CURRICULUM VITAE
Ellen Louise Simms
Department of Integrative Biology
University of California
3040 Valley Life Sciences Bldg. #3140
Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
FAX: (510) 643-0365 email: esimms @ berkeley.edu
Education
Ph. D. Duke University, Durham, NC, 1983
Major: Botany (Plant Ecology)
Minor: Mathematics (Statistics)
M. A. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 1978
Major: Biology (Plant Ecology)
B. A. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 1977
Major: Environmental Biology
Employment
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2004 – present
Co-chair, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2007 – 2008
Miller Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 2003 – 2004
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1998 – 2004; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Committee on Genetics, and The College, The University of Chicago, 1997 – 1998
Director, University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley, 1998 – 2003
Acting Director, California Biodiversity Center, University of California, 2002
Visiting Assistant Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, 1997
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, Committee on Genetics, and the College, The University of Chicago, 1991 – 1997; Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, 1988 – 1991
Awards and Honors
Miller Research Professor, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science, 2003 – 2004
Elected to California Academy of Sciences, 1999
Elected to Sigma Xi, 1983
Recent Grants and Contracts
National Science Foundation, Ecology (2015 – 2021), Mutualism theory predicts how legumes influence biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships under global change (DEB-1457508)
Joint Genome Institute Community Science Program (2020), Legume invasions: Do phages affect legume proliferation? (PI, 506630, full genome sequencing of 100 Rhizobium strains and 84 bacteriophages)
National Science Foundation, Plant-Biotic Interactions, Integrative Organismal Systems (2018 – 2021), Did rhizobia associated with invading legumes escape bacteriophage enemies? (PI, IOS-1759048)
Punjab Higher Education Commission, Foreign Post-Doc Fellowhip (2017 – 2018),
Occurrence of non-rhizobia in root nodule and their potential use as biofertilizers, (Supervisor, Postdoctoral funding for Dr. Mohsin Tariq.
National Science Foundation, Population & Evolutionary Processes (2016 – 2018),
Dissertation Research: Network heterogeneity and metapopulation persistence in Pseudomonas syringae (PI, DEB-1601762) Dissertation funding for Helen Kurkjian.
Marin County Parks Council (2015 – 2017), Unlocking the drivers of sustainable invasive legume management: Are rhizobial mutualists the key?
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (2011 – 2014, collaborative), Global Change Forecasting for Biological Systems in California.
Selected Recent Professional Activities (External)
Panel Member
National Science Foundation, Biological Innovation Institutes Design, 2020
National Science Foundation, Population & Evolutionary Processes, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015
Service
Associate Editor, Journal of Ecology, 2020 – present.
Treasurer, American Society of Naturalists, 2014 – 2017
Past Treasurer, American Society of Naturalists, 2018 – 2020
Organizer
Western Evolutionary Biology Meeting, 2009
Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Plant-Herbivore Interactions, 2004
Vice-Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Plant-Herbivore Interactions, 2001
Participant
Collisions in Aquatic Symbioses, Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, 8 November, 2019
Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching, UCSD, 18 – 22 June, 2018
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Science Symposium, Panama. 2016
Organismality Symposium, St. Louis, MO. 2015
Symbiosis Workshop, Wawona, Yosemite, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Population Genetics, 2005, 2007, 2009 (Discussion Leader), 2011
Genes to Geoscience Research Enrichment Program, Macquarie University, Australia (Invited speaker) 2010
Judge
SACNAS Poster Judge, 2011
Ecological Society of America, Mercer Award, 2003 – 2009, Chair 2006 – 2009
Selected Recent Professional Activities (Internal)
President
Sigma Xi, Berkeley Chapter, 2004 – 2014
Vice President
Sigma Xi, Berkeley Chapter, 2002 – 2003, 2017 – present
Administrative Committees
University-wide Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication (2019 – present)
UC Berkeley Faculty Senate Library Committee (2017 – present)
Network for Experimental Research in Evolution, Associate Director (2006 – 2015)
Department of Integrative Biology
Diversity Committee (2018 – present)
Faculty Advisor for GSI Affairs (2008 – 2014)
Executive Committee (2004 – 2008)
Ecology Search Committee, Chair (2005 – 2006)
Greenhouse Committee, Chair (2004 – 2014)
Advising
Graduate Students
Anna Scharnagl, 2019 – present
Briana Boaz (co-advised with T. Bruns), M.A. 2018
Helen Kurkjian, Ph.D. 2018 (postdoctoral researcher, Dept. Biology, Boston College)
Sirena Montalvo-Katz, (co-advised with Shapira), 2009 – 2011
Caroline Lee, 2006 – 2010
Jessica Shade, Ph. D. 2012 (Director of Science, The Organic Center)
Rebecca Welch, (co-advised with B. Mishler) 2004 – 2016
Joshua Povich, 2002 – 2014 (Instructional Support Staff, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley)
Veronica Morris (ESPM, co-advised with Roderick), Ph. D. 2009 (Board Member Psychiatric Service Dog Partners)
Martha Palomino, Ph. D. 2008 (Researcher, Health Partners Institute for Education and Research, Minneapolis, MN)
Rebecca Lutzy, M. S. 2006
Anne Swart, M. S. 2005 (Occupational Therapist)
Richard Shefferson, Ph. D. 2004 (Professor, University Tokyo)
Jessica Riquetti, M. S. 2004 (Senior Apparel Designer, lululemon athletica)
Kathleen Donohue, Ph. D.., 1993 (Professor, Duke U.)
