CORY MEROW - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department

CORY MEROW
Postdoctoral Researcher
Phone:
860 617 7457
Quantitative Ecology Group
Email:
[email protected]
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Website:
http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/people/
Edgewater, MD 21307-0028, USA
cmerow/home/Home.html
EDUCATION
2012
Ph.D.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
2004
M.S.
Physics, University of Connecticut
2002
B.S.
Physics, Applied Mathematics, University of Connecticut, Magna Cum Laude
PUBLICATIONS
Merow, C., A. M. Latimer, A. Wilson, S. McMahon, A. Rebelo, J. A. Silander Jr. Demographically
driven distribution models: Advantages of using integral projection models to
incorporate demography into species distribution models. Ecography, In Press.
Merow, C., M. Smith, T. Edwards, A. Guisan, S. McMahon, S. Normand, W. Thuiller, R. Wüest,
N. Zimmermann, J. Elith. Back to the basics of species distribution modeling: what do
we learn from simple versus complex models? Ecography, Conditionally Accepted.
Thuiller, W., T. Münkemüller, K.H. Schiffers, D. Georges, S. Dullinger, V.M. Eckhart, T. C.
Edwards, D. Gravel, G. Kunstler, C. Merow, K. Moore O’Leary, C. Piedallu, S. Vissault,
N.E. Zimmermann, D. Zurell, F. M. Schurr. Does probability of occurrence relate to
demographic performance? Ecography, Conditionally Accepted.
Merow, C., J. Dahlgren, C.J.E. Metcalf, D. Childs, M.E.K. Evans, E. Jongejans, S. Record, M. Rees,
R. Salguero-Gómez, S. M. McMahon. 2014. A user’s guide to advances in demography
with integral projection models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 99-110.
Merow, C., J. A. Silander Jr. A comparison of Maxlike and Maxent for modeling species
distributions. 2014. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 5: 215-225.
Merow, C., M. Smith, J. A. Silander Jr. 2013.A practical guide to Maxent: what it does, and why
inputs and settings matter. Ecography 36: 1-12.
Denoted Editor’s Choice
One of Ecography’s 10 most accessed papers in 2013
Metcalf, C.J.E., S.M. McMahon, R. Salguero-Gomez, E. Jongejans, C. Merow. 2012. IPMpack:
Builds and analyzes Integral Projection Models. R package version 2.0.
http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=IPMpack
Vieilledent, G., A. M. Latimer, A. E. Gelfand, C. Merow, A.M. Wilson, F. Mortier & J. A. Silander
Jr. 2012. hSDM: hierarchical Bayesian species distribution models. R package version
1.0. http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=hSDM
Merow, C., A. M. Latimer, J. A. Silander Jr. 2011. Can entropy maximization use functional traits
to explain species abundances? A comprehensive evaluation. Ecology 92: 1523-1537.
Merow, C., N. LaFleur, J. A. Silander Jr., A. M. Wilson, M. Rubega. 2011. Developing dynamic,
mechanistic species distribution models: predicting bird-mediated spread of invasive
plants across northeastern North America. American Naturalist 178: 30-43.
Midgley, G.F., R. Altwegg, D. Guo, C. Merow. 2009. Are quiver trees a sentinel for climate
change in arid southern Africa? South African National Biodiversity Institute. ISBN:
978-0-620-43639-7.
Rawitscher, G., C. Merow, M. Nguyen, I. Simbotin. 2002. Resonances and quantum scattering for
the Morse potential as a barrier. American Journal of Physics. 70: 935-944.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Postdoctoral Researcher
2013-pres
Forest Demography (Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD)
Climate Change Impacts on Forest Biodiversity: Individual Risk to Subcontinental Impacts
(NSF Funded)
Research Assistant Professor (Gratis)
2013-pres
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT)
Visiting Scientist
2012-‘13
Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group (Microsoft Research,
Cambridge, UK)
Postdoctoral Researcher
2012
Community assembly in South African Fynbos (University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT)
Parallel Evolutionary Radiations in Protea and Pelargonium in the Greater Cape Floristic
Region (NSF Funded)
Graduate Research Assistant
2008–’11
Ecological modeling (funded by NSF and USDA; University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT)
Visiting Scientist
2008
Ecological modeling (South African National Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town, ZA)
GRANTS
2014
New advancements on Integral Projection Models for comparative demography – Max Plank
Institute for Demographic Research (€10,000) – Co-PI with Roberto SalgueroGómez, Jessica Metcalf, Sean McMahon, and Eelke Jongejans.
2013
New advancements on Integral Projection Models in a continuous and variable world II –
Max Plank Institute for Demographic Research (€30,000) – Co-PI with Roberto SalgueroGómez, Jessica Metcalf, Sean McMahon, and Eelke Jongejans.
