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Curriculum Vitae - Christopher F. Steiner
Address
Department of Biological Sciences
Wayne State University
Biological Sciences Bldg., Office #3121
5047 Gullen Mall
Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 313-577-0728 (office); 313-577-6797 (lab)
FAX: 313-577-3602
Academic and Professional History
2008
Sciences
2005-2008
Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Department of Biological
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Michigan State University, W. K. Kellogg
2004-2005
Biological Station. (Advisor: Christopher Klausmeier)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois, Department of Animal
2002-2004
Biology. (Advisor: Carla Cáceres)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Rutgers University, Department of Ecology,
2001
Ecology
2001
Department
Evolution and Natural Resources. (Advisor: Peter Morin)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Chicago, Department of
and Evolution. (Advisor: Mathew Leibold)
Ph. D., Michigan State University, W. K. Kellogg Biological Station,
of Zoology, and the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program.
1992
(Advisor: Gary Mittelbach)
B. S., University of California, Los Angeles.
Major: Biology with concentration in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Magna Cum Laude, College Honors, Departmental Honors (Undergraduate
Research Advisors: Martin Cody and Henry Hespenheide)
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
2002-2004
2000
1998
National Science Foundation, Microbial Biology Postdoctoral Fellowship,
($100,000)
Michigan State University, Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Sigma Xi, Grant-in-Aid of Research
1994-1999
Station
1994-1998
1996-1997
1994
1994
N.S.F. Research Training Grant, Graduate Fellowship, Kellogg Biological
Michigan State University, Distinguished Fellowship
George Lauff Research Award, Kellogg Biological Station
College of Natural Science Doctoral Recruiting Fellowship, Michigan State
University
Honorable Mention, N.S.F. Predoctoral Fellowship
Publications
Waide, R. B., M. R. Willig, C. F. Steiner, G. G. Mittelbach, L. Gough, S. I. Dodson, G. P.
Juday, and R. Parmenter. 1999. The relationship between primary productivity and
species richness. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 30: 257-300.
Mittelbach, G. G., C. F. Steiner, S. M. Scheiner, K. L. Gross, H. L. Reynolds, R. B.
Waide, M. R. Willig, and S. I. Dodson. 2001. What is the observed relationship between
species richness and productivity? Ecology 82: 2381-2396.
Steiner, C. F. 2001. The effects of prey heterogeneity and consumer identity on the limitation
of
trophic-level biomass. Ecology 82: 2495-2506.
Steiner, C. F. 2002. Context-dependent effects of Daphnia pulex on pond ecosystem
function:
observational and experimental evidence. Oecologia 131: 549-558.
Steiner, C. F. 2003. Variable dominance in pond communities: assessing spatiotemporal
variation
in competition and predation intensity. Ecology 84: 982-990.
Steiner, C. F. 2003. Keystone predator effects and grazer control of planktonic primary
production. Oikos 101: 569-577.
Steiner, C. F., and A. H. Roy. 2003. Seasonal succession in fishless ponds: effects of
enrichment
and invertebrate predation on zooplankton community structure. Hydrobiologia 490: 125134.
Mittelbach, G. G., S. M. Scheiner, and C. F. Steiner. 2003. What is the observed relationship
between
species richness and productivity: reply. Ecology 84: 3390-3395.
Steiner, C. F., and M. A. Leibold. 2004. Cyclic assembly trajectories and scale-dependent
productivity-diversity
relationships. Ecology 85: 107-113.
Steiner, C. F. 2004. Daphnia dominance and zooplankton community structure in fishless
ponds.
Journal of Plankton Research 26: 799-810.
Petchey, O., A. L. Downing, G. G. Mittelbach, L. Persson, C. F. Steiner, P. Warren, and G.
Woodward. 2004.
Species loss and the structure and functioning of multitrophic aquatic systems. Oikos 104:
467-478.
Mittelbach, G. G., T. L. Darcy-Hall, N. J. Dorn, E. A. Garcia, C. F. Steiner, and J. M.
