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Camille Parmesan
Curriculum Vitae
June, 2011
Present address:
Integrative Biology - C0930
1 University Station
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
Citizenship: U.S.A.
ph: (+1) 512 232-1860
email: [email protected]
Education:
1984: B.S. in Zoology, summa cum laude, Special Honors in Zoology, University of Texas at Austin.
1989 - 1995: Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, (Supervisor, Lawrence E Gilbert)
Appointments:
2011-current
2011-current
2011
2006-2011
2010
2010
2000-2005
1996-1999
1992-1995
1989-1992
1985-87
Professor, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Professor, National Aquarium Chair in Public Understanding of Oceans and Human
Health, Marine Sciences Institute, University of Plymouth, UK
Visiting Professor, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (ISEM), University of Montpellier
II, France
Associate Professor, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Visiting Professor, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Visiting Fellow, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, UK
Assistant Professor, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin
Postdoctoral Fellow, NCEAS (National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis),
University of California at Santa Barbara
NASA Mission to Planet Earth Pre-doctoral Fellow
NSF Pre-doctoral Fellow
Research Scientist Associate, Dept. of Zoology, University of Texas at Austin
Awards and grants (post-B.S.):
competitive grants:
current
NSF/EaSM “Informing Climate-Related Decisions with Earth Systems Models”; PI: R Lempert,
RAND Corp.; Co-PIs: L Mearns, NCAR; D Budescu, Fordham; K Keller, Penn State;
Parmesan UTx. (Total grant = $ 1,300,000, Parmean UTx portion: $ 280,000)
DOE / NICCR (National Institute for Climatic Change Research) “Quantifying ecosystem integrity
under climate change using meta-analyses” (PI) (12/1/2008-11/30/2010; 2 person/months) ($
240,831)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "The population genetic structure of Euphydryas editha quino"
(PI) (1/1/2005-12/31/2016; 0.5 person/months) ($ 85,000)
2009 University of Texas Faculty Research Fellowship (PI) ($ 44,000)
2005 Joint grant from Aspen Global Change Institute and QUEST (Quantifying and Understanding the
Earth System: "Biodiversity in a Changing Climate: Assessing Uncertainties" (PI) ($ 23,400)
NSF "Evolutionary Ecology of Multiple Migration Strategies in a Single Species" (PI) ($ 12,000)
UT VP Research Grant " Novel Applications of Isotopic and Genetic Tracers for Understanding
Migratory Behavior in a Changing Climate" (PI) ($ 6,000)
2001 UT Summer Research Assignment ($ 12,000)
2000 Research Fellowship, University of Texas ($ 11,000)
1999 World Wildlife Fund. Symposium "Climate Change: the Current Trends and their Impacts on
Wildlife," ($ 4,000)
1996: National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Fellow ($ 95,000)
1992 NASA Global Change Program, Mission to Planet Earth Fellow ($ 60,000)
1989 NSF predoctoral Fellow ($ 54,000)
Honors, Merit Awards, Notable Recognitions:
2009
• Ranked second-most highly-cited author among “The most highly cited authors in climate change
research, 1999-2009.” (Thomas Reuters, Essential Science Indicators, ISI Web of Science, article
in Reuters’ Science Watch).
• Highest Citations recognition for “Hot papers in Environment/Ecology, 2006-2008”, for the
publication: Parmesan 2006, AREES. This award is for recent papers receiving the highest
numbers of citations in a 2-month period. Award list represents papers in top 0.1% of #s of
citations. (Thomas Reuters, Essential Science Indicators, ISI Web of Science, article in Reuters’
Science Watch).
• Two papers listed in the “Top 20 most highly cited papers in Environment and Ecology, 19982008.” This recognition is for the top 20 papers ranked by total citation count in this field.
(Thomas Reuters, Essential Science Indicators, ISI Web of Science, article in Reuters’ Science
Watch).
o Ranked #7: Walther, G-R, E Post, A Menzel, P Convey, C Parmesan, F Bairlen, T
Beebee, J M Fromont, O Hoegh-Guldberg (2002) Ecological responses to recent climate
change. Nature 416:389-395.
o Ranked #11: Parmesan, C & G Yohe (2003) A globally coherent fingerprint of climate
change impacts in natural systems. Nature 421:37-42. (This paper also won an ISI Web of
Science award in 2003 for being a “Hot New Paper”)
• Distinguished by the Atlantic magazine as one of 27 “Brave Thinkers who are shaping the future”
(The Atlantic, Nov. 2009, 304(4):68-75).
2008
• Dean’s Fellowship
• Nominated by the College of Natural Sciences for the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching
Award
2007:
• Nobel Peace Prize shared group awardee for role as Lead Author in the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change Assessments (IPCC)
• International award for "Outstanding Woman Working on Climate Change Issues," by the IUCN
(the International Union for the Conservation of Nature), Geneva, Switzerland.
• National Conservation Achievement Award, Science Category, National Wildlife Federation
• Named as “Who’s Who of Women and the Environment” by the United Nations Environment
Program. Award created as part of UNEP’s participation in “International Women’s Day”.
• Nominated for the Academy of Distinguished Teachers
• Nominated by the Section of Integrative Biology for Outstanding Teaching in the Graduate School
• Nominated by the College of Natural Sciences for the Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching
Award
2003:
• Highest Citations award for “New Hot Papers in category Multi-disciplinary”, for the publication:
Parmesan and Yohe Nature, 2003. This award is for recent papers receiving the highest numbers
of citations in a 2-month period. Award list represents papers in top 0.1% of #s of citations.
(Thomas Reuters, Essential Science Indicators, ISI Web of Science, article in Reuters’ Science
Watch).
2000-2001: ($10,000) Reeder Fellowship, Univ. of Texas
Appointments of particular distinction
• Appointed to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Lead Author Third
Assessment Report (1997-2001); Participant planning process, co-author Uncertainty Guidance
Report, and reviewer for Fourth AR (2002-2007); Participant planning process Fifth AR, coauthor guidance paper for Detection and Attribution in the Fifth IPCC Assessment (2009-current).
• Member Board of Life Sciences, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (2008-current)
• Royal Society and UK Global Environmental Change Committee Biodiversity sub-committee
workshop: Biodiversity – Climate Interactions: adaptation, mitigation and human livelihoods
(2007). Report presented at United Nations Bali Climate Change Conference, Dec. 2007.
• Member of the Science Council of The Nature Conservancy (2005-2007)
• Editorial Board member of the Society for Conservation Biology (2007-2009)
• Appointed to the National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences) committee to assess the
impacts of climate change on USA National Parks (2008)
• Member US Climate Change Strategic Plan, Office of the White House, Lead Author of Product 3.3
"Climate extremes." (2006-2008)
• Co-editor, SCOPE Assessment (Scientific Committee on Protection of the Environment) on "Impacts
of Biodiversity on Human Health", organized jointly with Diversitas. (2005-2008)
• Appointed to the National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences) committee to assess the
proposed NSF project NEON (the National Ecological Observatory Network) (2003).
