Alexander J Felson, Ph.D., RLA Registered: New York State 2007, ASLA 2010 Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies | School of Architecture P: 203.415.8794 | E: alexander.felson@yale.edu | http://research.yale.edu/environment/felson Web: www.uedlab.yale.edu | http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfelson Education PhD, Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University 2010 Thesis: Suburbanization and Amphibians: Designed Ecological Solutions MS, Land Resources, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison 2005 Thesis: The University of Wisconsin Campus: A case study of human action and landscape change Master of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University 2001 Graduate School of Design BA, Botany (with Honors), University of Wisconsin, Madison 1994

Academics and Teaching Yale University New Haven, CT Dual appointment to School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and School of Architecture Assistant Professor 2010-present Founder and Director, Urban Ecology and Design Lab 2010-present Lecturer Convertible / Critic 2009-2010

City College of New York New York, NY Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Architecture Department 2004 and 2006

Harvard University Cambridge, MA Teaching Fellow, Landscape Ecology with Dr. Richard Forman (Harvard College) 2000 Teaching Assistant, First Year Drawing, Harvard Graduate School of Design 2000 Founder and co-president, Ecology in Design Student Organization 1999-2001

University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor, General Botany, Botany Department 1997

Recent Honors, Fellowships and Recognitions

National Park Service, National Mall Design Competition, Team Finalist, 2012 Washington D.C. AECOM and Snohetta Architects

Museum of Modern Art, Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream, 2011 Competition winner with Zago Architects, New York, NY

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National Park Service, Site Design Merit Award, Railyard Park, Santa Fe, NM 2010 Crain’s New York Business, 40 Under 40, Class of 2009, New York, NY 2009

National Committees

Ecological Society of America Leadership Committee for operationalizing 2013 Earth Stewardship

Society of Ecological Restoration, Scientific Program Committee 2012 New York State Parks Advisory Panel for Natural Shoreline Protection 2012 United States General Services Administration, Nomination to the National 2012

Registry of Peer Professionals, Washington D.C. Current Research

Urban ecology and site scale land development practices, Ecologically informed urban design and local to regional planning, Green infrastructure and coastal resilience, Urban forest community and population dynamics, Constructed ecosystems and restoration ecology, Social science research and community driven and site scale designed experiments.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 10. Oldfield EE, AJ Felson, SA Wood; RA Hallett, MS Strickland, MA Bradford. In press. Positive effects

of afforestation efforts on the health of urban soils. Forest Ecology and Management. 9. Pickett STA, B McGrath, ML Cadenasso, AJ Felson. 2014. Ecological Resilience & Resilient Cities.

Special Issue. Building Research & Information. 8. Felson AJ, M Pavao-Zuckerman, T Carter, W Shuster, N Springer, E Stander, O Starry, F Montalto.

2013. Mapping the design process for urban ecology researchers. Bioscience, 63 (11): 854-864. 7. Felson AJ, MA Bradford, E Oldfield. 2013. Involving ecologists in shaping large-scale green

infrastructure projects. Bioscience, 63 (11): cover and 881-890. 6. Pataki DE, M Alberti, ML Cadenasso, AJ Felson, MJ McDonnell, S Pincetl, RV Pouyat, H Setälä, and

TH Whitlow. 2013. Nature Correspondence: Better data for urban greening. 502, 624. doi:10.1038/502624d.

5. Felson AJ, MA Bradford, TM Terway. 2013. Promoting Earth Stewardship through Designed Experiments. Earth Stewardship Special Issue. Frontiers in Ecology, 11(7): 362-367. doi:10.1890/130061

4. Oldfield EE, RJ Warren, AJ Felson and MA Bradford. 2013. Challenges and future directions in urban afforestation. Journal of Applied Ecology. 1-9. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12124.

3. Pickett STA, GS Brush, AJ Felson, BP McGrath, JM Grove, CH Nilon, K Szlavecz, CS Swan, PS Warren. 2012. The Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Understanding and Working with Urban Biodiversity. Citygreen. Issue 4: 68-77.

2. McPhearson PT, M Feller, A Felson, R Karty, JWT Lu, MI Palmer, and T Wenskus. 2010. Assessing the Effects of the Urban Forest Restoration Effort of MillionTreesNYC on the Structure and Functioning of New York City Ecosystems. Cities and the Environment, 3 (1): 1-21.

