Isaac Lichter Marck Curriculum Vitae 1 Ph.D. student, Baldwin lab Jepson and University Herbarium Department of Integrative Biology Isaac H. Lichter Marck University of California, Berkeley [email protected] (310) 804-3725

EDUCATION

B.A./M.A Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA. Biology. 2012 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. Integrative Biology. 2016 Thesis: Evolution and systematics of ()

EMPLOYMENT & FELLOWSHIPS

2020 Graduate Student Researcher, California Conservation Genomics Project, UC Berkeley. 2019 Pre-doctoral research fellow with Dr. Vicki Funk, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 2019 Art of Writing fellow and lead instructor, Art of Science Writing, UC Berkeley 2018 Graduate student Philomathia fellow, Systematics of Perityleae, Baldwin Lab, UC Berkeley. 2018 Art of Writing fellow and graduate student instructor, Art of Science Writing, UC Berkeley. 2017 Graduate student instructor, Medical ethnobotany laboratory, UC Berkeley. 2017 Graduate student researcher, Flora of Pt. Arena Nat’l Monument, UC Botanical Garden. 2016 Graduate student instructor, Introductory Biology: Field section. UC Berkeley. 2014 to 2015 ecology research technician, Questad Lab, Cal Poly Pomona. 2012 to 2014 Professor of environmental studies, United World College, Costa Rica. 2011 to 2012 Graduate student researcher, Singer Lab, Dept. of Biology, Wesleyan University, CT. 2010 to 2011 Teaching assistant, Introductory Biology, Wesleyan University, CT. 2010 Research assistant, Yanayacu Biological Research Station, Napo Province, Ecuador. 2008 to 2011 Research assistant, Singer Lab, Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, CT.

RESEARCH

2016-2019 Evolution and systematics of Perityleae (Asteraceae) under climate change in the Arid Southwest U.S. and Northern Mexico, UC Berkeley.

2016-2017 Flora of the Pt. Area-Stornetta unit of the California coastal national monument. UC Botanical Garden, UC Berkeley.

2014-2015 Remote sensing for threatened and endangered plant reintroduction. Research technician, Questad Lab, Cal Poly Pomona.

Isaac Lichter Marck Curriculum Vitae 2 2012 Dietary specialization in herbivores as a determinant of cascading effects of trophic cascades. Collaboration with Dr. Michael Singer and colleagues. Wesleyan University, CT.

2012 Community ecology and phylogenetics of caterpillar defenses. M.A./B.A. thesis. Singer Lab, Wesleyan University, CT.

2011 Ecological dynamics of interactions between ants, caterpillars, and sap feeders in a forest food web. Collaboration with Ph.D. candidate Rob Clark. Wesleyan U., CT.

2010 Natural History of Ecuador’s mainland avifauna; first descriptions of nests, eggs, nestlings, and parental behavior. Yanayacu Biological Research Station, Ecuador.

TEACHING

2016-2020 Graduate student instructor and acting instructor, UC Berkeley. 2012 - 2014 Professor of Environmental Systems and Societies, United World College Costa Rica. 2012 - 2014 Advisor, Campus Greenhouse organization, United World College Costa Rica. 2009 - 2012 Activity leader, Outreach for K-12 schools, Wesleyan University laboratories. 2012 T.A., Introductory Biology II, Dept. of Biology, Wesleyan University, CT. 2012 Guest lecturer, Introductory Biology, Middlesex Community college, CT. 2012 T.A., Applied Data Analysis, Quantitative Analysis Center, Wesleyan University, CT. 2011 T.A., Ecology, Dept. of Biology, Wesleyan University 2011 Co-organizer, Agroecology forum, Dept. of Biology, Wesleyan University, CT.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Isaac H. Lichter-Marck, Will A. Freyman, Carol Sinalschini, Jennifer R. Mandel, Arturo Castro Castro, Gabriel Johnson, & Bruce G. Baldwin. Phylogenomics of the rock daisies (Perityleae; Asteraceae) reveals new insights into morphological and chromosomal evolution. (In review).

Singer MS, Robert C, Lichter-Marck IH, Johnson ER, Whitney K, and Mooney K. (2019). Evolutionary ecology of an unexpected predation cost to dietary specialization in a caterpillar assemblage. Ecology and Evolution 2019. 00:1-14.

Singer MS, Robert C, Lichter-Marck IH, Johnson ER, and Mooney K (2017). Predatory birds and ants partition caterpillar prey by body size and diet breadth. Journal of Animal Ecology. 86.

Clark RE, Farkas TE, Lichter-Marck I, Johnson ER, Singer MS. 2016. Multiple interaction types determine the impact of ant predation of caterpillars in a forest community. Ecology. 2016 Dec; 97(12):3379-3388.

Isaac Lichter Marck Curriculum Vitae 3 Lichter-Marck, IH, Wylde M, Aaron E, Oliver JC, and Singer MS. 2015. The struggle for safety: effectiveness of caterpillar defenses against bird predation. Oikos 124: 525-533. (Cover feature)

Singer M, Lichter Marck IH, Farkas T, Whitney KD, & Mooney KA. 2014. Herbivore diet breadth mediates the cascading effects of carnivores in food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 111(26):9521–9526.

Miller E, Lichter Marck IH, & Greeney HF. 2012. Breeding of the Henna-Hooded Foliage Gleaner (Hylocryptus erythrocephalus) with notes on conservation concerns. Ornitologia Neotropical 23(4) 517- 527.

Greeney HF, Lichter Marck IH, and Lichter Marck EM. 2013. The nest, eggs, and nestlings of Grey-Chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis. Cotinga: 35, 84-85.

