CURRICULUM VITAE
Colin Mark Orians
Professor of Biology and Director of Environmental Studies
CONTACT INFORMATION
120 Dana Building
Department of Biology
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155
[email protected]
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2010Director, Environmental Studies, Tufts University
2008Professor, Department of Biology, Tufts University
2001-2008 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Tufts University
1995-2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Tufts University
1992-1995 Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Williams College
1990-1992 Post-doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Biology, Vassar College
EDUCATION
1990
Ph.D. in Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University
1986
Summer Course: Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach
(Offered by Organization for Tropical Studies)
1984
B.A. in Biology, Earlham College (Phi Beta Kappa, College Honors, Departmental
Honors)
SCHOLARSHIPS, HONORS & FELLOWSHIPS
2010-2013 Chair of the Plant Herbivore Interactions Gordon Research Conference
2009
Senior Research Semester Fellowship, Tufts Semester
2008-2009 Guest Professor, Swedish Agricultural University, Uppsala
2007-2010 Vice-Chair for the Plant Herbivore Interactions Gordon Research Conference
2007
CELT Fellowship, Tufts University
2005
Faculty Fellow, Tisch College, Tufts University
2002
Bullard Fellow, Harvard University
1999
Mellon Semester Research Fellow, Tufts University
1990
Graduate Student Fellowship, Penn State University
1989
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award
1988
USAID Strengthening Grant Funds
1987
Noyes Fellowship, Organization for Tropical Studies
1986
Noyes Pilot Award, OTS
1984
Presidential Scholarship, Earlham College
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GRANTS
Tufts Collaborates. 6/12-5/13. “Impact of Climate Variability on Tea Quality.” ($50,000)
NSF. 1/10-12/12. "REU Site: Integrative approaches to studying recognitions systems in cells,
organisms, and populations.” (co-PI, $320,402)
USDA Arthropod and Nematode Biology and Management: Organismal and Population Biology
panel. 10/07-6/12. “Herbivore induced changes in plant resource partitioning.” ($399,000)
NSF. 3/07-2/10. "REU Site: Integrative approaches to studying recognitions systems in cells,
organisms, and populations.” (co-PI, $261,400)
University College, Tufts University. 7/05-6/07. Carbon Sequestration in Plants: Merging
science with science education. ($30,000)
NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant. 5/04-4/06. “Does herbivory signal plants to increase
nitrogen uptake and bolster nitrogen and starch storage?” ($11,895 to support PhD Thesis of
Ben Babst)
NSF. 3/03-8/06. "Tufts REU Site: Mentoring biological research as a collaborative enterprise.”
($198,328)
NSF/NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Vit Gloser. 9/03-8/04 “Modifying effect of
vascular architecture on nitrate utilization in trees.” ($49,800)
Andrew Mellon Foundation. 1/00-12/04. “Vascular architecture and the response of forest tree
species to environmental heterogeneity.” ($440,000)
NSF. 5/00-12/03. "RUI Collaborative Research: Introgression of plant resistance traits:
Selection on hybrid willows by an herbivorous slug." ($240,000)
The Nature Conservancy. 7/99-2/02. “Causes and consequences of pine invasion into coastal
plain pond habitats.” ($7,000 to support Master’s Thesis of Stephen Craine)
Massachusetts Environmental Trust. 1/99-12/99. "The Role of Salt Spray in the Conservation of
Coastal Sandplain grassland and heathland communities on Martha's Vineyard." ($21,296 to
support PhD Thesis of Megan Griffiths)
Charles E. Culpeper Foundation. 12/97-11/99. "Meeting Emergent Challenges to
Environmental Studies Programs: Expansion of the Scope of the Undergraduate Curriculum
at Tufts University," ($176,100; Co-PI with R.E. Wetzler, S. Krimsky and J. Schneider)
EPA, STAR Fellowship for Graduate Environmental Study. 9/1997-8/00. ($105,000 to support PhD
Thesis of Steven Lower)
REU NSF Supplement. 1995. To support Undergraduate Research
NSF. 1993-1996. "Genetic Analysis of Chemical Variation and resistance to a diverse
phytophage community on willow hybrids." Co-PI with R. Fritz and S. Brunsfeld
USDA. 1992-1994. Plant-Pest Interactions Panel. "Genetic and environmental effects on willow
resistance to herbivores in relation to foliar chemistry," Co-PI with R.S. Fritz
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (since arrival at Tufts University)
Editorial Board of Oecologia: 2003 to present
Reviewer of manuscripts for: American Naturalist, Annals of Botany, Arthropod-Plant
Interactions, BBA - Gene Structure and Expression, Biochemistry Systematics and Ecology,
Biotropica, Chemoecology, Ecological Entomology, Ecological Applications, Ecological
Engineering, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Ecoscience, Entomologia Experimentalis et
Applicata, Environmental Entomology, Functional Ecology, Functional Plant Biology, J of
Applied Biology, Journal of Chemical Ecology, J of Ecology, J of Tropical Ecology, J of
Vegetation Science, New Phytologist, Oecologia, Oikos, Plant Cell and Environment, Plant
Ecology, Plant Physiology, PNAS, Science, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Trees
USDA panel member:
Organismal and Population Biology of Arthropods and Nematodes (April 2006)
Integrative Biology of Arthropods and Nematodes (May 2004)
NSF panel member: NSF POWRE panel (3/00) and NSF CRUI panel (10/96)
Reviewer grants for NSF, USDA, National Geographic, Israel Science Foundation, South
African Science Foundation
National and International Meetings:
Co-organized an Oral Session at the Ecological Society of America (with Colleen Butler)
(8/10), Title, “Rooftop Ecology: What is a green roof and why should ecologists care?”
