Curriculum Vitae

Krista Capps

2016

CURRICULUM VITAE Krista A. Capps Odum School of Ecology & Savannah River Ecology Laboratory 140 E. Green St. The University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-2202 USA [email protected] http://www.kristacapps.net

Education: Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Dissertation Title: Changes in Community Structure and Ecosystem Processes in Response to Armored Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) Invasion Concentrations: Biogeochemistry, Community and Ecosystem Ecology, and Limnology Special Committee Chair: Dr. Alex Flecker January 2012 M.S. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Environmental Science, Emphasis: Applied Ecology Advisors: Dr. Vicky Meretsky and William Jones May 2002 B.S. Hope College, Holland, Michigan, magna cum laude Majors: Biology, Political Science Advisors: Dr. Kathy Winnett-Murray and Dr. James Zoetewey December 1998

Positions: 2016: Service-Learning Fellow, U. Georgia 2016-present: Executive Committee Member, Center for Integrative Conservation Research, U. Georgia 2015-present: Assistant Professor, Odum School of Ecology, U. Georgia 2015-present: Assistant Professor, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory 2014-2015: Research Assistant Professor, Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Bio., U. Maine 2012-2014: Postdoctoral Fellow, Sustainability Solutions Initiative, U. Maine 2011: Research Associate, Maine Center for Research in STEM Education, U. Maine 2010: Future Faculty Teaching Fellow, Cornell University 2010: Paul Fellow, Cornell University 2008: Fulbright-Hays Fellow, US Department of Education 2005-2011: Teaching Assistant, Cornell University 2002-2004: United States Peace Corps Volunteer, Honduras, Central America

Publications (*Graduate Advisee; ^Undergraduate Advisee): Tiegs, S. D., K. A. Berven, D. J. Carmack, and K. A. Capps. 2016. Stoichiometric implications of a biphasic life cycle. Oecologia 180: 853-63. Capps, K. A., C. N. Bentsen, and A. Ramírez. 2016. Poverty, urbanization, and environmental degradation: urban streams in the developing world. Freshwater Science 35: 429-435. Booth, D.B., A. H. Roy, B. Smith, and K. A. Capps. 2016. Global perspectives on the urban stream syndrome. Freshwater Science 35: 421-428. 1

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Roy, A. H., K. A. Capps, R. W. El-Sabaawi, K. L. Jones, T. B. Parr, A. Ramírez, R. F. Smith, C. J. Walsh, S. J. Wenger. 2016. Urbanization and stream ecology: diverse mechanisms of change. Freshwater Science 35: 272-277. Cease, A., K. Capps, K. Gates, M. McCrackin, and D. Nidzgorski. 2015. Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in urban environments: the stoichiometry of human diets and waste. Oikos 124: 931948. (Submitted as part of Woodstoich http://woodstoich.org/). Capps, K. A. and A.S. Flecker. 2015. High impact of low-trophic position invaders: effects of non-native grazing fishes on the quantity and quality of basal food resources. Freshwater 34:784-796. Capps, K.A., C.L. Atkinson, A. Rugenski. 2015. Implications of species addition and decline on nutrient dynamics in freshwaters. Freshwater Science 34: 485-496. Capps, K.A., G. Ng^, and J. S. Strickland. 2015. Environmental assessment of stream habitats bordering Palenque National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 59:286-292. Capps, K.A., C.L. Atkinson, A. Rugenski. 2015. Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwaters: an introduction. Freshwater Biology 60: 439–442. Capps, K.A., K. Berven, S. Tiegs. 2015. Modeling nutrient transport and transformation by pool-breeding amphibians in forested landscapes using a 21 year dataset. Freshwater Biology 60: 500-511. Capps, K. A., A. Ulseth, and A. S. Flecker. 2014. Quantifying the top-down and bottom-up effects of nonnative grazers in freshwaters. Biological Invasions 2014: 1-14. Tallis, H, J. Lubchenco, V. Adams et al. 2014. Towards a diverse conservation ethic. Nature 515: 27– 28 (06 November 2014) doi:10.1038/515027a Capps, K. A., R. Rancatti, N. Tomczyk^, T. Parr, A.J.K. Calhoun, M. Hunter. 2014. Biogeochemical hotspots in forested landscapes: The role of vernal pools in denitrification and organic matter processing. Ecosystems 17: 1455-1468. Capps, K. A., and A. S. Flecker. 2013. Invasive aquarium fish transform ecosystem nutrient dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280: doi: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1520 Lienart, G. D. H.*, R. Rodiles-Hernandez, and K. A. Capps. 2013. Nest burrows and nesting behavior of non-native catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in the Usumacinta-Grijalva watershed, Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist: 58: 239-243. Capps, K. A., and A. S. Flecker. 2013. Invasive fishes generate biogeochemical hotspots in a nutrientimited system. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54093. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054093. Capps, K. A., C.L. Atkinson, A. Rugenski, C.V. Baxter, K.S. Boersma, C.C. Carey, P.B. McIntyre, J.W. Moore, W.H. Nowlin, and C.C. Vaughn. 2012. Impacts of species addition and species loss on ecosystem function in freshwater systems. ESA Bulletin 93: 402-408. Capps, K. A., L. G. Nico, M. Mendoza Carranza, W. Areválo-Frías A. J. Ropicki, S. A. Heilpern^, and R. Rodiles-Hernández. 2011. Salinity tolerance of the exotic armored catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in southern Mexico: potential new pathways for invasion. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 21: 528-540. Capps, K. A., M. T. Booth, S. M. Collins, M. A. Davison, J. M. Moslemi, R. W. El-Sabaawi, J. L. Simonis, and A. S. Flecker. 2011. Nutrient diffusing substrata: a field comparison of commonly used methods to assess nutrient limitation. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30: 522-532. (Click here to see the coverage of the article in the Freshwater Science newsletter). Capps, K. A., M. A. S. Graça, A. C. Encalada, and A. S. Flecker. 2010. Leaf-litter decomposition across three flooding regimes in a seasonally flooded Amazonian watershed. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 205-210. Capps, K. A., M. A. Davision, Y. A. Kapetanakos, J. M. Moslemi, and C. E. Wagner. 2009. Crossing borders: promoting graduate research in the developing world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 333-334. 2