Jorge Lopez, M.S. 1998 (Ph. D., Indiana U., Professor, Grand Valley State U, Michigan)
Lisa Gades, M.S. 1998 (Scientific Associate, Argonne National Laboratory.)
Postdoctoral Advisees
Kimberly La Pierre (2015 – 2017), Senior Research Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD.)
Stephanie Porter (2012 – 2014, Associate Professor, Washington State University, Vancouver)
Martine Ehinger (2007 – 2009, Secondary School Teacher, Switzerland)
Joel Sachs (2004 – 2007, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Biology, UC Riverside)
D. Lee Taylor (1999 – 2002; Professor, U. New Mexico)
Thomas Juenger (1999 – 2002; Professor, U. Texas, Austin)
Gretchen LeBuhn (1999 – 2000, Professor, San Francisco State U.)
Kirk Stowe (1996 – 2000, Lab Coordinator, U. South Carolina)
James Bever (1996 – 1998; Distinguished Foundation Professor and Senior Scientist, University of Kansas)
Undergraduate Students (Research Advisees)
Mukund Valmic (2020 – present, SURP)
Avi Simon (2020 – present, Cornell University undergraduate)
Tanner Gorman (2019 – present, URAP)
Crystal Chan (2019 – present, URAP)
Ashley Kang (2019 – present, URAP)
Sarah Giorgi (2019 – 2020, URAP)
Heather Connolly (2019 – present, URAP)
Elizabeth Ordemann (2018 – present,URAP)
Jonathan Zhou (2018 – 2020, Thesis in MCB, Ph.D. student, Duke University)
Jeeyoung Park (2018 – 2019, URAP)
Khansa Khusro (2018 – 2019, URAP)
Joseph Johnston (2018, URAP)
Satya Karri (2017 – 2020, URAP, Ph.D. student, UC Irvine)
Zoe Grenville (2017 – 2018, URAP)
Georgia Gregory (URAP, 2016 – 2018)
Chelsea Hazlett (REU SEEDS, Summer 2016)
Huy Ha (URAP, 2015 – 2017)
Amanda Ma (URAP, 2015 – 2017)
Anthony Pham (BSP, 2015 – 2017)
Russell Brown (URAP, 2015 – 2016)
Marie Rose Altendahl (2015 – 2016, URAP)
Michael Paap (2014, URAP, Honors in IB, Departmental Citation)
Edith Yuan (2014 – 2015, URAP, Honors in MCB)
Aastha Garde (2014 – 2015, URAP, Honors in MCB, Marian Diamond Award; Ph. D. student at Duke U.)
Annie Chang (2014 – 2015, URAP)
Connie Kim (2014 – 2015, URAP)
Redha Qabazard Fouad (co-advised with W. McFarland, 2013 – 2014)
Selene Clay (2012 – 2013, REU)
Miriam Serano (2012 – 2013, IMSL)
Kara Krista O’Connor (2012 – 2013)
Jennifer Bratburd (2012 – 2013)
Yingjie (Lisa) Yan (2012 – 2013, BSP)
Jingyi (Annie) Li (2012 – 2013, URAP)
Rachel Stiner (2010 – 2012, URAP)
Arta Gharib Parsa (2011 – 2012, URAP)
Amy Le (2011 – 2013, URAP, Honors in IB)
Helen Wan (2011 – 2013, Honors in Bioengineering)
Cassandra Ettinger (2011, URAP)
Hansen Deng (2010 – 2011, URAP)
Rachel Stiner (2010, URAP)
Denghui Guo (2009 – 2010, URAP)
Christopher Battey (2009 – 2010, URAP)
Emily Daniel (2009 – 2010, URAP)
Leanne Javier (2009 – 2010, URAP)
Katherine Moore (2009 – 2010, URAP)
Bonnie Lau (2009 – 2010, URAP)
Melina Corona (2009 – 2010, BSP)
Tiffany Hsu (2009, URAP)
Ethan Cheng (2008 – 2011, URAP)
Ara Vehian (2008 – 2009, URAP)
Carissa Pardamean (2008, URAP)
Khushboo Goel (2008 – 2010, URAP)
Melissa Patten (2008 – 2009, URAP, Honors in IB)
Juliana Starcevich (2007 – 2009, URAP)
Devin Noblin (2006 – 2009, URAP, Honors in MCB, Ph. D. student Yale U.)
