Curriculum vitae
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CURRENT POSITION
2019- present Quantitative Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy, Washington Field Office
RESEARCH POSITIONS
2019-present Visiting Scholar, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
2018- 2019 NRC Research Associate, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
Advisors: Drs. Jameal Samhouri and Christopher Harvey
2015- 2018 NSF Math Biology Postdoctoral Fellow
Tufts University, Department of Biology & The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
Biology Mentors: Dr. Elizabeth Wolkovich, Harvard University; Dr. Elizabeth Crone, Tufts University.
Statistical Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey A. Royle U.S. Geological Survey Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
2014-2015 Putnam Fellow, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Tufts University, Department of Biology
Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Crone
EDUCATION
2007-2013 PhD, Biology Department, University of Washington
Advisor: Dr. Janneke HilleRisLambers
Committee: Drs. Martha Groom, Thomas Hinckley, Joshua Lawler, Joshua Tewksbury
1997-2001 BS, Environmental Science, Brown University
Honors thesis: Conservation of a rare Block Island wildflower: herbivory, seed predation, & Allee effects in northern blazing star (Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae).
Advisors: Drs. Johanna Schmitt & Steven Hamburg
PUBLICATIONS
IN REVIEW OR IN PREP (AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)
39. I. Morales-Castilla, T. J. Davies, G. Legault, D.M. Buonaiuto,C.J. Chamberlain, A.K. Ettinger, M. Garner, F.A.M. Jones, D. Loughnan, W.D. Pearse, D. Sodhi, E. M. Wolkovich. In review. Phylogenetic estimates of species-level phenology improve ecological forecasting.
38. A.K. Ettinger,, R. Holmes, J. Robertson. In review. Legacies of racism affect urban forest resilience
37. D. Loughnan, F.A.M. Jones, G. Legault, D. Buonaiuto, C. Chamberlain, A.K. Ettinger, M. Garner, I. Morales Castilla, D. Sodhi, E.M. Wolkovich. In prep. Woody plant phenological responses are strongly associated with key functional traits
36. A. John, K. Pradhan, M. Case, A.K. Ettinger,, J. Hille Ris Lambers. In review. Microclimate buffering varies across forest types during an extreme heat event
35. A.K. Ettinger, J.S. Dukes, M.R. Johnston, C.R. Rollinson, E.M. Wolkovich. In prep. How does soil moisture affect plant phenology?
34. A.K. Ettinger, E.E. Crone, J.A. Royle. In prep. Forest canopy disturbance benefits reproduction and survival of a rare forest understory orchid, small whorled pogonia (Isotria medoloides).
PUBLISHED OR IN PRESS
33. A.K. Ettinger,, M. Carey, R. Hebert, O. Hill,, H. Kett,, P. Levin, M. Murphy-Williams, L. Wyse. 2024. Street trees provide an opportunity to mitigate urban heat and reduce risk of high heat exposure. Scientific Reports.
32. J.J. Lawler, L.E. Oakes, A.K. Ettinger, Y. Lin. 2023. Climate change: anticipating & adapting to the impacts on terrestrial species. In: Scheiner S.M. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, third edition, Elsevier.
31. M. Case, A.K. Ettinger, K. Pradhan. 2023. Forest restoration thinning accelerates development of old-growth characteristics in the coastal Pacific Northwest, USA. Conservation Science and Practice. 2023.
30. K. Pradhan, A.K. Ettinger, M. Case, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers. 2023. Applying climate change refugia to forest management and old-growth restoration Global Change Biology.
29. A.K. Ettinger, C.J. Harvey, J.F. Samhouri, C. Emmons, M.B. Hanson, E.J. Ward. J.K. Olson. 2022. Shifting phenology of an endangered apex predator tracks changes in its favored prey. Endangered Species Research. code
28. E.M. Wolkovich,, C.J. Chamberlain, D.M. Buonaiuto, A.K. Ettinger, I. Morales-Castilla. 2022. Integrating experiments to predict interactive cue effects on spring phenology with warming. New Phytologist. data and code
27. A.K. Ettinger, E.M. Wolkovich,, C.J. Chamberlain. 2022. The increasing relevance of phenology to conservation. Nature Climate Change.