• Appointed Chair of the Climate Change Task Force for biodiversity and endangered species, IUCN
(2004-2006)
• Testimonies
o Testified before the U.S. Congressional House Select Committee on Global Warming and Energy
Independence as expert witness on defining “dangerous” climate change for natural systems
(April, 2007).
o Testified before the Texas Senate Natural Resources Committee as expert witness for SB#124 to
adopt California automobile emission standards (April 2007)
Publications
Publications are divided into three sections: (1) Primary publications (peer-reviewed journals
articles, peer-reviewed books and book chapters, and major peer-reviewed governmental and NGO
reports); (2) Responses and replies (to journal publications); (3) Secondary publications (minor
papers in books, government and NGO reports, outreach and educational publications).
Primary Publications – Full List (peer-reviewed: journals, book chapters and reports):
As of June 2011: Total lifetime citations = 6347; Average Lifetime = 235/paper;
* denotes papers with >90 citations.
In Press
Parmesan, C, J Salzman and JB Ruhl, in press. Endangered species protection and the law in a changing
climate. In: The Edge Series: Adapting to Climate Change, Eds C Bauer, L Gunderson. Univ. of Arizona
Press.
Published
Parmesan, C, C Duarte, E Poloczanska, AJ Richardson, MC Singer (2011). Overstretching attribution.
Nature Climate Change 1:2-4.
Singer, M. C. and C. Parmesan (2010). Phenological asynchrony between herbivorous insects and their
hosts: a naturally-evolved starting point for climate change impacts? Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society of London 365(155):3161-3176.
Mikheyev A. S., T. Vo, P-S. Wee, M. C. Singer and C. Parmesan (2010). Rapid Microsatellite Isolation
from a Butterfly by De Novo Transcriptome Sequencing: Performance and a Comparison with AFLPDerived Distances. PLoS ONE 5(6): e11212. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011212
Sala, O, L Myerson & C Parmesan (Editors). (2009) SCOPE Assessment: Biodiversity, Global Change
and Human Health: from Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease (Island Press).
Parmesan, C. and P. Martens (2009). Climate change, wildlife and human health. Ch. 14 in: SCOPE
Assessment: Biodiversity, Global Change and Human Health: from Ecosystem Services to Spread of
Disease. O. Sala, C. Parmesan and L. Myers (Eds), Island Press.
Parmesan, C, SM Skevington, J-F Guegan, P Jutro, S Kellert, A Mazumder, M Roué, M Sharma (2009).
Biodiversity and Human Health: The Decision Making Process. Ch. 4 in: SCOPE Assessment:
Biodiversity, Global Change and Human Health: from Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. O.
Sala, C. Parmesan and L. Myers (Eds), Island Press
Sala, O, LA Myerson, C Parmesan (2009). Changes in biodiversity and their consequences for human
health. Ch. 1 in: SCOPE Assessment: Biodiversity, Global Change and Human Health: from
Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. O. Sala, C. Parmesan and L. Myers (Eds), Island Press.
Meyerson, FAB, LA Meyerson, C Parmesan, OE Sala (2009). Human health, biodiversity and ecosystem
services: the intertwined challenging future. Ch. 16 in: SCOPE Assessment: Biodiversity, Global
Change and Human Health: from Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. O. Sala, C. Parmesan and
L. Myers (Eds), Island Press.
IPCC Core Writing Team: Hegerl, GC O Hoegh-guldberg, G Casassa, M Hoerling, S Kovats, C
Parmesan, D Pierce, P Stott (2009). Good practice guidance paper on detection and attribution
related to anthropogenic climate change. Eds T Stoker, C Field, Q Dahe, V Barros, G-K Plattner, M
Tignor, P Midgley and K Ebi. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, WGI Technical Support
Unit, Bern, Switzerland.
Mathews, J & C Parmesan (2009). Biological Impacts of Climate Change in the Western U.S.:
Distinguishing Mechanisms from Trends. In Symposium on Future Climate Change: Implications for
Western Environments, Fred Wagner, Ed. Washington, DC: American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
*Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Hughes, L, McIntyre, S., L., Lindenmayer, D.B., Parmesan, C., Possingham, H. P.,
Thomas, C.D (2008). Assisted colonization and rapid climate change. Science 321:345-346. (96
citations)
Parmesan, C (2008). Where the wild things were. Daedalus, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences,
137(2):31-38.
Field, CB, DF Boesch, F Stuart Chapin III, PH Gleick, AC Janetos, J Lubchenco, JT Overpeck,
C Parmesan, TL Root, SW Running, SH Schneider (2008). Ecological impacts of climate change.
National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. National Academies Press,
Washington, DC.
Peterson, TC, D Anderson, SJ Cohen, M Cortez, R Murnane, Parmesan C, D Phillips, R Pulwarty
(2008). Why weather and climate extremes matter. Ch. 1 In: Weather and Climate Extremes in a
Changing Climate. Eds. Karl TR, Meehl GR. U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Synthesis
Assessment Product 3.3, (CCSP SAP 3.3) Executive Office of the President.
*Parmesan, C (2007). Influence of species, latitudes and methodologies on estimates of phenological
response to global warming. Global Change Biology 13:1860-1872. (96 citations)
Olivieri, I, MC Singer, S Magalhães, A Courtiol, Y Dubois, D Carbonell, F Justy, P Beldade,
C Parmesan, Y Michalakis (2007). Genetic, ecological, behavioral and geographic differentiation of
populations in a thistle weevil: implications for speciation and biocontrol. Evolutionary Applications
1(1):112-128.
Matthews JH, Boles S, Parmesan C, Juenger T (2007). Isolation and characterization of nuclear
microsatellite loci for the common green darner dragonfly Anax junius (Odonata: Aeshnidae).
Molecular Ecology Notes 7:845-847.
*Parmesan, C (2006). Ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change. Annual Reviews
of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 37:637-669. (Distinction of being the highest #downloads
from Annual Reviews website. Total downloads 12/06-9/08 = 21,556; Awarded “Most Highly Cited
Hot New Paper” for being in top 0.1% of citations for recent publications by ISI Web of Science)
(729 citations)
*Parmesan, C, S Gaines, L Gonzalez, DM Kaufman, J Kingsolver, AT Peterson & R Sagarin (2005).
Empirical perspectives on species’ borders: from traditional biogeography to global change. Oikos
108:58-75. (Distinction of being in the Top-10 Downloads from Oikos for 2005). (107 citations)
Parmesan, C. (2005) Biotic Response: Range and Abundance Changes. Ch. 4, pp. 41-55, In: Climate
Change and Biodiversity. Ed. by T Lovejoy and L Hannah (Yale University Press).
Parmesan, C. (2005) Case Study: Euphydryas editha. Special essay, pp. 56-60, In: Climate Change
and Biodiversity. Ed. by T Lovejoy and L Hannah (Yale University Press).
