Talks & Meetings


Meetings Organized & Chaired

2005 Integrating Spatial Macroecology, Ecological Networks, and Metabolic Allometry
FIBR Planning Meeting, Dec. 13-14.  Berkeley, CA.
Co-Organized by Jennifer Dunne and Neo Martinez. 

2005 Emerging Ecoinformatic Tools and Accomplishments for Synthetic Ecological Research Across Scales
Ecological Society of Amrica Annual Meeting Organized Oral Session, Oct. 10.  Montreal, Canada.
Co-organized by Jennifer Dunne and Neo Martinez, moderated by Tamara Romanuk. 

2004 From Structure to Dynamics in Complex Ecological Networks
Santa Fe Institute Workshop, February 19-21.  Santa Fe, NM.
Co-organized by Mercedes Pascual and Jennifer Dunne.
Sponsors: The McDonnell Foundation (through a Centennial Fellowship in Global and Complex Systems to Pascual), the Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab (via funding from NSF DBI-0234980), and the Santa Fe Institute.

2003 Paleofoodweb Construction and the Evolution of Ecosystem Structure, II
Santa Fe Institute Working Group, April 23-25.  Santa Fe, NM.
Co-organized by Jennifer Dunne and Doug Erwin.
Sponsors: SFI Research Program in Robustness (funded by the Packard Foundation), SFI Research Program in Network Dynamics (funded by Intel Research), and NSF DBI-0234980.

2002 Webs on the Web (WOW): Internet Database, Analysis, and Visualization of Ecological Networks
Santa Fe Institute Working Group, April 18-20.  Santa Fe, NM.
Co-organized by Jennifer Dunne and Neo Martinez.
Sponsors: SFI Research Program in Network Dynamics (funded by Intel Research) and SFI Research Program in Robustness (funded by the Packard Foundation).

2002 Paleofoodweb Construction and the Evolution of Ecosystem Structure, I
Santa Fe Institute Working Group, March 21-23.  Santa Fe, NM.
Co-organized by Jennifer Dunne and Doug Erwin.
Sponsors: The Thaw Trust for Work on Innovations and the Santa Fe Institute.


Talks

2007
Deep-time perspectives on the robustness of ecological network structure
Symposium, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Jose, CA.
Food webs: using networks to study ecosystems
Growing Up Thinking Scientifically (GUTS) Program for Middle School Students.  Santa Fe Institute. Santa Fe, NM.
Ecological network structure  
Two lectures, Santa Fe Institute (SFI) Complex Systems Summer School.  Santa Fe, NM.
An overview of food-web structure and dynamics
Tutorial, International Conference on Networks Science.  New York Hall of Science. New York, NY.
Ecological network structure, robustness, and uncertainty
International Conference on Networks Science.  New York Hall of Science. New York, NY.
An overview of food-web structure and dynamics
Tutorial, Ecological Networks Conference. Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO.
New approaches for old webs: archaeological and palaeobiological ecological network analysis
Ecological Networks Conference. Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO.
Recent and deep-time perspectives on ecological network structure
Seminar Series: Interdisciplinary Biological and Biomedical Sciences.  University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM.
Conservation of ecosystem structure over deep time 
Biology Departmental Seminar.  Idaho State University. Pocatello, ID.
Aspects of ecosystem robustness 
Santa Fe Institute Workshop: Dynamic Structure of Robustness.  Santa Fe, NM.

2006

Conservation of ecosystem structure over deep time
Vrije Universiteit.  Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Shallow and deep-time perspectives on robustness of marine food webs

Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University. Pacific Grove, CA.
Comments on sustainability
Microsoft Forum on 2020 Science. Venice, Italy.
The structure and dynamics of ecological networks
Santa Fe Institute Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science Modeling.  Santa Fe, NM.
Ecological network structure
Two lectures, Santa Fe Institute Complexity Summer School.  Santa Fe, NM.
A half-billion years of ecological networks
Santa Fe Institute Annual Science Board & Trustees Meeting.  Santa Fe, NM.
Conservation of ecosystem structure through deep time
Santa Fe Institute's Presdient's Circle Lunch.  Santa Fe, NM.
Food-web methodology for biocomplexity research
Organizational meeting for "The Biocomplexity of Sanak Island" project.  Pocotello, ID.