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Moslemi, J. M., K. A. Capps, M. S. Johnson, J. Maul, P. B. McIntyre, A. M. Melvin, T. M. Vadas, D. M. Vallano, J. M. Watkins, and M. Weiss. 2009. Training tomorrow's environmental problemsolvers: an integrative approach to graduate education. Bioscience 59: 514-521. Capps, K. A., C. B. Turner, M. T. Booth, D. L. Lombardozzi, S. H. McArt, D. Chai, and N. G. Hairston Jr. 2009. The behavioral responses of the endemic shrimp Halocardina rubra (Malacostraca:Atyidae) to an introduced fish, Gambusia affinis (Actinopterygii: Poeciliidae) and implications for the trophic structure of Hawaiian anchialine ponds. Pacific Science 63: 27-37. Capps, D. K., K. A. Capps, B. A. Crawford. 2008. A student-centered project focused on obtaining clean drinking water for a community. Science Scope: December 2008. Voigt, C. C., K. A. Capps, D. K. N. Dechmann, R. H. Michener, T. H. Kunz. 2008. Nutrition or detoxification: why bats visit mineral licks of the Amazonian Rainforest. PLoS ONE 3(4): e2011. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002011

SPECIAL EDITION ORGANIZATION/EDITING: Capps, K. A. Global Perspectives on the Urban Stream Syndrome. Bridges Cluster: Freshwater Science 2016. Roy, A., C. Walsh, K. Capps, R. El-Sabaawi, R. Smith, A. Ramirez. Urbanization and Stream Ecology: Diverse Mechanisms of Change. Freshwater Science 2016. Capps, K.A., C.L. Atkinson, A. Rugenski. 2015. Synthesizing ecosystem-level effects of consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwaters. Freshwater Biology March 2015.

Grants, Awards, & Scholarships (*Graduate Student Co-Author): POST-GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS (*CO-AUTHORED BY GRADUATE MENTEE): 2016: Faculty Research Grants in Science and Engineering, The stoichiometric underpinnings of success: investigating the influence of the quality of basal food resources on the body condition, population dynamics, and community ecology of medically-important mosquitos. Lead PI: Dr. Krista Capps 2016: Service-Learning Fellowship. Service-Learning in Urban Environments. Lead PI: Dr. Krista Capps 2016: CICR Faculty Research Development Grant. Lead PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UGA; Co-PIs: Dr. Jenn Rice, UGA; Dr. Kyle McKay, Army Corps of Engineers/UGA 2015: USGS Water Research Resources Institute, Water budget, groundwater exchange and hydrologic variability of central Maine's seasonal forest pools. Lead PI: Dr. Andy Reeve, UMaine; Co-PIs: Dr. Aram Calhoun, UMaine; Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine 2014-2015: NSF Catalyzing New International Collaborations, Mexican Urban Stream Ecology Lead PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine; Co-PIs: Dr. Allison Pease, Texas Tech; Dr. Seth Wenger, UGeorgia 2014-2015: UCMexus, Context dependence of consumer-driven ecosystem effects across a river continuum: Integrating physiology, trophic ecology, and organismal stoichiometry Lead PI: Dr. Donovan German, UC Irvine; Co-PIs: Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine; Dr. Allison Pease, Texas Tech 2014-2015: National Geographic Conservation Trust Program, Fisheries resources and ancient communities in a threatened Mesoamerican river: ecological and cultural implications of damming the Rio Usumacinta Lead PI: Dr. Allison Pease, Texas Tech; Co-PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine 2014-2015: NSF DEB Workshop Proposal: Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology Lead PI: Dr. Seth Wenger 2013-2017: NSF Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems Program, CNH: Small natural features with large ecosystem functions in urbanizing landscapes Lead PI: Dr. Aram Calhoun, UMaine; CoPIs: Drs. Kathleen Bell, Krista Capps, Malcolm Hunter, Michael Kinnison, Cynthia Loftin, UMaine; Dr. Dana Bauer, Boston University; Dr. Erik Nelson, Bowdoin College 3

