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  • Thursday, August 5, 2021
  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Pacific
    INS 14: Collaborative Networks: Building Thriving Research Communities Vital to Ecosystem Science

    Session Organizer: Anthony P. Walker – Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Moderator: Anthony P. Walker – Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Volunteer: Sachinthani I. Karunarathne – School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne

    Inspire Session

    Career Track

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Pacific
    OOS 36: The Consequences of Stochasticity for Communities: Linking Theory and Experiments

    Session Organizer: Christopher P. Catano – Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University

    Moderator: Lars Brudvig – Michigan State University

    Volunteer: Molly Reichenborn – New Mexico State University

    Organized Oral Session

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Pacific
    OOS 37: Leveraging data-driven approaches to identify vital connections in sustainable agricultural ecosystems

    Session Organizer: Ashley E. Larsen – Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara

    Moderator: D. Nākoa Farrant – Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California Santa Barbara

    Volunteer: Savannah Fuqua – Point Reyes National Seashore Association

    Organized Oral Session

  • 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Pacific
    SYMP 9: Root and Rhizosphere Processes Under Drought: Digging Deeper to Enhance Ecosystem Resilience

    Session Organizer: Vidya Suseela – Dept. Plant & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University

    Moderator: Ziliang Zhang – Plant & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University

    Volunteer: Adounke Mahugnon Gilles Renaud – wildlife Ecology, Laboratory of Applied Ecology

    Symposium

  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific
    Recent Advances Lecturer

    Plenary Session

  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific
    SS 15: Connecting Disease with Movement Ecology in Humans and Animals: An Integrated Approach?

    Session Organizer: Maureen Kessler – Ecology, Montana State University

    Moderator: Raina Plowright – Montana State University

    Volunteer: Adounke Mahugnon Gilles Renaud – wildlife Ecology, Laboratory of Applied Ecology

    Special Session

  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific
    SS 16: From Undergrad to Grad to Early Career Professional: Career Tips for Students

    Session Organizer: Ajisha Alwin – University of Florida

    Volunteer: Rounak Patra – Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science, University of Tennessee

    Special Session

    Career Track

  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific
    SS 17: Microbiomes and Social Equity

    Session Organizer: Michael Friedman

    Volunteer: Brianne R. Palmer – Plant Science, University of California, Davis

    Special Session

  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific
    SS 18: Urban Lakes as Focal Points for Community Science and Ecological Restoration

    Session Organizer: E. Perry Thomas – Kentucky Division of Water

    Volunteer: Sachinthani I. Karunarathne – School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne

    Moderator: E. Perry Thomas – Kentucky Division of Water

    Special Session

  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific
    SS 19: Vital Connections for Women and Non-Binary BIPOC in Ecology

    Session Organizer: Adriana Romero-Olivares – New Mexico State University

    Volunteer: Jennifer Perez

    Special Session

  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
    INS 15: Unexpected Natural History In Novel Ecosystems: Celebrating The Extraordinary In Ordinary Spaces

    Session Organizer: Susannah B. Lerman – Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service

    Moderator: Seabird McKeon

    Volunteer: Shih-Huai Cheng – Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Inspire Session

  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
    OOS 38: Causal Inference in Global Change Studies: New Approaches and Emerging Opportunities

    Session Organizer: Joan Dudney – Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis

    Moderator: Laura Dee – University of Colorado-Boulder

    Volunteer: Aanuoluwapo Olajide

    Organized Oral Session

  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
    OOS 39: Community Science in Southeastern Ecosystems

    Session Organizer: Susan Blas – Augusta University

    Moderator: Susan Blas – Augusta University

    Organized Oral Session

    Career Track

  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
    OOS 40: Mycorrhizal Symbiosis and Ecosystem Process: Breakthroughs Across Scales

    Session Organizer: Colin Averill – Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zürich

    Moderator: Colin Averill – Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zürich

    Volunteer: Molly Reichenborn – New Mexico State University

    Organized Oral Session

  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Pacific
    OOS 41: Plant Water Relations Under Increasing VPD: Linkages and Gaps from Soil to Atmosphere

