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University Qualifications

Curriculum Vitae

Karen E. Mock Associate Professor Department of Wildland Resources Utah State University 5230 Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322 Phone: (435) 797-7870 Email: karen.mock@usu.edu Researcher ID C-1418-2011 Affiliations: Director, Molecular Ecology Laboratory Member, Ecology Center Member, Utah Agriculture Experiment Station

Ph.D. Biology, with distinction, Northern Arizona University 2000 Dissertation: “Characterization of genetic diversity within and among subspecies of wild turkey”

M.S. Environmental Health, with honors, Colorado State University 1985 B.S. Microbiology, with honors, University of Texas at Austin 1980

College of Natural Resources Researcher of the Year 2014 College of Natural Resources Undergraduate Advisor of the Year 2010 College of Natural Resources Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year 2008 College of Natural Resources Teacher of the Year 2007 Roger Hungerford Student Award, Arizona-New Mexico Wildlife Society 2000 Best Student Paper Award, Arizona-New Mexico Wildlife Society 2000

Assistant Department Head, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, August 2017-present

Full Professor, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2014-present

Director: Molecular Ecology Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan, UT 2015-present Associate Dean (Academic and Research), Quinney College of Natural Resources,

Logan, Utah, 2013-2016

Academic Appointments

Awards Received

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Associate Professor, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT 2008-2014 Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University, Logan, UT 2002-2008

Research Associate, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Utah State University, Logan, UT 2000-2002 Full time continuing faculty member, Biology Department, Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ 1989-1999

Editor: Animal Conservation, July 2007-December 2011 Associate Editor: Journal of Wildlife Management, 2006-2007 Editorial Board: Animal Conservation, 2006-2007 Associate Editor: Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2005-2006 Member: Society of American Foresters, 2014-present Member: Society for Wildlife Forensic Science, 2015-present

*USU graduate student **Mock USU graduate advisee

‡Mock laboratory research associate §Undergraduate student

Refereed Publications: (66 total) O’Donnell RP, Drost CA, Fellers GM, Crabb BA, Mock KE (2018) Rare long-distance dispersal of the island night lizard, Xantusia riversiana, maintains high diversity in a fragmented environment. Conservation Genetics, in press. Dysthe JC, Rodgers T, Franklin TW, Carim KJ, Young MK, McCelvey KS, Mock KE, Schwartz MK (2018) Repurposing environmental DNA samples: detecting the western pearlshell (Margaritifera falcata) as a proof of concept. Ecology and Evolution, in press. Rodgers TW, Olson JR, Klobucar SL, Mock KE (2017). Quantitative PCR assays for detection of five Alaskan fish species: Lota lota, Salvelinus alpinus, Salvelinus malma, Thymallus arcticus, and Cottus cognatus from environmental DNA. Conservation Genetics Resources, doi:10.1007/s12686-017-0883-1. Dowle E, Bracewell RR, Pfrender ME, Mock KE, Bentz BJ, Ragland GJ (2017) Reproductive isolation and environmental adaptation shape the phylogeography of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Molecular Ecology, on line early, doi: 10.1111/mec.14342 Eidson EL**, Mock KE, Bentz BJ (2017) Mountain pine beetle host selection behavior confirms high resistance in Great Basin bristlecone pine. Forest Ecology and Management, 402:12-20, doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.034

Other Professional Appointments and Current Memberships

Research Publications

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Gompert Z, Mock KE (2017) Detection of individual ploidy levels with genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources, 17:1156-1167, doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12657, UAES 8969. O’Donnell RP, Drost CA, Mock KE (2017). Cryptic invasion of northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) across phylogeographic boundaries and a dilemma for conservation of a declining amphibian. Biological Invasions, 19:1039-1052, doi 10.1007/s10530-016-1320-1 Lopes-Lima M, Froufe E, Do, VT, Ghamizi M, Mock KE, Kebapçi U, Klishko O, Kovitvadhi S, Kovitvadhi U, Paulo OS, Pfeiffer JM, Raley M, Riccardi N, Şereflişan H, Sousa R, Teixeira A, Varandas S, Wu X, Zanatta D, Zieritz A, Bogan AE (2017) Phylogeny of the most species-rich freshwater bivalve family (Bivalvia: Unionida: Unionidae): Defining modern subfamilies and tribes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 174-191, doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.021 Bentz BJ, Hood SA, Hansen M, Vandygriff JC, Mock KE (2017) Defense traits in the long-lived Great Basin bristlecone pine and resistance to the native herbivore mountain