26. E.M. Wolkovich, J.L. Auerbach, C.J. Chamberlain, D.M. Buonaiuto, A.K. Ettinger, I. Morales-Castilla, A. Gelman. 2021. A simple explanation for declining temperature sensitivity with warming. Global Change Biology.
25. M.L. Messager, A.K. Ettinger, M. Murphy-Williams, P.S. Levin. 2021... Fine scale assessment of inequities in riverine flood vulnerability. Applied Geography.
24. A.K. Ettinger, D. Buonaiuto, C. Chamberlain, I. Morales-Castilla, E. Wolkovich. 2021. Spatial and temporal shifts in photoperiod with climate change. New Phytologist.
23. A.K. Ettinger, E. Buhle, B. Feist, E. Howe, J. Spromberg, N. Scholz, P. Levin. 2021. Prioritizing conservation actions in urbanizing landscapes. Scientific Reports 11: 818. code
22. S.C. Elmendorf, A.K. Ettinger. Is photoperiod a dominant driver of secondary growth resumption? 2020. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (52) 32861-32864 . code
21. A.K. Ettinger, C. Chamberlain, I. Morales-Castilla, D. Buonaiuto, D. Flynn, T. Savas, J. Samaha, E. Wolkovich. Winter temperatures predominate in spring phenological responses to warming. 2020. Nature Climate Change, 10: 1137-1142. data and code
20. S. Klesse, R.J. DeRose, J. Shaw, F.Babst, L. Anderegg, J. Axelson, B. Black, A.K. Ettinger, H. Griesbauer, C.H. Guiterman, G. Harley, J.E. Harvey, Y.H. Lo, A.M.Lynch, C. O’Connor, C. Restaino, D. Sauchyn, D. Smith, L. Wood,J. Villanueva, M.E.K. Evans. 2020. Continental‐scale tree‐ring‐based projection of Douglas‐fir growth: Testing the limits of space‐for‐time substitution. Global change biology, 26: 5146-5163.
19. A.K. Ettinger, I. Chuine, B. Cook, J. Dukes, A. Ellison, M. Johnston, A.M. Panetta, C. Rollinson, Y. Vitasse, E. Wolkovich. 2019. How do climate change experiments alter plot-scale climate? Ecology Letters, 22:748-63. data
18. A.K. Ettinger, S. Gee1, E. Wolkovich. 2018. Phenological sequences: how early-season events define those that follow. American Journal of Botany 105: 1-10. data
17. M.I. Legendre-Fixx1, L.D.L Anderegg, A.K. Ettinger, J. HilleRisLambers. 2018. Site- and Species-Specific Influences on Sub-Alpine Conifer Growth in Mt. Rainier National Park, USA. Forests 9: 1.
16. Ettinger, A.K., J. HilleRisLambers. 2017. Competition and facilitation may lead to asymmetric range shift dynamics with climate change. Global change biology 23: 3921–3933. data
15. Ettinger, A.K., B. Lee1, S. Montgomery1. 2017. Seed limitation and lack of downed wood, not invasive species, threaten conifer regeneration in an urban forest. Urban ecosystems 20: 877-887.
14. K. Alahuhta, E.E. Crone, A.K. Ettinger, H. Hens, A. Jäkäläniemi, J. Tuomi. 2016. Instant death, slow death, and the consequences of assumptions about dormancy for plant population dynamics. Journal of Ecology 105: 471–483.
13. Burgess, H.K.*, L.B. DeBey*, H.E. Froehlich, N. Schmidt, E.J. Theobald, A.K. Ettinger, J. HilleRisLambers, J. Tewksbury, J.K. Parrish. 2016. The science of citizen science: Exploring barriers to use as a primary research tool. Biological Conservation 208:113-20. *These authors contributed equally to this work.