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2012: USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Research Grant Lead PI: Dr. Adria Elskus, UMaine; Co-PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UMaine; Chris Ingersoll, USGS 2012: *Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Analytic Laboratory Research Grant 2012: Research Grant, Maine EPSCoR 2012: Seed Funding for Collaborative Grants Program, Maine EPSCoR GRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS: 2010: Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Program Grant, National Science Foundation 2009: American Cichlid Association: Loiselle Conservation Award 2009: Sigma Xi Student Research Award, Cornell University 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research Stipend, Cornell University 2007: PADI Foundation Research Grant, PADI Foundation 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009: Small grant, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity IGERT, Cornell University 2006: Kieckhefer Adirondack Fellowship, Cornell University FELLOWSHIPS 2012: Sustainability Science Fellowship, University of Maine 2010: Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship, Cornell University 2009: Paul Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University 2008: Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, US Department of Education 2008: Fulbright Grant, US Department of State—awarded but declined 2006: East Asia & Pacific Summer Institutes, National Science Foundation—awarded but declined 2001: The Jug Bay Fellows Research Stipend, Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary, Lothian, Maryland TEACHING/SUPPORT FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS 2015: *The UGA STEM Initiative Small Grants Program, Development of a service-learning course on the ecology of the urbanized landscape. Lead PI: Dr. Krista Capps, UGA; Co-PIs: Dr. Seth Wenger, UGA; Mr. James Wood, UGA 2014, 2015: Society for Freshwater Science Board of Directors/President’s Discretionary Fund – Instars Mentoring Program to Broaden Participation of Undergraduates from Underrepresented Groups and Ethnic Minorities, Co-PI Status 2011: Excellence in Teaching Award, Cornell University 2010: Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship, Cornell University TRAVEL GRANTS 2011: Ecological Society of America Student Travel Award 2010: Graduate Research Travel Grant, Cornell University 2010: Tinker Field Research Grant, Latin American Studies Program, Cornell University 2008: Orenstein Fund Grant, Cornell University 2008: Einaudi Center International Travel Grant, Cornell University 2008, 2009, 2010: Graduate Student Conference Grant, Cornell University 2007, 2008: Latin American Studies Program, Cornell University UNDERGRADUATE HONORS 1999: Sigma Xi Award, Hope College 1998: Energy, Resource, and Science Issues Excellence Award, US Government Accountability Office 1998: Washington, D.C. Honors Semester Delegate, Hope College 1997: Mortar Board Membership, Hope College 1997: National Science Foundation REU Grant, Hope College 4

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1997: Political Science Book Award, Hope College 1997: Commendation of Portfolio of Work, Political Science Department, Hope College 1996: MIAA Honor Roll of Athletes, MIAA Athletic Conference, Michigan 1995: Endowment Scholarship, Hope College OTHER GRANTS AND HONORS 2012: Best Oral Presentation in Basic Research (Runner-up), Society for Freshwater Science 2004: Project Assistance Grant (Cave Ecology), US Peace Corps 2003: Project Assistance Grant (HIV/AIDS Curriculum Development), US Peace Corps 2003: Infrastructure Development Grant, the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History 2000: School of Public and Environmental Affairs Merit-Based Aid Award, Indiana University

