1. June 2015
Todd Allan Wellnitz
Department of Biology,
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
(715) 836-3021
Degrees Earned
Ph.D. SwissFederal Institute of Technology(ETHZürich),1997
M.S. MiddleburyCollege,1991
B.S. Universityof Minnesota,Biology, CumLaude,1984
Research & Professional Experience
2010-present Associate Professor(Aquatic Ecology)
Universityof Wisconsin - EauClaire,BiologyDepartment
2005-09 Assistant Professor
Universityof Wisconsin - EauClaire, BiologyDepartment
2002-05 Special Assistant Professor
ColoradoState University,Departmentof Biology&HonorsProgram
2000-02 Research Associate & Instructor
ColoradoState University,Departmentof Biology
1997-99 Post-Doctoral FellowwithProf. N.LeRoyPoff
ColoradoState University,Departmentof Biology
1995-97 Ph.D. Research in Stream Ecology (continued) withProf. J.V.Ward
SwissFederal Institute of Technology (ETH)
Dissertation:Biotic and abiotic constraintson algalcommunitiesin streams:
roles of light, scouring and herbivory.
1993-95 Ph.D. Research in Stream Ecology withProf.J.V.Ward
ColoradoState University
1993 Water QualityPlanner
WisconsinDepartmentof Natural Resources
1991-92 Doctoral Program in Integrative Biology
Universityof CaliforniaatBerkeley
1988-91 Masters ResearchwithProf.Sallie P.Sheldon
MiddleburyCollege,Vermont
Thesis: The responseof macroinvertebrates,algae and fish to bloomsof iron-
depositing bacteria.
Current Research Interests
The relationshipbetweenstreamflow,speciesinteractions andecosystemfunction; how
elevationand climate influence stream-riparianexchange;the effectof structural heterogeneity
on stream-riparianprocesses.

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Peer-Reviewed Publications
35 published,whichinclude20 undergraduate co-authors (underlined)
1) Wellnitz,T.(2015). Howdo streamgrazers partitiontheirbenthichabitat?
Hydrobiologia.DOI10.1007/s10750-015-2326-x
2) Wellnitz,T.(2014). Doesbenthiccurrentmediate small-scale trophiccascadesina
mountainstream? FreshwaterBiology 59(11): 2245–2255.
3) Wellnitz,T.,S.Kim,E. Merten (2014). Do installedstreamlogjamsincrease
macroinvertebrate richnessandabundance? Limnologica 49: 68-72.
4) Merten,E., Z. Snobl andT. Wellnitz.(2014).Microhabitatinfluencesonstreaminsect
emergence. AquaticSciences 76(2): 165-172.
5) Wojan,C., A.Devoe,E.Mertenand T. Wellnitz.(2014).Web-buildingspiderresponse
to a logjamina northernMinnesotastream. American Midland Naturalist 172(1): 185-
190.
6) Hintz,W. and T. Wellnitz.(2013).Currentvelocityinfluencesthe facilitationand
removal of algae bystream grazers.AquaticEcology 47(2): 235-244.
7) Cronje,R.,K.Murray, S.Rohlinger,T.Wellnitz. (2013). Usingthe Science Writing
Heuristictoimprove undergraduate writinginbiology. InternationalJournalof Science
Education 35(16): 2718-2731.
8) Schoen,J.,E. Mertenand T. Wellnitz.(2013).Currentvelocityasa factor determining
macroinvertebrate assemblagesonwoodsurfaces. Journalof FreshwaterEcology
28(2): 271-275.
9) Wellnitz,T.and N.L.Poff. (2012). Current-mediatedperiphyticstructure modifies
grazer interactionsandalgal removal. AquaticEcology 46(4):521-530
10) Ames,S., K.Pischke,N.Schoenfuss,Z.Snobl,J.Soine,E.Weiherand T. Wellnitz.(2012).
Biogeographicpatternsof lichensandtreesonislandsof the BoundaryWatersCanoe
AreaWilderness. BIOS 83(4):145-154.
11) Wellnitz,T., M. Troia, M. Ring. (2010). Doesambientsubstrate compositioninfluence
consumerdiversityeffectsonalgal removal? Hydrobiologia 652(1):15-22.
12) Merton,E., W. Hintz,A. Lightbody, T.Wellnitz. (2010). Subtle effectsof
macroinvertebrate grazersonperiphyticaccrual ina field-scaleexperimental stream.
Hydrobiologia 652(1): 179-184.
13) Thorp,R., J. Monroe,Thorp,E. T. Wellnitz,andN.L.Poff. (2007). Foodand habitat
relationshipsof Claassenia sabulosa (Plecoptera:Perlidae)inthe upperColoradoRiver,
CO. Western NorthAmerican Naturalist 67(1): 57-62.
