Curriculum vitae susan j. Mazer

RECENT CONTRIBUTED PAPERS:
March, 2015. Species-specific phenological responses to climatic conditions: results from the California Phenology Project. Parks for Science meetings, National Park Service, Oakland, CA
January, 2015. Phenological responses to climatic variation among California native plants: inter-annual and spatial patterns detected by the California Phenology Project. California Native Plant Society annual meetings, Special Session California’s Changing Climate: Conservation in the Age of Uncertainty, San Jose, CA
August, 2014. Phenological patterns along biogeographic gradients: a case study from the California Phenology Project. K. Gerst, A. Evenden, and S. J. Mazer. Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA.
August, 2014. Associations between outcrossing rate and photosynthesis within populations of two mixed-mating Clarkia species. C. T. Ivey, L. S. Dudley, A. A. Hove, S. K. Emms, and S. J. Mazer. Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA.
August, 2014. Evidence for nanoparticle induced photoxicity in a soil-grown wildflower. J. R. Conway, S. J. Mazer, and A. A. Keller. American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA.
August, 2013. Project Baseline: a living genome bank to capture evolution in action. J. Etterson, S. Franks, S. J. Mazer, R. Shaw, A. Weis, M. Jahnke, K. Updegraff, and N. Gordon. Ecological Society of America, Minneapolis, MN.
July, 2013. Instantaneous and long-term water use efficiencies in two pairs of Clarkia taxa with contrasting mating systems. L. A. Dudley, S. K. Emms, A. A. Hove, A. Verhoeven, and S. J. Mazer. Botanical Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana.
July, 2013. Natural selection on phenological traits across the biogeographic range of a California annual wildflower: independent effects on fitness of first flowering date and flowering synchrony

B. P. Haggerty and S. J. Mazer. Botanical Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana.

June, 2013. Are photosynthetic rates and outcrossing rates associated within populations?  A test using two mixed-mating Clarkia taxa. C. T. Ivey, L. S. Dudley, A. A. Hove, S. K. Emms, S. J. Mazer. Society for the Study of Evolution, Snowbird, Utah.
January, 2013. The California Phenology Project: a case study of public participation in scientific research. K. Gerst, E. M. Matthews, S. J. Mazer, A. Evenden, C. Brigham, A. Forrestel, B. Haggerty, S. Haultain, J. Hoines, S. Samuels, and F. Villalba. George Wright Society Conference, Denver, CO.
October, 2012. Spectral expressions of phenology: an exploratory data analysis of plant-level

observations in a Mediterranean climate ecosystem. K. L. Roth, D. A. Roberts, S. J. Mazer, and C.

D'Antonio. Phenology 2012, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

August, 2012. Building a phenological monitoring network in California as a model for the nation. Matthews, E., S. Mazer, A. Evenden, K. Gerst, C. Brigham, J. Coles, S. Fritzke, B. Haggerty, S. Haultain, J. Hoines, S. Samuels, K. Thomas, F. Villalba and J. Weltzin. Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.
August, 2012. Implementing a regional phenology network: the California Phenology Project. Gerst, K., E. Matthews, S. Mazer, A. Evenden, C. Brigham, J. Coles, S. Fritzke, B. Haggerty, S. Haultain, J. Hoines, S. Samuels, F. Villalba and J. Weltzin. Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.
August, 2012. Predicting species presence-absence as a function of edaphic variation: implications for restoration of California native grasslands. K. L. Hufford, J. Schimel and S. J. Mazer. Ecosummit meeting, Portland, OR.
2012. The California Phenology Project: Tracking nature’s pulse to assess climate

change response across California landscapes and national parks. Liz Matthews, Susan J. Mazer, Angela Evenden, Christy Brigham, and Sylvia Haultain. California Native Plant Society, San Diego, CA.

