University
of California, Irvine
BIO SCI - Center
for Environmental Biology
Irvine, CA 92697-1450
office: 949-824-7151
email:
skimball/at/uci.edu
Some of my research:
Restoration with functional groups
Global change in Coastal Sage Scrub communities
Traits influencing plant community composition
Penstemon hybrid zone: pollination, physiology, and fitnessRestoration ecology at Carrizo Plain National Monument
Local ecology and geographic range limits
Professional Appointments
Associate Adjunct Professor, Masters in Conservation & Restoration Science Program, Assistant Director, Center for Environmental Biology, and Director of Research, Environmental Collaboratory, University of California, Irvine, 2019-present
Assistant Adjunct Professor, Masters in Conservation & Restoration Science Program, Assistant Director, Center for Environmental Biology, University of California, Irvine, 2018-2019
Assistant Director and Project Scientist, Center for Environmental Biology, University of California, Irvine, 2013-2018
Project Scientist, Center for Environmental Biology, University of California, Irvine, 2011-2013
Postdoctoral Researcher with Amy Angert, Travis Huxman, and Larry Venable, University of Arizona, 2007-2011
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, Nov. 2007
M.S., California State University, Northridge, Dec. 2001
B.S., Willamette University, Salem, Oregon May 1996
Academic Publications
For updated publication list, see my Google Scholar page
* indicates student co-authors
**indicates undergraduate student co-authors
Schmidt, K.T. **, M. Maltz, P. Ta‡, B. Khalili, C. Weihe, M. Phillips, E. Aronson, M. Lulow, J. Long, and S. Kimball. 2020. Identifying Mechanisms for Successful Ecological Restoration with Salvaged Topsoil in Coastal Sage Scrub Communities. Diversity, 12(4), 150.
Kimball, S., J. Long, S. Ludovise, P.Ta**, K. Schmidt**, C. Halsch**, K. Magliano, and L. Nguyen. 2019. Impacts of Competition and Herbivory in a 3-year, community-engaged adaptive management restoration experiment. Conservation Science and Practice 1:12 e122.
Khalili, B., C. Weihe, S. Kimball, K. Schmidt**, and J. Martiny. 2019. Optimization of a method to quantify soil bacterial abundance by flow cytometry. mSphere 4:5 e435-19.
Bell, M.D. ‡, M.E. Lulow, K.R. Balazs**, K.A. Huxman, J.R. McCollum‡, T.E. Huxman, and S. Kimball. 2019. Restoring a Mediterranean-climate shrub community with perennial species reduces future invasion. Restoration Ecology 27(2):298-307.
Kimball, S. and M. Lulow. 2019. Adaptive management in variable environments. Plant Ecology 220(2): 171-182.
Kimball, S., Z. Principe, D. Deutschman, S. Strahm, T.E. Huxman, M. Lulow, and K. Balazs‡. 2018. Resistance and resilience: 10 years of monitoring shrub and prairie communities in Orange County, California. Ecosphere 9(5):1-26.
Kimball, S., M.E. Lulow, K. Balazs, and T.E. Huxman. 2017. Predicting drought tolerance from slope aspect preference in restored plant communities. Ecology and Evolution.
Tamura, N.**, M. Lulow, Halsch, C.**, M. Major, K. Balazs, P. Austin, T. Huxman, and S. Kimball. 2017. Effectiveness of seed sowing techniques for sloped restoration sites. Restoration Ecology.
Kimball, S., J. Funk, M. Goulden, and K.N. Suding. 2016. Can functional traits predict response to global change? Ecosphere 7(12):1-18.
Balshor, B*., M. Garrambone*, P. Austin, K.R. Balazs, C. Weihe, J.B.H. Martiny, T.E. Huxman, J.R. McCollum, and S. Kimball. 2016. The effect of soil inoculants on seed germination of native and invasive species. Botany.Gremer, J.R., S. Kimball, and D.L. Venable. 2016. Within and among year germination in Sonoran Desert winter annuals: bet hedging and predictive germination in a variable environment. Ecology Letters 19:1209-1218.
Nguyen, M.A.*, A.E. Ortega*, Q.L. Nguyen*, M. Goulden, S. Kimball, and J.L. Funk. 2016. Evolutionary responses of invasive grass species to variation in precipitation and soil nitrogen. Journal of Ecology 104: 979-986.