Wojdak. 2004.
The impact of density-independent mortality on species coexistence: an experimental test
with zooplankton. Oikos 107: 415-421.
Steiner, C. F. 2005. Temporal stability of pond zooplankton assemblages. Freshwater
Biology 50: 105-112.
Steiner, C. F. 2005. Impacts of density-independent mortality and productivity on the
strength and
outcome of competition. Ecology 86: 727-739.
Steiner, C. F., Z. T. Long, J. A. Krumins, and P. J. Morin. 2005. Temporal stability of aquatic
food webs:
partitioning the effects of species diversity, species composition and enrichment. Ecology
Letters 8: 819-828.
Steiner, C. F., T. L. Darcy-Hall, N. J. Dorn, E. A. Garcia, G. G. Mittelbach, and J. M.
Wojdak. 2005. The influence of
consumer diversity and indirect facilitation on trophic-level biomass and community stability.
Oikos 110: 556-566.
Steiner, C. F., Z. T. Long, J. A. Krumins, and P. J. Morin. 2006. Population and community
resilience in multitrophic
communities. Ecology 87: 996-1007.
Long, Z. T., C. F. Steiner, J. A. Krumins, and P. J. Morin. 2006. Species diversity and
allometric scaling jointly determine
biomass in model aquatic food webs. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1014-1023.
Krumins, J. A., Z. T. Long, C. F. Steiner, and P. J. Morin. 2006. Indirect effects of food web
diversity and productivity
on bacterial community function and composition. Functional Ecology 20: 514-521.
Steiner, C. F., C. E. Cáceres, and S. Smith. 2007. Resurrecting the ghost of competition past
with
dormant zooplankton eggs. The American Naturalist 169: 416-422.
Non-peer reviewed publications
Cáceres, C. E., S. L. Mulvany, K. A. Paczolt, and C. F. Steiner. 2005. Cladoceran community
assembly in a
recently created lake. Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte
Limnologie, Verhandlungen 29:1020-1024.
Steiner, C. F. 2006. Book Review: “Aquatic Food Webs: An Ecosystem Approach” in
Quarterly Review of Biology vol. 81.
Professional Experience
Teaching
2001
Teaching Assistant, “Applications in Biological Science Laboratory,” (ISB
208), Michigan State University
2000
Teaching Assistant, “Ecology Laboratory,” (ZOL 355), Michigan State
University
2000
Teaching Assistant, “Advanced Field Ecology and Evolution,” (ZOL 440),
Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
1999
Lab Instructor. “Organisms and Populations: Introductory Organismal Biology
for
Undergraduates,” (BS 110), Michigan State University.
Advising
2000
1997
Workshops
2002
Undergraduate Co-advisor. Travis Godkin, National Science Foundation,
Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Kellogg Biological
Station, Michigan State University.
Undergraduate Co-advisor. Allison Roy, National Science Foundation,
Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Kellogg Biological
Station, Michigan State University.
Invited participant, Workshop on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in
Aquatic Ecosystems, Ascona, Switzerland (NSF supported).
Presentations at National Meetings
2008
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI
2007
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA
2005
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
2004
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR
2003
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA
2002
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ
2001
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Madison, WI
2000
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT
1999
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA
1998
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
Doctoral Committee
Gary Mittelbach (doctoral advisor), James Bence, Donald Hall, Stephen Hamilton, Alan
Tessier
Postdoctoral Advisors
Christopher Klausmeier, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
Carla Cáceres, Department of Animal Biology, University of Illinois
Peter Morin, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University
Mathew Leibold, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
Reviewer for
The American Naturalist, Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie, Aquatic Ecology, Ecography, Ecology,
Ecology Letters, Functional Ecology,
International Review of Hydrobiology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Limnology and
Oceanography, National Science Foundation (DEB),
Oecologia, Oikos, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
Professional Societies
American Society of Naturalists, Ecological Society of America