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Wade Alan Ryberg 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Georgia Institute of Technology

School of Biology, 310 Ferst Drive

Atlanta, GA 30332

(404) 385-2343

wade.ryberg@biology.gatech.edu

http://sites.google.com/site/wadearyberg/

 

Education                                                                                                                      

2009    Ph.D.   Washington University in St. Louis, Program in Evolution, Ecology, and

                        Population Biology, Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Chase

                       

2002    M.S.     Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences,

                        Advisor: Dr. Lee Fitzgerald

                       

1999    B.S.      Texas A&M University, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

                        Summa Cum Laude

                       

 

Professional Experience                                                                                    

2009                Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology

2003                Co-PI, Herpetological Inventory of Texas Army National Guard lands, Texas A&M

                        University

2002                Research Assistant, Ecological study of Processes Structuring Anuran

                        Communities in Big Bend National Park, Texas A&M University, National Park

                        Service, US Geological Survey

2001                Environmental Consultant – wetlands reclamation and delineation, Crouch

                        Environmental Services, Inc., Houston, Texas

2001                Research Assistant, Vertebrate and Invertebrate Biodiversity Assessment of

                        Guanacaste National Forest for Ministry of Environmental and Energy Resources,

                        San Jose, Costa Rica, 2001

1999                Research Assistant, Vertebrate Biodiversity Study, Keechi Creek Wildlife Management Area,

                        Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

1999                Research Assistant, Vertebrate Biodiversity Study, Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area,

                        Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

 

 

Research Interests                                                                                                

Role of predation in the assembly of prey metacommunities

Effects of habitat fragmentation on food web properties

Identifying and addressing ecosystem restoration constraints related to community assembly

(e.g. disturbance regime, trophic interactions)

 

 

Publications                                                                                                                

Chase, J. M., E. G. Biro, W. A. Ryberg, K. G. Smith. Predators temper the relative

importance of stochastic processes in the assembly of prey metacommunities

(in press Ecology Letters).

Allan, B. F., R. B. Langerhans, W. A. Ryberg, R. Katz, N. Griffin, K. N. Smyth, B. Oberle,

            M. Schutzenhofer, W. J. Landesman, K. R. Crooks, R. S. Ostfeld and J. M. Chase.

2009.  Ecological Correlates of Risk and Incidence of West Nile Virus in the United

            StatesOecologia 158(4) 699-708.

Ryberg, W. A. and J. M. Chase.  2007.  Predator-dependent species-area relationships.

            American Naturalist (170) 636-642.

Ryberg, W. A. and L. A. Fitzgerald.  2005.  Herpetofaunal Inventory of Fort Wolters in

            North-Central TexasSouthwestern Naturalist 50(2) 267-271.

Chase, J. M. and W. A. Ryberg.  2004.  Connectivity, scale-dependence, and the

            productivity–diversity relationship.  Ecology Letters (7) 676-683.

Ryberg, W. A., L. A. Fitzgerald, R. L. Honeycutt, and J. C. Cathey, T. J. Hibbitts.  2004.

            Establishing a baseline inventory of vertebrates at the Richland Creek Wildlife

            Management Area in east Texas.  Southwestern Naturalist 49(4) 528-534.

Ryberg, W. A. and J. C. Cathey.  2004.  A box trap design to capture alligators in forested

            wetland habitats.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(1) 183-187.

Ryberg, W. A. and G. H. Dayton.  2004.  Scaphiopus couchi (Couch’s spadefoot) predation

            by Masticophis flagellum (Coachwhip).  Herpetological Review 35(3) 263.

Ryberg, W. A., L. A. Fitzgerald, R. L. Honeycutt, and J. C. Cathey.  2002.  Genetic

            Relationships of American Alligator Populations Distributed across Different

            Ecological and Geographic Scales.  Journal of Experimental Zoology 294(4) 325-333.

Hibbitts, T. J., R. E. Nelson, and W. A. Ryberg.  2001.  Geographic Distribution of

            Scaphiopus hurteriHerpetological Review 32(2) 116.

Hibbitts, T. J., R. E. Nelson, and W. A. Ryberg.  2001.  Geographic Distribution of Hyla

            cinereaHerpetological Review 32(2) 114.

 

Manuscripts submitted and in prep                                                            

Ryberg, W. A., K. G. Smith, and J. M. Chase.  Predators alter the scaling of diversity in

prey metacommunities (in prep American Naturalist)

Ryberg, W. A., Ö. Östman, D. Oppenheimer, and J. M. Chase.  Habitat configuration alters

the trophic structure of an old-field food web (in prep Oecologia).

Ryberg, W. A., A. R. Templeton, and J. M. Chase.  Predator reintroduction has prey up a

            tree, literally but not figuratively (in prep American Naturalist)

 

Technical Reports                                                                                                  

Ryberg, W. A., and L. A. Fitzgerald.  2003.  Herpetofaunal Inventory of Fort Wolters in

            North-Central Texas.  Submitted to Texas Army National Guard-Division of Natural

            Resources.

