University of Oregon Expected
2025
Ph.D. Biology
State University of New York at Cortland 2020
B.Sc. Conservation Biology (3.70)
SUNY Cortland Honors Program
President’s Designation in Undergraduate Research
Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Beta Beta
See the research projects page of my personal website for a complete list of my active research projects.
ESA SEEDS Alumni Travel Award Summer
22’
Barry Goldwater Scholarship Spring
19’
Ecological Society of America SPUR Fellowship Summer 19’
Botany 2019 Ecological Section Poster Award Summer 19’
New York State Flora Association Research Grant Summer 18’
SUNY Cortland Outstanding Student Research in Biological Sciences Award
Spring 19’
SUNY Cortland Aldo Leopold Award Spring
19’
SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Research Fellowship Summer 18’
Collings, J., Endriss, S. B., & Dávalos, A. (2023). Multiple stressors prevent gains in native plant diversity following invasive species removal. Ecosphere, 14(3), e4458.
Collings, J.A., Cook, E.J., Delevich, C.A., & Diez, J.M. Soil mycobiome dissimilarity,independent of fungal guild,is associated with increased probability of plant coexistence. (2024) Accepted at Journal of Ecology
Diez, J., Schlauch, J., DuCharme, E., Collings, J., & Erskine, S. Germination phenology alters species coexistence outcomes. (2024) Accepted at Journal of Ecology
Collings, J.A., Shoemaker, L.G., & Diez, J. M. Environmental context alters plant-soil feedback effects on plant coexistence. (2024) Manuscript in Review at Ecology
Wolfe, J.D., Luter, D.A., Jirinec, V., Collings, J., Johnson, E.I., Bierregaard Jr, R.O., & Stouffer P.C. Climate change aggravates bird mortality in pristine tropical forests. (2024). Manuscript in Review at Science Advances
Leveraging Coexistence Theory to Study Ongoing Questions in
Plant-Microbial Ecology 2024
Seminar for UC Irvine’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Department
Irvine, California
Relating species coexistence mechanisms to plant-associated soil
microbial communities 2023
Presentation at ESA 2023
Portland, Oregon
Incorporating context-dependency into microbe-mediated plant
coexistence 2022
Presentation at ESA 2022
Montreal, Quebec
Gauging invasive plant impacts under a multi-stressor
framework 2021
Presentation at ESA 2021
Virtual
Deer herbivory alters plant community dynamics in the Edwards
Plateau 2020
Presentation at Botany 2020 and ESA 2020
Virtual
Assessing Invasive Plant Management Using Understory Vegetation
Surveys 2019
Poster at the SUNY Cortland Alumni Science Symposium
Cortland, NY
Assessing Invasive Plant Management Using Understory Vegetation
Surveys 2019
Poster at Botany 2019
Tucson, AZ
An Evaluation of Pale Swallow-wort Management Utilizing
Understory Vegetation Surveys 2019
Presentation at SUNY Cortland Transformations
Cortland, NY
Assessment of Invasive Plant Management through Understory Plant
Management 2018
Presentation at SUNY Cortland Alumni Science Symposium
Cortland, NY
Assessment of C. rossicum Management in State Parks 2018
Poster presented at the North American Council for Conservation
Biology
Toronto, Ontartio
Assessment of Pale Swallow-wort (Cynanchum rossicum) Management
in New York State Park 2018
Poster Presented at SUNY Cortland Transformations
Cortland, NY
BI471/571 Population Ecology Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2024
Developed and led students through Rmarkdown files to teach various
topics in population modeling. Worked with students through independent
modeling projects. Graded lab handouts and presentations for independent
projects. Hosted weekly office hours.
BI213 General Biology III: Populations Fall 2021 and Spring 2022
Led students through hands-on activities to reinforce course content in
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Graded student lab reports, written
assignments, and exams. Hosted weekly office hours.
TA for Statistical Methods Spring
2021
Responded to student questions about course content and academic success
during and outside of online lectures. Held review session before exams
to work through practice problems and review course content.
TA for Plant Ecology Fall
2019
Worked with students to execute research projects in community
ecology,competion, herbivory, and belowground interactions. Moderated
debates and led classroom discussions.
Supplemental Instruction Leader for Introductory Biology
Courses Spring 2018 - Spring
2020
Held multiple review sessions weekly as well as office hours throughout
the semester for major and nonmajor sections of introductory
biology.
Uncovering the Importance of Microbes in Rapidly Changing Plant
Communities 2023 Article written
for the University of Oregon Biology Department’s newsletter
A queer stroll through the meadow 2022
Blog post published by the American Society of Plant Biologists’s
Plantae Blog
Waiting for greener days 2020
Blog post published by Plant Love Stories
Research and Grad School Q & A 2022
Guest Speaker for LSAMP STEM Seminar at SUNY Cortland
Student Research in Ecology and Evolution 2021 and 2022
Panel for Syracuse University Department of Biology
Benefits to Research 2021
Panel for the Ecological Society of America’s Student Services
Program
Students Perspective about Diversity in Skills Development for
Fieldwork 2021
Panel for the Ecological Society of America’s Student Section
Asian Worm Seminar 2020
Talk given for Monroe County Master Gardeners and Monroe County public
Plants: Friends or Foe 2018
Talk given at Lime Hollow Nature Center for the McLean Beautification
Committee