CURRICULUM VITAE Kevin E. Mueller

Cleveland State University (216) 523 7423 Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences kevin.e.mueller@gmail.com Cleveland, OH 44115 http://kevinemueller.wordpress.com

Education PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (2005 to 2011)

- Ph.D. in Ecology and Biogeochemistry (May 2011) - Co-advisors: David M. Eissenstat and Katherine H. Freeman - Thesis: The influence of trees on soil biogeochemistry

UNIVERSITY of CINCINNATI (2002 to 2005) - M.S. in Biological Sciences (2005) - Advisor: Jodi R. Shann - Thesis: The influence of plants on organic contaminants in soil

XAVIER UNIVERSITY (Cincinnati, OH; 1998 to 2002) - B.S. in Biology, minors in Economics and Environmental Studies

Employment and affiliations Assistant Professor, Cleveland State University, Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (August 2016 to present) Adjunct Scientist, Holden Forests and Gardens, Research Department (May 2018 to present) Postdoctoral research associate, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Rangeland Resources Research Unit (June 2013 to August 2016)

- Mentor: Dana M. Blumenthal Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota (January 2011 to June 2013)

- Mentors: Sarah E. Hobbie, Peter B. Reich, David Tilman

Research interests global change ecology, forest & grassland ecosystem ecology, ecosystem services, biodiversity, biogeochemistry & nutrient stoichiometry, ecohydrology, invasive plants, plant functional traits, land management & restoration, urban ecology, environmental pollution, sustainability, plant evolution, paleoclimate & paleoecology, plant lipids & biomarkers (chemical fossils)

Research grants funded OH Sea Grant ($9,988.47 total costs to CSU)

- “Identifying tree species and traits that best reduce stormwater flows and nutrient pollution” - Primary Investigator, start date 5/1/2020 (estimated)

United States Department of Agriculture NIFA AFRI proposal ($79,913 total costs to CSU)

- “Biogeochemical consequences of updating an aging agricultural infrastructure” - Co-Investigator, start date 7/1/2019

CSU Office of Research, Undergraduate Summer Research Award

- $5,000, 2018 - $4,500, 2019

National Research Council of the National Academies (U.S.A.) (~$100,000, 2013) - postdoctoral research award administered by the U.S. E.P.A. (DECLINED)

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- "The impact of tree species on the flow of airborne nutrients and particulate pollution to water and soils in urban landscapes"

NSF Ecosystem Science ($209,735, 2008-2011)

- primary proposal author (K.E. Mueller), PI (D.M. Eissenstat), Co-PI (K.H. Freeman) - "Tree species effects on soil organic matter dynamics" - a supplemental REU, authored by KEM, was awarded in 2009 ($7,900)

NSF Office of International Science & Education ($18,000, 2008-2010)

- Doctoral Dissertation Enhancement Proposal - "Using 13C NMR spectroscopy to study the influence of litter chemistry on soil organic

matter formation in forests"

Other awards

Mercator Fellow (visiting professor) of the German DFG (2020 to 2025)

- hosted by the German Centre for Integrative Diversity Research (iDiv)

Physiological Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America: Student Travel Award

and New Phytologist Poster Award (to advisee Milos Simovic; 2019)

Penn State University Alumni Association: Dissertation Award (2011)

U.S. Department of Energy: Graduate Research Environmental Fellowship (2007-2010)

Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium: Research Fellowship ($10,000, 2008-2010)

European Association of Organic Geochemists: Travel Award (€7,000, 2008)

Penn State University College of Ag.: Competitive Grants Program ($2,000, 2007-2009)

NSF IGERT Program: Training Fellowship (2005-2006)

Research grants submitted NSF DEB Population & Community Ecology and Ecosystem Science prospectus (in review)

- “EAGER: Developing affordable and scalable infrastructure for manipulating precipitation in forests”; Primary Investigator; submitted 3/2/2020

- Funds requested: $93,619 total costs to CSU

EPA Science to Achieve Results program

- “Enabling improved management of urban forests to reduce nutrient loading to the Great Lakes”

- Primary Investigator, submitted 12/15/2019

- Status: in review

- Funds requested: $336,435 total costs to CSU

Department of Energy Terrestrial Ecosystem Science program pre-proposal

- “Projecting the ecological and biogeochemical consequences of changing precipitation patterns on the sagebrush steppe”

- Co-Investigator, submitted 12/5/2019 - Status: full proposal invited - Funds requested: $175,000 total costs to CSU

National Science Foundation Rules of Life full proposal to DEB and IOS

- “Identifying the rules of plant form and function in grasslands by integrating traits across levels of biological organization and axes of physiology”

- Primary Investigator, submitted 9/28/2018 - Status: declined - Funds requested: $402,115 total costs to CSU

National Science Foundation DEB Population & Community Ecology prospectus

- “RAPID: Impacts of drought, thinning, and invasive removal on a widespread forest community”

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- Co-Investigator, submitted 7/30/2018 - Funds requested: $95,783 total costs to CSU - Status: declined

