Dena L Grossenbacher Last updated: August 31, 2016 Washington State University School of Biological Sciences Pullman, WA 99164 Phone: (530) 204-7824 Email: denagros@gmail.com Postdoctoral research June 2015 now Jan 2014 June 2015 June Dec 2013 Washington State University (Advisor Jeremiah Busch) We explore how mating system evolves during range expansions using RADSeq and field experiments University of Minnesota (Advisor Yaniv Brandvain) We assessed how mating system evolution impacts plant distributions using phylogenetic comparative methods University of California, Davis (Advisor Maureen Stanton) We assessed the ecological and genetic causes of aggression in acacia ants in Kenya. Education Publications Published or in press 2007 2013 PhD in Population Biology, UC Davis (Advisor Maureen Stanton) Dissertation title: Patterns and processes of floral evolution and speciation in Monkeyflowers, Mimulus 1995 1999 BS Botany, Cum Laude, University of Washington Runquist, R. B.*; Grossenbacher, D.*; Porter, S.; Kay, K.; Smith, J. 2016 Pollinator-mediated assemblage processes in California wildflowers. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. doi:10.1111/jeb.12845. *equal contribution Grossenbacher, D.L., Runquist, Ryan; Goldberg, Emma; Brandvain, Yaniv. 2015. Geographic range size is predicted by plant mating system. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.12449 Grossenbacher, D.L.; Runquist, Ryan; Goldberg, Emma; Brandvain, Yaniv. 2015. No association between plant mating system and geographic range overlap. American Journal of Botany. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1500078 John Pannell, Josh Auld, Yaniv Brandvain, Martin Burd, Jeremiah Busch, Pierre-Olivier Cheptou, Jeffrey Conner, Emma Goldberg, Alannie Grant, Dena L. Grossenbacher, Stephen Hovick, Boris Igic, Susan Kalisz, Theodora Petanidou, April Randle, Rafael Rubio de Casas, Anton Pauw, Jana Vamosi, Alice Winn. 2015. The scope of Baker s Law. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.13539 Grossenbacher, D.L. and M.L. Stanton. 2014. Pollinator-mediated competition selects for flower color displacement in sympatric monkeyflowers. American Journal of Botany. 101(11): 1915-24 Grossenbacher, D. L., Veloz, S. D., Sexton, J. P. 2014. Niche and range size patterns suggest that speciation begins in small, ecologically diverged populations in North American monkeyflowers. Evolution. 68: 1270-80.
Grossenbacher, D. L., and J. B. Whittall. 2011. Increased floral divergence in sympatric monkeyflowers. Evolution. 65: 2712-18. In review Grossenbacher, D.L., Yaniv Brandvain, Josh Auld, Martin Burd, Pierre-Olivier Cheptou, Jeffrey Conner, Alannie Grant, Stephen Hovick, Theodora Petanidou, April Randle, Rafael Rubio de Casas, John Pannell, Anton Pauw, Jana Vamosi, Alice Winn, Boris Igic, Jeremiah Busch, Susan Kalisz, Emma Goldberg. Oceanic islands are enriched for self-compatible species: Broad support for Baker s Law. Nature Ruiz Guajardo, Juan; Grossenbacher, Dena; Grosberg, Richard; Palmer, Todd; Stanton, Maureen Density effects in aggression, expansion, and post-conflict survival of the acacia-ant Crematogaster mimosae (Santschi). Ecology In preparation Grossenbacher, Dena, Taylor, Dean, Alison Colwell. Patterns of alpine plant diversity in the central Sierra Nevada, California. Target: Madrono Grossenbacher, D.L., Rafa Rubio, and 15 other NESCENT working group members. Meta-analysis of within species mating system variation along environmental gradients. Target: American Naturalist Press 12 June 2015 Editor s Choice section in Science, AAAS. Self-pollination and expanding range. reviews Grossenbacher et al. 2015 Grants and selected awards 2006 2013 Center for Population Biology graduate student fellowship 2009 2011 National Science Foundation Dissertation Research: Speciation is reinforced by natural selection in plants: A test within the genus Mimulus (Co-PI, $13,609) 2010 California Botany Society presentation award 2009 Northern California Botanists and Davis Botanical Society: Pollinator-mediated community assemblage patterns in three Caliofrnia genera: Limnanthes, Mimulus, and Clarkia (Co-PI, $2,000) 2007-2009 Center for Population Biology, Davis: Evolution and ecology of rarity in Mimulus (PI, $2,246) 2007 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, Honorable mention 2006 National Park Service STAR award for excellence in service