    Session Organizer: Jeffrey M. Warren – Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Moderator: Jennifer M. R Peters – Environmental Science Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Organized Oral Session

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Data Help Desk: Sharing Data

    Session Organizer: Amber Budden – NCEAS, University of California, Santa Barbara

    Data Help Desk

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Disease Ecology Section - Trivia Game Mixer

    Session Organizer: Sarah Budischak – Keck Science, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges

    Social Event

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Getting Published - Early Career Mixer

    Session Organizer: Cari D. Ficken – University at Buffalo

    Social Event

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Roundtable: Climate Science in the Courtroom: Being an Expert Witness

    Session Organizer: Augusta Wilson – Climate Science Legal Defense Fund

    Roundtable

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Roundtable: Meet ESA Leaders in Education and Diversity Programs

    Session Organizer: Teresa Mourad – Education & Diversity Programs, Ecological Society of America

    Moderator: Carmen R. Cid – Biology, Eastern Connecticut State University

    Moderator: Pamela Templer – Department of Biology, Boston University

    Roundtable

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Speed Networking with EIC Aimee Classen, Ecological Monographs (Second Offering)

    Session Organizer: Aimee T. Classen – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Michigan

    Speed Networking

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Speed Networking with EIC Rich Wallace, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Second Offering)

    Session Organizer: Rich Wallace – Ecological Society of America

    Speed Networking

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    Statistical Ecology Section Business Meeting

    Session Organizer: Masami Fujiwara – Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, Texas A&M University

    Social Event

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    FT 13: A Walk Through the Wilderness of Wayqecha Biological Station in the Peruvian Cloud Forest

    Session Organizer: Ruthmery Pillco Huarcaya – Osa Conservation

    Volunteer: Shih-Huai Cheng – Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    Field Trip

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Pacific
    FT 14: The Great Experiment in Conservation - Ecosystem Research in Adirondack Park, New York

    Session Organizer: Stacy McNulty – Adirondack Ecological Center, SUNY ESF Adirondack Ecological Center

    Volunteer: Aanuoluwapo Olajide

    Field Trip

  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific
    WK 14: Aligning Your Teaching with the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) Framework

    Session Organizer: Justin St. Juliana – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University

    Workshop

  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Pacific
    WK 15: Conversations with NSF: Research, Diversity, and Training Challenges and Opportunities

    Session Organizer: Elizabeth Blood – Program Director, National Science Foundation

    Volunteer: Molly Reichenborn – New Mexico State University

    Workshop

    Career Track

  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Pacific
    Mock Interview with Josh Schimel 2

    Session Organizer: Josh Schimel

    Career Track

  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Pacific
    Mock Interview with Tim Fullman

    Session Organizer: Timothy Fullman – The Wilderness Society

    Career Track

  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Pacific
    Mock Interview with Zakiya Leggett 2

    Session Organizer: Zakiya Leggett – North Carolina State University

    Career Track

  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Pacific
    INS 16: Ecological and Social Crises: Adapting Ecological Teaching, Mentoring, and Outreach in the Time of COVID, Black Lives Matter, and Climate Change

    Session Organizer: A.M. Aramati Casper – Colorado State University

    Moderator: Allyson Salisbury

    Volunteer: Sachinthani I. Karunarathne – School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne

    Inspire Session

    Career Track

  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Pacific
    OOS 42: Climate Intervention: Risks, Effects and Predicted Impacts for Biodiversity and Ecological Systems

    Session Organizer: Jessica Gurevitch – Stony Brook University

    Moderator: Phoebe Zarnetske – Michigan State University

    Volunteer: Yanjun Yang – University of Kentucky

    Organized Oral Session

  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Pacific
    OOS 43: The Role of Mycorrhizae in Shaping Species Interactions, Plant Community Dynamics, and Ecosystem Function

    Session Organizer: Amy Trowbridge – Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Moderator: Amy Trowbridge – Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Volunteer: Rounak Patra – Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science, University of Tennessee

    Organized Oral Session

  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Pacific
    SYMP 10: Phyllosphere Microbiomes: Deriving Rules of Community Assembly and Function for Wild and Agricultural Plants

    Session Organizer: Posy E. Busby – Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

    Moderator: Posy E. Busby – Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University

    Volunteer: Andrea Valcarcel Abud

    Symposium

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific
    INS 17: Unregulated Contaminants: What's Our Next Step with Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals, PFAS, and More

    Session Organizer: Rachel Barkley – Sequence, Inc.