Kimball, S., J. L. Funk, D. Sandquist, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2016. Ecophysiological considerations for restoring plant communities. In: D.A. Falk, M. Palmer, J. Zedler, and R.J. Hobbs, editors. Foundations of Restoration Ecology. Island Press, Washington.
Kimball, S., M. Lulow, Q. Sorenson, K. Balazs, Y. Fang, S. Davis, and T. Huxman. 2015. Cost effective ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology 23:800-810.
Matulich, K.*, C. Weihe, S. Allison, A. Amend, M. Goulden, S. Kimball, A. Martiny, and J. Martiny. 2015. Temporal variation overshadows the response of leaf litter microbial composition to simulated global change. The ISME Journal.
Angert, A.L., S. Kimball, M. Peterson, T.E. Huxman, and D.L. Venable. 2014. Phenotypic constraints and community structure: Testing the concordance of trade-offs within and among species. Evolution 68: 3147-3165.
Kimball, S., M. Goulden, K. Suding, and S. Parker. 2014. Water and nitrogen manipulations alter succession in a Southern California Coastal Sage Scrub community. Ecological Applications 24: 1390-1404.
Kimball, S., J.R. Gremer, G.A. Barron-Gafford, A.L. Angert, T.E. Huxman, and D.L. Venable. 2014. High water-use efficiency and growth contribute to success of non-native Erodium cicutarium in a Sonoran Desert winter annual community. Conservation Physiology 2: 1-14.
Kimball, S., M. Lulow, K. Mooney, and Q. Sorenson. 2014. Establishment and management of native functional groups in restoration. Restoration Ecology 22: 81-88.Horst, J., S. Kimball, J.X. Becerra, K. Nogi, and D.L. Venable. 2014. Documenting the early stages of a plant invasion (Matthiola parviflora), and predicting its spread in North America. Southwestern Naturalist 59: 47-55.
Gremer, J.R., S. Kimball, K. Keck*, T.E. Huxman, A.L. Angert, and D.L. Venable. 2013. Water-use efficiency and relative growth rate mediate competitive interactions in Sonoran Desert winter annual plants. American Journal of Botany 100: 2009-2015. *undergraduate student co-author
Kimball, S., J.R. Gremer, D.L. Venable, T.E. Huxman, and A.L. Angert. 2013. Phenotypic selection favors missing trait combinations in coexisting annual plants. The American Naturalist 182:191-207.
download PDFVenable, D. L. and S. Kimball. 2013. Population and community dynamics of Sonoran Desert winter annuals. In: C.K. Kelly, M.G. Bowler and G.A. Fox, editors. Temporal Dynamics and Ecological Process. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Huxman, T.E., S. Kimball, A.L. Angert, J.R. Gremer, and D.L. Venable. 2013. Understanding past, contemporary, and future dynamics of plants, populations and communities using Sonoran Desert winter annuals. American Journal of Botany 100: 1369-1380.
Gremer, J., S. Kimball, T.E. Huxman, A.L. Angert, and D.L. Venable. 2012. Variation in photosynthetic response to temperature in a guild of winter annuals. Ecology 93:2693-2704.
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Kimball, S., J.R. Gremer, A.L. Angert, T.E. Huxman, and D.L. Venable. 2012. Fitness and physiology in a variable environment. Oecologia 169: 319-329.
download PDFKimball, S., A.L. Angert, T.E. Huxman, and D.L. Venable. 2011. Differences in the timing of germination and reproduction relate to growth physiology and population dynamics of Sonoran Desert winter annuals. American Journal of Botany 98: 1773-1781.
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Kimball, S., A.L. Angert, T.E. Huxman, and D.L. Venable. 2010. Contemporary climate change in the Sonoran Desert favors cold-adapted species. Global Change Biology 16: 1555-1565.
download PDFKimball, S., and D.R. Campbell. 2009. Physiological differences between two Penstemon species and their hybrids in field and common garden environments. New Phytologist 181: 478-488.
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Kimball, S., D.R. Campbell, and C. Lessin*. 2008. Differential performance of reciprocal hybrids in multiple environments. Journal of Ecology 96: 1306-1318.
download PDFKimball, S. 2008. Links between floral morphology and floral visitors along an elevational gradient in a Penstemon hybrid zone. Oikos 117: 1064-1074.
download PDFKimball, S., P. Wilson, and J. Crowther. 2004. Local ecology and geographic ranges of plants in the Bishop Creek watershed, Sierra Nevada, California. Journal of Biogeography 31: 1637-1657.