pine beetle. New Phytologist 213:611-624, doi:10.1111/nph.14191 Issue cover photo. Kettenring KM, Mock KE, Zaman B, McKee M (2016) Life on the edge: reproductive mode and rate of invasive Phragmites australis patch expansion. Biological Invasions 18: 2475-2495, doi 10.1007/s10530-016-1125-2. Britton J*, DeRose J, Mock KE, Long JN (2016) Herbivory and advance reproduction influence quaking aspen regeneration response to management in southern Utah, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 46: 674-682. Rodgers TW‡, Mock KE (2015) Drinking water as a source of environmental DNA for the detection of terrestrial wildlife species. Conservation Genetics Resources 7: 693. doi 10.1007/s12686-015-0478-7. Chalmers JW§, Mock KE, Kohl K, Madsen KJ§, Nadkarni NM (2015) Clonality and dynamics of leaf abscission of Gambel oaks at small spatial scales in Utah. Forest Science 61: 829-833. Ellis MW*, Wolf PG, Bardot S**, Walton JA§, Rowe CA‡, Mock KE (2015) Further examination of the geographic range of Eriogonum corymbosum var.nilesii (Polygonaceae, Eriogoneae). Phytotaxa 203: 279-286. DeRose RJ, Mock KE, Long JN (2015) Cytotype differences in radial increment provides novel insight into aspen reproductive ecology and stand dynamics. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45: 1-8. Hegeman EE**, Miller SW, Mock KE (2014) Modeling freshwater mussel distribution in relation to biotic and abiotic habitat variables at multiple spatial scales. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 71: 1483-1497 O’Donnell RP**, Drost CA, Mock KE (2014) Development and characterization of 12 microsatellite markers for the Island Night Lizard (Xantusia riversiana), a threatened

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species endemic to the Channel Islands, California, USA. Conservation Genetics Resources 6: 699-700. Madritch M, Clayton K, Singh A, Mock KE, Lindroth R, Townsend P (2014) Invited paper: Imaging spectroscopy links aspen genotype with belowground processes at landscape scales. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 369: 20130194. Highlighted in editorial introduction this special issue on “Satellite remote sensing for biodiversity research and conservation” Schilling MP*, Wolf PG, Duffy AM*, Rai HS, Rowe CA‡, Richardson BA, Mock KE (2014) Genotyping-by-sequencing for Populus population genomics: an assessment of genome sampling patterns and filtering approaches. PLoS ONE 9: e95292, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095292 Fairweather ML, Rokala EA, Mock KE (2014) Aspen seedling establishment and growth following wildfire and during drought in central Arizona: an instructive case history. Forest Science 4:703-712. This article was highlighted as an upcoming article of interest by the Journal of Forestry editorial staff in “Research in Review” (July 2014). Mock KE, Brim Box JC, Chong JP**, Furnish J, Howard JK (2013) Comparison of population genetic patterns in two widespread freshwater mussels with contrasting life histories in western North America (Margaritifera falcata) of western North America. Molecular Ecology 22: 5963-6197. Callahan CM**, Rowe CA‡, Ryel RJ, Shaw JD, Madritch MD, Mock KE (2013) Continental-scale assessment of genetic diversity and population structure in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). Journal of Biogeography 40: 1780-1791. Issue cover photo. Rai, HS‡, Mock KE, Richardson BA, Cronn RC, Hayden KJ, Wright JW, Knaus BJ, Wolf PG (2013) Transcriptome characterization and detection of gene expression differences in aspen (Populus tremuloides). Tree Genetics & Genomes 9: 1031-1041. Bracewell RR**, Pfrender ME, Mock KE, Bentz BJ (2013) Contrasting geographic patterns of genetic differentiation in body size and development time with reproductive isolation in Dendroctonus ponderosae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 106: 385-391. Breidinger LS*, Mock KE, Messmer TA (2013) Greater sage-grouse and natural gas development in Utah: Using population genetic data for conservation efforts. Western North American Naturalist 73: 177-183.

