Publications

  • Nadkarni, N. M. & J. S. Morris, J. R. Trivett, K. Bush, B. T. Davey, H. B. Davis, A. Anholt, and D. Scalice (2020). Impacts of astrobiology lectures on knowledge and attitudes about science in incarcerated populations. Astrobiology. Vol. 20, 1262–1271. Published, 10/2020.
  • Williams, C. & J. Murray, A. Glunk, T. Dawson, N. Nadkarni, and S. Gotsch (2020). Vascular epiphytes show low physiological resistance and high recovery capacity to episodic, short‐term drought in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Functional Ecology. Published, 06/2020.
  • Nadkarni, N. (2020). Faith and science as partners in environmental awareness and Creation Care: An ecologist’s view. Currents in Theology and Mission. Vol. 47, 41-48. Published, 06/2020.
  • Horns, J. J. & N. Nadkarni, and A. Anholt (2020). How repeated exposure to informal science education affects content knowledge of and perspectives on science among incarcerated adults. PLoS ONE. Published, 05/2020.
  • Liu, J-W & S-F. Lu, C-T. Wu, I. A. Valdespino, H-M. Chang, T-Y. Guu, M-F. Kao, C. Chesson, S. Das, H. Oppenheimer, A. Bakutis, P. Saenger, N. S. Allen, J. W. H. Yong, B. Adjie, R. Kiew, N. Nadkarni, C-L. Huang, P. Chesson, C-R. Sheue, J-F. Ho, Y-H. Wu (2020). Gigantic chloroplasts, including bizonoplasts, are common in shade-adapted species of the ancient vascular plant family Selaginellaceae. American Journal of Botany. Vol. 107, 1-15. Published, 04/2020.
  • Amici, A. & N. Nadkarni, J. Seger, and E. DiBlasi (2019). Contrasting effects of host tree isolation on population connectedness in two tropical epiphytic bromeliads. American Journal of Botany. Vol. 106(12), 1602– 1611. Published, 12/2019.
  • Amici, A. & N. Nadkarni, C. Williams, and S. Gotsch (2019). Differences in epiphyte biomass and community composition along landscape and within-crown spatial scales. Biotropica. Vol. 52, 46– 58. Published, 12/2019.
  • Amici, A. & N. Nadkarni, C. Williams, and S. Gotsch (2019). Differences in epiphyte biomass and community composition along landscape and within-crown spatial scales. Biotropica. Vol. 52, 12725. Published, 12/2019.
  • Amici, A. & N. Nadkarni, J. Seger, and E. DiBlasi (2019). Contrasting effects of host tree isolation on population connectedness in two tropical epiphytic bromeliads. American Journal of Botany. Vol. 106, 1602-1611. Published, 12/2019.
  • Nadkarni, N. M. & K. Kohl (2019). Elements of disturbance that affect epiphyte vitality in a temperate rainforest: an experimental approach. Journal of Plant Ecology. Vol. 12, 306-313. Published, 04/2019.
  • Nadkarni, N. M. & C. Q. Weber, S. V. Goldman, D. L. Schatz, S. Allen, and R. Menlove (2019). Beyond the deficit model: the Ambassador Approach to public engagement. BioScience. Vol. 69, 305–313. Published, 04/2019.
  • Nadkarni, N. M. & C. Q. Weber, S. V. Goldman, D. L. Schatz, S. Allen, and R. Menlove (2019). Beyond the deficit model: the Ambassador Approach to public engagement. BioScience. Vol. 69, 305-313. Published, 03/2019.
  • Nadkarni, NM & Morris, JS (2018). Baseline Attitudes and Impacts of Informal Science Education Lectures on Content Knowledge and Value of Science Among Incarcerated Populations. Science Communications. Vol. 40. Published, 10/17/2018.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10755...
  • Nadkarni, NM & Kohl, KD (2018). Elements of disturbance that affect epiphyte vitality in a temperate rainforest: an experimental approach . Journal of Plant Ecology. Published, 07/16/2018.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rty025
  • Nadkarni, NM, Schnacker, P, Hasbach, P, Thys, T & Gaines, E (2017). From orange to blue: how nature imagery affects inmates in the "Blue Room". (pp. 36-41). Vol. 79. Corrections Today. Published, 12/2017.
