School of Natural Resources and the Environment

Erica A. Newman University of Arizona, Tucson School of Natural Resources and the Environment Mailing address: ENR2 building, 2nd floor 1064 E. Lowell St., Tucson, AZ 85721 Phone: [on request], email: [email protected]

CURRENT AFFILIATION

University of Arizona September 2016-current Department of the Environment and Natural Resources Postdoctoral Scholar. Dr. Donald Falk, PI Co-advised by Dr. Don McKenzie, Pacific Northwest Research Station, US Forest Service

EDUCATION M.S., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2009-2016 Energy and Resources (M.S. 2011) Dissertation co-chairs: J. Harte and M.A. Moritz; committee: S. Beissinger, S. Stephens

Graduate coursework University of Massachusetts 2001-2002 Resource Economics

M.S. University of Michigan 1999-2000 Physics

A.B. cum laude Amherst College 1994-1998 Physics (with distinction)

The School for Field Studies. Center for Wildlife Management, Kenya Summer 1996

Areas of Current Specialization Fire ecology, disturbance ecology, macroecology, species distribution models, bird communities, herbaceous plant field identification, prescribed fire and fire management

PUBLICATIONS Publications- Peer reviewed articles (published, preprints, and in review) * undergraduate author, ‡ graduate student author + Newman, E.A., J.B. Potts, M.W. Tingley, C.E. Vaughn, S.L. Stephens. Chaparral bird community responses to prescribed fire and mastication in three management seasons. Submitted to Journal of Applied Ecology.

+ Harte, J., E.A. Newman, and A.J. Rominger. Metabolic Partitioning Across Individuals in Ecological Communities. In revision at Global Ecology and Biogeography.

+ Hembry, D.H., R. Raimundo, E.A. Newman, L. Atkinson, C. Guo, P.R. Guimãraes Jr., R.G. Gillespie. Reduced specialization and modularity in an intimate mutualism diversifying on young oceanic islands. In revision at Journal of Animal Ecology. 2

6. Delmas, E., Besson, M., Brice, M.H., Burkle, L., Dalla Riva, G.V., Fortin, M.J., Gravel, D., Guimaraes, P., Hembry, D., Newman, E. and Olesen, J.M., 2017. Analyzing ecological networks of species interactions. bioRxiv, p.112540. (preprint)

5. Kitzes, J., E. Berlow, E. Conlisk, K. Erb, K. Iha, N. Martinez, E.A. Newman, C. Plutzar, A.B. Smith, J. Harte. (2016) Consumption-based conservation targeting: Linking biodiversity loss to upstream demand through a global wildlife footprint. Conservation Letters.

4. Newman, E.A., L.Eisen, R. Eisen, N. Fedorova, J.M. Hasty, C.E. Vaughn, R.S. Lane (2015) Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes in wild birds in northwestern California: Associations with ecological factors, bird behavior and tick infestation. PLOS ONE 10(2): e0118146. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118146. Dryad Digital Repository data (doi:10.5061/dryad.p3b61).

3. Newman, E.A., M.E. Harte, N. Lowell‡, M. Wilber‡, J. Harte (2014) Empirical tests of within- and across-species energetics in a diverse plant community. Ecology 95(10): 2815-2825.

2. Harte, J., and E.A. Newman (2014) Maximum information entropy: a foundation for ecological theory. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 29(7): 384-389.

1. Harte, J., J. Kitzes‡, E.A. Newman, and A.J. Rominger‡ (2013) Taxon Categories and the Universal Species-Area Relationship: A Comment on Šizling et al., “Between Geometry and Biology: The Problem of Universality of the Species-Area Relationship.” The American Naturalist 181(2): 282-287.

Publications- Governmental Reports 3. Saah, D, T. Moody, E. Waller, E. Newman, M.A. Moritz. 2010. Developing and Testing a Framework for Estimating Potential Emission Reduction Credits: a pilot study in Shasta County, California, USA. In: Emissions and Potential Emission Reductions from Hazardous Fuel Treatments in the WESTCARB Region, A. Schwarzenegger. Prepared for the California Energy Commission. URL: http://www.energy.ca.gov/2014publications/CEC-500-2014-046/CEC-500-2014-046-AP.pdf

2. Newman, E.A. Cape Hatteras National Seashore American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) 2008-2009 Report. National Park Service, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Buxton, NC 27920.