National Science Foundation DEB Ecosystem Science preliminary proposal

- "Influence of tree species and plant traits on coupled element cycles in soil – from the canopy scale to mineral surfaces"

- Primary Investigator, submitted 1/23/2017 - Status: declined

National Science Foundation DEB Population & Community Ecology preliminary proposal

- "A multidimensional study of multifunctional plants: traits as indicators of niche differentiation and community assembly in grasslands"

- Primary Investigator, submitted 1/23/2017 - Status: declined

Publications (*DENOTES EQUAL AUTHORSHIP) In preparation (DRAFTS OF EACH ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST) 1. Mueller, K.M., Ocheltree, T.O., Kray, J., Bushey, J.B., Pendall, E., Williams, D.G., and

Blumenthal, D.M. Trading water for carbon in the future: effects of climate change on leaf anatomical, morphological, and physiological traits in a semiarid grassland. Target: Functional Ecology

2. Wilcox, K.R., Kray, J.A., Mueller, K.E., Derner, J.D., Ocheltree, T.W., Porensky, L.M., and Blumenthal, D.M. Plant traits predict precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semi-arid shortgrass prairie. Target: New Phytologist

3. Roth, A.M., Lodge, A.G., Whitfeld, T.J.S., Frelich, L.E., Mueller, K.E., and Reich, P.B. An invasive one-two punch: Inter-trophic facilitation by a non-native shrub increases the success of invasive earthworms in a North American temperate forest. Target: Biological Invasions

4. Zelikova, T.J., Mueller, K.E., Blumenthal, D.B., Pendall, E., and Williams, D.G. Community-wide carbon isotope discrimination increases under elevated CO2 in a mixed-grass prairie. Target: Oecologia

5. Ocheltree, T.W., Reich, P.B., and Mueller, K.E. Root mass fraction in a tallgrass prairie experiment is more sensitive to plant community composition than elevated CO2 or fertilization. Target: undecided

6. Goebel, M., Hobbie, S.E., Bulaj, B., Zadworny, M., Mucha, J., Trocha, L., Mueller, K.E.,

Hale, C., Chorover, J., Oleksyn, J., Reich, P.B., and Eissenstat, D.M. Decomposition patterns of undisturbed, dead fine roots of temperate tree species in an experimental forest in southwest Poland. Target: undecided

In review (DRAFTS OF EACH ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST) 7. Blumenthal, D.M., Mueller, K.M., Kray, J., Ocheltree, T.W. Drought tolerance traits in semi-

arid grasslands: tradeoffs with leaf economics and synergies with herbivore resistance. Target: Journal of Ecology (revisions requested)

8. Pan, Y., Norby, R.J., Nowak, R. Oren, R., Reich, P.B., Lüscher, A., Mueller, K.E., et al.

Contrasting responses of woody and grassland ecosystems to increased CO2 and water supply. Target: Nature Climate Change (revisions requested)

In refereed journals (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6WmaCN8AAAAJ&hl=en) 1. Ocheltree, T.W., Mueller K.M., Chesus, K., LeCain, D., Kray J.A., and Blumenthal, D.M.

2019. Identification of suites of traits that explain drought resistance and phenological

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patterns of plants in a semi-arid grassland community. Oecologia, 192, 55-66 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04567-x).

2. Schlanser, K, Diefendorf, A.F., Greenwood, D.R., Mueller, K.E., West, C.K., Lowe, A.J.,

Basinger, J.F., Currano, E.D., Flynn, A.G., Fricke, H.C., Geng, J., Meyer, H.W., and Peppe, D.J. 2019. On geologic timescales, plant carbon isotope fractionation responds to precipitation similarly to modern plants and has a small negative correlation with pCO2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 270, 264-281

(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.11.023). 3. Griffin-Nolan, R.J., Blumenthal, D.M., Collins, S.L., Farkas, T.E., Hoffman, A.M., Mueller,

K.E., Ocheltree, T.W., Smith, M.D., Whitney, K.D., and Knapp, A. 2019. Shifting effects of plant functional composition with long-term drought in grasslands. Journal of Ecology, 107,

2133-2148 (https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13252). 4. Griffin-Nolan, R.J., Ocheltree, T.W., Mueller, K.E., Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A., and Knapp,

A. 2019. Extending the osmometer method for assessing drought tolerance to herbaceous species. Oecologia, 89, 353-363 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04336-w)

5. *Angst, G., *Mueller, K.E., Eissenstat, D.M., Freeman, K.H., Trumbore, S., Chorover, J., Hobbie, S.E., Oleksyn, J., Reich, P.B., and Mueller, C.W. 2019. Soil organic carbon stability in forests: distinct effects of tree species identity and traits. Global Change Biology, 25, 1529-1546 (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14548).

6. Córdova, S.C., Olk, D., Dietzel, R. Mueller, K.E., Archontouilis, S., and Castellano, M.J. 2018. Plant litter quality affects the accumulation rate, composition, and stability of mineral-associated soil organic matter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 125, 115-124 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.07.010).

