FENG SHENG HU 265 Morrill Hall, University of ... - Life Sciences

EDUCATION
FENG SHENG HU
265 Morrill Hall, University of Illinois
505 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801, USA
(217)244-2982 (voice), (217)244-7246 (FAX)
fshu@life.uiuc.edu
Lab website: www.life.uiuc.edu/hu
HU - CV PAGE 1
1996 Postdoctoral Training, Paleorecords of Global Change, University of Minnesota
1994 Ph.D., Ecosystem Science, University of Washington
1990 M.S., Botany and Quaternary Studies, University of Maine
1983 B.S., Biology, Xiamen University, PR China
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
8/07-present Full Professor and Head (2008-), Department of Plant Biology; Full
Professor, Department of Geology (0% joint appointment), and Program
in Ecology, Evolution, & Conservation; U. Illinois
8/98-7/07 Associate (2002-07) and Assistant (1998-2002) Professor, Department of
Plant Biology; Department of Geology; Program in Ecology, Evolution,
and Conservation; Environmental Council; U. Illinois
9/96-7/98 Research Associate and Lecturer, Department of Geology & Geophysics,
Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Behavior, and Limnological
Research Center, U. Minnesota.
9/94-8/96 Postdoctoral Fellow, NSF Research Training Group on Paleorecords of
Global Change, U. Minnesota.
6/90-8/94 Predoctoral Research Associate, College of Forest Resources and
Quaternary Research Center, U. Washington
HONORS, AWARDS, AND PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008
Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, U. Illinois, 2008
Fulbright Research Scholar, France (hosted by INRA - UMR1202 Biodiversité, Gènes &
Communautés), 2006-2007
University Scholar, U. Illinois, 2005-2008 (Among six faculty members annually
recognized for outstanding teaching and research)
Center for Advanced Study Fellow, U. Illinois, 2002-2003
Frontiers of Science Symposium invitee, National Academy of Sciences, 2001
NSF PARCS (Paleoenvironmental Arctic Science) Science Steering Committee,
2001-2005
David and Lucile Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering, 2000-2005
List of Excellent Teachers Ranked by Students, U. Illinois, 2000, 2005
Chair and Chair-Elect, Paleoecology Section, Ecological Society of America, 1996-1998

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Postdoctoral Fellow, NSF Research Training Group, U. Minnesota, 1994-1996
Xi Sigma Pi, National Forestry Honor Society, University of Washington, 1992
Editorial Boards
Ecology (2008-)
Ecological Monographs (2008-)
Geology (1998-2001)
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Climate Change; High-Latitude Ecosystems and Surface Processes; Quaternary Paleoecology
and Paleoclimate; Lake, Sediment, and Soil Biogeochemistry; Climatic and Biotic Controls of
Fire Regimes; Effects of Fire and Atmospheric pCO 2 on the Evolution of C 4 Photosynthesis;
Integration of Molecular Genetics and Paleoecology
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles (* = student/postdoc as lead author; ** = student/postdoc as co-author)
1. Hu, F.S., Hampe, A., and Petit, R.J. 2009. Paleoecology meets genetics: Deciphering
past vegetational dynamics. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: In press.
2. Hu, F.S., Higuera, P.E., Walsh, J.E., Chapman, W.E., Brubaker, L.B., and Chipman,
M.L. Unprecedented tundra burning during extreme sea-ice retreat. In review.
3. Brubaker, L.B., Higuera, P.H., Rupp, T.S., Olson, M., Anderson, P.M., and Hu, F.S.
2009. Linking sediment charcoal records and ecological modeling to understand causes
of past fire-regime change in Alaskan boreal forests. Ecology: In press.
4. *Chipman, M.L., Clarke, G.H., Clegg, B.F., Gregory-Eaves, I., and Hu, F.S. 2009. A
2000-year record of climate change from Ongoki Lake, southwestern Alaska. Journal of
Paleolimnology 41: 57-75.
5. *Gavin, D.G., Hu, F.S., and Walker, I.R. 2009. The northern inland temperate rainforest
of British Columbia: Old forests with a young history? Northwest Science: In press.
6. *Gavin, D.G., Henderson, A., Westover, K., Leng, M., Fritz, S.C., Walker, I.R., and Hu,
F.S. 2009. Multiple abrupt shifts in the early-Holocene climate of western Canada. In
review.
7. Heiri, O., Hu, F.S., and Lotter, A. F. 2009. Centennial-scale solar cycles and Holocene
climatic variation in central Europe. In review.
8. Higuera, P.E., Brubaker, L.B., Anderson, P.M., Brown, T.A., and Hu, F.S. 2009.
Vegetation mediated the impacts of postglacial climatic change on fire regimes in the
south-central Brooks Range, Alaska. Ecology: In press.

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9. Marlon, J.R. et al. including Hu, F.S. 2009. Wildfire responses to abrupt climate change
in North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA: doi 10.1073
10. **Chase, M., Bleskie, C., Walker, I.R., Gavin, D., and Hu, F.S. 2008. Midge-inferred
Holocene summer temperatures in southeastern British Columbia. Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 257: 244-259.
