CURRICULUM VITAE – Bala Chaudhary Department Of

CURRICULUM VITAE – Bala Chaudhary

Department of Environmental Science and Studies DePaul University 1110 West Belden Avenue Chicago, IL 60614 [email protected] www.balachaudhary.com

EDUCATION Ph.D. Biological Sciences (with distinction) - Northern Arizona University 2010. Dissertation title: Patterns in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species distributions across spatial scales. Advisor: Dr. Nancy C. Johnson M.S. Biological Sciences (with distinction) - Northern Arizona University 2006. Thesis title: Functions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi at community and ecosystem scales in semiarid environments. Advisor: Dr. Nancy C. Johnson B.A. Biological Sciences (specialization in Ecology and Evolution) - University of Chicago 1999. Thesis title: Effects of elevated CO2 on root morphology and mycorrhizal fungi in a tallgrass prairie. Co-advisors: Dr. R. Michael Miller and Dr. James D. Bever

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Studies, DePaul University, Aug 2016-present Visiting Researcher (sabbatical), Institute fur Biologie, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany, 2019- 2020 Academic Year Lecturer, Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago, Aug 2012 - Aug 2016 Maternity-related career break, Jan 2011 - Aug 2012 Adjunct Faculty, School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Aug-Dec 2010 Restoration Ecologist, Earthworks Restoration Consulting, Los Angeles, Sept 2000 - Sept 2003 Research Technician, University of California Irvine, Sept 1999 - Sept 2000

AWARDS • Early Career Motivator Award 2020, Association of Women in Science Chicago • Woman of Spirit and Action Award 2020, DePaul University • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2019-2024 • National Science Foundation GK-12 Graduate Fellowship 2008-2009 • National Science Foundation Integrative Graduate Education Research Traineeship 2006-08 • ARCS Foundation Fellowships 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 • Best Oral Presentation, Soil Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America, 2008 • Best Student Presentation Honorable Mention, Society for Ecological Restoration 2007 • Fungal Environmental Sampling and Informatics Network Travel Award, 2008

