Assistant Plant

Curriculum vitae

NAUPAKA B. ZIMMERMAN

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Campus Address: Home Address:

Y2E2 Room 380 80 Skywood Way

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Stanford, CA 94305 (808) 430 - 2574

EDUCATION

PhD candidate in Biology (Ecology and Evolution track)

Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Projected graduation date: Spring 2013

Major advisor: Peter Vitousek

AB, Environmental Science & Public Policy and Anthropology with honors,

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, June 2005.

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Title: The Nature of Identity and the Identity of Nature:

Hawaiian Perspectives on Persons and Place. Thesis advisor: Sheila Jasanoff

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Environmental microbial community ecology, particularly in relation to plant-microbe

interactions and biogeochemistry. Dissertation work focuses on microbial ecology and

biogeochemistry, specifically foliar endophytic fungal community diversity and function

using

field studies, greenhouse manipulations, and next-gen pyrosequencing techniques.

APPOINTMENTS2009-2012NSF Graduate Research Fellow (Stanford University

)

2006-2007Head Teacher (IBS Academy, Seoul, South Korea

)

2005-2006Research Technician, Geochemical Oceanography Lab, Harvard University.

Mentor: Dan Schrag.

2005Research Assistant, USDA Forest Service - Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.

Mentor: Julie Denslow.

2003, 2004Research Assistant, USDA Forest Service - Institute of Pacific Islands

Forestry.

Mentor: R. Flint Hughes.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Naupaka Zimmerman and Peter Vitousek. Fungal endophytes exhibit environmental

structuring across a Hawaiian landscape. 2012. PNAS. doi:10.1073/pnas.120*******

Naupaka Zimmerman, R. Flint Hughes, Susan Cordell, Patrick Hart, Heather Kalei Chang,

David Perez, Ryan Kaipoalohaakala Like, Rebecca Ostertag. Patterns of Primary Succession

of Native and Introduced Plants in Lowland Wet Forests in Eastern Hawai i. 2008.

Biotropica 40(3), p. 277-284 (data doi:10.5061/dryad.vp86v3r0)

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION OR REVIEW

Posy Busby, Naupaka Zimmerman, Dave Weston, George Newcombe. A fungal

endophyte exacerbates damage from a leaf pathogen of Populus angustifolia. In prep.

Adam Wolf, William Anderegg, Posy Busby, Naupaka Zimmerman, Jon Christensen.

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Widespread plant movement in response to 20th century warming disproportionately affects

endemic species. In revision. PNAS

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Peter SOgaard JOrgensen, Vincent Bonhomme, Thomas H G Ezard, R Andrew

Hayes, TimothEe Poisot, Roberto Salguero-Gomez, Salvatrice Vizzini, Naupaka

Zimmerman. 2011. A global network of next generation ecologists. INTECOL Bulletin 5 (2)

4-6.

Naupaka Zimmerman, Rob Salguero-Gomez, Jorge Ramos. The Next Generation of Peer

Reviewing. 2011. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9(4), p. 199 guest editorial

PRESENTATIONS (* denotes invited)

*Naupaka Zimmerman and Peter Vitousek. There is more to ohi a than meets the eye. (oral

presentation) 2012 Hawaii Conservation Conference. Honolulu, HI.

Naupaka Zimmerman, Posy Busby, David Weston, George Newcombe. Interactions

between Endophytes and a Pathogen in leaves of Populus angustifolia. (oral presentation)

2012 New Phytologist Symposium on the Plant Microbiome. Rhodes, Greece.

Naupaka Zimmerman, Posy Busby, David Weston, George Newcombe. Foliar Fungi in

Poplar: Friends or Foes (oral presentation) 2011 UC Santa Cruz-Stanford Species

Interaction

Workshop. Stanford, CA.

Zimmerman, Naupaka and Peter Vitousek. Fungals in the Jungles: Endophytic Fungal

Diversity at the Landscape Scale. (poster) 2011 Metagenomics workshop at the DOE Joint

Genome Institute. Walnut Creek, CA.