11. *Higuera, P.E., Brubaker, L.B., Anderson, P.M., Brown, T.A., Kennedy, A., and Hu,
F.S. 2008. Fires in ancient shrub tundra: Implications of paleo-records for Arctic
environmental change. PLoS One 3: e0001744. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001744
(Editors’ Choice, Science 328: 586).
12. *Nelson, D.M., and Hu, F.S. 2008. Patterns and drivers of Holocene vegetation change
near the prairie-forest ecotone in Minnesota: revisiting McAndrews’ transect. New
Phytologist 179: 449-459.
13. *Nelson, D.M., Hu, F.S., Scholes, D.R., Joshi, N., and Pearson, A. 2008. Using SPIRAL
(Single Pollen Isotope Ratio AnaLysis) to estimate C 3- and C 4-grass abundance in the
paleorecord. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 269: 11-16.
14. Petit, R.J., Hu, F.S., and Dick, C.W. 2008. Forests of the past: A window to future
changes. Science 320: 1450-1452.
15. Shanahan, T.M., Overpeck, J.T., Hubeny, J.B., King, J., Hu, F.S., Hughen, K., Miller, G.,
and Black, J. 2008. Scanning m-XRF elemental mapping: a new tool for the study of
laminated sediment records. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 9: Q02016,
doi:10.1029/2007GC001800.
16. *Tinner, W., Bigler, C., Gedye, S., Gregory-Eaves, I., Jones, R.T., Kaltenrieder, P.,
Krähenbühl, U., and Hu, F.S., 2008. A 700-year paleoecological record of borealecosystem
responses to climatic variation from Alaska. Ecology 89: 729-743. (Editors’
Choice, Science 328: 586).
17. Vendramin, G.G., Fady, González-Martínez, S.C., Hu, F.S., Scotti, I., Sebastiani, F.,
Soto, Á, and Petit, R.J. 2008. Genetically depauperate but widespread: The case of an
emblematic Mediterranean pine. Evolution 62: 680-688.
18. **Dickens, A.F., Gudeman, J.A., Gelinas, Y., Baldock, J.A., Tinner, W., Hu, F.S., and
Hedges, J.I. 2007. Sources and distribution of CuO derived benzenecarboxylic acids in
soils and sediments. Organic Chemistry 38: 1256-1276.
19. Gavin, D.G., Hallett, D.J., Hu, F.S., Lertzman, K.P., Prichard, S.J., Brown, K.J., Lynch,
J.A., Bartlein, P., and Peterson, D.L. 2007. Forest fire and climate change: Insights from
sediment charcoal records. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 499-506.
20. *Henne, P.H., Hu, F.S., and Cleland D. T. 2007. Lake-effect snow as the dominant
control of mesic-forest distribution in Michigan, USA. Journal of Ecology 95: 517-529.

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21. *Nelson, D.M., Hu, F.S., Mikucki, J.A., Tian, J., and Pearson, A. 2007. Carbon isotopic
analysis of individual pollen grains from C 3 and C 4 grasses using a moving-wire
combustion interface. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71: 4005-4014.
22. *Nelson, D.M., Ohene-Adjei, S., Hu, F.S., Cann, I.K.O., and Mackie, R.I. 2007.
Bacterial diversity and distribution in the Holocene sediments of a northern temperate
lake. Microbial Ecology 54: 253-263.
23. *Anderson, L.L., Hu, F.S., Nelson, D.M., Petit, R.J., and Paige, K.N. 2006. Ice-age
endurance: DNA evidence for a white spruce refugium in Alaska. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences USA 103: 12447-12450.
24. *Gavin, D. G., and Hu, F.S. 2006. Spatial variation of climatic and non-climatic controls
on species distribution: The range limit of Tsuga heterophylla. Journal of Biogeography
33: 1384-1396.
25. *Gavin, D. G., Hu, F.S., Lertzman, K, and Corbett, P. 2006. Weak climatic control of
stand-scale fire history during the late Holocene. Ecology 87: 1722-1732.
26. **Hu, F.S., Brubaker, L.B., Gavin, D.G., Higuera, P.E., Lynch, J.A., Rupp, T.S., and
Tinner, W. 2006. How climate and vegetation influence the fire regime of the Alaskan
boreal-forest biome: The Holocene perspective. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for
Global Change 11: 829-846.
27. **Hu, F.S., Nelson, D.M., Clarke, G.H., Ruhland, K.M., Huang, Y.S., Kaufman, D.S.,
and Smol, J.P. 2006. Abrupt climatic events during the last glacial-interglacial transition
in Alaska. Geophysical Research Letters 33: L18708, doi: 10.1029/2006GL027261.
28. *Nelson, D.M., Hu, F.S., Grimm, E.C., Curry, B.B., and Slate, J. 2006. The influence of
aridity and fire on Holocene prairie communities in the eastern Prairie Peninsula, USA.
Ecology 87: 2523-2536.
29. *Nelson, D.M, Hu, F.S., and Michener, R.H. 2006. Stable carbon isotope composition of
Poaceae pollen: An assessment for reconstructing C 3 and C 4 grass abundance. The
Holocene 16: 819-825.