Cohen, AE, DA. Hendrickson, C Parmesan, JC Marks (2005). Habitat segregation among trophic
morphs of the Cuatro Ciénegas cichlid (Herichthys minckleyi). Hidrobiolgica 15(2, Special Issue SI):
169-181.
Parmesan, C. and H. Galbraith (2004). Observed Ecological Impacts of Climate Change in North
America, Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
Parmesan, C (2004). Uncertainty in Estimating Biological Impacts of Climate Change: Sources of Error
and Methods of Quantifying Uncertainty. IN: Describing Scientific Uncertainties in Climate Change
to Support Analysis of Risk and of Options, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (M
Manning, M Petit, D Easterling, J Murphy, A Patwardhan, H Rogner, R Swart, G Yohe, eds)
*Parmesan, C & G. Yohe (2003). A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts in natural
systems. Nature 421:37-42. Awarded twice by Reuter’s ISI Web of Science: (1) “Most Highly Cited
New Hot Paper” distinction for being in top 0.1 % of numbers of citations for a new paper and (2) in
the “Top 20 most highly cited papers in Environment and Ecology, 1998-2008”) (1551 citations)
Parmesan, C (2003). Butterflies as bio-indicators of climate change impacts. ch. 24 In: Evolution and
Ecology Taking Flight: Butterflies as Model Systems. Ed. by C.L Boggs, W.B.Watt, and P.R.,
Ehrlich. University of Chicago Press, pp. 541-560.
Tilman, D.G. J.D. Aber, J.M. Bergelson, C.J. Fialkowski, D.M. Gibb, J.F. Heidelberg, G.E. Hofmann,
P.J. Hudson, R.J. huggett, D.P. Letternaier, B.S. Low, S.R. Palumbi, C. Parmesan and H.H. Shugart,
Jr. (2003). NEON: Addressing the Nation's Environmental Challenges. An assessment of the
National Research Council of the National Academies, Committee on the National Ecological
Observatory Network. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
*Walther, G-R, E Post, A Menzel, P Convey, C Parmesan, F Bairlen, T Beebee, J M Fromont, O HoeghGuldberg (2002). Ecological responses to recent climate change. Nature 416:389-395. (1618
citations)
IPCC (2001): Lead Author ch. 2 (Methods), Contributing Author ch. 5 (Ecosystems), ch. 19
(Synthesis), & the Summary for Policy Makers for: Impacts, Adaptations and Vulnerabilities,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report (WG II), Cambridge
Univ. Press
Parmesan, C. (2001) Detection of range shifts: general methodological issues and case studies using
butterflies. In: Fingerprints of Climate Change: Adapted Behaviour and Shifting Species' Ranges.
Ed. by G-R Walther, C.A. Burga and P.J. Edwards. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers. (Dec.
2001, 338 pg.)
Parmesan, C. (2001) Coping with modern times? Insect movement and climate change. In: Insect
Movement: Mechanisms and Consequences. Ed. By I. Woiwod, D.R. Reynolds and C.D. Thomas.
CAB International, Wallingford.
*Easterling, D.R., G.A. Meehl, C. Parmesan, S. Chagnon, T. Karl, L. Mearns (2000). Climate extremes:
observations, modeling, and impacts. Science 289: 2068-2074. (641 citations)
*Parmesan, C., T.L. Root & M. Willig (2000). Impacts of extreme weather and climate on terrestrial
biota. Bull. American Meteorological Soc. 81: 443-450. (122 citations)
*Meehl. G. A., T. Karl, D. R. Easterling, S. Changnon, R. Pielke Jr., D. Changnon, J. Evans, P. Ya.
Groisman, T. R. Knutson, K. E. Kunkel, L. O. Mearns, C. Parmesan, R. Pulwarty, T. Root, R. T.
Sylves, P. Whetton, and F. Zwiers (2000). An introduction to trends in extreme weather and climate
events: observations, socioeconomic impacts, terrestrial ecological impacts, and model projections.
Bull. American Meteorological Soc., 81(3):413-416. (129 citations)
Parmesan C (2000). Unexpected density-dependent effects of herbivory in a wild population of the
annual Collinsia torreyi. Journal of Ecology 88:392-400.
*Parmesan, C, N Ryrholm, C Stefanescu, JK Hill, CD Thomas, H Descimon, B Huntley, L Kaila, J
Kullberg, T Tammaru, J Tennent, JA Thomas, M Warren (1999). Poleward shift of butterfly species’
ranges associated with regional warming. Nature 399:579-583. (556 citations)
*Parmesan C (1996). Climate and species range. Nature 382:765-766. (266 citations)
Parmesan C, MC Singer, I Harris (1995). Absence of adaptive learning from the oviposition foraging
behaviour of a checkerspot butterfly. Animal Behaviour 50: 161-175.
Parmesan, C (1995). Ecological and behavioral aspects of the interaction between host-plants and the
checkerspot butterfly, Euphydryas editha. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas.
Singer MC, CD Thomas, HL Billington and C Parmesan (1994). Correlates of speed of evolution of
host preference in a set twelve populations of the butterfly Euphydryas editha. Ecoscience 1(2): 107114
Singer MC and C Parmesan (1993). Sources of variation in patterns of plant-insect association. Nature
361:251-253
*Singer MC, CD Thomas, and C Parmesan (1993). Rapid human-induced evolution of insect-host
associations. Nature 366:681-683 (107 citations)
Singer MC, D Vasco, C Parmesan, CD Thomas and D Ng (1992). Distinguishing between 'preference'
and 'motivation' in food choice: an example from butterfly oviposition. Animal Behaviour 44:463471 (59 citations)
Parmesan C (1991). Evidence against plant "apparency" as a constraint on evolution of insect search
efficiency (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). J. Insect Behaviour 4(4):417-430
Singer MC, CD Thomas, HL Billington and C Parmesan (1989). Variation among conspecific insect
populations in the mechanistic basis of diet breadth. Animal Behaviour 37:751-759
*Thomas CD, D Ng, MC Singer, JLB Mallet, C Parmesan and HL Billington (1987). Incorporation of a
european weed into the diet of a north american herbivore. Evolution 41:892-90 (92 citations)
Responses and Replies
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Hughes, L, McIntyre, S., L., Lindenmayer, D.B., Parmesan, C., Possingham, H. P.,
Thomas, C.D.Thomas (2008). Where Species Go, Legal Protections Must Follow. (Reply to 3
responses to Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2009: Davidson & Simkanin, Huang, and Chapron & Samelius)
Science 322: 1049-1050
Parmesan, C & MC Singer (2008). Amphibian extinctions: Disease not the whole story (Response to Lips
et al. 2008). PLoS Biology March 28, 2008.
http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=read-response&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0060072#r2213
Parmesan, C & C Taylor-Hilton (2003). Response to Thuillier et al. 2002. IUCN Species’ Survival
Commission website.