Zimmerman, Naupaka and Peter Vitousek. Landscape biogeography of foliar fungal

endophytes in the tropics. (oral presentation) 2011 Meeting of the Ecological Society of

America. Austin, TX.

Zimmerman, Naupaka and Peter Vitousek. Fungals in the Jungles: Endophytic Fungal

Diversity at the Landscape Scale. (oral presentation) 2011 Meeting of the Mycological

Society

of America. Fairbanks, AK.

Naupaka Zimmerman, Peter Vitousek. Biogeography of Tropical Fungal Endophytes (oral

presentation) 2010 UC Santa Cruz-Stanford Species Interaction Workshop. Santa Cruz, CA.

Zimmerman, Naupaka and Peter Vitousek. The Phascinating Phyllosphere: Linking

Aboveground and Belowground Processes. (oral presentation) 2009 Hawaii Ecosystems

Meeting, Hilo, Hawaii

Zimmerman, Naupaka and Peter Vitousek. Fungal Endophytes in Ohia: Looking Beyond

the Leaves. (oral presentation) 2008 Hawaii Ecosystems Meeting, Hilo, Hawaii

Zimmerman, Naupaka, R. F. Hughes, S. Cordell, P. Hart, H.K. Chang, and D. Perez. The

state of lowland wet forests in Hawaii: Variation in ecosystem dynamics and impacts of

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invasive species. (oral presentation) 2004 meeting of the International Academy of

Vegetation

Science, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii; 2004 meeting of the Hawaii Conservation Conference,

Honolulu, Hawaii; 2004 Hawaii Ecosystems Meeting

ORGANIZED SESSIONS

Emma Aronson and Naupaka Zimmerman. Microbial Ecology using Metagenomics.

Organized Oral Session, 2011 Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Austin, TX.

Naupaka Zimmerman and Kimberly Epps. Scaling genes to ecosystems: Building the bridge

between microbial ecology and global processes. Organized Oral Session, 2010 Meeting of

the Ecological Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA.

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS

2012 Travel Award, New Phytologist Symposium on the Plant Microbiome, $1000

2011 Travel Award, Ecological Society of America Microbial Ecology Section. $250

2011 Best Student Oral Presentation, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting. $200

2011 FESIN Travel Award, Mycological Society of America. $1000

2010, 2012 Travel Awards, Stanford Biology Dept. $800

2010-2012 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. $15,000

2009-2012 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (3 yrs). $10,500 tuition + $30,000 stipend

2010 Forest Fungal Ecology Research Award, Mycological Society of America. $1,000

2008-2009 SCORE Grants, Stanford Biology Dept. $4,000.

2009 Graduate Student Scholarship, Big Island Federal Credit Union. $2,500

2004 Ecological Informatics Travel Award to Intl Assn. of Veg Sci. Mtg. $300

2004 Harvard College Research Program. Sponsor: Dr. Paul Moorcroft. $1,000

2001 United States Presidential Scholar, National Merit Scholar, AP ScholarTEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 2011 Guest Lecturer "Endophyte Biogeography" BIO 321 Ecological Genetics Stanford

Fall 2011 Guest Lecturer Modeling Succession BIO 101 Ecology Stanford

Fall 2010 Teaching Assistant BIO 117 Ecology of the Hawaiian Islands Stanford

Fall 2009Teaching Assistant. BIO 101 Ecology Stanford

Fall 2009Instructor. BioCore Explorations Phyte Club: Endophytic Fungi Stanford

Spring 2009Teaching Assistant

. BIO 216 Terrestrial Biogeochemistry Stanford

Summer 2008Teaching Assistant. BIO 16N Island Ecology Stanford

Spring 2008Teaching Assistant. BIO 44Y Biology Core Lab in Ecology Stanford

Fall 2008 Instructor. BioCore Explorations Phyte Club: Endophytic Fungi Stanford

Fall 2008 Guest Lecturer Korean Academies EDUC 170 Schooling and Asian Cultures UCSC