Co-organized as Vice-Chair the 2010 Gordon Research Conference on “Plant Herbivore
Interactions”
Co-organized a Symposium for Ecological Society of America (with N. Underwood, UC
Davis)(8/00), Title: “Why variation is not just noise: the influence of variability on
plant-herbivore and plant-pathogen interactions.”
Program Chair for Association for Tropical Biology (8/96)
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Ecological Society of America, Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant
Biology, International Society of Chemical Ecology
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Environmental Biology (non-majors)
• Experiments in Ecology (Lab-based course)
• Designed and Coordinate Laboratory Program for 2nd Semester Introductory Biology
• Tropical Ecology and Conservation
• Population and Community Ecology
• Evolutionary Ecology
• Graduate seminars: Chemical Ecology, Plant Ecology, and Evolutionary Ecology
• Research mentoring: >60 undergraduate student projects, 10 graduate students and 4 postdoctoral fellows since 1995. More than 20 undergraduate students have continued on to
graduate or health professional schools. I have a strong record of mentoring women (>25)
and minority students (~10)
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Curriculum development: funded by the Culpeper Foundation to develop a course called
“Experiments in Field Biology” focused on training students in the scientific process and the
formal presentation of results to peers; initiated “Tropical Ecology and Conservation" in
2001, in which students develop a proposal and complete their research in Costa Rica, to
gain hands-on experience with all phases of scientific process.
INVITED TALKS (since arrival at Tufts University)
2012 Veterinary School, Tufts University
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Tufts University
2011 Department of Biological Sciences, Denison University
Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, UMass-Amherst
2010 Department of Biology, Wesleyan University
Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri
2009 Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University
Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
Department of Ecology, Swedish Agricultural University, Sweden
Department of Experimental Plant Ecology, Radboud University, Netherlands
Center for Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands
2008 Department of Botany, Stockholm University, Sweden
Umeå Plant Science Center, Umeå University, Sweden
Department of Biology, Earlham College
Department of Biology, Indiana University
2007 Plant Herbivore Interactions Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA
2006 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
2005 Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Connecticut
Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland
2004 Department of Biology, Fordham University
Department of Biology, Ithaca College
Department of Animal Ecology, Swedish Agricultural University, Umeå
2003 Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University
2002 Department of Botany, University of Toronto
Biology Department, Boston University
Geology Department, Boston University
Harvard Forest, Harvard University
1999 Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Millbrook, NY).
Holbrook Lab Group, Harvard University.
1998 Biology Department, Boston University.
Department of Biology, UMass-Boston
1997 Department of Biology, UMass-Amherst.
Pierce and Farrell Lab Groups, Harvard University
Bazzaz Lab Group, Harvard University
1996 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
Department of Biological Sciences, Mt. Holyoke College
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
Biology Department, Boston University
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1995
Department of Biology, Bowdoin College
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver
Biology Department, Washington University
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (since 1995)
2012 Orians, C.M., R.S. Fritz, C.G. Hochwender, B.R. Albrectsen, M.E. Czesak. Ecological
Society of America (invited talk)
Korpita, T., S. Gómez and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
2011 Gómez, S., A. Steinbrenner, S. Osorio et al., Symposium on Insect-Plant Interacitons,
Netherlands (talk given by C.M. Orians)
Orians, C.M., S. Gómez, A. Steinbrenner et al., International Society of Chemical
Ecology, Vancouver Canada
Thorn, A. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America.