2012
New advancements on Integral Projection Models in a continuous and variable world –
Max Plank Institute for Demographic Research (€36,000) – Co-PI with Roberto SalgueroGómez, Jessica Metcalf, Sean McMahon, and Eelke Jongejans.
2011
Bamford Research Fund for Botany - UConn ($2,200).
2010
Coauthor on Parallel Evolutionary Radiations in Protea and Pelargonium in the Greater Cape
Floristic Region - NSF ($3,000,000) – PIs: Carl Schlicting, Justin Borevitz, Kent Holsinger,
Cynthia Jones, Andrew Latimer, and John Silander.
2008;’10
UConn Center for Environmental Science and Engineering Graduate Student Research
Fellowship (2008: $10,500; 2010: $10,500).
2007-’10
UConn Center for Environmental Science and Engineering Multidisciplinary
Environmental Research Award (2007: $5000; 2008: $5000; 2009: $5000; 2010: $8000).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Course Instructor
2013
Developed seminar in ‘R Programming for Ecologists’ (University of Connecticut)
2011
Developed ‘Modeling Biodiversity Patterns and Ecological Processes’ (University of
Connecticut); Course website: http://www.eeb.uconn.edu/people/cmerow/home/teaching.html
Workshop Organizer
2014
Demography in a Continuous World: An Introduction to Integral Projection Models
(Ecological Society of America National Meeting)
2013
Demography in a Continuous World: New Advances in Integral Projection Models
(Ecological Society of America National Meeting)
2012
Demography in a Continuous World: An Introduction to Integral Projection Models
(Ecological Society of America National Meeting)
2012
Introduction to Integral Projection Modeling (Max Planck Institute for Demographic
Research, Rostock, Germany)
2012
Introduction to Integral Projection Modeling (Swiss Federal Research Institute, Zurich)
2008
Bayesian modeling in R with applications in ecology (South African National
Biodiversity Institute, Cape Town)
Writer
2011
‘A Quickstart Guide to R for Ecologists’
2003
‘Physics of the Environment’ Laboratory Manual (University of Connecticut)
Laboratory Instructor
2006-’07
Introductory Biology (University of Connecticut)
2000-’04
Astronomy, Physics of the Environment, Physics for Engineers (University of
Connecticut)
High School Physics Teacher
2005-’06
Woodstock Academy (Woodstock, CT)
2004-’05
Gardner High School (Gardner, MA)
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Invited Talks
2013
University of Cambridge, Plant Sciences
2013
University of Sheffield, Animal and Plant Sciences
2013
University College London, Genetics, Evolution and Environment
2013
Ecological Society of America
2013
American Museum of Natural History, Species Distribution Modeling Group
2012
Central Connecticut State University, Biology
Contributed Talks
2009; 12
Ecological Society of America
2011-‘13
International Biogeography Society
2011
International Biogeography Society (Early Career Conference)
2009
Invasive Plant Symposium
2001
American Physical Society: Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Working Groups (Invited or Coordinated)
2014
Co-organizer: Demography beyond the population (support: British Ecological Society
Syposium)
2014-pres
Botanical Information and Ecology Network (BIEN): A database to document global
patterns of plant diversity, distribution and function (support: National Science
Foundation, NCEAS, iPlant)
2013-pres
Diversity and Forest Change: Characterizing functional, phylogenetic, and genetic
contributions to diversity gradients and dynamics in tree communities (support: National
Science Foundation and Chinese Academy of Sciences)
2012-pres
Co-organizer: New advances in Integral Projection Models in a continuous and variable world
(support: Max Plank Institute for Demographic Research)
2012-‘13
Advancing concepts and models of species range dynamics: understanding and
disentangling processes across scales (support: Swiss Federal Research Institute)
Field Work
2013
Eastern United States Forests: Linking photosynthetic rates to forest demography
2008-’12
South African Fynbos: Trait-based community assembly
Ad hoc Reviewer
Diversity and Distributions, Ecography, Ecological Applications, Ecological Modeling,
Ecology, Ecology Letters, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, Global Change
Biology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of
Biogeography, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Methods in Ecology and Evolution,
Oecologia, PLoS ONE
Awards
2013
Selected Attendee: Integrating Evidence on Forest Response to Climate
Change: Physiology to Regional Abundance, Duke University
2011
International Biogeography Society Best Student Poster Award
2011
Center for Conservation and Biodiversity Research Award - UConn ($1,500)
2011
Hogan Summer Research Award - UConn ($2,300)
2011
Doctoral Dissertation Award - UConn ($2,000)
2010
International Biogeography Society Travel Award ($1,000)
2002
Charles A. Reynolds Graduate Fellowship - UConn ($9,000)
2001
Division of Nuclear Physics Undergraduate travel award ($1,000)
2001
Sigma Pi Sigma member - Physics Honor Society

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