Vanessa Boukili
PhD Candidate
Office: BioPharm 219
Voice: (860) 486-7955
Fax: (717) 924-2523
E-mail: vanessa.boukili@uconn.edu
Mailing address:
Vanessa Boukili
The University of Connecticut
75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
Storrs, CT 06269-3043, U.S.A.
Education
Ph.D. 2007-Present
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Primary Advisor: Robin Chazdon
NSF Graduate Research Program Fellow (2009-2012)
B.A. 1998–2003
University of California at Berkeley
Integrative Biology
Publications
Chazdon, R.L., B. Finegan, R.S. Capers, B. Salgado-Negret, F. Casanoves, V. Boukili, N. Norden. 2010. Composition and Dynamics of Functional Groups of Trees During Tropical Forest Succession in Northeastern Costa Rica. Biotropica 42(1): 31-40.
Ewing, H.A., K.C. Weathers, T.E. Dawson, M.K. Firestone, P. Templer, A. Elliot, V.K.S. Boukili. 2009. Fog Water and Ecosystem Function: Heterogeneity in a California Redwood Forest. Ecosystems 12(3): 417-433.
Boukili, V.K.S., Hoopes, M.F., Briggs, C.J. 2006. Effect of microenvironment on a gall midge. Environmental Entomology, 36(2): 441-450
Schmidt, V.K. 2003. Dominance interactions at bird feeders. Berkeley Scientific Journal 7(1)
Presentations
Boukili, V.K.S., R.L. Chazdon. 2008. Las ventajas de la regeneración natural en los bosques húmedos tropicales. Tropical forest restoration and conservation workshop; Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica (public poster session).
Chazdon, R.L., R.S. Capers, B. Finegan, V. Boukili. 2008. Prospects and challenges in assessing ecological groups of tree species during tropical forest succession. MaGrann Conference (Rutgers University).
Boukili, V.K.S., M.F. Hoopes, C.J. Briggs, T.E. Dawson. 2008. Population dynamics of Rhopalomyia californica: further support for the Plant Vigor Hypothesis. Monday Evening Seminar, Univ. Connecticut Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Boukili, V.K.S., K.C. Weathers, H.A. Ewing, P. Templer, T.E. Dawson. Variation in coast redwood forest decomposition and productivity along an environmental gradient. 2007 Ecological Society of America Meeting (Poster Presentation)
Teaching Experience
Fall 2007, Spring 2009 BIOL 1102; Introduction to Biology
Spring 2008 EEB 2208; Introduction to Conservation Biology
Fall 2008 EEB 4230; Methods of Ecology
Curriculum Vitae
You can view my CV here: Boukili CV