Center for Sonoran Desert Studies

Research and Conservation

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

TANI A. HUBBARD

 

Mail Address: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
2021 N. Kinney Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85743-8918
Phone: 520-883-1380 ext. 133
EMAIL: thubbard@desertmuseum.org

EDUCATION            

1997-2000               TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

M.S. obtained in the Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Program.  Independently wrote and received a grant for research investigating effects of transmission line corridors on nest predation, and avian and predator richness and abundance ($100,000). Supervised field crew and cooperated with private land owners and Texas Utilities Company to complete research project. G.P.A. of 4.0. Received fellowship through Association of Former Students.

1994-1995                UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA - RENO

Completed graduate course work in statistics, population genetics, and scientific presentation and proposal writing. Received Merit Fellowship.

1995-1996                UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

B.S. obtained in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program. Member of the Honor Society. Graduated Cum Laude with G.P.A. of 3.7. Elected to Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Participated in the Undergraduate Biology Research Program.

1989-1991                UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO

38 credits completed in the Biology Program.


RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

2002-present    ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM

Employed as Conservation Biologist and Grant Writer in the Center for Sonoran Desert Studies. Duties include organizing and implementing the Invaders of the Sonoran Desert Region program, grant and report writing, GIS mapping, outreach to local conservation and science organizations as a representative of the museum, and field conservation work.

1995     NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

Employed as a Biological Science Technician in the Science and Resource Management Division at Saguaro National Park. Position required independence and knowledge of ecological principles and Sonoran Desert natural history. Managed a database, assessed resource damage for civil cases, compiled index of native plants with replacement costs, revised damage assessment protocol, and conducted road kill surveys and bird surveys including cactus ferruginous pygmy owl surveys. Trapped and eradicated Africanized bees, wrote field and work summary reports, assisted in revegetation projects, and organized and led policy and planning meetings.

1996 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Employed at the University of Arizona to collect field and laboratory data for plant ecology research and compiled a directory of Long Term Ecological Data Sets as part of recommendations to the Ecological Society of America on the future of long term ecological data.

1990-1992    UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

Employed as Research Specialist in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Learned advanced plant ecology research techniques. Position required independence and active participation in the planning and execution of a five year study of the demography of desert winter annuals. Designed, planned, and coordinated field and laboratory work, supervised up to eleven employees, managed and assisted with the analysis of data, and maintained budgets. Promoted from Research Technician to Research Specialist in 1993.

1992    SOUTHWESTERN FIELD BIOLOGISTS

Consulted on Mexican Spotted Owl project in the Huachuca Mountains. Captured, banded, and took blood samples from owls as part of a project to determine the relationship between owls on different mountain ranges.

1992    U. S. FOREST SERVICE

Employed as a Wildlife Biological Technician on Tonto National Forest, Arizona. Surveyed and monitored Mexican Spotted Owls and North Goshawks, evaluated habitat, quantified nest success, and designated official core areas for management. Trained in surveying sensitive plant and animal species including bats, garter snakes, frogs, and agaves. Fieldwork involved working as part of a team as well as independently, and extended periods of backcountry travel.

1999.1995    UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

As part of the Undergraduate Biology Research Program, worked in the Plant Sciences Department with Dr. S. E. Smith on various research projects involving alfalfa and globe mallow. Maintained greenhouse, and collected both field and laboratory data, including the use of fluorescence microscopy. Conducted independent research on Sphaeralcea laxa and authored a paper on the reproductive strategies of this plant.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Mist netted and banded birds and bats. Volunteered on piping plover monitoring project at Cape Cod National Seashore. Familiar with PCs, mainframes, printers, plotters, scanners, slide makers/scanners, Corel Suite, Microsoft Office, SAS, Sigma Plot, Power Point, ArcView, PC-Ord, Dbase III.

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Landscape and disturbance ecology, conservation biology, ornithology.

HONORS OR AWARDS

  • Texas Utilities Research Grant (~$100,000), 1997-2000.

  • Merit Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 1997.

  • Merit Fellowship, University of Nevada-Reno, 1994-1995.

  • Dean's List, University of Arizona, Spring 1990,1991, Fall 1991.

  • New York State Regents Scholarship, 1988-1989.

PUBLICATIONS

Hubbard, Tani A., and R. Douglas Slack. Nest predation and predator abundance along transmission line corridors in a fragmented landscape. Proceedings of the Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas. September 7-11, 1999.

Hubbard, Tani A., and R. Douglas Slack. Avian nest predation rates along transmission line corridors in a variegated environment. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane, Washington. August 8-12, 1999. Ecological Society Bulletin.

Hubbard, T., D. M. Conta, and S. E. Smith. 1993. Seed production and pollen tube growth following cross and self pollination in Sphaeralcia laxa . Woot & Standl. Southwestern Naturalist 38(4):331-335.