30. *Tian, J., Nelson, D.M., and Hu, F.S. 2006. Possible linkages of late-Holocene drought
in the North American Midcontinent to Pacific Decadal Oscillation and solar activity.
Geophysical Research Letters 33: L23702, doi:10.1029/2006GL028169.
31. *Tinner, W., Hu, F.S., Beer, R., Kaltenrieder, P., Scheurer, B., and Krähenbühl, U. 2006.
Postglacial fire and vegetation history: Pollen, plant-macrofossil, and charcoal records
from two Alaskan lakes. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 15: 279-293.
32. *Clegg, B.F., Tinner, W., Gavin, D.G., and Hu, F.S. 2005. Morphological analysis of

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Betula (birch) pollen and paleoecological application. The Holocene 15: 229-237.
33. *Gavin, D. G., and Hu, F.S. 2005. Bioclimatic modelling using Gaussian mixture
distributions and multiscale segmentation. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14: 491-
501.
34. Korotky, A.M, et al. including Hu, F.S. 2005. Characteristics of the Holocene
environmental history of the Sikhote-Alin Range (Primorskii Krai) from lake sediments.
In: Pages from Quaternary History of Northeast Asia (V.Ye. Glotov, ed.), pp. 70-86.
NEISRI FEB RAS, Magadan.
35. **Oswald, W.W., Anderson, P.M., Brown, T.A., Brubaker, L.B., Hu, F.S., Lozkin, A.V.,
Tinner, W., and Kaltenreider, P. 2005. Effects of samples size and type on radiocarbon
dating of arctic and subarctic lake sediments. The Holocene 15: 758-767.
36. *Tian, J., Brown, T. A., and Hu, F.S. 2005. Comparison of varved and radiocarbon
chronologies at Steel Lake, Minnesota. The Holocene 15: 510-517.
37. **Foit, F.F., Gavin, D.G., and Hu, F.S. 2004. The tephra stratigraphy of two lakes in
south-central British Columbia, Canada and its implications for the mid-late Holocene
volcanic activity at Glacier Peak and Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA. Canadian
Journal of Earth Sciences 41: 1401-1410.
38. *Lynch, J.A., Hollis, J.L., and Hu, F.S. 2004. Climatic and landscape controls of the
boreal-forest fire regime: Holocene records from Alaska. Journal of Ecology 92: 477-
489.
39. Kaufman et al., including Hu, F.S. 2004. Holocene thermal maximum in the western
Arctic (0 to 180° W). Quaternary Science Reviews 23: 529-560.
40. *Nelson, D.M., Hu, F.S., Tian, J., Stefanova, I., and Brown, T.A. 2004. Response of C3
and C4 plants to middle-Holocene climatic variation near the forest-prairie ecotone in
Minnesota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101: 562-567.
41. **Wright, H.E., Stephanova, I., Tian, J., Brown, T.A., and Hu, F.S. 2004. A
chronological framework for the Holocene vegetational history of northwestern
Minnesota: The Steel Lake pollen record. Quaternary Science Reviews 23: 611-626.
42. Hu, F.S., Kaufman, D., Yoneji, S., Nelson, D., Shemesh, A., Huang, Y.S., Tian, J., Bond,
G., Clegg, B., and Brown, T. 2003. Cyclic variation and solar forcing of Holocene
climate in the Alaskan subarctic. Science 301: 1890-1893.
43. Hu, F.S., and Shemesh, A. 2003. A biogenic-silica d 18 O record of climatic change during
the last glacial-interglacial transition in southwestern Alaska. Quaternary Research 59:
379-385.

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44. Kaufman, D.S., Hu, F.S., Briner, J.P., Werner, A., Finney, B.P., and Gregory-Eaves, I.
2003. A 30,000 year record of environmental change from Arolik Lake, Ahklun
Mountains, Alaska. Journal of Paleolimnology: 30: 343-362.
45. Korotkii, A.M. et al. including Hu, F.S. 2003. Development of landscapes in southern
Primor`ye during the middle and late Holocene. In Simakov, K.V. Spatial and Temporal
changes in Quaternary Environments of North East Asia. NEISRI FEB RAS, Magadan.
46. Oswald, W.W., Anderson, P.M, Brubaker, L.B., Hu, F.S., and Engstrom D.R. 2003.
Representation of tundra vegetation by pollen in lake sediments in northern Alaska.
Journal of Biogeography 30: 521-535.
47. Oswald, W.W., Brubaker, L.B., Hu, F.S., and Gavin, D. 2003. Pollen-vegetation
calibration for tundra communities in the Arctic Foothills, northern Alaska. Journal of
Ecology 91: 1022-1033.
48. Oswald, W.W., Brubaker, L.B., Hu, F.S., and Kling, G. 2003. Holocene pollen records
from the central Arctic Foothills, northern Alaska: Testing the role of substrate in the
response of tundra to climate change. Journal of Ecology 91: 1034-1048.