Secondary Publications (popular articles, educational books, book reviews, minor reports):
Parmesan, C & MC Singer. (2011). Biology of Butterflies that are “NOT Monarchs.” Review of: Ecology of
Butterflies in Europe, Ed by J. Settele, T. Shreeve, M. Konvicka, H. Van Dyck, Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge (2009). Ecology
Parmesan, C & S Skevington. Human Health and Biodiversity (2010). UNESCO/SCOPE Policy Brief Series
Parmesan, C (2010). Unanswered Questions on Impacts of Climate Change, In: Biology: the Dynamic Science (ch
52 "The Biosphere", undergraduate textbook), Russell, Wolfe, Hertz & Starr (Thomson, Brooks/Cole publishing),
pp. xx-x
Parmesan, C. (2008). "Assisted Migration for Species Preservation", 2009 Yearbook Of Science & Technology.
McGraw-Hill
Parmesan, C. (2008). Visualization of climate change basics. Review of Atlas of Climate Change. Conservation
Biology 22(3):805-806.
Parmesan, C. (2008). The great interconnectedness of climate, life and society. Review of Climate Change:
Biological and Human Aspects. Bioscience 58(6):556-557.
Parmesan, C (2007). Extinction or Evolution? Gincana 3, United Nations Environmental Program and the
Convention on Biological Diversity, pp. 25.
Parmesan, C. (2007). Detecting the Impacts of Climate Change. Essay in: Earth Under Fire, G. Braasch,
University of California Press, pp. xx-xx.
Parmesan, C. (2007). Ecosystem response to climate change In: Climate Change: the Defining Issue of our Time,
Annual Report Centerpiece, Entergy Corp., pp. 3.
Parmesan, C. & J. Matthews (2005). Global warming. Ch. 19 in: Meffe, G., R. Carroll & M. Groom (eds)
Principles of Conservation Biology, 3rd ed. (Sinauer) (undergraduate textbook)
Parmesan, C. (2005) Case Study: Euphydryas editha and climate change. Special essay In: Meffe, G.,
R.Carroll & M. Groom (eds) Principles of Conservation Biology, 3rd ed. (Sinauer) (undergraduate
textbook)
Anderson, A., E. Allen, M. Dodero, T. Longcore, D.D. Murphy, C. Parmesan, G. Pratt, M.C. Singer (2001). Quino
Checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) Recovery Plan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (Portland,
Oregon).
Parmesan, C. (2001). Climate change and butterflies: introduction. Climate Change and Wildlife, Eds. Rhys Green,
Mark Spalding, Christoph Zockler, and Mike Harley, (CAB International), pp. xx-xx.
Parmesan, C. (2001). Effects of climate change on butterfly distributions. Climate Change and Wildlife, Eds. Rhys
Green, Mark Spalding, Christoph Zockler, and Mike Harley, (CAB International), pp. xx-xx
Parmesan, C. (2000). Global Change. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9th edition,
(McGraw-H
Parmesan, C. (2000). A time to think big: re-defining the limits to conservation. Review of Continental
Conservation, ed. By M.E. Soule and J. Terborgh (Island Press). Ecology x:xx-xx.
Parmesan, C. (1999). Global warming and species movement: the case of butterflies. In: Elements of Change 1998:
Climate Extremes: Changes, Impacts and Projections, ed. by S.J. Hassol and J. Katzenberger (Aspen Global
Change Institute) pp. 329-333.
Parmesan, C. (1999). The world as a patchwork. Review of Metapopulation Ecology by I. Hanski . Nature
399:747.
Parmesan, C. (1995). Traversing the checkerboard of Euphydryas identification. American Butterflies (NABA)
3(4):12-22.
Parmesan, C. (1995). A primer for study of insect-plant interactions. Review of Host-plant Selection by
Phytophagous Insects by E.A. Bernays and R.F. Chapman. Ecology 76:1682-1683.
Other publications from students in my lab (not co-authored with myself):
Matthews, J.H. 2007. Wetland invertebrates and climate change: what happens when the pond is half-empty? Wings
Matthews, J.H. 2007. “Anthropogenic climate change impacts on aquatic macroinvertebrates: a thermal mass
perspective.” In Odonate conservation: climate change impacts and monitoring strategies, Jürgen Ott, ed. Sofia,
Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers.
May, M., and J.H. Matthews. 2007. “Migration in odonates: a focus on Anax junius.” In Dragonflies as model
organisms: contributions to ecology and evolution, Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, ed. New York: Oxford University Press.
Matthews, J.H., and C. Parmesan. 2009. “Biological impacts of climate change in the western U.S.: distinguishing
mechanisms from trends.” In Future climate change: implications for western environments, Fred Wagner, ed.
Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Matthews, J.H. 2007. Mass migration by Common Green Darners (Anax junius) along and across the western Gulf of
Mexico. Journal of Odonata of Texas 2, 9–11.
Matthews, J.H. 2005. Long-distance migration and emergence patterns in Anax junius: a review of work to date. Argia
17(3): 29–30.
Matthews, J.H. 2005. A request for collection assistance. Argia 17(2): 15–16.
Matthews, J.H. 2004. Shifts in common green darner emergence patterns? Ontario Odonata 5: 12–15.
Symposia/Workshops organized:
2010 6th International Conference on Butterfly of Butterflies, Symposium “Butterflies In A Changing Climate: Perils
And Prospects,” Edmonton Canada. Organizers: Camille Parmesan, Jeremy Kerr. Speakers: M Forister, D
Gutierrez, JK Hill, J Kerr, M Luoto, C Parmesan, J Roland, J Thomas, CD Thomas,
2005 Aspen Global Change Institute and Quantifying and Understanding Ecosystems (AGCI/QUEST).
Workshop on "Biodiversity in a Changing Climate: Assessing Uncertainties." Organizer:Camille Parmesan
1999: Ecological Society of America, Symposium and panel discussion on "Climate Change: the Current Trends and
their Impacts on Wildlife," (Spokane, WA). Organizer: Camille Parmesan. Speakers, D. Easterling, S.
Schneider, B. Griffith, C. Parmesan and J.A. Pounds.
Scientific Talks and/or workshop participations, Accepted (declined not shown)
2011
- Invited speaker, "Recent Advances in Ecology" lecture, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America,
Austin, Texas, Aug. 2011
- Invited speaker, University of Montpellier, France, May 2011
- Invited speaker, Annual Ecological Integration Symposium, Texas A&M, College Station, Texas, April 2011
- Invited speaker, Big Thicket Association Science Conference, Nacadoches, Texas, April 2011
2010
- Invited speaker, Randall Women in Science Seminar Series, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho March 2010
- Invited speaker, Environmental Science Institute, University of Plymouth, May 2010
- Invited speaker, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, May 2010
- Invited speaker, Board of Chemistry and Technology, National Academy of Sciences (April 2010)
- Invited Symposium speaker, Ecological Society of America Symposium “Designing landscapes for species range
shifts: Conservation planning in the face of climate change.” Philadelphia, Aug 2010
- Invited Symposium co-author, Ecological Society of America Symposium “Extreme Climatic Events:
Perspectives on their Ecological Role and Approaches for Future Research.” Philadelphia, Aug 2010
- Invited Participant, NCEAS workshop on “Marine Ecosystem and Climate Change: A Meta-analysis of
Observed Responses.” Organizers: Anthony Richardson & Elvira Poloczanska
- Invited Participant, NCEAS workshop on “Phenology and Climate Change.” Organizers: Benjamin Cook,
Elizabeth Wolkovich, Julio Betancourt
- Environmental Sciences Institute, University of Texas, Symposium on Climate Change Research at UT
2009
- Keynote Address, Entomological Society of Canada, Winnipeg Oct. 2009.
