Laura Dee, Ph.D. Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities St. Paul, MN 55108; (203)-213-6956 Email: ledee@umn.edu; Website: LauraEDee.com RESEARCH INTERESTS ecosystem services; human-natural systems; sustainability; climate change and ecosystem services; conservation ecology; functional ecology; bio-economic modeling; decision-making under uncertainty PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT Postdoctoral Research Associate Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Supervisors: Dr. Peter B. Reich & Dr. Steve Polasky October 2015-Present EDUCATION University of California, Santa Barbara PhD, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management 2010- 2015 Emphasis: Ecology & Natural Resource Management Advisor: Dr. Steven Gaines Committee: Dr. David Tilman, Dr. Christopher Costello, Dr. Bruce Kendall, Dr. Jennifer Caselle MA, Department of Economics Brown University BS, Marine Biology 2015 December 2008 Honors, 3.8 GPA FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, & GRANTS (Over $330,000 USD total) Yale University Gaylord Donnelley Postdoctoral Environmental Fellowship* ($104,000) 2015 (*declined for UMN postdoc) The Synthesis Centre for Biodiversity Science, sDiv (P.I.; 25,300 EU) 2014-2015 "Can ecological network information improve the efficacy of biodiversity conservation for ecosystem services in the face of unavoidable uncertainty?” National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship ($95,500) 2011-2014 NSF Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide Fellowship ($5,000) 2014 ARC Centre of Excellence in Environmental Decisions Fellowship (7,000 ASD) 2013-2014 Student travel awards, Bren School, UCSB ($4,500) 2012, 2014, 2015 Chateaubriand Fellowship, French Embassy (7,000 EU) 2013 Kingfisher Foundation grant for outreach & open access publishing ($2,500) 2013 Student award, International Society for Reef Studies ($1,050) 2012 Dr. Daniel Vapnek Fisheries Fellowship, Bren School, UCSB ($20,000) 2010 & 2015 Royce Fellowship, Brown University ($5,000) 2007-2008 Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award, Brown University ($5,000) 2007-2008 Starr Fellowship, Brown University ($5,000) 2007 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS * = undergraduate co-author, ** = masters student co-author, *** = Ph.D. student co-author 1. Boersma, K.S., Dee, L.E., Miller, S.J., Bogan, M., Lytle, D.A., Gitelman, A.I. In Press. Linking multidimensional functional diversity to ecological theory: A graphical hypothesis-driven framework. Ecology. 2. Papastamatiou, Y.P., Watanabe, Y.Y., Bradley, D., Dee, L.E., Weng, K., Lowe, C.G., Caselle, J.E. (2015) Active while cooling: daily routines of an ectothermic marine predator. PloS One 10 (6), e0127807. 3. Dee, L.E., Horrii, S.**, D.J. Thornhill. (2014) Conservation and management of the trade in ornamental coral-reef wildlife: successes, shortcomings, and future challenges. Biological Conservation 169: 225-237. 4. Balvanera, P., Siddique, I., Dee, L.E., Paquette, A., et al. (2014) Linking biodiversity and ecosystem services: current uncertainties and the necessary next step. BioScience 64(1):49-57. 5. Byrnes, J.K., Gamfeldt, L., Isbell, F., Lefcheck, J.S., Griffin, J.N., Hector, A., Cardinale, B.J., Hooper, D.U., Dee, L.E., Duffy, J.E. (2014) Investigating the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem multifunctionality: Challenges and solutions. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 111–124. 6. Fujita, R., Thornhill, D. J., Karr, K., Cooper, C. H., Dee, L. E. (2014) Assessing and managing data-limited ornamental fisheries in coral reefs. Fish and Fisheries 15: 661–675. 7. Dee, L.E., Gerber, L. (2012) Applications of Decision Theory to Conservation Planning and Management. Nature Education Knowledge 3 (3):11. 8. Dee, L.E., Witman, J.D., Brandt, M. (2012) Refugia and top-down control of the pencil urchin Eucidaris galapagensis in the Galápagos Marine Reserve, J. Experimental Marine Biol & Ecol, 416:135-143. BOOK CHAPTERS 9. Balvanera, P., Quijas, S., Martín-López, B., Barrios, E., Dee, L., Isbell, F., Durance, I., White, P., Blanchard, R. and de Groot, R. (2015): ‘The links between biodiversity and ecosystem services’ in Potschin, M., Haines-Young, R., Fish, R. and Turner, R.K. (eds) Routledge Handbook of Ecosystem Services. Routledge, London and New York. PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED, IN REVIEW & IN REVISION 10. Dee, L.E, Miller, S.J., Peavey, L.E., Bradley, D.***, Gentry, R.***, Startz, D., Gaines, S., Lester, S. Functional diversity of catch mitigates negative effects of temperature variability on fisheries yields. Proceeding of the Royal Society B, submitted. 11. Dee, L.E., De Lara, M., Costello, C., Gaines, S.D. To what extent do ecosystem services motivate protecting biodiversity? Ecology Letters, submitted. 