Invited Oral Presentations: 2016: Waste-water stoichiometry and freshwater ecosystem function: linking resource-management decisions with the quality and quantity of basal food resources. Gordon Research Conference: Unifying Ecology Across Scales: Linking the Levels from Physiological to Ecosystem Ecology. Biddeford, Maine 2016: The functional role of consumers in ecosystems: the conservation implications of managing organisms to preserve ecosystem function. School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University 2015: Animals and ecosystem function in heterogeneous landscapes of the anthropocene. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resource Management, University of Georgia 2015: Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in a changing world. The Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia 2015: Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems. The Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, the Ohio State University 2015: Consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in a changing world. The Department of Biology, University of Arkansas 2014: Quantifying the functional role of animals in nutrient dynamics in freshwaters. Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University 2014: Biodiversity and ecosystem function in freshwaters: understanding the functional role of species across anthropogenically modified landscapes. Environmental Studies Program and Kansas Biological Station, University of Kansas 2013: Animals driving ecosystem function: Understanding the role of aquatic organisms in nutrient dynamics. Lecture Series in the Sciences, Elmira College, Elmira, New York 2013: Integrating high school researchers into university research teams. Maine EPSCoR State Conference--"Looking to the Future - Supporting Maine's R&D Capacity through STEM Workforce Development, Technology, and Communicating Science", Orono, Maine 2013: Quantifying the functional role of aquatic organisms in biogeochemical processes. School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 2013: The functional role of aquatic organisms in ecosystem processes across anthropogenically modified landscapes. Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 2013: Biodiversity, ecosystem function & sustainable resource use in a changing environment. Environmental Change Initiative, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 2013: Linking biodiversity & ecosystem function: understanding the functional role of species across anthropogenically modified landscapes. School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 2013: Hotspots in forested landscapes: the functional role of vernal pools in nutrient dynamics, Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 5

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2013: Understanding the functional role of aquatic organisms in ecosystem nutrient dynamics. Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota 2012: Nutrient limitation in the wake of invasion: the potential influence of invader body stoichiometry on nutrient dynamics in novel systems. Gordon Research Conference: Metabolic Ecology in a Changing World. Biddeford, Maine 2012: Los cambios en los ecosistemas de agua dulce después de la invasión de los peces diablos. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, in Spanish 2012: The effects of low-trophic position invaders on basal food resources and nutrient dynamics in tropical freshwater systems. Drew University, Madison, New Jersey 2012: Functional changes in freshwater ecosystems in response to declining fish populations. Sustainability Science Seminar Series, College of Natural Science, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, in Spanish 2012: Changing nutrient dynamics in response to species invasion: a case study of armored catfishes in southern Mexico. School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 2012: A plague of pets: the effects of a non-native grazing fish in tropical streams. Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 2011: High impacts of low-trophic position invaders: the effects of grazing armored catfishes on freshwater ecosystems in Southern Mexico. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2011: Ecosystem-level impacts of non-native fishes: changes in nutrient dynamics in response to invasion. Colby College, Waterville, Maine 2011: Linking biodiversity and ecosystem services: understanding the functional role of species across anthropogenically modified landscapes. Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine, Orono, Maine 2011: The community and ecosystem-level impacts of armored catfish invasion in southern Mexico. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 2011: The community and ecosystem-level impacts of invasion: how an aquarium pet may change the world. The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee 2009: The ecological and socioeconomic consequences of species invasions. Invited Speaker Series, Denison University, Granville, Ohio 2007: Invasion of the devil fish: potential impacts of an exotic catfish on ecology and biogeochemical processing, Biology Seminar Series, Hope College, Holland, Michigan 2003: El desarollo de la infraestructura en parques nacionales, Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in Spanish 2002: La ecología y geología de cuevas, Guide Association of the Caves of Talgua National Park, Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras, in Spanish 2002: Las ventajas de ecoturismo en las municipalidades, Municipal Governments of Catacamas and Juticalpa, Olancho, Honduras, in Spanish 2001: Nest predation in the turtle population of Jug Bay Wetland Sanctuary: An investigation of densitydependence and predator identification, Friends of Jug Bay , the Smithsonian Institution, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and the Carnegie Institute, Lothian, Maryland 1997: The women’s movement in India: An upper caste, Hindu perspective, Hope College Women’s Studies Department and the Alumni Board

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Other Oral Presentations (#Co-author presented; *Graduate Advisee Presented; **Graduate Advisee CoAuthor; Undergraduate Advisee Presented; ^^Undergraduate Advisee Co-Author):

