MADHUSUDAN KATTI Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740 [email protected] | : 559•278•2460 | : 559•278•3963 | http://zimmer.csufresno.edu/~mkatti
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS Reconciliation Ecology: specifically, understanding the ecological, behavioral, and physiological responses of animals to environmental variation at natural and, especially, human-induced extremes; understanding the evolution of such responses; application of such knowledge for biodiversity conservation; community ecology; mathematical population modeling; biostatistics; avian life history evolution; urban ecology; conservation biology and policy. EDUCATION Ph.D. (Biology) 1997. University of California, San Diego, USA. Dissertation Title: Ecology and evolution of non-breeding distributions in the Old World leaf warblers. M.Sc. (Wildlife Sciences, first class), 1989. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. Dissertation Title: Bird communities of lower Dachigam valley, Kashmir. B.Sc. (Zoology, first class), 1987. The Institute of Science, University of Bombay, India. PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE 2004-Present: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, California State University, Fresno. 2006-Present: Adjunct Professor and Ph.D. Guide, Manipal University, India. 2003-2004: Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Life Sciences and Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University. 2000-2003: Postdoctoral Research Associate. Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) Project Arizona State University, USA. 1998-2000: Lecturer and Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA. 1997: Visiting Research Scholar. Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, USA. 1995-1998: Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve Eco-Development Project (World Bank). Consultant on Biodiversity Inventory and Monitoring, Mundanthurai, India. 1990-1996: Graduate Teaching Assistant. University of California, San Diego. 1990: Technical Assistant. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Present: Broad research program on the evolutionary ecology of vertebrate responses to human modification of habitats. Specific projects include: differential use of space and ranging behavior of Western Scrub Jays in central California; use of urban/suburban habitats by migrant songbirds in California, Arizona, and southern India; effects of traffic noise on communication and behavior of some California birds; bird community response to riparian habitat restoration along the San Joaquin river, California; population dynamics of an endemic songbird in rainforest fragments in southern India; evolution of human commensalism in south Asian primates. 2003–2004: Modeling urban bird behavior and population dynamics; Research on how social institutions and ecological processes interact as coupled socio-ecological systems to affect the outcomes of large-scale conservation / ecodevelopment projects, in India. 2000–Present: Research on the physiological, behavioral and ecological effects of urban development and habitat change on bird species in Central Arizona. 1998-2000: Research on ecological and endocrine mechanisms of reproductive flexibility in crossbills and related cardueline finches. 1992-1997: Ph.D. dissertation research on the ecology of migrant warblers over-wintering in the seasonal tropical forests of India. 1997: A study of the impact of logging on a breeding population of Ovenbirds in the George Washington National Forest, Virginia, conducted through the Smithsonian Institution’s Conservation and Research Center. 1992: A survey of tree and bird species diversity in Mehao Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India. 1990: A distributional survey of the endangered Takin (Budorcas taxicolor), and other mammals and birds in Arunachal Pradesh in the eastern Himalaya of India, 1989: Masters dissertation on bird communities in Dachigam National Park, Kashmir, India. 1988. Survey of vertebrates and plants as part of WII’s Environmental Impact Assessment for Narmada Sagar Dam project, central India. