Education

Ph.D. in Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Fall 2000 to Spring 2007

Dissertation: Patterns and Consequences of Competition for Pollination between Introduced and Native Species with Different Floral Traits.

Diploma of Science. Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand

Fall 1999 to Summer 2000

BA, in Biology (Honors), Williams College, Williamstown, MA. Fall 1994 to Spring 1998

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor of Biology, University of South Carolina Upstate August 2010 – present

Post-doctoral Research, Indiana University, PI: Lynda Delph. June 2007 – July 2010

Fellowships

NSF of China Research Fellowship for International Young Scientists ($30,000)

2010 – 2011

National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship. (3-year stipend)

Awarded Spring 2000

Fulbright Fellowship to New Zealand. Awarded Spring 1999

Administrative Experience at USC Upstate

Assessment Coordinator for Biology (assessed 2011-12 academic year)

University Assessment Committee (Fall 2012 to present)

Herbarium Curator (de facto) (2010 – present)

Advisor, Ultimate Frisbee Team (2010 – present),

International Advisory Board (2010 – present)

Scientific Review Committee 2013 Piedmont Region III Science Fair (Nov 2012 – February 2013),

Faculty Senate (2011 – present)

Physiology Search Committee (2011 – 2012)

Geology Search Committee (2010 – 2011)

Reviewer for Journals (2010-2013)

Ecology, Ecology Letters, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, New Phytologist, Acta Oecologia, Annales Botanici Fennici, Biological Invasions, Oecologia

Recent Presentations

Delph, L. F., B. R. Montgomery. 2012. Evidence for balancing selection maintaining mitochondrial haplotype diversity in Lobelia. Talk at 1^st Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology.

Montgomery, B. R., D. M. Soper, L. F. Delph. 2008. Conspecfic pollen precedence in Silene. Talk at Joint meeting of Society for Study of Evolution and American Naturalist Society.

Recent or Relevant Publications & Manuscripts in Preparation

Sun S.G., and B. R. Montgomery. Accepted (available online pre-publication). Effect of Solidago canadensis on plant-pollinator interactions in its introduced range. Biological Invasions.

Montgomery, B.R. and B.J. Rathcke. 2012. Effects of floral restrictiveness and stigma size on heterospecific pollen receipt in a prairie community. Oecologia 168: 449-458.

Penny, R.H., B.R. Montgomery, L.F. Delph. 2011. X Linkage of AP3A, a homolog of the Y-linked MADS-box gene AP3Y in Silene latifolia and S. dioica. PLoS One.

Montgomery, B. R., D. M. Soper, L. F. Delph. 2010. Asymmetrical conspecific seed-siring advantage between Silene latifolia and S. dioica. Annals of Botany 105 (4): 595-605.

Montgomery, B. R. 2009. Pollination of Sisyrinchium campestre (Iridaceae) in prairies invaded by the introduced plant Euphorbia esula (Euphorbiaceae). American Midland Naturalist 162 (2): 239-252

Montgomery, B. R. 2009. Do pollen carryover and pollinator constancy mitigate effects of competition for pollination? Oikos. 118: 1084-1092.

Montgomery B. R. 2009. Effect of introduced Euphorbia esula on the pollination of Viola pedatifida. Botany 87: 283-292.

Montgomery, B. R., D. Kelly, A. W. Robertson, and J. Ladley. 2003. Pollinator behaviour, not increased resources, boosts seed set of forest edges in a New Zealand Loranthaceous mistletoe. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 41: 277-286.

Montgomery, B. R., D. Kelly, J. Ladley. 2001. Pollinator limitation of seed set in Fuchsia perscandens (Onagraceae) on Banks Peninsula. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 39: 559-565.