12. Pau, S. & Dee, L.E. Remote sensing of dominant species for quantifying ecosystem services. Remote Sensing for Ecology & Conservation, in review. 13. Runting, R., Bryan, B., Dee, L.E., Hamel, P., Wilson, K., Possingham, H., Mandle, L., et al. Incorporating climate change into ecosystem service assessments and decisions: A review. Global Change Biology, submitted. 14. O’Connor, M.I., Gonzalez, A., Byrnes, J.E.K., Cardinale, B., Duffy, J.E., Gamfeldt, L., Griffin, J., Hooper, D. Hungate, B., Paquette, A., Thompson, P., Dee, L.E., Dolan, K. Towards a predictive biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relationship. Oikos, revise & resubmit. WORKING PAPERS (FULL DRAFT TO BE SUBMITTED BY MAY 1, 2016) 15. Dee, L.E, Runting, R., Masyek, F.***, Gaines, S.D., Wilson, K. Incidental benefits at no added cost: when do management actions align ecosystem service and biodiversity conservation goals? In prep. for Conservation Biology. 16. Landsberg, C.J.*, Dee, L.E., Karr, K., D. J. Thornhill. Assessing the vulnerability of fish in the marine aquarium trade. In prep. for Marine Policy. 17. Dee, L.E., Allesina, S., Thompson, R., Possingham, H., et al. Operationalizing network theory for ecosystem service assessments. In prep. for Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 18. Xiao, H.***, Chades, I., Dee, L.E., Sabbadin, R., Peyrard, N., McDonald-Madden, E. Conservation for biodiversity or ecosystem services? A novel approach to investigate how ecosystem network structure influences management selection. In prep. for PNAS. PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION 19. Dee, L.E., Polasky, S., Reich, P.B. Climate change impacts on ecosystem services from the Boreal forest. 20. Dee, L.E., Boersma, K., Helmstedt, K., Miller, S.J., Polasky, S., Reich, P.B. Quantifying the functional resistance of ecosystem services. 21. Auclair, E.***, Dee, L.E., Caselle, J., Sabbadin, R., Peyrard, N. Learning ecological networks from time series using dynamic Bayesian belief networks. REPORTS Thornhill, D.J., Landesberg, C.J., Dee, L.E., Haney, J.C., Male T. Creating a sustainable inventory of marine life: Recommendations to Petco Animal Supplies based on reef fish vulnerability. Nov. 13, 2013 to Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. TEACHING & ADVISING Mentored over 15 Students Ecology of managed systems, Teaching Assistant, Bren School, UCSB Conservation planning to provide ecosystem services, Guest Lecturer, UCSB Environmental Modeling, Teaching Assistant, UCSB Principles of Ecology, Teaching Assistant, Brown University 2010-Present 2014, 2015 2011 2010 2008 Advisor for Masters group projects at the Bren School, UCSB Sustainability Trajectories to reform the coral reef wildlife trade Spatial Planning and Bio-Economic Analysis of Offshore Aquaculture in Mexico 2011-2012 2010-2011 RELEVANT RESEARCH & WORK EXPERIENCE Graduate student researcher, Palmyra Atoll. PI: Dr. Jennifer Caselle -Examined drivers of coral reef resilience; participate in Reefs Tomorrow Initiative Participant, Mathematics of Bio-Economics Trimester Institute Henri Poincare, Paris, France 2011-2015 Dimensions of Biodiversity - Distributed Graduate Seminar NSF-funded graduate seminar involving workshops, papers, networks of collaborations 2011-2012 Researcher and Field Assistant, Kiritimati Atoll, Kiribati. PI: Dr. Julia Baum -Surveyed fish and coral communities for social-ecological monitoring and impacts of fishing Researcher and Technician, Sustainable Fisheries Group, UCSB 2013 2010 2009-2010 -Researched fisheries management, spatial planning, and scoped fisheries reform programs in Indonesia Research Assistant, Dr. Jon Witman, Brown University -Investigated effects of fishing on ecological communities in Galápagos, Ecuador 2007-2009 Research Assistant, Dr. Katherine Smith, Brown University 2008-2009 -Researched international pet trade to create consumer education and decision guide: ecohealthypets.com INVITED & ORGANIZED WORKSHOPS Working group, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis “Biodiversity & Functioning of Ecosystems: Translating Models into Reality” 2011 Workshop organizer, Bren School, UC Santa Barbara “Biodiversity and fisheries across scales: how consistent is the relationship?” Mathematics of Ecological Economics, Paris, France 2012 Risk and learning in biodiversity management, Paris, France 2013 2013 Working group, Environmental Decision Group (UQ), Hobart, Australia 2014 “Qualitative modeling techniques and applications for ecosystem management” Working group organizer and lead-PI, sDiv, Leipzig, Germany 2015-2016 “Can ecological network information improve the efficacy of biodiversity conservation for ecosystem services in the face of unavoidable uncertainty?” Working group, Centre of Excellence in