Kim Cuddington - Ohio University, Dept of Biological Sciences

Kim M.D. Cuddington

cuddingt@ohio.edu
Department of Biological Sciences
Ohio University
Life Sciences Building, Athens, OH 45701
Phone: (740) 597-3098 Fax: (740) 593-0300

Personal

Place of Birth: Saskatoon, SK Citizenship: Canadian

Education

1994-1999
1999-2001
1991-1993
1988-1991
1986-1988

PhD
MA
MSc
BSc

University of Guelph (Zoology)
University of Guelph (Philosophy)
University of Calgary (Biology)
University of Guelph (Biology)
University of Regina (Philosophy)

Professional Positions

2003 -	Assistant Professor Dept. Biological Science Quantitative Biology Institute Ohio University, Athens, OH
2001-2003	Postdoctoral Fellow Dept. Environmental Science & Policy University of California, Davis, CA
1999-2003	Postdoctoral Fellow Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1997-1998	Editorial Assistant Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Guelph, ON
1993-1994	Research Assistant Dept. Biology, University of Regina, Regina, SK

Awards and Honours

2002-2003	Center for Population Biology Postdoctoral Associate (UCDavis)
2001-2003	NSERC postdoctoral fellowship
1999	University of Guelph Graduate Scholarship
1997-1998	IODE War memorial Fellowship
1996-1997	IODE Woman in Science Fellowship
1995	University of Guelph Graduate Scholarship
1994-1996	NSERC Post-graduate scholarship B (PGS B)
1991-1993	NSERC Post-graduate scholarship A (PGS A)
1991	Faculty of Graduate Studies (Calgary) Entrance Scholarship

Funding

National Science Foundation Research Grant: "Predicting the effects of diffusion-limitation in a model predator-prey system" Division of Ecology. Pending (Submitted January 2005)

1804 Grant, Ohio University: "Greenhouse for Research on Plant-Insect Interactions" Kim Cuddington and Kelly Johnson

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis: Working group "Habitat modification in conservation problems: Modeling invasive ecosystem engineers" Kim Cuddington and Jeb Byers

Publications

Green, J. L., Hastings, A., Arzberger , P., Ayala, F., Cottingham, K. L., Cuddington, K., Davis, F. , Dunne, J., Fortin, M. , Gerber, L., and Neubert, M. Complexity in ecology and conservation: mathematical, statistical, and computational challenges. BioScience. (in press)

Hastings, A., Cuddington, K., Dugaw, C., Elmendorf, S., Freestone, A. Harrison, S. Holland, M., Lambrinos, J. Malvadkar, R. Melbourne, B. Moore, K. Taylor, C. and D. Thomson (2005). The spatial spread of invasions: new developments in theory and evidence. Ecology Letters 8: 91-101.

Cuddington, K. and A. Hastings (2004). Invasive Engineers. Ecological Modelling 178: 335- 347.

Cuddington, K. and M. Ruse (2004). Darwin, biodiversity and the fossil record. In Philosophy and Biodiversity. Markku Oksanen and Juhanie Pietarinen (eds.). Cambridge University Press.

Beisner, B., Haydon, D.T. and K. Cuddington (2003). Alternative conceptions of alternative stable states in ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 376-382.

Cuddington, K. and P. Yodzis. (2002) Predator-prey populations and movement in fractal environments. American Naturalist 160: 119-134.

Cuddington, K. (2001) The ‘Balance of Nature’ metaphor and equilibrium in population ecology. Biology & Philosophy 16: 463-479.

Cuddington, K. and P. Yodzis. (2000) Diffusion-limited predator-prey dynamics in Euclidean environments: An allometric individual-based model. Theoretical Population Biology 58: 259-278.

Cuddington, K. and P.R. Leavitt. (1999) An individual-based model of pigment flux in lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 1964-1977.

Cuddington, K. and P. Yodzis. (1999) Black noise and population persistence. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 266: 969-973.

