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Kimberly A. Nicholas Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, PO Box 170, SE 221 00, Lund, Sweden [email protected] Mobile: (+46) 733 223497 kimnicholas.com @KA_Nicholas

Professional Interests

Advancing scientific and policy solutions for global sustainability, particularly focused on food systems under climate change; understanding interactions between human and environmental systems; teaching and mentoring early-career scientists; increasing science impact through broad public communication.

Education and Employment

2014- Associate Professor (senior lecturer, sv: lektor), Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, Lund, Sweden

2010 – 2014 Assistant Professor (lecturer, sv: biträdande lektor), Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, Lund, Sweden

2008 - Senior Scientist, Fruit Fly Wine Sciences, Sonoma, CA

Provide consulting services on technical and sustainability issues to the wine industry.

2005 - 2009: Viticulture Associate, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis

2009: Master of Science, Horticulture and Agronomy (Viticulture), University of California, Davis

2003 - 2009: Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University Major professor: Dr. Christopher Field, Founding Director, Department of Global Ecology Dissertation: Global change in local places: Climate change and the future of high-quality winegrowing in Napa and Sonoma, California

2001 - 2003: Master of Science, Land Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Major professor: Dr. Jonathan Foley, Director, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (now Director, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota) Thesis: Evaluating carbon sequestration and attributing carbon credits to grassland restoration

1999 - 2001: Policy Analyst, Clean Air Council, Philadelphia, PA

1996 - 1999: Bachelor of Science (honors), Earth Systems (Biosphere track), Human Biology minor, Stanford University Thesis Advisor: Stephen S. Schneider, Professor, Biological Sciences Honors thesis: Private and social costs of alternative fuel vehicles in the Bay Area

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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Research focuses on impacts of global change on ecosystems, particularly food systems with a special focus on wine production as a model system; ecosystem management and adaptation to climate change, including an ecosystem services approach; and interdisciplinary sustainability research and education. Note: Underline = student under my supervision; last author position indicates initiation and/or overall intellectual leadership of the project.

Direct links to publications, with citation metrics: ISI Web of Science: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-3669-2010

Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.se/citations?user=IzjQ5KUAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1 ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4756-7851

2015

19.

Ummenhofer, CU, H Xu, T Twine, E Girvetz, H McCarthy, N Chhetri, and KA Nicholas. “How climate change affects extremes in maize and wheat yield in two cropping regions.” In press at Journal of Climate.

18. Nicholas, KA, A Brady, and L Rylander. “Peer Writing Tutors Help International, Interdisciplinary Students to Stake their Claim.” In: Multi-disciplinary education for international students. Eds: N Tojo and B Kiss). In press, Lund University Press.

2014

17. Seaquist, J, EL Johansson, and KA Nicholas. “Architecture of the global land acquisition system: Applying the tools of network science to identify key vulnerabilities.” Environmental Research Letters 9: 114006. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114006

16. O’Byrne, D, W Dripps, and KA Nicholas. “Teaching and learning sustainability: An assessment of the curriculum content and structure of sustainability degree programs in higher education.” Sustainability Science 9 (3). DOI: 10.1007/s11625-014-0251-y

2013

15. Rivera-Ferre, MG, L Pereira, T Karpouzoglou, KA Nicholas, S Onzere, W Waterlander, F Mahomoodally, A Vrieling, FD Babalola, CC Ummenhofer, A Dogra, A de Conti, S Baldermann, C Evoh, and S Bollmohr. “A vision for transdisciplinarity in Future Earth: Perspectives from Young Researchers.” Invited Research Commentary in Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 3 (4): 249-260.

14. Krause, T, AW Collen, and KA Nicholas. “Evaluating safeguards in a conservation incentive programme: Participation, consent and benefit sharing in Indigenous communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon.” Ecology and Society. 18(4):1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05733-180401


13. Clark, K, and KA Nicholas. “Introducing urban food forestry: A multifunctional approach to increase food security and provide ecosystem services.” Landscape Ecology 28 (6): DOI 10.1007/s10980-013-9903-z

12. Viers, JH, JN Williams, KA Nicholas, O Barbosa, I Kotze, L Spence, L Webb, A Merenlender, and M Reynolds. “Vinecology: Pairing wine with nature.” Conservation Letters 6(1). doi: 10.1111/conl.12011

11. Nicholas, KA, and WH Durham. “Farm-scale adaptation and vulnerability to environmental stresses: Insights from winegrowing in Northern California.” Global Environmental Change 22(2): 483-494. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.01.001

2011

10. Nicholas, KA, and ELS Hinckley. “Conducting research on private farms and ranches: Approaches, issues, and tips.” Journal of Extension 49(6): Article 6TOT11.

9. Nicholas, KA, MA Matthews, DB Lobell, NH Willits, and CB Field. “Effect of vineyard-scale climate variability on Pinot noir phenolic composition.” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151(12): 1556-1567.

