Erin Cameron Saint Mary’S University, 923 Robie St., Halifax, NS, Canada Erin.Cameron@Smu.Ca

Erin Cameron Saint Mary’s University, 923 Robie St., Halifax, NS, Canada [email protected]

APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2019 – present Postdoctoral fellow, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland, 2013 – 2018

Visiting postdoctoral fellow, iDiv, Leipzig, Germany, April - June 2017 & Sept – Nov 2017

Postdoctoral fellow, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, January 2016 – April 2017 Research associate, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, 2013

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Ecology, University of Alberta, Canada, 2013

M.Sc., Environmental Biology and Ecology, University of Alberta, Canada, 2008

B.Sc., Biological Sciences (Psychology minor), University of Alberta, Canada, 2005

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS * indicates supervised students/post docs and † indicates equal contribution. Authors are in order of contribution, except last authors are the senior author/principal investigator. Google scholar h-index = 17.

31. Holway, D. A., Cameron, E. K. (2021) The importance of scavenging in ant invasions. Current Opinion in Insect Science 46: 39-42.

30. Guerra, C. A., Bardgett, R. D., Caon, L., Crowther, T. W., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Montanarella, L., Navarro, L. M., Orgiazzi, A., Singh, B. K., Tedersoo, L., Vargas-Rojas, R., Briones, M. J. I., Buscot, F., Cameron, E. K., Cesarz, S., Chatzinotas, A., Cowan, D. A., Djukic, I., van den Hoogen, J., Lehmann, A., Maestre, F. T., Marín, C., Reitz, T., Rillig, M. C., Smith, L. C., de Vries, F. T.,

Weigelt, A., Wall, D. H., Eisenhauer, N. (2021) Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity. Science 371: 239-241.

29. Singh, J.*, Cameron, E. K., Reitz, T., Schadler, M., and Eisenhauer, N. (2021) Grassland management effects on earthworm communities under ambient and future climatic conditions. European Journal of Soil Science 72: 343-355.

28. Guerra, C., Heintz-Buschart, A., Sikorski, J., Chatzinotas, A., Guerrero-Ramírez, N., Cesarz, S., Beaumelle, L., Rillig, M., Maestre, F., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Buscot, F., Overmann, J., Patoine, G., Phillips, H.*, Winter, M., Wubet, T., Küsel,K., Bardgett, R., Cameron, E. K., Cowan, D., Grebenc, T., Marín, C., Orgiazzi,A., Singh, B., Wall, D., and Eisenhauer, N. (2020) Blind spots in global soil biodiversity and ecosystem function research. Nature Communications 11: 1-13.

27. White, H. J., León-Sánchez, L., Burton, V. J., Cameron, E. K., Caruso, T., Cunha, L., Dirilgen, T., Kelly, R., Kumaresan, D., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Ordonez, A., Phillips, H. R. P.*, Prieto, I., Schmidt, O., and Caplat, P. (2020) Methods and approaches to advance soil macroecology. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29: 1674-1690.

26. Thakur, M. P., Phillips, H. R. P.*, Brose, U., De Vries, F. T., Lavelle, P., Loreau, M., Mathieu, J., Mulder, C., Van der Putten, W. H., Rillig, M. C., Wardle, D. A., Bach, E. M., Bartz M. L. C., Bennett, J. M., Briones, M. J. I., Brown, G., Decaens, T., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Guerra, C. A., Konig-Ries, B., Orgiazzi, A., Ramirez, K. S., Russell, D. J., Rutgers, M., Wall, D. H., and Cameron, E. K. (2020) Towards an integrative understanding of soil biodiversity. Biological Reviews 95: 350-364.

25. Phillips, H. R. P.*, 137 others, Cameron, E. K.†, and Eisenhauer, N.† (2019) Global distribution of earthworm diversity. Science 366: 480-485.

