William R. L. Anderegg
Education
| Date | Education |
|---|---|
| 9/2008 – Present | Stanford University, Stanford, CA Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology – Ecology, Evolution, and Population Biology Concentration: Physiological pathways and consequences of widespread climate-induced forest die-off GPA: 4.04/4.00 |
| 9/2004 – 6/2008 | Stanford University, Stanford, CA B.A. in Human Biology with Distinction and Honors Concentrations: Ecology and Environmental Science; English Minor – Creative Writing GPA: 4.03/4.00 |
AWARDS
| Date | Award |
|---|---|
| 5/2013 | Climate & Global Change Post-doctoral fellowship, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
| 4/2012 | George Melendez Wright Climate Change Fellowship, National Park Service, Declined |
| 3/2011 | Excellence in the Academy Award – New Scholar, National Education Association |
| 4/2010 | Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF), National Science Foundation (NSF), Declined |
| 4/2010 | Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (SCGF), Department of Energy (DOE) |
| 3/2010 | Graduate Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa, Northern California Chapter |
| 3/2009 | AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Stanford University |
| 6/2008 | Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research: Received for Senior Honors Thesis in Human Biology on riparian avian communities, land-use change, and climate change over time |
Grants
| Date | Grant |
|---|---|
| 8/2012 – 7/2014 | NSF RAPID: Drought Open-Source Ecology to examine impact of 2012 US drought on forest mortality |
| 6/2011 – 6/2013 | NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant |
| 4/2010 | Research Grant, Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University |
| 9/2010 – 6/2013 | Office of Science Graduate Fellowship (SCGF), Department of Energy |
| 5/2010 | Research Grant, SCORE Grants, Department of Biology, Stanford University |
| 5/2010 | Research Grant, Morrison Institute of Population and Resource Studies, Stanford University |
| 4/2010 | Graduate Scholarship, Phi Beta Kappa, Northern California Chapter |
| 3/2010 | Research Grant, Bill Lane Center for the American West, Stanford University |
| 6/2009 | Research Grant, Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Stanford University |
| 5/2007 – 6/2008 | Major Grant, Stanford Undergraduate Research Program |
SKILLS/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Course Instructor for Graduate Research Seminar: Organized and taught Biology 323: California Plant Ranges with 20th Century Climate Change graduate seminar.
- Course Instructor: Organized and taught Student Initiated Course English 18SI: The Life and Literature of John Steinbeck.
- Teaching Assistant: Lectured and led discussion sessions in Biology 247: Controlling Climate Change in the 21st Century.
- Teaching Assistant: Lectured and led discussion in Biology 139: Biology of Birds. Designed and led students in field-based scientific research projects.
- Teaching Assistant: Lectured and led laboratory sessions in Biology 44Y: Laboratory Methods in Biology.
Peer Reviewed Publications
Anderegg, W.R.L., J.W. Prall, J. Harold, and S.H. Schneider (2010). Expert Credibility in Climate Change Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107: 12107-12110. (PDF)
- Reported by: Science, Time, Scientific American, BBC, The Guardian, USA Today, New York Times
- Most Read Paper, PNAS, June 2010
- Top 50 most read papers, PNAS: June 2010 – December 2012
- Reprinted by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Anderegg, W.R.L. (2010) The Ivory Lighthouse: Communicating climate change effectively. Climatic Change. 101:655–662 (PDF)
Anderegg, W.R.L. (2010). Moving Beyond Scientific Agreement. Climatic Change. 101:331–3377 (PDF)
Wolf, A., W.R.L. Anderegg, S.J. Ryan, and J.A. Christensen (2011). Robust Detection of Plant Species Range Shifts Under Biased Sampling Regimes. Ecosphere. 2(10):115-130. (PDF)
Wolf, A., and W.R.L. Anderegg (2011). Technical Comment on Changes in Climatic Water Balance Drive Downhill Shifts in Plant Species’ Optimum Elevations. Science 334: 177. (PDF)
Zeppel, M., Adams, H.D., and W.R.L. Anderegg. (2011) Mechanistic causes of tree drought mortality: recent results, unresolved questions and future research needs. New Phytologist. 192:800-803. (PDF)
Anderegg, W.R.L., J. A. Berry, D.D. Smith, J.S. Sperry, L.D.L. Anderegg, and C.B. Field. (2012). The role of hydraulic and carbon stress in a widespread climate-induced forest die-off. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109: 233-237 (PDF)
- Reported by: New York Times, Salt Lake City KSL news, High Country News, Utah Public Radio, Denver Post, Durango Herald
- Reviewed in Faculty of 1000
Huang, C., and W.R.L. Anderegg. (2012) Regional estimation of recent drought induced live aboveground biomass losses of the Rocky Mountains aspen forests. Global Change Biology. 18: 1016–1027. (PDF)
Anderegg, W.R.L. (2012) Complex aspen forest carbon and root dynamics during drought. Climatic Change Letters. 111: 983-991 (PDF)
