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Heidi Liere Department Environmental Studies Seattle University 910 12th Ave, Seattle WA [email protected]; (206) 296-4035

Research interests urban and rural agroecology, community ecology, sustainable food systems, tropical biology, conservation biology, natural control

Professional appointments 2018-present Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, Seattle University 2014- 2018 Visiting Scholar, Biology Department, Reed College, Portland 2013- 2014 Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology Department, The University of the South- Sewanee, Tennessee 2011- 2012 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center

Education • Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), University of Michigan, USA, 2005-2011 • M.Sc. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, USA, 2004-2005 • Licenciatura in Biology (B.S. equivalent)--Cum laude-- Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, 1996-2001

Research grants and fellowships

Current

2021-2023: “Effect of the abundance, quality, and connectivity of green-spaces on beneficial in urban community gardens”. The Murdock College Research Program for Natural Sciences ($65,000)

2020-2023: “Ecological Networks, Management Shifts and Ecosystem Services in Urban Agricultural Landscapes.” USDA-NIFA grant. Co-PI. In collaboration with Stacy Philpott (University of California-Santa Cruz), Shalane Jha (University of Texas- Austin) and Brenda Lin (CISRO-Australia) ($500,000)

2020-2021: Global Engagement Grant, Seattle University. Collaborative pilot project: biodiversity inhome vegetable gardens in Guatemala ($6,320)

2019-2020: College of Arts and Sciences Student assistant award, Seattle University ($800)

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Past

2019: Undergraduate Student/Faculty Research Support Award, Hoba Endowment, College of Science and Engineering, Seattle University ($3250)

2019: Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, Seattle University. Effects of the abundance, quality, and connectivity of small green spaces on beneficial insects in urban community gardens in the city of Seattle ($7500)

2015-2019. “Biodiversity, sustainability, and ecosystem services in urban agricultural landscapes”. In collaboration with Stacy Philpott (University of California-Santa Cruz), Shalane Jha (University of Texas- Austin) and Brenda Lin (CISRO-Australia). USDA-NIFA grant ($ 450,000)

2007-2009: Graham Institute for Environmental Sustainability Fellowship, ($50,000)

2006: Idea Wild Fellowship (funded: $300)

2006: Helen Olsen Brower Fellowship for Environmental Studies, University of Michigan, ($8,000)

2005: International Institute Individual Research Fellowship, University of Michigan, ($2,000)

2007: Whittaker Research Mentoring Fellowship, University of Michigan ($800)

Publications

In review

• Liere, H. Egerer, M, P. Bichier, C. Sanchez, and S. Philpott. Social context influences urban gardeners’ perception of pests and managing practices. In review: For Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems – Agroecology and Ecosystem Services special issue: Moving from a Curative to Preventative Pest Management Paradigm • Stacy Philpott, Shalene Jha, Azucena Lucatero -Monika Egerer, Heidi Liere. Complex ecological interactions and ecosystem services in urban agroecosystems. Interdisciplinary Urban Agroecology Research. Cohen H. and Egerer, M. editors (book chapter)

In press • Liere, H. and M. Egerer. 2020. Chapt. 12: Ecology of Insects and Other in Urban Agroecosystems. In: Barbosa, P. (editor) Nature and Challenges of Urban Ecology (Book chapter). Heidi Liere Curriculum vitae Page 3 of 9

• Philpott S., M. Egerer, P. Bichier, H. Cohen , R. Cohen, H. Liere , S. Jha, B. Lin . Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens. Ecology and Society.