- COP-15 Climate Conference, IUCN Side Event “Adaptation Measures for Biodiversity Conservation,”
Copenhagen (Dec 2009)
- COP-15 Climate Conference, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Side Event “Ecological
Interactions in a Warmer World,” Copenhagen (Dec 2009)
- Invited speaker, Arizona School of Law conference on “Adaptation and Climate Change” (Tucson, Jan. 2009)
- Invited speaker, American Museum of Natural History conference on “Biodiversity and Human Health” (New
York, April 2009)
- Keynote Lecture for Scientists, Policy and the Media, Kew Gardens/QUEST workshop on Biodiversity and
Climate Change, Kew Gardens, London, Sept. 2009.
2008
- Plenary speaker, Workshop speaker, Satellite Event speaker (3 separate talks), and report advisor, COHAB2
Initiative (Council on Health and Biodiversity), Galway Ireland, Feb. 2008
- Invited speaker AAAS symposium on “Rapid Adaptation under Climate Change”, Boston Feb. 2008
- Invited Speaker Environmental Seminars on the Hill, American Meteorological Society (Oct. 2009)
- Invited Speaker, Symposium on Climate Change, Geological Society of America (Oct. 2009)
- Keynote speaker, University of Texas Continuing Legal Education Conference on “Carbon and Climate
Change”, April, 2007
- Invited Speaker, conference on Climate Change Impacts on Texas Water Forecasts (Austin, April 2008)
- invited speaker, Columbia University, New York Feb. 2008
2007
- Distinguished speaker, Linneaus 200 year Celebration, Royal Swedish Academy, Stockholm (Nov. 2007)
- Invited Speaker, Royal Society of London and the UK Enviornmental Program workshop on
"Biodiversity – Climate Interactions: adaptation, mitigation and human livelihoods" (June 2007)
Report presented to UK government and at Bali meeting.
- Invited speaker, University of Oklahoma (Feb. 2007)
2005
- Society of Environmental Journalists, panel discussion on "Conveying the Science of Climate Change", Tony
Socci and Bud Ward organizers (Sept. 2005)
- International Biogeography Society Symposium, "Biogeography Responses to Global Change", W. Virginia,
Felisa Smith (org) (Jan 2005)
- "Global Environmental Change and Biodiversity", Paris Workshop, Paul Leadley (0rg) (May 2005)
- Ecological Society of America Symposium, "Species Range Dynamics", Montreal Canada - Aspen Global Change Institute workshop, "Weather and Climate Extremes – Progress in Monitoring and
Research", Aspen Colorado, Tom Karl & Gerrald Meehl (orgs) (July 2005)
- Brown University "Frontiers of Environmental Research" Symposium (Sept. 2005)
- Keynote speaker, U. Maryland Environmental Symposium "Bioscience Day" (Nov. 2005)
- Environmental Symposium " Physiology meets ecology: Mechanisms underlying adaptive responses to
temperature. ", Wageningen Netherlands (Fall 2005)
- Biodiversity Science and Education Initiative(BSEI), Steve Hubble (org.) MacArthur Foundation (2005-present).
- Texas Committee on Natural Resources, Annual meeting, session on Climate Change (Oct. 2005)
2004
- Keynote Speaker, conference “Climate change and aquatic systems: past, present & future”, Plymouth Marine
Sciences Institute (UK), Martin Attrill (org)
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (United Nations), Workshop on Describing Scientific Uncertainties
in Climate Change to Support Analysis of Risk and of Options, Maynooth Ireland
- The Nature Conservancy, "Climate Change Brainstorming Workshop," D.C., John Weins & Tom Lovejoy (orgs)
- Ecosystem Interagency working group, U.S. Climate Change Strategic Plan / ecosystems workshop,Susan
Herrod Julius (EPA) & Bryce Stokes (USDA)
- International Congress of Entomology Symposium, "Impacts of environmental change on insect management
and conservation", Brisbane Australia, Richard Harrington, Hefin Jones, Greg Masters (orgs)
- International Congress of Entomology Symposium, "The Conservation Of Insect Diversity", Brisbane Australia,
Tim New, Don Sands & Michael Samways (orgs)
- University of Queensland, Marine Sciences Institute, Brisbane
2003
- IUCN workshop on "Climate change and Species", London, UK.
- University of Amsterdam
- Chair summary session " Global Climate Change and Biodiversity Conference", Norwich UK, Royal Society for
the Protection of Birds (org)
- Carnegie Mellon - NSF Center on Climate Change ("distance" seminar via phone and web)
2002:
- University of Arizona, Tucson
- Darwin's Birthday Lecture, British Natural History Museum, London.
2001:
- Sante Fe Institute workshop: "Ecological Complexity and the 6th Extinction" (Organizers, Simon Levin &
Ricard Sole) - re-scheduled for 2002 due to Sept. 11.
- University of British Columbia (Canada), Department of Zoology
- Workshop on "Climate Change at High Elevation Sites: Emerging Impacts: (HIGHEST II)", Davos, Switzerland
- Symposium on "Fingerprints of Climate Change", Ascona, Switzerland
- Workshop "The Implications of Climate Change for Species Conservation", Geneva, Switzerland , The World
Conservation Organization (IUCN) (org)
2000:
- American Meteorological Association, symposium on "Trends in extreme weather events," Los Angeles, CA
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS-CEFE), Montpellier, France
1999:
- Royal Entomological Symposium, "Insects and Movement," Imperial College, London, UK.
- Workshop on Biotic Responses to Climate Change, organized by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
and World Wildlife Fund, Norwich University, UK.
- Faculty Colloquium for Women's Studies, "Women and Policy," Univ. of Texas at Austin
1998:
- Plenary speaker, California Regional Climate Change Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA- Aspen Global Change
Institute workshop on ‘Climate Extremes: Changes, Impacts and Projections,’ Aspen, CO
- US Environmental Protection Agency public/policy conference, the National Zoo, Washington, DC
- Stanford University Environmental Forum, Stanford, CA
1997:
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique(CNRS-CEFE), Montpellier, France
- Climate Change workshop, co-sponsored by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and World Wildlife
Fund, Boulder, CO.