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2004-present California State University: Biology of Reptiles and Birds (ZOOL 174); Evolution (BIOSC 180); Field Methods in Ecology (ECOL 141); Reconciliation Ecology (BIOL 260T); Graduate Seminar in Biology (BIOL 281); Biometry (BIOL 274); Animal Diversity (ZOOL 10); Biogeography (BIOL 275); Ecology Lab (BIOSC 130); Animal Communication (BIOL 260T); Human Ecology (BIOL 110). 2003 Arizona State University: Mathematical Models in Ecology (BIO 424), Guest Lecturer; Human Impacts on Ancient Environments (ASB 326), Guest Lecturer. Applied Statistics (STP 420), Tutor. 2000-2003 Summer internships for schoolteachers in Ecology Explorers, CAP LTER’s K-12 outreach program. Instructor and Advisor. Contribute to web content. 2000 Arizona State University. Urban Ecological Systems. Guest Lecturer. 1999 Princeton University. Vertebrate Biology. Lecturer. 1997 Smithsonian Conservation and Research Center. Training of Earthwatch Volunteers in bird census and habitat measurement techniques. 1996 University of California, San Diego. Sociobiology/Behavioral Ecology Laboratory. Teaching Assistant, spring and fall quarters. 1994 University of California, San Diego. Sociobiology. Teaching Assistant. 1993 University of California, San Diego. Conservation Biology Laboratory. Teaching Asst. 1993-1994 Pondicherry University, India, Field course, Techniques in Ecology & Behavior. 1991 University of California, San Diego. Introduction to Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. Teaching Assistant. AWARDS & GRANT ACTIVITIES 2007. National Science Foundation. Birds in the city: building and testing a theory of urban population dynamics. (being submitted January 2008). 2007. NSF. Bird Survey of the South-East Himalayan Region: Relevance for Major Zoogeographic Regions and Biodiversity Hotspots. Co-PI with Smithsonian Inst. Pending. 2007 CSU-Fresno, Provost Award. Monitoring Urban Bird Diversity Through Citizen Science. 2007 CSM International Activities Award, $4000.00. Visit of graduate student from India. 2007 CSM Faculty Research Award, $8600.00. Effects of anthropogenic noise on the songs of birds 2007 CSM Faculty Performance Award, $2000.00. 2007 CSU-Fresno, CSM Scholarly and Creative Activity Award, Assigned Time (3 WTU’s). 2007. NSF. Birds in the city: developing and testing a theory of urban population dynamics. In revision for the CAREER program. 2006 CSU-Fresno, CSM Faculty Sponsored Student Research Award for Karl Kraft
CV: Madhusudan Katti Page 2 11/20/07 ($1,600). Avian response to riparian restoration on the San Joaquin river. 2006 CSU-Fresno, CSM Faculty Sponsored Student Research Award for Craig Kellogg ($1,200). Effects of traffic noise on bird songs. 2006 CSU-Fresno, CSM International Activities Award ($5,000). Developing collaborations in India. 2006 CSU-Fresno, CSM Scholarly and Creative Activity Award, Assigned Time (3 WTU’s). 2005 CSU-Fresno, Provost Award ($5,000). Birds in the city: behavior and population dynamics in novel environments. 2005 CSU-Fresno, CSM Faculty Sponsored Student Research Award for Karl Kraft ($2000). Avian response to riparian restoration on the San Joaquin river. 2005 CSU-Fresno, CSM Faculty Sponsored Student Research Award for Craig Kellogg ($2000). Effects of traffic noise on bird songs. 2005 CSU-Fresno, CSM College Mini-Grant Award ($2,500). Effects of urban noise on the songs and singing behavior of birds. 2005 CSU-Fresno, CSM Scholarly and Creative Activity Award, Assigned Time (3 WTU’s). 2004 CSU-Fresno, CSM Instructional Equipment Grant ($8,000). For Field Methods Course. 2004 CSU-Fresno, CSM Faculty Research Equipment Award ($1,463). Optics for field research. 2004 CSU-Fresno, CSM Learning Environment Improvement Award ($4,285). Furniture for student research/conference space in Science 218. 2004 CSU-Fresno, CSM New Program Support Award ($19,838). Urban Environmental Studies research program. 2004 CSU-Fresno, CSM Faculty Performance Award ($1,200). Funds for research travel. 2004 CSU-Fresno, CSM Faculty Sponsored Student Research Award for Caroline Rhodes ($1,415). Foraging behavior of urban and non urban birds. 