Published

1. O’Connell, M., Jordan, Z., McGilvray, E. Erin McGilvray, H.Cohen, H. Liere, B. B. Lin, S. M. Philpott & S.Jha. 2020. Reap what you sow: local plant composition mediates bumblebee foraging patterns within urban garden landscapes. Urban Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-01043-w 2. Cohen, H., Philpott, S.M., Liere, H. Lin, B. Jha, S. 2020. The relationship between pollinator community and pollination services is mediated by floral abundance in urban landscapes. Urban Ecosystems. 3. Philpott, S. M., Lucatero, A., Bichier, P., Egerer, M. H., Jha, S., Lin, B., & Liere, H. 2020. Natural enemy–herbivore networks along local management and landscape gradients in urban agroecosystems. Ecological Applications. 4. Egerer, M., Liere, H., Lucatero, A., & Philpott, S. M. 2020. Plant damage in urban agroecosystems varies with local and landscape factors. Ecosphere, 11(3), e03074 5. Vandermeer, J., I. Armbrecht, A. de la Mora, K.Ennis, G. Fitch, D. Gonthier, Z. Hajian- Forooshani, H. Hsieh, A. Iverson, D. Jackson, S. Jha, E. Jiménez-Soto, G. Lopez- Bautista, A. Larsen, K. Li, H. Liere, A. MacDonald, L. Marin, K. Mathis, I. Monagan, J. R Morris, T. Ong, G. L Pardee, I. Rivera-Salinas, C. Vaiyda, K. Williams-Guillen, S. Yitbarek, S. Uno, A. Zemenick, S. M Philpott, I. Perfecto. 2019. The Community Ecology of Herbivore Regulation in an Agroecosystem: Lessons from Complex Systems. BioScience 69 (12) : 974–996, 6. Dainese, M., Martin, E. A., Aizen, M., Albrecht, M., Bartomeus, I., Bommarco, R., [ + 99 authors including Liere H.] (2019). A global synthesis reveals biodiversity- mediated benefits for crop production. Science Advances, 8 (10) eaax0121. 7. Liere, H. Egerer, and S. Philpott. 2019. Environmental and spatial filtering of ladybeetle community composition and functional traits in urban landscapes. Journal of Urban Ecology 5:1-12 juz014 8. Lin, B. B., Egerer, M. H., Liere, H., Jha, S., & Philpott, S. M. (2018). Soil management is key to maintaining soil moisture in urban gardens facing changing climatic conditions. Scientific reports, 8(1), 17565.* 9. Karp DS, Chaplin-Kramer R, Meehan TD, Martin EA, DeClerck F, Grab H, Gratton C, Hunt L, Larsen AE, Martínez-Salinas A, O’Rourke ME [+143 authors including Liere H.]. 2018. Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition. PNAS 115(33), E7863-E7870 * 10. Egerer, M. H., Liere, H., Lin, B. B., Jha, S., Bichier, P., & Philpott, S. M. (2018). Herbivore regulation in urban agroecosystems: Direct and indirect effects. Basic and Applied Ecology, 29, 44-54. 11. Egerer, M. H., Liere, H., Bichier, P., & Philpott, S. M. (2018). Cityscape quality and resource manipulation affect natural enemy biodiversity in and fidelity to urban agroecosystems. Landscape Ecology, 33(6), 985-998. 12. Vandenberg, N., A. Iveson, and H. Liere 2018. A new species of myrmecophilous lady in the genus Diomus (Coleoptera: : Diomini) from Chiapas, Heidi Liere Curriculum vitae Page 4 of 9 Mexico that feeds on green scale, viridis (Green) (: ). Zootaxa, 4420(1), 113-122. 13. Egerer, M, Philpott, S., Bichier, P., Jha S., Liere H., Lin B. 2018. Gardener wellbeing along social and biophysical landscape gradients. Sustainability 10(1), 96; doi:10.3390/su10010096 14. Egerer, M.H., Philpott, S.M., Liere, H., Jha, S., Bichier, P. and Lin, B.B. 2018. People or place? Neighborhood opportunity influences community garden soil properties and soil-based ecosystem services. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 14(1), pp.32-44. 15. Lin B., M. Egerer, H. Liere, S. Jha, S. Philpott. 2018. Local and landscape scale land cover affect microclimate and water use in urban gardens. Science of the Total Environment 610: 570-575 16. Liere, H., Philpott S., and Jha S. 2017. Intersection between biodiversity conservation, agroecology and ecosystem services. Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems, Special Issue: The Ecology of Agroecology: a science-based search for food system sustainability. 41: 723-760. 17. Lin B., Philpott S., Jha S., and Liere H. 2017. Urban agriculture as a productive green infrastructure for environmental and social well-being (pp 155-179). IN Greening Cities: A Growing Imperative for Liveability and Sustainability (eds. Yok T.P. and C.Y. Jim). Springer Singapore 18. Liere, H., Kim, T., Werling, B., Landis, D. and C. Gratton. 2015. Trophic cascades in agricultural landscapes: indirect effects of landscape composition on crop yield. Ecological Applications, 25(3): 652-661 19. Liere, H. Perfecto, I. & Vandermeer, J. 2014. Stage-dependent responses to emergent habitat heterogeneity: consequences for a predatory insect population in a coffee agroecosystem. Ecology and Evolution 4(16): 3201-3209. 20. Werling B., Dickson T., Isaacs R., Gaines H., Gratton C., Gross K., Liere H., Malmstrom C., Meehan T., Ruan L., Robertson B., Robertson G., Schmidt T., Schrotenboer A., Teal K., Wilson J., Landis D. 2014. Perennial grasslands increase multiple ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes. PNAS 111 (4): 1652-1657. 21. Liere, H., Jackson, D. and Vandermeer, J. 2012. Ecological complexity in a coffee agroecosystem: Spatial heterogeneity, population persistence and biological control. PLoS One 7(9): e45508 22. Jha, S. Allen, D., Liere, H., Perfecto, I., Vandermeer J. 2012. Ant-hemipteran mutualisms and population regulation: mechanism matters. PLoS One 7(8): e43510 23. Hsieh, H., Liere, H., Soto E.J. & Perfecto, I. 2012. Cascading trait-mediated interactions induced by ant pheromones. Ecology and Evolution 2 (9): 2181-2191 24. Morales H., Ramírez, P., Liere H, Rodas S. & López, J. 2011. Reevaluating old Mayan pest control practices of stored corn for the agriculture of the future. Agroecologia (Pest Control, Special Issue) 5:63-72 (in Spanish) 25. Liere, H. and A. Larsen. 2010. Cascading trait-mediation: disruption of a trait- mediated mutualism by parasite-induced behavioral modification. Oikos 119: 1394–1400. 26. Vandermeer, J., I. Perfecto, H. Liere. 2009. Evidence for effective hyperparasitism on the coffee rust, Hemileia vastatrix, by the insect pathogen, Lecanicillium lecanii through a complex ecological web. Plant Pathology 58: 636 – 641 27. Liere, H. and I. Perfecto. 2008. Cheating on a mutualism: indirect benefits of ant attendance to a coccidophagous ladybird beetle. Environmental Entomology 37: 143-159. Heidi Liere Curriculum vitae Page 5 of 9

