castenaea, Ecology, Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Oikos, Plant Biology, National Science Foundation, New Phytologist, Sea Grant, Science, and Urban Habitats.

 

Outreach

2006, 07, 08    Hawk Weekend, interpretive talk “Birds and Berries” Matt Etterson and Julie Etterson. Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory

2007                Organized a two-day series of events “Closing the gap: gender issues in academic science.”  Invited guests: Elizabeth Lord, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, Professor of Botany and Developmental Biology at U of CA Riverside and Ruth Shaw, Professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution & Behavior at U of MN Twin Cities. Supported by a $900 grant to Etterson from the UMD Commission on Women and matching funds from the Department of Biology.

2005                Seminar “The value of seeds: A link to the past and a link to the future.” and panel discussion for workshop, Take Back our Seed Supply, Minnesota Sustainable Farming Association.

2005                Panelist for undergraduate forum “Women in Science” Sponsored by the Women's Resource and Action Center, Kirby Student Center. U of MN Duluth.

2004                Presentation and discussion with R. Holmstrom. “The use of nonlocal propagules for habitat restoration:  A case study of a threatened population of beachgrass in Minnesota.” St. Louis River Citizens Action Committee.

2002                Presentation and discussion. “Using student projects in Plant Diversity (BIOL 3601) to increase our understanding of invasive species at Hawk Ridge.” Hawk Ridge Steering Committee.