    Moderator: Rachel Barkley – Sequence, Inc.

    Volunteer: Andrea Valcarcel Abud

    Inspire Session

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific
    OOS 44: Developing Indicators and Policies for Managing the Global Nitrogen Challenge

    Session Organizer: Jill Baron – US Geological Survey

    Moderator: Jana Compton – Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, US EPA, Office of Research and Development

    Volunteer: Yanjun Yang – University of Kentucky

    Organized Oral Session

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific
    OOS 45: Microbial Connectivity Across Ecotones

    Session Organizer: Benjamin Sikes – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas

    Moderator: Benjamin Sikes – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas

    Volunteer: Brianne R. Palmer – Plant Science, University of California, Davis

    Organized Oral Session

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific
    OOS 46: Network Connections: Deepening and Expanding Access to Virtual Field Experiences

    Session Organizer: Itchung S. Cheung – Integrative Biology, Oregon State University

    Moderator: Itchung S. Cheung – Integrative Biology, Oregon State University

    Volunteer: Jennifer Perez

    Organized Oral Session

    Career Track

  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Pacific
    OOS 47: New Frontiers in Bryophyte Ecology

    Session Organizer: Mandy L. Slate – Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado

    Moderator: Mandy L. Slate – Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado

    Organized Oral Session

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    A Roundtable Discussion of Publishing with ESA Journal Editors-In-Chief Deb Peters, Kathy Cottingham and Rich Wallace

    Session Organizer: Rich Wallace – Ecological Society of America

    Roundtable

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) Virtual Mixer

    Session Organizer: Laurel J. Anderson – Department of Botany and Microbiology, Ohio Wesleyan University

    Moderator: Mary Beth Kolozsvary – Environmental Studies and Sciences, Siena College

    Social Event

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    Ecology of the Cryosphere: Networking Event for Researchers

    Session Organizer: Thomas Y. Chen – Academy for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

    Social Event

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    ESA Natural History Section Mixer

    Session Organizer: Susannah B. Lerman – Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service

    Social Event

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    SEEDS 25th Anniversary Celebration

    Session Organizer: Frederick Abbott – Ecological Society of America

    Social Event

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    Student Section Mixer

    Session Organizer: Callie Oldfield – University of Georgia

    Social Event

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    Women in Soil Ecology (WiSE) Mixer

    Session Organizer: Courtney Collins – Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder

    Social Event

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    FT 15: The Arroyo, Arundo, and an Increasing Presence of Beetles

    Session Organizer: Anisha Malik – Michael Baker International

    Volunteer: Andrea Valcarcel Abud

    Field Trip

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM Pacific
    FT 16: Archbold Biological Station and Buck Island Ranch in the Headwaters of the Florida Everglades

    Field Trip

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    WK 16: Backward Design And Inclusive Pedagogy for Teaching Ecology Courses

    Session Organizer: Nathan Emery – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology Department, University of California Santa Barbara

    Workshop

    Career Track

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Pacific
    WK 17: Improving Workplace Climate: Strategies for Responding to Harassment and Other Hostile Behaviors

    Session Organizer: Anne E. Kelly – Desert Studies Center, California State University Fullerton

    Workshop

  • 3:30 PM – 6:30 PM Pacific
    Roll a Nature Check: Ecology-Themed Dungeons & Dragons

    Session Organizer: Sheryl C. Hosler – Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Social Event

  • 5:15 PM – 6:15 PM Pacific
    Ecological Trivia Night

    Session Organizer: Nathan Emery – Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology Department, University of California Santa Barbara

    Social Event