CURRICULUM VITAE Tomás A. Carlo (full name: Tomás Ariel Carlo Joglar) (Updated 03/30/19) Associate Professor Phone: (814) 865-5804/ cell: (814) 753-0616 Pennsylvania State University email: [email protected] Department of Biology 414 Mueller Laboratory University Park, PA 16802 ACADEMIC FORMATION 2005-2008 NSF postdoctoral fellow, Biology Dept., University of Washington, Seattle 2005 Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder 1999 M.S. Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 1996 B.S. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez GRADUATE AND POST-DOCTORAL ADVISORS: Postdoc - Joshua J. Tewksbury, University of Washington, Seattle Ph.D - Alexander Cruz, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO M.S. – co-advised by Jaime A. Collazo & Martha J. Groom, North Carolina State University, Raleigh APPOINTMENTS 2015 – present: Associate Professor, Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA 2014 – present: Research Associate, Museo de Historia Natural de Perú, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú 2013 – present: Research Associate, Powdermill Nature Reserve, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Rector, Pa, USA 2008 – 2015: Assistant Professor, Biology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA GRANTS AND AWARDS Pending re-submission: 2018 (submitted, not funded in first round) National Science Foundation “Dimensions US- BIOTA Sao Paulo: The contribution of frugivory and seed dispersal networks to forest 1 regeneration: from phylogeny to genes” $1,329,149 (total) Principal Investigator and Lead PI of group. Penn State Co-PIs: James Marden & Hong Ma; Brazilian PI: Marco Pizo with Marina Cortes & Pedro Brancalion as Co-PI’s. 2016 (submitted, not funded in first round) National Science Foundation “CNH-L: Ecology and Harvest Culture by Rural Communities of White Crowned Pigeons: A Modern-Day "Passenger Pigeon" in the Caribbean” $1,760,672 (total) Principal Investigator and Lead PI. Co-PI’s: Jesse Lasky (Penn State), David Miller (Penn State), Yolanda León (Instituto Tec Santo Domingo), Jackeline Salazar (Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo), Frank Rivera (USFWS), Juan M. Morales (INIBIOMA-Conicet, Argentina). Awarded: 2018-2019 National Science Foundation Social-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) workgroup: “Linkages of Agrobiodiversity in Urban Systems and Food Producing Landscapes.” Co-Pi. Lead PI’s: Karl Zimmerer (Penn State) & Catherine Seto (Yale); Other Co-Pi’s: Chris Duvall (U. of New Mex.), Ted Janneke (Penn State), Nguyen Thi Tan Loc (FAVRI Hanoi, Vietnam), Peleg Kremer (Villanova U.), Leia Minaker (U. of Waterloo), Kimberly Pfeifer (Oxfam Am.) &Tom Reardon (Michigan State U.). Funded workgroup series of four meetings in Annapolis headquarters of SESYNC, DBI- 16339145. 2018-2020 Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales de Puerto Rico “Dynamics and ecological effects of a seabird colony of Red-footed boobies (Sula sula) on the plant- animal community of Mona Island” $20,000. Principal Investigator under contract through CDK (Ciudadanos del Karso). 2016-2019 National Science Foundation “SG: Antiapostatic frugivory and seed dispersal as a diversity-maintenance mechanism in plant communities. $150,000 (total). Principal Investigator. 2016-2018 FAPESP “Equalizing and stabilizing effects of avian seed dispersal on tropical forest regeneration” R$72,700 (total). Co-PI with Marco A. Pizo (UNESP). 2014-2015 National Science Foundation “Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)”. $6,100 (total). Principal Investigator. 2012-214 National Science Foundation “Frugivory networks and community assembly rules during early forest regeneration”. $150,000 (total). Principal Investigator. 2011-2013 National Geographic Society “Phyllogeography of Caribbean Mistletoes (Dendropemon)”. $16,600 (total). Principal Investigator. Co-PIs: Claude dePamphilis (Penn State), Job Kuijt (University of Alberta). 2011-2012 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Junior faculty career enhancement award. $31,500. 2011-2015 National Science Foundation “Collaborative Research: Landscape connectivity and the movement ecology of plant and animal communities”. $675,000 ($75,000 total for Penn State). Principal Investigator from Penn State. Other PI’s at different institutions: Nick Haddad (North Carolina State University, Doug Levey (University of Florida, now at NSF), Joshua J. Tewksbury (University of Washington), Lars Brudvig (Michigan State University), John Orrock (University of Wisconsin Madison). 2 2010-2011 National Science Foundation “Research Starter Grant: Measuring the effects of frugivorous birds on seed dispersal, plant recruitment, and soil properties in abandoned tropical pastures”. $50,000 (total). Principal Investigator. 