28. Vandermeer, J., H. Liere and B. Lin. 2006. Effects of pressure on species packing on a resource gradient: insights from nonlinear dynamics. Theoretical Population Biology 69: 395-408.

Invited Lectures • Invited to present at organized symposium entitled "The ecological connection: landscape perspective for pest control" for the 2020 ESA Pacific Branch Meeting in Spokane WA (cancelled to do COVID-19) • Guest lectures: Conservation biology WQ 2019; Invertebrate zoology FQ19 Seattle University • Liere, H. 2019. Intersection between agriculture and conservation. Guest lecture for Conservation Biology. Biology Department, Seattle U. • Liere, H. 2019. Urban agriculture, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Department of Environmental and agricultural Sciences. Universidad Landivar, Xelajú, Guatemala. • Liere, H. 2018. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems: From Coffee Farms to Urban Gardens. Department of Environmental Sciences, Seattle U. • Liere, H. 2018. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems: From Coffee Farms to Urban Gardens. Department of of Entomology, University of Maryland. • Philpott S. and H. Liere. 2017. Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Food Access in Urban Gardens in the California Central Coast. Bioeconomy and Agroecosystem Project Directors' Meeting. Tampa, FL • Liere, H., P. Bichier, M. Egerer, S. Jha, B. Lin and S. M. Philpott. 2017. Herbivore regulation in urban community gardens: direct and indirect pathways of control. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland OR • Liere, H. 2017. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems: From Coffee Farms to Urban Gardens. University of Washington-Tacoma • Liere, H. 2017. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems: From Coffee Farms to Urban Gardens. California State University-Bakersfield, CA • Liere, H. 2017. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems: From Coffee Farms to Urban Gardens. Dickinson College, PA • Liere, H. 2016. Biodiversity, Ecological Complexity and Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems: From Coffee Farms to Urban Gardens. Washington State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Vancouver WA. • Liere, H. 2015. Insects in Agriculture: from coffee farms to urban gardens. Portland State University. • Liere, H. 2014. Coffee and biodiversity: a story about complexity and biocontrol. Reed College, Biology Departmental Seminar. • Liere, H. 2013. Complex interactions and biodiversity in coffee agroecosystems. University of the South- Sewanee. • Liere, H. 2011. Biodiversity and biocontrol. Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison-Wisconsin • Liere, H. and Vandermeer, J. 2008. Ants, scales, and ladybeetles: complex interactions and natural pest control in a coffee agroecosystem in Mexico. Organized Symposium “Coffee Entomology: An International Perspective”-- International Conference of Entomology, Durban, South Africa • Liere, H. 2007. Multitrophic effects of a mutualism between ants and scale insects in a coffee agroecosystem. University Rafael Landivar, Guatemala. Heidi Liere Curriculum vitae Page 6 of 9

• Liere, H. 2006. Organic agriculture and agroecological studies in the tropics. University of Michigan, Residential College. • Liere, H. 2006. Multitrophic effects of a mutualism between ants and scale insects in a coffee agroecosystem. EEB Departmental seminar, University of Michigan. • Liere, H. 2006. Insects and agriculture. Invited guest lecturer for undergraduate Diversity Course, University of Michigan.