2010 Orians, C.M., A. Lehrman, J. Stenberg, C. Björkman. Ecological Society of America
(invited talk)
Berbeco, M. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Butler, C. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Thorn, A. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Orians, C.M., E. Erkenbrack and C. Roma. Gordon Research Conference
2009 Orians, C.M., C. Roma and E. Erkenbrack. IOBC Working Group, Granada, Spain
Gómez, S., R. Ferrieri, C.M. Orians. IOBC Working Group, Granada, Spain
Gómez, S., R. Ferrieri, M.J. Schueller, C.M. Orians. International Society of Chemical
Ecology
Orians, C.M., C. Roma and E. Erkenbrack. Oikos - Nordic Ecological Society.
Berbeco, M. and C.M. Orians. Carbon in Northern Forests Conference
Berbeco, M. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Butler, C. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Thorn, A. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
2008 Thorn, A. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Gómez, S., R. Ferrieri and C.M. Orians. International Society of Chemical Ecology
Butler, C. and C.M. Orians. American Society of Plant Biologists Northeast
Berbeco, M and C.M. Orians. Northeastern Research Collaborative Conference
2007 Orians, C.M., B.A. Babst, R.A. Ferrieri. 13th Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships
(August 2007 in Sweden)
Thorn, A. and C.M. Orians. American Society of Plant Biology (July 2007)
Orians, C.M. and B.A. Babst. Gordon Research Conference (invited talk)
Babst, B.A., C.-J. Tsai, A. Sjödin, S. Jansson, and C.M. Orians. Gordon Research
Conference
2006 Orians, C.M., E. Verhoeven and B. Babst, American Society of Plant Biology
Babst, B. and C.M. Orians, American Society of Plant Biology
Thorn, A. and C.M. Orians, American Society of Plant Biology
Berbeco, M. and C.M. Orians, Maine Global Climate Change LLC
2005 Gloser, V., and C.M. Orians. International Botanical Congress, Vienna
Zwieniecki, M., V. Gloser, N.M. Holbrook, and C.M. Orians, Harvard Initiative of Plant
Biology.
2004 Babst, B., R.A. Ferrieri, M. Thorpe, and C.M. Orians, 12th New Phytologist Symposium:
Functional genomics of environmental adaptation in Populus.
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Ellmore, G.E., A. Zanne, and C.M. Orians, Botanical Society of America
Orians, C.M., N. Alden, S. Wright, R. Keane, R. Smyth, R.S. Fritz, Ecological Society of
America
Bledsoe, T and C.M. Orians, Ecological Society of America
Gloser, V, R.A. Ferrieri, M. Thorpe, and C.M. Orians, Ecological Society of America
Babst, B., R.A. Ferrieri, M. Thorpe, and C.M. Orians, Ecological Society of America
Zanne, A., K. Sweeney, M. Sharma, and C.M. Orians, Ecological Society of America
Gloser, V., M.A. Zwieniecki, N.M. Holbrook, and C.M. Orians. Gordon Research
Conference, NH
Babst, B.A., R.A. Ferrieri, D.W. Gray, D.J. Schlyer, M. Schueller, M. Lerdau, and C.M.
Orians. Gordon Research Conference. CA
Hochwender, C.G., R.S. Fritz, C.M. Orians, B.R. Albrectsen, and M.E. Czesak. Gordon
Research Conference CA
Smyth, R., C.G. Hochwender, C.M. Orians, R.S. Fritz. Gordon Research Conference, CA
2003 Babst, B.A., R.A. Ferrieri, D.W. Gray, C.M. Orians, D.J. Schlyer, M. Schueller and M.
Lerdau. International Phloem Conference, Germany
Orians, C.M., Sigrid Smith, and L. Sack. Ecological Society of America
2002 Orians, C.M. and B. Babst, Harvard Forest Workshop on long-distance transport
processes in plants.
Orians, C.M., C. Hochwender, B. Albrectsen, R.S. Fritz, 3rd International Poplar Symposium,
Uppsala, Sweden
Griffiths, M and C.M. Orians, Society for Conservation Biology
2001 Griffiths, M. and C.M. Orians, Ecological Society of America
Orians, C.M., M.M.I. van Vuuren, C. Margerison, and C.G. Jones. Gordon Research
Conference
Babst, B.A., M.M.I. van Vuuren, and C.M. Orians. Gordon Research Conference
Fields, M., F.S. Chew, and C.M. Orians. Gordon Research Conference
2000 Orians, C.M., and C.G. Jones. Ecological Society of America
Jones, C.G., and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Griffiths, M. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Lower S., and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Attendee – Plant Signaling 2000. 13th Annual Penn State Symposium in Plant
Physiology. Penn State University
1999 Griffiths, M and C.M. Orians. Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and Marine
Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA.