1. Felson AJ and STA Pickett. 2005. Designed experiments: New Approaches to understanding urban ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology, 3(10): 549–556.

Editorials and Commentaries

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8. Felson AJ. In Press. Designed Experiments for Earth Stewardship. Projections 11: Planning Sustainability in Global Ecologies. MIT.

7. Allen, A. Sooner or Later at Seaside: An experimental effort by Alexander J. Felson, ASLA, to protect a shoreline neighborhood in Bridgeport, Connecticut, from frequent flooding shows how hard it is to make a whole community appreciate the existential threat of climate change. Landscape Architecture Magazine, November 2013: 188-197.

6. Felson AJ. October 25, 2013. How to relieve pressure on our stressed water resources. BBC-Futures. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131025-fresh-ways-to-stop-water-crisis

5. Ogden LA. 2013. Integrating Designed Experiments into Urban Planning. Bioscience. 63 (11): 845-851. doi:10.1525/bio.2013.63.11.2

4. Felson AJ. 2011. “Foreclosed: The Role of the Team in the Design Process.” Museum of Modern Art Blog. Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream. December 21, 2011.

3. Felson AJ. 2010. “Rising Currents at the Museum of Modern Art.” Constructs. 2. Felson AJ. 2009. Sustainability. Constructs Yale Architecture. 1. Felson AJ. 2007. Ecological Experiments. Urban Land. June. 90-93. Book Chapters 8. Felson AJ. 2013 Pleistocene Rewilding for suburban land. In Post Sustainable New directions in

ecological design edited by Mitchell Joachim & Mike Silver. Metropolis Books, New York. 7. Felson AJ. 2013. “The role of designers in creating wildlife habitat in the built environment,” In: J

Beardsley, Ed. Designing Wildlife Habitat. 215-240. Harvard Press. Cambridge, MA. (Peer reviewed).

6. Felson AJ. 2013. “The design process as a framework for collaboration between ecologists and designers,” In STA Pickett, M Cadenasso, and B McGrath, Eds. Resilience In Ecology and Urban Design: Linking Theory and Practice in Sustainable Cities (vol. 3). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5341-9. (Peer reviewed).

5. Felson AJ and L Pollak. 2010. “Situating ecological experiments as public space.“ Pp. 356-363 In: M Mustafavi with Gareth Doherty, Eds. Ecological Urbanism. Lars Muller Publishing, Baden.

4. Smith, Ken. Ken Smith: Landscape Architect. The Monacelli Press, 2009. 3. Smith Ken and AJ Felson. 2007, “East River Marsh Planter.” In: L. Margolis and A. Robinson, Eds.

Living Systems: Innovative Materials and Technologies for Landscape Architecture. Birkhauser Press.

2. Felson AJ. 2007. “Defining urban ecology.” in B. McGrath, V. Marshall, M. L. Cadenasso, J. M. Grove, S. T. A. Pickett, R. Plunz, and J. Towers (eds.). Designing Urban Patch Dynamics. Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, NY.

1. Amidon J. 2005. Ken Smith Landscape Architects: Urban Projects. Princeton Architectural Press, New York, NY.

Press 16. Guilford takes the long view on climate change. Connecticut Mirror. November 4, 2013. By Jan Ellen

Spiegel. 15. Second Nature. Daily Nutmeg, September 25, 2013. http://dailynutmeg.com/tag/alexander-felson/ 14. Urban Omnibus. Experimental Landscapes: Alexander Felson on Ecology and Design. The

Architectural League’s Urban Omnibus, Cultural City Making. March 27th, 2013. 13. American Society of Landscape Architecture, Designing our Future: Sustainable Landscapes Urban

Forests = Cleaner Cooler Air, 2011

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12. Carnegie Council Ethics in Business: Interview with Alex Felson, Landscape Architect and Urban Ecologist, December 6, 2010