49. *Tinner, W., and Hu, F.S. 2003. Size parameters, size-class distribution, and areanumber
relationship of microscopic charcoal: Relevance for fire reconstruction. The
Holocene 13: 291-296.
50. Hu, F.S., Lee, B.Y., D.S., Kaufman, Yoneji, S., Nelson, D.M., and Henne,
P.D. 2002. Response of tundra ecosystem in southwestern Alaska to Younger Dryas
climatic oscillations. Global Change Biology 8: 1156-1163.
51. Hu, F.S., Ito, E., Brown, T. A., Curry, B.B., and Engstrom, D.R. 2001. Pronounced
climatic variations during the last two millennia in the Alaska Range. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences USA 98: 10552-10556.
52. Hu, F.S., Finney, B., and Brubaker, L.B. 2001. Effects of Holocene Alnus expansion on
aquatic productivity, nitrogen cycling, and soil development in southwestern Alaska.
Ecosystems 4: 358-368.
53. Brubaker, L.B., Anderson, P.M, and Hu, F.S. 2001. Vegetation ecotone dynamics in
Southwestern Alaska during the Late Quaternary. Quaternary Science Reviews 20: 175-
188.
54. Kaufman, D.K., Manley, W.F., Wolf, A. P., Hu, F.S., Preece, S.J., Westgate, J.A., and
Forman, S.L. 2001. The last interglacial to glacial transition, Togiak Bay, southwestern
Alaska. Quaternary Research 55: 190-202.
55. Edwards, M.E., Anderson, P.M., Brubaker, L.B., Ager, T.A., Andreev, A.A., Bigelow,
N.H., Cwynar, L.C., Eisner, W.R., Harrison, S. P., Hu, F.S., Jolly, D., Lozhkin, A.V.,

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MacDonald, G.M., Mock, C.J., Ritchie, J.C., Sher, A.V., Spear, R.W., Williams, J.W.,
and Yu, G. 2000. Plant-based biomes for Beringia 18,000, 6,000, and 0 14C yr B.P.
Journal of Biogeography 27: 521-554.
56. Hu, F.S., Hedges, J.I., Gordon, E.S., Brubaker, L.B. 1999. Lignin biomarkers and pollen
in postglacial sediments of an Alaskan lake. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 63:
1421-1430.
57. Hu, F.S., Slawinski, D., Wright, H.E. Jr., Ito, E., Johnson, R.G., Kelts, K.R., McEwan,
R.F., and Boedigheimer, A. 1999. Abrupt climatic change in the North American
midcontinent during early Holocene times. Nature 400: 437-440.
58. Duvall, M. et al. including Hu, F.S. 1999. Paleoenvironmental atlas of Beringia: A
regional data synthesis presented in an electronic form. Quaternary Research 52: 270-
271.
59. Hedges, J.I., Hu, F.S., Devol, A.H., Hartnett, H.E., and Keil, R.G. 1999. Sedimentary
organic matter preservation: A test for selective oxic degradation. American Journal of
Science 299 : 529-555.
60. Hu, F.S., Ito, E., Brubaker, L.B., and Anderson, P.M. 1998. Ostracode trace-element
record of Holocene climatic change and implications for vegetational response in the
northwestern Alaska Range. Quaternary Research 49: 86-95.
61. Hu, F.S., Wright, H.E., Jr., Ito, E., and Lease, K. 1997. Climatic effect of glacial Lake
Agassiz in the midwestern United States. Geology 25: 207-210.
62. Hu, F.S., Brubaker, L.B., and Anderson, P.M. 1996. Boreal ecosystem development in
the northwestern Alaska Range since 11,000 years BP. Quaternary Research 46: 188-
201.
63. Hu, F.S., and Davis, R.B. 1995. Postglacial history of a Maine bog and
paleoenvironmental implications. Canadian Journal of Botany 73: 638-649.
64. Hu, F.S., Brubaker, L.B., and Anderson, P.M. 1995. Postglacial vegetation and climate
change in the northern Bristol Bay region, southwestern Alaska. Quaternary Research
43: 382-392.
65. Brubaker, L.B., Anderson, P.M., and Hu, F.S. 1995. Arctic tundra biodiversity in Alaska:
a temporal perspective. In F.S. Chapin, III, and K. Kuerner (eds.): Tundra Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Function. Springer-Verlag.
66. Anderson, P.M., King, M., Lozhkin, T., Brubaker, L.B., and Hu, F.S. 1994. Late-
Pleistocene and early-Holocene vegetation of Beringia: implications for archaeological
interpretations. Current Research in Pleistocene 11: 111-113.

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67. Keil, R., Hu, F.S., Tsamakis, E., and Hedges, J. 1994. Pollen in marine sediments as an
indicator of oxidation of organic matter. Nature 369: 639-641.
68. Hu, F.S., Brubaker, L.B., and Anderson, P.M. 1993. A 12 000 year record of vegetation
change and soil development from Wien Lake, central Alaska. Canadian Journal of
Botany 71: 1133-1142.