Mock KE, Richardson BA, Wolf PG (2013) Molecular tools and aspen management: a primer and prospectus. Forest Ecology and Management 299: 6-13. Sweetman A*, Kettenring KM, Mock KE (2013) The pattern and structure of genetic diversity of Schoenoplectus maritimus: implications for wetland revegetation. Aquatic Botany 104: 47-54. Long JN, Mock KE (2012). Changing perspectives on regeneration ecology and genetic

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diversity in western aspen: implications for silviculture. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42: 2011-2021. Mock KE, Callahan CM**, Islam-Faridi MN, Rai HS, Sanderson SC, Rowe CA‡, Ryel RJ, Shaw JD, Madritch MD, Gardner RS**, Wolf PG (2012) Widespread triploidy in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides). PLoS ONE 7: e48406, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048406. Featured on Science Daily, Eurekalert, Science Codex, and locally by Deseret News and KSL-TV. Kettenring KM, Mock KE (2012) Genetic diversity, reproductive mode, and dispersal differ between the cryptic invader, Phragmites australis, and its native conspecific. Biological Invasions 12: 2489-2504. O’Donnell RP**, Mock KE (2012) Two frogs or one? A multi-marker approach to assessing the distinctiveness of genetic lineages in the northern leopard frog. Conservation Genetics 13: 1167-1182. Samarasekera GDNG, Bartell N, Lindgren S, Cooke J, Davis C, James P, Coltman D, Mock KE, Murray B. (2012) Spatial genetic structure of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak in western Canada: historical patterns and contemporary dispersal. Molecular Ecology 21: 2931-2948. Bentz BJ, Bracewell RR**, Mock KE, Pfrender ME (2011) Genetic architecture and phenotypic plasticity of thermally-regulated traits in an eruptive species, Dendroctonus ponderosae. Evolutionary Ecology 25:1269-1288. Shivik JA, Ruid D, Willging RC, Mock KE (2011) Are the same bears repeatedly translocated from corn crops in Wisconsin? Ursus 22: 114-119. Chaves LD, Faile GM, Hendrickson JA, Mock KE, Reed KM (2011) A locus-wide approach to assessing variation in the avian MHC: the B-locus of the wild turkey. Heredity 107: 40-49.

Bracewell RR**, Pfrender ME, Mock KE, Bentz BJ (2011) Cryptic postzygotic isolation in an eruptive species of bark beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Evolution 65: 961-975. Kulmatiski A, Beard KH, Meyerson LA, Gibson JR, Mock KE (2010) Nonnative Phragmites australis invasion into Utah wetlands. Western North American Naturalist 70: 541-552. Designated WNAN Outstanding Paper of 2010. Mock, KE, Brim Box J, Chong JP**, Howard JH, Nez D, Wolf D, Gardner R§ (2010) Genetic structuring in the freshwater mussel Anodonta corresponds with major hydrologic basins in the western United States. Molecular Ecology 19: 569-591. St.Clair SB, Mock KE, LaMalfa E*, Campbell RB, Ryel R (2010) Genetic contributions to phenotypic variation in physiology, growth and vigor of western aspen (Populus tremuloides) clones. Forest Science 56: 222-230. Kanaga MK*, Latta LC, Mock KE, Lindroth RL, Ryel RJ, Pfrender ME (2009) Plant genotypic diversity and environmental stress interact to negatively affect arthropod community diversity. Arthropod Plant Interactions 3: 249-258.