12. HilleRisLambers, J., L.D.L. Anderegg, I. Breckheimer, K.M. Burns1, A.K. Ettinger, J.F. Franklin, J.A. Freund, K.R. Ford, S.J. Kroiss. 2015. Implications of climate change for turnover in forest composition. Northwest Science 89:201-218.
11. Theobald, E.J.* & A.K. Ettinger*, H. Burgess, L. DeBey, N. Footen, H. Froehlich, C. Wagner, J. Tewksbury, J. HilleRisLambers, J. Parrish. 2015. Global change & local solutions: tapping the unrealized potential of citizen science for biodiversity research. Biological Conservation 181; 236-244. *These authors contributed equally to this work.
10. Wolkovich, E. M., A.K. Ettinger. 2014. Back to the future for plant phenology research. New Phytologist 203: 1021–1024.
9. Ettinger, A.K., J. HilleRisLambers. 2013. Climate isn’t everything: competitive interactions & variation by life stage will also affect range shifts in a warming world. American Journal of Botany 100: 1344-1355.
8. Ford, K., A.K. Ettinger, J. Lundquist, M. Raleigh, J. HilleRisLambers. 2013. Spatial heterogeneity in ecologically important climate variables at coarse & fine scales in a high-snow mountain landscape. Plos One 8:1-13.
7. HilleRisLambers, J., A.K. Ettinger, K.R. Ford, D.C. Haak, M. Horwith, B. Miner, H.S. Rogers, K.S. Sheldon, J.J. Tewksbury, S.M. Waters, S. Yang. 2013. Accidental Experiments: Ecological & Evolutionary Insights & Opportunities Derived from Anthropogenic Change. Oikos 122: 1649-1661.
6. HilleRisLambers, J., M.A. Harsch, A.K. Ettinger, K.R. Ford, E.J. Theobald. 2013. How will biotic interactions influence climate change-induced range shifts? Climate Change & Species Interactions: Ways Forward 1297, 112-125.
5. Lawler, J.J., C.A. Schloss, A.K. Ettinger. 2013. Climate change: anticipating & adapting to the impacts on terrestrial species. In: Levin S.A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, second edition, Volume 2, pp. 100-114. Waltham, MA: Academic Press.
4. O’Brien1, A.M., A.K. Ettinger, Janneke HilleRisLambers. 2012. Conifer growth & reproduction in urban forest fragments: predictors of future response to global change? Urban Ecosystems 15: 879-891.
3. Ettinger, A.K., K.R. Ford, J. HilleRisLambers. 2011. Climate determines upper, but not lower, altitudinal range limits of Pacific Northwest conifers. Ecology 92: 1323–1331. PDF Appendix A Appendix B
2. Tewksbury, J.J., K.S. Sheldon, A.K. Ettinger. 2011. Moving faster & farther. News & Views, Nature Climate Change 1: 1-2.
1. Kane, A., J. Schmitt. 2001. Liatris borealis Nuttall ex MacNab (Northern Blazing Star) Conservation & Research Plan. New England Wild Flower Society. Framingham, MA.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2021 Puget Sound Partnership Integrated Socio-Ecological Systems Award ($641,805 )
2018 National Research Council Research Associateship
2016 Radcliffe Exploratory Seminar Award, with E. Wolkovich ($20,930)
2015 DaRin Butz Foundation Grant ($4,497)
2014 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology ($207,000)
2014 Putnam Fellowship, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University ($45,800)
2011 Huckabay Teaching Fellowship, UW. Urban ecology: conducting & communicating science in the city ($9,666)
2011 Garden Club of America Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry. Investigating barriers to conifer regeneration in Seattle’s urban forests ($4,000).
2011 Washington Research Foundation-Hall Fellowship, Biology Department, UW ($9,666).
2010 National Park Service George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship ($6,627).
2010 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. Testing the limits:
effects of climate & competition on conifer distributions at Mount Rainier ($14,197).
