Alanna N Shaw

Department of Ecosystem & Conservation Sciences
W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation
Charles H Clapp Building #423
University of Montana

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Systems Ecology (anticipated May 2022)
W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, MT

B.S. Plant Biology, 2012
Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, OH Minor: Spanish

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • 2016- Graduate Research Assistant, Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology Laboratory, W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana

  • 2012-2016 Research Assistant, MPG Ranch 2012 Research Specialist, The Holden Arboretum

  • 2010-2012 Undergraduate Research Assistant, Soil Ecology Laboratory Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University

TEACHING & MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE

  • Spring 2017, 2019, 2020, & 2022 Teaching Assistant, FORS 201: Soils, Water, & Climate

PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

Invited Papers

  • “Into the phosphorus void: nutrient limitation and acidification of eastern deciduous forests.” AN Shaw. 11/16/2012. MPG Ranch. Missoula, MT.

Contributed Papers

Talks

  • 2017 “The effects of temperature on net P mineralization: a cross-biome comparison.” AN Shaw & CC Cleveland. 2017 Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR

  • 2017 “WWNCD: What will nutrient cycles do (under climate change).” AN Shaw & CC Cleveland. 2017 University of Montana GradCon. Missoula, MT

  • 2015 “Poa secunda genetics: a comparison of local and commercial plant materials.” AN Shaw & DL Mummey. 2015 National Native Seed Conference, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2014 “Towards a genotypic characterization of the interspace species Poa secunda.” AN Shaw, LM Shreading, & DL Mummey. MPG Conference, Missoula, MT

Posters

  • 2019 “Robbing the Phosphorus Vault: Can Tropical Rainforest Trees Access and Use”Unavailable” P?” AN Shaw, BL Turner, JS Hall, & CC Cleveland. The Soil Ecology Society Biennial Meeting 2019, Toledo, OH

  • 2016 “Chronic nitrogen deposition may shift temperate forests from nitrogen to phosphorus economies.” AN Shaw & JL DeForest. INTERFACE workshop: Phosphorus Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems, Townsend, TN

  • 2012 “Is phosphorus limiting to unglaciated Ohio forests?” AN Shaw, N Romito, & JL DeForest. Ohio University Student Research and Creativity Expo and 2012 Ohio University Department of Environmental and Plant Biology Undergraduate Poster Session, Athens, OH

  • 2011 “The cycling of readily available phosphorus in response to phosphate additions” AN Shaw & JL DeForest. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA

  • 2011 “Quantifying labile phosphorus cycling in unglaciated eastern deciduous forests” AN Shaw & JL DeForest. Ohio University Student Research and Creativity Expo and 2011 Ohio University Department of Environmental and Plant Biology Undergraduate Poster Session, Athens, OH

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Spring 2021: INCyTE RCN Collaborative Seminar: “Nutrient Cycles in Earth System Models – Challenges, opportunities, and frontiers”
  • Summer 2019: WoodStoich 4
  • Fall 2017- present: Peer Editor, NPR SciCommers
  • Fall 2017: Massive Science: Climate Science Cohort Fall
  • 2017: ComSciCon Rocky Mountain West Workshop, Colorado University (Boulder, CO)
  • Spring 2017: Jump Start Thesis/Dissertation Writing Program, The Writing Center, University of Montana

SERVICE

  • Scientist Mentor, Missoula Insectarium “Girls and Bugs” after-school program, 2016-2018

  • Judge, Montana Science Fair, 2017-2019

  • Skype a Scientist, 2018-present

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

Scholarships

Graduate

  • Forestry Scholarship $2000
  • W.A. Franke Scholarship Fund $5500
  • Forestry Scholarship $2000
  • Lisa Ann Fisher Memorial Scholarship $1000
  • Bertha Morton Scholarship $3000
  • John Richard Seiver Scholarship $2168
  • George E. Bright Memorial Fellowship $2000
  • Elenore H. Schofield & Donald J. Schofield Scholarship $1000

Undergraduate

  • The Thomas and Edna Wolfe Senior Scholarship
  • The Charles E. Miller Scholarship
  • C. Paul and Beth K. Stocker Scholarship
  • M.T. Vermillion Scholarship
  • Dean’s Scholarship
  • Gateway Scholarship

Awards

  • ComSciCon Rocky Mountain West Travel Award (2017)
  • INTERFACE Travel Award (2016)
  • Ohio University Undergraduate Travel Award (2011)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Ecological Society of America
  • Earth Science Women’s Network
  • Graduate Women in Science (Missoula Chapter)
  • Soil Ecology Society