8. Nicholas, KA, and W Gordon. “A quick guide to writing a solid peer review.” EOS 92 (28): 233-234. (Reprinted with permission in ESA Bulletin 92 (4): 376-381.)

2010

7. Khagram, S, KA Nicholas, D MacMynowski Bever, J Warren, E Richards, K Oleson, J Kitzes, R Katz, R Hwang, R Goldman, J Funk, and KA Brauman. “Thinking about knowing: Intellectual foundations for interdisciplinary research.” Environmental Conservation 37 (4): 388-397.

2009

6. Nicholas Cahill, K, CJ Kucharik, and JA Foley. “Prairie restoration and carbon sequestration: Difficulties in quantifying carbon sources or sinks using a mass-balance approach.” Ecological Applications 19(8): 2185-2201.

2007

5. Lobell, DB, K Nicholas Cahill, and CB Field. “Historical effects of temperature and precipitation on California crop yields.” Climatic Change 81: 187-203.

2006

4. Lobell, DB, K Nicholas Cahill, CB Field, and C Bonfils. “Impacts of future climate change on California perennial crop yields: Model projections with climate and crop uncertainties.” Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 141: 208-218.


3. Lobell, DB, K Nicholas Cahill, and CB Field. “Weather-based yield forecasts developed for 12 California crops.” California Agriculture 60 (4): 211-215.

2. Kucharik, CJ, NJ Fayram, and K Nicholas Cahill. “A paired study of prairie carbon stocks, fluxes, and phenology: comparing the world's oldest prairie restoration with an adjacent remnant.” Global Change Biology 12 (1): 122-139.

2004

1. Hayhoe, K, D Cayan, CB Field, PC Frumhoff, EP Maurer, NL Miller, SC Moser, SH Schneider, K Nicholas Cahill, EE Cleland, L Dale, F Davis, R Drapek, RM Hanemann, LS Kalkstein, J Lenihan, CK Lunch, RP Neilson, SC Sheridan, and JH Verville. “Emissions pathways, climate change, and impacts on California.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 101 (34): 12422-12427.

Manuscripts Under Review

1. Collen, AW, T Krause, L Mundaca, and KA Nicholas. “Using the theory of collective action to assess indigenous community participation in forest conservation in Ecuador: Lessons for developing Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) programs.” In review at Ecology and Society.

2. NR Magliocca, J van Vliet, C Brown, T Evans, T Houet, P Messerli, J Messina, KA Nicholas, C Ornetsmuller, J Sagebiel, V Schwiezer, P Verburg, Q Yu. “From meta-studies to modeling: Using synthesis knowledge to build process-based land change models.” In review at Environmental Modeling and Software.

3. Feola G, A Lerner, M Jain, M Montefrio, and KA Nicholas. “Understanding farmer behavior in climate change adaptation and sustainable agriculture: Lessons learned from five case studies.” In second review at Journal of Rural Studies.

Scientific Commentaries

2014

Tallis, H., J Lubchenco, …. KA Nicholas… and 237 other co-authors. Working together: A call for inclusive conservation. Nature 515 (7525): 27-28. Comment.


Grants Awarded

Secured funding from diverse sources including national research councils, international (European Commission), federal, and state government agencies, industry groups, and foundations. The most recent grant was as Principal Investigator for €650,000 from the Swedish Research Council, the largest grant awarded in Natural Sciences by the Council to a single investigator at Lund University in 2014, and tied for largest grant of 62 young investigator grants nationally. 2015-2018

15. Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR). €650,000 Project Grant for Junior Researchers- Principal Investigator. “Agromes: Mapping the environmental, economic, and social tradeoffs of European farming systems across scales.”

2015

14. Institut Français de Suède. €3000. One of seven out of 50 applicants supported with a one-month mobility grant for developing collaborations between Swedish and French researchers.

2012-2017

13. European Union FP7 Environment Domain. €12,000,000 (€700,000 to Lund University). Project PI: Mark Rounsevell, University of Edinburgh. “Operational Potential of Ecosystem Research Applications.” Task Lead and Work Package Co-Lead: Exemplar Cases, managing project implementation and reporting for 12 case studies involving over 70 partners across 17 institutions.

2007

12. Napa Valley Vintners. $51,032 for 2 years. PIs: Dan Cayan, UC San Diego; Chris Field, Stanford. “Historical Napa climate and its impact on wine grape phenology and composition.”

11. Rudolf Summer Grant, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University. $4,920. Support for summer research assistants.

2006

10. Faculty Grant, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Stanford University. $4,870. PI: Chris Field Support for summer research assistants.

9. McGee Grant in Earth Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University. $1,100. Support for research expenses, including travel to present research at an international conference.

2005

8. McGee Grant in Earth Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University. $2,400. Support for research expenses, including dataloggers used in field experiment.


2001

7. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. $70,000. “Don’t Trash It! Pennsylvania Statewide Reuse Guide”.

6. U.S. Department of Energy- Philadelphia Regional Office. $20,000. “Support of Activities Related to 2001 National Clean Cities Conference.”