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PUBLICATIONS *indicates undergraduate co-author Citations = 1,580 1. Chaudhary, VB, CA Aguilar‐Trigueros, MC Rillig (2021) Fungal dispersal across spatial scales. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, invited review. 2. Ksiazek-Mikenas, K, VB Chaudhary, D Larkin, K Skogen (2021) A habitat analog approach establishes native plant communities on green roofs. Ecosphere, in revisions. 3. Faist, AM, AJ Antoninka, N Barger, M Bowker, VB Chaudhary, CA Havrilla, E Huber- Sannwald, SC Reed, B Weber (2020) Broader impacts for ecologists: biological soil crusts as a model system for education. Frontiers in Microbiology, in press. 4. Chaudhary, VB, A Asefaw Berhe (2020) Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab. PLOS Computational Biology, 16(10): e1008210. 5. Antoninka, A, A Faist, E Rodriguez‐Caballero, KE Young, VB Chaudhary, LA Condon, DA Pyke (2020) Biological soil crusts in ecological restoration: emerging research and perspectives. Restoration Ecology, 28: S3-S8. 6. Rillig, MC, M Bielcik, VB Chaudhary, L Grünfeld, S Maaß, I Mansour, M Ryo, SD Veresoglou (2020) Ten simple rules for increased lab resilience. PLOS Computational Biology, 16(11): e1008313. 7. Rillig, MC, CA Aguilar‐Trigueros, IC Anderson, J Antonovics, M-B Ballhausen, J Bergmann, M Bielcik, VB Chaudhary, C Deveautour, L Grünfeld, S Hempel, M Lakovic, DR Lammel, A Lehmann, J Lehmann, EF Leifheit, Y Liang, E Li, YM Lozano, A Manntschke, I Mansour, P Oviatt, L Pinek, JR Powell, J Roy, M Ryo, MA Sosa‐Hernández, SD Veresoglou, D Wang, G Yang, H Zhang (2020) Myristate and the ecology of AM fungi: significance, opportunities, applications and challenges. New Phytologist, 227: 1610-1614. 8. Eldridge, DJ, S Reed, SK Travers, MA Bowker, FT Maestre, J Ding, C Havrilla, E Rodriguez‐ Caballero, N Barger, B Weber, A Antoninka, J Belnap, VB Chaudhary, A Faist, S Ferrenberg, E Huber‐Sannwald, O Malam, IY Zhao. (2020) The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world's drylands. Global Change Biology, 00: 1– 12. 9. *Chaudhary, VB, S Nolimal, MA Sosa‐Hernández, C Egan, J Kastens. (2020) Trait‐based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist, 228: 238-252. 10. *Chaudhary, VB, K Akland, NC Johnson, MA Bowker. (2020) Do soil inoculants accelerate dryland restoration? A simultaneous assessment of biocrusts and mycorrhizal fungi. Restoration Ecology, 28: S115-S126. 11. Bueno, CG, L Aldrich‐Wolfe, VB Chaudhary, M Gerz, T Helgason, JD Hoeksema, J Klironomos, Y Lekberg, D Leon, H Maherali, M Öpik, M Zobel, M Moora (2019) Misdiagnosis and uncritical use of plant mycorrhizal data are not the only elephants in the room. New Phytologist, 224: 1415-1418. 12. Havrilla, C, VB Chaudhary, A Antoninka, J Belnap, S Ferrenberg, M Bowker, D Eldridge, A Faist, E Huber-Sannwald, A Leslie, E Rodriguez-Caballero, YM Zhang, N Barger. (2019) Towards a predictive framework for biocrust mediation of plant performance: a meta- analysis. Journal of Ecology, 107(6), 2789-2807. 13. *Chaudhary, VB, E Sandall, M Lazarski. (2019) Urban mycorrhizas: predicting arbuscular mycorrhizal abundance in green roofs. Fungal Ecology, 40: 12-19. 14. Hoeksema, JD, J Bever, S Chakraborty, VB Chaudhary, M Gardes, CA Gehring, MM Hart, EA Housworth, W Kaonongbua, JN Klironomos, MJ Lajeunesse, J Meadow, BG Milligan, BJ Piculell, A Pringle, MA Rúa, J Umbanhowar, W Viechtbauer, Y-W Wang, GWT Wilson, P Zee.