2004 CSU-Fresno, CSM Faculty Sponsored Student Research Award for Heather Celina Baker ($2,000). Impact of traffic noise on songbirds. 2004 CSU-Fresno, CSM Instructional Equipment Grant ($2,660). Optics for Field Ecology. 2002 NSF-Research Experience for Undergraduates grant (Supplement to NSF# LTER DEB-9714833): The effects of noise and traffic on bird diversity. Supported Claire Hudson. 2001 NSF-REU grant (Suppl. to NSF# LTER DEB-9714833): Comparative study of cactus wren nest microhabitat in urban vs. desert habitats. Supported Christopher Putnam. 2000-2001 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution. Declined. 1998-2000 Postdoctoral support at Princeton University through NSF Grant (#9808470): Neuroendocrine Basis of Reproductive Flexibility. PI: Thomas P. Coombs-Hahn. 1990-1994 Graduate Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship,; 1995-96. Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego. 1993-97 Research Fellowship, NYZS / The Wildlife Conservation Society. Winter ecology and conservation of migrant birds in southern India. $30,000.00 PI: M. Katti 1995 Travel Grant, American Ornithologists’ Union. $250.00 1994-95 Junior Fellowship, American Institute of Indian Studies. $18,000.00. PI: M. Katti Travel Grant, 1994. American Ornithologists’ Union. For presenting a paper at the International Ornithological Congress in Vienna, Austria, August 1995. $500.00 1993 Research Grant, Oriental Bird Club. Winter ecology of migrant warblers in southern India. $600.00. PI: M. Katti 1993 Grant-in-aid of Research, Sigma Xi Society. Winter ecology and conservation of migrant birds in southern India. $390.00. PI: M. Katti 1991 Forktail-Leica Award, Oriental Bird Club. A survey of bird diversity in Arunachal Pradesh, India. £1,000.00. PI: M. Katti 1991 Research Grant, Biodiversity Support Program. Biodiversity and conservation of tropical
CV: Madhusudan Katti Page 3 11/20/07 forests in Arunachal Pradesh, India: a survey. $8,650.00. PI: M. Katti 1990 Travel Fellowship, J. N. Tata Foundation. Travel support for graduate studies in U.S. 1988-1989 Salim Ali Fellowship, Bombay Natural History Society. For a masters degree in Wildlife Sciences at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India. WRITINGS Peer-reviewed publications 1. Anderies, J. M., Katti, M., and E. Shochat. 2007. Living in the city: Resource availability, predation, and bird population dynamics in urban areas. Journal of Theoretical Biology 247: 36-49 2. Walker, J. S., Balling, R. C. Jr., Briggs, J. M., Katti, M., Warren, P. S., Wentz, E. A. 2007(In Press). Birds of a feather: interpolating distribution patterns of urban birds. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems. 3. MacDougall-Shackleton, S. A., M. Katti and T. P. Hahn. 2006. Tests of absolute photorefractoriness in four species of cardueline finch that differ in reproductive schedule. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:3786-3794. 4. Warren, P. S., M. Katti, M. Ermann, and A. Brazel. 2006 Urban Bioacoustics—It’s not just noise. Animal Behaviour 71:491-502. 5. Kinzig, A. P., Warren, P. S., Martin, C., Hope, D., and M. Katti. 2005. The Effects of Human Socioeconomic Status and Cultural Characteristics on Urban Patterns of Biodiversity Ecology & Society 10 (1): 23. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss1/art23/ 6. Hahn, T.P. M. E. Pereyra, M. Katti, G. M. Ward, and S. A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2005. Effects of food availability on the reproductive system. In: Functional Avian Endocrinology (A. Dawson and P. Sharp, Eds.), Narosa Pub. House. ISBN: 81-7319-568-4. 7. Hope, D., Gries, D., Warren, P., Katti, M., Stuart, G., Oleson, J., Kaye, J. How do humans restructure the biodiversity of the Sonoran desert? 2005. In: Connecting Mountain Islands and Desert Seas: Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II, 2004 May 11-15, Tucson, AZ. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-26: 189-194 (Fort Collins, CO). 8. Shochat, E., S. Lerman, M. Katti, and D. Lewis. 