Gregory S. Gilbert Research Group

Environmental Studies Department, University of California Santa Cruz

Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae

Justin Cummings

Education
University of California Santa Cruz (Ph.D. Student 2007 - present)
Eastern Illinois University (BS Biology and BS Spanish, 2006)

Honors, Awards, and Grants
2008 NSF Predoctoral Fellowship
2007 GAAN Fellowship, University of California Santa Cruz
2006 Young Botanist of the Year Award received from the Botanical Society of America
1st Place for Student Oral Presentation in Botany at the 2006 Illinois State Academy of Science Conference
2nd place for Student Poster Presentation in Botany at the 2005 Illinois State Academy of Science Conference
Student Undergrad Research Experience award 2005, 2006
2005 & 2006 Charles B. Arzeni Tropical Biology Scholarship

Select Recent Publications
Gilbert, G.S., E. Howard, B. Ayala-Orozco, M. Bonilla-Moheno, J. Cummings, S. Langridge, I.M. Parker, J. Pasari, D. Schweizer, S. Swope. Beyond the tropics: forest structure in a temperate forest mapped plot. Journal of Vegetation Science In press.

Select professional experience
University of Illinois Extension Office; Chicago, IL: June - August 2008
National Marine Fisheries Service Groundfish Observer Anchorage, AK: December 2006 - June 2007
REU (with Dr. Steve Oberbauer) Organization for Tropical Studies; Sarapiqui Region, Costa Rica: Summer 2005
REU (with Dr. Eve Emshwiller) Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago, IL: Summer 2004

Select teaching experience
Teaching assistant: Plant Physiology