Orians, C. M., R. Ricco, and A. Welland. Ecological Society of America
Pomerleau, J. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Lower, S. and C.M. Orians. Ecological Society of America
Lower, S. and C.M. Orians. EPA Conference for Recipients of STAR Fellowships
1998 Ricco, R.A., M. Paisley, A. Welland and C.M. Orians. VI Simposio Argentino de
Farmabotanica, Argentina (presenter: Ricco)
Lower, S. and C. Orians. EPA Conference for Recipients of STAR Fellowships
(presenter: Lower)
Orians, C., R. Samberg, M. Griffiths, R. Fritz, B. Roche and S. Brunsfeld. Gordon
Research Conference
Attendee - Frontiers in Plant Biology: Plant Diseases, Pests, and Defense Mechanisms.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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1997
Orians, C. and L. Sabol. University Wide Teaching Conference on Teaching and
Technology. Tufts University,
Attendee - Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM
1996 Orians, C.M., A.K. Smith, S.J. Brunsfeld and R.S. Fritz. Ecological Society of America
Bolnick, D.I., C.M. Orians, R.S. Fritz, B.M. Roche and T. Floyd. Ecological Society of
America
1995 Orians, C.M., C.L. Huang, P. Zee, M.T.T. Dao and R.S. Fritz. Ecological Society of
America
Fritz, R.S., B.M. Roche, C.M. Orians and S.J. Brunsfeld. Society for the Study of
Evolution
PUBLICATIONS
1. Steinbrenner, A.D., N. Agerbirk, C.M. Orians and F.S. Chew, 2012. Transient abiotic
stresses lead to latent defense and reproductive responses over the Brassica rapa life cycle.
Chemoecology, in press
2. Gómez, S., A.D. Steinbrenner, S. Osorio, M. Schueller, R.A. Ferrieri, A.R. Fernie and C.M.
Orians. 2012. From shoots to roots: transport and metabolic changes in tomato after
simulated feeding by a specialist lepidopteran. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, in
press
3. Berbeco, M.R., J.M. Melillo and C.M. Orians. 2012. Soil warming accelerates
decomposition of fine woody debris. Plant and Soil, in press
4. Gómez S, C.M. Orians and E.L. Preisser. 2012. Exotic herbivores on a shared host: foliar
quality after single, simultaneous, and sequential attack. Oecologia, DOI 10.1007/s00442012-2267-2
5. Butler, C., E. Butler and C.M. Orians. 2012. Native plant enthusiasm reaches new heights:
Perceptions, evidence, and the future of green roofs. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening,
11:1-10
6. Steinbrenner, A.D., S. Gómez, S. Osorio, A.R. Fernie, and C.M. Orians. 2011. Herbivoreinduced changes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) primary metabolism: A whole plant
perspective. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37:1294-303
7. Thorn, A.M. and C.M. Orians. 2011. Patchy nitrate promotes inter-sector flow and 15N
allocation in Ocimum basilicum: a model and an experiment. Functional Plant Biology,
38:879-887
8. Thorn, A.M. and C.M. Orians. 2011. Partial defoliation and hydraulic integration in
Ocimum basilicum: Testing a model for sectored xylem flow using 15N labeling. American
Journal of Botany, 98:1816-1824
9. Butler, C. and C.M. Orians. 2011. Sedum cools soil and can improve neighboring plant
performance during water deficit on a green roof. Ecological Engineering, 37:1796-1803
10. Orians, C.M., A. Thorn and S. Gómez. 2011. Herbivore-induced resource sequestration in
plants: why bother? Oecologia, 167:1-9
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11. Thorn, A.M. and C.M. Orians. 2011. Modeling the influence of differential sectoriality on
the photosynthetic response of understory saplings to patchy light and water availability.
Trees: Structure and Function, 25:833-845
12. Gómez, S., R.A. Ferrieri, M. Schueller and C.M. Orians. 2010. Methyl jasmonate elicits
rapid changes in carbon and nitrogen dynamics in tomato. New Phytologist, 188: 835–844
13. Hanik, N., S. Gómez, M. Best, M. Schueller, C.M. Orians and R.A. Ferrieri. 2010.
Technical Report - Novel use of gaseous 13NH3 administered to intact leaves of Nicotiana