2011. Linking species to science in a phenology monitoring project: The California Phenology Project case study. Kathryn Thomas, Jake Weltzin, Angela Evenden, Susan J. Mazer, Liz Matthews, Abe-Miller Rushing. Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX.
2011. From elegant to slender, does phenotypic selection on leaf physiological traits predict the divergence between Clarkia sister species, C. unguiculata and C. exilis? Leah S. Dudley, Susan J. Mazer, Alisa A. Hove. Society for the Study of Evolution, St. Louis, MO.
2011. Physiological Impact of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Soil-Grown Clarkia (Onagraceae). Jon R. Conway, Beng Joo Reginald Thio, Susan J. Mazer, Arturo A. Keller. 241^st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Anaheim, CA.
2009. A phenological assessment of California: Integrating multiple data sources and the implications for statewide analyses. (authors: Keely L. Roth, Brian P. Haggerty, Eliza S. Bradley, Michael Toomey, Susan J. Mazer, Dar A. Roberts). American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
2009. Bats and fruits: ecological association or mutual evolution. Tatyana A. Lobova and Susan J. Mazer. North American Society of Bat Research, Portland, OR
2009. Sustainable agriculture along the forest edge: ecosystem services and forest conservation at Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand. David Greenberg, Susan Mazer, Wallapak Polasub, Adcharaporn Pagdee. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Morelia, Mexico
2007. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Morelia, Mexico: “The relationship between breeding system and seed size in a neotropical flora: testing evolutionary hypotheses.”
2006. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Kunming, China: “The relationship between breeding system and seed size in a neotropical flora: dioecious species have larger seeds than their hermaphroditic counterparts.”
2006. Society for the Study of Evolution, Stony Brook, NY: “Evolutionary trajectories in the gunsite Clarkia: independent evolution or genetic constraints?”
2005. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Uberlandia Brazil: “Seed size, abundances, and habitat preferences in Peruvian and Ecuadorian rainforests: explaining the maintenance of seed size variation”

2003. 
      Sex expression in selfing vs. outcrossing Clarkia species; developmental variation. International meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution. Chico State University, California.
      

2002. Fickle sex expression in selfing vs. outcrossing Clarkia species: the evolution of ontogenetic trajectories for floral traits. International meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

2001. The evolution of winged seeds in Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae): to wing or not to wing? International meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Knoxville, Tennessee.
1998. Does the neighborhood matter? The effects of neighbors on gender expression in Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae). (with Dr. Veronique Delesalle). Ecological Society of America meetings, Baltimore, Maryland.
1998. Size-dependent sex allocation in Clarkia unguiculata (Onagraceae): changes within and among genotypes. International meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Vancouver, British Columbia.
1998. Response to selection on primary sexual investment in Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae): the accessory traits. (with Dr. Veronique Delesalle). Society for the Study of Evolution meetings, Vancouver, British Columbia.
1997. Genetic constraints on the evolution of sex allocation in plants: responses to selection on gamete production in Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae). Society for the Study of Evolution meetings, Boulder, Colorado.
1996. Nutrient levels and salinity affect gender and floral traits in the autogamous Spergularia marina. With Dr. Veronique Delesalle, Ecological Society of America meetings.
1995. Phenotypic and Genetic Variation Within and Among Floral and Gender Traits in Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae): ontogenetic and population effects. Petit Pois Deridé National Population Biology Meetings, Lyon, France.
1994. Variation and Covariation among Floral and Gender Traits in Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae): ontogenetic and population effects. Society for the Study of Evolution, Athens, Georgia.
1994. Floristic Composition, Soil Quality and Litter Decomposition within and among Terra Firme and Floodplain Habitats in Manu National Park, Peru. Association for Tropical Biology, Guadalajara, Mexico.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

American Association for the Advancement of Science American Institute of Biological Sciences American Society of Naturalists Association for Tropical Biology

Botanical Society of America Ecological Society of America Society for the Study of Evolution European Society of Evolutionary Biology

REVIEWS FOR SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS and FUNDING AGENCIES (last 3 years):