1. Habitat Working Group, NY City Department of Parks and Recreation (37 contributors, including E.A. Newman, ed.) 2001. New York/ New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program Habitat Workgroup 2001 Status Report: A Regional Model for Estuary and Multiple Watershed Management. Line and Tone, Inc. April 2001. URL: http://mss3.libraries.rutgers.edu/dlr/outputds.php?pid=rutgers- lib:34653&ds=PDF-1

Manuscripts in preparation (available upon request) * undergraduate author, ‡ graduate student author

6. Newman, E.A., C.A Winkler*, and D.H. Hembry. Effects of novel wildfire activity in low elevation Pacific island vegetation communities in French Polynesia.

5. de Aguiar, M.A., M.J. Fortin, E.A. Newman, P.R. Guimãraes, Jr. et al. Revealing biases in the sampling of large-scale ecological networks. 3 E.A. Newman. Updated April 2017. 4. Newman, E.A., A. Génin‡, H. Houskeeper‡, M. Wilber‡, S. Lee, E. Berlow, J. Harte. How well do macroecological predictions work in a system with anthropogenic disruption? A study of grazing in high-Sierra meadows.

3. Newman, E.A., M. Wilber‡, J. Harte. Testing a Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology: does METE accurately predict species patterns in an unusual natural disturbance regime? A case study in Pinus muricata stands.

2. Newman, E.A., E.K. Waller‡, M.A. Moritz. Spatial modeling techniques with California fire data support Oregon fire models.

1. Rominger, A.J., J.Y. Lim, C. Merow, C. Looy, J.E. Weaver, E.A. Newman et al. Big Data and Global Change Biology: Insights into a non-stationary and no analog world.

Publications- Books 2. Roadmap to the Virginia Standards of Learning: Earth Science Review. The Princeton Review. Random House, Inc., New York, 2005.

1. Geometry, Grade 5: Math Mastery. The Princeton Review. Random House, Inc., New York, 2003.

Theses and other academic publications 4. “Disturbance Macroecology: An Information Entropy Approach for Cross-System Comparisons of Ecosystems in Transition.” 2016. Ph.D. dissertation. Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley.

3. “Understanding California and Oregon Fire: Modeling the Climate Niche of Fire at the Landscape Scale.” 2011. Masters Project. Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley.

2. “Studying Fundamental Time-Reversal Asymmetry through the Measurement of an Electron Electric Dipole Moment.” 1998. Senior Honors Thesis. Physics Department, Amherst College.

1. “Effects of Large Herbivore Exclusion on Biodiversity, Soil, and Rangelands Health.” 1995. Research project, School for Field Studies, Kenya.

Publications- Outreach As sole author unless otherwise indicated 6. “Fire in Paradise.” October–November 2014. Wildfire Magazine. (23) 22-26.

5. “Global Boiling: Australia’s Black Saturday of Extreme Fire,” March 1, 2009. Guest blogger for the environment at the Wonk Room, thinkprogress.org. Available online at: http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/03/01/black-saturday-fire/

4. “Birds From Above.” May 2009. Wildlife in North Carolina. Available online at: http://www.ncwildlife.org/WINC/documents/Sample_09/sample_may09.pdf

3. “Fire, Fire Everywhere.” Newman, E.A. Published as: “Our Forests Are Adapted to Burn.” July 14, 2008. The Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, NC) 4 “Fire Rejuvenates North Carolina Forests,” July 18, 2008. The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC) “Our Forests Need Fire,” September 10, 2008. Carolina Coastal Times. (various other North Carolina newspapers)

2. The North Carolina Birding Trail, Piedmont Region (Official Trail Guide). Contributor. Theo Davis Printing, 2008. www.ncbirdingtrail.org

1. “Canoe Trip Draws River Enthusiasts.” October 2008. Richmond Daily Journal (Richmond County, North Carolina).