7. Tipton, C.Y., Ocheltree, T.O., Mueller, K.E., Turk, P., and Fernandez-Gimenez, M.E. 2018. Influences of leaf litter inputs, soil texture, and soil nitrogen cycling on understory resilience in sagebrush steppe. Ecosphere, 9, e02201 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2201).

8. Mueller, K.E., LeCain, D., McCormack, M.L., Pendall, E., Carlson., M., and Blumenthal,

D.M. 2018. Root responses to elevated CO2, warming, and irrigation in a semiarid grassland: integrating biomass, length, and lifespan in a 5-year field experiment. Journal of Ecology, 00, 1-18 (https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12993).

9. Dijkstra, F.A., Carrillo, Y., Blumenthal, D.M., Mueller, K.E., LeCain, D.R., Morgan, J.A.,

Zelikova, T.J., Williams, D.G., Follett, R.F., and Pendall, E. 2018. Elevated CO2 and water addition enhance nitrogen turnover in grassland plants with implications for temporal stability. Ecology Letters, 21, 674-682 (https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12935).

10. Blumenthal, D.M., Mueller, K.E., Kray, J.A., Lecain, D.R., Pendall, E., Duke, S., Zelikova,

T.J., Dijkstra, F.A., Williams, D.G., and Morgan, J.A. 2018. Warming and elevated CO2 interact to alter seasonality and reduce variability of soil water in a semi-arid grassland. Ecosystems, 21, 1533-1544 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0237-1

11. *Mueller, K.E., *Lodge, A.G., Roth, A.M., Whitfeld, T.J.S., Hobbie, S.E., and Reich, P.B.

2018. A tale of two studies: detection and attribution of the impacts of invasive plants in observational surveys. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55, 1780-1789 (https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13075).

12. Hines, J., Pabst, S., Mueller, K.E., Blumenthal, D.M., Cesarz, S., and Eisenhauer, N. 2017.

Soil-mediated effects of global change on plant communities depend on plant growth form. Ecosphere, 8, e01996 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1996).

13. Angst, G., Cajthaml, T., Angst, S., Mueller, K.E., Kögel-Knabner, I., Beggel, S., Kriegs, S., and Mueller, C.W. 2017. Performance of base hydrolysis methods in extracting bound lipids from plant material, soils, and sediments. Organic Geochemistry, 113, 97-104

(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.08.004). 14. *Angst, G., *Mueller, K.E., Kögel-Knabner, I., Freeman, K.H., and Mueller, C.W. 2017.

Aggregation controls the stability of lignin and lipids in clay-sized particulate and mineral

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associated organic matter. Biogeochemistry, 132, 307-324 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0304-2).

15. Mueller, K.E., Blumenthal, D.M., Carrillo, Y., Cesarz, S., Ciobanu, M., Hines, J.E., Pabst, S.,

Pendall, E., de Tomasel, C., Wall, D.H., and Eisenhauer, N. 2016. Elevated CO2 and warming shift the functional composition of soil nematode communities in a semiarid grassland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 103, 46-51 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.08.005).

16. Mueller, K.E., Blumenthal, D.M., Pendall, E., Carrillo, Y., Dijkstra, F.A., Williams, D.G.,

Follett, R.F. and Morgan, J.A. 2016. Impacts of warming and elevated CO2 on a semi‐arid grassland are non‐additive, shift with precipitation, and reverse over time. Ecology Letters,

19, 956-966 (https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12634). 17. Porensky, L.M., Mueller, K.E., Augustine, D.J., and Derner, J.D. 2016. Thresholds and

gradients in a semi-arid grassland: long-term grazing treatments induce slow, continuous, and reversible vegetation change. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53, 1013-1022 (https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12630).

18. Irisarri, J.G.N., Derner, J.D., Porensky, L.M., Augustine, D.J., Reeves, J.M., and Mueller, K.E. 2016. Grazing intensity differentially regulates aboveground net primary production response to precipitation in North American semiarid grasslands. Ecological Applications, 26, 1370-1380 (https://doi.org/10.1890/15-1332).

19. Mueller, K.E., Eisenhauer, N., Reich, P.B., S.E. Hobbie, Oleksyn, J. et al. 2016. Light, earthworms, and soil resources as predictors of diversity of 10 soil invertebrate groups across monocultures of 14 tree species. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 92, 184-198 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.10.010).

20. Castellano, M.J., Mueller, K.E., Olk, D.C., Sawyer, J.E., and Six, J. 2015. Integrating plant litter quality, soil organic matter stabilization and the carbon saturation concept. Global Change Biology, 21, 3200-3209 (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12982).

21. Diefendorf, A.F., Freeman, K.H., Wing, S.L., Currano, E.D., and Mueller, K.E. 2015. Paleogene plant carbon isotope fractionation is similar to modern plants. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 429, 33-44 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.07.029).

22. Mueller, K.E., Hobbie, S.E., Chorover, J., Reich, P.B., Oleksyn, J. et al. 2015. Effects of litter traits, soil biota, and soil chemistry on soil carbon stocks at a common garden with 14 tree species. Biogeochemistry, 123, 313-327 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-015-0083-6).