Teaching Spring 2012 Winter 2011 Fall 2011 Winter 2010 Winter 2009 Spring 2008 Winter 2008 Winter 2007 Summer 2006 Winter 2001 Spring 2000 Spring 1999 Teaching assistant, Angiosperm systematics, UC Davis Teaching assistant, Evolution, UC Davis Teaching assistant, Evolution, UC Davis Teaching assistant, Principles of ecology and evolution, UC Davis Teaching assistant, Principles of ecology and evolution, UC Davis Instructor, California plant taxonomy (3 day course), UC Davis Teaching assistant, Introduction to biology, UC Davis Teaching assistant, Introduction to biology, UC Davis Instructor, California plant diversity (2 day course), Yosemite National Park Teaching assistant, Introduction to botany, Univ. of Washington, Seattle Teaching assistant, Plant systematics and taxonomy, Univ. of Washington, Seattle Teaching assistant, Plant systematics and taxonomy, Univ. of Washington, Seattle Mentoring 2016 recruiting REU student at WSU for analysis of radseq data to estimate migration routes, and field surveys to assess the enemy release hypothesis to explain latitudinal selfing gradients 2012 Seven UC Davis undergraduates - herbarium curation including databasing and mounting of >1000 Mimulus and Yosemite specimens 2012 Jennifer Poore and Federico Lopez Borghesi, UC Davis undergraduates - field survey methods for Yosemite alpine bioinventory 2008-2009 Joel Smith, UC Davis undergraduate - field research in Mimulus across western North America 2008-2009 Kelley Knapp, California State University, Sacramento - GIS estimation of Mimulus species ranges and co-occurrence 2007 Lauren Dennis, Brown University - field survey methods for Yosemite rare plant bioinventory
Presentations and invited seminars 2016 Invited speaker. Northern California Botanist Meeting, Chico, CA 2015 Invited speaker. Dept. of Biology, CSU Stanislaus 2015 Invited speaker. Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, UC Santa Cruz 2014 Invited speaker. Yosemite National Park, California 2013 Invited speaker. Dept. of Evolution and Ecology, Duke University, Durham 2013 Invited speaker. Dept. of Biology, SanFrancisco State University 2013 Invited speaker. Ecological Society of America meeting, Minneapolis, MN 2013 Contributed talk. Evolution meeting, Snowbird, UT 2012 Invited speaker. Audubon Society, Yosemite, California 2011 Invited speaker. Botany and Horticulture Club, UC Davis 2011 Contributed talk. Northern California Botanist Meeting, Chico, CA 2011 Contributed talk. Northern California Botanist Meeting, Chico, CA 2010 Invited speaker. Davis Botanical Society, UC Davis 2010 Invited speaker. Dept. of Biology, Santa Clara University 2010 Contributed talk. Evolution Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR 2010 Contributed talk. Northern California Botanist Meeting, Chico, CA 2009 Invited speaker. Dept. of Biology, Chico State University 2009 Contributed talk. California Native Plant Society Conference, Sacramento, CA 2008 Contributed talk. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI Other academic activities National evolutionary synthesis center - NESCENT 2013 - June 2015 Member of working group: Linking self-fertilization, dispersal and distribution traits of species: Is Baker s law an exception to the rule? Journal reviews American Journal of Botany, American Naturalist, Annals of Botany, Evolution, International Journal of Plant Sciences, New Phytologist, PeerJ, PLOS ONE, Proc. Royal Society of Biology
Employment history 2010 June 2015 Contract Botanist. Vulnerability assessment of Yosemite s alpine flora. Co-designed and implemented massive field survey and spatial-statistical analysis- Yosemite 2007 2008 Biological Science Technician, National Park Service. Supervisor: Lisa Acree. Rare plant assessment for the Merced River Management Plan. Supervised, designed and implemented field surveys and spatial analysis. This required collaboration across multiple divisions of the park service, the Miwok tribe, and public outreach - Yosemite 2005-2006 Biological Science Technician, USGS. Supervisor: Peggy Moore. Rare plant assessment on unusual soils in Yosemite. Co-managed rare plant surveys, managed database, supervised field assistants, created maps using ArcGIS and wrote project reports - Yosemite, CA 2003-2004 Botany field crew supervisor, College of Forest Resources. Supervisor: Shelley Evans. Plant inventory and monitoring in western Oregon and Washington forests. Supervised a 12 person field crew - Seattle, WA 1998-2002 Laboratory technician, Department of Botany, University of Washington Supervisor: Doug Schemske and Toby Bradshaw. Conducted greenhouse and field experiments on the genetics of adaptation to serpentine soils and plant-pollinator interactions - Seattle, WA Herbarium curatorial experience Collected more than 3000 vascular plant and bryophyte specimens, prepared and deposited in various herbaria including UC Berkeley (UC), Yosemite (YM), University of Washington (WTU). Headed more than 40 collecting expeditions to remote areas in western North America. Ample experience in plant identification. Proficient in mounting techniques, label making, filing, insect control and other herbarium methods. Co-developed specimen database using Miscrosoft Access for Yosemite herbarium (YM) Computational expertise R programming - proficient in manipulating massive spatial and phylogenetic datasets, creation of functions, and complex graphics. Phylogenetic analysis and software - MrBayes, BEAST