American Journal of Botany, Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology, International Journal of Plant Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. Also, ~4 reviews per year for the National Science Foundation Population and Ecological Processes Program Panel and Ecology Program Panel.
OTHER RECENT PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS & ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
International
2014-2015 Special Issue Editor, American Journal of Botany, co-editing (w/Dr. Joseph Williams, University of Tennessee) a special issue on The Ecology and Evolution of Pollen Performance.
2013 - Editor, International Journal of Plant Sciences
2003 - 2006 Editorial Board Member, Madroño
1999 - 2001 Executive Vice-President and Council Member, Society for the Study of Evolution
1997 - 2000 Editorial Board Member, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
1997 Served on “Habilitation” promotional committee of Dr. Isabelle Dajoz (University of Paris VI, Jussieu, Laboratoire d’Ecologie, Paris, France).
1998 Served on Ph.D. Committee of Horacio Paz, a student at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
1997 Served on “Habilitation” promotional committee of Dr. Jacqui Shykoff (University of Paris VI, Jussieu, Laboratoire d’Ecologie, Paris, France).
2000 Served on “Habilitation” promotional committee of Dr. John D. Thompson (Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
1995 – 1998 Served on Ph.D. Committees of five students at the Université de Paris XI, the Université of Montpellier, and the Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble: Luc Gigord, Laurence Affre, Nathalie Escaravage, Agnes Mignot, and Claudie Doums
National Committees
2012 Chair, National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology (DEB), Committee of Visitors, charged with evaluating and reporting on the last three years of programming, review practices, management and funding of the DEB.
2012 National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, Community Ecology Program; served on pre-proposal review panel.
2012-present National Ecological Observation Network. Plant Phenology Working Group: technical working group with diverse experience in plant phenological measurements, analysis, process-based modeling and scaling is necessary to inform the development of science design, protocols, workflows, quality assurance and quality control procedures, and data products resulting from NEON measurements. The PPWG provides a bridge to and a conduit for input from the broader scientific and technical community in ecological research and specifically related to plant phenology research. The overarching objective is to ensure that the design of plant phenology component of the observatory is based upon a sound scientific rationale.
2010-present Member, Advisory Committee of the National Phenological Network, organizing a nationwide effort to monitor seasonal changes in the flowering times of widespread and local plant species, and their responses to climate change.
2007-2009 Vice Chair, Executive Committee of the National Phenological Network, designing and organizing a nationwide effort to monitor seasonal changes in flowering time of widespread and local plant species, particularly in response to climate change.
2007-2009 Co-Director, Education, Citizen Science, and Outreach Committee of the National Phenology Network, designing and supervising a national effort to integrate phenological studies into curricula from K-12 through the university level.
Mar 2007. Search committee member for the nationwide search for the Executive Director of the U.S. National Phenology Network.
Feb 2007. Workshop co-organizer (NSF funded): Project Baseline: a plan for the collection and preservation of seeds for future evolutionary studies to monitor evolutionary change.
Nov 2006. Workshop participant: Data Center Planning & Development for the archiving of ecological data and metadata. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.
Oct 2006. Workshop participant: U.S. National Phenology Network to design and plan a coast-to-coast network for the monitoring of phenological progression.
Apr 2006. Served on Advisory Panel to evaluate the Science Plan of the National Science Foundation’s proposed National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON).
March 2006. Workshop participant: U.S. National Phenology Network to design and plan a coast-to-coast network for the monitoring of phenological progression.
Aug 2005. Workshop observer for the National Science Foundation: U.S. National Phenology Network to design and plan a coast-to-coast network for the monitoring of phenological progression.
Nov 2003. Served on Advisory Panel for Evolutionary and Population Ecology competition of the National Science Foundation.
June 2002 Participated in a 4-day writing conference for “Teaching about the Nature of Science and Biological Evolution” at the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This conference developed text for three teaching modules for the high school and freshman college levels, illustrating the concepts and process of evolution by natural selection.
2000 - 2002 Serving on NSF-supported workshop to evaluate desirability and appropriateness of funding an Evolutionary Synthesis Center
2000 - Advisory Board for the American Institute of Biological Sciences' BioOne initiative to provide electronic access to journals of societies that are members of the BioOne Consortium
July 2000. Served on NSF's Committee of Visitors Panel to evaluate activities and fairness of the Systematics and Population Biology Programs from 1996 -1999.
May 1999. Served on Advisory Panel for the Integrated Research Challenge grant competition of the National Science Foundation.
October 1997. Served on the Population Biology Advisory Panel of the National Science Foundation.
June 1996. Participated in a Site Visit with the Research Training Grant Advisory Panel for the Program in Population Biology of the National Science Foundation
October 1994. Served on the Population Biology Advisory Panel of the National Science Foundation.
1992 Served on U. S. national subcommittee of the “Steering Committee for the Systematics Agenda 2000”, investigating research trends and priorities within systematic biology.
University Committees
2012-2013 Vice Chair, UCSB Committee on Diversity and Equity

2015-present Member, Executive Board, Institute for the Study of Ecological and Evolutionary Climate Impacts, Multicampus Research Program Initiative (University of California Office of the President)

2007-2009 Chair, Committee on Committees (charged with populating all UCSB Academic Senate Committees)

