Benjamin E. Carter [email protected] Office Home Valley Life Sciences Bldg. Rm 4156 414 Cornell Ave., apt 3 University of CA, Berkeley 94720 Albany, CA 94706 (510) 642-6810 (805) 704-0616

Education

Ph.D., Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Degree expected 2011 Dissertation: “Systematics and ecology of the ” Advisor: Dr. Brent Mishler

B.S., Ecology & Systematic Biology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. March 2003. Concentrations: General Ecology, Botany Undergraduate Thesis: “Vegetative survey of the old Hasting's property, San Luis Obispo County, CA and serpentine literature review.” Advisor: Dr. David J. Keil

Publications

Seppelt R.D., Cave L.H., Carter B.E. 2011. Introduced in the Flora of Tasmania. I. Scleropodium and (: ). Kanunnah, 4:72-81.

Carter, B.E. 2010. The taxonomic status of the Tasmanian endemic moss Scleropodium australe (Brachytheciaceae). The Bryologist 113:775-780.

SR Loarie, B Carter, K Hayhoe, S McMahon, CA. Knight, & DD Ackerly. 2008. Climate change and the future of California's endemic flora. PLoS ONE. 3(6):e2502 1-10.

Manuscripts submitted and in preparation (final editing stages)

Carter, B.E. in review. The Life of G. E. Hutchinson [Book Review]. The Bryologist ------

Carter, B.E. in review. delimitation and cryptic diversity in the moss genus Scleropodium (Brachytheciaceae).

Carter, B.E. Niche differences among species in the genus Scleropodium (Bryopsida: Brachytheciaceae) in central California, USA.

Carter, B.E. A global revision of the moss genus Scleropodium (Bryopsida: Brachytheciaceae).

Carter, B.E. Scleropodium occidentale, a new species of moss from western .

Manuscripts in preparation

Carter, B., E. Kraichak, J. Shaffer & G. Gilbert. Determinants of epiphytic bryophyte and lichen diversity and abundance in a coastal California forest.

Crutsinger, G. & B. Carter. Differing effects of Nitrogen and Carbon treatments on understory diversity between prostrate and erect morphs of the shrub Baccharis pilularis.

Carter, B.E. A bryophyte flora of the California Channel Islands.

Extramural Grants

NSF Doctoral dissertation improvement grant, $12,500 SSE Evolution International Events Award (with J. McEntee, UC Berkeley), $1000

Oral Presentations & Posters

Oral Presentations

Carter, B. “Intercontinental disjunction and cryptic species in the moss genus Scleropodium (Brachytheciaceae).” Botanical Society of America Meeting, Snowbird, UT. July 2009

Carter, B. & B. Mishler. “’Tortoise & Hare’ for the mosses: Assessing the relative utility of chloroplast markers for moss phylogenetics.” Botanical Society of America Meeting, Snowbird, UT. July 2009

Carter, B., J. Shevock, P. Wilson & D. Norris “The California moss flora… description, activity & future directions.” American Bryological and Lichenological Meeting, Asilomar, CA. August 2008.

Carter, B. “Using floristic data to assess spatial patterns of moss traits in a heterogeneous landscape: A case study from California.” American Bryological and Lichenological Meeting, Xalapa, Mexico. August 2007.

Carter, B., S. Loarie, C. Knight, K. Hayhoe, R. Moe, & D. Ackerly. “Climate Change and the fate of California’s endemic flora.” Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium, Berkeley CA, February 2007.

Carter, B., S. Loarie, C. Knight, K. Hayhoe, R. Moe, & D. Ackerly. “Climate Change and the disassociation of California communities.” California Botanical Society Graduate Student Meeting, San Luis Obispo CA, February 2007.

Carter, B., S. Loarie, C. Knight, P. Thornton, & D. Ackerly. “Extinction Sinks and Shifting Biodiversity Hotspots in the California Floristic Province.” Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium, Stanford CA, February 2005.

Posters

Carter, B., S. Loarie, C. Knight, K. Hayhoe & D. Ackerly. “Modeling the Effects of Climate Change in the California Floristic Province.” Janet Poore Research Symposium- Plant Conservation in an era of global climate change, Chicago IL, October 2005.

Carter, B., S. Loarie, C. Knight, P. Thornton, & D. Ackerly. “Modeling the Effects of Climate Change in the California Floristic Province.” Ecological Society of America, Portland OR, August 2004.