11. The Rail World: Santa Fe, Alex Ulam, Landscape Architecture Magazine, July 2010 10. Students Plan West Campus. Aliyya Swaby. Yale Daily News, November 2010 9. Shoreline Times, on YCEI wetland research project, September 2010 8. Ecological Urbanism: Fred Koetter & Grahame Shane, Constructs Yale Architecture, Fall 2010 7. Sustainable Urbanism, Constructs Yale Architecture, Fall 2009 6. Why Not A Park, The New York Times Magazine, May 16, 2004 5. New Life for a Troubled Plaza, Competitions Magazine, Vol.132 (2) Summer 2003 4. Competing for Santa Fe’s Identity, Landscape Architecture Magazine, March 2003 3. Riverfront Revival, Landscape Architecture Magazine, January 2003 2. This Stop: 68th Floor, Rain Forest, Anne Raver, New York Times, February 13, 2003 1. Railyard Remake in Santa Fe, Competitions Magazine, Vol.12 (3) 2002 Reports 4. New York State Department of Parks and Recreation, Jones Beach: Natural Shoreline Protection

Committee Report. Milone and MacBroom, The Nature Conservancy and the Yale Urban Ecology and Design Lab. 3. Town of Guilford Community Coastal Resilience Plan: Final Report. Guilford, Connecticut. July 2013. 2. Town of Guilford Community Coastal Resilience Plan: Report of Options to Increase Coastal

Resilience. Guilford, Connecticut. February 2013. 1. Town of Guilford Community Coastal Resilience Plan: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Report.

Guilford, Connecticut. September 2012. Research Support 8. Pagani, Felson, Anisfeld, Kemp and Weber. Linking the Development of a Novel Paleostorm Indicator

with Regional Sea-Level Rise Projections and Urban Ecological Design: An Interdisciplinary Foundation for Implementing Connecticut Coastal Resilience Plans. Yale Climate and Energy Institute Research Grant. 2013 ($36k)

7. AJ Felson and J Axley. Commercialization of Geothermal Wetlands for Urban Heat Rejection, Water Conservation and Landscape Services – Proof of Concept Study. 2012-2013 Center for Business and the Environment. ($54k)

6. Decker MB, J Alonzo, PA Raymond, E Thomas, MD Smith, AJ Felson. Yale Peabody Museum’s EVOLUTIONS (EVOking Learning & Understanding Through Investigations Of the Natural Sciences). 2011-2012. Long Island Sound Futures Fund ($35k)

5. AJ Felson. Developer Driven Demonstration Projects Fairhaven, CT. 2011Hines Fellowship ($10k) 4. AJ Felson. Backyard Denitrification Demonstration Project for Homeowners: Addressing Nonpoint

Source Pollution. 2010-2011 Quinnipiac River Fund ($10k) 3. AJ Felson. Hixon Center for Urban Ecology. Funds for Seaside Village Bioretention gardens. 2010-

2012. ($20k) 2. AJ Felson. Hixon Center for Urban Ecology. Funds for the MillionTreesNYC NY-CAP research

project. 2010. ($10k) 1. Smith M, AJ Felson, PA Raymond, K Seto, E Thomas. Global Warming Impacts on CT Salt Marsh

Ecosystems and Consequent Effects on Salt Marsh Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise. 2009-2011. Yale Climate and Energy Institute Research Grant ($100k)

Peer Review Journal Publications in Progress

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8. Felson AJ and T Terway. Editing. Social ecological systems and urban ecology: A review. Ecology and Society.

7. Felson AJ, E Higgs, B Minteer, and J Zedler. Editing. Ecological Design in the Anthropocene. Bioscience.

6. Felson AJ and H Padmanabha. Editing. Resilience at the household scale for mosquito control. Landscape and Urban Planning.

5. Felson AJ. Editing. Regulations guiding land development fall short of preserving amphibians. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management.

4. Felson AJ, E Oldfield, MA Bradford, and R Warren. Editing. Species recruitment patterns and vegetation dynamics in a constructed urban forest.

4. Stevenson E, SA Wood, AJ Felson, MS Strickland, and MA Bradford. Editing. Trajectories of change in soil properties with urban afforestation. Forest Ecology and Management.

3. Felson AJ, TM Terway, C Starkey, T Hill. editing. Working Landscapes for Coastal Adaptation. Landscape Ecology.

2. Felson AJ. Editing. Conserving amphibians in the face of land development: Translating science to practice. Oecologia.

1. Pataki D, M Alberti, M Cadenasso, AJ Felson, S Pincetl, T Whitlow. Editing. Are the emperor’s new clothes green? Why urban greening programs need more science. PNAS.