2008-2009 Chair, EEMB Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

2008-2009 Chair, EEMB Undergraduate Curriculum Reform & Restructuring Committee

2008-2009 Member, Advisory Board, Network for Experimental Research on Evolution (NERE), a University of California Multicampus Research Program

2007 Fall quarter, Member, Faculty Legislature of UCSB’s Academic Senate

2002 Advisory Committee on Pay Equity at UCSB

2001 Chair, Committee to Evaluate the Risk of Exotic Species at UCSB Natural Reserves.

2000 -2002 Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women

1996 Member, Committee on Organizational Structure (to find ways to reduce campus-wide expenses while increasing efficiency in the following activities: Computing, Shops, Publication, Library)

1991 - 1994 Chair, Advisory Committee for the Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve

1992 - 1994 Member, Faculty Legislature - Area V

1993 - 1994 Member, UCSB Student Affairs Council

1990 - 1994 Member, UCSB Campus Wetlands Committee

1989 - 1994 Member, UCSB Natural Reserve System Advisory Committee

1992 Participant in UC-wide Conference on the Report of the University Task Force on Faculty Rewards (Pister Report)
Departmental (Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology)
2014-2015 Member, EEMB Resources Committee

2013-2015 Chair, EEMB/MCDB Greenhouse Committee

2006-present Curator of Botany, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration

2013-2015 Diversity/Equal Opportunity Committee

2013-2015 Storeroom Oversight Committee

2007-2010 Vice Chair, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology

2008-2009 Chair, EEMB Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

2008-2009 Chair, EEMB Undergraduate Curriculum Reform & Restructuring Committee

2008-2012 Member, EEMB Greenhouse Development Committee

2005-2012 Member, EEMB Greenhouse Oversight Committee

2007-2009 EEMB Chair’s Advisory Committee

2007-2012 Member, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration; Oversight Committee member

1997 - 1999 Chair and Organizer of Weekly Research Seminar Series

1997 - 1999 Life Sciences Computer Facility Committee

1996 - 1999 Committee for the Evaluation and Appointment of Adjunct Faculty

1993 - 1995 Department of Biological Sciences Resources (Budget and Space) Committee

1993 - 1994 Departmental Introductory Course Committee

1993 - 1995 Departmental Advisor and Liaison for Forestry/Agriculture

1993 Departmental Reorganization Committee (Administering the Split between Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology and Cell, Developmental & Molecular Biology)

1992 - 1997 Greenhouse Oversight Committee

1993 New Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology Instructional Planning Committee

1992-1993 Organization and Steering Committee of the Life Sciences Computing Facility

1991-1992 Departmental Operations and Services Planning Committee
CURRENT Graduate Degree Committees
PhD Committees

Student	Yr Deg. Compl.	Chair/ Member	Optional Info (e.g., Current Employment)
Jon Conway	Expected 2015	Member	Bren School of Environmental Policy and Management, PhD student
Kristen Peach	Expected 2018	Chair	EEMB PhD student
Brian Haggerty	Exp. 2016	Chair	EEMB PhD student
Nathan Derieg	Exp. 2015	Member	EEMB PhD student