2004. Linking optimal foraging behavior to bird community structure in an urban-desert landscape: field experiments with artificial food patches. American Naturalist 164:232-243. 9. Katti, M. and P. S. Warren. 2004 Tits, Noise, and Urban Bioacoustics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19(3): 109-110. 10. Katti, M. and T. Price. 2003. Latitudinal trends in body size among over-wintering leaf warblers, genus Phylloscopus. Ecography 26: 69-79. 11. Katti, M., S. A. Macdougall-Shackleton, and T. P. Hahn. 2002. Breeding response to long days under unpredictable food supplies: an experiment with House Finches. Hormones and Behavior 41(4): 474 12. Pereyra, M. E., S. A. MacDougall-Shackleton, S. M. Sharbaugh, M. L. Morton, M. Katti, and T. P. Hahn. 2001. Relationships between photorefractoriness and reproductive flexibility in cardueline finches. American Zoologist 41:1552. 13. Katti, M. 2001. Vocal communication and territoriality during the non-breeding season in a migrant warbler. Current Science 80(3): 419-423. 14. Katti, M. and T. Price. 1999. Annual variation in fat storage by a migrant warbler wintering in the Indian tropics. Journal of Animal Ecology 68: 815-823. 15. Katti, M. and T. Price. 1996. Effects of climate on Palaearctic warblers over-wintering in India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 93(3): 411-427. Reprinted, pp. 198-216 in Petronia: Fifty Years of Post-Independence Ornithology in India: A Centenary Dedication to Dr. Salim Ali, 1896-1996 (Hardcover), J. C. Daniel & G W. Ugra (Editors), 2003, Oxford University Press.
CV: Madhusudan Katti Page 4 11/20/07 16. Katti, M. 1995. Conflicts or coexistence? Current Science 69: 305-6 17. Sharma D., N. Manjrekar, S. Mukherjee, M. V. Katti, P. Singh and G. S. Rawat. 1995. The takin (Bovidae, Caprinae) in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Mammalia 59: 444-446. 18. Pandey, S., J. Joshua, N.D. Rai, D. Mohan, G.S. Rawat, K. Sankar, M. Katti, D.V.S. Khati, & A.J.T. Johnsingh. 1995. Birds of Rajaji National Park, India. Forktail 10:105-114. 19. Katti, M., P. Singh, N. Manjrekar, D. Sharma, and S. Mukherjee. 1992. An ornithological survey in eastern Arunachal Pradesh, India. Forktail 7: 75-89. 20. Katti, M. 1992. Are Anolis lizards evolving? Nature 355: 505-506 21. Katti, M. 1991. Census operations for birds. Pp. 59-60 in Techniques for Wildlife Census in India, A Field Manual. W. A. Rodgers (ed.). Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India. Papers in review / submitted 22. Cornelius, J. M., M. Katti, T.R., Kelsey, & T. P. Hahn. Seasonality in an irruptive, nomadic songbird. submitted to Journal of Animal Ecology. 23. Katti, M., P.S. Warren, E. Shochat, C. Gries, & D. Hope. Socioeconomic and ecological determinants of avian communities in an arid metropolis. being submitted to Science. 24. Kar Gupta, K, Katti, M. & Nash, L. Size matters: male mating strategies in a nocturnal primate. submitted to Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. Commentary and review articles 25. Katti, M. 2002. Old avian ecology in a new ecosystem. Ecology 83(9): 2643-2644. Review of Avian Ecology In An Urbanizing World, J. Marzluff, R. Bowman, R. Donnelly, (eds.), 2001. 26. Katti, M. 1996. Are Warblers less important than Tigers? In “In Danger”, Paolo Manfredi (ed.). Ranthambore Foundation, Delhi, India. 27. Katti, M. and K. Kar-Gupta. 1994. Trouble in Paradise. Indian Express, 5 Jan. 1994. 28. Katti, M. 1992. Nightmares from a dreamland. Hornbill (magazine of Bombay Natural History Society) December 1992. PRESENTATIONS Conferences and Symposia: 29. Katti, M. 2008. Becoming urban: behavioral and evolutionary implications of living in the city. Oral presentation at the Urban Biodiversity and Design Conference, being held in Erfurt, Germany, 21-24 May, 2008. 30. Katti, M., and Kar-Gupta, K. 2008. Evolutionary ecology of coexistence between human and nonhuman primates: lessons from South Asia. Oral presentation at a symposium during the XXII Congress of the International Primatological Society, Edinburgh, UK, 3-8 Aug, 2008. 