Chelsea Oldman

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Division of Mammals

103 Patriot Avenue * Oldville, PA

Ph: (555) 555-7520 * Fax (555) 555-0182

Education

2013 Edu-Tech University, Edu-Tech, California

  • Doctoral degree, Biological Sciences (PhD)

2007 Yale University,New Haven, Connecticut

  • Master’s degree in Environmental Management (MEM)

2004 Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

  • Bachelor of Arts degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (BA)

Current Appointment

2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Division of Mammals

Awards, Scholarships & Grants

  • 2013 – Frances Lou Kallman award (for excellence in teaching and research)
  • 2013 – Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2013 – Pacific Seabird Group Student Paper Honor
  • 2013 – Woods Institute Environmental Venture Projects Grant
  • 2012 – National Geographic Society Exploration Grant
  • 2011 – National Science Foundation Doctoral Disertation Improvement Grant
  • 2011 – AAAS Robert L. Larus Award, and First Place for Ecology and Organismal Biology, Pacific Division
  • 2011 – SEAPRE Research Scientist Exchange Grant
  • 2010-2011 – Edu-Tech University: Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education research support grant
  • 2009-2012 – Edu-Tech Graduate Fellow, Gabilan Fellow
  • 2009 – Edu-Tech Graduate Student Teaching Award
  • 2009 – Jasper Ridge Mellon Grant
  • 2008-2009 – Switzer Environmental Leadership Program Fellow
  • 2006-2007 – Switzer Environmental Fellowship 2003-2004
  • 2006 – Tropical Resources Institute Research Grant
  • 2006 – U.S. State Department Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship
  • 2005-2006 & 2006-2007 – Yale Merit Fellowship
  • 2003 – Princeton Edwin F. Ferris 1889 grant for excellence in science journalism.

Publications

  • C.T. Oldman, D.J. Hardcastle, R. Small, and R. Cain. 2013. Plants cause a whole bunch of ecosystem nutrient depletion. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.107: 2072-2077.

  • C.T. Oldman, S. Berle, D.J. Hardcastle, R. Cain, and B.A. Green. 2013. Resource partitioning by birds in the Pacific Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 403: 291-301.
  • C.T. Oldman, T.K. Raab, D.J. Hardcastle, A.A. Briggs, and R. Cain. 2013. The coconut palm impacts forest composition and soil characteristics at Palmyra Atoll. J. Veg. Sci. DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.019.
  • C.T. Oldman, D.J. Hardcastle, R. Cain, R.B. Small, S.A. Berle. 2013. Partitioning among sympatric tropical seabirds. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 416: 485-44.
  • D.J. Hardcastle, F. Micheli, C.T. Oldman, D.P. Fischer, D.R. Brumbaugh, E.M.P. Madin, K.E. Holmes, J.E. Smith, H.K. Lotze, P.A. de Salles, S.N. Arnold, B. Worm. 2013. Acute effects of removing large fish from a pristine coral reef. Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-010-1533-2
  • J. Pasari, P. Selmants, C.T. Oldman, J. O’Leary, E. Zavaleta. 2013. Nitrogen enrichment In Encyclopedia of Invasive Introduced Species. pp. 487-492 University of California Press.
  • D.J. Hardcastle, Y. Papastimoutou, and C.T. Oldman. 2013. Mating behavior in Charcharinus melanopteris. Pac. Sci. 64: 348-351.
  • C.T. Oldman and R. MacCoy. Small mammals at Mango Ridge Biological Preserve. 2011. In Mango Ridge Biological Preserve State of the Preserve Assessment, Chiairello N (ed). Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Edu-Tech University.
  • R. Cain, C.T. Oldman, H. Mooney, and G. Ceballos, eds. Dry tropical forests: the ecology and conservation. Island Press. In press.
  • C.T. Oldman, L. Hurrey, G. Kolb, and W.B. Anderson. Effects of seabird derived subsidies on aquatic ecosystems. In Seabird Islands: Ecology, Degradation,andRestoration. C.L. Klein, W.P. Anderson, D. Strickland, and P. Bellingham editors. Oxford University Press. In press.
  • G. Kolb, C.T. Oldman, H. Jones, T. Fukami, John L. Orrock, D. Towns, and Louie Yang. Effects of seabirds on island consumers. In Seabird Islands: Ecology, Degradation,andRestoration. C.L. Klein, W.P. Anderson, D. Strickland, and P. Bellingham editors. Oxford University Press. In press.
  • C.P.H. Mulder, H. Jones, K. Kameda, C. Palmborg, S. Schmidt, J. Ellis, J.L. Orrock, A. Wait, D.A. Wardle, L. Yang, C.T. Oldman, D. Croll, and E. Vidal. Impacts of seabirds on plant and soil properties. In Seabird Islands: Ecology, Degradation,andRestoration. C.L. Klein, W.P. Anderson, D. Strickland, and P. Bellingham editors. Oxford University Press. In press.
  • C.T. Oldman, D.J. Hardcastle, and R. Cain. Differential responses to fertilization among tropical tree species with varying life history strategies. In review.
  • C.T. Oldman, D.J. Hardcastle, R. Guevara, A. McInturff, and R. Cain. Effects of density-dependent seedling predation on plant diversity depend on scale. In review.
  • C.T. Oldman, A.A. Briggs, R. Fischer, S. Hathaway, D.J. Hardcastle, and R. Cain. Effects of spatial subsidies on abundance and ecology of two congeneric gecko species. In review.