Sheena Mathews (2006 – 2007, URAP)
Nance Yuan (2006 – 2007, URAP, B. S. Honors in MCB)
Alexander Lau (2005 – 2008, URAP, B. S. Honors in ESPM, MD-Ph.D. student, Cal. Tech.)
Heather Rickard (2006, URAP)
Christopher Bautista (2005 – 2006, URAP)
Stephanie Graeter (2005, URAP)
Cynthia Hsu (2005 – 2007, URAP)
Amit Jan (2005, URAP)
Michael Horn (2004, NSF REU)
Mona Urbina (2003, CSU-Hayward Bridges to the Future Baccalaureate Program, B. S. UC Berkeley)
Yla Tausczik (2003 – 2004, Berkeley Fellow, Ph. D. candidate, U. Texas, Austin)
Ellen Turpin-Denning (2003 – 2003)
Keturah Spikes (2002 – 2003, NSF REU)
Lara Cushing (2001 – 2002, URAP, Sigma Xi)
Dawn Zhao (2001 – 2002, NSF REU, Physical Therapy Program, UCLA)
Ian Herriott (2001 – 2002, NSF REU, Ph. D. candidate, U. Alaska, Fairbanks)
Gina Ladd (Summer 2000, NSF REU)
Stephanie Theodore (Summer 2000, NSF REU)
David Lowry (1998 – present, Summer 1999, NSF REU; Summer 2000 Berkeley Undergraduate Research Fellow, Sigma Xi Fellow, Ph. D., Duke U., Postdoctoral Researcher, U. Texas, Austin)
Kalina Wong (2000 – 2001)
Jeremiah Busch (Summer 1998, NSF REU; Ph. D. Indiana U., Asst. Prof. Washington State U.)
Joan West (Honors in Biology, Howard Hughes Summer Research Fellow, 1998, Ph. D. U. Maryland, Postdoctoral Researcher, U. Georgia)
Alison Bennett (1997 – 1998; Ph.D. 2004, Indiana U., Honorary Lecturer, University of Dundee, Scotland)
Sarah Elmendorf (Summer 1997; NSF REU, Ph. D., UC Davis)
Amity Wilczek (Honors in Biology, 1993 – 1995; Ph. D., Harvard U., Herbert Reich Chair in the Natural Sciences, Deep Springs College, CA)
Liessa Thomas Bowen (Howard Hughes Summer Research Fellow, 1994; M.S. U. Missouri – St. Louis, Ph. D. North Carolina State University)
Anne Pringle (Honors in Biology, 1992 – 1993; Ph. D., Duke U., Miller Fellow, Assoc. Prof. Harvard U.)
Todd Vision (Honors in Biology, Edmondson Fellow, 1991-1993; Ph.D., Princeton U.; Assoc. Prof., UNC Chapel Hill, Assoc. Director of Informatics, NESCENT)
Jessie Else (Howard Hughes Summer Research Fellow, 1992; M.S., CSU. – San Diego)
Jim Triplett (Howard Hughes Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, 1990, Ph.D. Iowa State U., Assist. Prof. and Curator, Jacksonville State University, Alabama)
Teaching
Ecological Genetics (IB 162, Fall 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2016, Spring 2020)
General Linear Model: A Geometric Viewpoint (Fall 2019)
Introductory Biology (Bio 1B, Fall 2015, 2016, 2018, Spring 2019)
Evolution (IB 160, Fall 2010 – 2013)
Female Sexuality (DeCal Faculty Sponsor, 2008 – 2013)
Measuring selection on phenotypes (IB 250, Spring 2010)
Studies at the Ecology/Evolution Interface (IB 298-33, Spring 2006)
Intro. To Quantitative Genetics (IB 165, Fall 2005)
Evol. Ecology Interspecific Coop. and Symbiosis (IB 298-33, Spring 2005)
Quantitative Genetics (IB 250, Spring 2003)
Local Adaptation (IB 150, Spring 2002)
Plant Ecology (IB 154, Spring 2000, Spring 2002)
Horticultural Methods in the Botanical Garden (IB 112L, every semester, 1999 – 2003)
Ecological Research Reviews (IB 251, every semester 1998 – 2003, 2004 – 2017)
Professional Outreach
Public Speaking
San Fernando Valley Sierra Club Chapter (2007)
Scientific Advising
Bay Area Sea Kayakers (2011 – present)
CSU-Hayward NIH Bridges to Future Baccalaureate Program (2002 – 2003)
East Bay Municipal Utility District Water (2002)
California Exotic Pest Plant Council (2002)
San Francisco Chronicle, (2002)
UCB Campus Sudden Oak Death Task Force, 2001 – 2003
Math in the Garden, NSF-funded Informal Education Project (2000 – 2003)
Professional Societies
American Society of Naturalists
California Native Plant Society
Ecological Society of America
Sigma Xi
Society for the Study of Evolution
PUBLICATIONS
Manuscripts in Review or Revision
none.