Honeycutt, R. L., K. Banks, L. A. Fitzgerald, W. A. Ryberg, T. J. Hibbitts, F. P. Gelwick, B.

            Healey, J. Cathey, and J. Gunnels.  1999.  Monitoring Amphibians, Reptiles, Fishes,

            and Mammals at Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area.  Submitted to Texas

            Parks and Wildlife Department.

Fitzgerald, L. A., W. A. Ryberg, R. Knipe.  1999.  Baseline Monitoring of Amphibians and

            Reptiles at Keechi Creek Wildlife Management Area.  Submitted to Texas Parks and

            Wildlife Department.

 

Grants and funding                                                                                                

2007                NSF DDIG – Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($9,913)

2005                Menke Scholarship for Wildlife Habitat, Webster Groves Nature Society ($690)

2004                Crescent Hills Research Grant, Tyson Research Center, Washington University in

                        St. Louis ($600)

2003                Monitoring Amphibian and Reptile Diversity and Abundance at Fort Wolters, Texas

                        Army National Guard-Division of Natural Resources ($20,293)

 

Teaching experience                                                                                             

2008                Teaching Assistant: Community Ecology (419), Washington University in St. Louis

                        Duties: mentor students, lecture, lead discussion, prepare problem sets/exam, grading

                        Teaching Assistant: Practical Skills in Ecology (295), Washington Univ. St. Louis

                        Duties: mentor students, grantsmanship training, lecture, lead discussion

2007                Teaching Assistant: Experimental Ecology (4193), Washington University St. Louis

                        Duties: mentor students, coordinate microcosm studies, lead discussion, grading

2006                Teaching Assistant: Community Ecology (419), Washington University in St. Louis

                        Duties: mentor students, lecture, lead discussion, prepare problem sets/exam, grading

2005                Teaching Assistant: Experimental Ecology (4193), Washington University St. Louis

                        Duties: mentor students, coordinate microcosm studies, lead discussion, grading

2004                Teaching Assistant: Ecology (381), Washington University in St. Louis

                        Duties: lecture, mentor students, lead discussion, prepare problem sets/exam, grading

2002                Teaching Assistant: Herpetology (315), Texas A&M University

                        Duties: lecture, organize and lead laboratory exercises, field trips, and paper

                        discussions, prepare problem sets/exams, grading

2001                Teaching Assistant: Chordate Anatomy (318), Texas A&M University

                        Duties: lecture, prepare problem sets/exam, grading

                        Teaching Assistant: Herpetology (315), Texas A&M University

                        Duties: lecture, organize and lead laboratory exercises, field trips, and paper

                        discussions, prepare problem sets/exams, grading

2000                Teaching Assistant: Chordate Anatomy (318), Texas A&M University

                        Duties: lecture, prepare problem sets/exam, grading

 

Mentoring experience                                                                                         

2008                Project: The role of lizards as potential dilution hosts for Lyme disease in Missouri.

                        Student: Genevieve Pang (Washington University Undergraduate Student).

                        Outcome: Co-authored publication in progress; collaboration is ongoing.

                        Co-advised with Brian F. Allan

2005                Project: Habitat fragmentation alters food web dynamics in old-field ecosystems.

                        Student: Daniel Oppenheimer (Washington University Undergraduate Student).

Outcome: Co-authored publication in progress, Daniel has worked for the Environmental

Law Institute in Washington D.C. and is beginning graduate school at

Yale’s school of Forestry & Environmental Studies (fall 2009)

 

Academic Awards, services, and outreach                                           

2008                Mentor, High School Research Internship Program sponsored by NSF

                        "Making Natural Connections: an Authentic Field Research Collaboration"

                        Washington University in St Louis, Tyson Research Center, and

                        Missouri Botanical Garden’s Shaw Nature Reserve

2007-2009       Vice-Chair, Ecology Teaching Team, Washington University’s

                        Young Scientist Program (http://ysp.wustl.edu/teachingteams.html)

2006                Co-organizer, Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (MEEC)

                        Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

2005-2009       Undergraduate Research Mentor (Washington University)

2005                Department of Biology Social Activities Committee (Washington University)

2002                Co-organizer, Society for Conservation Biology – Herpetological Bio-Blitz

                        (Texas A&M University student chapter)

2001                Herpetological Independent Study Group, Travel Organizing Committee

1999                Texas Herpetological Society, Annual Symposium Organizing Committee

1999                Regents Fellowship (Texas A&M University)

1999                Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award (Texas A&M University)

1999                Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Scholarship (Texas A&M University)

1998                NSF REU (Texas A&M University)

1998                W. B. Davis Scholar (Texas A&M University)

 

Professional Societies                                                                                         

2008-present    Society for Conservation Biology

2004-present    Ecological Society of America

2006-present    American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

2001-2003       Texas A&M University Student Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology

1999-2008       Southwestern Association of Naturalists

1998-2003       Texas Herpetological Society

1999-2003       Brazos Valley Herpetological Society

 

Service as reviewer                                                                                               

Ecology, Ecology Letters, Oecologia, Oikos, Southwestern Naturalist

 

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