2009 Ecological Society of America SERDP Student Travel Award ($500).
2009 Experimental Ecological Award, Biology Department, University of Washington ($2,070).
2008 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. How climate & competition interact to determine species distributions ($121,500).
2008 Botanical Field Research Award, Biology Department, University of Washington ($1,799).
2002 Atkinson Conservation Fellowship, New England Wild Flower Society
2000 John Wald Science Grant, The Nature Conservancy- Rhode Island ($4,000).
2000 Rhode Island Wild Plant Society Scholarship ($500).
RECENT RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
Selected invited seminars
2023 Tacoma Tree Foundation Webinar
2022 Partners in Community Forestry Pre-Conference session
2022 Tacoma Tree Foundation Webinar
2020 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2019 University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2017 Clark University, Worcester, MA
2016 University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
2016 University of Maryland, BEES Seminar
2016 Morton Arboretum, Naperville, IL
2015 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY
2013 Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, Jamaica Plain, MA
2013 Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA
2013 Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Selected Contributed Talks
2021 The Nature Conservancy Global Science Gathering, "Prioritizing conservation in urbanizing landscapes" By A.K. Ettinger, E.R. Buhle, B.E. Feist, E. Howe, J.A. Spromberg, N.L. Scholz & P.S. Levin.
2020 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference, WA. "Shifting phenology of an apex/specialist predator tracks changes in its favored prey ." By A.K. Ettinger, with C.J. Harvey, J.F. Samhouri, C. Emmons, M.B. Hanson, E.J. Ward. J.K. Olson.
2017 Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. “Decreased soil moisture in warming experiments alters phenology.” By A.K. Ettinger, with J.S. Dukes, M.R. Johnston, C.R. Rollinson, E.M. Wolkovich.
2014 Ecological Society of America Meeting, Sacramento, CA. “Climate isn’t everything! Life stage, biotic interactions, & seed origin will also affect tree range shifts in a warming world.” By A.K. Ettinger, with J. HillleRisLambers.
2012 Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. “Testing the Limits: Effects of climate & competition on conifer distributions.” By A.K. Ettinger, with J. HillleRisLambers.
2012 Conserving Plant Biodiversity in a Changing World Conference, Seattle, WA. “Impacts of climate & competition on altitudinal range limits of Pacific Northwestern conifers.” By A.K. Ettinger, with J. HillleRisLambers.
2011 International Congress for Conservation Biology, Auckland, New Zealand. “A management framework
for large scale conservation.” By J. Hoekstra, with A.K. Ettinger, K. Anderson, A. Ramos, L. Mease, C. Penalba, P. Kareiva.
2011 Ecological Society of America Meeting, Austin, TX. “Impacts of climate & competition on altitudinal range limits of Pacific Northwestern conifers.” By A.K. Ettinger, with K.R. Ford, J. HillleRisLambers.
2011 George Wright Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA. “Effects of climate on conifer distributions in Mt. Rainier National Park.” By A.K. Ettinger, with K.R. Ford, J. HillleRisLambers.
Selected Posters
2016 American Geophysical Union, San Fransisco, CA. “Future Predictions From Current Plant Collections: Leveraging the Novel Climates of Arboreta to Understand Tree Responses to Climate Change” By A.K. Ettinger with Simon Joly, Elizabeth Wolkovich.
2013 Ecological Society of America Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. “Impact of climate & biotic interactions on growth of Abies lasiocarpa at altitudinal range limits.” By Kathleen Burns1, with A.K. Ettinger, K.R. Ford, A. Wilson, L.D.L. Anderegg, J. HillleRisLambers.
2012 Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. “A lost generation of trees: Investigating the causes of low tree recruitment in urban coniferous forests.” By B.R. Lee[2] with S.M. Montgomery1, A.K. Ettinger, J. HillleRisLambers.
2011 Ecological Society of America Meeting, Austin, TX. “Decrease in growth preceding death in Abies amabilis (Pacific Silver Fir).” By E.M. Curtis1, with A.K. Ettinger, R. Konrady1, J. HillleRisLambers.
