Curriculum vitae Paul Kardol (up-dated 25 August 2009)
                                                  
Environmental Sciences Division

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PO Box 2008, MS 6422

Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37921

USA

E-mail: kardolp@ornl.gov

Phone: +1-865-574-7844

Education

2007     PhD, Ecology, Wageningen University & Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Heteren, The Netherlands

2000     BS/MS, Biology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

Positions held

Starting 1 October 2009: Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish Agricultural University, Umeå, Sweden

2008-present          Staff scientist (Wigner fellow), Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA

2008-present          Adjunct associate research professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

2007-2008              Postdoctoral research associate (2007-2008), Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

2007                       Visiting scholar, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Heteren, The Netherlands

2002                       Hydro-biologist, Hydrobiological laboratory, Waste Water Treatment Authority Hollandse Eilanden en Waarden, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2000-2001              Ecologist (consultant) (2000-2001), Royal Haskoning, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Refereed publications

Kardol, P., M.A. Cregger, C.E. Campany & A.T. Classen (2009). Soil ecosystem functioning under climate change: plant species and community effects. Ecology, in press.

Kardol, P., J.S. Newton, T.M. Bezemer, M. Maraun & W.H. van der Putten (2009). Contrasting diversity patterns of soil mites and nematodes in secondary succession. Acta Oecologica, in press.

Kardol, P., T. M. Bezemer & W.H. van der Putten (2009). Complementary effects of soil organism and plant propagule introductions in restoration of species-rich grassland communities. Restoration Ecology 17(2): 258-269.

Kardol, P., A. van der Wal, A., T.M. Bezemer, H. Duyts & W.H. van der Putten (2008). Seed addition outweighs soil fertility reduction measures in plant community development during ecosystem restoration on ex-arable land. Biological Conservation 141: 2208-2217.

Holtkamp, R., P. Kardol, A. van der Wal, S.C. Dekker, W.H. van der Putten & P.C. de Ruiter (2008). Soil food web structure during ecosystem development after land abandoment. Applied Soil Ecology 39 (1): 23-34.

Kardol, P., N.J. Cornips, M.M.L. van Kempen, J.M.T. Bakx-Schotman & W.H. van der Putten (2007). Microbe-mediated plant-soil feedback in pioneer stages of secondary succession causes long-lasting historical contingency effects in plant community composition. Ecological Monographs 77(2): 147-162.

Kardol, P., T.M. Bezemer & W.H. van der Putten (2006). Temporal variation in plant-soil feedback controls succession. Ecology Letters 9: 1080-1088.

Van der Wal, A., J.A. van Veen, W. Smant, H.T.S. Boschker, J. Bloem, P. Kardol, W.H. van der Putten & W. de Boer (2006). Fungal biomass development in a chronosequence of land abandonment. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 51-60.

Kardol, P., T.M. Bezemer, A. van der Wal & W.H. van der Putten (2005). Successional trajectories of soil nematode and plant communities in a chronosequence of ex-arable land. Biological Conservation 126: 317-327.

In review:

Kardol, P., C.E. Campany, L. Souza, R.J. Norby, J. Weltzin and A.T. Classen. Climate change effects on plant biomass alter dominance patterns and community evenness in an experimental old-field ecosystem. Global Change Biology.

Kardol, P., D.E. Todd, P.J. Hanson abd P.J. Mulholland. Long-term successional forest dynamics: species and community responses to climatic variability. Journal of Vegetation Science.

Holtkamp, R., A. van der Wal, P. Kardol, S.C. Dekker & P.C. de Ruiter. The effect of soil food web structure on mineralization rates during ecosystem development. Submitted to Applied Soil Ecology.

Other publications

Kardol, P., A. van der Wal, T.M. Bezemer, W. de Boer & W.H. van der Putten (2009). Ontgronden en bodembeestjes: geen gelukkige combinatie . De Levende Natuur 110: 57-61. [in Dutch, with English summary]

Kulmatiski, A. & P. Kardol (2008). Getting Plant-Soil Feedback out of the Greenhouse: Experimental and Conceptual Approaches. In: Progress in Botany Vol. 69. pages 449-472. Lüttige, U., W. Beyschlag and J. Murata, Eds. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Kardol, P. (2007). Plant and Soil Community Assembly in Secondary Succession on Ex-arable Land. Fundamental and Applied Approaches. Ponsen & Looijen, Wageningen, the Netherlands. ISBN 90-8504-612-2.

