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About Allison Simler-Williamson

Dr. Allison B. Simler-Williamson joined Boise State University in 2021 and is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Biological Sciences.  She earned a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California, Davis and both a B.A. in Biology and a B.A. in Studio Art from Duke University.  Dr. Simler-Williamson’s current research focuses on the interactions between abiotic and biotic disturbances (wildfire and an emerging forest disease, Sudden Oak Death) in mixed evergreen and redwood-tanoak forests, and subsequently to understand the impacts of fire behavior and climate change on future epidemiology in disturbed areas.  She is also interested in the physiology of forest sprouting, and the role that vegetative reproduction and hardwood components may play in the Western United States’ changing forests.

Positions

2021 - Present Assistant Professor, Boise State University Department of Biological Sciences
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2020 - 2021 Adjunct Professor, Boise State University Department of Biological Sciences
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2020 - 2021 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Boise State University Department of Biological Sciences
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2020 - 2021 Research Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey ‐ Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
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2019 - 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Davis ‐ Department of Plant Pathology
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Faculty Member, Boise State University
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Disciplines


Grants

2020 - 2024 Impact of diversity in the pool of exotic species invading rangelands: response of soil resources, productivity and restoration potential
USDA-NIFA
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Grant
Colleague(s): T. Maxwell, B. Lazarus, and M. Germino
$305,586
2021 - 2023 Local adaptation to biotic interactions: soil microbial communities and dynamic population models of sagebrush recovery
National Science Foundation
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology
$207,000
2018 - 2023 Ecosystem memory and ecological resilience: Are novel disturbance interactions intensified by repeated disease and fire disturbance events?
National Science Foundation
Population and Community Ecology Program
Colleague(s): R.C. Cobb, N. Wurzburger, D.M. Rizzo, M.R. Metz, and R. Meentemeyer
$405,000
2020 - 2022 Local adaptation to biotic interactions: Integrating the evolutionary consequences of plant-fungal associations into sagebrush population dynamics
National Science Foundation
EPSCoR Seed Grant
Colleague(s): M.-A. de Graaff, T. Caughlin, L. Bittleston, and M. Germino
$49,997
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Education

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2019 Ph.D. - Ecology, University of California, Davis
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2010 B.A. - Biology, Duke University
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2010 B.A. - Studio Art, with Distinction, Duke University
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (9)

Selected Presentations (5)

Other (1)

Student Mentored Works (8)