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(2018) Evolutionary history of plant hosts and fungal symbionts predicts the strength of mycorrhizal mutualism. Communications Biology, 1(1), 116. 15. Chaudhary, VB, Cuenca G, NC Johnson. (2018) Tropical-temperate comparison of landscape-scale arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal species distributions. Diversity and Distributions, 24(1): 116-128. 16. Hart, MM, PM Antunes, VB Chaudhary, LL Abbott. (2018) Fungal inoculants in the field – is the reward greater than the risk? Functional Ecology, 32(1):126-35. 17. Chaudhary, VB, MA Rúa, A Antoninka, JD Bever, J Cannon, A Craig, J Duchicela, A Frame, M Gardes, C Gehring, M Ha, M Hart, J Hopkins, B Ji, NC Johnson, W Kaonongbua, J Karst, RT Koide, LJ Lamit, J Meadow, BG Milligan, JC Moore, TH Pendergast IV, B Piculell, B Ramsby, S Simard, S Shrestha, J Umbanhowar, W Viechtbauer, L Walters, GWT Wilson, P Zee, JD Hoeksema. (2016) MycoDB, a global database of plant response to mycorrhizal fungi. Scientific Data 3, 160028. 18. Rúa, MA, A Antoninka, PM Antunes, VB Chaudhary, C Gehring, LJ Lamit, BJ Piculell, JD Bever, C Zabinski, JF Meadow, and MJ Lajeunesse. 2016. Home-field advantage? Evidence of local adaptation among plants, soil, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi through meta-analysis. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16(1), p.1. 19. Byrne, L, RK Thiet, and VB Chaudhary. 2016. Pedagogy for the pedosphere. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14(5), 238-240. 20. Chaudhary, VB, TE O'Dell, MC Rillig, NC Johnson. 2014. Multiscale patterns of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance & diversity in semiarid shrublands. Fungal Ecology 12:32-43. 21. Álvarez-Sánchez, J, NC Johnson, A Antoninka, VB Chaudhary, MK Lau, SM Owen, I Sánchez- Gallen, G Guadarrama, S Castillo. 2011. Large-scale diversity patterns in spore communities of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi. In Pagano, MC (Ed.) Mycorrhiza: Occurrence in Natural and Restored Environments. pp 29-48. Nova Science Inc., New York. 22. Hoeksema, JD, VB Chaudhary, CA Gehring, NC Johnson, J Karst, RT Koide, A Pringle, C Zabinski, JD Bever, JC Moore, GWT Wilson, JN Klironomos, J Umbanhowar. (2010) A meta- analysis of context-dependency in plant response to inoculation with mycorrhizal fungi. Ecology Letters 13(3):394-407. 23. Chaudhary, VB, LL Walters, JD Bever, JD Hoeksema, GWT Wilson. 2010. Advancing synthetic ecology: database system to facilitate complex ecological meta-analyses. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 91(2):235-243. 24. Johnson, NC, VB Chaudhary, JD Hoeksema, JC Moore, A Pringle, JA Umbanhower, GWT Wilson. 2009. Mysterious mycorrhizae? A field trip and classroom experiment to demystify the symbioses formed between plants and fungi. American Biology Teacher 71:424-429. 25. Chaudhary, VB, TE O’Dell, MA Bowker, JB Grace, AE Redman, MC Rillig, NC Johnson. (2009) Untangling the biological controls of soil stability in semi-arid shrublands. Ecological Applications 19:110-122. 26. Bowker, MA, J Belnap, VB Chaudhary, NC Johnson. 2008. Revisiting classic water erosion models in drylands: the strong impact of biological soil crusts. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40:2309-2316. 27. Chaudhary, VB, MK Lau, and NC Johnson. 2008. Macroecology of Microbes – Biogeography of the Glomeromycota. In Varma, Ajit (Ed.) Mycorrhiza: Genetics and Molecular Biology,

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Eco-Function, Biotechnology, Eco-Physiology, Structure and Systematics, 3rd edition. pp. 529- 564. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 28. Johnson, NC, JD Hoeksema, JD Bever, VB Chaudhary, C Gehring, J Klironomos, R Koide, RM Miller, J Moore, P Moutoglis, M Schwartz, S Simard, W Swenson, J Umbanhowar, G Wilson, C Zabinski. 2006. From Lilliput to Brobdingnag: extending models of mycorrhizal function across scales. Bioscience 56:889-900. 29. Chaudhary, VB and MJ Griswold. 2001. Mycorrhizal Fungi – a Restoration Practitioner’s Point of View. Ecesis 11:1-10.

GRANTS External funding • National Science Foundation, "SUPER: STEM Urban Professional Equity Readiness Program for Cultivating Inclusive Racial-Ethnic Diversity, Education, and Innovation". 2021-2023. Co- PI L. Scott ($349,224) Pending • National Science Foundation, "Urban Long-Term Ecological Research Site: Chicago - The Rules of Urban Life". 2020-2028. Co-PI J. LaMontagne ($7,000,000) Not funded • National Science Foundation, “CAREER: Linking macroecology and traits to predict mycorrhizal fungal dispersal” 2019-2024. Funded for $715,052 • British National Environmental Research Council, “i-COMET, International Collaboration on Mycorrhizal Ecological Traits” 2019-2021. Co-PI T. Helgason. Funded for £80,177 • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, “Can functional traits predict the plant microbiome of urban green roofs?” 2019-2020. ($55,379) Not funded • Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, “Planting mycorrhizal trees could be a smarter solution for Delhi Pollution” 2019-2021. Co-PI M. Gupta ($27,339) Not funded • Smith Postdoctoral Fellowship in Conservation Research, “Conservation of Nature’s Stage in Cities” 2019-2021. Post-doctoral trainee D. Hermann ($197,925) Not funded • Department of Defense, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. “Economic and environmental analysis of green, solar, and biosolar roofs to maximize ecosystem services of infrastructure” 2018-2019. Co-PI C. Klimas ($199,647) Not funded • National Geographic Society Sustainable Cities Grant “If you build it, will they come? Exploring the microbiome of urban green roof plants” 2018-2021. ($148,124) Not funded • Alliance for the Great Lakes Young Professionals Grant Program “Strengthening the Pipeline for Students of Color to Undergraduate Degrees in Environmental Science/Studies” 2018. Co-PI T. Schusler ($4,600) Not funded