Additional Honors, Fellowships and Recognitions

Gowanus by Design Water Works Competition Exhibit, Selected Project 2013 National Competition, Analysis and Planning Honor Award, Integrating Habitats: 2011

Growing Together, Portland, OR New Mexico Chapter, Award of Excellence, Santa Fe Railyard Park, 2011

with Ken Smith Landscape Architect, Santa Fe, NM New York Chapter, Honor Award, PlaNYC Reforestation Initiative: A Component 2008

of the MillionTreesNYC, New York, NY New Jersey Chapter, Merit Award, Tuxedo Reserve Marbled Salamander Migration 2007

Study, Tuxedo, NY New York Chapter, Merit Award, Idlewild Experimental Research and Education 2005

Center, New York, NY New York City Arts Commission, Award for Design Excellence, East River Piers, 2003

New York, NY Highline Competition, Jury Selection, Grand Central Station, Exhibition, 2003

New York, NY Van Alen Prize in Public Architecture, Dumpster Gardens, 2001

Queens Plaza Design Competition, New York, NY Studio Works 7 & 9 and Student Exhibition, Harvard University, 1999, 2001

Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA Fellowships

Rutgers University, Excellence Fellowship Award, New Brunswick, NJ 2005 Design Trust for Public Space, Finalist, Design Fellowship Competition, 2004

New York, NY Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Penny White Award 2001

Manufacturing Nature Through Theater, Display and Behavioral Engineering in Zoo Exhibits, Cambridge, MA

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Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Penny White Award 2000 The Barnes Wetland Centre: Hydrology and Habitat Function of a Converted Reservoir, London, UK

Harvard University, Community Fellowship, Hells Half Acre, 1999 Metropolitan District Committee, Boston, MA

University of Wisconsin, Vilas Fellowship, Land Resources, Madison, WI 1996 University of Wisconsin, Hilldale Award, Botany Department, Molecular Research 1993

on the genus Lilium of California University of Wisconsin, Agricultural and Life Sciences, Exploring Science Award 1990

Chippewa Indian Medicinal Plant Usage, Bayfield, WI Professional Practice Planetary ONE Brooklyn, NY Principal and Managing Partner 2010-present AECOM New York, NY Associate Landscape Architect & Director of Ecological Design and Sustainability 2005- 2009 Field Operations New York, NY Landscape / Ecological Designer 2004 Ken Smith Landscape Architect New York, NY Landscape Designer / Project Manager 2001- 2004 Georgia Tech China-US Professional Exchange Program Atlanta, GA Coordinator 1994-1995 Professional Community Outreach

U.S. General Services Administration, National Registry of Peer Professionals 2012-present Ecological Society of America, Centennial Committee 2011-present RPA Northeast Landscapes Initiative Atlas, Advisory Committee 2010-present The Nature Conservancy Coastal Resilience and Adaptation Team, CT 2010-present Seaside Village bio-retention project, Landscape Architect, Bridgeport, CT 2010-present TKF Advisory Panel and Honorary Firesoul Council Member, Washington D.C. 2010-present Harlem’s 123rd Street Community Garden, Landscape Architect, New York, NY 2006-2010 Idlewild Park Community Education Center, Landscape Architect, Queens, NY 2005-2008

Professional Membership and Registration

Society for Ecological Restoration 2011 International Association for the Society of Landscape Ecology 2010 Ecological Society of America 2004-present American Society of Landscape Architecture 2001-present

Patents 2. Axley J, AJ Felson and J Hudkins. Yale University Office of Cooperative Research # 6114. Green Wall

Heat Rejection Technology with Integrated Water Biofiltration.

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1. Felson, AJ and J Axley. Yale University Office of Cooperative Research # 5686. Geothermal wetlands for municipal and industrial heat rejection. Submitted invention disclosure and filed a provisional patent 07-2011 and again in 07-2012. Awarded a grant through Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment to establish prototypes and to test performance. Currently completing testing, performing patent search and seeking funding through Yale OCR.

Recent Projects Connecticut Coastal Resilience Plan Guilford, CT 2010-present

This project with The Nature Conservancy and Guilford, CT includes interactive climate change maps and a process of engagement to discuss vulnerability and possible land use planning solutions for coastal adaptation. Our approach includes adaptive designed experiments to preempt and expedite the conversion of coastal land towards more resilient land use programs including green infrastructure networks. We are seeking ways of expediting marsh migration through the modification of land (size, slopes, substrates) and vegetation (structure, species richness)?