Environmental Decisions, Brisbane, Australia 2015 “Network theory and conservation management of food webs and ecosystem services” Time preferences for conservation, Montpellier, France 2015 Ecosystem Services Working Group, University of Minnesota 2016 PRESENTATIONS Invited presentations Dee, L.E. Biodiversity & ecosystem services: how does better information affect management decisions & value? International Congress for Conservation Biology & European Congress for Conservation Biology, Monpellier, France, Aug. 3, 2015. Dee, L.E. Managing for ecosystem services in the face of variability and uncertainty: What is the role of biodiversity? Rutgers University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Dec. 1, 2014. Dee, L.E. Achieving ecosystem service and biodiversity conservation objectives in the face of uncertainty, Centre of Excellence in Environmental Decisions, University of Queensland, Australia, Nov. 11, 2014. Dee, L.E. To what extent do ecosystem services motivate protecting biodiversity? CSIRO, Conservation Decisions Group, Brisbane, Australia, Nov. 6, 2014. Dee, L.E. Do ecosystem services motivate biodiversity protection? Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia. September 26, 2014. Dee, L.E., Costello, C., M. De Lara, Gaines, S. Do ecosystem services provide an economic incentive for biodiversity protection? Institute Henri Poincare, Paris, France. March 8, 2013. Dee, L.E. Top-down control and refugia in the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University. December 2008 Conference presentations Dee, L.E., De Lara, M., Gaines, S.D., Costello, C. To what extent do ecosystem services provide an economic incentive for protecting biodiversity? Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA, August 14, 2014. Dee, L.E., Horrii, S.S., Thornhill, D.J. Management of the trade in ornamental coral-reef wildlife: successes, shortcomings, and future challenges. International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia: July 9-13, 2012. Dee, L.E., Miller, S.J., Peavey, L., Lester, S.E. Is biodiversity is a good predictor of fisheries production in marine ecosystems? Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR: August 5-10, 2012. Dee, L.E., Miller, S.J., Peavey, L.E., Lester, S.E., Startz, D., Bradley, D.E., et al. Does functional diversity predict stability and levels of global fisheries yields in the face of temperature variability? Western Society of Naturalists Meeting at SeaSide, CA: November 8-11, 2012. Dee, L.E., J.D. Witman, and M. Brandt.Refugia and top-down of the pencil urchin Eucidaris galapagensis in the Galápagos. Western Society of Naturalists, Monterey, CA. November 2009. Dee, L.E., Smith, K.F. PetWatch: A consumer's guide and educational campaign promoting healthy pets for families and the environment. Conservation Medicine Symposium, RI. April 2009. Organized Symposia "Synergies Between Ecology and Economics: Cross-Pollination and Gains from Trade," organizer, Ecological Society of America Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, August 10, 2015. “Complex systems modelling to support biodiversity conservation”, co-organizer, International Congress for Conservation Biology & European Congress for Conservation Biology, Monpellier, France, Aug. 3, 2015. OTHER LEADERSHIP, SERVICE, & TRAINING Ph.D. program committee, Bren School, UCSB (2013-2014) Dean’s advisory committee, Bren School, UCSB (2013-2014) Chair of the student committee, Palmyra Atoll Research Consortium (2012-2014) Colloquium committee, Bren School, UCSB (2013-2015) Reviewer for Ecology Letters, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecography, Coral Reefs, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Ecological Modeling, Journal of Complex Systems • Structural equation modeling workshop (Universidad Nacional Autónoma Mexico, 2010). • Communication training, Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS) (2011) • Ocean policy course at Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford, University (2011) • • • • • RELEVANT SKILLS: Computer programs: R, LaTeX, MatLab, Microsoft software, JMP, STATA Languages: English (native), French (proficient), Bahasa Indonesia (basic) Other: Social Media (Twitter: @LauraEllenDee), SCUBA Diving Instructor (PADI) and AAUS Scientific Diver (2005-Present) REFERENCES Steven Gaines, Ph.D. Dean, Bren School, UCSB gaines@bren.ucsb.edu; (805) 893-8062 David Tilman, Ph.D. Professor, University of Minnesota tilman@umn.edu; 612-625-5740 Jennifer Caselle, Ph.D. Researcher, Marine Science Institute, UCSB Jenn.caselle@ ucsb.edu; (805) 893-5144 Christopher Costello, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, Bren School, UCSB costello@bren.ucsb.edu; (805) 893-5802 Bruce Kendall, Ph.D. Professor, Bren School, UCSB kendall@bren.ucsb.edu; (805) 893- 7539