Chase D. Mendenhall CURRICULUM VITAE. Postdoctoral Scholar; Lab Manager Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University

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1 Chase D. Mendenhall CURRICULUM VITAE CURRENT POSITION ADDRESS Postdoctoral Scholar; Lab Manager Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University Department of Biology, 371 Serra Mall Stanford University, Stanford, CA EDUCATION Ph.D., Biology, Stanford University ( ) B.S., Wildlife Management Major (WFBM), Botany Major, Gender Studies Minor & Spanish Minor, University of Wyoming ( ) PUBLICATIONS * Denotes training or mentoring of co-authors when the study took place (Manuscripts that are in preparation or review are not listed) Mendenhall, CD, DS Karp, CFJ Meyer, EA Hadly and GC Daily Predicting biodiversity change and averting collapse in agricultural landscapes. Nature 509 (7499), Frishkoff, LO, DS Karp, LK M Gonigle, CD Mendenhall, J Zook, C Kremen, EA Hadly and GC Daily Loss of avian phylogenetic diversity in Neotropical agricultural systems. Science 345 (6202), Mendenhall, CD, LO Frishkoff, G Santos-Barrera, J Pacheco, E Mesfun*, F Mendoza Quijano, PR Ehrlich, G Ceballos, GC Daily and RM Pringle Countryside biogeography of Neotropical reptiles and amphibians. Ecology 95 (4), Reid, JL, CD Mendenhall, JA Rosales*, RA Zahawi and KD Holl Landscape context mediates avian habitat choice in tropical forest restoration. PloS One 9 (3): e Belisle*, M, CD Mendenhall, F Oviedo Brenes* and T Fukami Temporal variation in fungal communities associated with tropical hummingbirds and nectarivorous bats. Fungal Ecology (in press, available online). Karp*, DS, CD Mendenhall, R Figueroa Sandí*, N Chaumont, PR Ehrlich, EA Hadly and GC Daily Forest bolsters birds, pest control, and coffee yield. Ecology Letters 16 (11), Mendenhall, CD, CV Kappel, and PR Ehrlich Countryside Biogeography. In: Levin S.A. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, second edition, Volume 2, pp Waltham, MA: Academic Press. Chase D. Mendenhall 1

2 Gould*, RK, L Pejchar, SG Bothwell, B Brosi, S Wolny, CD Mendenhall and GC Daily Forest restoration and parasitoid wasp communities in montane Hawai'i. PLoS One 8(3): e Mendenhall, CD, GC Daily and PR Ehrlich Improving estimates of biodiversity loss. Biological Conservation 151: Mendenhall, CD, HM Archer*, F Oviedo Brenes*, CH Sekercioglu and RNM Sehgal Balancing biodiversity with agriculture: land sharing mitigates avian malaria prevalence. Conservation Letters 6 (2013): CD Mendenhall Tropical forests: try holistic conservation. Nature 479 (7372): 179. Mendenhall, CD, CH Sekercioglu, F Oviedo Brenes*, PR Ehrlich and GC Daily Predictive model for sustaining biodiversity in tropical countryside. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 108(39): Mendenhall, CD, CH Sekercioglu and F Oviedo Brenes* Using pubic bone distance to distinguish the sex of manakins in the field. Journal of Field Ornithology 81 (1): AWARDS & GRANTS NatureNet Science Fellowship, The Nature Conservancy ($200,000, offered) 2013 Stanford Rising Environmental Leaders Program (declined due to fieldwork) 2011 Ralph & Louise Haberfeld Ecology & Conservation Grant ($50,000) 2010 Las Cruces Restoration Research Grant ($2,500) 2010 Excellence in Teaching, Department of Biology, Stanford University National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (3 years tuition & fees) Bing Ecology & Conservation Graduate Fellowship (2 years tuition & fees beyond NSF support) Visiting Scholar, Oxford University 2008 Ralph & Louise Haberfeld Ecology & Conservation Grant ($16,000) 2007 Center for Conservation Biology Research Grant, Stanford University ($16,000) Visiting Undergraduate Student, National University of Costa Rica (directly enrolled in undergraduate courses) Chase D. Mendenhall 2

3 2005 University of Wyoming Honors Program, Thesis: Population Trends of Neotropical Migrants in Grant Teton National Park, supervised by Professor Carlos Martinez Del Rio 2005 NSF/EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowship ($3,500) 2005 Tillman E. and Lucille W. Boyd Academic Opportunity Scholarship ($1200) 2005 University of Wyoming Arts and Sciences Study Abroad Scholarship ($1000) INVITED LECTURES Measuring, mapping, and valuing biodiversity for policymakers. Environmental Studies Departmental Seminar, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, Predicting biodiversity change and averting collapse in agricultural landscapes. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany, Diversified coffee cultivation supports biodiversity and ecosystem services. Stanford Continuing Studies, Coffee: From Tree to Beans to Brew and Everything in Between. Stanford University, Predicting biodiversity change in Costa Rican agricultural landscapes. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Agroecosystems as Foci for Conservation in the Neotropics: Bridging the Gap from Science to Action. San Jose, Costa Rica, Lesson from land sparing: Predicting and sustaining biodiversity in tropical countryside. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Land Sparing or Land Sharing? Different Visions for Producing Enough Food While Preserving Ecosystems in a Changing World. Portland, Oregon, The science of biodiversity. National Academy of Sciences of the USA and the Koshland Science Museum. Washington, DC, CONFERENCE ACTIVITY Predicting changes in bat biogeography from islands to countryside. Species Interactions Workshop, Stanford University, Predictive model for sustaining biodiversity in tropical countryside. Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium, Using pubic bone distance to distinguish the sex of manakins in the field. American Ornithologist Union Annual Meeting, Chase D. Mendenhall 3