Contributed Lectures and Poster presentations

• Liere, H. 2019. Changes in natural enemy-herbivore networks along local and landscape gradients in urban agroecosystems. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America. St. Louis, MO. • Liere H. 2019. Local and Landscape Factors Affecting Biodiversity in Urban Community Gardens in Seattle. Fall Scholarship Showcase • Grandia, C. and H. Liere. Local and Landscape Factors Affecting Biodiversity in Urban Community Gardens in Seattle. 2019 STEM Research Showcase (CSE) College of Science and Engineering. • Liere. H., Lin B., M. Egerer, S. Jha, and S. Philpott. 2017. Community composition, functional traits, and functional diversity of ladybeetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in urban community gardens. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Denver CO (poster) • Philpott S., Z. Jordan, P. Bichier, H. Liere, B. Lin and S. Jha. 2017. Bumble bee pollen abundance and richness along am urban garden management gradient. ESA meeting, Portland OR • Lin B., M. Egerer, S. Jha, H. Liere and S. Philpott. 2017. The effect of local and landscape scale land cover on microclimate and water use in urban gardens. ESA meeting, Portland OR • Kim, T., H. Liere, T. Meehan, A. Fox, D. Landis, C. Gratton. 2015. Harvesting and landscape effects on natural enemy abundance & biocontrol in perennial grasslands. Entomological society of America Meeting, Portland, OR. • Spiesman, B., T. Kim, H. Liere, T. D. Meehan and C. Gratton. 2014. Investigating the effects of production-scale harvesting on pollination and biocontrol services in bioenergy grasslands. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento. • Kim, T., H. Liere, T. D. Meehan, A. Fox , D. A. Landis , C. Gratton. 2014. Harvesting and landscape effects on natural enemy abundance & biocontrol in perennial grasslands. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento (poster) • Kim, T., H. Liere, B. Werling, T. Meehan, D. Landis and C. Gratton. 2013. Tropic cascades in bioenergy landscapes. Entomological Society of America, Austin. • Landis, D., B. Werling, R. Isaacs, J. Tuell, A. Bennett, C. Gratton, T. Meehan, and H. Liere. 2012. Insect biodiversity and ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes: Lessons from a five-year study. Entomological Society of America Meeting, Knoxville. • Bennett A., H. Liere, C. Gratton, R. Isaacs. 2012. Does landscape context influence pollination services in biofuel crops? Entomological Society of America Meeting, Knoxville (poster) Heidi Liere Curriculum vitae Page 7 of 9

• Liere H, B. Werling, T. Meehan, D. Landis, and C. Gratton. 2012. Measuring yield benefits of biocontrol services in bioenergy landscapes. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland. • Gratton C., T. Meehan, B. Werling, H. Liere, J. Tuell, R. Isaacs, and D. Landis. 2012. -mediated ecosystem services in bioenergy landscapes. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Portland. • Liere H, B. Werling, T. Meehan, D. Landis and C. Gratton. 2012. Beneficial insect abundance and Biocontrol services in bioenergy landscapes. Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Annual Sustainability Meeting (Poster). • Tuell, J., H. Liere, R. Isaacs. 2011. Pollination in the context of land use change due to biomass crop production. Entomological Society of America Annual meeting, Reno. • Liere, H. and J. Vandermeer. 2010. Parasitoid flies, predatory , and mutualistic ants: How autonomously generated spatial patterns can promote population persistence. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh. • Larsen, A. and H. Liere. 2008. Effects of phorid flies (Pseudacteon sp.) on the foraging and persistence of the ladybeetle ( orbigera) in an organic coffee system. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno. • Liere, H. 2007. Persistence of a predator population, high-order effects of an ant- hemipteran mutualism in coffee. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Jose California • Liere, H. 2006. Persistence of a predator population: Multitrophic effects of an ant-scale mutualism in a coffee agroecosystem. Ecological Society of America, Merida-Mexico, (Poster) • Liere, H. 2003. Can a wild mustard (Brassica rapa) enhance natural control of the cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) in cabbage fields? Annual Meeting of the Mesoamerican Society for Biology and Conservation, Tapachula-Mexico.