5. The Energy Foundation. $80,000. “Pennsylvania and Delaware Low Emissions Vehicles Campaign, Phase 2.”

2000

4. U.S. Department of Energy- Golden Field Office. $30,000. “Clean Fuels 101: Rebates for Light-Duty University Niche Fleets.”

3. The Energy Foundation. $32,000. “Low Emissions Vehicles Campaign in Pennsylvania and Delaware.”

2. “Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant.” U.S. Department of Energy. $90,000.

1. U.S. Department of Transportation. Congestion Mitigation Air Quality Projects. $369,000. “Rebates for Alternative Fuel Vehicles in Greater Philadelphia.”


Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

Awards include recognition for promising international research through selection for participation in selective seminars and conferences, increasing positions of leadership in the scientific community, and selection by students as Commencement Speaker.

2015 Institut français de Suède: FRÖ Laureate (selected as one of seven funded scholars out of 50 applicants)

2014 General Assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU): Early-Career Scientists Panel Chair

2014 EAT Stockholm Food Forum Inaugural Summit Invited Delegate, Metrics Competence Forum

2013, 2014: Selected by students as Commencement Speaker, Lund University Master’s Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science

2013: Young Scientists Networking Conference on Integrated Science, sponsored by Future Earth and the International Council for Science: Food Futures Fellow, Future Earth Fellow

2012: International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems, sponsored by National Science Foundation: CHANS Fellow

2011: Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth Systems Sciences, Young Scientist Conference Grant

2010: Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research, Symposium Scholar

2009: University of California, Davis, McKeehan Fellow in Horticulture and Agronomy

2008: Stanford University School of Earth Sciences Research Review, Third Place, Oral Presentation

2007: American Society for Enology and Viticulture, Annual Meeting Best Viticulture Student Poster Award

2007: American Society for Enology and Viticulture Graduate Scholarship

2005: ALTER-Net Summer School in Vulnerability Analysis, Peyresq, France

2003 – 06: Stanford University David and Lucille Packard Foundation Stanford Graduate Fellow

2002 – 03: National Science Foundation GK-12 Program Kindergarten-Through-Infinity Teaching Fellow

2002 – 03: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention

2001 – 03: S.C. Johnson Distinguished Fellowship Graduate Research Fellow

2001 – 02: University of Wisconsin University Fellow

2001: National Clean Cities, Inc. Coordinator Achievement Recognition Award


Teaching

I have taught a range of courses in the US, Sweden, and South Korea, all of which focus on student-centered learning. At student requests, I have designed and given several workshops on research design and presentation. I also engage in the scholarship of teaching and learning, and see teaching as a compliment to my research program. Please see my website for full teaching philosophy and description of innovative teaching activities, including the “Climate Change: We Can Fix It World Café.”

Course Responsible

2013, 2014: Earth System Science, Lund University. 10 ECTS credits. Designed and led course on the nine Planetary Boundaries in sustainability science (Rockström et al., 2009, Nature) for MSc students, including research and experimental design, quantitative data analysis in R, three day field camp, and introduction to scientific writing.

2011, 2012: Environmental Problem Awareness, Lund University. 7.5 ECTS credits. Designed and led course on human and natural sustainability challenges, including skills in research and experimental design, three day field camp, and introduction to academic writing.

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013:

Rural Systems and Sustainability, Lund University. 7.5 ECTS credits. Designed and led MSc course on climate and land use change and sustainable agriculture, including lectures, field trips, problem sets, case studies, and intensive scientific writing in preparation for the MSc thesis.

Co-Instructor

2012: Co-Instructor, Global Climate and Environmental Change, Global Collaborative Program, Kyung Hee University, Suwon, South Korea Designed and taught the first two weeks of an intensive four-week course on climate and global change for undergraduate and postgraduate students participating in international summer exchange program.

2011, 2012, 2013:

Module Instructor, Quantitative Methods in Sustainability, Lund University Designed and led 2 week MSc course on data organization, visualization, analysis, and statistical interpretation using Excel and software package R.

Guest Lecturer

2014: Workshop Leader, Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University Led workshop on designing and presenting research posters for master’s students preparing to present their theses at a University-wide conference.

2014: Workshop Leader, Lund University Social Innovation Centre Designed and led 3-hour workshop on research design for 40 master’s students from across the University.

2013, 2014: Guest Lecturer, Sustainable Development and Natural Resource Management, Lund University Master of Science in International Development and Management (LUMID) Delivered lecture on ecosystem services to class of ca. 70 MSc students.


Research Group Leadership and Mentoring

I am committed to mentoring early-career scientists and involving them in research, starting with supervising nearly 20 undergraduates while a graduate student. I now lead an active research group, with two current PhD students and five MSc students pursuing research on global land management, ecosystem services, and food security. Of the students I have supervised, 15 MSc and one PhD have gone on to careers in academia, development, government, education, and industry.

PhD Students

2013 - Emma Johansson, PhD Candidate in Physical Geography, Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability. Dissertation: “Virtual land and water: Social and environmental consequences on local to global scales.” Expected completion: August 2017.

