Curriculum Vitae
Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755 USA
Tele: 603-646-6464, Fax: 603-646-1347
Email: Susan.E.Elliott@dartmouth.edu
Website: Susan E. Elliott
2004-present, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH,
Ph.D. Advisor: Rebecca E. Irwin.
2003-2004, Ph.D. graduate student, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
1998-2002, B.S. in Botany and B.A. in French, Departments of Biological Sciences and Department of World Languages, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.
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External Funding
2007. Sigma-Xi Grants-In-Aid. Bumble bee responses to floral resource supply. S. E. Elliott (P.I.). $1,000.
2006. Colorado Mountain Club Foundation Fellowship. The role of floral traits in mediating pollination and seed predation interactions. S.E. Elliott (P.I.). $800.
2006-2008. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. Reproductive outcomes for both partners in a plant-pollinator mutualism: Population and community perspectives. RE Irwin (P.I.) and S.E. Elliott (co-P.I.) $11,976 24 months.
2006. Explorer's Club Exploration Fund. Tracking bumblebees underground: Advances in pollinator population ecology. S.E. Elliott (P.I.) $1200.
2006. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Snyder Memorial Fund for Graduate Research. Tracking bumblebees underground: Advances in pollinator population ecology. S.E. Elliott (P.I.) $350.
2005. Ecological Society of America Forest Shreve Desert Research Award. Relative roles of multispecies plant-animal interactions in a water-limited environment. S.E. Elliott (P.I.) $1773.
2005. Botanical Society of America Karling Graduate Student Research Award. Distinguishing between pollen-limitation and pollinator-limitation of seed production for the perennial bumblebee-pollinated plant, Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae). S.E. Elliott (P.I.) $500.
2005. Colorado Mountain Club Foundation Fellowship. Limits to reciprocal benefits in a sub-alpine plant-pollinator mutualism. S.E. Elliott (P.I.) $800.
2002. Explorer's Club Youth Activity Grant. Feeding ecology of lactating lemurs. S.E. Elliott (P.I.) $1,500.
1998. Sierra Club Scholarship. $7000.
Competitive Internal Funding
2006. GAAN Fellowship $27,500.
2005. Dartmouth Alumni Award $750.
2002. Frank Wood World Languages Scholarship. $200.
2000. Telonicher Biological Science Scholarship. $500.
1999. F. Ray Meredith Undergraduate Botany Scholarship. $300.
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Elliott, SE, and RE Irwin. Sex-ratios, abiotic resources, and seed predation overwhelm the effects of plant and pollinator densities on seed production of Delphinium barbeyi. (in prep).
Elliott, SE, RE Irwin, LS Adler, and NM Williams. The nectar alkaloid, gelsemine, does not affect offspring performance of a native solitary bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae). Ecological Entomology (accepted).
Elliott, SE and ES Jules. 2005. Small-scale community analysis of alpine ridge vegetation in the central Sierra Nevada. Madrono 52(1): 38-45.
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2007. Bees and flies: Synergistic effects on female plant fitness in Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae). Ecological Society of America Annual National Conference, San Jose, CA.
2007. The challenge of acquiring mates in a flowering plant: Pollinators or pollen donors?, Dartmouth College Graduate Student Poster Session, Hanover, NH.
2006. Relative roles of plant-animal interactions for seedling recruitment in a water-limited environment. Research in Semi-arid Environments Conference, Tucson AZ.
2006. The role of pre-dispersal seed predators in mediating pollination benefits for Delphinium barbeyi. Botanical Society of America Annual National Conference, Chico, CA.
2006. Competing bumblebees: Consequences for a shared floral host. Dartmouth College Graduate Student Poster Session, Hanover, NH.
2005. Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism. Skidmore College Invited Research Seminar, Saratoga Springs, NY.
2004. Pollination roles in population and community dynamics. Institute of Ecology Graduate Student Symposium, Athens, GA.
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Instructor:
2000-2002, BIOL 180A Supplementary Instruction in Botany, Humboldt State University.
Teaching Assistant:
2008. BIO 29 Biostatistics, Dartmouth College.
2007. BIO 55 Marine Tropical Ecology, Dartmouth College.
2007. BIO 54 Terrestrial Tropical Ecology, Dartmouth College.
2006. ENVS 20 Conservation of Biodiversity, Dartmouth College.
2004-5. BIO 14 Ecology and Evolution, Dartmouth College.
Outreach:
2007. Wild Pollinator Workshop, Dartmouth Organic Farm, Hanover, NH.
2007. Day with a Desert Ecologist, Unity College Desert Ecology, Santa Rita Experimental Range, AZ.
2004-7. Buzzing bees: Investigate the hidden life of bees, Kids Nature Camp, Rocky Mtn. Biol. Lab, CO.
2003-4. Bumble Bee Ecology, Fourth grade classrooms, Winters, CA.
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updated November 12, 2007