23. Mueller, K.E., Müller, C.W., Oleksyn, J., Eissenstat, D.M., and Freeman, K.H. 2013. What controls the concentration of various aliphatic lipids in soil? Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 63, 14-17 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.03.021).

24. Mueller, K.E., Tilman, D., Fornara, D.A., and Hobbie, S.E. 2013. Root depth distribution and the diversity-productivity relationship in a long-term grassland experiment. Ecology, 94,

787-793 (https://doi.org/10.1890/12-1399.1). 25. Mueller, K.E., Hobbie, S.H., Tilman, D, and Reich, P.B. 2013. Effects of plant diversity, N

fertilization, and elevated carbon dioxide on grassland soil N cycling in a long-term experiment. Global Change Biology, 19, 1249-1261 (https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12096).

26. Mueller, K.E., Eissenstat, D.M, Hobbie, S.E., Oleksyn, J., Jagodzinski, A.M., Reich, P.B., Chadwick, O.A., and Chorover, J. 2012. Tree species effects on coupled cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and acidity in mineral soils at common garden experiment. Biogeochemistry, 111, 601-614 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-011-9695-7).

27. Mueller, K.E., Polissar, P.J., Oleksyn, J., and Freeman, K.H. 2012. Differentiating

temperate tree species and their organs using lipid biomarkers in leaves, roots, and soils. Organic Geochemistry, 52, 130-141 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2012.08.014).

28. Reich, P.B., Tilman, D., Isbell, F., Mueller, K.E., Hobbie, S.E., Flynn, D., and Eisenhauer, N. 2012. Impacts of Biodiversity Loss Escalate Through Time as Redundancy Fades. Science, 336, 589-592 (https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1217909).

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29. Comas, L.H., *Mueller, K.E., *Taylor, L., Beerling, D.J., Callahan, H., and Midford, P. 2012. Evolutionary patterns and biogeochemical significance of angiosperm root traits. International Journal of Plant Science, 173, 584-595 (https://doi.org/10.1086/665823).

30. Mueller, K.E., Hobbie, S.E., Oleksyn, J. Reich, P.B., and Eissenstat, D.M. 2012. Do evergreen and deciduous trees have different effects on net N mineralization? Ecology, 93, 1463-1472 (https://doi.org/10.1890/11-1906.1).

31. Freeman, K.H., Mueller, K.E., Diefendorf, A.F., Wing, S.L., and Koch, P.L. 2011. Clarifying

the influence of water availability and plant types on carbon isotope discrimination by C3 plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 108, E59-E60 (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1102556108).

32. Mueller, K.E., Diefendorf, A.F., Freeman K.H, and Eissenstat, D.M. 2010. Appraising the

roles of nutrient availability, global change, and functional traits during the angiosperm rise to dominance. Ecology Letters, 13, E1-E6 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01455.x).

33. *Diefendorf, A.F., *Mueller, K.E., Wing, S.L., Koch, P.L., and Freeman, K.H. 2010. Global

patterns in leaf 13C discrimination and implications for studies of past and future climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 107, 5738-5743 (https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0910513107).

34. Welsh, G.L., Mueller, K.E., Vonderheide, A.P., and Shann J.R. 2009. Accessibility of polybrominated diphenyl ether congeners in aging soil. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 11, 1658-1663 (DOI: 10.1039/B904187G).

35. Vonderheide, A.P., Mueller, K.E., Meija, J., and Welsh, G.L. 2008. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs): Causes for concern and knowledge gaps regarding environmental distribution, fate and toxicity. Science of the Total Environment, 400, 425-436 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.003).

36. Mueller, K.E. and Shann, J.R. 2007. Effects of tree root-derived substrates and inorganic nutrients on pyrene mineralization in rhizosphere and bulk soil. Journal of Environmental Quality, 36, 120-127 (DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0130).

37. Mueller, K.E., Mueller, S.R., Henry, H.F., Vonderheide, A.P., Soman, R., Kinkle, B.K., and Shann, J.R. 2006. Fate of pentabrominated diphenyl ethers in soil: abiotic sorption, plant uptake, and the impact of interspecific plant interactions. Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 6662-6667 (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es060776l).

38. Mueller, K.E. and Shann, J.R. 2006. PAH dissipation in spiked soil: impacts of bioavailability, microbial activity, and trees. Chemosphere, 64, 1006-1014 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.12.051).

39. Vonderheide, A.P., Mueller-Spitz, S.R., Meija, J., Welsh, G.L., Mueller, K.E., Kinkle, B.K., Shann, J.R., Caruso, J.A. 2006. Rapid breakdown of brominated flame retardants by soil microorganisms. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 21, 1232-1239 (https://doi.org/10.1039/B607273A).

Popular science writing 1. Mueller, K.E., Ocheltree, T.W., and Derner, J.D. 2015. Wyoming weather: changes since

1950 (and implications for rangelands). Cow Country (magazine of the Wyoming Stock

Growers Association), Summer issue, 18-19 2. Castellano, M.J. and Mueller, K.E. 2009. Increase grants, too. Science, 325, 1498.