14) Wellnitz,T.andN.L. Poff.(2006). Herbivory,currentvelocityandalgal regrowth:how
doesperiphytongrowwhenthe grazershave gone? FreshwaterBiology 51(11):2114-
2123.
15) Wellnitz,T. (2006). Usinggroup performancestodemonstrate conceptsinlarge
biologyclasses. TheAmerican Biology Teacher 68(4): 238-240.
16) Hoffman,A.L.,J.D.Olden,J.B.Monroe,N.L.Poff, T.WellnitzandJ.A.Wiens.(2006).
Currentvelocityandhabitatpatchinessshape streamherbivoremovement. Oikos
115(2): 358-368.

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17) Wellnitz,T.(2005). Parasite-hostconflicts:winnersandlosersornegotiated
settlements? BehaviouralProcesses 68(3):245-246.
18) Wellnitz,T.andR.B. Rader.(2003). Structuringandsustainingmountainstream
periphyticcommunities: interactionsbetweenscouring,grazing,andlight. Journalof
the NorthAmerican BenthologicalSociety 22: 528-542.
19) Wellnitz,T., L. Giari,B. Maynard and B. Dezfuli.(2003).A parasite spatiallystructures
itshost population. Oikos100: 263-268.
20) Poff,N.L., T. WellnitzandJ.Monroe.(2003). Redundancyamongstreamgrazersacross
a current velocitygradient. Oecologia 134: 262-269.
21) Opsahl,R., T. WellnitzandN.L.Poff.(2003). Interactionsof currentvelocityand
herbivoryinregulatingstreamalgae:aninsituelectrical exclusion.Hydrobiologia
499:135-145.
22) Dezfuli,B.S.,B.Maynardand T. Wellnitz.(2003).Activitylevelsandpredatordetection
by amphipodsinfectedwithanacanthocephalanparasite. Folia Parasitologica 50: 129-
134.
23) Wellnitz,T.,N.MacRury, A. ChildandD. Benson.(2002). Spreadingthe wealth:graduate
studentsandeducational outreach. Conservation Biology 16:1-4.
24) Wellnitz,T.andN.L. Poff.(2001). Functional redundancyinheterogeneous
environments:implicationsforconservation. Ecology Letters 4: 177-179.
25) Wellnitz,T.,N.L.Poff, G.Cosyleón andB.Steury.(2001). Currentvelocityandspatial
scale as determinantsof the distributionandabundance of tworheophilicherbivorous
insects. LandscapeEcology 16(2):111-120.
26) Wellnitz,T.andJ.V.Ward. (2000). Herbivoryandirradiance shape periphytic
architecture ina Swissalpine stream. Limnology and Oceanography 45:64-75.
27) Wellnitz,T.andR. Rinne.(1999). Photosyntheticresponseof streamperiphytonto
fluctuatinglightregimes. Journalof Phycology 35:129-130.
28) Wellnitz,T.andJ.V.Ward. (1998). Doeslightintensitymodifythe effectmayflygrazers
have on periphyton? FreshwaterBiology 39: 135-149.
29) Sheldon,S.P.and T. Wellnitz.(1998).Do bacteriamediate algal colonizationiniron-
enrichedstreams? Oikos83: 85-92.
30) Maynard, B., T. Wellnitz,N.Zanni andB.Dezfuli.(1998).Parasite-alteredbehaviorina
crustaceanintermediatehost:fieldandlaboratorystudies. Journalof Parasitology 84:
1102-1106.
31) Wellnitz,T.,R.B.Raderand J.V.Ward. (1996). Lightand a grazingmayflyshape
periphytoninaRocky Mountainstream. Journalof theNorth American Benthological
Society 15: 496-507.
32) Wellnitz,T., R.B.Rader and J.V.Ward.(1996). Importance of lightandnutrientsin
structuringan algal communityina RockyMountainstream. Journalof Freshwater
Ecology 11: 399-413.
33) Wellnitz,T.andS.P.Sheldon.(1995).Effectsof ironand manganese ondiatom
colonizationinaVermontstream. FreshwaterBiology 34: 465-470.

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34) Wellnitz,T., K.Grief and S.Sheldon.(1994).Response of macroinvertebratestoblooms
of iron-depositingbacteria. Hydrobiologia 281: 1-17.
35) Wellnitz,T.(1991). A continuoussuctiondevice forcollectingaquaticinsects. Journal
of FreshwaterEcology 6: 223-225.
Published Book Reviews
1) Wellnitz,T.(2004). Cultivatingawe -- review of “Developing EcologicalConsciousness:
the pathto a sustainableworld,”byChristopherUhl.Ecology 85(9): 2644-2645.
2) Wellnitz,T. (2004). The emperorhasno clothes -- review of “Thewealth of nature:how
mainstreameconomicshasfailed the environment,”byR.L. Nadeau. Ecology 85(6):
1766-1767.
