9/98-9/2000: Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Western Washington University.

Education

1997-98: NSF Post-Doctoral Fellow with Dr. F.S. Chapin III, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley and at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington. Effects of Plant Composition on Arctic Tundra Carbon Balance: Functional Traits and Time Lags.

1996-97: Post-doctoral research with Dr. F.S. Chapin III, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Effects of temperature and vegetation type on arctic tundra carbon balance.

1996: Ph.D., Biological Sciences, Stanford University. Thesis: "Effects of plant functional group diversity on nutrient cycling in a restored California serpentine grassland." Dr. Peter Vitousek, advisor.

1984: B.A. summa cum laude, Chemistry, concentration in French, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont.

Current Research Interests

Ecosystem ecology: effects of plant diversity on ecosystem processes; vegetation effects on biogeochemical processes; carbon balance in Arctic tundra; nutrient cycling; impacts of global change and species invasions; restoration ecology.

Awards and Fellowships

2000: George Mercer Award, with Peter Vitousek, for an outstanding publication in the field of ecology, Ecological Society of America.

1997-98: National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow in Biosciences Related to the Environment.

1990-93: National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow.

1991: Wessels Teaching Award, Biological Sciences, Stanford University.

1984: Phi Beta Kappa, American Institute of Chemists Award, Charles B. Allen Award, Middlebury College.

Teaching Experience

Courses taught:

Introduction to Biology (BI 101) Department of Biology, Western Washington University. Winter quarter 1999.

General Biology III (Botany; BI 203) Department of Biology, Western Washington University. Spring quarter 1999, 2001, Winter quarter 2000

Ecology (BI 325) and Ecology Lab (BI 326) Department of Biology, Western Washington University. Fall quarter 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Ecology (ENVR 325) Huxley College of Environmental Studies, Western Washington University. Winter quarter 1999.

Ecosystem Ecology/Advanced Ecosystem Ecology (BI 416/516) Department of Biology, Western Washington University. Winter quarter 2000 (as BI 445b), 2002.

1999: Served as an invited external examiner for students in the Honors Program, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Dr. Roger Latham, host. May 20-22, 1999.

1991-94: Teaching Assistant for "Biology and Global Change" (BIO 117) and core introductory biology lecture(BIO 33) and lab (BIO 44Y), Stanford University. Designed and implemented field experiment on oak/mistletoe interactions, which is still in use in BIO 44Y.

1994-present: Invited lecturer for classes in:

"Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem function," Ecology (BI 325), led by Dr. Merrill Peterson, Dept. of Biology, WWU. 12/99

"Experimental design and statistics," Interschool Honors Program in Environmental Science, Technology and Policy, led by Dr. Rosamund Naylor, Stanford University. 4/97

"What do we know about climate change?" Geology 101, led by Prof. Susan DeBari, San Jose State University. 4/97

"Plant diversity and primary productivity," Ecosystems Ecology, led by Prof. Peter Vitousek, Stanford University. 11/96

"Soil Organic Matter," Rocks, Minerals and Soils, led by Prof. Susan DeBari, San Jose State University. 11/96

"Decomposition," Plant Adaptations, led by Prof. Hal Mooney and Prof. Chris Field, Stanford University. 5/94

Advising

1999-present

Undergraduate theses: Jesse Burns (graduated 6/01), Dominic Chiarelli (graduated 6/01), Crystal Elliot (graduated 6/01), and Jeffrey Ninneman (graduated 12/00).

Undergraduate research experience: Kara Davis (Winter ’02, Spring ' 02), James T. Mason (Spring ’01, graduated 6/01), Mikki Seagren (Fall ’01)

Masters students: Leslie Allen (finished Spring 2002), Cara Leverett (started Fall 2000).

1993-94: Advised an undergraduate, Cynthia Benton, in her honors thesis, "Timing of release of labile nutrients in decomposition of plant litter on the serpentine grasslands", Stanford University.

Research Grants

2002: National Science Foundation grant "Patterns of community assembly in serpentine grasslands: the roles of initial plant composition and functional complementarity". Resubmitted Jan. 10, 2002. Pending.

2001: National Science Foundation grant "Patterns of community assembly in serpentine grasslands: the roles of initial plant composition and functional complementarity". Submitted June 15, 2001. Not funded.

2001: National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates grant supplement. $5000 to support 1 undergraduate student (Jesse Burns) during summer 2001.

2000: National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates grant supplement. $5000 to support 2 undergraduate students (Dominic Chiarelli and Crystal Elliot) during summer 2000.

1999-2002: National Science Foundation grant DEB99-74159, "Effects of plant diversity and functional characteristics on species invasions", $200,000.

1993-94: Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, Stanford University, "Effects of Plant Species Diversity on Nutrient Cycling in a Restored Serpentine Grassland in California", $7,110.

1992-94: National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant DEB-9212995, "Effects of Plant Species Diversity on Nutrient Cycling in a Restored Serpentine Grassland in California", with Dr. P.M. Vitousek (P.I.), $15,000.

1992-93: Stanford-NASA/Ames Cooperative Program in Global Change, "Effects of Plant Functional Group Diversity on Nutrient Cycling in a Restored California Serpentine Grassland", $9,360.

