CURRICULUM VITAE Dr. Christine A. (Christie) Bahlai C. A. Bahlai, Curriculum Vitae Website: https://sites.google.com/site/cbahlai/ Blog: https://practicaldatamanagement.wordpress.com/ EDUCATION Ph.D. Environmental Biology University of Guelph 2012 M.Sc. Entomology University of Guelph 2007 B.Sc. Physical Science University of Guelph 2004 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE July 2012 - present September 2007- April 2012 June 2010-February 2011 May 2007- September 2007 January 2005- April 2007 June 2002 December 2004 Research associate Department of Entomology, Michigan State University Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Kellogg Biological Station Long Term Ecological Research project Ph.D. candidate, graduate research assistant School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph Consultant Nature Conservancy of Canada. Research technician Department of Plant Agriculture, Ridgetown Campus, University of Guelph M.Sc. student, graduate research assistant Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph Research assistant Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph PUBLICATIONS *mentored graduate student, **mentored undergraduate student In review Lettow, M.C.*, L.A. Brudvig, C.A. Bahlai, J. Gibbs, R. Jean, and D.A. Landis. Bee community responses to a gradient of oak savanna restoration. Submitted to Restoration Ecology. MS# REC-15-189. Bahlai, C.A. and D.A. Landis. Predicting plant attractiveness to pollinators with passive crowdsourcing. Submitted to Axios Reviews. - Page 1 -
Carson, B.D.*, C.A. Bahlai, J. Gibbs, and D.A. Landis. Diverse plant communities extend resource availability and increase bee diversity and abundance in Centaurea stoebe dominated landscapes. In revision at Basic and Applied Ecology. MS# BAAE-D-15-00086 McCreary, C.M.*, C.A. Bahlai, A.W. Schaafsma, and R.H. Hallett. Temperature-dependent development and degree day requirements of bean leaf beetle, Cerotoma trifurcata, under constant temperature regimes. In revision at Environmental Entomology. MS# ENVENT-2014-0016 Published 22) M.J. Spasojevic, C A. Bahlai, B.A. Bradley, B.J. Butterfield, M.N. Tuanmu, S. Sistla, R. Wiederholt, and K.N. Suding. In press. Scaling up the diversity-resilience relationship with trait databases and remote sensing data: the recovery of productivity after wildfire. Global Change Biology. MS# GCB- 15-0484 21) Bahlai, C.A.,W. vander Werf, M.E. O Neal, L. Hemerik, and D.A. Landis. In press. Dual regime shifts in dynamics of an invasive predator are linked to the invasion and insecticidal control of its prey. Ecological Applications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/14-2022.1 20) Bahlai, C.A., M. Colunga-Garcia, S.H. Gage, and D.A. Landis. 2015. The role of exotic species in the decline of native ladybeetle populations: evidence from long-term monitoring. Biological Invasions. 17: 1005-1024. DOI 10.1007/s10530-014-0772-4 19) Carson, B.D.*, C.A. Bahlai and D. A. Landis. 2014. Establishment, impacts, and current range of spotted knapweed (Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos) biological control insects in Michigan. The Great Lakes Entomologist 47:129-148. 18) Safarzoda, S.*, C.A. Bahlai, A.F. Fox, and D.A. Landis. 2014. The role of natural enemy foraging guilds in controlling cereal aphids in Michigan wheat. PLoS One: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114230 17) Brunke, A.J.*, C.A. Bahlai, J. Klimaszewski, and R.H. Hallett. 2014. Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Ontario soybean agroecosystems: assemblage diversity, composition, seasonality and habitat use. The Canadian Entomologist 146:652-670. DOI 10.4039/tce.2014.19 16) Lettow, M.*, L.A. Brudvig; D.A. Landis, and C.A. Bahlai. 2014 Oak savanna management strategies and their differential effects on vegetative structure, understory light and flowering forbs. Forest Ecology and Management 329: 89-98. 15) Bahlai, C.A., A.W. Schaafsma, D. Lagos, D. Voegtlin, J.L. Smith, J.A. Welsman, Y. Xue, C. DiFonzo, and R.H. Hallett. 2014. Factors inducing migratory forms of soybean aphid and an examination of North American spatial dynamics of this species in the context of migratory behavior. Agriculture and Forest Entomology 16: 240-250. 14) Hallett, R., C. Bahlai, Y. Xue, and A. Schaafsma. 2014. Incorporating natural enemy units into a dynamic action threshold for the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Pest Management Science 70:879-888 13) Bahlai, C.A., M. Colunga-Garcia, S.H. Gage, and D.A. Landis. 2013. Long-term functional dynamics of an aphidophagous coccinellid community remain unchanged despite repeated invasions. PLoS One 8: e83407. 12) Bahlai, C.A., R.M. Weiss and R.H. Hallett. 2013. A mechanistic model for a tritrophic interaction involving soybean aphid, its host plants, and multiple natural enemies. Ecological Modelling 254:54-70. - Page 2 -