Bulletins, Reports, and Conference Proceedings: ~27 since 1993
Abstracts of National and International Conferences: ~ 150 published abstracts since 1992
RESEARCH FUNDING
CURRENT
2008-2012 NSF-DEB: Fire, Atmospheric pCO2, and Climate as Alternative Primary
Controls of C4-Grass Abundance: The Late-Quaternary Perspective
(PI: Hu, co-PIs: D.M. Nelson and A. Pearson)
2006-2009 Joint Fire Sciences Program: Reconstructing Fire Regimes in Tundra
Ecosystems to inform a management-oriented ecosystem model (Lead PI
with P. Higuera, T.S. Rupp, U. Alaska and J. Allen, National Parks
Service)
2006-2010 NSF-ARC: Impacts of Climatic Change on the Boreal-Forest Fire
Regimes of Alaska: Lessons from the Past and Prospects for the Future
(Lead PI with T.S. Rupp, U. Alaska)
2005-2009 NSF-ARC: Synthesis of Arctic Climate Change During the Past 2000
years. (PI with 14 other investigators)
2000-2010 David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship in Science and
Engineering, Ecosystem Response to Climate Change: Lessons from the
Past (PI)
2008-2009 UIUC Research Board: Elucidating the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis:
Stable Carbon Isotopic Analysis of Single Grass-Pollen Grains
PREVIOUS
2003-2008 NSF-ATM-ESH: Holocene Climatic Variability in Southern Alaska:
Quantitative Estimates of Temperature and Precipitation, Warm Intervals,
and Cyclicity (Lead PI with 4 co-PIs)
2005-2006 NSF-DEB-Ecology: Dissertation Research: Seeking evidence of glacial
refugia for white spruce
2001-2006 NSF-OPP-ACRSS: An Integrative Approach to Understanding the Role of
Climate- Vegetation-Fire Interactions in Boreal Forest Responses to
Climatic Change
2003-2005 DOE-Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Holocene Development
of the Great Lakes Snowbelts and its Ecological Impact
2002-2005 NSF-DEB-Ecology: Climatic and Ecological Controls on the Holocene
Range Expansion of Western Hemlock and Western Redcedar in the
Interior Pacific Northwest

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1999-2002 NSF-EAR-ESH: Holocene Climate Variations in the Midcontinent of
North America: Analyses of Annually Laminated Sediments from
Minnesota Lakes 1999-2000 Swiss NSF: Interactions Among Climate,
Fire, and Vegetation in the Holocene Boreal Ecosystems of Alaska.
Support to Postdoctoral Fellow W. Tinner sponsored by Hu’s lab 1999-
2002 NSF-ATM-ESH: Late-Quaternary Climates of Northeast Asia
1998-2000 NSF-EAR-ESH: Climatic Variations During the Last Glaciation in
Southwestern Alaska
2000-2001 NSF-EAR: Rock-magnetic Analysis of Lake Sediments
1997-2000 NSF-ATM: Climatic and Vegetational Oscillations During the Last
Glacial-interglacial Transition in Alaska
1996-2000 NSF-OPP-SIMS: Effects of Climate-Landscape Interactions on Soil
Carbon Cycling in Arctic Alaska
2002-2003 UIUC Environmental Council: Climate-vegetation-fire interactions in
interior Alaska. SURE (Special Undergraduate Research Experience)
support to student Andrea Hui
2002-2003 UIUC Research Board: A Molecular-Genetic Approach to Understanding
the Quaternary Development of the Boreal-Forest Biome
2001-2002 UIUC Research Board: SOYFACE-Research and Discovery Program to
Abate the Threats and Harness the Potential of Atmosphere Change to
Benefit Illinois Agriculture
2000-2002 UIUC Environmental Council: Pollen Morphological Analysis of Betula
Species. SURE (Special Undergraduate Research Experience) support to
Ben Clegg
1999-2001 UIUC Critical Research Initiatives: Regional Climate Center
1998-1999 UIUC Research Board: Effects of Climate-Landscape Interactions on Soil
Carbon Cycling in Arctic Alaska
1998-1999 UIUC Research Board: Acquisition of a Research Light Microscope
Invited Seminars, Presentations, or Workshops
2009 Nordic Workshop: Using the geological record as an ecological laboratory. University
of Bergen, Norway
2009 Ecological Society of America Organized Session: Coupled biogeochemical cycles.
2009 Ecological Society of America Symposium: Paleoecosystem ecology – Reconstructing
energy flow and nutrient cycling (invitation transferred to graduate student Denise
Devota)
2008 Plenary Talk (with RJ Petit as lead author), International Palynology Congress
2008 Seminar, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
2008 Seminar, Plant Biology Colloquium, University of Illinois, IL
2008 Lectures (4), Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
2008 Seminar, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2008 Seminar, Xiamen University, Fujian, China.
2007 Seminar, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland.
2007 Seminar, University of Bern, Switzerland.
2007 Seminar, Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and
Landscape (BFW), Vienna, Austria

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2007 Seminar, University Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, France.
2007 Seminar, University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France.
2007 Seminars (2), Bordeaux University 1, Talence, France.
2007 Seminar, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Pierroton.
2006 Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
2006 Plenary talk, NSF Arctic System Science Committee Meeting, Seattle, WA,
2006 Varved Sediment Workshop, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
2006 Meeting of Western Forest Genetics Association, Anchorage, AK (invitation
transferred to L. Anderson).