Reviewed Papers
2020. Taylor, B. N., E. L. Simms, K. J. Komatsu. More than a functional group: diversity within the legume-rhizobia mutualism and its relationship with ecosystem function. Diversity 12.2:50. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/2/50/pdf
2019. Komatsu, K. J. and E. L. Simms. Invasive legume management strategies differentially impact mutualist abundance and benefit to native and invasive hosts. Restoration Ecology (Nov 2019). DOI:10.1111/rec.13081 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rec.13081
2019. Bennett, A., K. Preedy, A. Golubski, J. Umbanhowar, S. Borrett, L. Byrne, K. Apostol, J. Bever, L. Biederman, A. Classen, K. Cuddington, M-A. de Graaff, K. Garrett, L. Gross, A. Hastings, V. Hrynklv, J. Karst, M. Kummel, C. Lee, C. Liang, W. Liao, K. Mack, L. Miller, B. Ownley, C. Rojas, E. Simms., V. Walsh, M. Warren, J. Zhu. Beyond the black box: Promoting mathematical collaborations for elucidating interactions in soil ecology. EcoSphere July 2019. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2799 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ecs2.2799
2017. La Pierre, K. J., E. L. Simms, Tariq, M., Zafar, M., & Porter, S. S. (2017). Invasive legumes can associate with many mutualists of native legumes, but usually do not. Ecology and Evolution 7(20):8599-8611. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3310
2017. Zafar, M., N. Ahmed, G. Mustafa, Z. A. Zahir, and E. L. Simms. Molecular and biochemical characterization of rhizobia from chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Science 54(2):373-381. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/0gz847w5
2014. Porter, S. S. and E. L. Simms. Selection for cheating across disparate environments in the legume-rhizobium mutualism. Ecology Letters 17(9):1121-1129. doi:10.1111/ele.12318.
2014. Ehinger, M., T. J. Mohr, J. B. Starcevich, J. L. Sachs, S. S. Porter, E. L. Simms. Specialization-generalization trade-offs in a Bradyrhizobium symbiosis with wild legume hosts. BMC Ecology In press.
2012. Simms, E. L. and S. S. Porter. Transcriptomic insights into mechanisms of symbiotic cooperation. Molecular Ecology 21(9):4665-4668.
2012. Jandér, K. C. , E. A. Herre, and E. L. Simms. Precision of host sanctions in the fig tree – fig wasp mutualism: consequences for uncooperative symbionts. Ecology Letters 15(2):1362 – 1369. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01857.x
2011. Akçay, E. and E. L. Simms. Negotiation, sanctions and context dependency in the legume-rhizobium mutualism. American Naturalist 178(1):1-14.
2010. Sachs, J. L., M. O. Ehinger, and E. L. Simms. Origins of cheating and loss of symbiosis in wild Bradyrhizobium. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23(5):1075 – 1089.
2009. Sachs, J. L., S. W. Kembel, A. H. Lau, and E. L. Simms. In situ phylogenetic structure and diversity of wild Bradyrhizobium communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(14):4727 – 4735.
2008. Franks, S. J., P. D. Pratt, F. A. Dray, E. L. Simms. No evolution of increased competitive ability or decreased allocation to defense in an invasive plant since release from natural enemies. Biological Invasions 10(4):455 – 466.
2008. Sachs, J. L., and E. L. Simms. The origins of uncooperative rhizobia. Oikos 117(7):961-966.
2008. Franks, S. J., P. D. Pratt, and E. L. Simms. Selection on herbivory resistance traits and competitive ability in an invasive plant. American Naturalist 171(5):678 – 691.
