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Fiona M Soper Postdoctoral Research Associate Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology Lab • PI Cory Cleveland College of Forestry & Conservation University of Montana [email protected] • www.fionasoper.com EDUCATION Ph.D. B.Sc. Cornell University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2010-2016 Dissertation: Effects of woody legume encroachment on nitrogen fixation, storage and gas loss in a subtropical semi-arid savanna. Advisor: Dr. Jed Sparks University of Queensland, Botany, Hons Class I, 2005-2008 PUBLICATIONS In prep In review 2016 2015 2011 Educational Resources FM Soper, JP Sparks, L Derry and others, Biological pumping of mineral nutrients in a temperate forested shale catchment FM Soper, PG Taylor, W Wieder, S Weintraub, C Cleveland, S Porder, A Townsend, Low rates of gaseous N loss point to conservative N cycling in a lowland tropical forest watershed FM Soper, CK McCalley, KL Sparks, JP Sparks, Soil carbon dioxide emissions from the Mojave Desert: isotopic evidence for a carbonate source Geophysical Research Letters 44:245-251 FM Soper, JP Sparks, Estimating ecosystem nitrogen addition by a leguminous tree: A mass balance approach using a woody encroachment chronosequence Ecosystems In press FM Soper, PM Groffman, JP Sparks, Denitrification in a subtropical, semi-arid savanna: field measurements and intact soil core incubations Biogeochemistry 128:257-266 FM Soper, TW Boutton, PM Groffman, JP Sparks, Nitrogen trace gas fluxes from a semi-arid subtropical savanna under woody legume encroachment Global Biogeochemical Cycles 30:614-628 FM Soper, AE Richards, I Siddique, MPM Aidar, GD Cook, LB Hutley, N Robinson, S Schmidt, Natural abundance (δ15N) indicates shifts in nitrogen relations of woody taxa along a savannawoodland continental rainfall gradient Oecologia 178:297-308 FM Soper, TW Boutton, JP Sparks, Investigating patterns of symbiotic nitrogen fixation during vegetation change from grassland to woodland using fine scale δ15N measurements Plant, Cell & Environment 38: 89-100 FM Soper, C Paungfoo-Lonhienne et al, Arabidopsis and Lobelia anceps access small peptides as a nitrogen source for growth Functional Plant Biology 38: 788-796 N Robinson, R Brackin, K Vinall, FM Soper et al, Nitrate paradigm does not hold up for sugarcane PloS ONE 6(4): e19045. FM Soper, JP Sparks, HW Greene, C McLinn (2014) ‘Empowering tomorrows field instructors: A coupled graduate-undergraduate course for teaching research mentorship in a field context’ Cornell Centre for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS 2014 2013 2010-2013 2012-2013 2012 2011 Soper – CV Betty Miller Francis ’47 Fund for Field Research National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Cornell Cross Scale Biogeochemistry and Climate Program Small Grants (4 total) Andrew W Mellon Student Research Grant Southwestern Association of Naturalists Howard McCarley Research Award Kieckhefer Adirondack Fellowship Total graduate research funding: $52,160 Page 1 SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2016 2015 Young Alumna of the Year, Stuartholme School Whittaker Award (Best Presentation), Cornell Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium Ecological Society of America Early Career Mentorship Program Travel Award Betty Miller Francis ’47 Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University Billings Award (Best Presentation), Ecological Society of America Meeting American Australian Association Education Fellowship Cornell University Graduate Fellowship DA Herbert Prize in Botany, University of Queensland 2014 2013 2011 2010 2008 RESEARCH POSITIONS Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University Research Technician, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland Research Projects Officer, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Plant Industry Division (Brisbane, Australia) 2016 2010 2009 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2015 2014 2011-2012 Teaching Assistantships, Cornell University Ecology and Environment (Head TA) Principles of Biogeochemistry Deserts, Snakes and Mentorship in the Field Introduction to Comparative Physiology PRESENTATIONS 2016 2015 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA Ecological Society of America National Meeting, Baltimore, MD American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA Ecological Society of America National Meeting, Sacramento, CA (education section) Invited lecture: ‘The global methane cycle’ in BIOEE668: Principles of Biogeochemistry Ecological Society of America National Meeting, Minneapolis, MN *Awarded Best Oral Presentation Ecological Society of America National Meeting, Portland, OR (poster) Ecological Society of America National Meeting, Austin, TX 2013 2012 2011 SERVICE AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Reviewer, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Functional Ecology, Ecosystems, Ecosphere, Biogeochemistry, Biogeosciences, Oecologia, Plant and Soil, Journal of Arid Environments, Austral Ecology, PLoS One, Geoderma Regional Mentorship Officer, Ecological Society of America Early Career Ecologist Section, 2016-present Selection Panel, American Australian Association Education Fellowships (2016) Student President, National Delegate, Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society, Alpha chapter (2014-2015) Organizational Committee, Cornell Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science and Sustainability Seminar Series (2011-present), Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Symposium (2010-2011, 2013) Grant Review Panelist, Cornell Biogeochemistry NSF IGERT small grants (2011-2015), Mellon Grants (2014) President, Cornell Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science and Sustainability GSA (2012) Mentor and supervisor, undergraduate honors student, Cornell Enviro-mentor Program (2010-2014) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Ecological Society of America Soper – CV • American Geophysical Union • Sigma Xi Page 2