24. Cameron, E. K., Martins, I. S., Lavelle, P., Mathieu, J., Tedersoo, L., Bahram, M., Gottschall, F., Guerra, C. A., Hines, J., Patoine, G., Siebert, J., Winter, M., Cesarz, S., Ferlian, O., Kreft, H., Lovejoy, T. E., Montanarella, L, Orgiazzi, A., Pereira, H. M., Phillips, H. R. P., Settele, J., Wall, D. H., Eisenhauer, N. (2019) Global mismatches in aboveground and belowground biodiversity. Conservation Biology 33: 1187-1192. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13311

23. Cameron, E. K., Sundqvist, M., Keith, S., CaraDonna, P., Mousing, E., Nilsson, K., Metcalfe, D., Classen, A. T. (2019) Uneven global distribution of food web studies under climate change. Ecosphere 10: e02645.

22. Frelich, L., Blossey, B., Cameron, E. K., Davalos, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fahey, T., Ferlian, O., Groffman, P. M., Larson, E., Loss, S. R., Maerz, J. C., Nuzzo, V., Kyungsoo, Y., and Reich, P. B. (2019) Side-swiped: Ecological cascades emanating from earthworm invasion. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17: 502-510.

21. Cameron, E. K., Martins, I. S., Lavelle, P., Mathieu, J., Tedersoo, L., Gottschall, F., Guerra, C. A., Hines, J., Patoine, J., Siebert, J., Winter, M., Cesarz, S., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Ferlian, O., Fierer, N., Kreft, H., Lovejoy, T. E., Montanarella, L., Orgiazzi, A., Pereira, H. M., Phillips, H. R. P., Settele, J., Wall, D. H., Eisenhauer, N. (2018) Global gaps in soil biodiversity data. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1042.

20. Philips, H. R. P., Cameron, E. K., Ferlian, O., Turke, M., Winter, M., Eisenhauer, N. (2017) Red list of a black box. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1: 0103. Comment.

19. Roslin, T., et al. (2017) Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations. Science 356: 742-744.

18. Klein, A., Cameron, E. K., Heimburger, B., Eisenhauer, N., Scheu, S., Schaefer, I. (2017) Changes in the genetic structure of an invasive earthworm species (Lumbricus terrestris, Lumbricidae) along an urban – rural gradient in North America. Applied Soil Ecology 120: 265-272.

17. Craven, D., Thakur, M. P., Cameron, E. K., and 21 others. (2017) The unseen invaders: introduced earthworms as drivers of change in plant communities in North American forests (a meta-analysis). Global Change Biology 23: 1065- 1074.

16. Cameron, E. K., Decaens, T., Lapied, E., Porco, D., and Eisenhauer, N. (2016) Earthworm databases and ecological theory: Synthesis of current initiatives and main research directions. Applied Soil Ecology 104: 85-90.

15. Cameron, E. K., Vila, M., and Cabeza, M. (2016) Global meta-analysis of the impacts of terrestrial invertebrate invaders on species, communities, and ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25: 596-606.

14. Cameron, E. K., and Bayne, E. M. (2015) Spatial patterns and spread of exotic earthworms at local scales. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93: 721-726.

13. Cameron, E. K., Shaw, C. H., Bayne, E. M., Kurz, W.A., and Kull, S. J. (2015) Modelling interacting effects of invasive earthworms and wildfire on forest floor carbon storage in the boreal forest. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 88: 189-196.

12. Chkrebtii, O. A., Cameron, E. K., Campbell, D. A., and Bayne, E. M. (2015) Transdimensional approximate Bayesian computation for inference on invasive species models with latent variables of unknown dimension. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 86: 97-110.

11. Langor, D. W., Cameron, E. K., MacQuarrie, C. J. K., McBeath, A., McClay, A., Peter, B., Pybus, M., Ramsfield, T., Ryall, K., Scarr, T., Yemshanov, D., DeMarchant, I., Foottit, R., and Pohl, G. R. (2014) Non-native species in Canada’s boreal zone: diversity, impacts and risk. Environmental Reviews 22: 372-420.