GRANTS, AWARDS AND HONORS 2016 International Association of Landscape Ecology Student Talk Award <$1000 2016 International Association of Landscape Ecology student travel award $500 2015 Dissertation Year Fellowship, State of California grant to UC Berkeley $23,500 2014 Key Laboratory, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Participant. Co-PIs: Dr. S. Luo and Dr. David Hembry, PIs CN¥40,000 2014 Northern California Prescribed Fire Council travel award <$500 2012-2014 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation research assistance. $44,000 2011-2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship $120,000 2010-2013 Block grant funding, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley $20,874 2011 Coauthor of National Science Foundation Grant “Advancing and Applying a Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology,” NSF-EF-1137685. Dr. John Harte, Principal Investigator. $671,809 2011 Spherical Cow Award for community service and leadership, Energy and Resources Group, University of California Berkeley 2010 Graduate Snyder Grant. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado <$500 1998 Honorary Member, Society of Sigma Xi 1993 Westinghouse National Science Talent Search Semi-Finalist. Research project: A New Method for Studying the Assembly and Optical Properties of Normal and Glycated Eye Lens Proteins. Advisor: Dr. Gerardo Suarez, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY

WORKING GROUP PARTICIPATION 2015-2017 National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) working group: “Spatiotemporal variation and dynamics in ecological networks.” 2015 (Nov) The Botanical Information and Ecology Network (BIEN). National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) working group. 2014 (Oct-Nov) Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology working group: “Big ecological questions, diverse data, new methods.”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Ecology, Conservation Biology and Natural Resources 2016 (May-Aug) Postdoctoral research assistant to Dr. Scott Stephens. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. University of California, Berkeley. Sept 2015-Aug 2016 Visiting Scholar. Brian Enquist Lab, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Arizona, Tucson. 5 E.A. Newman. Updated April 2017. 2009 (Jun-Aug) Research Assistant to Dr. John Harte. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley. 2009 (Jan-Aug) Research Associate, Center for Fire Research and Outreach. University of California, Berkeley. 2008 (May-Sep) Biological Technician, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, National Park Service. Buxton, North Carolina 2007-2008 Uplands Songbird Biologist/ Assistant Wildlife Diversity Manager for the Piedmont Region. North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Sandhills Game Lands, Hoffman, North Carolina. 2004-2005 Field Ornithologist/ Seasonal Research Assistant to Dr. David King University of Massachusetts in conjunction with Massachusetts Audubon Society 1998-1999 Special Projects Coordinator, Natural Resources Group. New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. New York, NY Coordinator for the Harbor Estuary Program, a joint federal/state/city/local program to establish restoration and regulation plans for the NY/NJ watershed 1995-1996 Birds of Prey Technician, Summers. Teatown Lake Reservation, Ossining, NY.

Physics 2001-2002 Research Assistant to Dr. David Hall, Amherst College 2000-2001 Research Assistant to Dr. Timothy Chupp, University of Michigan 1997-1998 Research Assistant (REU) to Dr. Larry Hunter under National Science Foundation grant #9722611. Amherst, MA, 1997

Science, Math, and Technical Writing 2005-2006 OriginLab Corporation. Statistical software developer and technical writer. Northampton, Massachusetts. 2003-2004 The Princeton Review. Freelance math and science writer.