4 LECTURES Numerous lectures and talks for various symposia, workshops, and lab groups at Stanford University, Santa Clara University, Emory University, National University of Costa Rica, Stockholm Resilience Center, German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Natural Capital Project, Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, and the Las Cruces Biological Station. TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM Teaching Assistant, Ecosystem Services: The Science of Valuing Nature, with Professor Gretchen C. Daily, Stanford University graduate and undergraduate course, spring quarter, Teaching Assistant, Human Evolution and the Environment, with Professor Paul R. Ehrlich, Stanford University undergraduate course, spring quarter, Teaching Assistant, Evolution, Ecology, and Plant Biology, with Professors Dmitri Petrov, Joan E. Roughgarden, and Mary Beth Mudgett, Stanford University undergraduate course, spring quarter, Teaching Assistant, Evolution of Social Reproductive Behavior, with Professor Joan E. Roughgarden, Stanford University graduate and undergraduate course, autumn quarter, Teaching Assistant (course in Spanish), Ornithology, with Professor Carmen Hidalgo Calderón, National University of Costa Rica undergraduate course, autumn semester, TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD AND LAB Intensive field and lab training of 71 graduate students, undergraduate students, high school students, research assistants, and technicians, including 28 women and 31 minorities who are underrepresented in science. Assistants and technicians have applied their skills to earn 5 doctoral and 10 master s degrees in biology or environmental studies at institutions in the U.S., Costa Rica, and Europe. Wildlife Biologist at Wildlife Expeditions in Grand Teton National Park. Gave over 100, four-hour natural history tours to visitors of all ages during the summer months, Lead Instructor at the Conservation Research Center, Teton Science Schools, Grand Teton National Park. Taught Avian Monitoring Methods and Avian Natural History and Physiology to 2,000 K-12 and university students during the summer months, Assistant Instructor at the Conservation Research Center, Teton Science Schools, Grand Teton National Park. Assisted Dr. Doug Wachob teaching Avian Monitoring Methods and Avian Natural History and Physiology to 1,500 K-12 and university students during the summer months, Chase D. Mendenhall 4

5 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Management of Stanford University s Center for Conservation Biology research program in southern Costa Rica. Support and oversee field research conducted by professors and graduate students, including four Stanford doctoral students who developed dissertation research on large areas of private farmland. Hired, trained, and continue to manage dozens of local field technicians and an international team of research assistants and collaborators. Support most analyses in the Center for Conservation Biology that require Geographic Information Systems Participated in and later oversaw all avian research performed by the Teton Science School s Conservation Research Center located in Grand Teton National Park. Designed, implemented, and supervised a research program that integrated methods of monitoring wild bird populations with graduate courses, undergraduate courses, high school and middle school classes, and the public. Hired, trained, and managed dozens of research assistants and teachers. Volunteered in diverse wildlife research projects conducted by other biologist in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 70 months experience sampling wildlife in temperate and tropical ecosystems. BIRD RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Federal Bird Banding Permit, Master Bander, Permit number: ,000 mist net-hours in temperate and tropical ecosystems (1 mist net-hour = 1 standard-sized mist net in operation for 1 hour). 51 months experience capturing, manipulating, and marking over 400 species of bird including hummingbirds, small songbirds, crows and jays, parrots, toucans, raptors, pelicans, swans, egrets, and herons. 9 months experience at the Laramie Raptor Refuge learning rehabilitation techniques and husbandry practices for captive raptors. MAMMAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 10 months experience capturing, manipulating, and marking over 60 species of bat including nectar bats, insectivorous bats, vampire bats, and fruit bats of all sizes. 3 months experience capturing, manipulating, and marking small mammals, pronghorn antelope, fox, and coyote. REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 6 month experience capturing, manipulating, and marking reptiles and amphibians. Chase D. Mendenhall 5

6 PLANT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 7 months experience identifying, surveying and measuring plants including temperate and tropical grasses, herbaceous plants, woody plants, and trees. 9 months experience at the Rocky Mountain Herbarium working with plant collections and databases. SERVICE TO PROFESSION 2014 Expert Panelist for Biodiversity Modeling for the Biodiversity Impact Indicators for Life Cycle Assessment hosted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and United Nations Environmental Programme 2014 Interim Director of the Las Cruces Biological Station, Organization for Tropical Studies (3 months) 2014 Graduate Student Representative and Liaison, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Search, Stanford University (successful search) Committee Member, Las Cruces Advisory Committee, Las Cruces Biological Station, Organization for Tropical Studies 2013 Graduate Student Representative and Liaison, Proposed Biology Building Design and Planning, Department of Biology, Stanford University Lab Manager, Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Stanford University (Director on sabbatical June 2013-present) Working Group Member, Land Use Biodiversity Ecosystem Services Trade-offs, hosted by the Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center Reviewer for many journals including, American Naturalist, Biotropica, Conservation Biology, Conservation Letters, Ecology, PloS One, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Successful writer and contributor on many collaborative grants and proposals, including Earthwatch Institute, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation, Moore Family Foundation, and the Winslow Foundation. LANGUAGES Fluent in Spanish Chase D. Mendenhall 6