  • Nadkarni, NM (2017). Green I love you green. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. Published, 10/2017.
  • Dangerfield, C, Nadkarni, NM & Brazelton, WJ (2017). Canopy soil bacterial communities altered by severing host tree limbs. PeerJ. Published, 09/2017.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28894646
  • Total and epiphyte litter under the canopy of Acer macrophyllum stands in an old-growth temperate rainforest, Washington State, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45:1654-1661. Published, 08/04/2016.
    http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cj...
  • Gotsch, S.G., Amici, A. & Nadkarni, N.M. (2016). The functional roles of epiphytes and arboreal soils in tropical montane cloud forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology. Vol. 32, 455-468. Published, 04/2016.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S026646741600033X
  • Gotsch, Sybil G., Nadkarni, Nalini, Darby, Alexander, Glunk, Andrew, Dix, Mackenzie, Davidson, Kenneth & Dawson, Todd E. (2015). Life in the Treetops: Ecophysiological Strategies of Canopy Epiphytes in a Tropical Montane Cloud Forest. Ecological Society of America. , 150228045055007. Published, 2015.
  • Clonality and dynamics of leaf abscission of Gambel Oaks at small spatial scales in Utah. Forest Science 61:829-833. Published, 10/2015.
  • Life in the treetops: ecophysiological strategies of canopy epiphytes in a tropical montane cloud forest. Ecological Monographs 85:393–412. Published, 08/01/2015.
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/14-1076...
  • The occurrence of monoplastidy in the ancient genus Selaginella associated with phylogeny. The 7th Annual Meeting, 15th-18th November, Asia and Oceania Conference on Photobiology, Taipei, Taiwan. Published, 06/2015.
  • Physical and chemical characteristics of canopy soils of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) in the Queets River Watershed, Washington State. Soil Science Society of America 78: S118-S124. Published, 12/2014.
  • Into the light: bringing science education to the incarcerated. Dimensions, Association for Science and Technology Centers. Published, 10/2014.
  • Nadkarni, N. M. and A. Stasch. 2013. How broad are our broader Impacts? Analysis of the National Science Foundation's Ecosystems Program and the Broader Impacts requirement. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 11:13–19. doi:10.1890/110106. Published, 01/2013.
  • Aubrey, D.A., N. M. Nadkarni, and C. P. Broderick. 2013. Patterns of moisture and temperature in canopy and terrestrial soils in a temperate rainforest, Washington. Botany (formerly Canadian Journal of Botany) 91: 739-744. Published, 01/2013.
  • Sheldon, K., and N. Nadkarni. Spatial and temporal variation of seed rain in the canopy and on the ground of a tropical cloud forest. Biotropica 45:549–556. Published, 01/2013.
  • Sheldon, K. and N. Nadkarni. The use of pasture trees by birds in a tropical montane landscape in Monteverde, Costa Rica. 2013. Journal of Tropical Ecology 29:459–462. Published, 01/2013.
  • How broad are our broader impacts? Analysis of the National Science Foundation's Ecosystems Program and the Broader Impacts requirement. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi:10.1890/110106. Published, 01/2013.
  • Interpreting in prisons: the sustainablility in prisons project. Legacy June/July 2012 12-20. Published, 02/2012.
  • The future we want. Essay for the RIO+20 website for the United Nations. Published, 02/2012.
    http://www.un.org/en/sustainablefuture/nadkarni.sh...
  • Response of non-vascular epiphytes to simulated climate change in a montane moist evergreen broad-leaved forest in southwest China. Biological Conservation 152:127-135. Published, 02/2012.