3) Wellnitz,T.(2003). A newcall to arms -- review of “Thereal environmentalcrisis: why
povertynotaffluenceis theenvironment’snumberoneenemy,”byJ.Hollander.
Ecology 84(11): 3099-3100.
4) Wellnitz,T.(2003). “Makingconservationpay -- review of Thenew economy of nature:
the questto makeconservation profitable,”byG. DailyandK. Ellison. Ecology 84(1):
270-271.
Published Abstracts
Since comingto UW-Eau Claire,Ihave presented 26conference presentations (from56 total), of
which37 have had undergraduate co-authors (underlined).
CongresoArgentinode Limnología,2014, La Plata, Argentina
1) Scheibler,E., J.Gómez, F.Campónand T. Wellnitz.Variablesambientalesque
condicionanladistribuciónde macroinvertebradosenunarroyoaltoandino.
Ecological Societyof America,2013, Minneapolis,MN.
2) Campón,F.,E. Scheibler, G.Burgos, V. Bozzo,N.Roldán and T. Wellnitz.Doeselevation
increase aquatic-terrestrial exchange inaridmountainstreams?
3) Wellnitz,T.and S. Rutter.The indirecteffectsof currentvelocityonalgal abundance
throughinteractions withCeratopsychelarvae.
Ecological Societyof America,2012, Portland, OR.
4) Castro Burgos,G., J.Gómez,F. Campón,E. Scheibler, J.Schoen,Z.Snobl,C.Wojan,O.
XiongandT. Wellnitz. Doeselevationmodifyaquaticexporttoriparianhabitats?
5) Wojan,C., E. Merten, A.Devoe,Z.Snobl andT. Wellnitz.Dostreamlogjamsinfluence
riparianwebspiderdensityanddistribution?
6) Spickerman,K.,J.WeirichIII,C.Maierhofer,C.Wojan,E. WeiherandT. Wellnitz.
Stochasitcvs.niche-basedprocesses:Whatdriveslichencommunityassembly
followingfire disturbance?
7) Wellnitz,T.,E.Merten, Z. Snobl, C.Wojanand O. Xiong.Dostreamlogjamsenhance
aquaticexportto riparianhabitats?

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Ecological Societyof America,2011, Austin,TX.
8) Wellnitz,Todd andWilliamHintz.Dosmall-scale trophiccascadescontribute tobenthic
heterogeneityinstreams?
9) Wojan,Chistopher,JenniferPomeroy,AshwinSasidharan,JohnSchoen,ZacharySnobl,
Stephanie Vinetas, OngXiong,EricMertenand Todd Wellnitz.Microhabitat-scale
influencesof environmental featuresonthe benthicmacroinvertebratecommunityina
northernMinnesotastream.
10) Xiong,Ong,JenniferPomeroy,AshwinSasidharan,JohnSchoen,ZacharySnobl,
Stephanie Vinetas, OngXiong,ChistopherWojan,EricMertenand Todd Wellnitz.
Reach-scale effectsof astreamlogjamon benthicmacroinvertebrate richness,
evenness,diversity,andfeedingguilds.
11) Snobl,Zachary,JenniferPomeroy,AshwinSasidharan,JohnSchoen,StephanieVinetas,
ChistopherWojan, OngXiong,EricMertenand ToddWellnitz. Stream
macroinvertebratesandlogjamsinnorthernMinnesota.
12) Maierhofer,Chistopher,KaleighSpickerman,Mathew Moris andToddWellnitz.
Exploringthe effectof biological filtersonlichenpopulationsinthe BWCAW.
National Conference onUndergraduate Research (NCUR),2010, Missoula,MT.
13) Nikolai,StephenJ.,Randall K.Kolka,TrentR.WickmanandT. Wellnitz.Fire effectson
lake ecosystems:waterchemistryandzooplanktoncommunitystructure.
14) Ames,Sarah,Kate Pischke,JoshPletzer,NickSchoenfuss,ZachSnobl, JessicaSoine and
T. Wellnitz. Howmanylichen,how manytrees? Islandbiogeographyinthe Boundary
WatersCanoe Area Wilderness.
15) Jacobson,Matthew,Andrew Barta,EllenHermanson,TessaWirz,EvanWeiherandT.
Wellnitz. Effectsof stressoncommunityassemblagesinboreal forests.
Ecological Societyof America,2009, Albuquerque,NM.
16) Faust,Matthew,JeremyCarlson, WilliamHintzandT.Wellnitz. Environmental factors
affectingthe functionalcompositionanddiversityof montane benthicmacro-
invertebrate communities.
17) Gipson,NiaandT. Wellnitz. Effectsof experimental streamdiversionsonalgal-grazer
dynamics.
18) Naus,Christopher, Jasmine Wiley,Matthew Sisco andT.Wellnitz.How substrate type
and orientationstructure lichencommunitiesinthe BoundaryWatersCanoe Area
Wilderness.