10. Cameron, E. K., Cahill, J. F. Jr, and Bayne, E. M. (2014) Root foraging influences plant growth responses to earthworm foraging. PLOS ONE 9(9): e108873. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108873

9. Cameron, E. K., Yuckin, S. J.*, and Bayne, E. M. (2013) Communicating research with the public: evaluation of an invasive earthworm education program. NeoBiota 19: 83-97.

8. Cameron, E. K., Proctor, H. C., and Bayne, E. M. (2013) Effects of an ecosystem engineer on belowground movement of microarthropods. PLOS ONE 8:e62796.

7. Cameron, E. K., Knysh, K. M.*, Proctor, H. C., and Bayne, E. M. (2013) Influence of two exotic earthworm species with different foraging strategies on abundance and composition of boreal microarthropods. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 57: 334-340.

6. Cameron, E. K., and Bayne, E. M. (2012) Invasion by a non-native ecosystem engineer alters distribution of a native predator. Diversity and Distributions 18: 1190-1198.

5. Cameron, E. K., Zabrodski, M. W.*, Karst, J., and Bayne, E. M. (2012) Non-native earthworm influences on ectomycorrhizal colonization and growth of white spruce. Ecoscience 19: 29-37.

4. Cameron, E.K., and Bayne, E. M. (2011) An experimental test of facilitation between non-native earthworms. Canadian Journal of Zoology 89: 1223-1230.

3. Cameron, E. K., and Bayne, E. M. (2009) Road age and its importance in earthworm invasion of northern boreal forests. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 28-36.

2. Cameron, E. K., Bayne, E. M., and Coltman, D. W. (2008) Genetic structure of invasive earthworms Dendrobaena octaedra in the boreal forest of Alberta: insights into introduction mechanisms. Molecular Ecology 17: 1189-1197.

1. Cameron, E. K., Bayne, E. M., and Clapperton, M. J. (2007) Human-facilitated invasion of exotic earthworms into northern boreal forests. Ecoscience 14: 482- 490.

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS (past five years)

SMUworks grant for Global change ecology research assistant; Summer 2021; $7098 CAD.

Working group on global distributions of native and exotic earthworms; Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution (CIEE); 2021; $6500 CAD; co-PI.

Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan); Career Launcher Internship grant (global change research technician; 2020-2021; $14,742 CAD.

Global change impacts on soil invertebrates; 2020; Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund; $168,633 CAD.

Global change impacts on soil invertebrates; 2020; ResearchNS Research Opportunities Fund; $168,633 CAD.

SMUworks grant for Global Change Ecology Research Assistant; Summer 2020; $6366 CAD.

Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan); Career Launcher Internship grant; 2019; $4,400 CAD.

Soil invertebrates under global change; NSERC Discovery Grant; 2019-2024; $165,000 CAD.

Soil invertebrates under global change; NSERC Northern Research Supplement; 2019-2024; $65,000 CAD.

Soil invertebrates under global change; NSERC Discovery Launch Supplement; 2019/2020; $12,500 CAD.

Earthworm distributions on Sable Island; FGSR internal grant (Saint Mary’s University); 2019; $5000 CAD.

SMUworks grant for Belowground Ecology Assistant; Summer 2019; $6074 CAD.

Citizen science goes underground: earthworm distributions, molecular tools, and education; Jenni ja Antti Wihurin Rahasto; 2017-2018; 20,000 EUR; co-PI. A global soil biodiversity database and its application to data synthesis and theory development; sDIV (Synthesis Centre of Biodiversity Sciences), Leipzig, Germany; 2016-18; 165,000 EUR; co-PI. Postdoctoral Researcher funding, Academy of Finland; 2015-18; 414,026 EUR. Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Dec 2015-Nov 2017; $90,000 CAD. Worm Tracker: Learning about ecosystems and invasive species through youth engagement in citizen science; TD Friends of the Environment Foundation; 2016- 17; $4950 CAD; co-PI.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Data Science in the Environment (lecture and lab instructor). Saint Mary’s University; 2020