Seaside Village Collective Stormwater Bioswales built in Bridgeport CT 2010-present

An ecologists, hydrologic chemist, landscape architect and engineer are addressing the vulnerable condition of Seaside Village through the construction of green infrastructure for coastal adaptation. Experiments are constructed in situ to study the performance of constructed wetland gardens for water quality and habitat value. The project is being built through a collaborative effort between the City of Bridgeport, Yale University, UCONN, USEPA, Groundwork and the Seaside Village community.

National Mall Design Competition, finalist Washington D.C. 2012

We worked with the AECOM and Snohetta Architecture Team and proposed to construct ephemeral wetlands and sound garden with constructed vernal pools and introduced amphibians (spring peepers and American toads) adjacent to the U.S. Botanical Garden. The sound garden is part of a larger vision for the re-habitation of the National Mall.

Museum of Modern Art Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream Rialto, CA 2011

As part of the Zago Architects Team, we proposed to use suburbia along the exurban fringe as sites for testing re-wilding using the zoological park as a suburban amenity. Re-wilding builds on continental conservation where large predators and keystone species cause “top-down” ecological (trophic) interactions, which are instrumental in maintaining ecosystem structure, resilience, and diversity.

Thermo-Scape Wetlands, preliminary patent (2011) New Haven, CT 2010-present

We are developing a constructed wetland ecosystem that functions as heat rejection technology to replace cooling towers. The wetland water can also irrigate landscapes for cultural, recreational and productive benefits and may be configured to moderate microclimates, create wildlife habitats and corridors, improve water quality, and sequester carbon.

Mill River Commercial and Industrial Area, developer friendly stormwater Prototypes 2010-2011 Fairhaven, CT

Developed prototype developer friendly green infrastructure for the Mill River commercial and industrial area working with the New Haven Economic Development Corporation and Utile Design. We proposed a ‘treatment train’ configuration to test and implement successful best management practices as a pilot project. The goal is to educate the City of New Haven about the benefits of alternative practices, to encourage developers to invest in sustainable ecological design, and to improve on the current lack of stormwater research on how BMPs work.

King Abdullah City of Atomic and Renewable Energy, masterplan 2010-2011

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Working with Koetter | Kim and Associates, AECOM Design and Buro Happold, we developed the ecological design strategies for an energy conscious new city. We proposed to use grey water to activate a series of cultural, ecological and productive landscapes. Embracing the ancient tradition of wadi irrigation, we proposed to construct an irrigation armature or urban wadi system using sequential interlocking landscape patches that transition from public space functions to biological treatment and eventually to habitat enhancements. We build on the site attributes--in this case the wadi networks, the discrete watershed, and the surrounding desert --and couple this with technologies and with modeling, research and monitoring systems to provide a large-scale research site for sustainable urbanism. The irrigation and landscape patch system would rely on technology and infrastructure to create an adaptable apparatus that performs multiple tasks.

A Backyard Denitrification Demonstration Project for Homeowners: Addressing Nonpoint 2010 Pollution Reduction, New Haven, CT and the Quinnipiac River Watershed

As part of a grant for the Quinnipiac River Watershed This project focused on coastal and river’s edge property owners who can implement landscape practices that stem nonpoint source pollution to counteract the typical approach of a mowed and maintained lawn and high fertilizer and pesticide use. Given the private landowner interest in maintaining views along the river, as well as their power to ultimately select management practices, any workable solution must engage and accommodate these stakeholders. This project outlines the development of design for a riparian buffer research project that also functions as a public waterfront demonstration park.

PlaNYC Reforestation and New York City Afforestation Project 2007-present

A professional and academic team developed the planting design methodologies for site selection and assessment of 2000 acres, categorizing sites and evaluating the reforestation suitability, developing a range of invasives management strategies and reforestation details and specifications for site construction. The team also developed a large-scale post-construction urban green infrastructure research program citywide and in at two sites, Kissena Corridor Park (Built 2010) and Willow Lake (Built 2011). These designed experiments are planted with native trees and shrubs and are being used to test how management (e.g. tree species identity and organic amendment) affects the resilience and sustainability of planted, urban forests, permitting us to recommend practices for their successful establishment and maintenance.