19) Wellnitz,T.andWilliamHintz.Doesbenthiccurrentvelocityestablishacritical
thresholdforalgal removal bystreamgrazers?
Ecological Societyof America,2008, Milwaukee,WI
20) PaHoua Lee,MeganRing,ClancyBrown,Brad Taylor andT. Wellnitz.How scour
disturbance affects Didymosphenia geminata abundanceandthe associatedepiphytic
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21) StephenNikolai, MattFaust, Matthew Troia,Stephanie Zinken,andT.Wellnitz.
Zooplanktonbiodiversity,lake size,isolation,andproductivityinthe BoundaryWaters
Canoe AreaWilderness.
22) Troia,Matthew, Megan Ringand T. Wellnitz. How doesconsumerdiversity and
environmental contextshape algal communitystructure?
North American Benthological Society,2008, Salt Lake City,UT.
23) Wellnitz,T. Fallingwaterandtippingstreams. (Introductorytalkforspecial session,
Tippingpoints:Searchingforthresholdsinstreamstructure andfunction.)
24) Troia,Matthew, Megan Ringand T. Wellnitz.Doessubstrate type modifythe diversity-
functionrelationship?
Ecological Societyof America,2007, San Jose, CA.
25) Holm,Katelin, JessicaKinnally,Tali Lee,EvanWeiherandT.Wellnitz. The relative
importance of plant-plantcompetition,plant-insectherbivory,andplant-fungal
mutualismintwoforbswithalternativedefenses.
26) Troia,Matthew andTodd Wellnitz. Functional diversityandenvironmental composition
shape primaryproductivityanddecompositionpatternsinanexperimental aquatic
ecosystem.
Conferencespriorto UWEC
27) Wellnitz,T.(2003). Overcomingthe darkside of PowerPoint:How toincorporate
interactive,student-basedlearningintoacomputer-basedlecture. Conference of the
International SocietyforExploringTeachingandLearning(ISETL),FortCollins,CO.
28) Schoville,B.,A.Hjermstad,T. WellnitzandL.Todd.(2003). Benthicmacroinvertebrate
sampling:integratingstreamecology,nestedsamplingdesigns,andbundledresearch
strategies. 61st
PlainsAnthropological Conference,Fayetteville,AR.
29) Wellnitz,T.andN.L.Poff. (2003). Doesheterogeneityinnear-bedcurrentmediate
competitionbetweenstreamherbivores? EcologicalSocietyof America,Savannah,GA.
30) Wellnitz,T.,J. B.Monroe, A.Hoffman,J.Olden andN.L.Poff.(2002). The role of
currentvelocityinstreamherbivory. Ecological Societyof America,Tucson,AZ.
31) Hoffman,A.,J.B. Monroe,J. Olden,T.Wellnitz,N.L. Poff andJ.A.Wiens.(2002). The
role of benthiscape patchinessandstreamflow inshapingherbivore movements.
NorthAmericanBenthological Society,Pittsburgh,PA
32) Tate-Boldt,E.,T. WellnitzandN.L.Poff.(2002). Predator-preyandalgal interactions
alonga current velocitygradient. NorthAmericanBenthological Society,Pittsburgh,
PA.
33) Carpino,V.,T. WellnitzandN.L.Poff.(2002). Risk-sensitive herbivoryacrosscurrent:
doescurrentvelocityinfluence behavioralinteractionsbetweenstoneflypredatorsand
theirmayflyprey? NorthAmericanBenthological Society,Pittsburgh,PA
34) Thorp,R, J.B. Monroe,T. Wellnitz andN.L.Poff. (2002). Trophicand habitat
relationshipsof Claassenia sabulosa inthe upperColoradoRiver. NorthAmerican
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35) Wellnitz,T.(2001). Understandinghow flow andheterogeneityorganize stream
communities:considerationsof process. Ecological Societyof America,Madison,WI.
36) Wellnitz,T.andN.L. Poff.(2001). Removal,renewal andcurrent:How fastdoesalgae
grow whenthe grazersare gone? NorthAmericanBenthological Society,LaCrosse,WI.
37) Opsahl,R.W., T. WellnitzandN.L. Poff.(2001). Interactionsbetweencurrentvelocity
and invertebrategrazinginregulatingstreamalgae:Resultsof anin situ electrical
exclusion. NorthAmericanBenthological Society,LaCrosse,WI.
38) Giari,L., T. WellnitzandB.Dezfuli. (2001). Downstreamdisplacement of amphipods:
Role of parasites & predatorcues. NorthAmericanBenthological Society,LaCrosse,
WI.
39) Wellnitz,T.andN.L. Poff. (2000). Contextdependentspeciesinteractionsand
communityorganization:Incorporatingenvironmental variationinto ecological
experiments. Ecological Societyof America,Snowbird,UT.
