Shelby Williams Loberg
PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Minor: Public Health
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Focus: data science, population health, science communication
PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Minor: Public Health
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Focus: data science, population health, science communication
Open access ecology textbook
Quantitative Ecology: A New Unified Approach
Recent publications
Lehman L, Loberg S, Wilson M, Gorham E. (2021) Ecology of the Anthropocene signals hope for consciously managing the planetary ecosystem
Ecology. PNAS (28) e2024150118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024150118
Lehman C, Loberg S, Clark A, Schmitter D. (2020) Unifying the Basic Models of Ecology to Be More Complete and Easier to Teach, BioScience, (705, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa013
Jones J, Groffman P, Blair J, Davis F, Dugan H, Euskirchen E, Frey S, Harms T, Hinckley E, Kosmala M, Loberg S, Malone S, Novick K, Record S, Rocha A, Ruddell B, Stanley E, Sturtevant C, Thorpe A, White T, Wieder W, Zhai L, Zhu K. (2020) Synergies Among Environmental Science Research and Monitoring Networks: A Research Agenda, Earth's Future; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001631
Ecology. PNAS (28) e2024150118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2024150118
Lehman C, Loberg S, Clark A, Schmitter D. (2020) Unifying the Basic Models of Ecology to Be More Complete and Easier to Teach, BioScience, (705, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa013
Jones J, Groffman P, Blair J, Davis F, Dugan H, Euskirchen E, Frey S, Harms T, Hinckley E, Kosmala M, Loberg S, Malone S, Novick K, Record S, Rocha A, Ruddell B, Stanley E, Sturtevant C, Thorpe A, White T, Wieder W, Zhai L, Zhu K. (2020) Synergies Among Environmental Science Research and Monitoring Networks: A Research Agenda, Earth's Future; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001631
Teaching
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Morris | Fall 2016 - 2020
Infectious Disease Ecology, Biol 4241
Ecology of Agriculture, Biol 4335
Ecology, Biol 3131
Biological Communications, Biol 3701
Evolution of Biodiversity, Biol 2101
Environmental Biology, EnSt 2101
Ecology of the Anthropocene, Biol 1802
Adjunct Instructor, Valley City State University (N. Dak) | Spring 2016
Introduction to GIS, Biol 455
Microbiology, Biol 310
Introduction to GIS, Biol 455
Microbiology, Biol 310
Instructor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities | Summer 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Ecology and Society, EEB 3001. Fully online course
Ecology and Society, EEB 3001. Fully online course
Co-instructor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities | Spring 2015
Our Tiny Predators: Ecology, Infection, Disease, Biol 3700
Our Tiny Predators: Ecology, Infection, Disease, Biol 3700
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Events
Minnesota tick and tick-borne pathogen symposium, 2020
Organized and hosted symposium connecting researchers within Minnesota; Co-PI on funding
University on the Prairie, 2019
Taught students in 7-12th grade about common Minnesota ticks, UMN SWROC (KEYC coverage)
NEON-ESA Early Career Scholar, 2019
Attended Ecological Society of America in Louisville, KY
NEON-LTER synergies workshop, 2017
Attended invited workshop to identify and leverage synergies between two long-term programs. NCEAS, Santa Barbara, California
Epidemics 5, 2015
Presented poster on using ecology to teach infectious disease. Held in Clearwater Beach, Florida
Ecological Society of America, 2014
Presented poster reporting results of USGS project and its relation to NEON datasets. Held in Sacramento.
EcoHealthNet: Epidemiology and Management of Infectious Diseases in Wildlife, 2014
Invited to attend week-long workshop hosted at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia
SESYNC Graduate Scholar Program workshop, 2014
Invited to attend interdisciplinary workshop hosted at SESYNC in Annapolis, Maryland
Ecological Society of America, 2013
Planned and moderated Ignite conference session on whole ecosystem complementarity at ESA 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Epidemics 4, 2013
Presented poster on best practices of computer coding in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Communicating Science workshop, 2013 (#ComSciCon)
Invited to attend graduate student workshop on communicating science, hosted by Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
One Health: Pathogen populations and interactions across plants, animals, and humans, 2013
Organized monthly interdisciplinary seminars at the University of Minnesota, attended by faculty, post-docs, and students
Sun grant initiative, 2012
Presented poster on Wildlife and Bioenergy project. Held in New Orleans.
GRF One Health Summit, 2012
Presented talk on research of endocrine disruption and multi-use landscapes in Davos, Switzerland
Organized and hosted symposium connecting researchers within Minnesota; Co-PI on funding
University on the Prairie, 2019
Taught students in 7-12th grade about common Minnesota ticks, UMN SWROC (KEYC coverage)
NEON-ESA Early Career Scholar, 2019
Attended Ecological Society of America in Louisville, KY
NEON-LTER synergies workshop, 2017
Attended invited workshop to identify and leverage synergies between two long-term programs. NCEAS, Santa Barbara, California
Epidemics 5, 2015
Presented poster on using ecology to teach infectious disease. Held in Clearwater Beach, Florida
Ecological Society of America, 2014
Presented poster reporting results of USGS project and its relation to NEON datasets. Held in Sacramento.
EcoHealthNet: Epidemiology and Management of Infectious Diseases in Wildlife, 2014
Invited to attend week-long workshop hosted at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia
SESYNC Graduate Scholar Program workshop, 2014
Invited to attend interdisciplinary workshop hosted at SESYNC in Annapolis, Maryland
Ecological Society of America, 2013
Planned and moderated Ignite conference session on whole ecosystem complementarity at ESA 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Epidemics 4, 2013
Presented poster on best practices of computer coding in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Communicating Science workshop, 2013 (#ComSciCon)
Invited to attend graduate student workshop on communicating science, hosted by Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
One Health: Pathogen populations and interactions across plants, animals, and humans, 2013
Organized monthly interdisciplinary seminars at the University of Minnesota, attended by faculty, post-docs, and students
Sun grant initiative, 2012
Presented poster on Wildlife and Bioenergy project. Held in New Orleans.
GRF One Health Summit, 2012
Presented talk on research of endocrine disruption and multi-use landscapes in Davos, Switzerland