11) Brunke, A*, L. O Keefe**, C. Bahlai, M. Sears and R. Hallett. 2012. Guilty by association: An evaluation of millipedes as pests of sweet potatoes and carrots. Journal of Applied Entomology 136: 772-780. 10) Xue, Y., C. A. Bahlai, A. Frewin, C. M. McCreary, L. E. Des Marteaux, A. W. Schaafsma and R. H. Hallett. 2012. Intraguild predation of the aphid parasitoid Aphelinus certus by Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis. Biocontrol. 57:627-634. 9) Bahlai, C.A., Y. Xue, C. McCreary**, A.W. Schaafsma and R.H. Hallett. 2010. Choosing organic pesticides over synthetic pesticides may not effectively mitigate environmental risk in soybeans. PLoS ONE 5(6): e11250. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011250. 8) Bahlai, C.A., S. Sikkema, J. Newman, R.H. Hallett and A.W. Schaafsma. 2010. Modeling distribution and abundance of soybean aphid in soybean fields using measurements from the surrounding landscape. Environmental Entomology. 39: 50-56. 7) Bahlai, C.A. and M.K. Sears. 2009. Population dynamics of Harmonia axyridis and Aphis glycines in Niagara peninsula soybean fields and vineyards. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 14: 27-39 6) Brunke, A.J.**, Bahlai, C.A., Sears, M.K. and R.H. Hallett. 2009. Generalist predators (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Staphylinidae) associated with millipede populations in sweet potato and carrot fields, and implications for millipede management. Environmental Entomology 38: 1106-1116 5) Xue, Y., Bahlai, C.A., Frewin, A., Sears, M.K., Schaafsma, A.W. and R.H. Hallett. 2009. Predation by Coccinella septempunctata and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on Aphis glycines (Homoptera: Aphididae). Environmental Entomology 38:708-714. 4) Bahlai, C.A., J.A. Welsman, E.C. Macleod**, A. Schaafsma, R.H. Hallett and M.K Sears. 2008. The role of visual and olfactory cues from agricultural hedgerows in the foraging behaviour of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Environmental Entomology 37: 973-979. 3) Bahlai, C.A., J.A. Welsman, A. Schaafsma and M.K Sears. 2007. Development of the soybean aphid on its primary host Rhamnus cathartica L. Environmental Entomology 36: 998-1006. 2) Welsman, J.A., C.A. Bahlai, M. K. Sears, and A. Schaafsma. 2007. Decline of soybean aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) egg populations from autumn to spring on the primary host, Rhamnus cathartica. Environmental Entomology 36: 541-548. 1) Bahlai, C.A., S.A. Goodfellow, D.E. Stanley-Horn and R.H. Hallett. 2006. Endoparasitoid assemblage of the pea leafminer, Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae), an exotic vegetable pest in Southern Ontario. Environmental Entomology 35: 351-357. Reports 3) Pulfer, T.L., C. Bahlai and L. Mousseau. 2011. Recovery strategy for Laura s Clubtail (Stylurus laurae) in Ontario. Ontario Recovery Strategy Series. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario. v + 23 pp. (peer reviewed) 2) Farrell, T., C. Copeland and C. Bahlai. 2010. Recovery strategy for the Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle (Cicindela patruela) in Ontario. Ontario Recovery Strategy Series. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Peterborough, Ontario. vi + 17 pp. (peer reviewed) - Page 3 -
1) Hallett, R. H., Heal, J. D. and Bahlai, C.A. 2003. Relative efficacy of synthetic insecticides and nematodes for control of pea leafminer on celery, 2003. 2003 Pest Management and Research Report, 2003 Growing Season. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. pp 28-29 Theses and dissertations Bahlai, C.A. 2012. Biotic and abiotic factors affecting distribution and abundance of soybean aphid in North America. Ph.D. dissertation. School of Environmental Sciences. University of Guelph. Guelph. Bahlai, C.A. 2007. Ecological interactions of Harmonia axyridis and Aphis glycines in Ontario agroecosystems. M.Sc. Thesis. Department of Environmental Biology. University of Guelph. Guelph. Bahlai, C.A. 2004. Endoparasitoid assemblage of the pea leafminer in the Holland Marsh, ON. Honours thesis. Department of Environmental Biology. University of Guelph. Guelph. Other contributions Hallett, R, T. Baute and C. Bahlai. 