Art and Music 2017 Co-producer (with Ryan Ike) and visual artist, Frog Fractions 2 Original Soundtrack. Twinbeard Studio, Oakland, CA 2016 Developer, Frog Fractions 2 Alternate Reality Game (ARG). Twinbeard Studio, Oakland, CA Select media coverage of Frog Fractions 2 ARG (including interviews):  The Guardian. C. Priestman. “Frog Fractions: inside the mind behind the world's strangest video game.” 1 Mar 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/01/frog-fractions-jim-crawford- video-game  PC Gamer. S. Messner. “The story behind gaming’s greatest mystery, Frog Fractions 2.” Jan 18, 2017. http://www.pcgamer.com/the-story-behind-gamings-greatest-mystery-frog- fractions-2/  Kill Screen. C. Priestman. Jan 11, 2017. Frog Fractions 2 and the difficult art of mystery making. https://killscreen.com/articles/frog-fractions-2-art-mystery-making/  Giant Bomb. A. Walker. “Austin Walker’s top 10 games to watch in 2016.” Dec 29, 2017. http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/austin-walkers-top-10-games-to-watch-in- 2016/1100-5574/ 6  Kotaku. C. D'Anastasio. “The two year mystery is over: This is Frog Fractions 2.”Dec 26, 2016. http://kotaku.com/the-two-year-mystery-is-over-this-is-frog-fractions-2- 1790505179  Polygon. J. McElroy. “The jig is up: Behind the yearslong reveal of Frog Fractions 2.” Dec 26, 2016. http://www.polygon.com/features/2016/12/26/13974966/frog-fractions-2- reveal  Vice Magazine. P. Klepek. “Dean's List: Patrick Klepek's Favorite Games of 2016.” Dec 30, 2016. https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/deans-list-patrick-klepeks-favorite- games-of-2016 2016 Winner of 4 Game Detectives Alternate Reality Awards for 2016, including Best ARG 2016 Beta tester, Frog Fractions 2 and Glittermitten Grove. Twinbeard Studio, Oakland, CA 2015 Beta tester and consulting ecologist, Firewatch. Campo Santo Studio, San Francisco, CA 1998 Solo art show (March 1998), quaquaversus. Fayerweather Hall, Amherst, MA

OTHER PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Data Carpentry Workshop: Python. February 24-25, 2017. University of Arizona, Tucson. Teaching and Pedagogy workshop. February 22-23, 2017. University of Arizona, Tucson. Geometric Morphometrics workshop. July 20-24, 2015. University of California, Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology. National Wildfire Coordinating Group Fire Effects Monitor (FEMO) and Field Observer (FOBS) candidate. Task book complete (except wildfire exam) 2012. Nature Conservancy Prescribed Fire Training Exchange (TREX) participant, Iowa, April-May 2012. Wildlands Firefighter (FFT2, Federal certification). Colorado Fire Camp, Salida, Colorado July 2010.

Prescribed Burner 548 (Burn Boss, North Carolina certification), granted by the NC Division of Forest Resources, 2008. Ciba-Geigy Summer Science Program in Organic Chemistry and Materials Science. New York, June- August 1992.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND INTERVIEWS 19. “Macroecology meets disturbance ecology: connecting species diversity patterns to disturbance ecology in a macroecological framework.” Invited seminar: Pacific Wildland Fire Science Laboratory, USDA, U.S. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Research Station. November 2, 2016.

18. “Ecological tradeoffs for different fire management strategies in California chaparral and their potential consequences for Lyme disease ecology.” Invited seminar: The Center for Mechanisms of Animal Responses to Environmental Stress. Organizer: Dr. Annie King. University of California, Davis. Davis, CA. October 26, 2016.

17. “Fuel management effects on wild bird communities in California chaparral: how mastication in changing community structure and may be increasing Lyme Disease incidence.” Organized session: Status and Trends in Chaparral Shrublands: Management considerations for the future. Organizer: Nicole Molinari. At: Natural Areas Conference. Davis, CA. October 18-21, 2016. 7 E.A. Newman. Updated April 2017. 16. “Wildfire in California chaparral: unusual ecology, unusual challenges.” Invited symposium presentation: Natural Discourse: Fire! Huntington Library and Botanical Garden, Los Angeles, California. September 30-October 1, 2016. Curator: Shirley Watts.

15. “Macroecology meets disturbance ecology: connecting species diversity patterns to disturbance ecology through a macroecological framework.” South China Botanical Garden. Host: Dr. Shixiao Luo. Guangzhou, China. September 2016.

14. “Macroecology meets disturbance ecology: connecting species diversity patterns to disturbance ecology through information entropy statistics.” Organized session: Implications and applications of thermodynamics in landscape ecology. Organizer: S. Cushman. At: International Association for Landscape Ecology, Asheville, NC. April 3-7, 2016.