- University of California at Santa Cruz (CA), Department of Biology
- University of California at Davis (CA), Dept. of Evolution and Ecology
- ‘Women in Conservation Biology’ seminar series, San Francisco State, CA
1996:
- National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) conference on ‘Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in
Ecological Systems,’ Santa Barbara.
- University of California at Berkeley (CA), Dept. of Integrative Biology
- University of California at Santa Barbara (CA), Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Sciences
- U.S. Global Change seminar series on Capitol Hill, USGCRP, Washington DC
1995:
- Soc. for the Study of Evolution Symposium ‘Rapid Evolutionary Change in Wild Populations,’ 1995 meetings
in Montreal, Canada.
1993:
- Cornell University.
Reviewer for:
Nature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
Ecology Letters
Conservation Biology
Conservation Ecology
Biodiversity and Distributions
Science
Ecology
American Naturalist
Ecological Applications
Global Change Biology
Biological Conservation
National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States, Office
of the US Global Change Research Program, Executive Office of the President
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report (IPCC TAR), United Nations
Granting agencies: National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),
Smithsonian Institute, National Environmental Research Council (NERC, UK), Assessments of Impacts and
Adaptation to Climate Change (AIACC - International START Secretariat)
Public Outreach / Non-university Service
Because climate change research has immediate policy relevance, I have also been heavily involved at both the national
and international levels in several reports, panels and workshops operating at the interface of science, policy and
conservation. The most notable of these is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was
organized by the United Nations to synthesize the scientific consensus on global warming and its impacts.
I've been involved with international non-governmental organizations to discuss the conservation implications
of climate change, and prepare possible strategies for reduction of future negative impacts on global biodiversity and
preservation of rare and endangered species and ecosystems. I have been Chair of the IUCN (International Union for
the Conservation of Nature) Task Force on Climate Change and Conservation and on the Science Advisory Council for
the Nature Conservancy. I've also participated in efforts led by Conservation International, the Royal Society for the
Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and the National Wildlife Federation.
Service as expert advisor for the following panels, committees and processes:
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United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1997-present)
National Academy of Sciences Board of Life Sciences (2008-present)
Advisory Board, Sierra Club Climate Recovery Partnership (2009-present)
Advisory Board, Endangered Species Coalition (2010-present)
Editorial Board, Society for Conservation Biology (2007-2009)
National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences); member of the Committee on Ecological Impacts of
Climate Change (2007-2008).
Science Advisory Board, The Nature Conservancy (2006-2008)
Member of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Quino Checkerspot butterfly endangered species
recovery team (1998-present)
Advisor for the international Council on Health and Biodiversity (COHAB) (2008-present)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (2004-present)
National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the United States,
Office of the US Global Change Research Program, Executive Office of the President (2006-2008)
Royal Society and UK Global Environmental Change Committee Biodiversity sub-committee workshop:
Biodiversity – Climate Interactions: adaptation, mitigation and human livelihoods (2007)
Biodiversity Science and Education Initiative(BSEI), Steve Hubble (org.) MacArthur Foundation
(2005-2007).
• National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences); member of review team for NEON: the National
Ecological Observatory Network (2004)
• Member, NSF Ecology Panel (Spring 2003)
• Member, NSF Ecology Panel (fall, 2001)
• Union of Concerned Scientists, general advisor on climate change impacts
• U.S. Climate Change Strategic Plan, Executive Office of the President: Advisor for implementation plan, author
and reviewer of Synthesis and Assessment Products.
Recent Media Profiles Of Research
My scientific publications frequently receive considerable media attention. A search on Google for “Camille Parmesan”
returns > 10,000 hits These include tv news spots, radio interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, and web-based
articles & blogs (duplications occur, e.g. a single Associated Press articles is run in many newspapers worldwide). Some
of my more major recent interviews include:
o Recent Video & TV
 ABC News, Nature’s Edge Notebooks, World News Webcast “Unnatural Selection”, Bill Blakemore,
Thursday July 24, 2008, http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5443953
 Official COP15 (UNFCC) interview
http://www.climate-change.tv/component/content/article/47inside-climate-change-solutions-interviews/314-camille-parmesan-december-2009
o Recent Radio (available on request on CD-rom):
 Australian Broadcasting Corporation “Science Show” (July 31, 2010)
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/default.htm
 Living on Earth “The Future of the Ecological Landscape” (Jan. 8, 2010)
http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=10-P13-00002
 New Zealand Public Radio “Nine to Noon” Show (July 31, 2008)
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/20080731
 Earth & Sky:
 (Feb. 2009) “Clear Voices”, camille-parmesan-on-conservation-in-a-warming-world (interview
#53087)
 (Nov. 10 2008) global-warming-already-affecting-species (interview #52872)
 (May 17, 2009) http://earthsky.org/biodiversity/radical-conservation-methods-needed-says-expert
 (Feb. 2009) http://earthsky.org/earth/how-to-deal-with-climate-related-depression
o Recent major magazine profiles:
 Audubon Magazine, Family Section, April 2010.
 The Guardian, “A home from home: saving species from climate change”, Suzanne Goldenberg, Feb.
12, 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/12/saving-species-climate-change
 Scientific American, “Insights: Escape from the Killing Fields”, David Appell, March 9, 2009.
 Science ét Vie, “Forced Migrations”, Boris Bellanger, March 2009.
 Orion Magazine “Taking Wilderness in Hand: Rescuing Species”, Michelle Nijhuis, May/June 2008
 National Wildlife, magazine of the National Wildlife Federation, “Out of Sync”, Laura Tangley,
April/May 2005
 Audubon Magazine “Madam Butterfly”, Alex Shoumatoff, Sept/Oct, 2005
o Other notable science/media events and videos:
• PBS NOW program “God and Global Warming”, Aired Oct. 26, 2007, Alaska Scientists/Evangelical
Expedition, Harvard Center for Global Change, Aug. 2007; Main program website:
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/343/index.html
• "Creative Conservation in a Changing Climate", Interview on You-Tube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GDNVxZlL0s
• Re-energize Texas Summit talk, You-Tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ffGrN24rQ
• “Global Warming: Impacts on Wildlife and Society”, Interview on You-Tube,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJxR4wVsR7Y&feature=related
• “Why I became a biologist”, Interview on You-Tube video,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WY6wptkw_w&feature=related
International media and public relations
- Participant in the Scientists/Evangelical Alaska Expedition, organized by the Center for Global Change and the
Environment, Harvard Medical School and PBS. Documentary of expedition “God and Global Warming”
aired on PBS Oct. 2007.
- "Darwin's Birthday" public Lecture, British Museum of Natural History, London (2002)
- Work featured in Encyclopedia Brittanica (2004)
-Interview and filming in the field for BBC film series "The State of the Planet," hosted by Sir David Attenborough,
British Broadcasting Corporation, (aired November, 2000 in three parts).