2011. Aphid Advisor app for the Blackberry smartphones. Available online: http://www.aphidapp.com/about.aspx PRESENTATIONS Invited presentations 19) Quantifying the impact of predation in an invaded agroecosystem: Applications in management and conservation. Louisiana State University, Department of Entomology. 26 May 2014. 18) Quantitative approaches to conservation biocontrol in agricultural landscapes. University of California, Davis. Department of Entomology and Nematology. 17 April 2014. 17) The big picture in sustainable agroecosystem entomology: Integrating multiple data sources and community ecology approaches to build better practices and landscapes. University of Maryland College Park. Department of Entomology. 27 March 2014. 16) Long-term dynamics of economically important insects in row crop dominated landscapes: Applications in management and conservation science. Auburn University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology. 12 March 2014. 15) Mechanisms driving declines of native ladybeetles. Kellogg Biological Station Long Term Ecological Research site review by National Science Foundation. 29 May 2013. 14) Abiotic and biotic factors affecting the distribution and abundance of soybean aphid in North America: An Ontario perspective. Michigan State University, Department of Entomology. 5 April 2012. 13) Sustainable management of the soybean aphid. Guest lecture, Plant Health and the Environment. University of Guelph. 10 February 2012. + 12 more, before 2010 Contributed presentations - Page 4 -
38) Hermann, S.L., C.A.Bahlai, and D.A. Landis. 2015. Exploiting the landscape of fear as an insect control tactic. Poster presentation at the Long Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting. Estes Park, CO, Aug 30-Sept. 3, 2015 37) Bahlai, C.A.,W. vander Werf, M.E. O Neal, L. Hemerik, and D.A. Landis. 2015. Dual regime shifts in dynamics of an invasive predator are linked to the invasion and insecticidal control of its prey. Poster presentation at the Long Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting. Estes Park, CO, Aug 30- Sept. 3, 2015 36) Bahlai, C., W. vander Werf, M. O Neal, L. Hemerik and D. Landis. 2014. Dual regime shifts in dynamics of an invasive predator are linked to the invasion and insecticidal control of its prey. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Portland, OR, 16-19 November 2014 35) Bahlai, C, and D. Landis. 2014. Crowd-sourcing ecology: Predicting plant attractiveness to pollinators from internet image searches. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA, 9-15 August 2014. 34) Bahlai, C, and D. Landis. 2013. Niche partitioning in aphidophagous coccinellids. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Austin, TX, 9-13 November 2013. 33) Bahlai, C, M. Colunga-Garcia, S. Gage and D. Landis. 2013. Long-term community dynamics of aphidophagous coccinellids in response to repeated invasion in a diverse agricultural landscape. Poster presentation, Ecological Society of America meeting, Minneapolis, MN, Aug 4-9 2013. 32) Bahlai, C, M. Colunga-Garcia, S. Gage and D. Landis. 2012. Long term sampling reveals previously unobserved trends in predatory coccinellid populations in an agricultural landscape. Poster presentation at the Long Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting. Estes Park, CO, Sept. 9-13 2012. + 31 more, before 2010 FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS In review Growing ecosystem services on marginal lands: Integrated landscape design to balance productivity and conservation Douglas Landis, Christie Bahlai, Rufus Isaacs, Jason Gibbs, and Stephen Hamilton. United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Foundational Program. Under review. Funds requested: $499,392 Awarded Mozilla Fellow for Science Ten month early-career researcher fellowship awarded by the Mozilla Foundation, supported by the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust. Awarded Oct 2015. USD$60,000 plus travel and childcare allowances. Exploiting the landscape of fear as an insect control tactic. Christie Bahlai, Douglas Landis and Zsofia Szendrei. SEED grant, Project GREEEN (Generating Research and Extension to meet Economic and Environmental Needs), MSU AgBioResearch. Awarded May 2015. $37,900 Laura s Clubtail draft recovery strategy with Tanya Pulfer and Laura Mousseau of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Research grant from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: granted in November, 2010, CAD$6,132. - Page 5 -