13. “Connecting fire management in chaparral to Lyme Disease ecology through native birds.” California Fire Science Consortium. Invited webinar. January 27, 2016. Available online at: http://www.cafiresci.org/events-webinars-source/category/save-the-date-webinar-on-ticks-lyme- disease-in-chaparral

12. “Macroecology meets disturbance ecology: connecting species diversity patterns to disturbance ecology through a macroecological framework.” Invited seminar. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico. November 23, 2015.

11. “Macroecology meets disturbance ecology: connecting species diversity patterns to disturbance ecology through a macroecological framework.” Invited virtual seminar. M. Turner lab, Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. September 10, 2015.

10. “Disturbance ecology meets macroecology.” Invited talk. Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology Symposium. Berkeley, California. December 14, 2014.

9. “Applying disturbance ecology to macroecology to integrate process with pattern.” Invited talk. Presented to Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology Workshop. Berkeley, California. October 30-November 2, 2014.

8. “Novel wildfire regimes.” Invited talk. College of Natural Resources Advisory Board, University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California. September 27, 2013.

7. “What can natural disturbance regimes tell us about effects of global change? A macroecological case study with Bishop Pine (Pinus muricata).” Invited talk. National Park Service, Point Reyes National Seashore. Point Reyes Station, California. May 2, 2013.

6. “Chaparral Ecology.” Field tour leader for chaparral ecology tour (78 people). Northern California Prescribed Fire Council. April 25-26, 2013.

5. “Connecting species diversity patterns to disturbance ecology through a macroecological framework.” Invited talk. Presented to Frontiers in Macroecology Workshop, University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California. February 2, 2013. 8 4. “Bird community response to fuels management in northern California chaparral: the effects of treatment and season.” Invited talk. Nature Conservancy prescribed fire training, Prairie Potholes region, Iowa. April 2012.

3. “Maximum information entropy methods in ecology predict wildfire patterns and energetics.” Invited talk. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Wenatchee, Washington. June 21, 2011.

2. “Bird community response to fuels management in northern California chaparral: the effects of treatment and season.” Invited talk. Wildlife Seminar, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California. October 21, 2011.

1. “All About Fire in Nature,” July 12, 2009. Radio interview. Nature Notes, KBUT (local National Public Radio station). Gothic, Colorado.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS 10. “An information-entropy approach to predicting metabolic rate distributions in ecological communities.” Contributed talk. Presented to American Society of Naturalists. Asilomar, California. January 10-14, 2016.

9. “Empirical tests of within- and across-species metabolic rate distributions.” Contributed talk. Presented to Ecological Society of America. Baltimore, Maryland. August 9-14, 2015.

8. “Disturbance ecology meets macroecology: a new method for cross-system comparisons of ecosystems in transition.” Contributed talk. Presented to Ecological Society of America. Sacramento, California. August 10-15, 2014.

7. “Macroecology meets disturbance ecology: connecting species diversity patterns to disturbance ecology through a macroecological framework.” Contributed talk. Presented to American Society of Naturalists. Asilomar, California. January 13-16, 2014.

6. “The paradox of rare species in macroecology.” Contributed talk. Presented to Evolution 2013, Conference for the Society for the Study of Evolution. Snowbird, Utah. June 21-25.

5. “Bird diversity and abundance responses to prescribed fire and mastication treatments in three seasons: a study of California chaparral.” Contributed talk. Presented to the 13th Annual Bay Area Conservation Biology Symposium. Berkeley, California. February 12, 2011.

4. Samelson-Jones, BJ, EA Newman, NJ Stokes, D Krause Jr., DS Hall. “Progress Towards a Rb-87 Bose-Einstein Condensate with Tunable Interactions.” Abstract. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 46, 104 (2001).

3. Samelson-Jones, BJ, EA Newman, NJ Stokes, D Krause, Jr. and DS Hall, “Interference between Bose-Einstein Condensates Independently Prepared in Two Spin-States,” Abstract. Bulletin of the American Physical Society 46, 104 (2001).