Forbes, M.R., Alisauskas, R.T., McLaughlin, J.D. and K.M. Cuddington. (1999) Explaining co-occurrence among helminth species of lesser snow geese (Chen caerulescens) during their winter and spring migration. Oecologia 120: 613-620.

Cuddington, K. and E. McCauley. (1994) Food-dependent aggregation and mobility of the water fleas Ceriodaphnia dubia and Daphnia pulex. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72:1217-1226.

In Review And In Preparation (ms available)

Cuddington, K., Turchin, P. and J. Reeve. Spatial pattern disruption by clerid predators of southern pine beetles. Submitted to American Naturalist.

Cuddington, K. and Beisner, B. Does shift happen?

Cuddington, K., Hayden, D., Larkin, J. Anderson, D. Frair, J. and Turchin, P. Range expansion of Rocky Mountain Elk.

Cuddington, K. and Hastings, A. Environmental variation and spread of invasions.

Cuddington, K., Wilson, W., and Hastings, A. A simple model of an ecosystem engineer

Theses And Dissertation

Cuddington, K.M. 2001 Math, meaning and metaphor in population ecology. MA thesis. Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph.

Cuddington, K.M. 1999. Ants in a labyrinth: Diffusion-limited population dynamics in spatially complex environments. Doctoral dissertation. Department of Zoology, University of Guelph.

Dibble, K.M. 1993. Food-dependent aggregation, mobility and dynamics of Ceriodaphnia dubia and Daphnia pulex. MSc thesis. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary.

Invited Presentations

2004	Gordon Conference in Theoretical Biology and Biomathematics, Tilton, NH
2003	Department of Mathematics, Ohio University, Athens, OH.
2002	Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. Department of Biology, Ohio University, Athens, OH. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
2001	Department of Biology, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA. Department of Biology, San Diego State, San Diego, CA.
2000	Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
1999	Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut Population Biology Section, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL.
1998	Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.
1997	Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC.
1994	American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Miami, Florida.

Conference Presentations

Cuddington, K. Environmental variation and invasive spread. Ecological Society of America (ESA), Portland, Oregon. August 1-4, 2004.
Cuddington, K. The evolution of ecological theory. Ecological Society of America (ESA), Tucson, Arizona. August 4-9, 2002.
Zimmerman, C. and K. Cuddington. Ecology students' conception of the "balance of nature". Ecological Society of America (ESA), Tucson, Arizona. August 4-9, 2002 (poster).
Cuddington, K. Turchin, P. and J. Reeve. Small scale spatio-temporal dynamics of southern pine beetles and clerids. Ecological Society of America (ESA), Madison, Wisconsin. August 5-10, 2001.
Cuddington, K. Species extinctions and biodiversity. The International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies in Biology (ISHPSSB), Quinnipiac College, Connecticut. July 18-20, 2001.
Cuddington, K. Balance of nature: Theory or paradigm?. Philosophy of Science Association (PSA), Vancouver, British Columbia. November 2-6, 2000.
Cuddington, K. and P. Yodzis. Black noise and population persistence. Ecological Society of America (ESA), Baltimore, Maryland. August 2-6, 1998
Currie W.J.S. and K. Cuddington. The importance of patchy distributions for predator foraging success: zooplankton in a multifractal field. ASLO/ESA Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. June 7-12, 1998 (poster).
Cuddington, K. and P. Yodzis. An allometric, individual-based model of spatial heterogeneity and predator-prey dynamics. Ecological Society of America (ESA), Albuquerque, New Mexico. August 10-14, 1997
Cuddington, K. Support for non-equilibrium approaches to ecological theory provided by the equilibrium paradigm. The International Society for History, Philosophy and Social Studies in Biology (ISHPSSB), Seattle, Washington. July 16-20, 1997.
Cuddington, K. and E. McCauley. Food-dependent aggregation, mobility and dynamics of Ceriodaphnia dubia and Daphnia pulex. Ecological Society of America (ESA), Knoxville, Tennessee. August 7-11, 1994.