2012 - Molly MacGregor, PhD Candidate in Sustainability Science, Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability. Dissertation: “Land dynamics of coffee.” Expected completion: August 2015.

2010 - 2013: Torsten Krause, PhD in October 2013 in Sustainability Science, Lund University Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability. Dissertation: “Buying conservation: Financial incentives for tropical forest conservation in the Ecuadorian Amazon.”

Current MSc students and thesis titles

5. Marius von Essen. “Land use patterns in the Montados and their influence on economic viability and the provisioning of ecosystem services.”

4. Seth Wynes. “Climate Literacy of Secondary Students in Ottowa, Canada.”

3. Shrina Kurani. “From Paper to Project.”

2. Aurora Lindström: “Urban beekeeping and social entrepreneurship in Sweden.”

1. Rhianna Dean: “The lot of the farmer: Climate change adaptation in the Victorian wine industry.”

Graduated MSc students with theses in Lund University International Master’s Programme in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES)

2014

15. Nadia Karami: “ The Food Short List: Recommendations for Swedish consumers to reduce the environmental impact of their food choices.”

14. Luisa Suarez: “We are what we eat: Investigating enabling factors for dietary change and sustainable diets in Skåne.”

13. Verena Hermelingmeier: “Harmonizing OPERAs voices: An investigation of different perspectives on the ecosystem services concept and their


implications for research and practice.”

12. Klara Winkler: “More than wine: Cultural ecosystem services in vineyard landscapes.”

2013

11. David Lam. “Environmental impacts in global value chains: Using Hot Spot Analysis to identify priorities for improving the sustainability of German coffee production and consumption.”

10. Þórhildur Ósk Halldórsdóttir. “Local food in Iceland: Identifying behavioral barriers to change towards increased production and consumption.”

2012

9. David O’Byrne. “Sustainability now! A review of the current state of academic programmes in sustainability.”

8. Kate Whitfield. “Walking in two worlds… and not doing too well in either: Investigating vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change in Nunavut, Canada.”

7. Cormac Woods. "Walking in two worlds … and not doing too well in either: Investigating vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change in Nunavut, Canada.”

6. Leila McElvenney. “Can Africa feed the world? Land acquisitions as a food security solution.” (co-supervised with PhD candidate Torsten Krause)

5. Muleee Gessei. “Towards improving smallholder agriculture: Role of climate information services in Ethiopia.” (co-supervised with PhD candidate Elina Andersson)

2011 4. Kyle Clark. “Urban food forestry: low-hanging fruit for improving food

security?” 3. Salome Hallfreðsdóttir. “Eco Schools – Are They Really

Better? Comparison of Environmental Knowledge, Attitude and Actions between Students in Environmentally Certified Schools and Traditional Schools in Iceland.”

2. Hsu Chia Sui. “Resilience in space: an experimental analysis of resilience in urban flood management in the Taipei Basin.”

1. Joshua Darrach. “The role of youth in climate negotiations: An exploratory study into the effects of constituency status on youth participation in the UNFCCC.”


Undergraduate and Master’s Student Research Mentor

2008 - 2009: International Policy Studies Practicum, Stanford University

2006 - 2008: University of California-Davis

2005 - 2008: Stanford University

2002 - 2003: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Hired, trained, and supervised a total of 17 undergraduates (five from Wisconsin, seven from Stanford, and six from UC Davis) to collect field data, gather and analyze literature, perform lab work, analyze data, and interpret results as part of my dissertation research. Part-time during the academic year and full-time during summers. Advised team of 5 graduate students on an analysis of the impacts of climate change on international wine prices, and policy recommendations to the California legislature on competitiveness and adaptation in the wine industry.

Graduate Student Evaluation

PhD Student Opposition

2013 2. Kersten Baumanns. “Drivers of global land use change: Are increasing

demands for food and bioenergy offset by technological change and yield increase?” Lund University.

1. Cheryl Sjoström. “Food for naught: The global food system and the African smallholder.” Lund University.

MSc Thesis Opposition

2013 5. Colin Hale. “Beyond cycle paths: A bottom up approach to promoting

cycling culture.” 4. Rebecca Laycock. 2013. “The Tip of the Iceberg Lettuce: What

direct/indirect factors enable knowledge sharing in community gardens?”

2012

3. Björn Berg. “The emergence of dam removal in river management policy: Lessons from the Elwha River Restoration Project.”

2011

2. Tyler Adkins. “Overcoming barriers to energy efficient retrofit measures in Swedish homes: An actor and policy analysis.”

1. Christoph Priebe. “How can we make participation work? A fisheries industry perspective on the legitimation crisis of participation.”


Scientific Conference Organization and Presentations I am an active contributor to the scientific community through speaking at invited, plenary, and parallel conference sessions, as well as contributing to the community by organizing sessions at university, national, and international conferences.

Conference Organization

2014 Co-chair of “Ecosystem Services: Translating Biophysical Functions to Human Benefits and Values” session at American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting.

