Curriculum Vitae - Christopher F. Steiner
Address
Department of Biological Sciences
WayneStateUniversity
Biological Sciences Bldg., Office #3121
5047 Gullen Mall
Detroit, MI 48202, USA
Email:
Phone: 313-577-0728 (office); 313-577-6797 (lab)
FAX: 313-577-3602
Academic and Professional History
2008Assistant Professor, WayneStateUniversity, Department of Biological Sciences
2005-2008Postdoctoral Research Associate, MichiganStateUniversity, W. K. Kellogg
Biological Station. (Advisor: Christopher Klausmeier)
2004-2005Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois, Department of Animal
Biology. (Advisor: Carla Cáceres)
2002-2004Postdoctoral Research Associate, RutgersUniversity, Department of Ecology,
Evolution and Natural Resources. (Advisor: Peter Morin)
2001Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Chicago, Department of Ecology
and Evolution. (Advisor: Mathew Leibold)
2001Ph. D., MichiganStateUniversity, W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Department
of Zoology, and the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior Program.
(Advisor: Gary Mittelbach)
1992B. S., University of California, Los Angeles.
Major: Biology with concentration in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Magna Cum Laude, College Honors, Departmental Honors (Undergraduate
Research Advisors: Martin Cody and Henry Hespenheide)
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
2002-2004National Science Foundation, Microbial Biology Postdoctoral Fellowship,
($100,000)
2000MichiganStateUniversity, Dissertation Completion Fellowship
1998Sigma Xi, Grant-in-Aid of Research
1994-1999N.S.F. Research Training Grant, Graduate Fellowship, Kellogg Biological Station
1994-1998Michigan State University, Distinguished Fellowship
1996-1997George Lauff Research Award, Kellogg Biological Station
1994College of Natural Science Doctoral Recruiting Fellowship, MichiganState University
1994Honorable Mention, N.S.F. Predoctoral Fellowship
Publications
Waide, R. B., M. R. Willig, C. F. Steiner, G. G. Mittelbach, L. Gough, S. I. Dodson, G. P.
Juday, and R. Parmenter. 1999. The relationship between primary productivity and
species richness. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 30: 257-300.
Mittelbach, G. G., C. F. Steiner, S. M. Scheiner, K. L. Gross, H. L. Reynolds, R. B.
Waide, M. R. Willig, and S. I. Dodson. 2001. What is the observed relationship between
species richness and productivity? Ecology 82: 2381-2396.
Steiner, C. F. 2001. The effects of prey heterogeneity and consumer identity on the limitation of
trophic-level biomass. Ecology 82: 2495-2506.
Steiner, C. F. 2002. Context-dependent effects of Daphnia pulex on pond ecosystem function:
observational and experimental evidence. Oecologia 131: 549-558.
Steiner, C. F. 2003. Variable dominance in pond communities: assessing spatiotemporal variation
in competition and predation intensity. Ecology 84: 982-990.
Steiner, C. F. 2003. Keystone predator effects and grazer control of planktonic primary production. Oikos 101: 569-577.
Steiner, C. F., and A. H. Roy. 2003. Seasonal succession in fishless ponds: effects of enrichment
and invertebrate predation on zooplankton community structure. Hydrobiologia 490: 125-134.
Mittelbach, G. G., S. M. Scheiner, and C. F. Steiner. 2003. What is the observed relationship between
species richness and productivity: reply. Ecology 84: 3390-3395.
Steiner, C. F., and M. A. Leibold. 2004. Cyclic assembly trajectories and scale-dependent productivity-diversity
relationships. Ecology 85: 107-113.
Steiner, C. F. 2004. Daphnia dominance and zooplankton community structure in fishless ponds.
Journal of Plankton Research 26: 799-810.
Petchey, O., A. L. Downing, G. G. Mittelbach, L. Persson, C. F. Steiner, P. Warren, and G. Woodward. 2004.
Species loss and the structure and functioning of multitrophic aquatic systems. Oikos 104: 467-478.