2007. Palomino, M. T., P. G. Kennedy, E. L. Simms. Nickel hyperaccumulation as an anti-herbivore trait: considering the role of tolerance to damage. Plant and Soil 293:189-195
2007. Shefferson, R. P. and E. L. Simms. Costs and benefits of fruiting to future reproduction in two dormancy-prone orchids. Journal of Ecology 95:865-875.
2006. Sachs, J. L. and E. L. Simms. Pathways to mutualism breakdown. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 21(10):585-592.
2006. Simms, E. L., D. L. Taylor, J. Povich, R. P. Shefferson, J. L. Sachs, Y. Tausczik, M. Urbina. An empirical test of partner choice mechanisms in a legume-rhizobium interaction. Proc. Royal Soc. Series B 273 (1582): 77-81.
2005. Juenger, T. E., J. K. McKay, N. Hausmann, J. J. B. Keurentjes, S. Sen, K. A. Stowe, T. E. Dawson, E. L. Simms, J. H. Richards. Identification and characterization of QTL underlying whole-plant physiology in Arabidopsis thaliana: d13C, stomatal conductance, and transpiration efficiency. Plant Cell and Environment 28 (6): 697-708.
2005. Hausmann, J., T. E. Juenger, S. Sen, K. A. Stowe, T. E. Dawson, E. L. Simms. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting d13C and response to differential water availability in Arabidopsis thaliana. Evolution 59(1):81-96.
2005. Juenger, T., Sen, S., Stowe, K. and E. L. Simms. Epistasis and gene-environment interaction for quantitative trait loci affecting flowering time in Arabidopsis. Genetica 123(1-2):87-105.
2004. Franks, S. J., P. D. Pratt, F. A. Dray, E. L. Simms. Selection for resistance in invasive plants. Weed Technology 18:1486-1489.
2003. Shefferson, R. P., J. Proper, S. R. Beissinger, and E. L. Simms. Life history trade-offs in a rare orchid: The costs of flowering, dormancy and sprouting. Ecology 84(5):1199 – 1206.
2003. Denison, R. F., C. Bledsoe, M. Kahn, F. O’Gara, E. L. Simms, L. Thomashow. Cooperation in the rhizosphere and the “free rider” problem. Ecology 84(4):838-845.
2003. Cipollini, D. F., J. W. Busch, K. A. Stowe, E. L. Simms, and J. Bergelson. Genetic variation and relationships of constitutive and wound-induced trypsin inhibitors, glucosinolates, and herbivore resistance in Brassica rapa. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29(2):285-302.
2002. Alpert, P. A. and E. L. Simms. The relative advantages of plasticity and fixity in different environments: when is it good for a plant to adjust? Evolutionary Ecology 16(3):285-297.
2002. Simms, E. L. and D. L. Taylor. Partner choice in nitrogen-fixation mutualisms of legumes and rhizobia. Integrative and Comparative Biology 42(2):369-380.
2002. West, S. A., E. T. Kiers, E. L. Simms, and R. F. Denison. Nitrogen fixation and the stability of the legume-rhizobium mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 269:685-694.
2001. A. E. Weis, Simms, E. L., and M. Hochberg. Will plant vigor and tolerance be genetically correlated?: Effects of intrinsic growth rate and self-limitation on regrowth. Evolutionary Ecology 14:331-352.
2001. Simms, E. L. Defining tolerance as a norm of reaction. Evolutionary Ecology 14:563-570.
2001. Chase, J. M., M. A. Leibold, and E. L. Simms. Plant tolerance and resistance in food webs: Community-level predictions and evolutionary implications. Evolutionary Ecology 14:289-314.
2001. J. L. Maron and E. L. Simms. Rodent-limited establishment of bush lupine: field experiments on the cumulative effect of granivory. Journal of Ecology 89:578-588.
2000. J. D. Bever and E. L. Simms. Evolution of nitrogen fixation in spatially structured populations of Rhizobium. Heredity 85:366-372.
2000. K. A. Stowe, R. J. Marquis, C. G. Hochwender, and E. L. Simms. The evolutionary ecology of tolerance to consumer damage. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 31:565-595.
1998. E. L. Simms and J. D. Bever. Evolutionary dynamics of rhizopine within spatially structured rhizobium populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 265:1713-1719.
1997. J. L. Maron and E. L. Simms. Habitat-dependent effects of seed predation on seed bank size and seedling recruitment of bush lupine (Lupinus arboreus). Oecologia 111:76-83.
1996. E. L. Simms, and J. K. Triplett. Paternal effects in inheritance of a pathogen resistance trait in Ipomoea purpurea. Evolution 50(6):2178-2186.