Teaching Experience

Teaching Awards Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor 2010-2011, University of California, Berkeley Outstanding Teaching Assistant 2005-2006, Biological Sciences Dept., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Teaching Graduate Student Teaching Assistant positions for lab courses in the Biological Sciences Dept., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (12 Quarters). Biology 111 (General Biology) Win 2003 Biology 113 (Animal Diversity & Ecology) Fall 2005 Biology 114 (Plant Diversity & Ecology) Win 2005, Spr 2006 (2 sections) Biology 160 (Diversity and History of Life) Win 2006 Biology 161 (Plant & Animal Form & Function) Sum 2006 Botany 121(General Botany) Win 2004, Fall 2004 Botany 333 (Field Botany) Spr 2001, Spr 2004, Spr 2005

Graduate Student Instructor positions in lab courses and discussion sections in Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley (8 semesters). Biology 1B (General Biology) Fall 2006, Fall 2007 Integrative Biology 168L (Plant Systematics) Spr 2007, Spr 2010 Integrative Biology 153 (Community & Population Ecology) Fall 2008 Integrative Biology 157FL (Ecosystems of California) Fall 2010, Fall 2011 Integrative Biology 102FL (California Plant Life) Spr 2011

Guest Lectures ‘The Channel Islands’ in California Plant Life. May 2011, UCB ‘Conservation Priorities in California’ in Ecosystems of California. Nov 2010, UCB ‘Phylogenetics’ in Ecosystems of California. Oct 2010, UCB ‘Coexistence’ in Community & Population Ecology. Nov 2008, UCB ‘Plant Communities’ in California Plant Life. Feb 2007, UCB ‘Plant Hormones’ in Plant & Animal Form & Function. July 2006, Cal Poly SLO

Synergistic Activities

Workshop Facilitation ‘Molecular Systematics and Conservation’ University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. With R. Bowie & J. McEntee. Aug 9-20, 2010. ‘Phylogenetics and Biogeography in California.’ University of California, Berkeley. With E. Kraichak. Mar 7, 2009.

Seminar Presentations ‘Diversity and Rarity of cryptogams in a long term monitoring plot in Santa Cruz, CA.’ Ecology Lunch seminar series, UC Berkeley, Sep 2011. ‘Bryophytes of the Channel Islands.’ Catalina Island Conservancy, Avalon, CA, May 2011. ‘Ecology and Biogeography of California Mosses.’ Departmental Seminar, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California, Apr 2010. ‘Life history and ecosystem role of an aquatic moss.’ Ecology Lunch seminar series, UC Berkeley, Sep 2008. ‘Systematics and Biogeography of the moss genus Scleropodium.’ Botany Lunch seminar series, UC Berkeley, Sep 2008. ‘Using floristic data to assess spatial patterns of moss traits in a heterogeneous landscape: A case study from California.’ Ecology Lunch seminar series, UC Berkeley, Apr 2008. ‘Using floristic data to assess spatial patterns of moss traits in a heterogeneous landscape: A case study from California.’ Botany Lunch seminar series, UC Berkeley, Nov 2007. ‘Climate Change and the fate of California’s endemic flora.’ Botany Lunch seminar series, UC Berkeley, Sept 2006. ‘Bryophyte flora of San Luis Obispo County, California.’ Botany Lunch seminar series, UC Berkeley, Sept 2006.

Student Leadership California Botanical Society Graduate Student Representative (UCB) 2008-2010 Integrative Biology Graduate Student Association coChair (UCB) 2008-2009 College of Science and Math Ambassadors, President (CPSLO) 2001-2002 College of Science and Math Student Council, Co-chair (CPSLO) 2001-2002 Associated Students Board of Directors, Science and Math Rep. (CPSLO) 2000-2001 University Union Advisory Board, Science and Math Rep. (CPSLO) 2000-2001

Professional Experience

Graduate Student Researcher, University & Jepson Herbaria, UC Berkeley, Jan-Dec 2009

Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley, Jan-Aug 2008

Curatorial Assistant, University & Jepson Herbaria. UC Berkeley, Jun-Aug 2007

Field Technician Wetlands monitoring, Santa Cruz, CA, Jul-Sep 2005 Sensitive plant species monitoring, San Luis Obispo, CA, May-Jul 2005 Vegetation sampling & small mammal trapping, Carmel, CA, Aug 2002-Jul 2004 Vegetation monitoring & restoration, Fort Hunter Ligget, CA, Mar-Sep 2003

Specimen collection and curation, 2004-present To date, I have collected, curated and databased over 6,300 bryophyte specimens, including large collections from French Polynesia, Tanzania, the California Channel Islands, and San Luis Obispo Co., California