2012 Co-organizer, Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) Research Symposium with group research presentations by 25 staff members and interactive sessions with 50 master’s students.

2011 Organizer of one-day colloquium, “Global food security: Biophysical and social limits and opportunities,” sponsored by the Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative. Stockholm. Designed conference theme and materials, solicited and judged abstracts, and selected and arranged presentations from ten international and Swedish researchers for an audience of 80 scholars, policymakers, and practitioners.

2011 Co-chair of “Ecosystem Services: Hydrology and Biogeochemistry in a World of Environmental Change” session at American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting.

Invited Presentations

2014

Panelist, LUCID Early Career Researchers Conference, “Integrating the social and natural dimensions of sustainability.” Lund, Sweden.

Panel Chair, Early Career Scientists, 31st General Assembly of ICSU (International Council for Science), Auckland, New Zealand.

European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria.

2013

Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN.

Stockholm Environment Institute/Stockholm Resilience Centre. Stockholm, Sweden.

2011

38th Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces, San Diego, CA.

2010

American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting.

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), Santa Barbara, CA.

2009 6th Annual California Climate Change Conference, Sacramento, CA.

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.


Conference Presentations

2014

29. KA Nicholas. “Illustrating human-nature interactions in ecosystem services: The case of terroir in wine.” Poster presentation at American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA.

28. KA Nicholas, P Ambros, L Kirkvold, C Moessner, N Nasir, N Pfefferle, E Redford, C Tsoi, and MS Weschke. “A climate change curriculum based on synthesis science.” Poster presentation at American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA.

27. KA Nicholas. “Agromes: Mapping the environmental, economic, and social tradeoffs of European farming systems across scales.” Oral presentation at Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

26. Clark, K, and KA Nicholas. “Urban food forestry: Leveraging urban tree diversity for urban food security and social innovation.” Oral presentation at International Conference on Urban Tree Diversity, Alnarp, Sweden.

25. KA Nicholas. “Farmer decisions on land use and climate adaptation from the local to global scale.” Oral presentation at the Global Land Project Open Science Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

24. KA Nicholas. “Making Ecosystem Services Valuable to Stakeholders.” Oral presentation at the Stockholm Workshop on Natural Capital and Resilience: Frontiers in Research, Tools, Policy and Practice. Stockholm, Sweden.

2013

23. KA Nicholas, G Feola, A Lerner, M Jain, and M Montefrio. “Farmer responses to multiple stresses in the face of global change: Assessing five case studies to enhance adaptation.” Poster presentation at American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA.

22. KA Nicholas. “Vineyard phenology and climate.” Oral presentation (via Skype) at Vinecology: The integration of ecological and viticultural practices, Oakville, CA.

21. KA Nicholas, J Seaquist, E. Johansson, and L. McElvenney. “Global land grabs: Patterns, processes, and potential contributions to food security.” Poster presentation at Food Futures: Young Scientists Networking Conference on Integrated Science, International Council for Science/International Social Science Council, Lake Como, Italy.

20. KA Nicholas. “Two new frameworks for acceptable, generalizable climate adaptation: Case studies from agriculture.” Oral presentation at the European Climate Change Adaptation Conference, Hamburg, Germany.


2012

19. Clark, K, and KA Nicholas. “Urban food forestry: A multifunctional strategy for enhancing landscape sustainability.” Poster presentation at American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA.

18. KA Nicholas, J Seaquist, E. Johansson, and L. McElvenney. “Global land grabs: Patterns, processes, and potential contributions to food security.” Poster presentation at Worlds Within Reach: From Science to Policy, IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference. Vienna, Austria.

17. KA Nicholas, T Twine, CU Ummenhofer, E Girvetz, N Chhetri, H McCarthy, and H Xu. “Modeling Biophysical and Human Responses to Climate Change for Food Security.” Poster presentation at Planet Under Pressure, London, England.

16. KA Nicholas, W Dripps, and D O’Byrne. “Assessing Higher Education Curricula in Sustainability Science: Theory vs. Practice.” Oral presentation at Leuphana Sustainability Summit, Lüneburg, Germany.

2011

15. KA Nicholas, T Twine, CU Ummenhofer, E Girvetz, N Chhetri, H McCarthy, and H Xu. “Cross-Continental Comparisons of Grain Yields Under Climate Change: Potential for Agricultural Adaptation to Offset Losses.” Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA.

14. Nicholas, KA, EM Wolkovich, and LB Webb. “Trends in Climate and Phenological Changes in Winegrapes in California and Australia.” Oral presentation at the American Society for Enology and Viticulture Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, USA.

13. Nicholas, KA. “Embedding Adaptiveness in Space and Time to Enhance Resilience: A Case Study from California’s Wine Industry.” Oral presentation at the Earth Systems Governance Conference, Fort Collins, CO, USA.

2010

12. Nicholas, KA, N Chhetri, E Girvetz, H McCarthy, T Twine, and CC Ummenhofer. “The Future of Food: Regional Adaptation Strategies for Optimizing Grain Yields Under Climate Change.” Poster at the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA.