1996. E. L. Simms. The evolutionary genetics of plant-pathogen systems. BioScience 46:136-145.
1996. E. L. Simms, and M. A. Bucher. Pleiotropic effects of flower color intensity on herbivore performance on Ipomoea purpurea. Evolution 50:957-963.
1995. E. L. Simms, and T. Vision. Pathogen-induced systemic resistance in Ipomoea purpurea. Oecologia (Berlin) 102:494-500.
1994. E. L. Simms, and J. Triplett. Costs and benefits of plant responses to disease: Resistance and tolerance. Evolution 48:1973-1985.
1994. M. A., Steele, T. Knowles, K. Bridle, and E. L. Simms. Tannins and partial consumption of acorns: implications for dispersal of oaks by seed predators. American Midland Naturalist 130:229-238.
1993. E. L. Simms. Genetic variation for pathogen resistance in tall morning glory. Plant Disease 77:901-904.
1993. E. L. Simms, and M. D. Rausher. Patterns of selection on phytophage resistance in Ipomoea purpurea. Evolution 47:970-976.
1993. M. D. Rausher, K. Iwao, E. L. Simms, N. Ohsaki, and D. Hall. Induction and the cost of resistance in Ipomoea purpurea. Ecology 74:20-29.
1990. E. L. Simms, and R. S. Fritz. The ecology and evolution of host-plant resistance to insects. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 5:356-360.
1990. E. L. Simms. Examining selection on the multivariate phenotype: plant resistance to herbivores. Evolution 44:1177-1188.
1989. M. D. Rausher, and E. L. Simms. The evolution of resistance to herbivory in Ipomoea purpurea. I. Attempts to detect stabilizing selection. Evolution 43:563-572.
1989 E. L. Simms, and M. D. Rausher. The evolution of resistance to herbivory in Ipomoea purpurea. II. Natural selection by insects and costs of resistance. Evolution 43:573-585.
1988. E. L. Simms. Ecological genetics and evolution in insect pests. American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 2:153-159.
1988. E. L. Simms, and D. S. Burdick. The utility of profile analysis of variance in experimental ecology. Biometrical Journal 30:229-242.
1987. E. L. Simms, and M. D. Rausher. Costs and benefits of plant resistance to herbivory. American Naturalist 130:570-581.
1987. E. L. Simms. The effect of nitrogen and phosphorus addition on the growth, reproduction, and nutrient dynamics of two ericaceous shrubs. Oecologia 71:541-547.
1987. E. L. Simms. Growth response to clipping and nutrient addition in Lyonia lucida and Zenobia pulverulenta. American Midland Naturalist 114:44-50.
Book and Book Chapters
2001. E. L. Simms. Plant Animal Interactions, Pages 601-619 in Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Vol. 4. Academic Press, New York.
1992. E. L. Simms. The evolution of plant resistance and correlated characters. Pages 15-25 in S. B. J. Menken, J. H. Visser, and P. Harrewijn (eds.), 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, 9-13 March, 1992, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
1992. R. S. Fritz, and E. L. Simms (eds.). Plant Resistance: Ecology, Evolution and Genetics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
1992. E. L. Simms. Costs of resistance to herbivory. Pages 392-425 in R. S. Fritz, and E. L. Simms (eds.), Plant Resistance: Ecology, Evolution and Genetics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
1992. E. L. Simms, and M. D. Rausher. Uses of quantitative genetics for studying the evolution of plant resistance. Pages 42-68 in R. S. Fritz, and E. L. Simms (eds.), Plant Resistance: Ecology, Evolution and Genetics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
1992. R. S. Fritz, and E. L. Simms. Ecological genetics of plant-phytophage interactions. Pages 1-9 in R. S. Fritz, and E. L. Simms (eds.), Ecology and Evolution of Plant Resistance. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.
1980. Christensen, N. C., B. Burchell, A. Liggett, and E. Simms. The structure and development of pocosin vegetation. Pages 43-61 in C. Richardson (ed.), Pocosin Wetlands. Hutchinson Ross Publishing Co., Stroudsburg, PA.
Book Reviews
1998. Review of Evolutionary Ecology across Three Trophic Levels: Goldenrods, Gallmakers, and Natural Enemies, by W. G. Abrahamson and A. E. Weis. Trends in Ecology and evolution 13:334.
1993. Review of Natural Enemies, edited by Michael Crawley. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8:73.
Dissertation
1983. E. L. Simms. The growth, reproduction, and nutrient dynamics of two pocosin shrubs, the evergreen Lyonia lucida and the deciduous Zenobia pulverulenta. Ph. D. dissertation, Duke University, Durham, NC. 174 pp.