Introduction to Environmental Science (lecture and lab instructor), Saint Mary’s University; 2020 Populations and Ecosystems (lecture and lab instructor), Saint Mary’s University; 2019 and 2020 Environmental remediation and restoration (lecture and lab instructor), Saint Mary’s University; 2019 Fundamentals in Conservation Biology (team-taught course), University of Helsinki; 2014-17 Debates in Conservation Biology (team-taught course), University of Helsinki; 2014 Population Biology in Fragmented Landscapes (seminar instructor), University of Helsinki; 2013-2015

MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE Current

- M. Silver, MSc student (starting Sept. 2021); Saint Mary’s University - S. Paterson, MSc student (2021- ); Saint Mary’s University - C. Singer, PhD student (2020- ); Saint Mary’s University - H. Phillips, postdoctoral fellow (2020- ); Saint Mary’s University - S. Bennett, Dean’s Award & NSERC USRA student (2020- ); Saint Mary’s University - J. Samways, BSc honours student/summer research technician (2020- ); Saint Mary’s University

Past

Honours thesis students: S. Kanabar (2021); L. Scott (2021); M. Silver (2021); H. Chow (2020); Saint Mary’s University; - S. Yuckin (2011), K. Knysh (2010), M. Zabrodski (2010); University of Alberta Project students/interns: R. Murphy, intern (2020/2021), L. Sweeney (summer 2019); Saint Mary’s University; - A. Korhonen (summer 2016, Dec 2017- Feb 2018), J. Gallego Zamorano (2015), and C. Sevilla Gonzalez (2015); University of Helsinki; - T. Garner (2012), E. Chidambara-vasi (2012), A. Hervieux (2011), and M. Randall (2011); University of Alberta

Undergraduate students: 22 summer field/laboratory technicians (2-4 per year for one to eight months each); 2005-12; University of Alberta High school students: 16 supervised between 2005-13 through the WISEST (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology) Summer Research Program (6 week program); University of Alberta

CONFERENCE TALKS & INVITED SEMINARS (past five years) Cameron, E. K. (2021) “Macroecology belowground: Global biodiversity patterns and theory.” Department of Biology Saint Mary’s University. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K. (2021). Panellist for GSBI Speaks Webinar. Targeting, Monitoring and Conserving Soil Biodiversity: Soil Biodiversity Observation Networks across the Globe. Cameron, E. K. (2021). “Macroecology belowground: Earthworm invasions and global biodiversity patterns.” Department of Biology Memorial University. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K. (2020). Panellist for Soils in the Anthropocene: The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative—Paving the Way Toward a Soil Biodiversity Observation Network (Soil BON). American Geophysics Union. Cameron, E. K., Phillips, H. R. P., Martins, I. S., Guerra, C. A., and Eisenhauer, N. (2020). “Biogeography of soil invertebrates at the global scale.” Harnessing the Soil Ecological Data Revolution: Challenges, Opportunities, and a United Way Forward Inspire session. Ecological Society of America. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K. (2020). “Macroecology belowground: Global biodiversity patterns and theory.” Dalhousie University Biology Seminar series. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K. (2019). “Macroecology belowground: Earthworm invasions and global biodiversity patterns.” Dalhousie Agricultural Campus. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K., Nair, A., Cabeza, M. (2019). “Using citizen science to track earthworm distributions and spread.” Recent Approaches to Studying Invertebrate Responses to Rapid Environmental Change symposium. Entomological Society of America, St. Louis, Missouri. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K. (2019). “Macroecology belowground: Global patterns and theory.” McGill University Biology seminar series. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K. (2019). “Global soil invertebrate data & SoilBON.” Soil Biodiversity on the Global Stage: Identifying Priorities, Opportunities and Challenges symposium. Ecological Society of America, Louisville, Kentucky. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K., Phillips, H., Martins, I., Eisenhauer, N., the sWORM working group. (2019). “Global patterns of belowground biodiversity.” Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, Fredericton, New Brunswick. Cameron, E. K., Cregger, M., Newman, G., Barrios-Garcia, N., Deslippe, J., He, J.- S., Hovenden, M., Hoye, T. T., McLaren, J., Rixen, C., Rodriguez-Cabal, M., Sundqvist, M., Wipf, S., Gilbert, T., Mak, S., Nielsen, M., Puetz, L., Classen, A. T., Sanders, N. (2019). “Effects of elevation and geographic location on soil biodiversity in montane ecosystems.” Ecological Society of America, Louisville, Kentucky.