11. Nicholas Cahill, K, S Iacobellis, D Cayan, M Greenspan, and M Bobbitt. “Using cloud imagery and distance to water to improve spatial climate estimates for coastal winegrowing sites in California.” Oral presentation at the American Society for Enology and Viticulture Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA.

10. Nicholas Cahill, K. “Winegrower Responses to Environmental Stresses: An Analysis of Potential Farm-Scale Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change.” Oral presentation at the 7th International Symposium on Cool Climate Viticulture and Enology, Seattle, WA, USA.


2009

9. Nicholas Cahill, K, DA Cayan, and MD Dettinger. “Building a Rich Community-Contributed Phenology Dataset: Lessons Learned from Winegrapes in California’s Napa Valley.” Poster at the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA.

8. Nicholas Cahill, K, MA Matthews, CB Field, and DB Lobell. “Vineyard-scale climate variability, vine light intensity, and Pinot noir phenolic composition.” Oral presentation at the American Society for Enology and Viticulture Annual Meeting, Napa, CA, USA.

2008 7. Nicholas Cahill, K, and MA Matthews. “Grape preparation methods for

fast, accurate results with the Harbertson-Adams phenolic assay.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture, Portland, OR, USA.

2007

6. Nicholas Cahill, K, DB Lobell, CB Field, and C Bonfils. “Modeling climate and climate change impacts on wine grape yields in California.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture, Reno, NV, USA. Best Student Poster Award (Viticulture).

5. Nicholas Cahill, K, DB Lobell, CB Field, C Bonfils, and K Hayhoe. “Modeling climate change impacts on wine grape yields and quality in California.” Talk given at UNESCO Chair of Wine and Culture Colloquium “Global warming: Which potential impacts in the vineyards?”, Dijon, France.

4. Nicholas Cahill, K, CA Reisman, K Hayhoe, J Van Dorn, EP Maurer, MA Matthews, and DE Block. “Climate and climate change impacts on California Cabernet Sauvignon wine quality.” Talk given at UNESCO Chair of Wine and Culture Colloquium, Dijon, France.

2004

3. Nicholas Cahill, K, CB Field, and K Hayhoe. “Emissions pathways, climate change, and future wine grape quality in California.” Poster presented at American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA. Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A53B-0897.

2003

2. Nicholas Cahill, K, JA Foley, and CJ Kucharik. “Large uncertainties in estimating grassland carbon fluxes: Can net ecosystem production be inferred?” Poster at the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, USA. Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B51D-0986.

2002 1. Nicholas Cahill, K, JA Foley, CJ Kucharik, and TC Balser. “Carbon

cycling in restored Wisconsin grasslands: examining linkages between plant diversity, microbial communities, and ecosystem processes.” Poster at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA. Eos Trans. AGU, 83 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A12A-0138.


Professional Development: Leadership and Pedagogical Training

I seek out opportunities to increase my skills in research group management, teaching, and communication, and have participated in diverse trainings offered by four universities as well as nonprofit organizations.

2014: Achieving Equality: What It Takes to Understand and Manage Diversity. Postdoc Training, Lund University Participant in half-day workshop on effective strategies for including diverse groups fairly in a research environment.

2013: Docent Course, LTH Technical Faculty, Lund University. One-semester course preparing faculty for docent (readership) status. Learned best practices for graduate student research supervision and mentoring. Designed and led research project to evaluate how well PhD students met national learning objectives of Swedish education.

2013: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Level 2, Centre for Educational Development, Lund University

2011: Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Level 1, Centre for Educational Development, Lund University Two semester-long pedagogical courses for Lund faculty emphasizing student-centered learning and theories of knowledge acquisition and application and the use of constructive alignment in curriculum design. Conducted independent research projects on applying the scholarship of teaching and learning to my courses and teaching activities.

2013: Teaching Portfolio Workshop, Centre for Educational Development, Lund University Participant in half-day workshop on documenting and reflecting on developing teaching expertise for faculty planning on applying for the “Pedagogical Excellence” program at Lund University.

2012: Finish On Time Workshop, Lund, Sweden Participant in one-day workshop for women in science on academic productivity and time and stress management.

2008: NSF-ADVANCE/FORWARD to Professorship, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

2007: Science Course Design, Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford, CA.

2006, 2007: Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, Program Staff Coordinated speakers and logistics for one-week intensive training program in science communication for mid-career academic environmental scientists. Participated in trainings to promote effective communication with the media, policymakers, and the public.

2002 - 2003: National Science Foundation GK-12 Teaching Fellow, Madison, WI.

2000: League of Conservation Voters Environmental Leadership Institute

Participated in intensive one-week seminar with 30 environmental advocates to learn strategic planning, grassroots campaign organizing, electoral politics, legislative lobbying, message development, targeting, media training, negotiating, budgeting, and fundraising.