Popular Articles and editorials
La Pierre, K., E. L. Simms, M. Tariq, M. Zafar, Porter, S. S. What makes some species successful invaders? Environmental Science Journal for Teens, January 2018. http://www.sciencejournalforkids.org/uploads/5/4/2/8/54289603/invasive_article.pdf
Geoff Marcy incident indicative of larger problem. Daily Californian Friday, November 6, 2015.
2002. Sudden Oak Death in the Garden, UCBG Bee, Berkeley
1998 – 2003. (18 articles) Director’s Column, UCBG Quarterly Newsletter, Berkeley.
Reviewed Abstracts
2000. E. L. Simms, P. Kittelson, and J. L. Maron. Interpopulation variation in between-year seed dormancy: Environmental, maternal environmental, and genetic effects. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 85th Ann. Meeting, Symposium Abstracts: 337.
1995. E. L. Simms. Costs and benefits of plant responses to herbivores and pathogens. Fifth Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology: Timetable, Abstracts, and Delegate List 335.
1995. Mayer, S. S., E. L. Simms, L. A. Birch. The effect of inbreeding on physiological traits in Collinsia heterophylla Nutt. (Scrophulariaceae). Amer. J. Botany 82:75.
1994. E. L. Simms. Costs and benefits of plant responses to disease: resistance and tolerance. Amer. J. Botany 81:40.
1993. E. L. Simms and T. Vision. Induced systemic resistance against a fungal pathogen in the tall morning glory. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 74(2):437.
1987. E. L. Simms and M. D. Rausher. Selection on resistance to herbivory in Ipomoea purpurea. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 68(3):417.
1987. E. L. Simms. Ecological genetics and evolution in agricultural communities. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 68(3):417.
1987. E. L. Simms and M. D. Rausher. Natural selection on resistance to herbivory in Ipomoea purpurea. Pg. 104 in Abstracts of contributed posters and satellite conferences, 2nd. International Conference on Quantitative Genetics.
1985. E. L. Simms. Costs and benefits of the evolution of plant defense against herbivory. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 66(2):272.
1984. E. L. Simms. The relative importance of defoliation and nutrient addition in the stimulation of compensatory growth by fire in the evergreen shrub, Lyonia lucida, and the deciduous shrub, Zenobia pulverulenta. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 65(2):179.
1980. E. L. Simms. The mineral nutrition and growth dynamics of two ericaceous shrub species in a North Carolina pocosin. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 63(2):101.
Contributed Papers and Posters (since 2000)
Van Cauwenberghe, J. & E. L. Simms. Legume invasions: did rhizobia escape phage control? Gordon Conference on Microbial Population Biology 2009, July, 2019, Andover, NH.
Van Cauwenberghe, J. & E. L. Simms. Legume invasions: did rhizobia escape phage control? Berkeley Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Diseases, February 2020.
La Pierre & E. L. Simms. Effects of invasive legumes on soil rhizobialcommunities and strategies for restoration. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, July 2018.
L. Simms, J. Van Cauwenberghe, K. J. La Pierre, M. Zafar, S. S. Porter. Do rare or introduced rhizobia escape their enemies? The American Society of Naturalists Conference, 5 – 9 January, 2018, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA.
Hazlett, C. M., K. J. La Pierre & E. L. Simms. Evolution of legume-rhizobium mutualism after 18 years of elevated CO2 and N availability. BioCON All Scientists Meeting, August 2016, Cedar Creek LTER, MN.
La Pierre, K. J., S. S. Porter, & E. L. Simms. Comparing invasive vs. native legume-rhizobium interaction networks. Joint Genome Institute, April, 2016, Walnut Creek, CA.
Simms, E. L., K. J. La Pierre, & S. S. Porter. Comparing invasive vs. native legume-rhizobium interaction networks. The American Society of Naturalists Conference, 13 – 15 January, 2016, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA.
J. La Pierre1, P. Reich, S/ Hobbie, & E. L. Simms. Effects of the legume-rhizobia mutualism on biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships under global change. BioCON All Scientists Meeting, August 2015, Cedar Creek LTER, MN.
Simms, E. L. & Porter, S. S. Effects of resource enrichment on mutualist inter-generational feedbacks, 21st-Century Naturalists: the American Society of Naturalists Conference, 13 – 15 January, 2014, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA.
Porter, S. S. & E. L. Simms. Selection for cheating across disparate environments in the legume-rhizobium mutualism., 21st-Century Naturalists: the American Society of Naturalists Conference, 13 – 15 January, 2014, Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA.