Internal funding • University Research Council Global Engagement Research Grant, Sept 2019 - Aug 2020, Can functional traits predict the plant microbiome of urban green roofs? Funded for $4000 • University Research Council Paid Leave Program, Can functional traits predict the plant microbiome of urban green roofs? Awarded 2019-2020 academic year research leave

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• University Research Council Competitive Course Release Spring 2019, Linking macroecology and traits to predict mycorrhizal fungal dispersal. Awarded 1 course release • University Research Council Academic Initiative Pool, 2018 Faculty Summer Research Grant, Living dust: elucidating microbial dispersal through genetic analysis of air-borne symbiotic microbes. Funded for $7,268 • College of Science and Health Faculty 2017 Summer Research Grant, Maximizing ecosystem services of urban green roofs with mycorrhizal fungi. Funded for $4,200 • University Research Council, Faculty Success Program Boot Camp, DePaul University, Jan - June 2017. Funded for $3,750

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Courses • Fungi in the Environment (ENV 490), DePaul University; Spring 2021 • Urban Biodiversity Management (ENV 401), DePaul University; Fall 2020 • Ecological Data Analysis in R (ENV 403), DePaul University; Winter 2019, Winter 2021 • Meta-analysis in Ecology (BIO 599), Northern Arizona University; Fall 2010

Undergraduate Courses • Plant Ecology w/lab (ENV 315), DePaul University, Spring 2017 & 2018 • Environmental Data Analysis w/lab (ENV 260), DePaul University, Winter 2017, 2018, 2019 • Intro to Environmental Science w/Lab (ENV 102), DePaul University, Fall 2016, 2017, 2018 • Climate Change and the Media (LSP 112), DePaul University, Winter 2017, Winter 2018 • Foundations of Envi. Science w/lab (ENV 137), Loyola Univ. Chicago, Fall 2013, 2014, 2015 • Soil Ecology (ENV 223), Loyola University Chicago, Spring 2014, 2015, 2016 • Scientific Basis of Envi. Issues (UCSF 137), Loyola University Chicago: Fall 2012, 2013, 2014 • Human Impacts on the Environment (ENV 281), Loyola University Chicago: Spring 2013

Graduate Student Dissertation/Thesis Committees • Rachel Berner, Washington State University, 1/20-present • Helen Law, DePaul University, 9/20-present • Michelle Gilchrist, DePaul University, 9/18-present • Kelly Kziazek, Northwestern University, 12/2017

Undergraduate Thesis Students Advised • Humayra Munshi, Spring 2020-present • Ashlyn Royce, Spring 2018-present • Kelly Velasquez, graduated Spring 2020 • Emma Mares, graduated Spring 2020 • Martha Lazarski, graduated Spring 2018 • Sarah Nolimal, graduated Spring 2018 • Greg Skora, graduated Spring 2018 • Rose Doherty, graduated Spring 2018

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• Claudia Victoroff, graduated Spring 2016 • Connor Tamaka, graduated Spring 2016 • Brittany Rivera, graduated Spring 2016 • Amina Smajlovic, graduated Spring 2016 • Sarah Ashcraft-Johnson, graduated Spring 2015 • Aqsa Junagadhwala, graduated Spring 2015 • Katie Pacholski, , graduated Spring 2014 • Susanna Lohmar, graduated Spring 2014 • Emily Sandall, graduated Spring 2014 • Kristine Akland, graduated Spring 2009

INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS Conferences • National Science Foundation Macrosystems Biology Conference, Keynote, "Incorporating antiracism into macrosystems research', January 13, 2021. • Ecology Underground Virtual Conference, Keynote, "Visions for our science community – anti-racism and underground ecology", August 4, 2020. • Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Organized Oral Session, "Trade-offs among functional traits aid predictions for mycorrhizal fungal dispersal", August 5, 2020. • Global Sustainability Conference, Rome, Italy, "Illuminating the black box of soil ecological systems", October 2, 2018.

Departmental Seminars • Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, "Trait-based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi", December 3, 2020. • Department of Biology, University of Colorado Denver, "Trait-based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi", October 2, 2020. • Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University, "Trait-based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi", April 24, 2020. • Department of Ecology and Genetics, University of Uppsala Sweden, "Trait-based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi", January 21, 2020. • Institute fur Biologie, University of Graz Austria, "Trait-based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi", December 3, 2019. • Institute fur Biologie, Freie Universität Germany, "Taxonomic variation in aerial dispersal of AM fungi – testing trait-based predictions", July 29, 2019. • Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas, "How do mycorrhizal fungi disperse and why does it matter for green roofs?", May 3, 2019. • Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, "How do mycorrhizal fungi disperse and why does it matter for green roofs?". February 15, 2019. • Center for Global Education, North Central College, "Promoting urban biodiversity and ecosystem services of green roofs with plant symbionts", September 21, 2018.

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• Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Illinois Chicago, "Mycorrhizal dispersal – theoretical and experimental approaches for predicting community structure", September 10, 2018. • The Energy and Resource Institute, Gurugram, India, "Urban mycorrhizas - promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services in green roofs", December 6, 2017. • Sri Aurobindo College, Delhi University, India, "Risks and rewards of the use of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal bioinoculants", December 4, 2017.

Science Outreach Events • Ada Lovelace Day Live, Institution of Engineering and Technology, London, England, "How do microbes disperse?", October 8, 2019. • KAMII MLK Food Justice and Sustainability Conference, Chicago, "Cultivating soil microbes - promoting belowground biodiversity to maximize soil ecosystem services", January 14, 2017. • Good Food Festival, Chicago, "Save the soil: soil protection and conservation", June 21, 2017.

CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (2017-present) *indicates student presenter • Bowker, MA, VB Chaudhary, ..., German Cariac (2020) Biocrusts are the most influential soil surface stabilizing force in drylands. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Virtual Online. • *Spann, S, ML Slate, ..., VB Chaudhary (2020) Do biocrusts harbor mycorrhizal fungi across dryland ecosystems? Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Virtual Online. • *Metzler, P, K Ksiazek-Mikenas, VB Chaudhary (2020) Green roof mycorrhizal communities determined by plant host and inoculation. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Virtual Online. • Chaudhary, VB (2019) How does traditional agriculture impact arbuscular mycorrhizal biodiversity? Agroscope Symposium: Above- and belowground Biodiversity for Sustainable Ecosystems, Zurich, Switzerland. • Chaudhary, VB, C Egan (2019) Trait-based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. British Ecological Society Annual Meeting. Belfast, Northern Ireland. • Chaudhary, VB, C Egan (2019) Trait-based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. International Conference on Mycorrhizas. Merida, Mexico. • Schusler, T, VB Chaudhary (2019) Students of Color Identify Ways Environmental Faculty Can Advance Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Undergraduate Programs. North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference, Lexington, Kentucky. • Chaudhary, VB (2018) Mycorrhizal dispersal – theoretical and experimental approaches for predicting community structure. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans. • Chaudhary, VB, G Cuenca, NC Johnson (2018) Protecting the invisible - identifying proxy indicators for landscape-scale AMF conservation. International Mycological Congress. San Juan, Puerto Rico. • *Hernandez, M, VB Chaudhary, M Engel, C Espedido, A Howerton, J Marcos, B Rivera, T Schusler (2018) Students of color identify ways environmental faculty can advance

