BRODY SANDEL
COMMUNITY ECOLOGY, MACROECOLOGY AND RESTORATION
CONTACT
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology
3060 Valley Life Science Building, #3140
Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
brodysandel@berkeley.edu
http://ib.berkeley.edu/labs/sousa/Brody/Brodys%20page.html
EDUCATION
2000 - 2004
2004 -
Carleton College
B.A. in Biology, Summa cum Laude, with distinction
3.95 GPA
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology, PhD candidate (expected May 2010)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Sousa
Title: Experimental and theoretical approaches to understanding
variation in diversity across spatial scales
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley
Fall 2004, 2007
Introductory Biology (Biology 1B)
Fall 2005
Evolution
Spring 2007
Introduction to the methods of environmental science
Fall 2008, 2009
Integrative Biology Teaching Colloquium Graduate Seminar
Received the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award in 2008
Teaching Assistant, Carleton College
Fall 2006
Tropical Rainforest Ecology (Field course at La Selva
Biological Research Station, Costa Rica)
Lecturer, San Francisco State University
Fall 2009
Ecology
PUBLICATIONS
Camill, P., M.J. McKone, S.T. Sturges, W.J. Severud, E. Ellis, J. Limmer, C.B. Martin, R.T.
Navratil, A.J. Purdie, B.S. Sandel, S. Talukder, and A. Trout. 2004. Community and ecosystemlevel changes in a species-rich tallgrass prairie restoration. Ecological Applications, 14: 16801694.
Sandel, B.S. and M.J. McKone. 2006. Reconsidering null models of diversity: do geometric
constraints on species' ranges necessarily cause a mid-domain effect? Diversity and
Distributions, 12: 467-474.
Sandel, B. and A. Smith. 2009. Scale as a lurking factor: incorporating scale-dependence in
experimental ecology. Oikos, Online Early.
Sandel, B. In press. Geometric constraint model selection– An example with New World
birds and mammals. Ecography.
Sandel, B., L. Goldstein, N. Kraft, J. Okie, M. Shuldman, D. Ackerly, E. Cleland, K. Suding. In
review. Contrasting trait responses in plant communities to experimental and geographic
variation in precipitation. Ecology.
Sandel, B. and J.D. Corbin. In review. Scale, disturbance and productivity control the nativeexotic richness relationship. Oikos.
Sandel, B. and J.D. Corbin. In prep. The species-area relationship and ecological experiments.
(for submission to Science)
Shuldman, M., K. Simonin, B. Sandel et al. In prep. Climatic controls on woody plant traits in
California. (for submission to New Phytologist)
Milton, K., K. Ellis, J.D. Lozier, E.A. Lacey and B. Sandel. In prep. Social behavior, spatial
associations and kinship in a howler monkey (Alouatta palliate) group on Barro Colorado Island,
Panama. (for submission to International Journal of Primatology)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Sandel, B.S. and M.J. McKone. 2005. Geometric constraints on species' ranges do not
necessarily produce a mid-domain effect in null models. ESA Annual Meeting, Montreal.
Sandel, B.S. and J. Corbin. 2007. Scale-dependent effects of restoration practices in Californian
grasslands (poster). ESA Annual Meeting, San Jose.
Sandel, B.S. and J. Corbin 2008. Scale, diversity, and community convergence in a grassland
restoration experiment. ESA Annual Meeting, Milwaukee.
Corbin, J. and B.S. Sandel. 2008. Limitation of native grass seedling establishment in California
coastal prairie: Seed availability versus competitive interactions. ESA Annual Meeting,
Milwaukee.
Sandel, B., L. Goldstein, N. Kraft, J. Okie, M. Shuldman, D. Ackerly, E. Cleland, K. Suding.
trait responses in plant communities to experimental and geographic variation in precipitation.
ESA Annual Meeting, Albuquerque.
GUEST LECTURES
Range-based null models of species diversity. 2004. Carleton College Sigma Xi Society.
Global Biodiversity. 2006. Population and Community Ecology class, UC Berkeley.
Spatial scale and sampling design in ecological management (upcoming). 2009. Invited
seminar at URS Corporation, Environmental Consulting, Oakland CA.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention (2004)
Berkeley Fellowship Recipient (2004)
NSF Graduate Fellowship Recipient (2005)
Hughes Grant for undergraduate research (2002 and 2003)
Robert and Nancy Beim Endowed Graduate Field Research Fund (2007 and 2009)
Gray Endowment Summer Research Fellowship (2008)