Science-Policy Interface and Impact

Regular contributions to linking science and policy, including engagement with international scientific advice to decisionmaking, as well as expertise in policy analysis.

Scientific Policy and Business Advice and Reports

2014 Invited Delegate, Global Science Advice to Governments, Auckland, New Zealand. One of six early-career scientists invited to first global meeting of science advisors to policy. Wrote conference blog post on the role of early-career scientists in policy (http://bit.ly/1vZgeIX), and co-founded Wikipedia page on “Science advice” to make science-policy process more open and transparent.

2010 Invited Speaker, International Seminar on Climate Change & Natural Resources Management, US Forest Service. Davis, CA.

2010 Cayan, DR, KA Nicholas, M Tyree, and M Dettinger. “Climate and phenology in Napa Valley: A compilation and analysis of historical data.” Final report prepared for the Napa Valley Vintners.

2009 Invited Speaker, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA.

2009 Nicholas Cahill, K and M. Tyree. “Wine grape bloom.” pp. 146-149 in: Indicators of Climate Change in California. California Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, CA.

2008 Nicholas Cahill, K. “Evaluation of phenolic compounds in grapes and wines.” Technical report prepared as a consultant to Walsh Vineyards Management for their internal use and for distribution to clients.

2004-2009 Scientific Advisor, State Climate Change Initiatives Conducted public outreach and education to legislators, regulators, and industry members on the results of studies (Hayhoe et al., 2004; Lobell et al., 2006a, 2006b, 2007) on the potential impacts of climate change on California, focusing on agriculture.

2006 Kong, A, K Nicholas Cahill, K Hristova, and L Jackson. “Land use change in California’s agricultural landscapes in response to climate change.” pp. 65- 74 in: Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions for California Agricultural Landscapes (T. Cavagnero, L. Jackson, and K. Scow, eds.). Report CEC-500-2005-189-SF of the California Climate Change Center.

2003 Nicholas Cahill, K and CJ Kucharik. “Prairie carbon sequestration.” In: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Voluntary Emission Reduction Registry: Examples for Quantifying and Registering Emission Reductions. Madison, WI, 53707.

2001-2003: Advisory Committee, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emissions Registry. Coauthored sample protocol for carbon credits for a prairie restoration and served as advisor to state agency on carbon sequestration issues.


Environmental Policy Analyst

2004 Visiting Scholar, The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, CA. • Researched and wrote white paper on vineyard development,

management, and regulatory trends in coastal California. Reviewed scientific literature on ecological implications of vineyards, and publications by emerging industry programs to promote and evaluate sustainability in the winegrowing industry.

1999 - 2001: Policy Analyst, Clean Air Council, Philadelphia, PA. • Coordinator, Greater Philadelphia Clean Cities Program

Coordinated public/private partnership of U.S. Department of Energy to promote alternative fuel vehicles, including organizing a national meeting for over 900 attendees and 250 local children.

• Statewide Coordinator, Clean Cars for Pennsylvania Campaign Initiated, obtained funding for, researched, organized, and led a statewide campaign to adopt cleaner motor vehicle emissions standards in Pennsylvania

• Co-Organizer, Recycling Alliance of Philadelphia Organized grassroots coalition of 24 local businesses, environmental and civic groups to advocate for improved recycling in Philadelphia.

• Manager, Intern and Volunteer Program Participated in the hiring of interns and volunteers. Direct supervisor to a total of five interns working on reuse and alternative fuels projects.


Science Communication

I contribute to public conversations on science through regular contributions in the popular press (most recently a feature article in Scientific American), lectures for public audiences particularly targeted on communicating research results of climate impacts on agriculture to the wine industry, and active social media communications.

Popular Science Publications

2015 KA Nicholas. “Will we still enjoy Pinot noir?” Scientific American (312):1, January 2015.

2014 KA Nicholas. “Creating space for the voices of early-career scientists in policy.” Invited blog post for Science Advice to Governments network conference. http://bit.ly/1vZgeIX

KA Nicholas. “Q&A with Bill McKibben: “Our job is to make sure politicians aren’t left to their own devices.” Feature story on Road to Paris: Science for Smart Policy. http://roadtoparis.info/2014/12/03/qa-bill-mckibben/

2011 Webb, L.B., O Barbosa, I Granillo, J Green, I Kotze, KA Nicholas, L Spence, J Viers, and J Williams. “Green aims given global perspective: New World vineyards compare and consider sustainability approach.” Australian and New Zealand Grapegrower and Winemaker 572:32-38.

2008 Nicholas Cahill, K and CB Field. 2008. “Climate change science and the future of the wine industry.” Practical Vineyard and Winery, March/April 2008, 29 (6):16-33.

Public Science Presentations and Outreach Activities

2015 “Wine and Climate Change,” Readers’ Books, Sonoma, California.