2015: Ephemeral wetlands and municipal decision-making: linking ecology and conservation with economic development through interdisciplinary research in forested landscapes, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland 2015: *Experimental evidence that hemlock decline changes the role of detrital subsidies in freshwater food webs, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland 2014: Modeling nutrient transport and transformation by vernal pool-breeding amphibians in forested landscapes, The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon 2014: *Global differences in urbanization and stream ecology, The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon 2013: Summarizing patterns of consumer-driven nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems. The Society for Freshwater Science, Jacksonville, Florida 2013: *SFS Instars: a mentoring program to increase diversity in the next generation of freshwater scientists. The Society for Freshwater Science, Jacksonville, Florida 2012: #Building a framework for predicting the effects of species addition and species loss on nutrient dynamics in freshwater ecosystems. Ecological Society of America (ESA), Portland, Oregon 2012: #The effects of species gain and species loss on nutrient storage and cycling in freshwater ecosystems: summarizing patterns across ecosystems. ESA, Portland, Oregon 2012: Stoichiometrically unique invaders modify nutrient dynamics in topical streams. The Society for Freshwater Science, Louisville, Kentucky 2011: ^^Non-native grazers in novel environments: Consequences of introduced armored catfish in stream ecosystems. ESA, Austin, Texas 2011: Changing nutrient dynamics in response to invasion: the effects of non-native fishes in a tropical stream. The North American Benthological Society, Providence, Rhode Island 2011: *Aspectos reproductivos de la especie invasora Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) en el río Chacamax. La Red de Investigadores de la Región Usumacinta en México. Villahermosa, Tabasco, México 2011: The impacts of an exotic grazing fish on organic matter and algal biomass in a tropical stream Biogeochemistry & Environmental Biocomplexity Seminar, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 2010: Exotic armored catfishes (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) alter organic matter and nutrient dynamics in Mesoamerican streams. XIV Congreso de la Sociedad Mesoamericana para la Biología y la Conservación, San Jose, Costa Rica (in Spanish) 2010: The net effects of grazing and nutrient remineralization on algal biomass and primary productivity by an exotic grazing fish . Ecological Society of America, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 2010: The impacts of an exotic grazing fish on organic matter biomass and epilithon stoichiometry in a tropical stream. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and the North American Benthological Society, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2009: Exotic fishes alter nutrient dynamics in tropical streams. Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico 2009: Los impactos de especies exόticas en procesos biogeoquímicos: silurios armados introducidos (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) en Chiapas. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Monterrey, México (in Spanish)

Posters (*Graduate Advisee/Mentee; ^Undergraduate Advisee): Jackson, R.^, N. Tomczyk^, L. Podzikowski*, H. Greig, and K. Capps. 2014. Patterns in macroinvertebrate community composition in vernal pools in the northeastern United States. The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon 7

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Tiegs, S.D., K.A. Capps, D. Carmack, and K. A. Berven. 2014. Ontogenic shifts in the stoichiometry of wood frog bodies and excreta. The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon Colon-Gaud, C., F.P. Day, J. Li, P, Mendez, R. J. Garono, V.L. Loughheed, K.A. Capps, T.D. Sluss, M. ArdonSayao. 2014. Undergraduate mentoring at SFS and SWS: increasing diversity in the next generation of aquatic scientists. The Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon Homola, J. J.*, M. Kinnison, C. Loftin, A. Calhoun, K. Bell, K. Capps, M. Hunter, D. Bauer, and E. Nelson. 2013. Of pools and people: application of vernal pool amphibian landscape genetics in a socioenvironmental coupled-systems model. NE Assoc. of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Portland, ME. Capps, K.A., R. Rancatti, T. Parr, N. Tomczyk^, A. Calhoun, M. Hunter. 2013. Biogeochemical hotspots within forested landscapes: quantifying the functional role of vernal pools in ecosystem processes. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, USA Capps, K. A. and A. S. Flecker. 2012. Sources or sinks: the effects of an invasive fish on nutrient dynamics. Gordon Research Conference: The Metabolic Basis of Ecology, Biddeford, Maine, USA Capps, K. A. and A. S. Flecker. 2012. Changing nutrient dynamics in response to invasion. Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, Solo, Indonesia Ng, G^., J. D. Strickland, B. Gálvez Cruz, and K. A. Capps. 2012. Aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity across a land-use gradient in Palenque National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. The North American Benthological Society, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Capps, K. A., J. S. Cohen. 2011. Democratizing undergraduate research: incorporating inquiry into science classrooms to promote scientific identity. Center for Teaching Excellence, Cornell University, New York, USA Moslemi, J. M., K. A. Capps, M. S. Johnson, J. Maul, P. B. McIntyre, A. M. Melvin, T. M. Vadas, D. M. Vallano, J. M. Watkins, and M. Weiss. 2008. Training tomorrow's environmental problemsolvers: an integrative approach to graduate education. ESA, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA Capps, K. A., R. Rodiles-Hernandez, A. S. Flecker. 2008. The Impacts of Armored Catfish (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) on Invaded Freshwater Ecosystems, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Capps, K. A., A. Encalada, M. Graca, A. S. Flecker. 2008. The effects of flooding regime, macroinvertebrates, and tree species on leaf litter decomposition in an Amazonian watershed. The North American Benthological Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Teaching Experience: COURSE INSTRUCTOR (*SUPERVISED GRADUATE STUDENT EDUCATOR) 2017 (spring): Urban ecology, a service-learning course 2016-present (fall semesters): Ecology 1000: Ecological basis of environmental issues 2016: *Urbanized landscapes and the role of community engagement in sustainable ecosystems, UGA 2015: Conserving Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes (Graduate Course), UMaine 2015: Field Course: Animal Adaptations to Changing Climate, UMaine 2014: Freshwater Ecosystems of Maine, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology, UMaine 2014: Threatened & Endangered Species, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology, UMaine 2012: Readings in Sustainability Science (Graduate Course), Sustainability Solutions Initiative, UMaine TEACHING ASSISTANT 2010: BIOEE1610 Ecology & the Environment (majors), Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University 2009: BIOEE261 Ecology & the Environment (majors), Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University 2008: BIOEE278 Evolution (majors), Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University 2006-2007: BIOEE 207 Evolution (non-majors), Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University 2005-2006: BIOG109 & BIOG110 Biological Principles (non-majors), Biology Program, Cornell University