Mittelbach, G. G., T. L. Darcy-Hall, N. J. Dorn, E. A. Garcia, C. F. Steiner, and J. M. Wojdak. 2004.
The impact of density-independent mortality on species coexistence: an experimental test with zooplankton. Oikos 107: 415-421.
Steiner, C. F. 2005. Temporal stability of pond zooplankton assemblages. Freshwater Biology 50: 105-112.
Steiner, C. F. 2005. Impacts of density-independent mortality and productivity on the strength and
outcome of competition. Ecology 86: 727-739.
Steiner, C. F., Z. T. Long, J. A. Krumins, and P. J. Morin. 2005. Temporal stability of aquatic food webs:
partitioning the effects of species diversity, species composition and enrichment. Ecology Letters 8: 819-828.
Steiner, C. F., T. L. Darcy-Hall, N. J. Dorn, E. A. Garcia, G. G. Mittelbach, and J. M. Wojdak. 2005. The influence of
consumer diversity and indirect facilitation on trophic-level biomass and community stability. Oikos 110: 556-566.
Steiner, C. F., Z. T. Long, J. A. Krumins, and P. J. Morin. 2006. Population and community resilience in multitrophic
communities. Ecology 87: 996-1007.
Long, Z. T., C. F. Steiner, J. A. Krumins, and P. J. Morin. 2006. Species diversity and allometric scaling jointly determine
biomass in model aquatic food webs. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1014-1023.
Krumins, J. A., Z. T. Long, C. F. Steiner, and P. J. Morin. 2006. Indirect effects of food web diversity and productivity
on bacterial community function and composition. Functional Ecology 20: 514-521.
Steiner, C. F., C. E. Cáceres, and S. Smith. 2007. Resurrecting the ghost of competition past with
dormant zooplankton eggs. The American Naturalist 169: 416-422.
Non-peer reviewed publications
Cáceres, C. E., S. L. Mulvany, K. A. Paczolt, and C. F. Steiner. 2005. Cladoceran community assembly in a
recently created lake. Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie, Verhandlungen 29:1020-1024.
Steiner, C. F. 2006. Book Review: “Aquatic Food Webs: An Ecosystem Approach” in Quarterly Review of Biology vol. 81.
Professional Experience
Teaching
2001 Teaching Assistant, “Applications in Biological Science Laboratory,” (ISB 208), MichiganStateUniversity
2000Teaching Assistant, “Ecology Laboratory,” (ZOL 355), MichiganStateUniversity
2000Teaching Assistant, “Advanced Field Ecology and Evolution,” (ZOL 440),
Kellogg Biological Station, MichiganStateUniversity
1999Lab Instructor. “Organisms and Populations: Introductory Organismal Biology for
Undergraduates,” (BS 110), MichiganStateUniversity.
Advising
2000Undergraduate Co-advisor. Travis Godkin, National Science Foundation,
Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Kellogg Biological
Station, MichiganStateUniversity.
1997Undergraduate Co-advisor. Allison Roy, National Science Foundation,
Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Kellogg Biological
Station, MichiganStateUniversity.
Workshops
2002Invited participant, Workshop on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in
Aquatic Ecosystems, Ascona, Switzerland (NSF supported).
Presentations at National Meetings
2008Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI
2007Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA
2005Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada
2004Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR
2003Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA
2002Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ
2001Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Madison, WI
2000Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT
1999Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA
1998Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD
Doctoral Committee
Gary Mittelbach (doctoral advisor), James Bence, Donald Hall, Stephen Hamilton, Alan Tessier
Postdoctoral Advisors
Christopher Klausmeier, Kellogg Biological Station, MichiganStateUniversity
Carla Cáceres, Department of Animal Biology, University of Illinois
Peter Morin, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, RutgersUniversity
Mathew Leibold, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
Reviewer for
The American Naturalist, Archiv fuer Hydrobiologie, Aquatic Ecology, Ecography, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Functional Ecology,
International Review of Hydrobiology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Limnology and Oceanography, National Science Foundation (DEB),
Oecologia, Oikos, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
Professional Societies
American Society of Naturalists, Ecological Society of America