2006 Meeting of American Statistics Association, Seattle, WA (coauthor with Dan Gavin as
invited speaker).
2006 Plenary talk, American Quaternary Association Meeting, Boseman, MT (coauthor with
Dan Gavin as invited speaker).
2005 USDA-NSF Workshop on Invasive Species Ecology, Washington DC, October 16-18
2005 Packard Fellows Meeting, Monterey, CA, September 5-9
2005 Seminars (2), University of Alaska, Fairbanks
2005 Seminars (2), University of Alaska, Anchorage
2005 Seminar, University of Illinois, Chicago
2005 NSF Earth System Science Holocene Workshop, Washington DC, May 17-19
2005 International Geosphere-Biosphere Program and USGS Global Change Program -
Workshop on Fire History and Climate Synthesis in the Western United States,
Flagstaff, AZ, May 1-3.
2004 Keynote, International Boreal Forest Research Association Conference, Fairbanks, AK
2004 American Geophysical Union session on North Pacific Climate Variability. AGU Fall
Meeting; 13-17 December; San Francisco, California
2004 American Geophysical Union session on Climate, Fire, and Ecosystems. AGU Fall
Meeting; 13-17 December; San Francisco, California (coauthor with Dan Gavin as
invited speaker)
2004 American Quaternary Association (coauthor with Dave Nelson as invited speaker)
2004 International Palynological Congress, Granada, Spain (coauthor with Lynn Anderson as
invited speaker)
2004 Ecological Society of America symposium on “Climate, Fire, and People” (coauthor
with Dave Nelson as invited speaker)
2004 Seminar, Department of Geology, University of Illinois
2003 NSF-PARCS Holocene Warmth Workshop, Boulder, CA
2003 NSF-PARCS High-Resolution Climate Record Workshop, Boulder, CA
2003 Seminar, Northern Illinois University, DeCalb, IL
2003 SEARCH, Multi- Government Agencies Study of Arctic Change Open Science
Meeting, Seattle, WA (invited for oral presentation)
2003 Speaker for Undergraduate Mentoring Workshop, Howard Hughes Summer Program,
UIUC, Urbana, IL
2002 Seminar, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2002 Seminar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002 Seminar, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
2001 Seminar, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
2001 Packard Foundation Fellows Meeting, Monterey, CA
2000 Illinois Prairie Meeting, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL
2000 NSF PARCS (Paleoenvironments of the Arctic) workshop, Mt. Holyoke College, MA
2000 Seminar, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH

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1999 NSF Arctic Long Term Ecological Research – Arctic Natural Sciences meeting,
Woods Hole, MA
1999 9 th Goldschmidt Conference – symposium on Black Carbon Biogeochemistry, Boston,
MA
1999 Seminar, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
1999 Seminar, University of South Florida, Tampa
1999 Seminar, Department of Geology, University of Illinois
1999 Seminar, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois
1998 Seminar, Biology/Environmental Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
1997 NSF Paleoclimates of Arctic Lakes and Estuaries, Boulder, CO
1996 NSF Workshop on Arctic Paleohydrology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Seminar, Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermilion
1995 NSF Beringian Paleoenvironments Workshop, Seattle, WA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
IB452/NRES337 Ecosystem Ecology, Fall 1999-07; List of Teachers Ranked Excellent by
Their Students 2000, 2005
IB491 Seminars in Ecology and Evolution (~26 students, 50%), Fall 2002, Spring 2003,
Fall 2003, Spring 2004
EnvSt 250 Environmental Fellows Seminar on Environmental Policy. Guest lecturer, Fall
2003-07; Spring 2009.
IB150 Organismal and Evolutionary Biology (~400-600 students each semester, 50%),
Spring 2002-08; sponsored numerous honors projects for James Scholars.
BIO121 Ecology and Organismal Biology, Spring 2000 (~300 students each semester),
Spring 2001 (~300 students), Fall 2001 (~450 students)
ATMS 444 Arctic Climate. Guest lecturer. 2008
ATMS 480 Professional Development. Guest lecturer. 2005
PB490/491 Independent study, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003.
PB290 Independent study, 2001 to present, each semester
GEO490 Independent Studies, 1999-07
PB418 Plant Ecology Seminar, Fall 1998
GEO315 Earth Resources, Spring 1998, U. Minnesota (co-taught with C. Alexander)
GEO/EEB540 Limnology, Fall 1997 (~60 students), U. Minnesota
STUDENTS AND ASSOCIATES
Postdoctoral Associates
Philip Higuera (PhD, University of Washington); 2006-, part-time
David Nelson (PhD, University of Illinois); 2005-2006, Currently Postdoctoral Fellow,
Institute of Genomic Biology, UIUC
Gina Clarke (PhD, University of London); 2004-2007, currently Research Associate at
University College London
Daniel Gavin (PhD, University of Washington); 2001-2005, currently Assistant Professor
at U. Oregon
Andrew Henderson (PhD, University of London); 2004-2007, currently Lecturer at U.