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GROUP LEADER 2011: Brazil: Rio, Salvador, and the Amazon, Cornell Adult University (in Brazil) 2009: Chile: Wildlands of Patagonia Family Expedition, Cornell Adult University (in Chile) GUEST LECTURER 2013, 2014: Acadian Program in Regional Conservation and Stewardship 2012: Aquatic Community Ecology, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur 2012: Sustainability Science, University of Puerto Rico 2012: Wildlife Management and Policy, University of Maine 2011: Fish Ecology, Cornell University 2009: Biology of Fishes, Cornell University CAMP/WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR 2012: Workshop instructor, Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER), Solo, Indonesia 2005: Astronomy and physics instructor, Astrocamp, Idyllwild, California COMMUNITY OUTREACH EDUCATOR 2002-2004: Environmental Science Educator, US Peace Corps, Olancho, Honduras (in Spanish) 2002-2004: HIV/AIDS Educator, US Peace Corps, Honduras (in Spanish) ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR 2002: V368 Managing Govt. Operations, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University 2000-2001: L113 Biology Laboratory (majors), Biology Department, Indiana University Educator Training Activities 2010: Future Faculty Teaching Certificate Program, Center for Teaching Excellence, Cornell University 2010: Teaching in Higher Education, (Course number: ALS 6015), Cornell University 2005: Internship in Education, (Course number: EDUC 620-0001), Cornell University

Student Research Mentoring: GRADUATE ADVISING (student ^^presented findings at meeting or **published work) 2016-present: Graduate Thesis Committee (Ph.D.): Greg Jacobs, UGA Thesis Topic: Instream connectivity and subsidy transport by freshwater fish communities 2015-present: Graduate Thesis Advisor (M.S.): Nate Tomczyk, UGA Thesis Topic: Trace metal interactions with DOC and the microbial loop: implications of urbanization 2015-present: Graduate Thesis Committee (M.S.): Austin Coleman, UGA Thesis Topic: Amphibian populations and disease ecology 2015-present: Graduate Thesis Committee (M.S.): Laura Early, UGA Thesis Topic: Ecosystem service modeling in Georgia watersheds 2013-present: Graduate Thesis Committee (Ph.D.): Eric K. Moody, Arizona State University Thesis Topic: Grazing fishes in tropical rivers: linking body stoichiometry, organismal physiology and ecosystem function 2013-2014: Graduate Thesis Committee (M.W.C): Rachel Dunham, University of Maine Research Project: A survey of mammalian and avian species in forest corridors in Panama 2008-2010: Graduate Thesis Committee (M.S.): Govinda-Das Hugo Liénart De Wolf^^,** Thesis Title: Reproduction in an invasive exotic suckermouth armored catfish Pterygoplichthys pardalis Siluriformes: Loricariidae) in the lower part of the Usumacinta Watershed. El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de las Casas, M.S. Natural Resources and Rural Development

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTORING ( ^^presented findings at national meeting or **published work in peer-reviewed journal)