- Work featured in National Geographic ‘Unlocking the Climate Puzzle’, (May 1998)
- Work featured in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report (2001)
- Work featured in an RSPB/WWF report presented to delegates at the Kyoto Convention on Global Warming
(December, 1997)
- Work has been profiled by the following media (1996 – present, not exhaustive):
NBC Nightline News with Tom Brokow, CBS Evening News, ABC Nightly News with Ted Koppel, ABC
World News with Peter Jennings, CNN Headline News, CNN Now, BBC News, BBC Radio 4 (Planet Earth
Program), NPR, NY Times, Science News, Audubon Magazine, LA Times & affiliates, Associated Press, New
Scientist, The Scientist, Science Magazine, London Times, ABC News online, Cox news service, ScrippsHoward news service, Time magazine, US News and World Report, Atlantic Constitution, Voice of America
radio, Discovery Channel online, Netherlands Press Association, Radio Suisse Romande, Radio Canada
Montreal, Radio Suisse, Science et Vie (Swiss), Die Zeit (Germany), Avui (Catalonia, Spain), Publico
(Portugal), BBC radio Belfast (N Ireland), Weerspiegel, Vancouver Sun, Natur Wissenschaft Umwelt, Seoul
daily, Veja Revista (Brazil), London Independent, Daily Telegraph, Earth, National Wildlife, Audubon
Magazine, The Express (UK), Vancouver National Post, NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands), Birmingham Post,
The Yorkshire Post, Santa Barbara News Press, WBEZ radio Chicago, Santa Barbara Independent, Austin
American Statesman, KXAN tv 36 Austin, KVUE tv Austin, Earth and Sky Radio Series, Grundy County
Bulletin, Mothers and Others Green Guide, Rush Limbaugh Show.
National media and public relations
• Participant in the Scientists/Evangelical Alaska Expedition, organized by the Center for Global Change and
the Environment, Harvard Medical School and PBS. Documentary of expedition “God and Global
Warming” aired on PBS Oct. 2007.
• Speaker National Conversation on Climate Action, Dallas. Involved 70 participating cities around the USA.
Sponsored by Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Yale Climate Project (2007) <
http://www.climateconversation.org >
• Participant in Union Concerned Scientists press conference call for Vanguard Auto design release (March
2007)
• Research on Edith’s checkerspot presented in new exhibit by the Natural History Museum of the California
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco (2008)
• workshop on Climate Change Science and the Mass media, La Jolla, CA (2004)
• Lecturer for 2-day Congressional Course in D.C. "Environmental Change: The Science and Human Health
Impacts" organized by Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment (April 2003)
• Work featured in 2000 National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
for the United States
• Work featured in 1997 National Biological Survey report
• Invited speaker, White House sponsored Global Change seminar series on Capitol Hill, DC (Oct., 1996)
Local/State media and public relations
• Speaker Re-energize Texas National meeting of University Students (Jan. 2008)
• Speaker Audubon Society (March 2007)
• Speaker Texas Natural Resources Society (spring 2007)
• Lecturer for QUEST program (University Continuing Education Program) (Feb. 2007)
• Lecturer for LAMP program (Learning for Mature Persons, University Continuing Education Program) (Oct.
2003, Feb. 2007)
• Speaker for the Outdoor Nature Club, Houston (April 2003, March 2004, March 2005)
• Speaker Texas Renewable Energy Round Up (Oct. 2006)
• Speaker: Texas Committee on Natural Resources, Austin (Oct. 2005)
• Speaker: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 Science Council Seminar Series, Dallas (Nov.
2005)
• Speaker for UT Odyssey Class " Word for Word: The UT Speaker Series" (Oct. 2005)
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Speaker for NSECT (UT entomological student club) (Oct. 2005)
• Guest on the tv show, the "Daryl Slusher Show", ch. 10 Austin (Feb. 2003).
• Speaker for Medical Doctors Journal Club (Oct. 2003)
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Speaker for "Tu B'Shevat – Temple Israel, New Rochelle, NY. (Jan. 2003)
• Environmental Sciences Institute Outreach Lecture Series: "Global Warming: Impacts on Wildlife and
Society" (Feb. 2002)
• Speaker and panel member, The Texas Philosophical Society annual meeting on "The Land"; "Global
warming and Texas" (Dec. 2001)
• Participant (panel member) in the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs symposium: "The Kyoto
Protocol and Global Climate Change: a Conference Debate" (March, 2000)
• Speaker for the Institute for Women's Studies, Univ. of Texas, "Faculty Colloquium for Women's Studies:
Women and Policy" (October, 2000)
• Speaker at the Austin Butterfly Forum (Oct., 2000)
Educational / Teaching Activities
At the undergraduate level I teach an advanced course in Conservation Biology and a PlanII course in Global
Warming, and have given multiple guest lectures in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary courses across
campus (departments of Biology, Geography, Geology, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture, Journalism
and Education). I've participated in events and giving lectures for the Bridging Disciplines Program, the
Dean's Scholars Seminar, and the Women in Science program. I’ve been the Study Abroad Undergraduate
Course Evaluator for the University of Texas since 2006 (to present). As Chair of the School of Biological
Sciences Committee for the Biology Option, I helped to develop and implement a new, university-wide B.S.
in Environmental Sciences.
I've developed and taught two interdisciplinary graduate courses:
1) BIO 386 Global Environmental Change. Climate science, the biological and health impacts of climate
change, policy implications and alternative energies. Students are from across campus, from graduate
programs in: Law School, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Science Education, Geography, Geology and
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior.
2) BIO 385K.5 Research Design. Formal training in preparation of a research program, scientific writing,
and effective communication of science. Has included students from 5 graduate programs:
Anthropology, Science Education, Geography, Plant Biology and Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Graduate Students supervised:
Past: Adam Cohen (MS, co-supervised with Dean Hendrickson); Mary Jamieson (MS); John Matthews (PhD)
Current: Kumar Mainali (PhD); Hayley Gillespie (PhD); Laura Dugan (PhD, co-supervised with Dean Hendrickson);
Matthew Moskwik (PhD); Nichole Bennett (PhD, co-supervised with Michael C Singer)
Undergraduate Students supervised:
Honor's theses
2008-2009
Alexander J Hoffer (Plan II) “The Potential for Wind Energy in the 21st Century”
Zachary Heard (Plan II, 2nd Reader) “Texas Wines: environmental correlates of good wine”
2006
Heather Keil (Plan II, 2nd Reader)
2006
James Kahn (Plan II) "The impact of climate change on human health in the Arctic"
2004-2005 Jove Graham (Plan II) "Seeing through the haze: what the US has actually been doing to
address climate change since 2001"
Research in lab
2011
Meghan Jeudeman, Skylar Netherland, Tam Tran, Phaedra Koonz
2010
Tam Tran
2009
Chistine Tarn, Travis Bartholomew, Ali Coleman, Elena Konovalova, Kofi Amoako (REU summer
program)
2008
Maria Mancha
2007
Drew Davis, Rebecca Jones
2006
Drew Davis, Rebecca Jones
2004
Clare Metz, Phebe Vander Meer, Stacy Klowaski, Marie Butcher
2003
Elizabeth Goulding, Charles Britt, Jennifer Schimek
Other University-level Educational Activities
• Interviewed and profiled for introductory essay to the Ecology section (Unit 8) of Campbell & Reese,
Biology, 9th ed, 2010 (Undergraduate Biology textbook)
• Lecturer for Graduate Summer School ''Interaction and coevolution of climate and biosphere",
Valsavarenche (Gran Paradiso National Park, Val d'Aosta, Italy). Supported by the French CNRS,
the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, ISAC-CNR (Italy) and CIMA- Interuniversity
Center for Research in Environmental Monitoring (Italy) (June 2-11, 2008)
• Author, essay on “Assisted Migration for the Preservation of Species”, McGraw-Hill 2009 Yearbook of
Science and Technology.