40) Wellnitz,T.andN.L. Poff.(2000). Mediationof algal-grazerandgrazer-grazer
interactions:The role of currentvelocitycurrentvelocity. NorthAmerican
Benthological Society,Keystone,CO.
41) Monroe,J.B.,N.L Poff andT. Wellnitz.(2000). The influence of currentvelocityand
resource availabilityonforagingandmovementinthe filteringcaddisfly, Brachycentris
americanus. NorthAmericanBenthological Society,Keystone,CO.
42) Wellnitz,T.(1999). Can teachingscience inthe K-12classroombe an effective tool for
learningundergraduatescience? SigmaXi Forum,Minneapolis,MN.
43) Wellnitz,T., G.B.Cosyleón andN.L.Poff.(1999). Multi-scale flow determinantsof the
distribution andabundance of aninsectherbivoreinaRocky Mountainstream.
Ecological Societyof America,Spokane,WA
44) Wellnitz,T.andN.L. Poff.(1999). Does currentvelocitymediate competitionbetween
streamherbivores? NorthAmericanBenthologicalSociety,Duluth,MN.
45) N.L Poff andT. Wellnitz.(1999). Multispeciesherbivoryalongcurrentvelocity
gradients. NorthAmericanBenthological Society,Duluth,MN.
46) Wellnitz,T.,S.MeynsandJ.V.Ward. (1998). Mayflyherbivoryandultravioletradiation
influenceperiphytoninaSwissalpine stream. NorthAmericanBenthological Society,
Prince EdwardIsland,Canada.
47) Maynard, B.J.,T. Wellnitz,W.G.WrightandB.S.Dezfuli.(1998). Parasite-induced
changesinthe behaviorof the amphipod Echinogammarusstammeri. Animal Behavior
Society,SouthernIllinoisUniversity,IL.
48) Wellnitz,T.andJ.V.Ward.(1997). Doeslightintensitymodifythe effectmayflygrazers
have on periphyton? NorthAmericanBenthological Society,SanMarcos,TX.
49) Wellnitz,T. (1996). Interactions betweenlightandgrazersshape periphytonina
subalpine stream. SymposiumHydrologie undLimnologie voralpinerGewässer,Zürich,
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50) Wellnitz, T.,R.B.Raderand J.V.Ward.(1996). The rolesof scouring,herbivoryandlight
regime inregulatingaperiphyticcommunityinaRockyMountainstream. North
AmericanBenthological Society,Kalispell,MT.
51) Rinne,B.,T. WellnitzandD.M.Livingstone. (1996). The photosyntheticresponse of
periphytontofluctuatinglightregimesinalowlandstreaminSwitzerland. North
AmericanBenthological Society,Kalispell,MT.
52) Maynard, B.,B. Dezfuli,C.BellettatoandT.Wellnitz.(1996). Pomphorhyncuslaevis
(Acanthocephala)in Echinogammarusstammeri(Amphipoda):parasiteloads,infection
ratesand altered behaviors. EuropeanMulticolloquiumof Parasitology,Parma,Italy.
53) Wellnitz,T.(1995). The influence of lightandgrazersonperiphytoninaRocky
Mountainstream. SymposiumAlgen,LaChaux-de-Fonds,Switzerland.
54) Wellnitz, T.,R.B.Raderand J.V.Ward. (1995). The importance of lightandgrazers in
structuringperiphytoninaRockyMountainstream. North AmericanBenthological
Society,Keystone,CO.
55) Wellnitz,T., K.Grief andS.P.Sheldon.(1991). Substrate modificationbybloomsof
Leptothrix ochracea:effectsonmacroinvertebratesandalgae. NorthAmerican
Benthological Society,SantaFe,NM.
56) Wellnitz,T., K.Grief andS.P.Sheldon.(1990). Effectsof iron,manganese,andiron-
depositingbacteriaonmacroinvertebratesinaVermontmountainstream.North
AmericanBenthological Society,Blacksburg,VA.
External Grants & Funding
National Science Foundation CAREERProgram(2007-2012). “CAREER: Linking heterogeneity to
the contributionsmadeby speciesto ecosystemprocesses.” Awarded $740,000 and
matchingfundsfromORSPbroughttotal to $820,000. Awardedanadditional $18,200
for ResearchExperience forUndergraduates program. REUsupplementssupported3
undergraduate researchers toworkon the projectat the Rocky MountainBiological
Laboratory inGothic,CO. Principal investigator:ToddWellnitz
National Science Foundation(2012). “Influencesof logjamson aquaticinsectemergenceand
streamfood webs.” Principal investigators: ToddWellnitzandEricMerten;$1,386,622
requested - notfunded.
National Science Foundation(2011). “Hotspotsof aquatic/terrestrialexchange: how logjams
enhancephysicalheterogeneity,createbiologicalcomplexity and regulatecross-
ecosystemtransfer.”Principal investigators:ToddWellnitz andEricMerten;$1,421,128
requested - notfunded.