Fellowships and awards

2007     Two-year Wigner Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Website http://www.ornl.gov/adm/wigner_fellowship/

2005     Best Oral Presentation, NIOO Meeting, Lunteren, The Netherlands

Selected presentations

Invited talks:

Kardol P. (2009). The intimate relationship between plants and soil organisms. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA

Kardol P. (2008). Soil nematode communities under climate change. 5th International Congress on Nematology, Brisbane, Australia

Kardol, P., A.T. Classen and R.J. Norby (2008). Multiple climatic changes and the structure and function of ecosystems: effects of atmospheric carbon dioxide, warming, and soil moisture on an old field ecosystem. Joint Meeting of the Society for Range Management and the American Forage and Grassland Council. Louisville, KY, USA

Kardol, P. (2007). Plant and soil community assembly in secondary succession. EEB Seminar, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA

Kardol, P. Soil nematode community succession and their role in plant species replacements (2007). 1st International Symposium on Nematodes as Environmental Bioindicators, Edinburgh, UK

Contributed talks:

Kardol, P. and J.A. Schweitzer (2009). Soil-mediated climate change effects on plant performance and plant-competitive interactions. 94th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Kardol, P., M.A. Cregger, C.E. Campany and A.T. Classen (2009). Plant compositional shifts moderate climate change effects on soil enzyme activities and soil nematodes. 48th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the 12th Biennial Meeting of the Soil Ecology Society. Burlingon, VT, USA.

Kardol, P. and A.T. Classen (2008). Multifactor climate change: divergence in plant community composition drives changes in soil ecosystem functioning. 93rd Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Kardol, P., T.M. Bezemer and Wim H. van der Putten (2006). Microbe-mediated plant-soil feedback in pioneer stages of secondary succession causes long-lasting historical contingency effects in plant community composition. Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN, USA

Kardol, P., T. M. Bezemer, A. van der Wal and W.H. van der Putten (2006). Land-use changes: interactions between plant and soil community development. KNAW Workshop Global Change, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kardol, P., T.M. Bezemer, W.H. van der Putten and A. van der Wal (2005). Besides plants, soil organisms provide added value as indicators for conservation and restoration success. XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna Austria

Kardol, P., T.M. Bezemer, W.H. van der Putten and A. van der Wal (2005). The role of soil organisms in secondary succession and their value as indicators for conservation and restoration success. 35th Annual Conference Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Regensburg, Germany

Kardol, P., T.M. Bezemer, W.H. van der Putten and A. van der Wal (2005). The role of soil organisms in secondary succession and their value as indicators for conservation and restoration success. Annual Meeting British Ecological Society, Hertfordshire, UK

Kardol, P., T.M. Bezemer, A. van der Wal, W.H. van der Putten (2005). Correlations and discrepancies between soil nematode and plant community development during secondary succession. Workshop on Restoration Ecology, Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Giessen, Germany

Posters:

Kardol, P., M.A. Cregger, C.E. Campany and A.T. Classen (2008). Multi-factor climate change effects on soil ecosystem functioning depend on changes in plant species composition. DISCCRS Symposium, Saguaro Lake Ranch, Tonto National Forest, AZ, USA.

Kardol, P., T.M. Bezemer, A. Van der Wal and W.H. Van der Putten (2005). Multitrophic interactions during secondary succession on ex-agricultural land. Meeting Working Group ‘Multitrophic Interactions in Soil and Integrated Control’ (IOBC), Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Kardol, P., A. van der Wal, W. Smant, T.M. Bezemer and W.H. van der Putten (2004). Soils in transition: above- and belowground development. XIVth International Colloquium on Soil Zoology and Ecology, Rouen, France

Karol, P., A. Van der Wal, T.M. Bezemer an W.H. Van der Putten (2004). Soils in transition: vegetation succession and development of soil nematode community after land abandonment. XXVIIth International Symposium European Society of Nematologists, Rome, Italy

Kardol, P. and W.H. Van der Putten (2003). Soils in transition: soil food web structure, soil ecosystem processes and vegetation development in secondary succession. Symposium 'Soil Biodiversity and Function’, British Ecological Society, Lancaster, UK

Refereeing

Journals:

Ecology Letters, Ecology, Oikos, Oecologia, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Ecography, Soil Biology & Biochemistry, Basic and Applied Ecology, Biological Conservation, Community Ecology, Plant & Soil, Restoration Ecology, Applied Soil Ecology, Journal of Arid Environments, Arid Land Research and Management, African Journal of Agricultural Research

Grant agencies:

National Science Foundation

Teaching

Guest lectures:

Functional Biodiversity (Wageningen University, October 2006)
Cutting Edge Ecology (Wageningen University, April 2007)

(Co-)advising

PhD committee member:

Jean-Philippe Lessard (University of Tennessee, 2008-2009)

Nick Reynolds (University of Tennessee, 2009)

MSc students:

Marissa Giesen (Wageningen University, 2006) - Relation between plant-soil feedback and vegetation succession during nature restoration on ex-arable fields

Jeffrey Newton (Wageningen University, 2005) - Microarthropod population dynamics during secondary succession on abandoned agricultural fields with special attention for Oribatida (Acari)

Monique van Kempen (Radboud University Nijmegen, 2005) - Effect of plant-specific soil micro-organism communities on primary production of early and mid successional plant species

Nelleke Cornips (Radboud University Nijmegen, 2005) - The role of plant-soil feedback in early stages of vegetation succession on ex-arable land

Undergraduates:

Sasha Minium (Kenyon College, 2009), Kelly Rula (Bowdoin College, 2008), John Bevans (University of Tampa, 2008), Lotte Dijk (Wageningen University, 2004)

Memberships

Ecological Society of America

British Ecological Society