Professional Service

• Ecological Society of America. Vice President for Science. 08/11/2019 - present
• Institute for Philosophy in Biology and Medicine. Role: Member. Scientific Committee, PhilInBioMed, Institute for Philosophy in Biology and Medicine. 06/2019 - present
• Ecological Society of America. Role: Chair. Science Committee. 06/2019 - present
• Ecological Applications. Role: Member. Editor-in-Chief search committee. 01/2019 - 03/2020
• Ecological Society of America. Meetings Committee. 08/06/2018 - present
• Boston University. Role: Member. External Advisory Board, Boston University Graduate Program in Urban Biogeoscience & Environmental Health. 06/2018 - present
• DOE. Institutional Leadership Panel, DOE Joint Center for Energy Storage Research. 06/2018 - present
• The Nature of Cities Summit. Role: Member. Steering committee, “The Nature of Cities Summit”, Paris, France, June 4-6, 2019. 06/2018 - 07/2019
• National Science Foundation. Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education. 01/01/2018 - present
• National Science Foundation. Directorate for Biological Sciences Advisory Committee. 12/17/2017 - present
• Stories of the Nature of Cities. Steering Committee. 06/01/2017 - present
• American Geophysical Union. Macelwane Medal Selection Committee. 01/01/2017 - present
• American Geophysical Union. College of Fellows Task Force. 01/01/2016 - present
• Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Role: Chief Specialty Editor. Urban Ecology Section. 01/2015 - present
• National Science Foundation. Role: Program Director. Ecosystem Science Cluster, NSF Division of Environmental Biology. 01/2014 - 12/2015
• American Geophysical Union. Biogeosciences Fellows Selection Committee. 01/2013 - 12/2015
• Water Science Software Institute Steering Committee. Committee member of the Water Science Software Institute Steering Committee. 01/2012 - 12/2014
• NEON Urban Ecology Working Group. Member of the NEON Urban Ecology Working Group. 01/2012 - 12/2014
• National Research Council. Committee member of the Sustained Land Imaging Program. 01/2012 - 12/2013
• Environmental Defense Fund methane leakage project. Member of the Scientific Advisory Panel. 01/2012 - 12/2012
• Joint SDSU-UCSB Doctoral Program in Geography. Review Committee Chair. 01/2012 - 12/2012
• Environmental Protection Agency. Board of Scientific Counselors. 07/2011 - 01/2017
• Environmental Protection Agency. Board of Scientific Counselors. 01/2011 - 01/2017
• Steele Burnand Anza Borrego Desert Research Center. Founding Director. 01/2011 - 06/2012
• Ecological Society of America. Science Committee. 01/2010 - 12/2013
• U.S. Climate Change Science Program. Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group. 01/2008 - 12/2011
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Membership Committee. 01/2007 - 12/2009
• U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.2. Lead Author,State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR) Chapter 14: Human Settlements. 01/2007 - 12/2007
• American Geophysical Union. Ecohydrology Executive Committee. 01/2006 - 12/2010
• Global Change Biology journal. Subject Editor. 01/2005 - 12/2010
• New Phytologist journal. Board of Advisors. 01/2004 - 12/2011

Internal Service

• Research Instrumentation Fund committee. 10/2017 - present. University service.
• Sustainability Education Committee. 08/2017 - 08/2018. University service.
• Biology curriculum reform committee. 05/2017 - present. Department service.
• Fall enrollment working group. 03/2017 - 06/2017. University service.
• GCSC Executive Committee. 01/2016 - 08/2018. University service.
• Special course fee committee. 09/2016 - 06/2017. University service.
• Continuing Education and Community Engagement Task Force. 08/2015 - 05/2016. University service.
• Honors Committee. Committee Member, 06/2013 - 06/2014. Department service.
• College of Science Council. Council Member, 01/2013 - 12/2014. College service.
• Comprehensive Retention and Completion Task Force. Committee Member, 01/2013 - 12/2014. University service.
• Biology Growth Site committee. 08/2012 - 06/2013. Department service.
• School of Biological Sciences Mentoring and Awards committee. 09/01/2020 - present. Department service.
• Educational Futures and Student Success Task Force. co-chair, 01/31/2019 - 12/31/2020. University service.
• F&A Task Force. 02/2018 - 09/2018. University service.

Honors & Awards

• Fellow. Ecological Society of America, 04/04/2019
• Global Scholar. Fulbright Program, 04/01/2019
• Albert Shimmins International Fellow. University of Melbourne, 09/13/2018
• Fellow. Leopold Leadership Program, 06/2015
• James B. Macelwane Medalist. American Geophysical Union, 12/2008
• Fellow. American Geophysical Union, 12/2008
• Lillian Berle Dare Award. Barnard College, Columbia University, 06/1993
• Rice Prize in geography. Barnard College, Columbia University, 06/1993