Research Interests
Community ecology, disease ecology, forest dynamics, microbial ecology, mycology, plant pathology, statistical modeling.
Education
Duke University, University Program in Ecology, Durham,
NC
Ph.D., 2009, Ecology; Minor: Microbiology
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
A.B. in Biology, Environmental Science concentration, May 2000
Honors: Magna cum laude, Honors in Biology
Postdoctoral Appointments
• Postdoctoral Associate, Program in Biology, Bard College and Cary Institute of
Ecosystem Studies (Oct 2009-present); Advisors: Felicia Keesing and Richard S. Ostfeld
Teaching Experience
• Postdoctoral Associate, Program in Biology, Bard College.
Primary instructor for self-designed seminar course, Fall 2010. Biology 415: Advanced seminar in Ecology – Symbiosis
Co-coordinator of Bard Biology seminar series (Biology 208), Fall 2011
Guest lectures: Ecology and Evolution (Biology 202), Ecology of Infectious Diseases (Biology 415), Symbiosis: From Cells to Communities (Biology 149), Bard College Citizen Science Program
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Duke University
Microbiology (Rytas Vilgalys, Xinnian Dong): Fall 2004, Spring 2008
Ecology (Chantal Reid): Spring 2005, Fall 2007
• Coursework: Introduction to College Teaching (GS302), Duke University, Spring 2007
Publications
• Hersh, M.H., R. Vilgalys, and J.S. Clark. Evaluating the impacts of multiple generalist fungal pathogens on temperate tree seedling survival. In press, Ecology. (preprint)
• Clark, J.S., D. Bell, M.H. Hersh, M. Kwit, E. Moran, C. Salk, A. Stine, D. Valle, K. Zhu. Individual-scale variation, species-scale differences: Inference needed to understand diversity. In press, Ecology Letters.
• Clark, J.S., D.M. Bell, M.H. Hersh, L. Nichols. 2011. Climate change vulnerability of forest biodiversity: climate and resource tracking of demographic rates. Global Change Biology 17(5): 1834-1849.
• Clark, J.S., D.M. Bell, C. Chu, B. Courbaud, M.C. Dietze, M.H. Hersh, J. HilleRisLambers, I. Ibanez, S.L. LaDeau, S. McMahon, C.J.E. Metcalf, J.E. Mohan, E.V. Moran, L. Pangle, S.F. Pearson, C.F. Salk, Z. Shen, D.R. Valle, and P. Wyckoff. High dimensional coexistence based on individual variation: a synthesis of evidence. Ecological Monographs, in press.
• Clark, J.S. and M.H. Hersh. 2009. Inference in incidence, infection, and impact: Co-infection of multiple hosts by multiple pathogens. Bayesian Analysis 4(2):337 - 366. (link)
• McMahon, S., M.C. Dietze, M.H. Hersh, E.V. Moran, and J.S. Clark. 2009. A predictive
framework to understand forest responses to global change. In The Year
in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2009, eds. R.S. Ostfeld and W.H. Schlesinger. Annals of
the New York Academy of Science 1162: 221–236.
• Clark, J.S, D.M. Bell, M.C. Dietze, M.H. Hersh,
I. Ibanez, S.L. LaDeau, S.M. McMahon, C.J.E. Metcalf, E.V. Moran, L. Pangle,
and M.S. Wolosin. Models for demography of plant populations. Submitted
to The Handbook of Applied Bayesian Analysis, eds. T. O'Hagan and
M.West, Oxford University Press.
• Ibanez, I., J.S. Clark, M.C. Dietze, K. Feeley, M.H. Hersh,
S.L. LaDeau, A.C. McBride, N.E. Welch, and M.S. Wolosin. 2006. Predicting
biodiversity change: outside the climate envelope, beyond the species-area
curve. Ecology 87 (8): 1896-1906.
Manuscripts in review or preparation
• Hersh, M.H., M. Tibbetts, M. Strauss, R.S. Ostfeld, F. Keesing. Quantifying reservoir competence for Babesia microti of wildlife host species using real-time PCR. In review, 25 manuscript pages.
• Hersh, M.H., R. Vilgalys, and J.S. Clark. Characterizing the fungal associates of tree seedlings in a temperate mixed hardwood forest: Implications for forest diversity. In preparation, 37 manuscript pages.
Grants and Awards
• Burroughs Wellcome Travel Scholarship, NSF/NIH EEID meeting, 2010, 2011
• Mycological Society of America Graduate Student Research Prize (Best Oral Presentation), 2009 annual meeting
• Fungal Environmental Sampling and Informatics Network conference travel award, 2009
• Stern Dissertation Fellowship, Duke University, 2008-2009
• Mycological Society of America Mentor Student Travel Award,
2008
• NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2007
• Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid of Research, 2007
• Duke Biology Department Grant-in-Aid, 2006
• Duke Biology Department Grant-in-Aid, 2004
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2007
• James B. Duke Fellowship, Duke University, 2002-2006
• W.D. Billings Fellowship, Department of Biology, Duke University,
2002-2003
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