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racial/ethnic diversity in undergraduate programs. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. New Orleans. • Chaudhary, VB, ME Miller, S Nolimal (2017) Vertical and seasonal patterns of wind dispersal in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. International Conference on Mycorrhizas. Prague, Czech Republic.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE • Ecological Society of America, Award Committee for Forrest Shreve Award, International Ecology Award, and Robert H. Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist Award. 2020-present • Associate Editor, Fungal Ecology, Journal for the British Mycological Society. 2019-present • Guest Associate Editor, Restoration Ecology, Journal for the Society for Ecological Restoration. 2019-present • National Science Foundation Panelist, Population and Community Ecology Cluster, Graduate Research Fellowship Program. 2018-present • Developer/Curator, MycoDB – global database for mycorrhizal meta-analyses. 2004-present • Manuscript Reviewer – New Phytologist, Fungal Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Ecology, Frontiers in Ecology & Environment, Biotropica, Restoration Ecology, Functional Ecology, Mycorrhiza • Memberships - Ecological Society of America, International Mycorrhiza Society, British Ecological Society, Mycological Society of America, Soil Ecology Society, Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative • Student Presentation Judge, International Conference on Mycorrhizas (2017), Mycological Society of America (2018), Soil Ecology Society (2014)

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION (DEI) SERVICE AND SCHOLARSHIP Invited DEI talks • ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Diversity and Inclusion Series for Academic Association of Scientific Staff, "Ten simples rules for building an antiracist lab", October 29, 2020. • Reclaiming STEM, Science communication/policy training for people from minoritized groups, "Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab", October 3, 2020. • Stanford Woods Institute, Grad Student/Postdoc Workshop Series, "Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab", October 1, 2020. • Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School Panel, "Belonging: Thoughts on Diversity and Inclusion in Academia", September 22, 2020.

Initiatives • Founder WOCinEEB Slack, Online community for ecologists and evolutionary biologists who self-identify as women of color. • Co-PI, Cross-institutional DEI research. "Students of color speak: diversity and inclusion in environmental degree programs" 2017-present, manuscript in preparation.

Committees • College DEI Committee, College of Science & Health, DePaul, July 2020-present.

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• College of Science and Health Ad hoc Faculty Diversity Committee, 2017-present • Departmental DEI Committee, Environmental Science & Studies, DePaul, 2018-present. • Mycological Society of America Diversity and Inclusion Committee 2017-2020. • Women in Soil Ecology (WISE) Mentor Match Program, 2018-present. • Member, ELEVATE, Asian American Professional Organization, DePaul, 9/16-present • Member, Environmentalists of Color

UNIVERSITY SERVICE • Student Scholarship Committee, DePaul University, 2016-present • College of Science & Health Research Strategic Planning Committee, DePaul, 2018-2019 • Departmental Seminar Series Committee, DePaul University, 2018-2019 • University Urban Agriculture Steering Committee, DePaul University, 2016-2018

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT • Advisory Board Member, Advocates for Urban Agriculture, Chicago, IL. 2018-2019 • Advisory Board Member, District 72 K-8 Science Committee, Skokie, IL. 2016-2019. • Board Member, The Talking Farm (non-profit urban farm), Skokie, IL. 2014-2016. • Guest presentations and panels: o Elementary School Guest Speaker, “Green roofs: helping us adapt to climate change”. o Victory Gardens Theater, Women in STEM Day Panel. o University of Chicago Alumni Career Day, "Careers in research sciences". o One Earth Film Festival o The Field Museum, Calumet in My Backyard Day

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Faculty Success Alumni Program, National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, 2018-present • DePaul Online Teaching Series, Intensive 40-hour faculty development program that prepares faculty to design, build, and facilitate successful online courses. December 2018 • Faculty Success Program, National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, 2017