2005
The role of ecological network research in a potential unified theory of ecological complexity

Field workshop on "Ecological Complexity, Approaches, Challendges, and Opportunities for Integration." Valparaiso, Chile.

Webs on the Web: ecoinformatic approaches to synthetic food-web research from Cambrian to contemporary ecosystems

Organized Oral Session, "Emerging Ecoinformatic Tools and Accomplishments for Synthetic Ecological Research Across Scales."

Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.  Montreal, Canada.

Ecological network structure through deep time

Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute, "Workshop on Complexity."  Santa Fe, NM.


2004
Modeling complex ecological networks
Santa Fe Institute (SFI) Workshop, "Adventures in Modeling: Integrating Information Technology into the Curriculum Through Computer Modeling Approaches." Santa Fe, NM.
Fossil food webs and the evolution of ecosystem structure through deep time
Santa Fe Science-Writing Workshop.  Santa Fe, NM.
Ecological network structure
SFI Workshop, "From Structure to Dynamics in Complex Ecological Networks."  Santa Fe, NM.

2003
Extending food-web theory through deep time: paleofoodwebs and the evolution of ecosystem structure
International Food Web Symposium.  Giessen, Germany.
Network structure and robustness of food webs to species loss
InterACT Conference, "Identifying Fragile Systems and Keystone Species."  Linkoping, Sweden.
Structure and dynamics of ecological networks
SFI Graduate Workshop on Computational Modeling.  Santa Fe, NM.
Integrating structure and dynamics in ecological networks
SFI Working Group on Networks and Markets.  Santa Fe, NM.
The importance of structure for dynamics in ecological networks
SFI Resident Researchers Seminar Series.  Santa Fe, NM.
Network structure and the robustness of aquatic food webs to species loss
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Annual Meeting.  Salt Lake City, UT.

2002
Food webs: structure, dynamics, and robustness of ecological networks
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan.  Ann Arbor, MI.
Structure, scaling, and stability in complex food webs
University of New Mexico Biocomplexity Seminar Series.  Albuquerque, NM.
Network topology and species loss in food webs: robustness increases with connectance
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.  Tucson, AZ.
The importance of metabolic parameters for the structure, dynamics, and stability of complex food webs
SFI Workshop, "Toward an Ecology Based on First Principals."  Santa Fe, NM.
Exploring biocomplexity using food webs and computer models
SFI High School Program, "Exploring the World through Computer Models."  Santa Fe, NM. 

2001
Webs on the Web: Internet database, analysis, and visualization of ecological networks
SFI Robustness Program Planning Meeting.  Santa Fe, NM.
Food-web topology, ecosystem stability, and trophic connectance
SFI Resident Researchers Seminar Series.  Santa Fe, NM.

2000
Integrating multiple field approaches in ecological climate change research
Energy and Resources Group Colloquium Series, University of California, Berkeley.  Berkeley, CA.
Scaling within ecological studies: synthesizing experiments and gradients
SFI Colloquium Series.  Santa Fe, NM.

1998
Sensitivity of subalpine vegetation phenology to manipulated and elevational climate change
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.  Baltimore, MD.
Sensitivity of subalpine vegetation phenology to manipulated and natural climate change
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Colloquium Series.  Gothic, CO.

1994
Seasonal soil moisture patterns and establishment of Pseudotsuga menziesii in chaparral
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.  Knoxville, TN.
Seasonal soil moisture patterns and establishment of Pseudotsuga menziesii in chaparral
California Botanical Society Graduate Student Meeting.  Davis, CA.

1993
Science and ideology in trophic ecology: a tale of two webs
Workshop on Trophic Organization and Food Webs, Biodiversity, and Conservation.  Paris, FR.


Meeting Participation

2007
The Biocomplexity of Sanak Island.  Project Meeting, Idaho State University. Nov. 1-4, Pocatello, ID.
Towards a Unified Theory of Biodiversity. NCEAS Working Group.  Oct. 22-24, Santa Barbara, CA.
Parasites and Food Webs.  NCEAS Working Group.  Sept 13-18, Santa Barbara, CA. 
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.  Aug. 5-10, San Jose, CA.
Scaling in Social and Biological Networks.  SFI Workshop.  July 9-13, Santa Fe, NM.
International Conference on Networks Science. New York Hall of Science.  May 20-25, NY, NY.
Ecological Networks Conference. Colorado State University.  April 26-27, Fort Collins, CO.
The Biocomplexity of Sanak Island.  Project Meeting, Idaho State U. Jan. 11-14, Pocatello, ID.
Catalyzing Change in the Global Energy System.  SFI/NREL Workshop.  Jan. 9-11, Santa Fe, NM.
Dynamic Structure of Robustness.  SFI Workshop.  Jan. 4-6, Santa Fe, NM.