tabacum to study nitrogen utilization. Plant, Cell and Environment, 33:2173–2179
14. Hanik, N., S. Gómez, M. Best, M. Schueller, C.M. Orians and R.A. Ferrieri. 2010.
Partitioning of new carbon as 11C in Nicotiana tabacum reveals insight into methyl
jasmonate induced changes in metabolism. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 36:1058–1067
15. Orians, C.M., C.G. Hochwender, R.S. Fritz and T. Snäll. 2010. Growth and chemical
defenses in willow seedlings: trade-offs are transient. Oecologia, 163:283–290
16. Orians, C.M. and D. Ward. 2010. Evolution of plant defenses in non-indigenous
environments. Annual Review of Entomology, 55:439-459
17. Babst, B.A., A. Sjödin, C.M. Orians and S. Jansson. 2009. Local and systemic transcriptome
responses to herbivory and jasmonic acid in Populus. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 5:459474
18. Gloser, V., P. Sedláček and C.M. Orians. 2009. Shoot heterogeneity in trees: Consequences
of patchy N availability and vascular transport. Leopoldina, 96:82-85
19. Orians, C.M. and C. Björkman. 2009. Associational resistance to a tropical leaf-miner: Does
neighbor identity matter? Journal of Tropical Ecology, 25:551-554
20. Babst, B.A., R.A. Ferrieri, M.R. Thorpe and C.M. Orians. 2008. Lymantria dispar (gypsy
moth) herbivory induces rapid changes in carbon transport and partitioning in Populus.
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 128:117-125
21. Gloser, V., K. Libera and C.M. Orians. 2008. Contrasting below- and aboveground
responses of two deciduous trees to patchy nitrate availability. Tree Physiology, 28:37-44
22. Scott, M.P., K. Madjid and C.M. Orians. 2008. Breeding alters cuticular hydrocarbons and
mediates partner recognition by burying beetles. Animal Behaviour, 76:507-513
23. South, A., K. LeVan, L. Leombruni, C.M. Orians and S.M. Lewis. 2008. Examining the role
of cuticular hydrocarbons in firefly species recognition. Ethology, 114:916-924
24. Albrectsen, B.R., L. Gutierrez, R.S. Fritz, R.D. Fritz and C.M. Orians. 2007. Does
differential seedling mortality by slugs alter foliar traits and subsequent susceptibility of
hybrid willows to a generalist herbivoure? Ecological Entomology, 32:211-220
25. Gloser, V., M.A. Zwieniecki, C.M. Orians and N.M. Holbrook. 2007. Dynamic changes in
root hydraulic properties in response to nitrate availability. Journal of Experimental Botany,
58:2409-2415
26. Glynn, C., D.A. Herms, C.M. Orians, R.C. Hansen and S. Larsson. 2007. Testing the
growth-differentiation balance hypothesis: Dynamic responses of willows to nutrient
availability. New Phytologist, 176:623-634
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27. Bledsoe, T.M. and C.M. Orians. 2006. Vascular pathways constrain 13C accumulation in
large root sinks of Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae), American Journal of Botany,
93:884-890
28. Craine, S.I. and C.M. Orians. 2006. Effects of flooding on pitch pine (Pinus rigida Mill.)
growth and survivorship: younger previously flooded seedlings are more tolerant of root
flooding. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 133:289-296
29. Ellmore, G.S., A.E. Zanne and C.M. Orians. 2006. Comparative sectoriality in temperate
hardwoods: hydraulics and xylem anatomy. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society,
150:61-71
30. Fields, M.J. and C.M. Orians. 2006. Specificity of phenolic glycoside induction in willow
seedlings (Salix sericea) in response to herbivory. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 32:26472656
31. Griffiths, M.E., R.P. Keith and C.M. Orians. 2006. Direct and indirect effects of salt spray
and fire on coastal heathland plant physiology and community composition. Rhodora,
108:32-42
32. Lewis, K.C., F.A. Bazzaz, Q. Liao and C.M. Orians. 2006. Geographic patterns of herbivory
and resource allocation to defense, growth, and reproduction in an invasive biennial, Alliaria
petiolata. Oecologia, 148:384-395
33. Raj, D., D. Govindaraju and C.M. Orians. 2006. Genetic variation among pitch pine (Pinus
rigida) families from Walden Woods: Heritability and path analysis of developmental
variation of phenotypic traits. Rhodora, 108:356-369
34. Zanne, A.E., S.S. Lower, Z.G. Cardon and C.M. Orians. 2006. 15N partitioning in tomato:
Vascular constraints versus tissue demand. Functional Plant Biology, 33:457-464
35. Zanne, A.E., K. Sweeney, M. Sharma and C.M. Orians. 2006. Patterns and consequences of
differential vascular sectoriality in 18 temperate tree and shrub species. Functional Ecology,
20:200-206
36. Babst, B.A., R.A. Ferrieri, D.W. Gray, M. Lerdau, D.J. Schlyer, M. Schueller, M.R. Thorpe
and C.M. Orians. 2005. Jasmonic acid induces rapid changes in carbon transport and