Anderegg, W.R.L. and E.S. Callaway (2012). Infestation and hydraulic consequences of induced carbon starvation. Plant Physiology. 159: 1866-1874 (PDF)
Anderegg, W. R. L., L.D.L. Anderegg, C. Sherman, and D. Karp (2012). Effects of Widespread Drought-Induced Aspen Mortality on Understory Plants. Conservation Biology. 26(6):1082-90 (PDF)
Anderegg, W. R. L., J. A. Berry, C.B. Field (2012). Linking definitions, mechanisms, and modeling of drought-induced tree death. Trends in Plant Science. 17(12): 693-700 (PDF)
Zeppel, M., W.R.L. Anderegg, and Adams, H.D. (2012). Forest mortality due to drought: latest insights, evidence and unresolved questions on physiological pathways and consequences of tree death. New Phytologist. 197(2): 372-374 (PDF)
Anderegg, W. R. L., J. Kane, and L.D.L. Anderegg (2013). Consequences of widespread tree mortality triggered by drought and temperature stress. Nature Climate Change. 3: 30–36 (PDF)
- Reported by: New York Times, Huffington Post, Voice of America, ClimateWire
Anderegg, W.R.L., L. Plavcova, L.D.L. Anderegg, U. Hacke, J. A. Berry, and C.B. Field (2013). Drought’s legacy: Hydraulic deterioration underlies widespread aspen die-off and portends increased future vulnerability. Global Change Biology. 19: 1188–1196 (PDF)
Anderegg, L.D.L.*, W.R.L. Anderegg*, J. Abatzoglou, A. Hausladen, and J.A. Berry (2013). Drought characteristics’ role in widespread aspen forest mortality across Colorado, USA. Global Change Biology. 19: 1526–1537 (PDF)
*Contributed equally
Anderegg, W.R.L., and L.D.L. Anderegg (2013). Hydraulic and carbohydrate changes in experimental drought-induced mortality of saplings in two conifer species. Tree Physiology. 33: 252-260 (PDF)
Mastrandrea, M.D. and W.R.L. Anderegg. Climate change from the globe to California. In Biological Impacts of Climate Change on California. UC Press. Eds T.L. Root and K. Hall. In press.
Anderegg, W.R.L. and T.R. Root. Climate drivers in ecosystems and ecological responses to recent anthropogenic climate change. In Biological Impacts of Climate Change on California. UC Press. Eds T.L. Root and K. Hall. In press.
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Selected PRESENTATIONS
Ecosystems On the Move: Using GIS-sciences and Historical Records to Predict and Conserve Changing Communities in the 21st Century. Invited presentation at the Social Science History Association annual conference, November 2009.
Aspen Decline, Drought, and Climate Change in the West. Invited presentation at the Phi Beta Kappa annual retreat in Asilomar, California, February 2011.
Climate Expertise, Risk Management, and Climate Change. Invited presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Education Association, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2011.
Climate change: The science, the risk, and what it means for California. Invited presentation at California State University – Chico, Chico, California, April 2011.
Climate change: The science, the risk, and the future of mountain forests. Invited presentation by the Global Initiative at Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, April 2011.
The Changing Emerald Planet: Plants and Climate Change. Invited presentation at the Stephen H. Schneider Memorial Symposium, Boulder, Colorado, August 2011.
Causes and Consequences of Drought-Induced Aspen Die-off. Invited presentation at the U.S. Forest Service District Office, August 2011.
Physiological pathways and consequences of widespread climate-induced aspen die-off. Invited presentation at the Biogeosciences Seminar, UC Santa Barbara, February 2012.
Drought’s Legacy: Multi-year hydraulic deterioration underlies widespread aspen die-off and portends future increased risk. Invited presentation at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting, August 2012.
Western forests and climate change. Invited presentation at the Telluride Foundation, Telluride Colorado, August 2012.
Frontiers in the physiology of drought-induced tree mortality. Invited presentation at Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF), Barcelona, Spain, September 2012.
Non-structural carbohydrates and drought: Insights from drought experiments, observations, and defoliation-induced carbon starvation. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California, December 2012.
UNREFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Anderegg, W.R.L. Diagnosis Earth: The Climate Change Debate. Thought and Action: Magazine of the Higher Education Association, Fall 2010 (PDF)
- Awarded Excellence in the Academy Award for New Scholar by the National Education Association
Anderegg, W.R.L. Biosphere. In The Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather, Oxford University Press, 2010.
Anderegg, W.R.L. Good night, sweet trees: aspens, climate change, and the future of western forests. High Country News, March 1, 2010
Anderegg, W.R.L. and J. Harold. Climate science and the dynamics of expert consensus. Stanford Center for Conservation Biology, 2009. (PDF)
