Connor Morozumi

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Connor Morozumi

PhD student
Population Biology, Ecology, Evolution Program

Email: connor.morozumi@emory.edu

M.S., Wildlife Science with a minor in Rangeland Ecology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. August 2015.

B.A., Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. June 2010.
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B.S., Health Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. June 2010.

Link to CV

Research Interests

​My interests lie in the complexities of incorporating species interactions into predictive models, especially species conservation models related to human-induced climate change. I am interested in network models of plant-pollinators that recognize the competitive relationships between pollinators. In addition, I hope to build more realistic models that are incorporate more empirical findings. Some topics I hope to address in my PhD are:

  • Experimentally testing shifts in phenology mismatch between plants and their pollinators
  • Understanding how species losses from plant-pollinator networks affect network stability and structure

Publications

McLaughlin, B., C.N. Morozumi, J. MacKenzie, A. Cole & S. Gennet. 2014. Demography linked to climate change projections in an ecoregional case study: integrating forecasts and field data. Ecosphere, 5(7), art85.

Hernández, D.L., D.M. Vallano, E.S. Zavaleta, Z. Tzankova, J.R. Pasari, S. Weiss, P.C. Selmants, and C. Morozumi. 2016. Nitrogen pollution is linked to U.S. listed species declines. Bioscience, 66 (3): 213-222

Bell, K.L., J. Fowler, K.S. Burgess, E.K. Dobbs, D. Gruenewald, B. Lawley, C. Morozumi, B.J Brosi. 2017. Applying pollen DNA metabarcoding to the study of plant-pollinator interactions. Applications in Plant Sciences. 5(6):1600124.

Fenn, M.E., A. Bytnerowicz, S.L. Schilling, D.M. Vallano, E.S. Zavaleta, S.B. Weiss, C. Morozumi, L.H. Geiser and K. Hanks, 2018. On-road emissions of ammonia: An underappreciated source of atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Science of The Total Environment, 625: 909-919.

Dittel, J.W., D. Sanchez, L. M. Ellsworth, C.N. Morozumi, and R. Mata-Gonzalez. 2018. Vegetation response to juniper reduction and grazing exclusion in sagebrush-steppe habitat in eastern Oregon. Rangeland Ecology and Management. 71(2): 213-219.

Civitello, D.J, B.E. Allman, Morozumi, and J.R. Rohr. 2018. Assessing the direct and indirect effects of food provisioning and nutrient enrichment on wildlife infectious disease dynamics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 373: 20170101.

Selected Professional, Extension, and Outreach Presentation

Morozumi C.N., X. Loy, E. Dobbs, C. Wilmer, H. Steltzer, B.J. Brosi. 2018. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Poster presentation. “The Effects of Accelerated Snowmelt on Subalpine Pollination Network Structure and Function”

Bell K.L., J. Fowler, K.S. Burgess, E. Dobbs, D.L. Gruenewald, B. Lawley, C.N. Morozumi and B.J. Brosi. 2017. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Poster presentation. “Applying pollen DNA metabarcoding to the study of plant-pollinator interactions”

Morozumi C.N., D.M. Vallano, E.S. Zavaleta. 2012. Society of Conservation Biology-N.A. Congress for Conservation Biology. Poster presentation. “Local and regional patterns of atmospheric nitrogen pollution in greater San Francisco Bay Area serpentine grasslands”