31. K. Kraft. and Katti, M. 2007. If you build it, who will come? Landbird response to riparian restoration at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge. Oral presentation to be made at the Riparian Habitat Joint Venture Conference: Integrating Riparian Habitat Conservation & Flood Management in California. Sacramento, CA, 4-6 December 2007. 32. K. Kraft. and Katti, M. 2007. If you build it, who will come? Landbird response to riparian restoration at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge. Joint meeting of the Ecological Society of America and Society for Ecological Restoration, San Jose, CA., 2007. 33. Becerra, V., C. Braganza, C. Kellogg, K. Kraft, G. Phillips, S. Salcido, J. Soto, J. Vang, & M. Katti. 2007. Changing Landscapes and Sustainability: Fresno County's ecological footprint and the effects of urbanization. Poster presentation at the Central California Research Symposium, CSU, Fresno, April 2007.
CV: Madhusudan Katti Page 5 11/20/07 34. Boyd, S., C. Braganza, V. Cadiz, S. Hatfield R. Kamansky, L. Miller, G. Phillips, S. Salcido, J. Soto, D. Tovar, J. Vang, & M. Katti. 2007. The effects of urban development and climate on species distribution in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Poster presentation at the Central California Research Symposium, CSU, Fresno, April 2007. 35. Katti, M. and K. Kraft. 2007. If you build it, who will come? Casting an evolutionary eye on ecological restoration. Poster presented at “Evolutionary Change in Human-Altered Environments” an International Summit at the University of California, Los Angeles, February 8-10, 2007. 36. Kar Gupta, K. and M. Katti. 2007. Size Matters: Male mating tactics in a prosimian primate, slender loris Loris tardigradus. Oral presentation at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 3-7, 2007. 37. Katti M.. 2006. Ecological and socioeconomic drivers of urban bird communities: insights from the Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research project. “Conserving Birds in Human Dominated Landscapes” Annual Spring Symposium of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, April 27-28, 2006. 38. Cornelius, J. M., Katti, M., Hahn, T. P. 2005. Temporal patterns of fat deposition, hematocrit, and plumage moult in an irruptive nomad, the Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra. Final Conference ‘Migration in the life-history of birds’. Wilhelmshaven, Germany 16-20 February 2005, European Science Foundation. 39. Kellogg, C., G. Ornelas, and M. Katti. 2005. Rush hour traffic and the morning chorus of bird songs. Poster presentation @ Central California Research Symposium, CSU, Fresno. 40. Katti, M., J.M. Anderies, and E. Shochat. 2005. Living in the city: Resource availability, predation, and bird population dynamics in urban areas. Poster presentation @ Central California Research Symposium, CSU, Fresno. 41. Katti, M. and J. M. Anderies. 2004. Living in the city: population dynamics when resources are predictable and predators few. Oral presentation abstract submitted for the 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon. 42. Hahn, T. P., M. E. Pereyra, M. Katti, G. M. Ward, and S.A. MacDougall-Shackleton. 2004. Effects of food on the reproductive axis of Cardueline finches. International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology, Scottsdale, Arizona, June 2004. 43. Warren, P. S., M. Katti, and M. Ermann. Urban Bioacoustics: It’s not just noise. 6th Annual Poster Symposium, Central Arizona – Phoenix, Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP- LTER), Tempe, Feb. 2004 44. Shochat, E., M. Katti, and S. Lerman. 2004 Differences in bird foraging behaviour between Sonoran desert and urban habitats in central Arizona. 6th Annual Poster Symposium, CAP- LTER, Tempe, Feb. 2004 45. Hope, D., C. Gries, J. Kaye, W. Zhu, G. Stuart, J. Oleson, M. Katti, and P. S. Warren. 2004. How do humans restructure the biodiversity of the Sonoran desert? Oral presentation in: Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II: Connecting Mountain Islands and Desert Seas, May 11-14, 2004, Tucson, Arizona. 46. Katti, M. 2003. Urban bird communities exhibit reduced temporal variability. 2003 Long Term Ecological Research Network All Scientists Meeting, Seattle, WA, Sept. 2003. 47. Katti, M. and P. McCartney. 2003. The distribution of bird species in the Phoenix metro area: visualizing the spatial patterns of diversity in an expanding urban matrix. 5th Annual Poster Symposium, CAP-LTER, Tempe, Feb. 2003. 48. Katti, M., E. Shochat, and J. M. Anderies. 2003. Living in the city: resource fluctuations, foraging behavior, and bird population dynamics. 5th Ann. Poster Symposium, CAP-LTER. 49. Kaye, M., A. Brazel, M. Netzband, and M. Katti. Perspectives on a decade of climate in the CAP LTER region.. 5th Annual Poster Symposium, CAP-LTER, 2003.