Publications

2002
 

Hooper, D.U., M. Solan, A. Symstad, S. Díaz, M.O. Gessner, N. Buchmann, V. Degrange, P. Grime, F. Hulot, F. Mermillod-Blondin, J. Roy, E. Spehn, L. van Peer (in press) Species diversity, functional diversity and ecosystem functioning. In P. Inchausti, M. Loreau, and S. Naeem, eds. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: synthesis and perspectives. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Neff, J.C., and D.U. Hooper (in press) Vegetation and climate controls on potential CO₂, DOC and DON production in northern latitude soils. Global Change Biology.

2001

Loreau, M., S. Naeem, P. Inchausti, J. Bengtsson, J.P. Grime, A. Hector, D.U. Hooper, M.A. Huston, D. Raffaelli, B. Schmid, D. Tilman, and D.A. Wardle (2001) Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: current knowledge and future challenges. Science 294: 804-808.

Thompson, J.N., O. J. Reichman, P.J. Morin, G.A. Polis, M.E. Power, R.W. Sterner, C.A. Couch, L. Gough, R. Holt, D.U. Hooper, F. Keesing, C.R. Lovell, B.T. Milne, M.C. Molles, D.W. Roberts, S.Y. Strauss (2001) Frontiers in Ecology. BioScience 51: 15-24.

2000

Hooper, D.U., D.E. Bignell, V.K. Brown, L. Brussaard, J.M. Dangerfield, D.H. Wall, D.A. Wardle, D.C. Coleman, K.E. Giller, P. Lavelle, W.H. v. d. Putten, P.C. d. Ruiter, J. Rusek, W.L. Silver, J.M. Tiedje, and V. Wolters. 2000. Interactions between aboveground and belowground biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems: patterns, mechanisms, and feedbacks. BioScience 50:1049-1061.

Chapin, F.S. III, E.S. Zavaleta, V.T. Eviner, R.L. Naylor, P.M. Vitousek, H.L. Reynolds, D.U. Hooper, S. Lavorel, O.E. Sala, S.E. Hobbie, M.C. Mack, and S. Díaz (2000) Functional and societal consequences of changing biotic diversity. Nature 405: 234-242.

1999

Naeem, S., F.S. Chapin III, R. Costanza, P.R. Ehrlich, F.B. Golley, D.U. Hooper, J.H. Lawton, R.V. O’Neill, H.A. Mooney, O.E. Sala, A.J. Symstad, and D. Tilman (1999) Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: maintaining natural life support processes. Issues in Ecology 4. Ecological Society of America. Washington D.C., USA.

Hooper, D.U, and L. Johnson (1999) Nitrogen limitation in dryland ecosystems: responses to geographical and temporal variation in precipitation. Biogeochemistry 46: 247-293.

1998

Hooper, D.U. 1998. The role of complementarity and competition in ecosystem responses to variation in plant diversity. Ecology 79: 704-719.

Hooper, D.U. and P.M. Vitousek. 1998. Effects of plant composition and diversity on nutrient cycling. Ecological Monographs 68: 121-149.

Chapin, F.S. III, O.E. Sala, I.C Burke, J.P. Grime, D.U. Hooper, W.K. Lauenroth, A. Lombard, H.A. Mooney, A.R. Mosier, S. Naeem, S.W. Pacala, J. Roy, W. Steffen, and D. Tilman. 1997. Ecosystem consequences of changing biodiversity. BioScience 48: 45-52.

Verville, J.H., S.E. Hobbie, F.S. Chapin III, and D.U. Hooper. 1998. Response of tundra CH₄ and CO₂ flux to manipulation of temperature and vegetation. Biogeochemistry 41: 215-235.

1997

Hooper, D.U. and P.M. Vitousek. 1997. The effects of plant composition and diversity on ecosystem processes. Science 277: 1302-1305.

Chapin, F.S. III, B.H. Walker, R.J. Hobbs, D.U. Hooper, J.H. Lawton, O.E. Sala, and D. Tilman. 1997. Biotic control over the functioning of ecosystems. Science 277: 500-504.

1995

Hooper, D., D. Hawksworth, and S. Dhillion. 1995. Microbial diversity and ecosystem processes. Pages 433-443 in United Nations Environment Programme. Global Biodiversity Assessment. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

1993

Vitousek, P.M. and D.U. Hooper. 1993. Biological diversity and terrestrial ecosystem biogeochemistry. Pages 3-14 in E.-D. Schulze and H.A. Mooney, editors. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.

Dukes, J.S., D.U. Hooper, and J. Verville. 2001. The role of resource availability in plant community invasibility. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement 82:84.

Dukes, J.S., D.U. Hooper, and J. Verville. 2001. The role of resource availability in plant community invasibility. in Sixth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Hooper, D.U., J.S. Dukes, and J. Verville (2000) Effects of diversity on the invasibility of plant communities in California serpentine grassland. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 81, No.4: 121.

Hooper, D.U., J.C. Neff, and F.S. Chapin III (1999) Links between production of CO₂ and dissolved organic carbon in soils from Alaskan tundra. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 80, No.4: 111.

