A short CV
Academic History
I received my B.S. from Denison University in 2000, where I majored in Biology and Studio Art. I graduated from Michigan State University with a Ph.D. in Plant Biology/EEBB in 2005. After a post-doc fellowship at Rice University in Houston from 2006-2007, I started as assistant professor at the University of Louisville.
Publications
Emery, S.M. and J.A. Rudgers. 2011. Beach Restoration Efforts Influenced by Plant Variety, Soil Inoculum, and Site Effects. Journal of Coastal Research 27:636-644.
Baskett*, C., J.A. Rudgers, and S.M. Emery. 2011. Pollinator visits to threatened species are restored following invasive plant removal. International Journal of Plant Sciences 172:411-422.
Emery, S.M., J. Uwimbabazi*, and S.L. Flory. 2011. Fire intensity effects on seed germination of native and invasive Eastern Deciduous Forest understory plants. Forest Ecology and Management 261:1401-1408.
Emery S.M. and J.A. Rudgers. 2010. Ecological assessment of dune restorations in the Great Lakes region. Restoration Ecology 18:184-194
Emery S.M., D. Thompson* and J.A. Rudgers. 2010. Variation in endophyte symbiosis, herbivory, and drought tolerance of Ammophila breviligulata populations in the Great Lakes region. American Midland Naturalist 163:186-196. (4)
Drake, J.M., E.E. Cleland, C. Bowles, K. Carney, M.C. Horner-Devine, S.M. Emery, J. Gramling, A. Nardoni Laws, M.D. Smith, D.B. Vandermast, S.J. Andelman, E. Fleishman, J.B. Grace, R.B. Waide, and M.R. Willig. 2008. Do non-native plant species affect the shape of productivity-diversity relationships? American Midland Naturalist. 159: 55-66.
Emery, S.M. 2007. Limiting similarity between invaders and dominant species in herbaceous plant communities? Journal of Ecology 95: 1027–1035.
Gross, K.L. and S.M. Emery. 2007. Succession and restoration in Michigan old-field communities. In Old fields: Dynamics and restoration of abandoned farmland, eds: V.A. Cramer and R.J. Hobbs. Island Press.
Emery, S.M. and K.L. Gross. 2007. Dominant species identity, not community evenness, regulates invasion in experimental plant communities. Ecology 88:954-964.
Emery, S.M. and K.L. Gross. 2006. Dominant species identity regulates invasibility of old-field plant communities. Oikos 115: 549-588.
Emery, S.M.,and K.L. Gross. 2005. Effects of timing of prescribed fire on the demography of an invasive plant, Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed). Journal of Applied Ecology 42:60-69.
Cleland, E.E., S.J. Andelman, C. Bowles, K. Carney, M.C. Horner-Devine, J. Drake, S.M. Emery, J. Gramling, M.D. Smith, D.B. Vandermast. 2004. Measuring invasion in space and time: non-native species richness and relative abundance respond to interannual variation in productivity and diversity. Ecology Letters 7(10): 947-957.
Knapp, A.K., M.D. Smith, S.L. Collins, N. Zambatis, M. Peel, S.M. Emery, J. Wojdak, M.C. Horner-Devine, H. Biggs, J. Kruger, and S.J. Andelman. 2004. Generality in ecology: testing North American grassland rules in South African savannas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(9): 483-491.
Emery, S.M., K.L. Gross, and K.N. Suding. 2003. Summer burns best for controlling spotted knapweed in prairie restoration experiment (Michigan). Ecological Restoration 21(2): 137-138.
Grants
DEB -0919093. Can microbial symbiosis mediate effects of climate change on the functioning of an ecosystem engineer? Awarded by National Science Foundation to S.M. Emery, PI, and J.A. Rudgers and J.L. Parrent, co-PIs.(2009-2012) ($370,985).
JFSP -08-1-2-0. Fire and the invasive annual grass Microstegium vimineum in eastern deciduous forests. Awarded by US Forest Service Joint Fire Science Program grant to SL Flory,PI, and S.M. Emery, K. Clay, and J.L. Robb, Co-PIs. (2008-2011). ($239,866 through Indiana University).
S.M. Emery “Effects of invasive species and climate change on survival and growth of an endangeredsand dune species, Cirsium pitcheri” University of Louisville Research Incentive Grant 2010 ($4,832).
S.M. Emery "Does invasion by the functionally novel species Microstegium vimineum in forest understory habitat alter native species diversity and ecosystem function?" University of Louisville Research Incentive Grant 2008 ($4,940).
Kentucky Academy of Science Marcia Athey Grant: Effects of an invasive plant (Microstegium vimineum) on arthropod foodwebs in an eastern deciduous forest”. J Metcalf PI, S.M. Emery Co-PI. (2010) ($3000).
Additional research award: “Do microbial mutualists alter the invasibility of dune plant communities? "Awarded by the Ecological Society of America as a supplement to the National Parks Ecological Research Fellowship for S.M. Emery. ( 2008-2009) ($4,636).
Courses Taught
University of Louisville: Plant Taxonomy and Ecology (BIOL 391), Population and Community Ecology (BIOL 563/663)