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Kimball, S. and P.M. Schiffman. 2003. Differing effects of cattle grazing on native and alien plants. Conservation Biology 17: 1681-1693.
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Other Publications
Kimball, S. 2014. Developing a restoration plan for Upper Newport Bay. Tracks, Newsletter for the Newport Bay Conservancy.
Kimball, S. and P. Wilson. 2009. The insects that visit penstemon flowers. Bulletin of the American Penstemon Society: Spring 2009.
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Kimball, S. and P. Wilson. 2005. Local habitat is related to the geographic ranges of plants. Sierra Nature Notes Spring/Summer 2005.
Wilson, P. and S. Kimball. 2001. Review of The Origin, Expansion, and Demise of Plant Species by Donald A. Levin. In Quarterly Review of Biology 76: 84-86.
Presentations at Scientific Conferences
Cost-effective ecological restoration. Ecological Society of America, August 2014Type conversions in response to precipitation and nitrogen manipulations in Southern California Coastal Sage Scrub and grassland systems. Ecological Society of America, August 2012
Phenotypic selection on physiological traits in four species of coexisting annual plants. Ecological Society of America, August 2011
Contemporary climate change in the Sonoran Desert favors cold-adapted species. Ecological Society of America, August 2009
Climate induced changes in plant community composition in the Sonoran Desert. American Geophysical Union, December 2008Phenological differences promote coexistence in Sonoran Desert Winter Annuals. Ecological Society of America, August 2008
Mechanisms defining geographic range limits in a plant hybrid zone. Ecological Society of America, August 2007
Floral visitors of Penstemon hybrids. Botanical Society of America, Summer 2007
Physiological differences maintain ecological range limits in a plant hybrid zone. Botanical Society of America, Summer 2006
Differing effects of grazing on native and alien plants. San Joaquin Valley Natural Communities Conference, March, 2003
Local ecological gradients and geographic affinities of plants in the Bishop Creek watershed, Sierra Nevada, California. Ecological Society of America, August 2002
The effects of simulated grazing on native and non-native plants at Carrizo Plain National Monument. Ecological Society of America, August 2001
Invited Talks
Date - Venue
August 2017 - Ignite Session on Variable Environments, Ecological Society of America
March 2014 - Ecology Across Scales Symposium, Duke University
May 2012 - Habitat Conservation Plan Climate Change Workshop, UC Riverside Palm Desert Center
March 2012 - University of California, Riverside, Biology Department Seminar
Oct. 2011 - California State University Northridge, Biology Department Seminar
Jan. 2011 - De Paul University, Biology Department Seminar
Dec. 2010 - University of Northern Iowa, Biology Department Seminar
Oct. 2010 - University of San Diego, Biology Department Seminar
Spring 2007 - White Mountain Research Station Lecture Series, Bishop, CA
Spring 2006 - California Native Plant Society, Bristlecone Chapter, Bishop, CA
Teaching Experience
Certified in Engaged Instruction, UC Irvine Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation
Developed and taught graduate-level courses, UC Irvine
• EEB 286: Capstone Project, Masters in Conservation and Restoration Science
• EEB 265: Restoration Ecology, Spring 2018 and 2019
• EEB 205: Ecology, Fall 2018
Co-designed masters program in conservation and restoration science (MCRS)
• Collaboratively developed logic model for program
• Collaboratively designed course sequence and capstone project structure
Center for Environmental Biology Internship Program, 2011-present
• Collaboratively designed (and continue to collaboratively run) year-long, intensive internship program for 10-15 competitively selected undergraduate students. Students conduct research,education, and outreach activities in exchange for course credit through BioSci197, BioSci199, ESS 199, or ESS 198.
Course Coordinator, 2007, UC Irvine
• Supervised 10 Teaching Assistants, constructed and maintained course website, assisted in the writing of exams, graded exams, maintained course gradebook, and dealt with student administrative issues for Bio 94, an undergraduate course with about 900 students.