Glasgow

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Jason Lynch (PhD, Duke University); 2001-2003, currently Senior Scientist with the US
Environmental Protection Agency
Willy Tinner (PhD, University of Bern); 1999-2000, Swiss National Science Foundation
Fellow, currently Professor at ETH-Zurich, Switzerland
Graduate Students
Primary Advisor for:
Current
Carolyn Barrett (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, 2006-)
Ben Clegg (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, 2004-)
Ryan Kelly (Plant Biology, 2008-)
Suzanne Nagi (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, 2007-)
Michael Urban (Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, 2008-)
Former (Degree Completed)
Lynn Anderson (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, co-advised with K. Paige, PhD 2006;
currently Postdoctoral Fellow, Notre Dame Univ.)
Melissa Chipman (Geology, MS 2007; currently Hu Lab manager)
Denise Devota (Natural Resources and Environmental Science, co-advised with J. Dawson,
MS 2008; currently Coordinator, National Environmental Health Association,
Denver, CO)
Paul Henne (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, PhD 2006; currently Postdoctoral Fellow,
ETH-Zurich, Switzerland)
Jeremy Hollis (Plant Biology, MS, 2003; currently consultant)
David Nelson (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, PhD 2005; currently Postdoctoral
Fellow, Institute of Genomic Biology, UIUC)
Jian Tian (Geology, PhD 2005; currently Chief Research Scientist, H.C. Materials,
Chicago)
Kevin Wolfe (Geology, MS 2008; currently Assistant Scientist, Illinois State Geological
Survey)
Awards to Graduate Students in Hu’s laboratory:
Integrative Biology Open House Poster Award (1st place), 2008, Neeraj N. Joshi
NSF GK-12 Teaching Fellowship, 2008, Ryan Kelly
Best Overall Presentation, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research
Symposium, 2006, Lynn Anderson
Best Presentation, Research Review of the Departments of Geology, Geography, and
Atmospheric Sciences, 2006, Melissa Chipman
Proctor and Gamble Research Award in Life Sciences, 2005, Lynn Anderson
Ton Damman Award, Ecological Society of America, 2005, Paul Henne
Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2005, Paul Henne
Best Overall Presentation, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research
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Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2004, Lynn Anderson
Graduate College Minority Fellowship, 2004-2006, Melissa Farmer
Best Presentation by a Master’s Student, Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Research Symposium, 2002, Jeremy Hollis
Edward S. Deevey Award, Ecological Society of America, 2002, Lynn Anderson
Advisory Committee Member for:
Moni Berg (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, PhD student)
Joshua Burke (Plant Biology, MS student)
Scott Clark (Geology, PhD student)
Orla Dermody (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, PhD 2005)
John Drake (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, PhD)
Alex Glass (Geology, PhD 2005)
David Moore (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Chair of Qualifying Exam, PhD 2005)
Jean Philippe Aurambau (Natural Resources and Environmental Science, MS 2002)
Maggie Prater (Plant Biology, Stage I Examination, PhD 2005)
Victoria Wittig (Plant Biology, PhD student)
Research Associates and Technicians
Current
Melissa Chipman (2007-present)
Sam Forester-Harding (2009-)
Former
Ben Clegg (2002-2004)
Byongyoon Lee (1998-2000)
Petra Kaltenreider (1999)
Jennifer Schwartz (2006-present)
Sumiko Yoneji (2001-2002)
Undergraduate Students
Current
Joey Ko (General Engineering)
Patrick Mitsdarer (Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences)
Liz Oesterreich (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Cory Triner (Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences)
Triet Vuong (Biochemistry)
Former
Wanda Averhart (Biology)
Michael Chou (Biology)
Ben Clegg (SURE Research Fellow, Ecology and Evolution)
Jean Dorath (Biology)
Brandon Haist (Geology)

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Andrea Hui (SURE Research Fellow, Microbiology and Music)
Neeraj Joshi (Biology)
Hanna Lim (Biology)
Shannon McMillan (Crop Science)
Bridget Monti (Biology)
Lauren Roschen (Biology & Chemistry)
Rachel Shaw (Horticulture)
Wesley Vermillion (Geology)
Ray van Voorhis (Biology)
Natasha Wadlington (Biology)
Rick Wang (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Desmont Watt (Biology)
Amy Boedigheimer (UROP Research Fellow, 96-98, U. Minnesota, Biochemistry)
Gordon Chang (UROP Research Fellow, 96-98, U. Minnesota, Chemical Engineearing)
Megan Trempe (UROP Research Fellow, 96-97, U. Minnesota, Chemical Engineearing)
SURE: Environmental Council Special Undergraduate Research Experience, UIUC
UROP: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, U. Minnesota
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Convener, Symposium on the Integration of Paleoecology and Genetics, the 12 th
International Paleobotany Congress, Bonn, Germany, 2008
External Evaluator, tenure and promotion cases for a number of universities, 2006-2009
Presider, Paleoclimate posters session, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San
Francisco, CA, 2005
Steering Committee Member, Workshop on the “Future of Paleoecology”, Ecological
Society of America, Annual Meeting in Savanna, Georgia, 2003
Co-organizer, NSF PARCS (Paleoenvironmental Arctic Science) Workshop on Holocene
Warm Climate, Boulder, CO, 2002
Steering Committee Member, NSF PARCS Science Steering Committee, 2001-
ARCUS (Arctic Consortium of the United States) Review Panelist – Arctic Research
Excellence Award: Interdisciplinary Category, 2001
NSF Panelist – Biocomplexity: Terrestrial Ecosystems, 2000
Principal Organizer, Ecological Society of America Symposium “Implications of
Paleorecords for Ecosystem Management in Northwestern North America,” 1999
Council Member, Ecological Society of America, 1998
Vice-Chair and Chair-Elect, Paleoecology Section, Ecological Society of America, 1997
Chair, Paleoecology Section, Ecological Society of America, 1998
Chair for contributed papers session, Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD,
1998
Deevey Award Judge, Ecological Society of America, 1998
Examples of UIUC Internal Service:
Head, Department of Plant Biology, 08-
Executive Committee, School of Integrative Biology, 08-
Tenure and Promotion Committee
University Scholars Selection Committee, Research Board.