2. Rosenberry, M, E Newman and T Chupp, David Bear, Richard Stoner and Ronald Walsworth, “Search for a 129Xe Electric Dipole Moment,” Abstract. Bulletin of the American Physical Society 45, 49 (2000). 9 E.A. Newman. Updated April 2017.

1. Hunter LR, SK Peck, EA Newman, D Krause, Jr. “Measurement of the Cesium Electric Dipole Moment,” Abstract. Bulletin of the American Physical Society 43, 1285 (1998).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Tools of the Trade (course number ENE 198-02). Instructor of Record. Fall 2009. Graduate-level course, 12 students. Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley. • Graduate-level survey of mathematics and basic physics, including linear algebra, statistics, differential and integral calculus, differential equations, and thermodynamics Introductory Statistics. Teaching assistant. Instructor: D. Lass (fall 2001); S. Brandt (spring 2002) Undergraduate course, 200 students Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Fall semester 2001 and spring semester 2002 Physics. Teaching Assistant and Departmental Tutor. Amherst College, 1995-98 • Grader for Advanced Electromagnetism (1997) • Laboratory assistant for Classical Mechanics (1997) • Grader and teaching assistant for Electromagnetism (1996) • Tutor for Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetism (1995-1998)

Guest lectures and other teaching experiences The Gray Pine/chaparral ecosystem: a fire ecology story. Instructor/field trip leader (one-day trip). Field trip to Mount Diablo for UC Berkeley Alumni (group of 12). April 10, 2015. Ecology from populations to ecosystems. Instructor/field trip leader (one-day trip). Field trip to Mount Diablo for the Renaissance School, middle-school class, Oakland, CA. December 2014. Biology of Birds. Instructor (2 lectures). Summer community outreach workshop. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. Gothic, Colorado. July 2010. Empirical evidence of climate change. Guest lecturer (1 lecture). Western State College of Colorado continuing education program for high school teachers. Gothic, Colorado. July 2009. Volunteer environmental educator Farm Skills Festival. Moore County, North Carolina. Fall 2008 Teatown Lake Reservation, Ossining, NY. Summers 1995-1996

Mentored Students 2012-2016 Henry Houskeeper, University of California, Santa Cruz undergraduate/graduate student 2015 Colin Michael Lynch, University of Arizona, undergraduate 2013-2015 Carlea Anne Winkler, University of California, Berkeley undergraduate in semester Mo’orea field course (IB: C158, “Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands”) 2012-2015 Natalie Lowell, University of California, Berkeley graduate; University of Washington graduate student 10 2012-2014 Mark Wilber, Georgetown University graduate; University of California, Santa Barbara PhD student 2011-2013 Michael Cohen, University of California, Berkeley PhD student 2012 Brynn Cook, University of California, Berkeley undergraduate 2012 Charlotte Levy, Skidmore College undergraduate 2011 Arianne Messerman, Kenyon College undergraduate 2010 Deborah Bartholomew, University of Arkansas undergraduate

Field Technicians Ori Chafe, Jessica Goddard, Henry Houskeeper, Anya Kamenskaya, Natalie Lowell, Mark Wilber

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Judge, student talks and posters, Natural Areas Conference, October 2016. Invited student representative to Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology (BIGCB) external review. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California. March 2, 2015. Energy and Resources Group (ERG) Quantitative Environmental Science faculty search committee member 2014-2015 ERG Diversity Committee, 2014-2015. ERG Admissions Committee, two academic years (anonymous membership) ERG departmental mentor for incoming students (4 students total), 2010-2016. Invited student representative to College of Natural Resources Advisory Board, University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California. September 27, 2013. ERG Coordinating Committee, 2011-2012 (“Spherical Cow” prize won for service to department) Invited student representative to National Science Foundation external review of the Energy and Resources Group. University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley, California. October 2010. Peer review Reviewer for Nature (1), International Journal of Wildland Fire Science (3), Landscape Ecology (2), Methods in Ecology and Evolution (1), Sustainability (1) Reviewer (as part of committee) for North America chapter (WG2CH26) of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) W2 report: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.