Fall 2007Teaching Assistant

. BIO 101 Ecology Stanford

2006-2007Head Teacher. IBS Academy, Seoul, Korea.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE

2012 Founding member, Mycological Society of America Student Section

2011-2012 Ecology for a New Generation Committee, Ecological Society of America (invited)

2010-present Co-founder, working group participant, and webmaster, International Network

for Next-Generation Ecologists (INNGE innge.net)

2010-2011 Chair, Ecological Society of America Student Section

2010-2011 ESA Council, Ecological Society of America

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2009-2011 Meetings Committee, Ecological Society of America

2009-present Eugene P. Odum Education Award Committee, Ecological Society of America

2009-present Abstract and Program Committee, Emerging Professionals Committee. Hawaii

Conservation Conference

2009-2010 Vice-Chair, Ecological Society of America Student Section

2009-2011 Webmaster, Stanford Biology Dept. graduate student Web site

2008-present Undergraduate admissions alumni interviewer, Harvard College

2008-2009 Treasurer, Ecological Society of America Student Section

2009, 2012 Stanford Biology Dept. Graduate Studies Committee

2008-2009 Stanford Ecology and Evolution Lunch Seminar Coordinator

2008 Judge, oral and poster presentations. Ecological Society of America

2008-present Ad-hoc reviewer: Scientia Agricola, Ecosystems, Pacific Science

ORGANIZED WORKSHOPS

Talbot, Jenny, Naupaka Zimmerman, AndrEa L. Kuchy, Jorge Ramos. Shaping the Future:

How students can set a precedent for planetary stewardship. Workshop, 2011 annual meeting

of the Ecological Society of America. Austin, TX.

Rob Salguero-Gomez, Naupaka Zimmerman, Jorge Ramos, Sue Silver. Things they don t

typically teach you in graduate school: peer-review inside out. Workshop, 2011 annual

meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Austin, TX.

Talbot, Jenny, Matthew D. Whiteside, Roberto Salguero-Gomez, Naupaka Zimmerman,

AndrEa L. Kuchy. Fight for what s right: become a student leader in planetary

stewardship.

Workshop, 2010 annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Pittsburgh, PA.

MENTORING

2009-present Undergrad honors research mentor (Stanford Biology Dept):

Eric Slessarev - nutrient cycling and mycorrhizal symbiosis in nutrient poor soils

Safiyyah Abdul-Khabir - microclimate effects on foliar fungal endophytic communities

Chris Chu - nutrient effects on phyllosphere fungal communities and herbivory

2010-present Mentor in ESA s Strategies for Ecology, Education, Diversity and

Sustainability

(SEEDS) program

2009Teaching Assistant mentor. Biology 101 Ecology Stanford University

2008-present Big Sibs mentoring program for new Stanford graduate students in Biology

2007-present BioBridge mentoring program for Stanford undergraduates

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND OUTREACH

2009-2010Co-organizer, East Palo Alto Academy Internship

in Biogeochemistry

2009 Invited panelist on grad school in science, U of Hawaii Hawaiian Internship Program

2008-2009Boys & Girls Club SAT tutor for high school students in East Palo Alto.

2008 Judge, Terman Middle School Science Fair, Mountain View, CA

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

American Society for Microbiology (2011- )

Mycological Society of America (2010- )

Ecological Society of America (2007- )

American Geophysical Union (2007- )

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (2007- )

LANGUAGES AND ANALYTICAL EXPERIENCE

R, perl/bioperl, Matlab, ArcGIS, MySQL, web development: HTML/CSS, Drupal, MediaWiki

High throughput DNA extraction and PCR from environmental samples, 454 pyrosequencing

Pyrolysis Gas Chromotography/Mass Spectrometry (Py/GC/MS)

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