partitioning in Populus. New Phytologist, 167:63-72
37. Ferrieri, R.A., D.W. Gray, B.A. Babst, M.J. Schueller1, D.J. Schlyer, M.R. Thorpe, C.M.
Orians and M. Lerdau. 2005. Use of Carbon-11 Shows that Exogenous Jasmonic Acid
Influences Carbon Sources for Isoprene Biosynthesis in Populus. Plant Cell and
Environment, 25:591-602
38. Orians, C.M. 2005. Herbivores, vascular pathways and systemic induction: facts and
artifacts. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 31:2231-2242
39. Orians, C.M., S.D.P. Smith and L. Sack. 2005. How are leaves plumbed inside a branch?
Differences in leaf-to-leaf hydraulic sectoriality among six temperate tree species. Journal of
Experimental Botany, 56:2267-2273
40. Sumana, A., A.E. Liebert, A.S. Berry, G.T. Switz, C.M. Orians and P.T. Starks. 2005. Nest
hydrocarbons as cues for philopatry in a paper wasp. Ethology, 111:469-477.
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41. Albrectsen, B.R., H. Gardfjell, C.M. Orians, B. Murray and R.S. Fritz. 2004. Slugs, willow
seedlings and nutrient fertilization: intrinsic vigor inversely affects palatability. Oikos,
105:268-279
42. Craine, S.I. and C.M. Orians. 2004. Pitch pine (Pinus rigida Mill.) invasion of cape cod
pond shores alters abiotic environment and inhibits indigenous herbaceous species.
Biological Conservation, 116:181-189
43. Griffiths, M.E. and C.M. Orians. 2004. Salt spray effects on forest succession in rare coastal
sandplain heathlands: evidence from field surveys and Pinus rigida transplant experiments.
Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 131:23-31
44. Orians, C.M., M.M.I. van Vuuren, N.L. Harris, B.B. Babst and G. Ellmore. 2004.
Differential sectoriality in long-distance transport in temperate tree species: Evidence from
dye flow, 15N transport, and vessel element pitting. Trees: Structure and Function, 18:501509
45. Griffiths, M.E. and C.M. Orians. 2003. Responses of common and successional heathland
species to manipulated salt spray and water availability. American Journal of Botany,
90:1720-1728
46. Griffiths, M.E. and C.M. Orians. 2003. Salt spray differentially affects water status,
necrosis, and growth in coastal sandplain heathland species and their successors. American
Journal of Botany, 90:1188-1196
47. Lower, S., S. Kirshenbaum and C.M. Orians. 2003. Soil nutrient availability influences
adult leaf beetle preference but not larval performance. Oecologia, 136:402-411
48. Lower, S. and C.M. Orians. 2003. Soil nutrients and water availability interact to influence
willow growth and chemistry but not leaf beetle performance. Entomologia Experimentalis et
Applicata, 107:69-79
49. Orians, C.M., S. Lower, B.M. Roche and R.S. Fritz. 2003. The effects of plant genetic
variation and on secondary chemistry and growth in a shrubby willow, Salix sericea:
Constraints on the evolution of resistance traits. Biochemical Systmatics and Ecology,
31:233-247
50. Van Vuuren, M.M.I., A.A. Muir and C.M. Orians. 2003. Growth and nutrient uptake by
birch and maple seedlings on soil with patchy or homogeneous distribution of organic matter.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 33:2019-2026
51. Zwieniecki, M.A., C.M. Orians, P.J. Melcher and N.M. Holbrook. 2003. Ionic control of
lateral exchange of water between vascular bundles in tomato. Journal of Experimental
Botany, 54:1399-1406
52. Orians, C.M., M. Ardon and B.A. Mohammad. 2002. Vascular architecture and patchy
nutrient availability generate within-plan heterogeneity in plant traits important to
consumers. American Journal of Botany, 82:270-278
53. Fritz, R.S., C.G. Hochwender, D.A. Lewkiewicz, S. Bothwell and C.M. Orians. 2001.
Seedling herbivory by slugs in a willow hybrid system: developmental changes in damage,
chemical defense and plant performance. Oecologia, 129:87-97
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54. Orians, C.M. and C.G. Jones. 2001. Plants as Resource Mosaics: Predicting Patterns of
Within-Plant Resource Heterogeneity to Consumers from Vascular Architecture and
Environmental Variability. Oikos, 94:493-504
55. Hardig, T. M., S. J. Brunsfeld, R. S. Fritz, M. Morgan and C. Orians. 2000. Morphological
and molecular evidence for hybridization and introgression in a willow (Salix) hybrid zone.