2013-2015: Independent Study Research Mentor: Nate Tomczyk**, University of Maine Differences in microbial enzyme activity along a gradient of upland and vernal pool soils 2013: Independent Study Research Mentor: Randi Jackson^^, University of Maine Patterns in macroinvertebrate community composition in vernal pools 2012-2013: Honors Thesis Committee, Sarah Watts, University of Maine Honors Thesis in Ecology and Environmental Sciences and Spanish 2010-2012: Independent Study Research Mentor, Gabriel Ng^^, **, Cornell University The aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity of Palenque National Park, Independent study 2010: Honors Thesis Research Mentor, Sebastian Heilpern**, Cornell University The effects of grazing armored catfish on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in southern Mexico, Honors thesis in ecology 2009: Independent Study Research Mentor: Sebastian Heilpern The effects of grazing armored catfish on aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in southern Mexico. Independent study in ecology, all work was conducted in Mexico GRANTS AND OTHER ACCOLADES AWARDED TO UNDERGRADUATE MENTEES 2014-2015: Randi Jackson, ESA SEEDS Leadership Workshop Fellow (Diversity program-all expenses paid) 2014: Nathan Tomczyk, Attendee Council on Undergraduate Research’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium, Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2014) 2013: Randi Jackson, Society of Wetland Scientists Mentoring and Travel Grant (Diversity program-all expenses paid for the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting in Portland, OR in 2014) 2013: Nathan Tomczyk, Center for Undergraduate Research Fellowships, University of Maine ($1,460) 2012: Gabriel Ng, Instars Diversity Fellowship, Society for Freshwater Science ($240) 2009: Sebastian Heilpern, Morley Student Research Award, Cornell University ($1,500) 2008: Sebastian Heilpern, Dextra Undergraduate Research Fund, Cornell University ($1,500) 2008: Sebastian Heilpern, Latin American Studies Program Travel Grant, Cornell University ($1,200) ADDITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION 2014: Adam Scheppard, Summer field research, University of Maine 2013: Avery Cole, Summer field research, University of Maine 2012: Avery Cole, Summer field research, University of Maine 2012: Phillip Benoit, Summer field research, University of Maine 2012: Eleanor Durso, Summer field research, University of Maine 2012: Gregory Innes, Summer field research, University of Maine 2011: Shauntle Barley, BIOG2990-Undergraduate Research in Biology, Cornell University 2010-2011: Esther Cynn, BIOG2990-Undergraduate Research in Biology, Cornell University 2010-2011: Andrea Fortman, BIOG2990-Undergraduate Research in Biology, Cornell University 2009: Gabriel Ng, BIOG2990-Undergraduate Research in Biology, Cornell University 2009: Ashley Brown, BIOG2990-Undergraduate Research in Biology, Cornell University HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RESEARCH SUPERVISION (*INITIATING PILOT PROGRAM) 2014: Steven Holmes, Wabanaki Center Internship for Native American Students, University of Maine* 2013: Leah Clement, Orono High School Research Program, University of Maine 2013: Diana Tyutyunnyk, Orono High School Research Program, University of Maine 2012-2013: Leah Clement, Research Internship in Ecology &Sustainability Science, University of Maine 2012: Leah Clement, Orono High School Research Program, University of Maine (summer months) 2012: Chris Introne, Orono High School Research Program, University of Maine (summer months) 10

Curriculum Vitae

Krista Capps

2016

Service & Volunteer Activities: UGA SERVICE 2016: JUDGE GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM, ODUM SCHOOL OF ECOLOGY, UGA (JANUARY) 2016: JUDGE, SYMPOSIUM FOR INTEGRATIVE CONSERVATION, UGA (JANUARY) 2015-2016: MEMBER, UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE 2015: PANELIST, WISCI CAREER SYMPOSIUM, UGA EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES 2015: Editorial Board Member, Freshwater Biology MANUSCRIPT AND BOOK EDITING AND REVIEW Reviewer: Aquatic Invasions; Biological Invasions; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Conservation, Ecology, & Management of Worldwide Catfish Populations & Habitats, American Fisheries Society (Book Chapter); Ecology; Ecology Letters; Ecosphere; Freshwater Biology; Freshwater Science; Global Change Biology, Hydrobiologia; Journal of Freshwater Ecology; Marine and Freshwater Research; Oecologia; Proceedings of the Royal Society B GRANT REVIEW 2015: National Science Foundation 2014: National Science Foundation 2013: National Geographic Society 2012, 2015, 2016: National Science Foundation/USAID: Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research 2011: National Science Foundation: International Research Experiences for Students ELECTED POSITIONS 2008-2011: Seminar Committee, BEB, Graduate Student Association 2007: President, Biogeochemistry & Environmental Biocomplexity (BEB), Graduate Student Association 2006: Event Planner, BEB, Graduate Student Association 1995-1998: Tri-Beta: The National Biological Fraternity, Hope College 1995-1998: Pi Sigma Alpha: The Political Science National Honors Society, Hope College 1996-1998: Student Congress Representative, Hope College