CV: Madhusudan Katti Page 6 11/20/07 50. Stuart, D., M. Katti, and W. Turner. 2003. The riparian factor: a comparison of the Phoenix and Tucson avifauna. 5th Annual Poster Symposium, CAP-LTER, 2003. 51. Katti, M., E. Shochat, and P. Deviche. 2002. Population and physiological responses of Sonoran desert birds to urbanization in central Arizona, USA. Proceedings of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing, China, page 177. 52. Shochat, M. and M. Katti. 2002. Differences in bird foraging behavior between Sonoran desert and urban habitats in central Arizona. Proceedings of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress, Beijing, China, page 157. 53. Katti, M., S. A. MacDougall-Shackleton, and T. P. Hahn. 2002. Breeding response to long days under unpredictable food supplies: an experiment with House Finches. 6th Annual Mtg of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. Amherst, MA, Jun 2002. 54. Katti M., E. Shochat, D, Stuart, J, Lemmer, and B. Rambo, 2002. Environmental and socioeconomic influences on the Phoenix avifauna. 4th Annual Poster Symposium, CAP LTER, Tempe, Jan. 2002. 55. Shochat, E., S. Lerman, C. Putnam, and M. Katti. 2002. Differences in bird foraging behaviour between Sonoran Desert and Urban habitats: a field experiment with seed trays. 4th Annual Poster Symposium, CAP LTER, 2002. 56. Katti, M. and E. Shochat. 2001. Bird species diversity in the greater Phoenix area, Arizona. 86th Annual Mtg of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI, Aug. 2001. 57. Shochat E. and M. Katti. 2001. Phoenix or Tucson: does landscape structure influence where Abert’s Towhees choose to live?" 86th Annual Mtg of the ESA, Madison, WI, 2001. 58. Hahn T. P., M. E. Pereyra, S. M. Sharbaugh, M. L. Morton, M. Katti, and. 2001. Relationships between photorefractoriness and reproductive flexibility in Cardueline finches. 119th Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Seattle, Aug. 2001. 59. Shochat, E. and M. Katti. 2001. Differences in house finch foraging behavior between Sonoran Desert and urban habitat in central Arizona. 38th Annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society in Corvallis, OR, July 2001. 60. Katti, M. and E. Shochat. 2001. Phoenix or Tucson - does landscape determine where Abert’s Towhees choose to live? 16th Annual Symposium of the U.S. International Association of Landscape Ecology, Tempe, AZ, Apr. 2001. 61. Shochat, E. and M. Katti. 2001 Bird species diversity in the greater Phoenix area. 3rd Annual Poster Symposium, CAP LTER, Tempe, Jan. 2001. 62. Katti, M. and E. Shochat. 2001. Phoenix Or Tucson - Does landscape determine where Abert's Towhees choose to live? 3rd Annual Poster Symposium, CAP LTER, 2001. 63. Katti, M. 1998. Annual variation in fat storage and molt in a migrant warbler over-wintering in the Indian tropics. Annual Retreat of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University. Nov. 1998. 64. Katti, M. 1998. Chasing the monsoon: rainfall and the ecology of migrant birds in India. National Seminar on Wildlife Ecology, Conservation, and Management, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. Aug. 1998. 65. Katti, M. 1996. Effects of climatic variation on migrant forest birds over-wintering in India. Asian Regional Mtg, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bangalore, India. Dec. 1996. 66. Katti, M. 1995. Body condition, territory and overwinter survival in the green leaf warbler (Phylloscopus nitidus) in the southern Western Ghats, India. Symposium paper, American Ornithologists’ Union 113th Stated Mtg, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Aug. 1995. 67. Price, T. and M. Katti. 1994. Billions of palaearctic migrants over-winter in the Indian subcontinent. Symposium paper presented at the XXI International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, August 1994. 68. Katti, M. 1990. Bird communities of Lower Dachigam Valley, Kashmir Himalaya. Pp. 35-36