Presentations

  • Earth Day, University of Vermont. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2020.
  • Nadkarni, N. and F. Gander. 2019. Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections with Trees. Poetry-Science Reading. Poet’s House, New York City. Presentation, Presented, 10/2019.
  • Lytton J. Musselman Natural History Lecture, Old Dominion University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2019.
  • From Ivory Tower to Prison Tower: How Scientists can Engage the Science-Unengaged. National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 02/19/2019.
    https://www.sesync.org/events-announcements/thu-20...
  • Podtail.com - Podcast. December 23, 2017. Nalini Nadkarni on Discovering Forest Canopy Microcosms. Other, Other, 12/23/2017.
    https://podtail.com/en/podcast/for-the-wild/clayto...
  • University of Washington, Center for Creative Conservation. The Northwest Nature & Health Symposium. October 26, 2017. Offering Nature Where Nature is Not Weaving the missing threads of the nature-deprived into the tapestry of nature and human health. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/26/2017.
    http://conservation.uw.edu/current-work/the-northw...
  • Pebble Beach Author and Ideas Festival, September 2017. The art of "tapestry thinking" entwines different ways of knowing how to address complex problems. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/24/2017.
    http://pbaif.com/schedule/
  • The Wildlife Society 24th Annual Conference, September 2017. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2017.
    http://wildlife.org/conference-plenary-speakers-to...
  • Podcast, PRX. Hanging On: Treetop Truths for Disruptive Times. Other, Other, 07/2017.
    https://beta.prx.org/stories/122542
  • Workshop: National Alliance for Broader Impacts. Crossing Apparent Divides: Scientists’ Engagement with Non-Traditional Public Audience . Other, Presented, 04/27/2017.
    https://broaderimpacts.net/2017-schedule/
  • Boise State University, The Idea of Nature Public Lecture Series. March 16, 2017. “A Tapestry of Nature: Emerging Themes of Disturbance and Recovery from Multiple Disciplines”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/16/2017.
    http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ideaofnature/
  • College of Idaho's Marv and Laurie Henberg Lectureship in Environmental Studies. March 15, 2017. “A Tapestry of Nature: Emerging Themes of Disturbance and Recovery from Multiple Disciplines”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/15/2017.
    https://www.collegeofidaho.edu/news/henberg-lectur...
  • Pitzer College, February 20, 2017. “Tapestry Thinking: Weaving the Threads of Humans and Nature”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/20/2017.
    https://www.pitzer.edu/communications/2017/06/07/d...
  • Society for Critical Care Medicine, Peter Safar Memorial Lecture--Fallen: A Transdisciplinary Tale of Disturbance and Recovery. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2017.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO0_Q-d2aDA
  • National Geographic Live! Olympia, Washington, 2016. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2016.
  • Canopy Confluence: Integrating Ecology with Environmental and Social Justice, Swarthmore College, 2015. Other, Presented, 06/2015.
  • Brown University Baccalaureate Speech. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2014.
  • Whitman College. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2013.
  • Arizona State University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2013.
  • Nassau Community College. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2013.
  • W.K. Kellog Biological Station. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2012.
  • Michigan State University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2012.
  • Utah State University - Intermountain Bioneers Event. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2012.
  • Symposium Series - Mathematics and Molecular Medicine. Utah Valley University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2012.
  • "Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connection with Trees". Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2011.
  • Exploring the “Last Biotic Frontier”: Emerging Trends from Three Decades of Canopy Research in Tropical and Temperate Rainforests. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 05/2011.
  • “Looking Upward and Outward: Discoveries in Canopies of Tropical and Temperate Forests.”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2011.
  • “Sustaining Forests and Sustaining Ourselves: Trees as Providers and Inspiration for Our Lives”. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/24/2011.

Languages

  • Spanish, fluent.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Costa Rica
    40 years of fieldwork in Monteverde, Costa Rica.