Exhibitions Museum of Modern Art. "Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream," 2012

New York, NY Isamu Noguchi Museum, “Civic Action: A Vision for Long Island City.” 2011-2012

New York, NY New York University Gallatin Labowitz “Main Gallery exhibit,” Planetary ONE 2011

New York, NY Cornerstone Festival of Gardens, New Frontiers In Modern Gardens 2005

Sonoma, CA Invited Talks and Reviews 49. Ecological urban design, green infrastructure and coastal adaptation. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Cambridge, MA November 2013 48. Yale Bass Fellow Development Studio. “Towns and Buildings” with Isaac Kalisvaart, CEO, MAB Development, Alex Garvin and Kevin Gray, 2013 final review 47. Shaping urban ecosystems through ecological land planning and research-based design. Northeastern University. Boston, MA May 2013

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46. Shaping urban ecosystems through ecological land planning and research-based design. University of Austin, TX April 2013 45. The Future of Zone A: New York Neighborhoods on the Frontline of Climate Change. Cooper Union and the architectural league of New York, NY January 2013 44. Shaping urban ecosystems through ecological land planning and research-based design. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT December 2012 43. One-Lab Lecture, Constructed urban ecosystems through ecological planning and research-based design. Brooklyn, NY July 2012 42. Ecological design and planning using constructed ecosystems in the face of intensive urbanization, Forestry & Environmental Studies Chinese delegation. Yale University. New Haven, CT June 2012 41. Flux City. Landscape Architecture Design IV. Guest Critic. Harvard University, Graduate School of Design. Cambridge, MA March 2012 40. Constructed urban ecosystems through ecological planning and research-based design. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Cambridge, MA February 2012 39. Bridging Ecology and Design: To construct, monitor and adapt urban ecosystems. Department of Horticulture Seminar. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY February 2012 38. Community design to construct and manage urban ecosystems. Metro Hort Group. New York, NY February 2012 37. Constructed ecology. Forestry & Environmental Studies Lecture Series, Yale University. New Haven, CT November 2011 36. Constructed ecosystems and urban waste streams. Urban Design Lecture Series. Columbia University. New York, NY October 2011 35. Constructed urban ecosystems for climate change mitigation and green infrastructure. Guangdong Provincial Government Leadership Program at Yale. New Haven, CT August 2011 34. Constructed ecosystems: Changing public awareness and perception of ecosystems. Global Design elsewhere envisioned. New York University. New York, NY May 2011 33. Ecological design and planning using constructed ecosystems in the face of intensive urbanization, Forestry & Environmental Studies Chinese delegation. Yale University. New Haven, CT May 2011 32. Constructing nature for the sake of science, adaptation and the public good: bridging experimental research with ecological design. Hope Conference, University of Oregon. Eugene, OR April 2011 31. Constructing nature for the sake of science, adaptation, and the public good. Society for Restoration Ecology. Plenary Talk. University of Maryland. College Park, MD April 2011 30. Changing public awareness and perception of nature and ecosystems through designed experiments. Global Design New York University. New York, NY March 2011 29. Linking ecological methods to local land use law to guide land development. International Conference on Urbanization and Global Environmental Change. Tempe, AZ October 2010 28. Designer ecosystems and the aesthetic potential of research-based design: future prospects. .Designing for Biodiversity. Dumbarton Oaks Garden and Landscape Studies Symposium, Washington D.C. May 2010 27. Ecological design and planning. Green Build Webinar, online presentation, April 2010 26. Ecological design and planning. 2010 Yale-Tsinghua Environment and Sustainable Development Leadership Program. New Haven, CT April 2010 25. Ecological applications for design professionals. Critical Ecologies, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design. Cambridge, MA, April 2010 24. Bridging ecology and design. Terrapin Bright Green. New York, NY. March 2010. 23. Ecological urbanism: Bridging ecology and design. Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University. New Haven, CT May 2009 22. Bridging ecology & design. School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Faculty presentation. Yale University. New Haven, CT March 2009 21. Constructed urban ecosystems: bridging research and monitoring with urban and suburban design. EDAW | AECOM. London, UK September 2008