Hooper, D.U., and F.S. Chapin III (1998) Effects of latitude and vegetation type on soil organic matter pools in Alaskan tundra. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 79, No.4: 177.

Hooper, D.U. (1997) Effects of plant composition and diversity on primary productivity and nutrient cycling. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 78, No.4: 17.

Hooper, D.U., S.E. Hobbie, J.H.Verville, and F.S. Chapin III (1996) Temperature and vegetation controls on soil CO₂ flux in Alaskan tundra. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 77, No.3: 202.

Hooper, D.U., and P.M. Vitousek (1995) Plant composition has a larger effect on microbial immobilization than does plant diversity in a California serpentine grassland, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 76, No.3: 119-120.

Verville, J.H., F.S. Chapin III, S.E. Hobbie, and D.U. Hooper (1995) Plant growth form more important than temperature in controlling CH₄ flux in Alaskan tundra communities, Bulletin Of The Ecological Society Of America. Supplement to Vol. 76, No.3: 398.

Hooper, D.U., and P.M. Vitousek (1994) What's diversity got to do, got to do with it? Nutrient Cycling in a California Serpentine Grassland, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 75, No.3: 98.

Hooper, D.U., and P.M. Vitousek (1993) Effects of Plant Species Diversity on Nutrient Cycling in a California Serpentine Grassland, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 74, No.3: 280.

Hooper, D.U., and P.M. Vitousek (1992) Effects of plant diversity on terrestrial ecosystem biogeochemistry: patterns, mechanisms, and constraints, Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to Vol. 73, No. 3: 211.

Invited Symposia, Conferences, and Talks

2001

Invited talk. Ecological Society of America Symposium: "Functional similarity and functional groups in ecological systems." Annual Meeting. Madison, Wisconsin, Aug. 2001.

Invited talk. "Effects of plant diversity on ecosystem processes: productivity, nutrient cycling, and resistance to invasion." Seminar series for Huxley College of Environmental Sciences, Western Washington University. Feb. 6, 2001.

2000

Organized meeting on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: a consensus of current knowledge and needs for future research", under the auspices of the Ecological Society of America. Paris, France. Dec. 10-11, 2000.

Synthesis meeting on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. Workshop leader for "Functional or species designations". Paris, France. Dec. 6-9, 2000.

Visiting Scholar (invited), Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, United Kingdom.. June 18-30, 2000. Invited talk: "Plant diversity, complementarity, and invasibility in California serpentine grassland." June 29, 2000.

Invited talk. "Diversity effects on ecosystems: productivity, nutrient cycling, and invasibility," Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas. April 13, 2000.

1999

National Science Foundation Workshop: "Frontiers in Ecology". Washington D.C., December 6-9, 1999.

Department seminar. "Effects of plant diversity on ecosystem processes: productivity, nutrient cycling, and resistance to invasion." Department of Biology, Western Washington University. Bellingham, WA. October 12, 1999.

1998

Workshop on "Biodiversity Above and Below the Surface of Soils and Sediments", organized by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), Lunteren, The Netherlands, October 12-16, 1998.

Invited talk. Symposium on "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning", Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, October 12, 1998.

Invited talk. "Diversity, ecosystem processes, and policy." Program in Biogeochemistry and Environmental Change, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Sept. 11, 1998.

Hewlett Seminar Series, Panel Discussion on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes, College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, Feb. 25, 1998

1997

Invited talk. Ecological Society of America Symposium: "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes", Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico, Aug. 13, 1997

Workshop on Harvesting in the Boreal Forest of Alaska, sponsored by USDA Forest Service, Institute of Northern Forestry Cooperative Research Unit, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology. Fairbanks, Alaska, June 5-7, 1997.

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis workshop: Extrapolation of Arctic and Boreal Processes that Feedback to Climate, Workshop II: Changes in trace gas fluxes. Santa Barbara, California, April 10-13, 1997

1996

A Comparative Analysis of Nitrogen Cycling in the Temperate and Tropical Americas, Organized by the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment: the International SCOPE Nitrogen Project. Termas de Chillan, Chile, Dec. 2-6, 1996.

Global Change and Tundra Soil Biology - An International Workshop. Organized by the Arctic-Alpine Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Initiative (ARTERI) of the European Community. Danish Polar Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 1-4, 1996.

1994

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function, Synthesis Meeting. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment/United Nations Environment Programme, Project on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA, Feb.27-March 3, 1994.

1993

Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Function: Islands as Model Systems. Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, Programme on Ecosystem Function of Biodiversity. Nassau, Bahamas, Oct. 7-11, 1993.
 

Previous Work Experience

1987-1989: Research assistant investigating the flux of trace sulfur gases from forest soils, under Dr. J. Melillo and Mr. Paul Steudler, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543.

1984-1985: Intern in environmental and public policy conflict mediation. Researched environmental policy alternatives, edited manuscripts, and taught environmental education to school groups and Elder Hostel, under Mr. John Ehrmann, The Keystone Center, Keystone, Colorado 80435.

Professional Societies

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Ecological Society of America

Society for Ecological Restoration