Pedagogical Fellowship, 2005-2006, UC Irvine
• Served as a mentor teacher, supervising three other Pedagogical Fellows in the training of 60 new graduate students in the Chemistry Department to be Teaching Assistants
• Designed and implemented two days of interactive, experiential workshops in the campus-wide Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program, Instructional Resources Center
• Assisted in the interview process to hire new Pedagogical Fellows
Teaching Assistant Consultant, 2004-2005, UC Irvine
• Competitively selected to serve as a mentor teacher, training new graduate students in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology to be Teaching Assistants
• Designed and implemented two full days of interactive, experiential workshops: Creating rubrics, grading, leading discussions & laboratories, conducting office hours, university and department policies and procedures in the campus-wide Teaching Assistant Professional Development Program, Instructional Resources Center
• Assisted in the interview process to hire new Teaching Assistant Consultants
Teaching Assistant, UC Irvine
Bio 127, Physiological Plant Ecology, Fall 2005
Bio 166, Field Ecology, Fall 2004
Bio 175, Restoration Ecology, Winter 2004
Bio 94, Patterns of Diversity, Ecology & Evolution, Falls 2002-2004, Winter 05
Bio 96, Processes of Ecology & Evolution, Winter 2003
Teaching Associate, Sole Instructor, 1998 - 2001, Cal State University, Northridge
Principles of Biology I Lab (Survey of Organisms)
Principles of Biology II Lab (Cells to Anatomy)
General Biology Lab (Non-majors)
Teaching Assistant, 1998 - 2001, Cal State University, Northridge
Plant Biology (upper division lab course)
Plant Ecology (upper division and graduate field and lab course)
Principles of Ecology (upper division and graduate field and lab course)
Systematic Botany (upper division and graduate field and lab course)
Plant Morphology (upper division and graduate field and lab course)
Mammalogy (upper division and graduate field and lab course)
Guest Lecturer, Plant Biology, Fall 2001
Outreach
Workshops
Restoration on Steep Slopes, attended by 40 land managers and 5 ecology faculty and graduate students, May 2014, Beckman Center, University of California, Irvine
Graduate Student Luncheon, attended by 15 ecology graduate students and 3 land managers, November 2013, University of California, Irvine
CEB Faculty Research Symposium, attended by 20 faculty, September 2013, University of California, Irvine
Orange County Ecological Data Portal Workshop, attended by 28 people from 13 different agencies, October 2012, Duck Club, Irvine, CA
Ecological Research in Orange County, attended by 70 people from 7 academic institutions and 14 land management agencies, January 2012, University of California, Irvine Ecological Research in Orange County, attended by 70 people from 7 academic institutions and 14 land management agencies, January 2012, University of California, IrvineSynergistic Activities
Developed web portal for ecological datasets in collaboration with Crista Lopes, Informatics Department, University of California, Irvine (http://ecodataportal.org)
Established a system of weather stations along a transect across Orange County (http://128.200.14.200/index.html#)
Developed (and continue to run) CEB student intern program, Center for Environmental Biology, Summer 2011 - present
Service
Mentor for Planting Science, the on-line mentoring program of the Botanical Society of America, 2008-2016
Committee Member for three UCI Ph.D. students
Reviewed manuscripts for American Journal of Botany, American Naturalist, Biological Conservation, Biological Invasions, Biological Reviews, Ecosphere, Global Change Biology, Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, New Phytologist, and Madroño, 2004-present
Mentor to undergraduate (BioSci 199) students Hamta Emani, Carrie Lessin, Sophia Luu , David Moats, Mansi Shah, Jeffrey Vu, Margaret Chilingirian, Kris Ngai, and Margaret Chang
Ecology Faculty Search Committee, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, 2005-2006
Associate Director Interview Committee, Instructional Resources Center, University of California, Irvine, 2006
Judge, Irvine Unified School District Science Fair, 2006 & 2007
Visiting Scientist, Irvine and Costa Mesa Unified School Districts, Ask-A-Scientist Program, 2004-2006
Grants and Awards
• Beyond functional traits: Understanding ontogeny and resource use to assemble invasion-resistant communities. National Science Foundation DEB pre-proposal, 2014, PI (S. Kimball) - Invited to Submit Full Proposal
• Edward Steinhaus Teaching Award, University of California, Irvine, 2007
• Best Physiology Student Paper, Botanical Society of America, 2006
• Most Promising Future Faculty Member, University of California, Irvine, 2006
• Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation, 2006
• Dr. James D. Watson Scholar, ARCS Foundation, 2006 & 2007
• GAANN Fellowship, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, 2005
• Educational Grant, California Native Plant Society, 2005
• Teaching Excellence and TA Mentoring Award, Instructional Resources Center, University of California, Irvine, 2004-2005
• Applicant Fellowship, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, 2002
• Donald E. Bianchi Graduate Student Research Award. College of Science and Mathematics, California State University, Northridge, 2002
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, 2002
Professional Memberships
Ecological Society of America
Botanical Society of America
California Native Plant Society
Newport Bay Conservancy, Board of Directors