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
1. Mazer, S. J. and B. H. Tiffney. 1982. Fruits of Wetherellia and Palaeowetherellia (?Euphorbiaceae) from Eocene sediments in Virginia and Maryland. Brittonia 34: 300-333.
2. Mazer, S. J. , A. A. Snow and M. L. Stanton. 1986. Fertilization dynamics and parental effects upon fruit development in Raphanus raphanistrum: consequences for seed size variation. American Journal of Botany 73: 500-511.
3. Mazer, S. J. 1987. Parental effects on components of seed development and seed yield in Raphanus raphanistrum: implications for natural and sexual selection. Evolution 41: 355-371.
4. Mazer, S. J. 1987. The quantitative genetics of life-history characters in Raphanus raphanistrum: ecological and evolutionary consequences of seed weight variation. American Naturalist 130: 891-914.
5. Mazer, S. J. 1987. Maternal investment and male reproductive success in angiosperms: parent-offspring conflict or sexual selection? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 30: 115-133.
6. Snow, A. A. and S. J. Mazer. 1988. Gametophyte selection in Raphanus raphanistrum: a test for heritable variation in pollen competitive ability. Evolution 42: 1065-1075.
7. Nakamura, R. R., M. L. Stanton and S. J. Mazer. 1989. Effects of mate size and mate number on male reproductive success in plants. Ecology 70: 71-76.
8. Mazer, S. J. 1989. Ecological, taxonomic, and life history correlates of seed mass among Indiana Dune angiosperms. Ecological Monographs 59: 153-175.
9. Mazer, S. J. 1989. Genetic associations among life history and fitness components in wild radish: controlling for maternal effects on seed weight. Canadian Journal of Botany 67: 1890-1897.
10. Mazer, S. J., R. R. Nakamura and M. L. Stanton. 1989. Seasonal changes in components of male and female reproductive success in Raphanus sativus L. (Brassicaceae). Oecologia 81: 345-353.
11. Mazer, S. J. 1990. Seed mass variation of Indiana Dune genera and families: taxonomic and ecological correlates. Evolutionary Ecology 4: 326-358.
12. Byrne, M. and S. J. Mazer. 1990. The effect of position on fruit characteristics, and relationships among components of yield in Phytolacca rivinoides (Phytolaccaceae). Biotropica 22: 353-365.
13. Mazer, S. J. and C. T. Schick. 1991. Constancy of population and genetic parameters for life-history and floral traits in Raphanus sativus I. Norms of reaction and the nature of genotype by environment interactions. Heredity 67: 143-156.
14. Mazer, S. J. and C. T. Schick. 1991. Constancy of population and genetic parameters for life-history and floral traits in Raphanus sativus II. Effects of planting density on phenotype and heritability estimates. Evolution 45: 1888-1907.
15. Mazer, S. J. 1992. Environmental modification of gender allocation in wild radish: consequences for sexual and natural selection. In Robert Wyatt, ed.), Ecology and Evolution of Plant Reproduction: New Approaches. Chapman and Hall. pp. 181-225.
16. Wing, S. L., W. A. DiMichele, S. J. Mazer, T. L. Phillips, W. G. Spaulding, R. E. Taggart, and B. H. Tiffney. 1992. Ecological characterization of fossil plants. In, The ETE Consortium (eds.) The Evolutionary Paleoecology of Terrestrial Plants and Animals, University of Chicago Press, Chicago. pp. 139-180.
17. Mazer, S. J. and L. M. Wolfe. 1992. Density influences the expression of genetic variation in seed mass in wild radish (Raphanus sativus: Brassicaceae). American Journal of Botany 79: 1185-1193.
18. Mazer, S. J. and U. Hultgård. 1993. Variation in gender allocation and covariation among floral characters within and among four species of northern European Primula. American Journal of Botany 80: 474-485.
19. Mazer, S. J. and N. T. Wheelwright. 1993. Fruit size and shape: allometry at different taxonomic levels in bird-dispersed plants. Evolutionary Ecology 7: 556-575.
20. Delesalle, V. A. and S. J. Mazer. 1995. The structure of phenotypic variation in gender and floral traits within and among populations of Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae). American Journal of Botany 82: 798-810.
21. Tiffney, B. H., and S. J. Mazer. 1995. Angiosperm growth habit, dispersal, and diversification reconsidered. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 93-117.
22. Delesalle, V. A., and S. J. Mazer. 1996. Nutrient levels and salinity affect gender and floral traits in the autogamous Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 157: 621-631.
23. Mazer, S. J., and D. L. Gorchov. 1996. Paternal effects on progeny phenotype: distinguishing genetic and environmental causes. Evolution 50: 44-53.
24. Mazer, S. J. and V. A. Delesalle. 1996a. Temporal instability of genetic components of floral trait variation trait: maternal family and population effects in Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae). Evolution 50: 2509-2515.
25. Mazer, S. J. and V. A. Delesalle. 1996b. Covariation among floral traits in Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae): geographic and temporal variation in phenotypic and among-family correlations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 9: 993-1015.
26. Mazer, S. J. and V. A. Delesalle. 1996c. Floral trait variation in Spergularia marina (Caryophyllaceae): ontogenetic, maternal family, and population effects. Heredity 77: 269-281.
27. Mazer, S. J. 1996. Floristic composition, soil quality, litter accumulation, and decomposition in terra firme and floodplain habitats near Pakiza, Peru. Pp. 89-125, In D. E. Wilson and A. Sandoval (eds.), Manu: The biodiversity of Southeastern Peru (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. 679 pp.
28. Machon, N. , M. Lefranc, I. Bilber, S. J. Mazer, and A. Sarr. 1997. Allozyme variation in Ulmus species from France: analysis of differentiation. Heredity 78:12-20.

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