Molecular Evolution, 9:9-24
56. Hochwender, C.G., R.S. Fritz and C.M. Orians. 2000. Using hybrid systems to explore the
evolution of tolerance to damage. Evolutionary Ecology, 14:509-521
57. Orians, C.M. 2000. The effects of hybridization in plants on secondary chemistry:
Implications for the ecology and evolution of plants and herbivores. American Journal of
Botany, 87:1749-1756
58. Orians, C.M., M. Griffiths, B.M. Roche and R.S. Fritz. 2000. Phenolic glycosides and
condensed tannins in Salix sericea, S. eriocephala and their F1 hybrids: Not all hybrids are
created equal. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 28:619-632
59. Orians, C.M., J. Pomerleau and R. Ricco. 2000. Vascular architecture generates fine scale
variation in the systemic induction of proteinase inhibitors in tomato. Journal of Chemical
Ecology, 26:471-485
60. Orians, C.M., D.I. Bolnick, B.M. Roche, R.S. Fritz and T. Floyd. 1999. Water availability
alters the relative performance of Salix sericea, S. eriocephala, and their hybrids. Canadian
Journal Botany, 77:514-522
61. Orians, C.M. and L. Sabol. 1999. Using the Web to Teach Library research skills in
introductory biology: A collaboration between faculty and librarians. Issues in Science and
Technology Librarianship. [http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/99-summer/article2.html]
62. Orians, C.M. and T. Floyd. 1997. The susceptibility of parental and hybrid willows to plant
enemies under contrasting soil nutrient conditions. Oecologia, 109:407-413
63. Orians, C.M., C. Huang, A. Wild, K.A. Dorfman, P. Zee, M.T.T. Dao and R.S. Fritz. 1997.
Willow hybridization differentially affects preference and performance of herbivorous
beetles. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 83:285-294
64. Orians, C.M. and N.T. Wheelwright. 1997. Thinking globally and team-working globally.
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 12:6-7
65. Fritz, R.S., B.M. Roche and C.M. Orians. 1996. Resistance of hybrid and parental willows
to herbivores: Hypotheses and variable herbivore responses over three years. Pages 132-141,
in W. J. Mattson, P. Niemela, and M. Rousi (eds.). Dynamics of Forest Herbivory: Quest for
pattern and principle. General Technical Report, USDA North Central Forest Experiment
Station, St. Paul, MN
66. Fritz, R.S., B.M. Roche, S.J. Brunsfeld and C.M. Orians. 1996. Interspecific and temporal
variation in herbivore responses to hybrid willows. Oecologia, 108:121-129
67. Orians, C.M. and R.S. Fritz. 1996. Genetic and soil-nutrient effects on the abundance of
herbivores on willow. Oecologia, 105:388-396
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68. Orians, C.M., B.M. Roche and R.S. Fritz. 1996. The genetic basis for variation in the
concentrations of phenolic glycosides in Salix sericea: An analysis of heritability.
