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Research Area
Forest Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry

Education
Ph.D. 2017 Boston University, Department of Biology
Program in Terrestrial Biogeosciences
Advisor: Dr. Pamela Templer
B.S. 2008. Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, cum laude

Awards and Honors
2015, BU Nominee for AAAS Workshop on Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering
2015, Best Student Presentation, Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative Meeting
2014, Elected Graduate Student Representative, Hubbard Brook LTER
2014, Boston University Department of Biology George R. Bernard, Jr. Travel Award
2013, Boston University Terrestrial Biogeosciences Student Travel Award
2013, Boston University Department of Biology George R. Bernard, Jr. Travel Award
2013, University of Utah Stable Isotopes in Ecology Course Scholarship
2013, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
2012-2013, National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellowship
2011-2012, Boston University Dean’s Fellowship

Research and Professional Experience
2009-11, Science Assistant, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
2009, Environmental Health Intern, American Lung Association, Washington, DC
2008, Research Associate, Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC
2007, Research Assistant, Dept Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2006-07, Lab Assistant, Dept Molecular Biology & Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2006, Research Intern, Cornell Biological Field Station, Bridgeport, NY

Outreach and Education Experience 
2014-2016, Coordinator, BU Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program
2014, Presenter, 24th Annual Coos County Foresters Mud Season Breakfast, N Woodstock, NH
2013, Participant, GK12 Glacier Boston-Belize Program: Tropical Ecosystem Curriculum Design
2012-13, GK12 Glacier Fellow 7th-8th Grade Science, O’Bryant School, Roxbury, MA
2012, Counselor, Tech Savvy Summer Science Camp, Boston, MA
2011-12, Science Club Mentor, West End House Boys and Girls Club, Allston, MA
2010-11, Volunteer Instructor, Koshland Museum of Science, Washington, DC
2007, Volunteer Instructor, K’anchay Wasi Center for Women and Children, Pisac, Peru

Courses Taught at Boston University
2015, Teaching Fellow, BI 306 Biology of Global Change (Fall)
2015, Teaching Fellow, BI 108 Biology II (Spring)
2014-16, Instructor, FY 103 First Year Topics for Women in Science and Engineering
2014, Teaching Fellow, BI 303 Evolutionary Ecology (Spring)
2013, Teaching Fellow, BI 107 Biology I (Fall)

Professional Service and Membership
Mentor in BU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, 2012, 2014, 2015
Member:  American Geophysical Union, Ecological Society of America

Publications

Templer PH, Reinmann AB, Sanders-DeMott R, Sorensen PO, Juice SM, Bowles F, et al. (2017) Climate Change Across Seasons Experiment (CCASE): A new method for simulating future climate in seasonally snow-covered ecosystems. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0171928.

Sanders-DeMott R, NG Smith, PH Templer, JS Dukes. Towards an integrated understanding of terrestrial ecosystem feedbacks to climate change. New Phytologist. 209: 1363-1365

Gill AL, A Gallinat, R Sanders-DeMott, A Rigden, D Gianotti, J Mantooth, PH Templer. 2015. Changes in Autumn Senescence in Northern Hemisphere Deciduous Trees: a Meta-Analysis of Autumn Phenology Studies. Annals of Botany. 116: 875-888

Posters and Presentations
Sanders-DeMott R and PH Templer Effects of warmer temperatures and a smaller winter snowpack on nitrogen retention in a northern hardwood forest. NSF Long Term Ecological Research Sites All Scientists Meeting, Estes Park, CO (poster, September 1, 2015).

Sanders-DeMott R and PH Templer Effects of warmer temperatures and a smaller winter snowpack on nitrogen retention in a northern hardwood forest. Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting. (oral presentation, July 9, 2015).

Sanders-DeMott R and PH Templer Effects of warmer temperatures and a smaller winter snowpack on nitrogen retention in a northern hardwood forest. 100th Annual Meeting of Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD (oral presentation, August 12, 2015).

Sanders-DeMott R and PH Templer Effects of warmer temperatures and a smaller winter snowpack on nitrogen retention in a northern hardwood forest. Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative, Saratoga Springs, NY (poster, March 24, 2015).

Sanders-Demott R and PH Templer. Effects of climate change across seasons on ecosystem nitrogen retention and carbon uptake by maple saplings. 99th Annual Meeting of Ecological Society of America, Sacramento, CA. (oral presentation, August 11, 2014).

Sanders-Demott R and PH Templer. Effects of climate change across seasons on phenology, root health, and carbon uptake by maple saplings. Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study Annual Meeting. (oral presentation, July 9, 2014).

Keser R and R Sanders-DeMott , and Hendrick, M. An International Collaboration: US and Belize Partner to Develop Science Curriculum. National Science Teachers Association Boston National Conference, Boston, MA (oral presentation, April 5, 2014).

Sanders-DeMott R, A Castillo, A Reinmann and P. Templer. 2013. Soil freezing effects on nitrogen uptake by trees in a mixed temperate forest. Northeast Ecosystem Research Cooperative, Saratoga Springs, NY (poster, March 19, 2013).

Sanders-DeMott R and M Hendrick. 2013. Boston University GLACIER GK12 Project: Integrating Urban Ecology into the Ecology Curriculum of Urban Schools. International Science-Teacher Partnership Conference, Boston, MA (poster, February 15, 2013).