PROFESSIONAL TALKS AND POSTERS

Lichter Marck IH. Phylogenomics of the rock daisies (Perityleae; Asteraceae). California Academy of Sciences. Spring 2020 Genomics symposium.

Lichter Marck IH & Bruce Baldwin. Historical biogeography of the rock daisies 9Perityleae0 in the sky island archipelagos of the southwest U.S. and northern Mexico. Botany 2019, Tucson Arizona. Selected for the Cooley award for best presentation in plant systematics by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists.

Lichter Marck IH. 2019. New world amphitropical disjunctions in Perityleae. Tinker symposium of graduate student research at the center for Latin American studies.

Lichter Marck IH. 2019. Free solo systematics: historical biogeography of the rock daisies (Perityleae; Asteraceae) in the Southwest U.S. and Northern Mexico. Botany lunch, University and Jepson herbaria lunchtime seminar series.

Lichter Marck IH, 2019. Phylogenomica de las margaritas de roca en el surest de los estados unidos y el norte de Mexico. Binacional symposium of biology in Ensenda, Baja California Mexico.

Lichter Marck IH, Freyman W, Schneider AC, Tian E, and Baldwin B. 2018. Historical biogeography of the rock daisies (Perityleae; Asteraceae). Annual meeting of the Botanical society of America poster session. Rochester, MN.

Lichter Marck IH. 2018. Botany on the edge: floristics of Point arena, Mendocino, ca. Graduate student symposium of the California Botanical Society. Santa Barbara botanic garden, Ca.

Isaac Lichter Marck Curriculum Vitae 4 Lichter Marck IH, Freyman W, Schneider AC, Tian E, and Baldwin B. 2017. Phylogenomics of the rock daisies (Peritylinae; Asteraceae). Annual meeting of the Botanical society of America poster session. Fort. Worth, Texas.

Lichter Marck IH. 2017. Ongoing botanical exploration in the California floristic province. Botany lunch, University and Jepson herbari lunchtime seminar series.

Lichter Marck IH, and Questad E. 2015. Effects of wind and fog on maritime with applications for restoration ecology. California Botanical Society Graduate student symposium. Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden, Claremont, Ca.

Lichter Marck IH, Wylde M, Aaron E, Oliver JC, and Singer MS. 2014. The struggle for safety: Effectiveness of caterpillar defenses against bird predation. 99th annual meeting of the Ecological society of America, Sacramento, CA. Oral presentation.

Singer MS, Clark RE, Johnson ER, Lichter-Marck IH, and Mooney KA. 2014. Predatory birds and ants partition caterpillar prey based on caterpillar body size and diet breadth. 99th annual meeting of the Ecological society of America, Sacramento, CA. Oral presentation.

Singer MS, Clark RE, Johnson ER, Lichter-Marck IH, Mooney KA. 2014 Herbivore dietary specialization increases ant predation on temperate forest caterpillars. 98th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Minneapolis, MN. Oral presentation.

Lichter Marck IH & Singer MS. 2011. Synergistic effects of bird and ant predation on forest caterpillars. Wesleyan undergraduate research poster session. Exceley science center, Middletown, CT. Poster presentation.

Lichter Marck IH, Farkas T, & Singer M. 2011. The association between diet breadth, crypsis, and enemy free space in a temperate forest caterpillar community. Quantitative analysis center poster session. Beckham hall, Middletown, CT. Poster presentation

Lichter Marck IH, Farkas T, & Singer M. 2009. Spider hunting mode determines strength of top down effects of arachnids on caterpillars. Wesleyan University undergraduate research poster session. Exceley Science center, Middletown, CT. Poster presentation

HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS

2019 Cooley Award from the American Society of Plant Taxonomists 2019 Mildred Mathias fellowship from the UC Natural Reserve System 2019 Lawrence R. Heckard fund awardee for research in California Plant Systematics 2019 Pre-doctoral fellowship from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. 2019 White Mountain Desert Research Station Award for Graduate Student research 2018 Society for Systematic Biologists Graduate Student Research Award. Isaac Lichter Marck Curriculum Vitae 5 2018 Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Student Summer research fund 2018 American Society of Plant Taxonomists Graduate student research award 2018 Recipient of the Philomathia Fellowship for the Environmental sciences, UC Berkeley. 2018 Tinker award of the center for Latin American studies, UC Berkeley 2018 Mary Dedecker botany research scholarship of the bristlecone chapter of CNPS 2017 Alan Romspert award for desert studies of the Southern California botanists 2017 Annetta Carter research award of the California Botanical Society 2017 Jepson Herbarium Lawrence R. Heckard fund: Systematics of emoryi 2016 Maynard R. Smith California Native Plant Society research grant awardee 2016 Jepson Herbarium Lawrence R. Heckard fund awardee: Perityleae systematics 2015 & 2016 Eriogonum society of America scholarship recipient. 2014 Honor of student’s choice speaker on behalf of faculty, UWCCR commencement. 2012 BA/MA Howard Hughes Medical Institute fund graduate support awardee. 2011 Rauch Foundation grant in support of undergraduate research awardee. 2010 Jocotoco Foundation support awardee for tropical ornithology research. 2010 Ed Bosman Connecticut Valley Mycological Society scholarship recipient. ($500) 2010 Sam Ristich NEMF award for first collection of tnew genus Entocybe (Entolomataceae). 2009 Howard Hughes medical institute undergraduate research fellowship. ($3500) 2007 Distinguished Science Student award, Crossroads school. Wesleyan Dean’s list: Fall 2007, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, and Spring 2011