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LAS Honors Committee (05-07)
LAS Executive Search Committee, Water as a Complex System cluster hires (04-06)
School of Integrative Biology Executive Committee (elected; 02-04)
Search and Nomination Committees for senior faculty excellence hires in Geology and
Biology
Department of Plant Biology Advisory Committee (elected; 99-present)
Department of Geology Graduate Affairs Committee (04-present)
Research sponsor of minority graduate and undergraduate fellows
Howard Hughes Summer Program invited speaker for a workshop on professional
development and mentorship
Peer reviewer for proposals submitted to:
National Science Foundation, Atmospheric Sciences
National Science Foundation, Ecology
National Science Foundation, Ecosystems
National Science Foundation, Biocomplexity
National Science Foundation, Arctic Systems Science
National Science Foundation, Arctic Natural Science
National Science Foundation, Geology and Paleontology
National Science Foundation, Earth System History
National Science Foundation, International Program
British National Environmental Research Council
Symposia, Ecological Society of America
US Civilian Research and Development Foundation
The Netherlands Science Organization
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
US Fish and Wildlife Service
The Rockefeller Foundation
Institute for International Education
Franco-American Fulbright Commission
Peer reviewer for journal and book manuscripts for:
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Ecological Monographs
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Geology
Geological Society of America Bulletins
Geophysical Research Letters
Global and Planetary Change
Global Change Biology
Journal of Geophysical Research
Limnology and Oceanography
Molecular Ecology
Nature
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Plant, Cell & Environment
Plant Ecology & Diversity
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA)
Quaternary Research

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Quaternary Science Reviews
The Holocene
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Global Change in the Holocene: Approaches to reconstructing fine-resolution climate
change, Edward Arnold.
Long-term Environmental Change in Arctic and Antarctic Lakes, Academic Press
Raven et al. BIOLOGY, 7 th Edition
Select popular press coverage of research in Hu’s Lab
Response to queries from the New York Times, Scientific American, Science News,
National Geographic, BBC, The Kew Magazine, and various local and regional
newspapers
Conservation Magazine. Baked Alaska: Shifting tundra vegetation will increase fire risk,
history shows. March 6, 2008
New Scientist. Global warming may raise tundra wildfire risk. March 5, 2008
The Economic Times. Global warming may cause arctic tundra to burn. March 5, 2008
Voice of America, March 15.
Science Daily. Global warming may cause arctic tundra to burn. March 5, 2008
The New York Times. March of Trees. August 1, 2006
United Press International. Study Suggests Alaskan Tree Refuge Existed. August 1, 2006
Chicago Sun-Times. Expert Warns of Slow Tree Migration. August 3, 2006
Science Daily. Trees Appear to Respond Slower to Climate Than Previously Thought.
August 4, 2006
Science News. Northern Refuge: White Spruce Survived Last Ice Age in Alaska. August 5,
2006.
The Columbus Dispatch. Science Briefs. August 8, 2006
The Lincoln Courier. Spruce Trees Yield New Evidence. August 14, 2006
Inside Illinois. Trees Appear to Respond Slower to Climate Change than Previously
Thought. August 17, 2006
Champaign News-Gazette. So Much for a Quick Recovery. September 3, 2006
Scientific American. No Sunshine for Global Warming Skeptics. September 13, 2006
New Scientist. Climate Doesn't Swing to the Rhythm of the Sun, 2005
Science Daily. Northern Climate, Ecosystems Driven By Cycles Of Changing Sunlight.
Sept. 26, 2003
SitNews. Northern Climate, Ecosystems Driven By Cycles of Changing Sunlight. Sitka,
Alaska, September 26, 2003
Polar News. Denmark, September 2003
The Christian Science Monitor. Winter Gets a Little Greener Up North. September 13,
2001
Science News. Warmer Periods in Alaskan Area Not Confined to Modern Times. August
31, 2001