Simms, E. L. & Ehinger, M. L. Phylogeography of Bradyrhizobium populations, Symbiosis Workshop, Wawona, Yosemite April, 2011
Ehinger, M. L., T. Mohr, J. Starcevich, & E. L. Simms. Fitness relationships between Bradyrhizobium and its host plants. Gordon Conference on Microbial Population Biology 2009, July, 2009, Andover, NH
E. L. Simms, T. Mohr & M. Ehinger. Trade-offs in the fitness effects of Bradyrhizobium on host plants. Evolution Conference 2009, June, 2009, Moscow, ID
Ehinger, M. L., T. Mohr, J. Starcevich, & E. L. Simms. Fitness relationships between Bradyrhizobium and its host plants. Evolution Conference 2009, June, 2009, Moscow, ID
E. L. Simms, J. L. Sachs & M. Ehinger. Evolution of cheating in wild Bradyrhizobium populations. Evolution Conference 2008, June, 2008, Minneapolis, MN
Ehinger, M. & E. L. Simms. Multi-locus sequence typing as an approach to studying a natural po;ulation of Lupinus and Lotus associated bacteria from nodules and the rhizosphere. Evolution Conference 2008, June, 2008, Minneapolis, MN
E. L. Simms, J. L. Sachs & M. Ehinger. Evolution of cheating in wild Bradyrhizobium populations. Western Evolutionary Biology Meeting, May, 2008, Irvine, CA
E. L. Simms, J. L. Sachs & M. Ehinger. Parasitism of host Lotus by a wild Bradyrhizobium strain. Gordon Conference on Microbial Population Biology, August, 2007, Andover, NH
J. L. Sachs & E. L. Simms. In situ diversity of mutualist and parasitic Bradyrhizobium. Gordon Conference on Microbial Population Biology, August, 2007, Andover, NH
E. L. Simms, J. Povich, R. P. Shefferson, D. L. Taylor, Y. Tausczik, M. Urbina. A test of the partner choice model for maintenance of mutualism: lupies and bradyrhizobia. Gordon Conference on Microbial Population Biology, August, 2005, Andover, NH
E. L. Simms, J. Povich, R. P. Shefferson, D. L. Taylor, Y. Tausczik, M. Urbina. A test of the partner choice model for maintenance of mutualism: lupies and bradyrhizobia. Society for the Study of Evolution /Amer. Society of Naturalists, June, 2004, Fort Collins, CO
S. J. Franks, P. D. Pratt, F. A. Dray, E. L. Simms. Natural enemy escape and the evolution of herbivory resistance in the invasive plant Melaleuca quinquenervia. Gordon Research Conference on Plant Herbivore Interactions, 29 Feb – 5 March, 2004, Ventura, CA
S. J. Franks, P. D. Pratt, F. A. Dray, E. L. Simms. Does herbivory select for resistant genotypes of the invasive tree Melaleuca quinquenervia? Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems: Linking Science and Management and 7th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions November 3-7, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
M. Garbelotto, C. Wilkinson, D. Hüberli, E. L. Simms. Method for confirming new plant hosts of Phytophthora ramorum. Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium. December 17 – 18, 2002, Monterey, CA.
Recent Invited Seminars
Legume-rhizobium mutualisms
Program in Population Biology, University of California – Davis, 2018
School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois – Champaign-Urbana, 2015
Evolutionary Ecology of legume-rhizobium mutualism
Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution – Montpellier (ISEM), Université de Montpellier, Faculté des Sciences, 2014
Centre d’Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive (CEFE), Université de Montpellier, Faculté des Sciences, 2014
Effect of resource enrichment on mutualist intergenerational feedbacks
North American Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Congress, Minneapolis, 2013
Maintaining cooperation in a wild legume-rhizobium mutualism
Dept. Biological Science, Florida State University, 2013
Plant soil feedbacks and spatial structure in a wild legume-rhizobium community
Dept. Biological Science, Florida State University, 2013
Negotiated interactions in legume-rhizobium mutualisms
Dept. Plant Biology, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University, 2011
Cheating or maladaptation? Varying selection pressures in a legume-rhizobium interaction
Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 2011
Department of Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis, 2010
Odum School of Ecology, U Georgia, Athens, 2010
Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 2010
Cooperation in Plants: Why the How is important
Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia, 2010
Recent Invited Symposia
Mutualisms and biodiversity-ecosystem function
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Science Symposium, Panama. 2016
Legume-rhizobium mutualisms
Yosemite Symbiosis Workshop, Keynote Speaker, 2015
Organismality Symposium, St. Louis, MO, 2015