Invited presentations 1. Plant-environment interactions in semiarid grasslands: insights from 'long-term' experiments

and traits of leaves, roots and more. German Centre for Integrative Diversity Research (iDiv), University of Leipzig (April 2020)

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2. Plant-environment interactions in semiarid grasslands: insights from 'long-term' experiments and traits of leaves, roots and more. Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University (March 2020)

3. Ecosystem services in cities: which tree species do what, and why? Center for Tree Science, The Morton Arboretum (March 2019)

4. How are ecosystem services in urban landscapes constrained by covariance of traits among tree species? Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University (December 2018)

5. Unique insights into the impacts of climate change, land management, and biodiversity loss from decadal-scale experiments in North American ecosystems. Scientist Lecture series, Holden Arboretum (June 2018)

6. Using plant traits to understand biosphere functions and environmental change: lessons from studies of living plants. Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University (October 2017)

7. Impacts of environmental change on North American grasslands: insights from long-term experiments & plant traits. Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University (March

2017) 8. How do plants impact soils & ecosystem functions? Developing a trait-based approach for a

dynamic world. Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland State University (February 2016)

9. As the world turns: a trait-based, long-term approach to studying plant communities and ecosystem functions. Department of Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Behavior, Iowa State University (March 2015).

10. Ecology of plants & ecosystems in a changing world: a trait-based, long-term view. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee (February 2015)

11. Plant “traits” as mediators of ecosystem properties: from invasives, to dominant tree species, to grasslands. School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University (February 2014)

12. How do plants, soils, and environmental factors interact to shape ecosystem functions in forests & grasslands? Rangeland Resources Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture (April 2013)

13. How do different trees influence nutrient fluxes from the atmosphere to soils and water? Sustainable Environments Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (February 2013).

14. To better understand forest function and forest change, we need to measure . . .? Smithsonian Institution (June 2012).

15. The plant traits that changed the world. Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati

(January 2012). 16. Using plant traits to study biogeochemistry. Department of Biology, Kent State University

(January 2012). 17. Are plant functional types and traits useful for predicting effects of trees on soil nitrogen?

Climate, People, and Environment Program seminar series, University of Wisconsin (April 2011).

18. Soil organic matter sources and mechanisms of preservation: insights from plant biomolecules in forest soils. Soil Science seminar series, Iowa State University (April 2011).

19. The biogeochemical significance of tree functional types and traits. Ecosystem Science group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (March 2010).

20. Controls on soil carbon storage at a long-term experiment in Poland. Soil Science seminar series, Technical University of Munich (November 2008).

National or international presentations (**DENOTES STUDENT MENTEES**) 1. Mueller K.M., Ocheltree, T.W., Kray, J.A., Bushey, J.A., Blumenthal, D.M., Pendall, E., and

Williams, D.G. Trading water for carbon in the future: Effects of climate change on leaf

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anatomical, morphological, and physiological traits in a semiarid grassland. Ecological Society of America Meeting, August 11-16, 2019, Louisville, KY.

2. **Simovic, M.**, Mueller, K.E., and McMahon, S.M. An assessment of co-variation among

anatomical, morphological, and phenological traits of 9 tree species growing in urban conditions. Ecological Society of America Meeting, August 11-16, 2019, Louisville, KY.

3. Mueller, K.E. and **Simovic, M.** An assessment of covariation among phenological, anatomical, and morphological traits of 50 tree species growing in urban conditions. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 9-14, 2018, Washington, DC.

4. **Simovic, M.** and Mueller, K.E. Interspecific variation in bole growth and leaf phenology among fifty tree species in Northeast Ohio. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 5-9, 2018, New Orleans, LA.

5. Mueller K.M., Ocheltree, T.W., and Blumenthal, D.M. Trait dimensionality and community assembly in a semi-arid grassland: covariance and utility of traits related to leaf economics, resource acquisition, and tolerance of drought and grazing. 39th New Phytologist Symposium, June 17-29, 2017, Exeter, United Kingdom.

6. Ocheltree, T.W., Mueller K.M., Chesus, K., LeCain, D., Kray J.A., and Blumenthal, D.M. The role of leaf hydraulics and rooting depth in explaining seasonal patterns of gas-exchange and phenology in a semi-arid grassland community. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 6-11, 2017, Portland, OR.

7. Mueller, K.E., Blumenthal, D.M., Pendall, E., Carrillo, Y., Dijkstra, F.A., Williams, D.G., Follett, R.F. and Morgan, J.A. Effects of warming and elevated CO2 in a semiarid grassland are temporally dynamic due to interactions among water, nitrogen, and plant community composition. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 14-18, 2015, San

Francisco, CA. 8. Kennedy, A., Blumenthal, D.M., Ocheltree, T.W., Mueller, K.E., Pilmanis, A., and Hufbauer,

R.A. Hitting moving restoration targets: Using plant traits and geographic origin to predict population-level climate (CO2 and temperature) responses. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 10-14, 2015, Baltimore, MD.