• Author, chapter on global warming in Principles of Conservation Biology (2005). Eds. M.Groom, G.
Meffe & R. Carroll). (Undergraduate Biology Majors textbook, already in it's 2nd printing by
2006).
• Excerpt from Parmesan & Galbraith (2004, Pew Foundation Report) adopted by undergraduate
textbook: Environmental Ethics, Ed. by L Pojman, Wadsworth Publishing
• Work featured in Encyclopedia Britannica (2004)
• Video interview & fieldwork video as part of an undergraduate-level multimedia course in Biology for
non-majors, by J Postlethwait & J Hopson, Saunders College Publishing (2003)
K-12 Educational Activities
• Guest Speaker, Ecole Bilingue International, Baillargues, France (June 2011)
• Guest Speaker, Blanton Elementary School (March 2010)
• Profiled in Sally Ride’s Cool Careers in Environmental Sciences. (Book Series on people in scientific
careers) (2009)
• Guest Speaker, Austin High School, Environmental Sciences and Chemistry classes (Feb. 2009)
• Guest speaker Mission High School (School-wide), San Diego, CA (spring 2009)
• Speaker for National Wildlife Federation high school conservation training program (2008)
• Interviewed and profiled (text and video) for an elementary school book, How We Know What We
Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming. (Editors and
photographers, Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch), Dawn Publications (2008).
• Guest Speaker, Model United Nations, Texas High Schools joint annual project, Austin, Tx (spring
2008)
• Contributor, Ecosystems, eds. T O’Shaughnessy, B Wilson, S Klaman (Sally Ride Science) (2008).
Grades 6-8 Biology textbook.
• Guest speaker Zilker Elementary School, Girls Science Group (spring 2008)
• Mentor for the Austin "Girl Start" program, designed to get high school girls motivated into science
careers (spring 2007).
• Author, "Unanswered Questions" for Ecosystems chapter in Biology, the Dynamic Science, ed by
Russell, Wolfe, Hertz & Starr (Thomson, Brooks/Cole Press) (2007) High school textbook.
• Contributed essay to Sally Ride Science website for “Our Changing Climate”, A Featured Blog for
Fall 2007. The Sally Ride Science Corporate Mission is to bring more girls into technical fields
through innovative and inspirational educational programs and products <
http://www.sallyridescience.com/blog >
• Speaker for National Wildlife Federation high school conservation training program (fall 2006)
• Speaker for "Tu B'Shevat" holiday, 3rd and 4th grade students + parents, Temple Israel, New Rochelle,
NY (Jan. 2003)
• Speaker: Environmental Sciences Institute Outreach Lecture Series "Global Warming: Impacts on
Wildlife and Society" (K-12 and public). CD Rom of lecture with extensive notes given to middle
and high school teachers as educational material (Jan. 2002)
• Work featured in High school Biology textbook, ed by Campbell, Mitchell & Rees
(Addison/Westword/Long Publishing) (1999).
• Invited and accepted to author chapter on "The Environment" (ed. by G. Johnson, published by Holt)
(in progress). High School Biology textbook
Continuing Education And Educational Outreach Presentations
Because the subject of climate change and its impacts is one which concerns both policy makers and the
general public, and one which most people know little about, I am frequently asked to lecture for
continuing education programs and non-profit organizations, as well as provide briefs and testimonies for
governmental bodies. The most notable of these was my participation in a 2-day Congressional Course
to teach senior congressional staff about global warming impacts. In these talks, I present the general
climate science behind the global warming issue as well as my own work on the global impacts of
climate change. Follows a list of my lectures and other contributions for the general public, professional
organizations, and policy makers. (Due to time constraints, I turn down more invitations than I accept,
declined not shown).
University of Texas Educational Lectures
• Environmental Sciences "Hot Science / Cool Talks" Outreach Lecture Series, April 2011. Product
outcome is a CD-rom with powerpoint, extended notes, and multiple learning modules for K-12
classes.
• Lecturer (two years): UT LAMP Continuing Education program (Learning for Mature Persons), on
"Global Warming and it's Biological and Societal Impacts" (Oct. 2003 & Feb. 2007)
• Lecturer: UT Odyssey Continuing Education program, "Word for Word: The UT Speaker Series." on
"Global Warming: the science and impacts" (Oct. 2005)
• Lecturer: UT QUEST Continuing Education Program “Impacts of Global Warming on Wild Life and
Human Health” (Feb. 2007)
• Speaker: NSECT (UT student entomology organization) (Oct. 2005)
• Speaker: College of Natural Sciences Advisory Council, UT, on Climate Change and its Impacts
(Spring 2002)
• Speaker for the Institute for Women's Studies, Univ. of Texas, "Faculty Colloquium for Women's
Studies: Women and Policy" (October, 2000)
National Educational and Outreach Activities
• Lecturer for 2-day Congressional Course in D.C. "Environmental Change: The Science and Human
Health Impacts" organized by Harvard Medical School, Center for Health and the Global
Environment (April 2003)
• Testified before U.S. House Select Committee on Global Warming and Energy Independence (April
2007)
• Testified before Texas Senate National Resources Committee (March 2007)
• Scientists/Evangelical Expedition to Alaska (Harvard Medical School, National Association of
Evangelicals). Documentary of trip aired on PBS educational program NOW: “God and Global
Warming,” (Oct. 2007). < http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/343/ >
• Speaker National Conversation on Climate Action, Dallas. Involved 70 participating cities around the
USA. Sponsored by Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Yale Climate Project
(2007) < http://www.climateconversation.org >
• Speaker White House sponsored Global Change seminar series in D.C. (1996)
• Consulted regularly by scientists and journalists during preparation of popular science and natural
history films, and for popular books and articles. A sample of these are provided in edited format
on the DVD available from Integrative Biology. E.g.
- BBC documentary by David Attenborough "State of the Planet" (1998)
- film documentary on natural history of butterflies (Kevin McCarey) (2002)
- TV documentary on human viruses (Tokyo Television) (Jan. 2003)