FIELD EXPERIENCE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Massachusetts (2 years); North Carolina (2 years); Colorado (8 months); California (4 months); Arizona/New Mexico/Texas (2 months); Florida (2 weeks). FRENCH POLYNESIA: (5 months). KENYA: multiple sites (2 months). JAPAN: Okinawa (3 weeks). CHINA: multiple sites (2 weeks). TAIWAN: multiple sites (10 days). COSTA RICA: La Selva Biological Station (7 days).

MEDIA COVERAGE Selected media coverage of: Newman et al. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes in wild birds in northwestern California: Associations with ecological factors, bird behavior and tick infestation. PLOS ONE 2015. 11 E.A. Newman. Updated April 2017. 2015 UC Berkeley Newscenter. http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/ Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-california-birds-lyme-disease- 20150225-story.html The Atlantic: http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/02/suburban-birds-are-reservoirs-for-lyme-disease- bacteria/386009/ Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: ESA 2015. Dispatches. 13:124–128. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295-13.3.124 The Wildlife Society: http://wildlife.org/researchers-identify-birds-hosting-lyme-disease/ National Monitor: http://natmonitor.com/2015/03/01/warning-backyard-birds-could-be-hosts-of-lyme-disease/ Tech Times: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/36509/20150302/study-shows-birds-may-cause-increase-in- lyme-disease-risk.htm CBS San Francisco: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/02/26/common-birds-may-be-spreading-lyme- disease-in-california-more-than-known/ (plus over 80 other outlets, including online news in China, India, and New Zealand) Coverage of: Waterbird surveys with NC Wildlife Resources Commission The Stanly News & Press. Albemarle, North Carolina newspaper. “Wildlife Resources Commission conducts survey of Uwharries,” by Tiffany Thompson. Available online: http://www.thesnaponline.com/news/wildlife-resources-commission-conducts-survey-of- uwharries/article_8de4f30a-2fc0-5849-af86-44df9afa82e0.html?mode=jqm Coverage of: Bose-Einstein Condensate achieved at Amherst College UltraCold Atom News. “BEC at Amherst.” August 2005. https://ucan.physics.utoronto.ca/News/report.2005-08-01.3326611226/view Features Berkeley Graduate Division. “ERG Students Achieve National Recognition for Groundbreaking Studies” by M. Hellman. April 2015. http://grad.berkeley.edu/news/featured/erg-students-achieve-recognition/ Energy and Resources Group. “Student Spotlight.” September-October 2014. http://erg.berkeley.edu/people/newman-erica/ Amherst Magazine. Amherst College. Fall 1997.

SKILLS AND PROFICIENCIES Arc GIS, R, Mathematica, advanced electronics, advanced machining, intermediate proficiency in spoken and written French Monitoring experience with Federally Endangered, Threatened and Significantly Rare Species •Piping plover (Federally endangered): brood and nest watch •Red Cockaded woodpecker (Federally endangered): cavity watch, cavity peeping, and chick banding •Bachman’s sparrow (Federal species of concern): monitoring, tracking, mark-recapture, and banding •American Oystercatcher (NC Species of special concern): monitoring, nest checks, brood watch, and banding of adults and chicks •Loggerhead sea turtle (IUCN Endangered): nest location, egg excavation and transfer

SOCIETIES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Present Society for the Study of Evolution (2013-present); Ecological Society of America (2012-present); Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) and student chapter (SAFE) at UC Berkeley 2012-present; Northern California Prescribed Fire Council (2010-present); International Association of Wildland Fire (2010- 12 present); American Ornithologists' Union, 2008-present; Association of Field Ornithologists, 2008- present; International Association for Landscape Ecology, 2010, 2015-present.

Previous Society for Conservation Biology, UC Berkeley chapter, (2009-2014); Sandhills Natural History Society, (Southern Pines, North Carolina) 2007-2010; The Wildlife Society, North Carolina Chapter, 2008; North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council, 2008-2011; Women in Physics (University of Michigan), 1999-2000; Society of Sigma Xi, 1998; Amnesty International (school chapter president), 1993-1994.