9. Tipton, C.Y. Ocheltree, T.W., Fernandez-Gimenez, M., Mueller, K.E., Dickey, C. Nitrogen cycling and resource patchiness in two mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata spp. vaseyana) plant communities: Evidence of threshold dynamics? Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 10-14, 2015, Baltimore, MD.

10. Mueller, K.E., Blumenthal, D.M., Lecain, D.R., Morgan, J.A., Pendall, E., and Williams, D.G. Effects of elevated CO2 and warming on plant productivity, soil moisture, and plant water-relations in a semi-arid grassland. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December

15-19, 2014, San Francisco, CA. 11. Mueller, K.E., Eisenhauer, N., et al. Demystifying the enigma of soil biodiversity.

Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 4-9, 2013, Minneapolis, MN. 12. Mueller, K.E., Hobbie, S.E., Tilman, D. and Reich, P.B. Effects of plant diversity on

grassland soil N cycling are greater and more temporally dynamic than effects of elevated carbon dioxide. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 5-10, 2012, Portland, OR.

13. Mueller, K.E., Hobbie, S.E., Chorover, J., Oleksyn, J., Reich, P.B., Freeman, K.H., and

Eissenstat, D.M. A statistical and experimental approach for assessing the preservation of plant lipids in soil. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

14. Mueller, K.E., Hobbie, S.E., and Reich, P.B. Covariation of leaf nitrogen concentrations and specific leaf area at different scales along a fire frequency gradient. 27th Annual New Phytologist Symposium: Stoichiometric flexibility in terrestrial ecosystems under global change, September 25-28, 2011, Oracle, AZ.

15. Mueller, K.E., Müller, C.W., Oleksyn, J., Chorover, J., Hobbie, S.E., Reich, P.B., Trumbore,

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S.E., Kögel-Knabner, I., Freeman, K.H., and Eissenstat, D.M. The influence of tree species on soil organic matter dynamics. Soil Organic Matter 2010, September 20-23, 2010, Presqu’île de Giens, France.

16. Mueller, K.E., Hobbie, S.E., Chorover, J., Oleksyn, J., Reich, P.B., Freeman, K.H., and Eissenstat, D.M. Nutrient stoichiometry of temperate trees and effects on the coupled cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and cations in soil. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

17. Müller, C.W., Mueller, K. E., Freeman, K.H., Eissenstat, D.M., and Kögel-Knabner, I. Stability of soil carbon fractions – from molecules to aggregates. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, CA.

18. Mueller, K.E., Chorover, J., Hobbie, S.E., Oleksyn, J., Reich, P.B., and Eissenstat, D.M.

Tree species drive differences in soil acidity and soil carbon in the A horizon via variation in nutrient stoichiometry of different plant organs. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting. November 1-5, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA.

19. Global patterns of leaf 13C discrimination: implications for leaf gas-exchange. Mueller, K.E., Diefendorf, A.F., Wing, S.L., and Freeman, K.H. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 2-7, 2009, Albuquerque, NM.

20. Diefendorf, A.D., Mueller, K.E., Wing, S.L., and Freeman, K.H. 13C discrimination related to phylogeny and leaf habit in modern woody plant types: Implications for ecological controls on bulk, n-alkane, and terpenoid carbon isotope records preserved in Paleocene-Eocene terrestrial sediments. Isocompound. June 2-4, 2009, Potsdam, Germany.

21. Mueller, K.E., Hobbie, S.E., Chorover, J. Oleksyn, J., Reich, P.B., and Eissenstat, D.M. Relationships among tree leaf and root traits and their influence on soil biogeochemical properties and biotic communities. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 3-8, 2008, Milwaukee, WI.

22. Mueller, K.E., Chorover, J., Hobbie, S.E., Oleksyn, J., Reich, P.B., and Eissenstat, D.M. The influence of tree species on soil organic matter formation. Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting. November 5-8, 2007, New Orleans, LA.

23. Rhoten, D.R., Hackett, E.J., Reichman, O.J., Guckenheimer, J.M., Waldbusser, G. and Mueller, K.E. Environmental Research Charrette: An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Education. AAAS Annual Meeting. February 15-19, 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Local or regional presentations (**DENOTES STUDENT MENTEES**) 1. **Harbol, S.**, Mueller, K.E., and Stuble, K.S. Effects of forest management on tree growth

in a post-agricultural, secondary forest in northeast Ohio. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration, March 27-29, 2020,

Lyndhurst, OH. 2. **Seitz, B.**, Mueller, K.E., and Stuble, K.S. Growth and environmental conditions of trees

in a forest management experiment: establishing baseline data and understanding spatial variability. CSU Undergraduate Research Poster Session, September 5, 2019, Cleveland,

OH 3. **Leftwich, S.**, and Mueller, K.E. Determining the effect of climatic factors on the annual

growth of various deciduous tree species at Secrest Arboretum. Holden Forests and Gardens SEARCH Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 2, 2019, Cleveland, OH.