Teaching

On the Track of the Yellowstone Hotspot, Edu-Tech University, 2013. Teaching assistant

Field Studies Program Palmyra Atoll, Edu-Tech University, 2009-2013. Co-organizer and trip leader.

Conservation Biology, Edu-Tech University, 20011, Teaching Assistant

Introductory Biology Lab, Edu-Tech University, 2010, Head Teaching Assistant

Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Edu-Tech University, 2009, Teaching Assistant

Graduate seminar in Environmental Health and Policy, Yale University 2006, Teaching Assistant

Environmental Policy, Politics and Law,Yale University 2005-2007, Head Teaching Assistant

Meetings & Presentations

  • 2013 - Invited speaker, Smithsonian Institution "Cascading effects of changes in community composition: examples from Central Pacific and East Africa"
  • 2013 - Invited speaker, UC Santa Cruz "Ecosystem decay following species replacement in the Central Pacific"
  • 2013 – Pacific Seabird Group (Santa Barbara, CA), “Evidence of resource partitioning in sympatric seabirds from stable isotopes and GPS tracking.”
  • 2013 – Invited speaker, Brown University “Ecological effects of plant community shifts on island foodwebs”
  • 2009 – Ecological Society of America, (Alburquerque, NM)“Plant community shifts interrupt spatial subsidies”
  • 2012 – Ecological Society of America (Alburquerque, NM); Moderator and co-organizer of Organized Oral Session “Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, Restoration”
  • 2012 –AAAS (Chicago, IL), “Indirect effects of palm proliferation on forest foodwebs.”
  • 2011 –AAAS Pacific Division (Honolulu, HI), overall student winner “Plants cause ecosystem nutrient depletion via the interruption of bird derived spatial subsidies.”
  • 2011 –Invited speaker, UH Botany department (Honolulu, HI) “Invasive species cause phase shifts in tropical forests: a case study of the coconut palm.”
  • 2011 – Invited speaker, University of Parma (Parma Italy), “Invasive species and nutrient cycling.”
  • 2011 –Species Interactions Workshop, UCSC “Effects of coconut palm on island foodwebs” (Santa Cruz, CA)
  • 2010 – Co-organizer Symposium on Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests of Latin America, Edu-Tech University (Edu-Tech, CA)

Advisors

Postdoctoral Advisors: Uther Vandergraft, Ronald Pine

PhD Advisors: Ronald Pine (primary advisor), Jong Xiang, Peter Chu, Meridith Collins

Master’s Advisors: Ogden Ferris, Martin Moore

Undergraduate Advisor: Zachary Smart