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20. Constructed urban ecosystems: bridging research and monitoring with urban and suburban design. Yale University. New Haven, CT November 2007 19. Experimental Urban Ecology. Center for Architecture. New York, NY February 2007 18. Urban Ecological Design. Columbia University. New York, NY February 2007 17. Fusion Practice: Innovative strategies for integrating ecology, design, history and culture at the Presidio Trust. Presidio National Park. San Francisco, CA August 2007 16. Urban Ecological Experiments as Public Space. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ December 2006 15. Constructing Urban Ecosystems. Tischman/The New School. New York, NY October 2006 14. The Benefits of Sustainability for Developers. EDAW | AECOM. Alexandria, VA February 2006 13. Ecological Design Projects. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA March 2006 12. Designed Experiments. Hixon Center for Urban Ecology. Yale University. New Haven, CT February 2006 11. Analysis of Cities: Home Turf. Parsons School of Design. New York, NY February 2005 10. Ecology, Representation and Aesthetics. Parsons School of Design, Ethos, Ethics, Activism: Critical Studies Department. New York, NY November 2004 9. Researching and Representing Urban Ecosystems. City College of New York, Graduate Urban Design Seminar. New York, NY October 2004 8. Researching Forest Ecosystem. Landscape Architecture Department. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA February 2004 7. New Approaches to Ecological Design. New Jersey Institute of Technology. NJ July 2004 6. Representing Ecology. School of Landscape Architecture Seminar and Lecture, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY April 2004 5. Urban Ecology through Development. Atlantic Yards Development Workshop. Guest Lecturer, 35th Council District, Brooklyn, NY March 2004 4. Ecology, Aesthetics and Representation. Harvard University, Guest Lecturer, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA February 2004 3. Scientific Ecology, Aesthetics and Representation. City College of New York, Guest Lecturer Graduate Urban Design Seminar, New York, NY November 2003 2. City Assemblage. Borough of Manhattan, Community College. New York, NY Spring 2003 1. Manufactured Nature Through Theater, Display and Behavioral Engineering in Zoo Exhibits. Harvard University. Cambridge, MA April 2001 Conference Abstracts and organized conferences 32. Future Directions for in Urban Ecology and Ecological Design. Symposium organizer. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and School of Architecture. Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut, November 2013. 31. Bridging Science and Design: Ecologists Reflect on Landscape Architecture. Symposium organizer. American Society of Landscape Architecture. Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013. 30. Performance Mosaic for Urban Trees.. American Society of Landscape Architecture. Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013. 29. Constructing Future Nature: ethical conundrums in the design of ecosystems. Symposium organizer. Society of Ecological Restoration International Conference. Madison, Wisconsin, October 2013 28. Past, Present, and Future Design of Infrastructures for a Resilient Society. Symposium co-organizer, lecturer and panelist. 98th Ecological Society of America. August 2013 27. Invited Speaker. Design For Biodiversity. The Hans And Roger Strauch Symposium On Sustainable Design. Architectural Responses To Urban Ecology. Cornell University. February 2013 26. Coastal Adaptation: A Symposium between the School of Architecture and Forestry. Symposium Organizer. Yale University. January 2013 25. Between Science and Design: Determining the Balance for Constructed Ecosystems. Critical Interactions: ecological research into landscape design. 24th Annual Symposium. Connecticut College, CT January 2013