Teaching experience

Seattle University

• Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 2018-2019 • Environmental Perspectives, 2019-2020 (Winter and Fall quarters) • Principles of Ecology, SQ 2019, SQ 2020 • Natural History: Principles and Practice, SQ-2019, SQ2020

University of the South-Sewanee • Ecological Integrity in Agriculture, 2014 • Entomology, 2013 • Field Investigations in Biology, 2013-2014

University of Michigan • Parasitology, 2006 & 2010 • Food, Energy and the Environment, 2009-2010 • Field Ecology, 2006 • Introductory Biology, 2004-2005

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Mentoring experience

• 2019: Sanya Cowal, Caroline Grandia, and Emily Nguyen; Seattle University undergraduate students. Mentored their directed study on beneficial insects in urban gardens in Seattle. • 2016-2017: Kelly Yearick, Masters student Portland State University. Co-advising for her Master’s research project on the effect of native flowers on pollinators and pollinator communities in urban gardens. • 2015-2016: Aramee Diethelm, undergraduate student Portland State University. Co- advising for her honors thesis on parasitic wasp biodiversity and community composition in green roofs in Portland, OR. • 2014: Zack Loehle, undergraduate at the University of the South. Independent study on honeybee effects on native bee population. • 2012-2013: Ally Nelson, Gavin Jones, Collin Schwantes, Chase Fritz, Amanda, Rudie, Andrea Snow, Alexandria Wenninger, Catherine Bergstrom, Forrest Howk, and Liz Wood. Undergraduate students at UW-Madison. Mentored and supervised their work as research assistants for the project funded by the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (Department of Energy). • 2012: Darin Lash, undergraduate student at UW-Madison. Research project for Introductory Biology. • 2008: Ashley Larsen, undergraduate student at U-Michigan. Summer research experience in Mexico. Our study produced a co-authored publication in Oikos (Liere and Larsen, 2008). • 2007: George Livingston, Adam White, and Carley Kratz, undergraduate students at U- Michigan. Summer research experience in Mexico. The three of them developed an independent project that resulted in their own peer-review publication in Environmental Entomology. • 2006 and 2010: U-Michigan parasitology students. Guided them and then edited their publications for taxonomic descriptions published in the online Encyclopedia of Life.

Professional Societies • Ecological Society of America • Entomological Society of America • Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science • Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation • Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network

Academic Service • Reviewed for: 2020: Journal of applied ecology (1), Basic and Applied Ecology (1) 2019: Urban Ecosystems (1), Urban Forestry and Urban Greening (1); before 2019: Ecological Applications, Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Urban Ecosystems, Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Ecology and Evolution, Biotropica, Journal for Nature Conservation, PloS ONE, Insects, Bulletin of Insectology, Ecological Entomology, Theoretical Population Biology, Agriculture and Human Values, Journal of Applied Ecology, PeerJ, Versita (book proposal), Insect Science Heidi Liere Curriculum vitae Page 9 of 9

• Grant/fellowship reviewer for: SACNAS conference travel scholarships; Sigma Delta Epsilon’s Graduate Women in Science Research Grant; PRESTIGE post-doc fellowships-France/European Union

Departmental service • Udall Scholarship committee review 2019 • EVST TT new Faculty Search committee 2019 • Mission Day planning committee 2019 • Global engagement: collaboration search with Guatemala Jesuit University partner, summer 2019 • Student representative for the Admissions Committee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2008-2009 • Representative for the underrepresented minorities recruiting delegation to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Hispanics, Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, 2007, 2008 • Student representative for the Diversity Committee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2006-2007

Professional development • Creating an Inclusive Classroom workshop’ (Winter 2020) • Faculty Learning Community: Idea-Based Learning (Winter Q19) • Assignment design: Best practices from the HE lit (Fall Q19)

Outreach activities • 2017: Led Kindergarten insect day, Happy Days Charter School, Portland OR • 2017: Developed pollination laboratory activities for high school teachers • 2016: Led training for high school teachers on pollinator diversity and pollination services (funded by the Gray Family Foundation), Portland OR • 2016: Led training for Citizen Science on insect diversity in community gardens, Portland OR • 2013: Led Girl scout field trip on insect biodiversity, Sewanee TN • 2012: Biodiversity-ecosystem services talk for Middle school teacher workshop organized by the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison WI