OUTREACH & PUBLIC TALKS
2015 What Climate Change Means to the Home Gardener. URI Master Gardeners Association, Warren, RI.
2014- 15 Tree mobs, Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA.
2014 Ecological impacts of climate change in Maine. Josselyn Botanical Society, Lewiston, ME.
2013 Ecological impacts of climate change in New England. Course for New England Wild Flower Society.
2009-11 Ecology & natural history of Mt. Rainier’s forests. UW’s Educational Outreach program.
2010-11 National Lab Day: Climate change, forests & tree rings. Activity for fifth grade students.
2010 Climate change & forests at Mt. Rainier National Park. Presentation for Park Service staff & volunteers.
2010 Climate change & forests of the Pacific Northwest. Presentation for Master Urban Naturalist Program.
2008-10 Botany & natural history of Seward Park. Seward Park Environmental & Audubon Center, Seattle, WA.
2007-09 Botany & natural history of Seattle forests. Field trip for students in UW’s introductory biology course.
TEACHING & MENTORING
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mentor for graduate research fellow, Biology Department
2020-21 Advise/collaborate with 1 PhD student on her Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center research fellowship
Instructor, Biology Department
2012 Urban Ecology, developed & taught upper level undergraduate biology course.
Mentor for undergraduate research credit, Biology Department
2010-13 Advised 5 undergraduate biology majors in conducting research in the field & greenhouse.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Biology Department
2007-10 Plant Ecology, Community Ecology, Introductory Biology for Majors, Foundations in Ecology
University of Maryland
Developed quantitative curricula, Department of Biology
2017-18 Dr. Marcia Shofner's Ecology course for Biological Sciences Undergraduate Program
Guest Lecture, Department of Biology
2018 Dr. Philip Johnson's Statistics & Modeling for Biologists graduate course
Harvard University
Mentor for undergraduate research, Department of Organismal & Evolutionary Biology
2014-6 Advise 1 undergraduate major in her honors thesis
Guest lectures, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Department
2015 For Dr. Elizabeth Wolkovich’s Conservation Biology course
Tufts University
Mentor for graduate research, Biology Department
2014-6 Advise/collaborate with 1 visiting graduate student on her dissertation
Guest lectures, Biology Department
2015 For Dr. Elizabeth Crone’s Ecological Models & Data undergraduate & graduate course
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 Fellowship, The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, WA: Investigated, summarized, & analyzed characteristics of successful large-scale conservation efforts around the world, including leadership, participating partners, economics, & time to establishment. PI: Dr. Jonathan Hoekstra. Science Director WA state office & Senior Scientist, Central Science Program
2004- 7 Plant Conservation Volunteer Coordinator, New England Wild Flower Society, Framingham, MA: Led volunteers in rare plant identification & monitoring, managed seed bank & grassland restoration projects, wrote & implemented management plans, conducted botanical inventories & rare plant surveys.
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2013- Grant reviewer, National Science Foundation
2011- Manuscript reviewer, AoB PLANTS, Biological Invasions, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Diversity & Distributions. Ecology, Ecology Letters, Exosphere, Global Change Biology, Global Ecology & Biogeography, Journal of Biogeography, Oecologia, Rhodora
2012 Grad student lead, NSF Distributed Graduate Seminar at UW (Topic: Community science & biodiversity research)
2011 Acquired competitive UW Student Technology Fee grant to obtain LiCor for Biology Department ($60,350)
2009-10 Coordinated graduate seminar in R programming, developed & led graduate seminar in environmental policy
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Geophysical Union, Ecological Society of America, Northwest Science Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New England Wild Flower Society.
SKILLS
Language Spanish & French (Basic).
Quantitative techniques hierarchical models, generalized linear models, generalized additive models, multivariate analyses, multistate models, survival analysis, population matrix models (implemented in R, JAGS & Stan).
1Undergraduate student mentee