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24. Intersection of Science and Design Towards Sustainable Urban Futures. Urban Planet Emerging Ecologies. Cooper Union University. New York NY April 2012 23. From Global Forest Management To Experimental Timber Construction: New Design and Research Opportunities in Wood Technology. Organized a Joint Degree Round Table Discussion with Chadwick Oliver and Alan Organschi. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and School of Architecture, New Haven, CT March 2012 22. Bridging Ecology and Design to Construct, Monitor and Adapt Urban Systems. Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Reinventing the City. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA December 2011 21. Alley Sessions. Urban India Conference. Mysore, India November 2011 20. Urban research and design. A Better World by Design-Zero Energy Architecture. Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, RI October 2011 19. If you build it and they will come: a new approach to urban ecological research. 96th Ecological Society of America Meeting. Austin, TX. August 2011 18. All ponds are not created equal: incorporating the metapopulation dynamics of pond-breeding amphibians into land development and planning practices. US-International Association for Landscape Ecology. Portland, OR April 2011 17. Yale CEO Summit: Leading Global Enterprises across Global Cities: Aspirations, Realities & Alternatives. Invited Participant. led by J. Sonnenfeld. School of Management, Yale University. Mumbai, India October 2010 16. Pond clusters and suburbanization: Field enclosures and larval density studies reveal variation in habitat quality across ponds. 95th Ecological Society of America Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA August 2010 15. Optimizing Private Land Conservation and Public Land Use Planning/Regulation. Invited participant. The Pocantico Conference Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Mount Pleasant, NY July 2010 14. Calibrating ecological factors with human settlement patterns at the local lot and site scale through planning, design and research. Regional Planning Association Regenerative Design Conference, Morristown, NJ June 2010 13. With MI Palmer, RV Pouyat. The Million Trees Project: An initiative to transform New York City parkland into long term ecological research sites on urban reforestation. 94th Ecological Society of America conference. Albuquerque, NM August 2009 12. Sustainable Development in the New Jersey Highlands. Professional Expert. The New Jersey Mayor’s Institute on Community Design. Princeton, NJ Summer 2007 11. Deciphering urban design for scientists: towards an integration of science and art. Urban Ecological Heterogeneity and its Application to Resilient Urban Design. Cary Conference, Invited Lecturer, Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Milbrook, NY May 2007 10. Ecosystem Services and Urban Design. Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH April 2007 9. AECOM Global Water Summit. Invited participant. Boston, MA October 2006 8. Re-packaging ecological experiments as benefits for developers. 91st Ecological Society of America Conference. Memphis, TN August 2006 7. Benefits of sustainability for developers. Conservation Development Symposium. Callaway Gardens, GA May 2006 6. Designed experiments and EDAW projects. Natural Resources Summit. Sacramento, CA March 2006 5. Urban ecological experiments as public art. 90th Ecological Society of America Conference. Montreal, QB August 2005 4. Green Infrastructures for water in the city. Symposium speaker, commentator and co-planner. Harvard University, Graduate School of Design. Cambridge, MA February 2005 3. Designed Experiments: New approaches to studying urban ecosystems, Oral lecture. 89th Ecological Society of America Conference. Portland, OR August 2004 2. Bridging the ecological sciences and design professions. In Ecology: Design: Solutions Conference, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI April 2004 1. Constructed Spartina Planters in Manhattan’s East River. 88th Ecological Society of America

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Conference. Savannah, GA August 2003 Academic Service Yale University Land Water and Biodiversity Committee 2008-2011 West Campus Sustainability Task Force 2008-2009

Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and School of Architecture Joint Degree Program Coordinator 2010-present

Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Urban and Industrial Ecology Committee 2011-present Admissions Committee 2010, 2013 Hixon Center Vegetation Committee 2010-2012

Yale University School of Architecture Executive Committee 2011-2013 Admissions Committee adjunct 2009-present Landscape Committee 2010-present

Journal Reviewer Ecological Applications 2011 Landscape and Urban Planning 2012 Urban Ecosystems 2013

Advising and Collaboration (* graduated) PhD Students and post-graduates: Nikki Springer (2017) Timothy Terway (2016) UEDLAB Employees: Emily Stevenson (PC-05), program coordinator, NYCAP* Yoshiki Harada, post-grad 2011-2012 Sarah Welch* Chen Qian* Ben Goldfarb* Phil Santiago* Joint Degree Students in Forestry and Architecture: Megan Lewis Rushyan Yen Elisa Iturbe Sheena Zhang Stephanie Carlisle* Rachel Hsu* Aram Marks*

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Chris Starkey* Meredith Sattler* Masters Students Katharine Gehron (2014) MESC Jonah Adels (2014) MESC Sarah Barbo (2013) MESC Sarah Welch (2013) MEM* Matt Decker MEM* Matthew Goldstein (2012) MESC * Chen Qian (2012) MESC * Seth Zeren (2010) MESC * Emily Stevenson (2010) MESC * Undergraduates Jesse Hudkins (2013) thermoWetland Christine Jun (2012) thermoWetland* Brian Tang (2012) green infrastructure* Teaching Assistants Dexter Locke (FES) Tim Terway (FES) Raven Hardison (SOA) Nikki Springer (FES)* Stephanie Carlisle (FES/SOA)* Chris Starkey (FES/SOA)* Faculty Collaborators Mark Bradford (FES) Assistant Professor of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology James Axley (SOA/FES) Senior Research Scientists and Emeritus Professor Gaboury Benoit (FES) Grinstein – Class of 1954 Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Director, Hixon Center for Urban Ecology Mark Ashton, Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology and Director of School Forests Chadwick Oliver, Sustainable Global Forest Institute, Professor Alan Organschi (SOA) Assistant Professor Alan Plattus (SOA) Professor