CV: Madhusudan Katti Page 7 11/20/07 in Proceedings of the High Altitude Ecology Workshop, Jul. 1990, eds. G. S. Rawat, H. S. Panwar, J. L. Fox and R. S. Chundawat. Wildlife Institute of India, Tech Report # 1. 69. Sharma, D., N. Manjrekar, S. Mukherjee and M. Katti. 1990. A survey for Takin (Budorcas taxicolor) in Arunachal Pradesh. Pp. 51-52 in Proceedings of the High Altitude Ecology Workshop, Jul. 1990, eds. G. S. Rawat, H. S. Panwar, J. L. Fox and R. S. Chundawat. Wildlife Institute of India, Technical Report # 1. Invited talks 2006. National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India, July 2006. 2006. Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, July 06. 2006. Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore, India, July 2006. 2006. Vidya Niketan High School, Bangalore, India, July 2006. 2006. American Museum of Natural History, April 2006. 2005. University of California, Merced. March 2005. 2005. Smittcamp Honors College, California State University, Fresno. November 2004. 2004. Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno. March 2004. 2003. Institute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies, Puerto Rico. January 2003. 2002. Maricopa Audubon Society, Tempe. Arizona, USA 1999. State University of New York, Albany, USA. 1997. Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian Institution, Front Royal, USA. 1997. Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, USA. 1996. Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. 1995. Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India. 1993. Bombay Natural History Society, India. 1992. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India. MENTORING Ph.D. Student: Robin Vijayan, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India. Masters Students at CSU, Fresno Committee Chair: Karl Kraft (completed in Oct. 2007); Sierra Daniels; Caroline Rhodes. Committee Member: Steve Galantine, Jamie Jackson, Bobby Kamansky, Lori Bono, Fumiko Yamamoto, Gary Morrison, Carlos A. Tristan, Zach Hoover. Undergraduate students at CSU, Fresno Research: Rebecca Asami; Rosario Casillas; Pedro Garcia; Mark Garcia; Sierra Daniels; Nahall Rad; Jenna Ervin; Genevra Ornelas (now Research Director, Canopy, Palo Alto, CA). Past student advisees Claire Hudson (ASU; REU student); Susannah Lerman (now a graduate student at U. Mass., Amherst); Christopher Putnam (ASU; REU student; now US Army ); Diana Stuart (ASU; CAP LTER, now Maricopa Flood Control District, AZ); Matthew Ross (ASU Honors student) Greg Ward (Princeton; went to grad school in U. T. Austin), Vinatha Vishwanathan (Pondicherry U., India; now a graduate student at Syracuse Univ.). SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES Teaching innovation Started two instructional blogs to support classes, with opportunities for students to post essays: http://reconciliationecology.blogspot.com/ & http://evolvefresno.blogspot.com/ Collaboration with artist Morgan Owens to develop lab modules for ornithology and herpetology where students learn drawing/sketching as ways to improve field
CV: Madhusudan Katti Page 8 11/20/07 observational and note=taking skills, learning to “see”. Citizen Science Developing a global network of urban biodiversity monitoring sites, with volunteers collecting data using rigorous standard protocols, in collaboration with colleagues from Conservation International, Wild Metro, PRBO-Conservation Science, Nature Conservation Foundation-India. Fresno Birds will start in Spring 2008. Co-Founder and webmaster for Central Valley Cafe Scientifique (http:// www.valleycafesci.org/), starting in Fall 2007. Founder & alt moderator of NatHistory-India, an email discussion list on natural history & conservation in south Asia.