Cameron, E. K. (2018). “Invertebrate invasions in mountains.” International Biogeography Society conference. Evora, Portugal. March 2018. Invited keynote speaker. Cameron, E. K. (2018). “Cumulative impacts in soil communities.” Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service. Edmonton, Canada. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K. (2017). “Conservation and global change in the dark: Soil communities, the unseen driver of ecosystem diversity and function.” Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Canada. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K. (2017). “Breaking open the black box of global soil biodiversity: Data, theory, and synthesis.” iDiv, Leipzig, Germany. Invited talk. Cameron, E. K., Nair, A., Cabeza, M. (2017). “Using citizen science to investigate earthworm abundance and genetic diversity at northern range limits.” Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, Nanjing, China. Cameron, E. K., Sundqvist, M. K., CaraDonna, P. J., Keith, S. A., Mousing, E. A., Nilsson, K., Metcalfe, D. B., Classen, A. T. (2017). “Identifying gaps and priorities in understanding climate change impacts on food webs.” Species Interactions in a Changing World symposium. Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution, Victoria, Canada.

WORKSHOPS & SYMPOSIA

CIEE GLOWorm workshops. Remote on zoom (workshop organizer); 2021

SoilBON workshop II. Ispra, Italy (invited participant); 2019

SoilBON workshop I. iDiv, Leipzig, Germany (invited participant); 2018

Andina IV. Workshop on species range shifts. Bariloche, Argentina (invited participant); 2018

Soil macroecology workshop. Belfast, Northern Ireland (invited participant); 2017 sWORM workshops I & 2. iDiv, Leipzig, Germany (workshop organizer); 2017

Species interactions in a changing world. Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution conference, Victoria, Canada (symposia organizer); 2017

Warming and Removal on Mountains (WaRM) workshop. Copenhagen, DK (invited participant); 2016 iCCB programme workshop on Ecosystem Services and Traits. Helsinki, FI (invited participant); 2014

Global Earthworm Distributions workshop; International Symposium for Earthworm Ecology, Athens, Georgia (workshop organizer); 2014

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Phillips, H. R. P.*, Cameron, E. K., Eisenhauer, N. (2021). Earthworms of the world. Frontiers for Young Minds. https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2021.547660

Contributing author (Chapter 3) to “FAO, ITPS, GSBI, CBD and EC. 2020. State of knowledge of soil biodiversity - Status, challenges and potentialities, Report 2020. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb1928en”

Burton, V. J., Cameron, E. K. (2021). Learning more about earthworms with citizen science. Frontiers for Young Minds. https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2020.548525

Gottschall, F., Cameron, E. K., Martins, I. S., Siebert, J., Eisenhauer, N. (2020). Can we save the beast by conserving the beauty? Frontiers for Young Minds. https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2020.547740

Phillips, H. R. P.*, Beaumelle, L., Tyndall, K., Burton, V. J., Cameron, E. K., Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O. 2019. The effects of global change on soil faunal communities: a meta-analytic approach. Research Ideas and Outcomes 5: e3647.

Reynolds, J. W., Cameron, E. K., Sweeney, L. M.*, Bennett, B., Godin, B. (2019). The earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae and Megascolecidae) in the Yukon and a first record for Skagway, Alaska, USA. Megadrilogica 25: 1-17.

UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (selected)

Saint Mary’s Department of Environmental Science representative on the Faculty of Science Safety Committee (January – August 2019, 2021 – present); the MSc & PhD in Applied Science Program Executive (2019 – 2020, winter semester 2021); the Science Atlantic for the Environment Committee (2019 – present); SMU outreach/recruitment (2020 – present)

Committee member for six Master’s of Applied Science students at Saint Mary’s (2019 – present) and one MSc student at the University of Alberta (2017 – present)

Thesis examiner for three BScH students at SMU (2019, 2021); one BScH student at MSVU (2020); one MSc student at Memorial (2020)

Judge, Saint Mary’s University Undergraduate Academic Writing Awards (2020, 2021)

Student presentation judge for the Acadian Entomological Society conference (August 2020)

Panelist for “Careers after grad school” workshop. Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution (August 2019)

Reviewer for the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) proposal (2016); Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) proposal (2017); NSERC proposal (2020; promotion to full professor application (University of Vermont; 2020)

Reviewer for journals including Ecology, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Acta Oecologia, Journal of Limnology, Invertebrate Zoology, Biological Invasions, Biological Conservation, PeerJ, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Arid Environments, Oecologia, Fungal Ecology, Biotropica, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecology & Evolution, Soil Organisms, PLOS ONE, Ecological Restoration, Canadian Field Naturalist; 2010- present

MEDIA (recent interviews)

- “Saint Mary’s professor unearths invasive species that have wormed into Canada.” Saltwire Network article, February 3, 2021. (https://www.saltwire.com/more/custom-content/saint-marys-professor- unearthsinvasive-species-that-have-wormed-into-canada-548463/)

- “Invasive jumping worms could speed climate change: SMU ecologist”. The Chronicle Herald. August 25, 2020.

- BBC Crowdscience interview. July 10, 2020. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACpaG3lc6jI&feature=youtu.be)

- CBC Radio Calgary Eyeopener interview. July 6, 2020. (https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-5-calgary-eyeopener/clip/15785698- backyard-101-worms) - “The power of earthworm poop and how it could influence climate change” by David Burke. CBC Nova Scotia article. December 26, 2019.

- CBC Radio Quebec interview. October 2019.

- CBC Yukon interview. July 16, 2019.

- CBC Radio Newfoundland interview. July 4, 2019.

- CTV’s Your Morning – Canada’s National Morning Show interview. May 31, 2019. National Post Radio, SiriusXM interview. May 27, 2019. - BBC Radio interview, World Affairs programme (Up All Night). May 23, 2019.

- “Earthworm dilemma has climate scientists racing to keep up” by Alanna Mitchell. New York Times. May 20, 2019.

PUBLIC TALKS & OUTREACH - Earthworms in Alberta. Invited talk in the Alberta Invasive Species Conference. (2021).

- Earthworm Invasions in the North. Public talk hosted by the Yukon Invasive Species Council. (2020).

- Zoom presentation on Global Soil Biodiversity Patterns. Science Literacy Week. Public talk hosted by WISEAtlantic. (2020). - Co-authored three articles which have been published in Frontiers for Young Minds (listed in the non-refereed articles section above). FYM is an open access journal where scientists write articles describing their research for young readers, which are reviewed by kids themselves. (2020, 2021).

- An earthworm tale: Yukon and beyond. Beringia Centre, Whitehorse, YT. Public talk hosted by the Yukon Conservation Data Centre. (2019). - Earthworms in the North. Watson Lake, YT. Public talk as part of the Yukon Conservation Data Centre’s Bioblitz. (2019). - Yukon BioBlitz participant, Watson Lake YT. Collected biodiversity data and interacted with community members. (2019). - Research in Translation article in Current Conservation. “Conserve the Beauty to Save the Beast?” (2019). - Coordinator/lead PI; Matoseuranta, citizen science programme in Finland (most recent work was helping with workshops for junior high classes in Helsinki to learn to extract DNA and leading an outreach event for families); (2016-2018). - Coordinator/co-PI; Alberta Worm Tracker, citizen science programme in Alberta; (2013-ongoing). - Coordinator, Alberta Worm Invasions Project – creation of education program to inform anglers not to dump bait; (2009-2015). - I am also a member of the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI), which promotes the involvement of expert knowledge on soil biodiversity in environmental policy and management. With others in this organization, I contributed to the FAO Global Assessment on Soil Biodiversity (listed in the non- refereed articles section above), have participated as a panellist in several organized symposiums (see presentations section above), and was invited as an expert to the Soil-BON meeting at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (Ispra, Italy) in May 2019.