USDA ForestService (2010-2011). “Logjaminstallation and ecologicalresearch in Superior
NationalForest.” Principal investigators: ToddWellnitzandEricMerten;$10,000
awarded
National Science Foundation(2000-2003). “Herbivory in streams:context-dependentspecies
interactionsand functionalredundancy.”Principal investigators:N. LeRoyPoff andTodd
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National Science Foundation(1998-2000). “Herbivore interactionsin heterogeneous
environments –the role of contextdependency and functionalredundancy.” Co-wrote
withN.LeRoyPoff; $100,000 awarded
Internal Grants at UW-Eau Claire
Faculty/StudentCollaborationGrants(2005-2014). I have securedresearchfunding fromthe
Office of ResearchandSponsoredPrograms everyyearsince comingtoUWEC. These
grants have funded 29 studentshave workingon 24 research projects. In addition,I
have received 22travel grants funding21 undergraduate presentations at professional
conferences. $98,284 (total) awarded.
International FellowsProgram(2012).“An Exploration of Andean StreamCommunities.” Took
fourundergraduate researcherstoArgentinatostudystream-riparianexchange in
Andeanstreams. $14,670 awarded
Course Development Grant(2011). “An interdisciplinary Biology/American Indian Studies
coursein the Grand Canyon.” CoauthoredwithWendyGeniusz(AIS)andEricMerten
(Biology);$19,000 awarded
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Undergraduate Mentoring at UW-Eau Claire
 76 undergraduate researchstudents mentored
 43 posterspresentedat UW-EauClaire’s StudentResearchDay
 30 student-authoredpostersandtalks presentedatnational conferences
 7 peer-reviewedarticlespublishedwith undergraduate co-authors
Advising Student Organizations
 Tri-BetaBiological HonorSociety(2006-present)
 BiologyClub(2005-2008 and 2013-present)
 Reef Team(2006-present) – studentsmaintainBiology’stwomarine aquariums
 Front Range StudentEcologySymposium(1997-2002) at ColoradoState University
Awarded “BestEducational Program” at CSU in2002
Teaching Experience
2005-present Assistant/Associate Professor,UniversityofWisconsin - Eau Claire
 Ecology& Evolution(Biol-110)
 FoundationsinBiologyII(Biol-222)
 FoundationsinBiological Inquiry(Biol-223)
 StudiesinTropical Environments(Biol-320– inBahamas, Belize &CostaRica)
 Invertebrate Zoology(Biol-345)
 AquaticEcology(Biol-376)
 Biologyinthe ChangingWorld(Biol-385)
 Biology ImmersionExperience(Biol-390– Argentina)

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 CollaborativeResearchinBiology(Biol-423– BoundaryWaters fieldcourse)
 Grand CanyonImmersion FieldStudies(Biol-490)
 CommunicatingScience(Biol-491)
2002-05 Special Assistant Professor,ColoradoState University
 FishEcology
 Biologyof Organisms (introductory majorscourse of >200 students)
 Educational OutreachinEcology & Environmental Science (Graduate)
 Culture & Conflict:A Biological Perspective (Honors)
 Medicine:Practice,Perception &the PopularImagination(Honors)
2000-01 Instructor, Colorado State University
 Humans& OtherAnimals (non-majorscourse of >300 students)
 Biologyof Organisms(Honors)
1997-99 Postdoctoral fellow,ColoradoState University
 Limnology(withProfs.AlanCovichand N. LeRoyPoff)
 StreamBiology(withProf. N.LeRoyPoff)
1995-97 Teaching Assistant,Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology(ETH)
 Systematische undOkologische Biologie (Wassersysteme)
1993-95 Teaching Assistant,Colorado State University
 Invertebrate Zoology
 FreshwaterBiology
 Principlesof AnimalBiology
 Attributesof LivingSystems
1992 Teaching Assistant,UniversityofCaliforniaat Berkeley
 Ecologyof Communities &Populations
1991 Instructor, MiddleburyCollege
 FieldEcology
1988-90 Teaching Fellow,MiddleburyCollege
 Invertebrate Zoology
 FieldEcology
 General Ecology
 InsectEcology
Student Research Day Presentations
I have mentored 76 undergraduate research studentsat UW- Eau Claire whohave presented43
postersat UWEC’s StudentResearchDay. Eight award-winningpostersare indicated byasterisk.
2014
1) Ong XiongandNacy JouaXiong. The Intersectionof sensoryandchemical informationin
the anti-predatorresponseof Daphnia pulex.

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2) AlyssaColwitz,DrewFrase,MargaretGapinski,AnnaJohnson, ChristinaVlahosand
SamanthaZimmerman. Waterbearson trees – doestardigrade diversitychange asa
functionof tree locationand bark roughness?
