Education

Ph.D.  University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Zoology, 2006.

    Dissertation: Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of nitrogen, carbon and vegetation in the

    Wisconsin River and its floodplain. Advisor: Dr. Monica Turner

M.S.   University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Zoology, 2002.

    Thesis: Importance of flood regime for tree growth and shrub productivity on the Wisconsin

    River floodplain and uplands, Wisconsin U.S.A. Advisor: Dr. Monica Turner

B.A.    University of Chicago, Biology, Specialization in Ecology & Evolution, 1998.

    Graduated with Honors. Senior Thesis: Secondary sex ratio variation in Splendid Fairy Wrens.    

    Advisor: Dr. Stephen Pruett-Jones

Research Experience

2007 –       Senior Research Specialist, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona

2003 –06   Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Limnology and Department of Zoology,

                        University of Wisconsin – Madison

2000 –03   NSF Integrated Graduate Research Trainee (IGERT), University of Wisconsin – Madison,

                        program linking Social and Aquatic Sciences

1997           NSF REU Fellow, University of Chicago

1996-99     Field and Laboratory Assistant, Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago

Teaching Experience

2005          Guest Lecturer, Biocore 301: Ecology, Evolution & Genetics, University of

                       Wisconsin–Madison     

2004          Laboratory and Discussion Teaching Assistant, Ecology 460: General Ecology, University of

                       Wisconsin – Madison. Designed and taught laboratory and discussion curriculum

2003-05    Discussion Teaching Assistant, Biocore 301: Ecology, Evolution & Genetics, Biocore Program,

                       University of Wisconsin – Madison. Designed and taught discussion curriculum

2001          Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Zoology 151: Introductory Biology, Department of Zoology,

                        University of Wisconsin – Madison

Honors and Awards

2005          Vilas Travel Fellowship

2004          Edward G. and Anna G. Birge Research Award

2001, 04   John Jefferson Davis Award   

2000-03    NSF IGERT Fellowship

1997          NSF REU Fellowship

Publications

Predick, K.I. and S.A. Archer. In preparation. A meta-analytic assessment of woody plant encroachment and the role of grazing.

Orr, C.S., K.I. Predick and E.H. Stanley. Accepted for publication pending minor revisions. Spatial autocorrelation of denitrification and associated soil properties in a restored and a natural floodplain. Biogeochemistry.

Archer, S.R., K. Davies, T. Fulbright, B. McDaniel, B. Wilcox, and K.I. Predick. In press. Brush management as a rangeland conservation tool: a critical evaluation. in D. Briske and L. Jolley, editors. Conservation Effects Assessment Program Review. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Washington, DC USA.

Predick, K.I. and E.H. Stanley. In press. Influence of vegetation and seasonal flow patterns on parafluvial nitrogen retention in a 7th-order river. Journal of the North American Benthological Society.

Archer, S.A. and K.I. Predick. 2008. Climate change and ecosystems of the Southwestern United States. Rangelands 30(3): 23-38.

Predick, K.I., S.E. Gergel, and M.G. Turner. 2008. Effect of flood regime on tree growth in the floodplain and surrounding uplands of the Wisconsin River. River Research and Applications 24: 1-14.

Predick, K.I. and M.G. Turner. 2008. Invasive shrub abundance, presence and productivity in floodplain forest on the Wisconsin River floodplain. Journal of Ecology 96: 91-102.

Hale B., M. Steen-Adams, K.I. Predick and N. Fisher. 2005. Ecological conservation through aesthetic landscape planning:  A case study of the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway. Environmental Management 35(4): 381-395.

Forshay K., H. Mozaria-Luna, B. Hale and K.I. Predick. 2005. Landowner satisfaction with the Wetlands Reserve Program in Wisconsin. Environmental Management 36(2): 248-257.

Hanson P.C., A.I. Pollard, D.L. Bade, K.I. Predick, S.R. Carpenter and J.A. Foley. 2004. A model of carbon evasion and sedimentation in temperate lakes. Global Change Biology 10: 1285-1298.

Invited Presentations

2011        Loyola University, Chicago, Department of Environmental Science

2008        University of Arizona, School of Natural Resources

2006        University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Zoology

2004        Wooded Wetlands Conference

Contributed Presentations

Aguillon, S.M., K.I. Predick, E.M. Levi, J.A. Nelson, R.L. McCulley, H.L. Throop and S.R. Archer. 2011. Does UV Alter Short-Term Leaf Litter Decomposition? Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting, Austin, TX (poster presentation).

Keller, D.A., S.R. Archer, K.I. Predick and T.D. Sutton. 2011. The K-12 Standards Conundrum: Math, Ecology, & Authentic Research Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting, Austin, TX (poster presentation).

Levi, E.M., S.R. Archer, H.L. Throop, K.I. Predick, P.W. Barnes and M.A. Tobler. 2011. Soil deposition and UV radiation influence litter decomposition in a shrub-invaded dryland ecosystem. Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting, Austin, TX (oral presentation).

Predick, K.I. and S.R. Archer. 2009. Does livestock grazing promote woody plant encroachment in drylands? Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (Poster presentation).

Predick, K.I. and M.G. Turner. 2006. Spatial and temporal processing in nitrogen processing in the Wisconsin River. North American Benthological Society Meeting, Anchorage, AK (Oral presentation).

Predick, K.I. and E.H. Stanley. 2005. The influence of sandbar vegetation on hyporheic nitrogen processing. North American Benthological Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA (Oral presentation).

Predick, K.I. and M.G. Turner. 2004. Influence of flooding on spatial patterns of carbon content in fine sediment on the Wisconsin River floodplains and uplands. Ecological Society of America (ESA) Meeting, Portland, OR (Oral presentation).

Predick, K.I., S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner. 2003. Effect of altered flood occurrence on tree productivity on the Wisconsin River floodplain. Cary Conference, Millbrook, NY  (Poster presentation).

Predick, K.I., S.E. Gergel and M.G. Turner. 2001. Effect of altered flood occurrence on tree productivity on the Wisconsin River floodplain. International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE), Phoenix, AZ (Poster presentation).

Predick, K. I. and S. Pruett - Jones 1998. Secondary sex ration variation in Splendid Fairy Wrens. University of Chicago Senior Honors Presentation. (Oral & poster presentations).

Service and Outreach

2011-12              NSF-RET Teacher mentor

2010-11              Arizona Assurance Mentor

2010-11              Participant in Passport to High School program

2010                    Mentored undergraduate Capstone senior thesis research

2010                    Mentored  Arizona Science Teacher Advancement and Research Training                          

                                (AZ-START) Teacher intern

2009                    Mentored iPlant Collaborative Summer Teacher Fellow

2007 –                 Mentored undergraduate student workers

2005, 2008-12   Mentored NSF-REU Fellows

Manuscript Reviewer for:

Ambio, Applied Vegetation Science, Ecology, Ecosystems, Journal of Ecology, Plant Ecology, Rangeland Ecology and Management