ACADEMIC TRAINING

PhD                 2003                Washington State University                  Biology

MS                  1997                University of Hawaii                              Botany

BS                   1991                University of Oregon                             Biology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

NSF IPY Postdoctoral Fellow              ENRI, UAA                             2007-present

USDA-ARS Ecologist                         USDA-ARS, Reno, NV           2003-2006

Graduate Teaching Assistant                 Washington State Univ. 1997-2003

Research Ecologist                               National Park Service, HI         1996-1997

Graduate Teaching Assistant                 University of Hawaii                  1993-1996

Forestry Technician                              USDA Forest Service, OR       1991-1993

NSF REU                                            University of Oregon                 1989-1991

PUBLICATIONS

Pattison RR, and Mack RN (2009) Environmental constraints on the invasion of Triadica sebifera in the eastern U.S.: an experimental field assessment. Oecologia. 158:591-602.

 Pattison RR, and Mack RN (2008) Potential distribution of the invasive Triadica sebifera in the United States: evaluating CLIMEX predictions with field trials. Global Change Biology. 14:813-826.

 Hudgeons J, Knutson A, Heinz K, DeLoach J, Dudley T, Pattison RR, Kiniry J (2007) Defoliation by introduced Diorhabda elongata leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reduces carbohydrate reserves and regrowth of Tamarix (Tamaricaceae). Biological Control. 43:213-221.

 Baruch Z, Pattison RR, Goldstein G (2000) Responses to light and water availability of four invasive Melastomataceae in the Hawaiian Islands. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 161(1):107-118.

 Pattison RR, Goldstein G, Ares A (1998) Growth, biomass allocation and photosynthesis of invasive and native rainforest species. Oecologia. 117:449-459.

 Kitayama K, Pattison RR, Cordell S, Webb D, Mueller-Dombois D (1997) Ecological and genetic implications of foliar polymorphism in Metrosideros polymorpha Gaud. (Myrtaceae) in a habitat matrix on Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Annals of Botany. 80:491-497.

 Pattison RR (1996) Long-term management plan for the Mount Kaala Natural Area Reserve. Cooperative National Park Resources Unit, Hawaii.

PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW

Pattison RR, D’Antonio CM, Dudley TL, Allander K, and Rice B (in review in Oecologia) Impacts of the saltcedar leaf beetle (Diorhabda elongata) on saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) water use in northern Nevada.

Pattison RR, D’Antonio CM, and Dudley TL (in review in Ecology) Biological control reduces growth, and alters water relations of the invasive saltcedar tree (Tamarix spp.) in western Nevada, USA

PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION

Physiological responses of Alaskan tundra species to long term experimental warming and snow manipulations. 

Pan arctic survey of responses of Arctic species to long term experimental warming.

FUNDING

EPSCoR Early Career Research Fellowship Award                  $29,000           Spring 2009

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council Grant                         $1,200             Fall 2000

Summer support assistantship. Graduate School, WSU             $2,400             Summer 2000

Natural Resource Conservation Grant, WSU                            $1,200             Summer 2000

Higinbotham Trust  Research Award, WSU                              $15,000           Spring 2000

Biddulph Research Award, WSU                                             $500                Summer 2000

Aase Fellowship, WSU                                                            $2,000             1997- 1998

UH, Graduate Program Research Grant                                    $1,500             Spring 1996

SERVICE

Reviewer

Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research; Journal of Experimental Botany; New Phytologist; Oecologia; Plant Ecology

Graduate Student Committee Membership

T. Rzeczycki, University of Alaska, Anchorage

            J. Fulkerson, University of Alaska, Anchorage

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Mentorship

            A. Caires, University of Nevada, Reno

TEACHING

Guest Lecturer for the Following Courses

Plant physiological ecology,UAA (Fall 2008); Plant Systematics, UAA (Fall 2008);

Plant Ecology, University of Nevada, Reno (Fall 2005); Ecology, WSU (1998-2003)

Graduate Teaching Assistantship for the following courses

Field Ecology, WSU (2003); General Biology, WSU (1997-2002); Contemporary Issues in Biology, WSU (2002); Biology of Women, WSU (2001); General Biology and Botany, UH (1993-1996)

PRESENTATIONS

Responses of two deciduous shrub species to long-term snow addition and increased air temperatures in the Arctic tundra of Northern Alaska . R. Pattison, J. Welker, B. Sveinbjornsson, P. Sullivan and J. Chignell.  Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, December 14, 2007.

Impacts of the saltcedar leaf beetle (Diorhabda elongata) on saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) water use in central Nevada. R Pattison, C.M. D’Antonio, T. Dudley  Tamarisk Research Conference. Fort Collins, CO, USA October 3 & 4, 2006.

Evapotranspiration (ET) in the Lower Walker River Basin, West-Central Nevada. Kip Allander, J. La Rue Smith, Michael Johnson. U.S. Geological Survey, Nevada Water Science Center and Robert Pattison U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS. Nevada Water Resources Association 2006 Annual Conference; Mesquite, NV February 23, 2006.

 Ecological impacts of a biological control agent on saltcedar (Tamarix spp.). Robert Pattison, Carla D’Antonio (USDA –ARS, Exotic and Invasive Weeds Unit, Reno, NV) and Tom Dudley (Department of Natural Resource Sciences, UNR, Reno, NV) Invasive Ecosystems Engineers in the West: Effects on Community Function. Organized Oral Session. Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, August 5, 2004

 Ecological constraints on the distribution of Sapium sebiferum in the southeastern U.S.A. Robert Pattison  and Richard Mack (School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University , Pullman, WA) Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Ecosystems Joint meeting of the Ecological Society of America and the Weed Science Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL. November 4, 2003. 

 Predicting the potential distribution of a plant invader: integrating field studies and climate matching approaches. Robert Pattison  and Richard Mack (School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University , Pullman, WA). Ecological Forecasting – Ecosystem Management Based on Predictive Science Symposium, Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI, USA August 7, 2001

 Predicting the potential distribution of Sapium sebiferum in the Southeastern United States. Robert Pattison  and Richard Mack (School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University , Pullman, WA). Southeastern Exotic Pest Plant Council Annual Meeting. Athens, GA. March 21-23, 2001

 A comparison of CLIMEX and field studies in predicting the potential distribution of an invasive tree in the Southeastern US. CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia February 7, 2001

Photosynthesis and carbon allocation under different light environments: explaining the success of invasive species in Hawaiian mesic ecosystems. (Robert Pattison, Guillermo Goldstein and Adrian Ares (Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI) Ecological Society of America, Providence, RI, August 11, 1996.