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 24:719-724
69. Orians, C.M. 1995. Preserving leaves for chemical analyses: A comparison of methods
using three willow taxa. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 21:1235-1243
70. Orians, C.M. and R.S. Fritz. 1995. The effects of hybridization between two Salix species
on foliar chemistry. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 21:1245-1253
71. Fritz, R.S., C.M. Nichols-Orians and S. Brunsfeld. 1994. Interspecific hybridization of
willows and resistance to herbivores: hypotheses, genetics, and variable responses in a
diverse herbivore community. Oecologia, 97:106-117
72. Nichols-Orians, C.M., R.S. Fritz and T.P. Clausen. 1993. The genetic basis for variation in
the concentrations of phenolic glycosides in Salix sericea: Clonal variation and sex-based
differences. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 21:535-542
73. Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1992. The susceptibility of young and mature leaves to leaf-cutter
ants varies with light environment. Biotropica, 24:211-214
74. Nichols-Orians, C.M., T.P. Clausen, R.S. Fritz, P.B. Reichardt and J. Wu. 1992. A new
phenolic glycoside from Salix sericea. Phytochemistry, 31:2182-2184
75. Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. Environmentally induced differences in plant traits:
consequences for susceptibility to a leaf-cutter ant. Ecology, 72:1609-1623
76. Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. Differential effects of condensed and hydrolyzable tannin on
polyphenol oxidase activity of attine symbiotic fungus Journal of Chemical Ecology,
17:1811-1819
77. Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. Condensed tannins, attine ants, and the performance of a
symbiotic fungus. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 17:1177-1195
78. Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. The effects of light on foliar chemistry, growth and
susceptibility of seedlings of a canopy tree to an attine ant. Oecologia, 86:552-560
79. Nichols-Orians, C.M. and J.C. Schultz. 1990. Interactions among leaf toughness, chemistry,
and harvesting by attine ants. Ecological Entomology, 15:311-320
80. Nichols-Orians, C.M. and J.C. Schultz. 1989. Leaf toughness affects leaf harvesting by the
leaf-cutter ant, Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biotropica, 21:80-83
Other Publications
Orians, C.M. (ed.) 2011. Organisms and Populations Laboratory Manual. McGraw-Hill
Companies, 13th edition
Berbeco, M.R. and C.M. Orians. 2009. Carbon Sequestration in Massachusetts Forests as an
Offset for Energy Sector Carbon Dioxide Emissions. NARUC/NCEP Climate Conference:
The Utility of the Future in a Carbon Constrained World. Available at:
http://www.naruc.org/publications/BERBECO-%20Panel%205.pdf
Butler, C. and C.M. Orians. 2009. Sedum facilitates the growth of neighboring plants on a green
roof under water limited conditions. Proc of the 7th International Green Roof Conference:
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Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Atlanta.
http://www.greenroofs.org/resources/Butler_and_Orians_3_3.pdf
Orians, C.M., B. Babst and A.E. Zanne. 2005. Vascular Constraints and Long-Distance
Transport in Dicots. In: Vascular Transport in Plants (Holbrook N.M. and Zwieniecki M.,
eds.). Elsevier/AP co-imprint, Oxford
Orians, C.M. 1995. Book Review of Kawanabe, H., J.E. Cohen and K. Iwasaki (eds.):
Mutualism and Community Organization: Behavioural, Theoretical, and Food-Web
Approaches. Ecology, 76:670
Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1992. Grant Proposals in Ecology Courses. News from the Education
Section of the Ecological Society of America, 3(2):15
Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1992. Book Review of Tallamy, D.W. and M. J. Raupp (eds.):
Phytochemical Induction by Herbivores. Ecology, 73:711
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES (since 1995)
Regular Volunteer – Tufts Community Day
2010
Chair – Science and Math Enrichment (SAME) committee (Peirce Elementary)
2009
Chair – Science and Math Enrichment (SAME) committee
2008
Scientist in Residence, Peirce Elementary School
2007
Lexington High Science Fair Judge
2005
Met with Tufts Alumni to discuss undergraduate research programs
2004
Lexington High Science Fair Judge
2003
Tropical Forests – Williamstown Elementary School, Williamstown, MA
2003
Led a Tufts “Habitat for Humanity” Alumni Tour to Costa Rica
2002
Insect mimicry – Brooke Elementary School, Tewksbury, MA
2000
African Savannah Ecology – Poughkeepsie Day School, Poughkeepsie, NY
1999
Led at Tufts Alumni Tour to Costa Rica
1999
Presentation on the Tropics – Arlington Elementary School,
1998
Kids to College Program - Brown School, Somerville, MA
1997
The World of Camouflage - Arlington Center for the Arts
1995
Led a Williams College Alumni Tour to Costa Rica
COMMITTEES @ TUFTS UNIVERSITY
UniversityFaculty Director of the Tufts Institute for the Environment, TIE (2010)
Faculty Advisor to the Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium (2006-2007)
Committee on Student Life (2006-2010)
International Relations Executive Committee and Advisor: I helped create the new Global Health,
Nutrition and the Environment concentration within the IR Major
Task Force on Freedom of Expression
Department of BiologyComputer Committee
Graduate Admissions Committee
Graduate Policy and Programs Committee, Chair
Greenhouse Committee, Chair
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GRADUATE STUDENTS/POST-DOCS MENTORED
PhD
Masters
Alexandra Thorn (2012)
Nicole Soltis (current)
Colleen Butler (2011)
Tegan Morgan (2012)
Minda Berbeco (2011)
Tara Bledsoe (2005)
Benjamin Babst (2006)
Mark Fields (2003)
Megan Griffiths (2003)
Steve Craine (2002)
Post-doctoral Associates
Steve Lower (2002)
Selena Ahmed (current)
Sara Gómez Garcia (2007-2010)
Amy Zanne (2003-2004)
Vit Gloser (2003-2004)
Margret van Vuuren (2000-2002)