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Davis CS, Bentz BJ, Mock KE, Bromilow S, Bartell NV, Murray BW, Roe AD, Cooke JEK (2009) Isolation and characterization of sixteen microsatellite loci in the mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1071-1073. Chong JP**, Brim Box JC, Nez DA, Mock KE (2009a) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the western pearlshell mussel Margaritifera falcata (Gould). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 995-999. Chong JP**, Brim Box JC, Nez DA, Mock KE (2009b) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in western North American Anodonta species. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 939-943. Cole DD*, Mock KE, Cardall BL**, Crowl TA (2008) Morphological and genetic structuring in the Utah Lake sucker complex. Molecular Ecology 17: 5189-5204. Mock KE, Rowe CA‡, Hooten MB, DeWoody J, Hipkins VD (2008). Clonal dynamics in western North American aspen (Populus tremuloides). Molecular Ecology 17: 4827-4844. Reviewed in Molecular Ecology Perspective paper (Heinze & Fussi 2008); Issue cover photo.

DeWoody J, Rowe CA‡, Hipkins VD, Mock KE (2008) “Pando” lives: molecular genetic evidence of a giant aspen clone in central Utah. Western North American Naturalist 68:

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Homel K*, Budy P, Pfrender ME, Mock KE (2008) Evaluating genetic structure among resident and migratory forms of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) in Northeast Oregon. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 10: 465-474. Chong JP**, Brim Box JC, Howard JK, Wolf D, Myers TL, Mock KE (2008) Three deeply divided lineages of the freshwater mussel genus Anodonta in western North America. Conservation Genetics 9: 1303-1309. Cited in the book “North American Freshwater Mussels” by WR Haag 2012 Kanaga MK*, Ryel RJ, Mock KE, Pfrender ME (2008) Quantitative genetic variation morphological and physiological traits within a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) population. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 1690-1694. Mock KE, Bjerregaard LS**, Belk MC, Rowe C‡, Johnson JB (2008) Microsatellite markers for the leatherside chub (Lepidomeda aliciae and L. copei). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 172-174. Peters MP, Beard KH, Hagen C, O’Neill EM*, Mock KE, Pitt WC, Glenn TC (2008) Isolation of microsatellite loci from the coqui frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Molecular Ecology Notes 8: 139-141. Latch, EK, Mock KE, and Rhodes, OE Jr (2008) The use of molecular markers in wild turkey management. In: Wild Turkey Management: Accomplishments, Strategies, and Opportunities. Ninth National Wild Turkey Symposium (ed Stewart A), pp. 33-44 (refereed book chapter). National Wild Turkey Federation, Edgefield SC USA.

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Cardall BL**, Bjerregaard LS**, Mock KE (2007) Microsatellite markers for the endangered June sucker (Chasmistes liorus mictus), Utah sucker (Catostomus ardens), and five other catostomid fishes of western North America. Molecular Ecology Notes 7: 457-460. Issue cover photo. Mock KE, Bentz BJ, O’Neill EM*, Chong JP**, Wilcox B, Pfrender ME (2007) Landscape-scale genetic variation in a forest outbreak species, the mountain pine beetle. Molecular Ecology 16: 553-568. Mock KE, Bjerregaard LS** (2007) Genetic analysis of a recently discovered population of the Least Chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis). Western North American Naturalist 67: 142-146. Wagner EJ, Wilson C, Arndt R, Goddard P, Miller M, Hodgsen A, Vincent R, Mock KE (2006) Evaluation of disease resistance of the Fish Lake-DeSmet, Wounded Man, and Harrison Lake strains of rainbow trout exposed to Myxobolus cerebralis. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 18: 128-135. Miller MP‡, Weigel D, Mock KE, Roth B (2006) Evidence for an outcrossing reproductive strategy hermaphroditic heterobranch gastropod Valvata utahensis (Valvatidae), with notes on genetic differentiation of V. utahensis and V. humeralis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 397-403. Miller MP‡, Weigel D, Mock KE (2006) Patterns of genetic structure in the endangered aquatic gastropod Valvata utahensis (Mollusca: Valvatidae) at small and large spatial scales. Freshwater Biology 51: 2362–2375. Mock KE, Evans RP, Crawford M, Cardall BL**, Janecke SU, Miller MP‡ (2006) Rangewide molecular structuring in the Utah sucker (Catostomus ardens). Molecular Ecology 15: 2223-2238. Spaulding AW**, Mock KE, Schroeder MA, Warheit KI (2006) Recency, range expansion, and unsorted lineages: implications for interpreting neutral genetic variation in the sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus). Molecular Ecology 15: 2317-2332. Mock KE, Miller MP‡ (2005) Patterns of molecular diversity in naturally occurring and refugial populations of the least chub. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134: 267-278. Mock KE, Latch EK, Rhodes OE Jr. (2004) Assessing losses of genetic diversity due to translocation: long-term case histories in Merriam’s turkey (Meleagris gallopavo merriami). Conservation Genetics 5: 631-645. Mock KE, Brim Box JC, Miller MP‡, Downing ME, and Hoeh WR (2004) Genetic diversity and divergence among freshwater mussel (Anodonta) populations in the Bonneville Basin of Utah. Molecular Ecology 13: 1085-1098.