3) Morgan A. Euteneuer,GregoryT.Nelson,DerekA.Huebsch,MilesP.Easlandand Anna
Johnson. Earthwormsinthe BoundaryWatersCanoe Area Wilderness: aninvasive
speciesinvestigation.
4) Sarah Schieffer,Nicole Bauer,BrandonUrhammerandSarahBartholomew. The effects
of lake productivityandcampsite usage oncrayfishabundancewithinthe Boundary
WatersCanoe Area
2013
5) BrennanDowand Ong Xiong.How doesa reductioninstreamcurrentlowerbenthic
diversity?
6) Zachary Nonn,Aaron Devoe,AnnaJohnson,Kari Rue andJasonGarfoot. What factors
influencelichencommunitystructure onrocksubstrate?
7) SarinaRutter. The indirecteffectsof currentvelocityonalgal abundance through
interactionswith Ceratopsychelarvae.
8) NathanServey,BrennanDow,MasonLoden,andBrittany Burant. Effectsof
environmental factorsoncrayfishabundance inthe BoundaryWatersCanoe Area
Wilderness.
9) Ong XiongandSeyeonKim. Impactof an experimentallogjamonstreaminsects.
2012
10) AaronDevoe,Joseph WeirichandLauraGaffney. Stream-riparianlinkages:searchingfor
patternsininvertebrate communitystructure.
11) JohnSchoen,AaronDevoe,ZacharySnobl andStephanie Vinetas. How doesvelocityand
wooddecayclass influence stream macroinvertebrate diversity?
12) Zachary Snobl. Logjams:a lookat logjamsandemergentwoodeffectsoninsect
emergence inasmall northernMinnesotastream
13) KaleighSpickerman, ChristopherMaierhofer,Joseph WeirichandChristopherWojan.
Stochasticvs.niche-basedprocesses:whatdriveslichencommunityassemblyfollowing
fire disturbance?
14) Stephanie Vinetas andAshwinSasidharan. Seasonal dynamicsinanorthernMinnesota
stream
15) ChristopherWojan,AaronDevoe andZacharySnobl. Riparianspiderresponse tologjam-
mediatedaquaticemergence
16) Ong Xiong. Howdofunctional feedingguildsrespondtohabitatdistribution?
2011
17) ChristopherMaierhofer,Matthew MorisandKaleighSpickerman. Exploringthe effectsof
biological filtersonlichenpopulationsinthe BoundaryWatersCanoe AreaWilderness.

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18) JenniferPomeroy,Zachary Snobl andOngXiong. Phenologyof aquaticinsectemergence
ina northernMinnesotastream.
19) ChristopherWojan,Matthew Haakand Joseph Weirich. Assemblage of lichen
communitiesonrockyshorelinesof the Northwoods.
20) Ong Xiong,ZacharySnobl,JenniferPomeroy,ChristopherWojan,and StephanieVinetas.
Reach-scale effectsof astreamlogjamon benthicmacroinvertebrate diversity,richness,
evennessandfeedingguilds.
2010
21) CaitlinHellmich,AshleySheridan,BrendonTrebelhorn,andAlexanderVang. Human
impacton surroundingcommunitiesincampsitesof the BoundaryWatersCanoe Area
Wilderness.
22) MalloryImmerfall. Velocityeffectsonthe spatial patterninganddensityof acaddisflyin
the ChippewaRiver.
23) * MatthewJacobson,Andrew Bartaand TessaWirz.Effectsof stresson community
assemblagesinboreal forests.
24) StephenNikolai. Fire effectsonlake ecosystems:waterchemistryandzooplankton
communitystructure.
25) * Kate Pischke,JessicaSoine,SarahAmes,NicholasSchoenfuss,ZacharySnobl and
JoshuaPletzer. Howmanylichen?How manytrees?Islandbiogeographyin the Boundary
WatersCanoe Area.
26) * SpencerRohlinger. Promotingstudents’scientificunderstandingwiththe Science
WritingHeuristic.
27) NicholasSchoenfuss. Influence of bedloadon macroinvertebrate community
composition.
28) BrandonTrimbell. The effectof lightintensityandnear-bedcurrentvelocityonbenthic
periphytonaccumulationandthe macroinvertebrate communityinahighaltitude
stream.
2009
29) * MatthewFaustand JeremyCarlson.Environmentalfactorsaffectingthe functional
compositionanddiversityof montane benthicmacroinvertebrate communities.
30) Gina Cimafranca. “On the Road with Gina and Miss C” -- A teachingvideo about
behavioral andphysiological similaritiesbetweenwolvesanddogs.
31) * Traci Griffith.Identifying Quadrula metanevra fromsimilarmussel speciesinthe St.
Croix Riverusingglochidiamorphometrics.
32) AlexandraKarosas,BrianHull,BrennaO'GormanandErnest Ruiz.Evaluatingthe
applicationof islandbiogeographytheoryandthe effectsof insularityinthe Boundary
WatersCanoe Area Wilderness.