2010-2012 Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation “Cambio global, migración altitudinal y colonización de habitats degradados en montañas mediterráneas”. Designated international collaborator for R. Zamora (PI). 186,280 €. 2008-2009 Citizen Scientist Laboratory subcontracted under the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust. “Bird-Habitat Relationships in Hacienda La Esperanza”. $10,000. 2008-2009 Consorcio del Estuario de la Bahia de San Juan “Assessing ecosystem and cultural impacts of the green iguana (Iguana iguana) invasion in the San Juan Bay Estuary (SJBE) in Puerto Rico”. $13,900 (total). Principal Investigator. CoPI: Dr. Carlos G. García-Quijano. 2006-2007 National Science Foundation (SGER) “Tracking the fate of seeds and seedlings with a stable isotope”. $30,948 (total). Co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Joshua J. Tewksbury (University of Washington). 2006-2007 National Geographic Society “Biogeography of a Major Spice”. $29,000. Co- Principal Investigator with Joshua J. Tewksbury (University of Washington), Doug Levey (University of Florida), Michael Nee (New York Botanical Garden) 2005-2008 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship “Examining multiple effects of neighborhood associations in bird-dispersed plants” $180,000. 2004-2005 National Science Foundation “Competition and Facilitation in Bird-Dispersed Plants.” Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. $12,000. 2003 University of Colorado Departmental Fellowship. $9,000. 2003 University of Colorado Departmental Research Grant. $3,500. 2002 The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM). Predoctoral Fellowship. $17,000. 2001 University of Colorado Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grant. $500. 2001 University of Colorado Teaching Fellowship. $3,000. 1996 University of Puerto Rico Graduated Cum Laude. ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE 2007 Lecturer, Univesidad del Turabo, Caguas, Puerto Rico 2004-2005 Consultant to Sociedad Ornitológica de Puerto Rico 2004-2005 Faculty (adjunct), Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico 2003 Consultant to Ecosystems Inc. 2002- 2004 Scientific Consultant, USFWS Caribbean Regional Office 2002 Research Assistant, USGS 2000-2001 Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado 1999 Consultant and Content Developer in “Orígenes y Formación”. Interactive CD- Rom, Puerto Rico Department of Education 1997 Teaching Assistant, North Carolina State University 1996-2000 Research Assistant, North Carolina State University 1995 Research Assistant (summer internship), Lajas Agriculture Experimental Station University of Puerto Rico 3 1995 Research Assistant to Dr. Michael Baltz, University of Missouri 1992-1993 Summer internships, USFWS – Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Project 1990-1992 Student Conservation Association - volunteer work, Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Project 1990 – 1991 Research Assistant to Dr. Jorge Moreno, University of Colorado 1990 Nature photographer, Fundación Puertorriqueña de Conservación 1989 Research Assistant to Carlos Díaz and Dr. Thomas Kunz, Boston University 1988-1990 Volunteer, Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources (Cuerpo de Investigadores Científicos Auxiliares-CICA) PUBLICATIONS (peer-reviewed), * = student authors, ** = postdocs (Fourteen additional titles in progress) 51. Blinn A, Carlo TA. (under review) Vegetation and population survey of the red-footed booby (Sula sula L.) colony in Mona Island. Caribbean Naturalist. 50. Pizo, MA & Carlo, TA (pending revisions from first decision) The influence of fruit lipids on fruit use by bird communities: ecological and evolutionary implications. The American Naturalist. Published articles (pdf available at: https://sites.psu.edu/carlolab/publications/): 49. González-Castro** A, Yang S, Carlo TA (2018). How does avian seed dispersal shape the structure of early successional tropical forests? Functional Ecology 33:229-238 (journal cover: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2435.13250?af=R) 48. Porras, MF*, De Moraes CM, Mescher MC, Rajotte E, Carlo TA. (2018). A plant virus (BYDV) promotes trophic facilitation in aphids on wheat. Scientific Reports 8:11709 | doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30023-6 47. Morán-López**, T, Carlo TA, Amico G, Morales JM. (2018) Diet complementation as a frequency-dependent mechanism conferring advantages to rare plants. Functional Ecology 32:2310-2320. 46. Lugo, AE, Winchell, KM*, Carlo, TA. (2017) Novelty in Ecosystems. Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene 3: 259-271. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809665-9.09853-0 45. Curtze A*, Carlo TA, Wenzel J. (2018). The Effects of a Tornado Disturbance and a Salvaged Timber Extraction on the Seed Rain and Recruitment Community of an Eastern Temperate Deciduous Forest. Northeastern Naturalist (in press). 44. Almeyda-Díaz