4. **Fenton, S.**, **Seitz, B.**, Rauschert, E., and Mueller, K.E. Do times of drought give native plants the advantage over invasive plants? Holden Forests and Gardens SEARCH Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 1, 2018, Cleveland, OH.

5. **Brown, E.**, Mueller, K.E., Stuble, K.S., Knisely, C., Blashka, C, and Watson, M. Management practices of deciduous forests and ecological interactions: an introduction to a new experiment. Holden Forests and Gardens SEARCH Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 1, 2018, Cleveland, OH.

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6. **Languth, J.**, Mueller, K.E., and Stuble, K.S. Tree Growth Rate Depends on Species Identity and Precipitation, not Invasive Shrub Abundance. Holden Forests and Gardens SEARCH Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 1, 2018, Cleveland, OH.

7. **Simovic, M.**, and Mueller, K.E. Interspecific variation in bole growth and leaf phenology among fifty tree species in Northeast Ohio. Holden Forests and Gardens SEARCH Undergraduate Research Symposium, August 1, 2018, Cleveland, OH.

8. **Fenton, S.**, **Seitz, B.**, Rauschert, E., and Mueller, K.E. A comparison of resource use and acquisition of invasive and native shrubs. CSU Undergraduate Research Poster Session, September 6, 2018, Cleveland, OH.

Teaching experience Instructor

- Climate Change: an interdisciplinary overview (EVS 494/594), Cleveland State University (Spring 2019, Spring 2020)

- Introduction to Environmental Science (EVS 206), Cleveland State University (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020)

Co-instructor

- Physical Features of Ecosystems (EVS 300/301), Cleveland State University (Fall 2019)

- Nature of Science and Research (BIOL 3700), University of Minnesota (Fall 2012)

- Ecology and Society (EEB 3001), University of Minnesota (Spring 2013)

Workshop participant

- August Teaching Enrichment Series, University of Minnesota (2011)

- Scientific Teaching Program, University of Minnesota (10/2011 to 5/2012)

Guest lecturer

- Forest and Rangeland Ecogeography, Colorado State University (2014, 2015)

- Characterizing Organic Matter on Land and Water, University of Wisconsin (2011)

- Concepts in Ecology, Penn State University (2009)

Teaching assistant

- Biology and Ecology labs, University of Cincinnati (2002-2005)

Instructor's assistant

- Biology and Genetics labs, Xavier University (2000-2002)

Students and visiting scholars mentored Cleveland State University

- Sam Leftwich (B.S. 2017; EVS 497 advisor), Patricia Wieckowski (B.S. pending, EVS 497 advisor)

- Milos Simovic (M.S. pending, thesis advisor), Sarah Blair (M.S. pending, thesis advisor), Sam Leftwich (M.S. pending, thesis advisor), Sam Harbol (M.S. pending, thesis advisor), Keri Plevniak (M.S., thesis committee member)

Case Western Reserve University

- Sharon Danielson (Ph.D. pending, qualifying exam committee member)

- Alexa Wagner (Ph.D. pending, qualifying exam committee member)

University of Cincinnati

- Kristen Schlanser (Ph.D. pending, dissertation committee member)

Colorado State University

- Crystal Tipton (M.S.); Anita Kennedy (M.S., pending);

Pennsylvania State University

- Carsten Müller (visiting postdoc, 2009); Masoud Sayles (B.S., 2009); Ruben Alonso (lab

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assistant, 2009) Nadia Rivera (REU and ESA SEEDS participant, 2009); Neel Patel (lab assistant, 2008); Paul Walker (lab assistant, 2007)

Current collaborators Gerrit Angst (Czech Academy of Sciences); Dana Blumenthal (USDA-ARS); Mike Castellano (Iowa State); Jon Chorover (Arizona); Justin Derner (USDA-ARS); Aaron Diefendorf (U. of Cincinnati); Nico Eisenhauer (Universität Leipzig); David Eissenstat (Penn State); Katherine Freeman (Penn State); Sarah Hobbie (Minnesota); Forest Isbell (Georgia); Julie Jastrow (Argonne National Lab); Sean McMahon (Smithsonian Institution); Juliana Medieros (Holden Arboretum); Carsten Müller (Technische Universität München); Troy Ocheltree (Colorado State); Jacek Oleksyn (Polish Academy of Sciences); Elise Pendall (Western Sydney); Lauren Porensky (USDA-ARS); Peter Reich (Minnesota); Katie Stuble (Holden Arboretum); David Tilman (Minnesota); Susan Trumbore (Max Planck Institute); Diana Wall (Colorado State); David Williams (Wyoming); Jane Zelikova (Wyoming)

Technical skills Field work (in Greenland, Poland, PA, MN, NY, CO, WY, OH)

- sampling plant tissues (leaves, roots, bole wood, leaf litter) and soils; use of dendrometer bands to estimate radial tree growth; estimating aboveground plant biomass production and plant community composition in grasslands via clipping and visual techniques (e.g. Daubenmire cover); in situ soil incubations for estimating net nitrogen mineralization rates; using ion-exchange resins for measuring nitrate and ammonium in soils; sampling animal populations in soil, including earthworms, nematodes and microarthropods