2006
ISEI5: 5th International Conference on Ecological Informatics.  Dec. 4-6, Santa Barbara, CA. 
Robustness of Lowland Tropical Rainforests.  Santa Fe Institute Working Group.  Oct. 23-27, Santa Fe, NM.
Unifying Current Theories of Ecology.  Santa Fe Institute Workshop.  Sept. 28 - Oct. 1, Santa Fe, NM.
Microsoft Forum on 2020 Science.  Sept. 4-5, Venice, Italy.
Sustainable Energy Exploration Meeting. SFI/NREL Working Group. Aug. 7-8, Santa Fe, NM.
Pacific Ecoinformatics & Computational Ecology Lab Annual Meeting.  June 1-8, Cambridge, UK.
The Biocomplexity of Sanak Island.  Feb. 10-11, Pocatello, ID.

2005
Integrating Spatial Macroecology, Ecological Networks, and Metabolic Allometry.  Dec. 13-14, Berkeley, CA.
Ecological Complexity: Approaches, Challendges, and Opportunities for Integration.  Oct. 3-14, Chile.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.  Aug. 7-12, Montreal, Canada.
Semanctic Prototypes in Research Ecoinformatics.  Jan. 11-12, Baltimore, MD.
National Ecological Observatory Netowrk Design Consortium.  Jan. 3-6, Marina del Ray, CA.

2004
Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Lab Annual Meeting.  Nov. 16-17, Berkeley, CA.
Ecological Society of Maerica Annual Meeting.  Aug. 2-6, Portland, OR.
Semantic Prototypes in Research Ecoinformatics (SPiRE) Ontology Workshop. Feb. 25-26, Berkeley, CA.
From Structure to Dynamics in Complex Ecological Networks. Feb. 19-21, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.

2003
Quantitative Environmental and Integrative Biology NSF Workshop III.  Dec. 11-12, San Diego, CA.
International Food Web Symposium. Nov. 12-15, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
Resiliency and Change in Ecological Systems.  Oct. 25-28, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.
Santa Fe Institute Science Retreat. Oct. 24-25, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.
Robustness in Natural & Social Systems. Oct. 22-24, Santa Fe Institue, Santa Fe, NM.
Identifying Fragile Systems and Keystone Species Conference.  Aug. 14-16, InterACT, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden.
Paleofoodweb Construction and the Evolution of Ecosystem Structure, II.   April 23-25, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.
American Society of Limnology & Oceanography Annual Meeting. Feb. 9-13, Salt Lake City, UT.

2002
The Philosophical Club-A Working Group on Art & Science. Nov. 8-9, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.
Towards an Ecology Based on First Principals. Sept. 19-22, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Aug. 4-9, Tucson, AZ.
Webs on the Web (WOW): Internet Database, Analysis, and Visualization of Ecological Networks.  April 18-20, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.
Paleofoodweb Construction and the Evolution of Ecosystem Structure, I.  March 21-23, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.

2001
Robustness Program Planning Meeting.  Oct. 24-25, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.
National Science Foundation, Biocomplexity Awardee Meeting. Oct. 16-18, Ballston, VA.
Mathematical Models in Biology. July 29-Aug. 10, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.
Applications of Network Theory to Biocomplexity.  Mar 21-24, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC.

2000
Complex Interactive Networks. Aug. 10-12, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.  Aug. 6-10, Snowbird, UT.

1992-1999
Stable Isotopes Ecology Workshop. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1999.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.  Baltimore, MD, 1998.
US EPA STAR Graduate Fellows Technical Conference. Research Triangle Park, NC, 1997.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Snowbird, UT, 1996.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Madison, WI, 1995.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Knoxville, TN, 1994.
Biannual California Botanical Society Graduate Student Meeting. UC Davis, CA, 1994.
Trophic Organization- Food Webs, Biodiversity, & Conservation. Ecole Normale Supérior, Paris, FR, 1993.
International Symposium on Food Webs. Colorado State University, Pingree Park, CO, 1993.
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI, 1992.