CV: Madhusudan Katti Page 9 11/20/07 1990. High Altitude Ecology Workshop, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. 1987. Organized an undergraduate symposium on “Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and its Impact on Society” at the Institute of Science, University of Bombay. Editorial, Manuscript, and Grant Review 2007-present: Editorial Board member, Indian Birds (http://www.indianbirds.in/). 1999-2001: Guest Editor, Current Science, Special Section on “Ecology and Conservation of Kalakad - Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve: Research and Management” Grant Reviews: National Science Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Society, National Geographic Society. Manuscript and book reviews for American Naturalist, Conservation Biology, Conservation & Society; Current Science, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Forktail, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Avian Biology, Landscape Ecology, Urban Ecosystems, Columbia University Press, Smithsonian Press. Professional Society memberships Animal Behaviour Society, Ecological Society of America, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Bombay Natural History Society. Other service activities CSUF, Department of Biology: Chair of Assessment Committee; member of Graduate Research Committee; member of Population Genetics Search Committee (2006-07). CSUF, College of Science and Mathematics: member of Research Committee (2005-2008); Chair of International Activities Committee (2006-07). Reader, Honors Thesis Committee, Barrett Honors College, Arizona State University. ADDITIONAL PERSONAL INFORMATION Birth: October 14, 1965, in Bijapur, India. Citizenship: Indian. US Visa status: H-1B Spouse: Kaberi Kar Gupta (Primatologist: Ph.D. candidate, ASU & Lecturer, Biology, CSUF) Daughters: Sanzari Aranyak, born March 2000; Nilavi Aranyak, born June 2005.
CV: Madhusudan Katti Page 10 11/20/07 REFEREES: 1. Dr. Nancy Grimm 4. Dr. Charles Nilon Professor, School of Life Sciences Associate Professor Faculty Leader, Ecology, Evolution & Dept. of Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences Environmental Science 302 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources P.I. and Co-Director, CAP LTER Building Arizona State University University of Missouri-Columbia Mailing address: Columbia, MO 65211-7240 Box 874501 Phone: (573) 882-3738 Arizona State University Email: [email protected] Tempe, AZ 85287-4501 5. Dr. John Constable Phone: 480.965.4735 Associate Professor Fax: 480.965.6899 Department of Biology email: [email protected] California State University, Fresno 2. Dr. Thomas P. Hahn Mailstop SB73 Associate Professor 2555 E. San Ramon Avenue Section of Neurobiology, Physiology & Fresno, CA 93740-8034 Behavior Phone: 559.278.2410 University of California Davis Fax: 559.278.3963 Davis, CA 95616 email:[email protected] Phone: 530.752.8531 6. Dr. Peter Grant Fax: 530-752-8391 Professor email: [email protected] Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 3. Dr. Ann P. Kinzig Princeton University Associate Professor Princeton, N. J. 08544-1003 School of Life Sciences Phone: 609.258.5156 PO Box 874501 Fax: 609.258.1334 Arizona State University e-mail: [email protected] Tempe, AZ 85287 [note: Prof. Grant is on sabbatical this Phone: 480.965.6838 semester, but you can get his letter of Fax: 480.965.6899 recommendation by contacting Pia Ellen email: [email protected] via email [email protected]]
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