SUPPORTING HUMAN DIVERSITY IN ECOLOGY & FRESHWATER SCIENCE RESEARCH: 2016: Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS) Chapter UGA 2014: Initiated Pilot Program, Wabanaki Center Internship in Environmental Science for Native American Students, University of Maine 2013-present: Advisory Panel Member, Instars Diversity Program, SFS (Link to podcast) 2012, 2015: Mentor, Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability (SEEDS), ESA 2011-2012: New Generation Committee Member, ESA 2011-2012: Instars Program Mentor, SFS PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Ecological Society of America (ESA) Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) Southwestern Association of Naturalists SYMPOSIUM , SEMINAR, AND ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATION 2015: Organizer, Organized Oral Session—Solving complex problems in coupled natural and human systems: Socio-ecological research at the frontier of global change , ESA 11

Curriculum Vitae

Krista Capps

2016

2015: Co-Organizer, 1st Conference on Biological Stoichiometry, Trent University 2014: Lead Organizer and Moderator, Special Oral Session--The future of aquatic science: an educational session particularly for undergraduates, Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon 2013-2014: Co-Organizer, Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology, Portland, Oregon 2013: Lead Organizer and Moderator, Special Oral Session—More than just P in a bag: using consumer-driven nutrient dynamics to understand community interactions and ecosystem processes , SFS 2013: Lead Organizer and Moderator, Special Oral Session—The future of freshwater science: an educational session for undergraduates, SFS 2012-2013: Organizer, Postdoctoral Association, University of Maine 2012-2013: Organizer, Graduate Student Expo, University of Maine 2012: Organizer and Moderator, Organized Oral Session— Species addition and loss: effects on ecosystem Processes in freshwater ecosystems, ESA 2012: Organizer and Moderator, Special Oral Session— Species addition and loss: effects on ecosystem processes, SFS 2011: Organizer, EcoLunch Graduate Seminar, School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine 2011: Organizer, Graduate Seminar—Linking Biodiversity & Poverty Hotspots: Economic Drivers and Conservation Concerns, Cornell University 2011: Participant, Invited Speaker Committee, D Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University 2010: Organizer, Public Speaking: Practicing for Presentations at Scientific Meetings, Cornell University 2008: Organizer, The Ecological and Evolutionary Impacts of Species Invasion, Cornell University 2006: Organizer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Symposium, Cornell University 2006: Organizer, Graduate Seminar in “Foundations of Ecology”, Cornell University OTHER ACTIVITIES WITHIN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 2016-present: Sponsorship and Development Committee (SFS) 2014-2017: Elections and Place Committee, SFS 2014-present: Education and Diversity Committee, SFS 2011-2012: Research Travel Grant Manager, Researchers at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions, ESA 2010-2011: Student Liaison, Researchers at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions, ESA 2009-2010: Student-Mentor Mixer Committee, SFS/ASLO Joint Meeting 2008-2009: Graduate Student Merchandizing Representative, SFS Annual Meeting VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES 2012: PARTICIPANT AND WORKSHOP LEADER: KAVLI FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE PROGRAM: INDONESIA, THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID), AND THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Responsibilities: Design and execute a one-day workshop focused on academic peer-review. Participate and present poster in Kavli Frontiers of Science meeting. 2009-PRESENT: PALENQUE NATIONAL PARK: BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION OF AQUATIC HABITATS, COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS, MÉXICO Responsibilities: Conduct aquatic biodiversity surveys and water quality analysis, identify macroinvertebrate and fish species, map species distribution and water quality, prepare museum displays of data for the biodiversity museum at Palenque National Park 2008-PRESENT: MANAGER AND CO-CREATOR PLECOINVASION.ORG (WWW.PLECOINVASION.ORG) Responsibilities: Develop and update website, manage invasion locations database, create connections between groups working with armored catfishes 2007-2009: FOUNDER AND VICE PRESIDENT, ENRICH THE WORLD (WWW.ENRICHTHEWORLD.ORG) Responsibilities: Develop mission statement and organization objectives, design business plan for organization, prepare 501(c)(3) application packet for federal approval, create project plans for the La Botija and the Sierra de Agalta projects, write grant applications, organize fundraising 12

Curriculum Vitae

Krista Capps

2016

activities, prepare educational materials for outreach activities 2006: BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BRIDGE OF PEACE (WWW.BRIDGEOFPEACE.ORG) Responsibilities: Create environmental education materials, organize fundraising activities 2002-2004: US PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER, OLANCHO, HONDURAS Responsibilities: Design and implement education programs for guides in Sierra de Agalta and the Caves of Talgua National Parks, write grant applications to support museum development and environmental interpretation and HIV/AIDS education, create museum and environmental interpretation materials, design and implement country-wide HIV/AIDS workshops for health care providers, community leaders, and student groups, design and implement K-12 environmental education programs, all activities were conducted in Spanish

Languages: Spanish (fluent)

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