2014 Dietery Choices and Climate Change

Video lecture for young climate leaders in Ukraine. Available here: http://bit.ly/1ABSBY5

Fruktsam Public Fruit Lecture

Delivered public lecture on Urban Food Forestry to volunteers, and community members interested in a student-led initiative to harvest and use public fruits in Lund. Please see http://fruktsam.info/

2013- Scientific Social Media I am active on social media platforms including Twitter (@KA_Nicholas, >900 followers as of January 2015) and my blog at kimnicholas.com/blog, where I post public communication on research, news, and opinion on sustainability, food systems, climate change, writing, and teaching.

LUCID Garden Project Team, Lund, Sweden Participated in constructing and maintaining a community garden for students and staff in our department outside our building. The project has been written up in local media and is being used in teaching.

2012: Outreach Talk, Planet Lund Festival, May 2012 Participated in “Science on the Street” project, giving short talk and demonstration of my research as part of a sustainability festival.


2010 BioForum, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA.

Communicating Climate Change, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, San Diego, CA.

2009 American Harvest Workshop, Cakebread Cellars, Rutherford, CA.

Symposium for Professional Wine Writers, St. Helena, CA.

Napa Valley Vintners, St. Helena, CA.

2008 Climate Change and Wine Seminar for Professionals, Sonoma, CA.

Napa Sustainable Winegrowing Group, Napa, CA.

2007 Great Wine Capitals Annual Meeting, Porto, Portugal.

Napa Wine Educators Academy, Napa, CA.

2006 Frog’s Leap Winery, Rutherford, CA.

Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers Alliance Annual Meeting, Sonoma, CA.

Media

I regularly contribute interviews to local, national, and international print, online, radio, and television journalists. My work has been featured in outlets including:

Print and

Online

New York Times; Slate; The Atlantic; The Economist; Los Angeles Times; The Seattle Times; Wine Spectator; Bay Nature Magazine, BuzzFeed; Stanford Magazine; InterAction; OnEarth; Contra Costa Times (CA); Sonoma Index-Tribune (CA); Santa Rosa Press Democrat (CA); Napa Valley Register (CA); St. Helena Star (CA);

Live radio

interviews

Los Angeles Public Radio; KVON, Napa, California; Adelaide Public Radio, Australia

Radio

coverage

KRBC; BBC World Service; KRCB, Santa Rosa, California

Books Hertsgaard, Mark. (2011). Hot: Living Through The Next Fifty Years On Earth. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Faris, Stephan. (2009). Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change, from the Amazon to the Arctic, from Darfur to Napa Valley. New York: Henry Holt. Cole, Nancy, with Susan Watrous. (2007). “Across the Great Divide: Supporting scientists as effective messengers in the public sphere.” In: Creating a Climate for Change: Communicating Climate Change and Facilitating Social Change. Susanne C. Moser and Lisa Dilling. Eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


Professional Service I contribute to the community through expert reviews of international and national funding proposals, books and journal articles, as well through an editorial role at Climatic Change, an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the description, causes, and implications of climatic change. Review Service- Panels and Books

2014: External Expert Reviewer, European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon 2020, “Biodiversity and ecosystem services: Drivers of change and causalities.”

2014: Princeton University Press, Biology and Earth Sciences Division. Invited book review.

2013: External Expert Reviewer, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), “Land Use Change and Land Use Management under Conditions of Global Change” and “Physical Geography” calls.

2013: External Expert Reviewer, European Research Council (Environment, Space, and Population panel).

2013: Review Panel Member, National Science Foundation

2011: Review Panel, Dissertation Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS), Fellows selection committee

Editorial Service

2012 - Associate Deputy Editor, Climatic Change

2008 – 2012: Editorial Board Member, Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment

Peer Reviewed Referee

• Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment • Ambio • American Journal of Enology and Viticulture • Climatic Change • Earth Interactions • Ecological Applications • Ecological Economics • Environmental R • Global Biogeochemical Cycles • Global Environmental Change • IPCC Fourth Assessment Report of Working Group II (Chapter 4: Ecosystems) • Nature Climate Change • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Tourism Management Perspectives


External Boards

2007 - Invited member, UNESCO “Culture et Traditions du Vin” Researchers

1999 – 2001 : Appointed member, Philadelphia Recycling Advisory Committee, Philadelphia, PA.

Policy, Program, and Technical Paper Referee

• Climate Change and Agriculture in the San Francisco Bay Area. 2012. California Energy Commission.

• DISCCRS Fellowship applications, 2010. • Interactive Market, Strange Days on Planet Earth. 2008.

http://www.pbs.org/strangedays/ • Northeast Climate Change Impacts Assessment: Agriculture, 2006. • Climate Change in California: Health, Economic, and Equity Impacts. Redefining

Progress, 2006. • Air Quality Chapter, Code of Sustainable Winegrowing, 2005.

Additional Information

Professional Memberships

2001 - American Geophysical Union

2004 - Earth Science Women’s Network

2005 - Ecological Society of America

2005 - American Society for Enology and Viticulture

2011 - Women IN Great Sciences (WINGS), Lund University

Citizenship: USA

Language Skills:

• Proficient in Spanish and Swedish • Advanced beginning French

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