Northern Barrens Tiger Beetle draft recovery strategy with Todd Farrell and Cara Copeland of the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Research grant from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: granted in June, 2010, CAD$6,132. Biotic and abiotic factors influencing distribution and abundance of soybean aphid, an introduced pest to North America Fellowship from Japan Society for Promotion of Science/ Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Summer Program: granted in April 2010, 692,500 (~CAD$7600) plus airfare from JSPS, CAD$3000 from NSERC. (declined for medical reasons preventing travel) Sustainable management of the soybean aphid with biological control agents, phenological studies, and reduced risk management practices Three year Doctoral Fellowship from Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada: Granted in April, 2008. CAD$63,000 SUPERVISORY EXPERIENCE Graduate students 5) Andrew Myer. Ecosystem service provision in southwest Michigan working landscapes: optimizing for productivity and conservation. Ad-hoc advisory committee member. PhD. Michigan State University. Expected completion 2020. 5) Sara Hermann. Understanding factors affecting oviposition habitat selection in butterflies. Ad-hoc advisory committee member. PhD. Michigan State University. Expected completion 2020. 4) Marissa Schuh. Armyworm performance on switchgrass varieties intended for use in bioenergy landscapes. Ad-hoc advisory committee member. MS. Michigan State University. Expected completion 2016. 3) Shahlo Safarzoda. Biological control of cereal aphids on wheat: The role of natural enemies on cereal aphid suppression. Ad-hoc advisory committee member. MS. Michigan State University. 2014. 2) Brendan Carson. Biological control of spotted knapweed and conservation of associated pollinator communities. Ad-hoc advisory committee member. MS. Michigan State University. 2013. 1) Mitchell Lettow. Oak savanna restoration: effects of variable methods on habitat, flowering forbs, and pollinator communities. Ad-hoc advisory committee member. MS. Michigan State University. 2013. Undergraduate students 2) Jessica Kalin. Staphylinid function/diversity patterns in working landscapes. Supervisor. BS Honors thesis project. Michigan State University. Anticipated completion Winter 2016. 1) Niamh Wall. Soybean aphid and natural enemy population dynamics in the context of three pest management decision making thresholds. Co-supervisor. Honours thesis project for Bachelors of Bio-Resource Management (BBRM). University of Guelph 2012. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Co-instructor, Biological Control. Taught graduate level theory and practice of biological control. Department of Entomology. Michigan State University, Winter 2013. - Page 6 -
Course Consultant: Developed teaching materials for senior environmental sciences courses. School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph. Fall 2009-Spring 2010. Instructor, Natural Chemicals in the Environment. Taught senior undergraduate chemical ecology course via online learning format. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph. Fall 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009. Teaching assistant: Insect Diversity and Biology. Delivered lecture in a laboratory setting, graded for senior insect identification course. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph. Duties involved. Winter 2006, 2007. Marker: Natural Chemicals in the Environment. Grading for senior chemical ecology course Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph. Winter 2005, 2006, 2007. Marker: Food Production and the Environment. Grading, student consultation for sophomore agriculture and environment course. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph. Winter 2006, 2007. Teaching assistant: Natural Chemicals in the Environment. Grading, student consultation for onlinebased senior chemical ecology course. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph. Fall 2005, 2006. Teaching assistant: Insects and Weed Pests of Turf. Delivered lectures, designed assignments and tests for laboratory portion of diploma-level insect identification course. Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph. Fall 2005, 2006. Laboratory facilitator: Applied Entomology/Integrated Pest Management: Insects. Designed and delivered lectures and tests in a laboratory setting for senior/graduate level biological control course. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph. Winter 2006. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Schneller and Summers Travel Award, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, 2010 (declined) Taffy Davison Memorial Travel Grant, Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph, 2010 (declined) Dean s Scholarship, Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, 2009, 2010 Graduate Student Teaching Award of Merit, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, 2008 Fred W. Presant Award in Pesticide Research, University of Guelph, 2008 Dean s Tri-Council Scholarship, University of Guelph, 2008 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario, 2008(declined). Mary Edmunds Williams Scholarship, University of Guelph, 2007 Keefer Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph, 2007 Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention, Student Poster competition: Third place, 2007 Entomological Society of America President s prize: First place, 2006 Entomological Society of America President s prize: Honorable mention, 2005 Crop Life Canada Award, 2005 Entomological Society of Ontario President s Prize, 2004 MANUSCRIPT REVIEW General PLoS One (4) PeerJ (2) Ecology and entomology Agriculture and Forest Entomology (2) - Page 7 -
Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2) Biocontrol Science and Technology (1) Biological Control (2) Biological Invasions (2) Ecology (1) Ecosphere (1) Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (1) Environmental Entomology (8) European Journal of Entomology (1) Global Change Biology (1) Global Ecology and Conservation (1) Journal of Applied Entomology (2) Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology (5) Journal of Economic Entomology (8) Journal of Pest Science (1) Northeastern Naturalist (1) Quantitative techniques and software Ecological Modelling (1) Environmental Modelling and Software (3) Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Michigan State University Department of Entomology Communications and Marketing Committee member, 2014-present International Network of Next-Generation Ecologists Open Science advisory panel member, 2014-present Software Carpentry/Data Carpentry Instructor 2014-present Workshops taught: MSU BEACON Center, July 2014 U of Michigan Women in Science, January 2015 Sigma Delta Epsilon Graduate Women in Science Reviewer, National Fellowships program, 2014 Ecological Society of America Agro-Ecology Section social media liaison 2013-present Ecological Society of America Scaling Up! Workshop for Early Career Scientists Participant (competitive: 30 of ~100 applicants were selected to attend). June 2013 Kellogg Biological Station Long Term Ecological Research Information Management Committee member, 2013-present Entomological Society of Ontario Director 2012-2014, Public Education and Outreach Committee Student Representative to Board 2005-2006 University of Guelph, School of Environmental Sciences Graduate Program Committee student representative, 2009-2012 Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs - Page 8 -
Southwest Crop Diagnostic Days speaker, 2007-2009 - Page 9 -
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Dr. Douglas Landis- Post-doc Supervisor Professor Department of Entomology, Michigan State University 204 Center for Integrated Plant Systems Laboratory 578 Wilson Rd., East Lansing, Michigan, USA 48824 Phone: +1 (517)-353-1829 Email: landisd@msu.edu Dr. Rebecca Hallett- Ph.D. Supervisor Professor, Assistant Director School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1 Phone: +1 (519) 824-4120 x 54488 Email: rhallett@uoguelph.ca Dr. Arthur Schaafsma- Ph.D. Co-supervisor Professor Department of Plant Agriculture, Ridgetown Campus, University of Guelph 120 Main St. Ridgetown, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1 Phone: +1 (519) 674-1505 Email: aschaafs@ridgetownc.uoguelph.ca Dr. Jonathan Newman- Ph.D. Advisory committee member, teaching supervisor. Professor, Director School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1 Phone: +1 (519) 824-4120 x 52147 Email: jnewma01@uoguelph.ca Dr. Greg Wilson- Teaching mentor and Open Science collaborator Software Carpentry Founder and Project Lead Mozilla Science Lab 366 Adelaide St W, Suite 500, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5V 1R9 Email: gvwilson@software-carpentry.org Tracey Baute- Collaborator, Dynamic Action Threshold work Field Crop Entomologist - Program Lead Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Agronomy Building 120 Main Street E. Ridgetown ON, Canada, N0P 2C0 Phone: +1 (519)-674-1696 Email: tracey.baute@ontario.ca Tanya Pulfer- Collaborator, Species-At-Risk Recovery Plans (Formerly of Nature Conservancy of Canada) Citizen Science Coordinator Ontario Nature 214 King Street West, Suite 612, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5H 3S6 Phone: +1 (416)-444-8419 ext. 243 Email: tanyap@ontarionature.org - Page 10 -