Measurement of plant functional traits

- measurements of leaf and root morphology and plant architecture; quantification of plant phenological traits; estimation of gas-exchange of leaves, roots, and soils (using LICOR 6400 & 6200, Hansatech Oxygraph); using pressure chambers to estimate leaf water potential and turgor loss point; sampling and extraction of plant tissues for analysis of δ18O and δD of xylem water;

Greenhouse and growth chamber experiments

- studies with woody plant and grass seedlings, including manipulations of soil nutrients, soil pollutants, and climate

Soil incubation experiments

- controlled environment incubations to evaluate soil organic matter dynamics and microbial biomass

Laboratory and analytical methods

- analysis of plant and microbial lipids with gas chromatography mass spectrometry and compound-specific isotope ratio mass spectrometry; isotope ratio mass spectrometry of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in plant tissues and soils; radiocarbon analyses of soils and respired CO2; physical and chemical fractionation of plant tissues and soils to isolate distinct biogeochemical pools (e.g. microbial biomass, mineral-bound organic matter); elemental analyses for carbon and nitrogen concentration of plant tissues and soils; various extractions for soil nutrient concentrations; extraction and preservation of soil animals (nematodes and microarthropods)

Statistics

- assembly and analysis of large datasets (including meta-analysis); utilization of global databases and basic geographic information resources; use of JMP and R software

- R functions and packages used for regression, model-fitting, and ordination:

o smatr (standardised major axis regression), quantreg (quantile regression), leaps (step-wise and best subset regression), nls (non-linear, least squares model fitting),

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nlme (mixed-models), vegan (ordination) - R packages used to estimate indices of ecological and environmental variability:

o FD (estimates functional diversity of plant communities using plant traits), Evapotrans (estimates potential evapotranspiration from weather variables), SPEI (estimates drought indices from weather variables), climdex (quantifies indices of weather extremes and weather variability from weather variables)

Service and Synergistic activities Member, CSU COSHP Equity Gap Task Force (2019 to present)

Member, CSU BGES GCCAS committee (2019 to present)

Member, CSU Student Success committee (2019 to present)

Member, CSU University Curriculum Committee (2018 to present)

Faculty meeting secretary, Department of Biological, Geological, & Environmental Sciences

(2017-present)

Academic Editor (handling editor in the Environmental Science section; 2017-present) - PeerJ (https://peerj.com/kem/)

Ad hoc reviewer for the following academic journals & funding agencies - reviewer profile since November, 2015: https://publons.com/a/1296710/ - Nature Communications, Science Advances, Ecology Letters, Ecology, Journal of Ecology,

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecological Applications, Global Ecology & Biogeography, New Phytologist, Global Change Biology, Methods in Ecology & Evolution, Functional Ecology, Oecologia, Oikos, PLoS One, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Geoderma, Pedobiologia, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Forests, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant & Soil, Biogeochemistry, Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, Treatise on Geochemistry, Organic Geochemistry, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, International J. of Phytoremediation

- NSF BIO/DEB Population and Community Ecology, NSF GEO/EAR Geobiology and Low Temperature Geochemistry

Subject of NSF-funded longitudinal study of early career faculty (2016-present)

Performer (2017, 2018, 2019)

- ClimateKeys series combining performances by concert pianists and climate change experts

http://www.climatekeys.com/6-november-2017-halida-dinova-mueller-tartakoff http://www.climatekeys.com/halida-dinova-concert-reflections https://chf.case.edu/events/climatekeys-performance/

Adjunct Scientist, Holden Arboretum (2018-present)

Workshop participant

- Common garden experiment design, The Morton Arboretum, Center for Tree Science (December 2018)

- Information Theory Workshop (led by Ken Anderson; Fort Collins, CO, 2013) - Plant diversity effects on ecosystem resistance to and recovery from perturbations

(German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research; Leipzig, Germany, 2013) - Snowbird Charrette in Environmental Research Design (Snowbird, Utah, 2006)

Graduate student representative

- Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology, program committee (2008-2009)

Vice-President and Treasurer

- Ecology Graduate Student Organization (2007, 2008)

Planning committee member

- Focus the Nation (public seminar on climate change, Penn State University 1/2008) - Penn State Ecology program seminar series on Climate Change (2007) and Sustainable

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Resource Management (2008) - Penn State Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium (2006, 2007)

Shortcourse participant

- Radiocarbon in Ecology & Earth System Science (UC-Irvine, 2006) - Stable Isotopes in Ecology (University of Utah, 2008)

Volunteer

- Science fair judge (Cleveland, OH, 2017, 2018, 2019; St. Paul, MN, 2012 and 2013; Cincinnati, OH, 2004 and 2005)

- Exploration Day 2009 (NASA and PSU Eberly College of Science outreach program) - Shake, Rattle, Rocks 2010 (PSU Geoscience grade school outreach program)