33) ChrisLangel,JordanJunion,TriciaHernickandJasonLongmeir.Impactsonportagesin
the BoundaryWater Canoe AreaWilderness.

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34) StephenNikolai.Fire effectsonlake ecosystems:waterchemistryandzooplankton
communitystructure.
35) * Jasmine Wiley,ChristopherNaus,MattSisco andJamie Dins.How shore orientation
and substrate type structure lichencommunitiesinthe BoundaryWatersCanoe Area
Wilderness.
2008
36) Billie JoBuechler,Dane Ferguson,KrisHennigandBrianPauley. Campsiteecologyof the
BoundaryWatersCanoe WildernessArea.
37) Jesse Coleman,GlennFisher,Traci Griffith andKennethLear. How dolightandmoisture
gradientsaffectlichenabundance inthe BoundaryWatersCanoe AreaWilderness?
38) PahouaLee. Scour disturbance affectsanuisance alga, Didymosphenia geminata,andthe
associateddiatomcommunity.
39) * StephenNikolai,MatthewFaust, Matthew TroiaandStephanie Zinken.Zooplankton
biodiversity,lakesize andproductivityinthe BoundaryWaters.
2007
40) JeffreyHornung. Biological illustration:creatingscientificdrawingsfordissectionsin
invertebrate zoology.
41) AnnaCarey. Densityanddiversityof intertidal invertebratesinsoutheastAlaska.
42) GlenFisherandTraci Griffith. Comparisonof benthiccommunitystructure inEast and
West-facingmountainstreamsof the BigHornMountains.
43) KatelinHolmandJessicaKinnally. The relative importance of plant-plantcompetition,
plant-insectherbivory,and plant-fungal mutualismintwoforbswithalternative
defenses.
44) * MatthewTroia. Functional diversityandenvironmental contextshape community
processesinanexperimental aquaticecosystem.
2006
45) Brett Buckley. Preycapture bydragonflynymphsacrossa lightgradient.
46) Michael SchickerandMatthew Renkas. Influence of tidal pool characteristicsonspecies
richnessandabundance alonga shorelinegradient.
47) Matt Troia. Effectsof microsporidianparasitesonlife historycharacteristicsof the
amphipod Gammaruspseudolimnaeus.
Invited Seminars & Organized Sessions
1) How dologjamsand elevationaffectaquaticinsectsexporttoriparianhabitats? (December
2013). EvergreenState College,Olympia,WA.
2) Are there thresholdsinstreamecosystemfunction? (March2012). ConsejoNacional de
InvestigacionesCientíficasyTécnicas(CONICET),Mendoza,Argentina.

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3) UmbralesEcológicosenEcosistemasAcuáticos -- Relevanciaparala conservacióny
sustentabilidadde ríosyarroyos. (March 2011). UniversidadNacional de Cuyo,Mendoza,
Argentina.
4) What makesa riverrun wild? -- How bugsand slimyrocks explainstreamecosystem
functioning. (December2008). UW-Eau Claire BiologyDepartmentSeminar.
5) Linkingheterogeneitytothe contributionsmade by speciestoecosystemprocesses.(July
2008) RockyMountainBiological Laboratory,Gothic,CO.
6) TippingPoints:SearchingforThresholdsin StreamStructure andFunction. (May2008).
Organized,moderated,and presented atspecial session forthe meetingof the North
AmericanBenthological Society,SaltLake City,UT.
7) Data Blitz!(May 2007). Co-presented withDr.DanJanik the resultsof studentcollaborative
research. PresentedatUWEC BiologyDepartmentSeminar.
8) Linkingheterogeneitytothe contributionsmade byspeciesto ecosystemprocesses.
(September2006). PresentedatUW-Madison, Departmentof Entomology.
Professional Activities
Departmental Service & Outreach
 UWEC BiologyDepartment Webmaster&Facebookpage manager
 NumerousK-12outreachactivitiesinWisconsinand Colorado.
Reviewer Service
 Referee forjournals (listedalphabetically):AmericanBiologyTeacher,AquaticSciences,
ArchivfürHydrobiologie, Behavioural Processes, BIOS, Bioscience, CanadianJournalof
FisheriesandAquaticSciences,Ecology,EcologyLetters,FreshwaterBiology,
International Journal of Science Education,International Review of Hydrobiology, Journal
of Animal Ecology,Journal of AppliedEcology,Journal of the North American
Benthological Society,LimnologyandOceanography,Oecologia,Oikos,PeerJ,Water
ResourcesResearch,Zoological Sciences
 National Science Foundation:reviewerandpanelist forEcologyClusterproposals
Affiliations
 AmericanAssociationforthe Advancementof Science
 Ecological Societyof America
 SigmaXi
Certifications
 WildernessFirstResponder(NOLS)
 Scuba (NAUI)