Mock KE, Theimer TC, Greenberg DL, Rhodes OE Jr., Keim P (2002) Genetic variation

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across the historical range of the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo). Molecular Ecology 11: 643-657. Issue cover photo. Mock KE, Theimer TC, Wakeling BF, Rhodes OE Jr., Greenberg DL, Keim P (2001) Verifying the origins of a reintroduced population of Gould’s wild turkey. Journal of Wildlife Management 65: 871-879. Mock KE, Theimer TC, Greenberg DL, Keim P (2001) Conservation of genetic diversity within and among subspecies of wild turkey. In: Making Tracks 2000: the Eighth National Wild Turkey Symposium (ed Porter WF, Fleming KK), pp. 35-42. (refereed book chapter) National Wild Turkey Federation, Edgefield, SC, USA. Other Publications: (8 total) Mock KE (2015) New perspectives on western U.S. aspen regeneration and persistence. Intermountain Chapter of the Society of American Foresters June 2015 Newsletter. Hanks EM*, Hooten MB, McFarlane L, Mock KE (2010) Model-based approaches for characterizing spatial genetic flow. In JSM Proceedings, Biometrics Section. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. 4113-4126. Refereed proceedings. Blackburn TM, Pettorelli N, Katzner T, Gompper ME, Mock K, Garner TWJ, Altwegg R, Redpath S, Fordon IJ (2010) Editorial: Dying for conservation: eradicating invasive alien species in the face of opposition. Animal Conservation 13: 227-228. Refereed editorial. Gordon IJ, Pettorelli N, Katzner T, Gompper ME, Mock K, Redpath S, Garner TWJ, Altwwegg R (2010) Editorial: International year of biodiversity: missed targets and the need for better monitoring, real action and global policy. Animal Conservation 13: 113-114. Refereed editorial. Pettorelli N, Gordon IJ, Katzner T, Gompper ME, Mock K, Redpath S, Garner TWJ, Altwegg R (2010) Editorial: Protected areas: the challenge of maintaining a strong backbone for conservation strategies worldwide. Animal Conservation 13: 333-334. Refereed editorial. Penteriani V, Pettorelli N, Gordon IJ, Katzner T, Mock K, Redpath S, Altwegg R, Gompper ME (2010) Editorial: New European Union fisheries regulations could benefit conservation of marine animals. Animal Conservation 13: 1-2. Refereed editorial. Pettorelli N, Katzner T, Gordon IJ, Garner T, Mock KE, Redpath S, and Gompper M (2009) Editorial: Possible consequences of the Copenhagen climate change meeting for conservation of animals. Animal Conservation 12: 503-504. Refereed editorial. Bartell NV, Lindgren S, Cooke J, Davis C, Mock KE, Murray BW (2008) Using genetic analyses to infer mountain pine beetle population structure and dispersal patterns. In Mountain Pine Beetle: From Lessons Learned to Community-based Solutions Conference Proceedings, June 10–11, 2008. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 9: 140-142. Refereed proceedings.

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Bentz B, Pfrender M, Bracewell R**, Mock K (2007) Genetic architecture of differences in fitness traits among geographically separated Dendroctonus ponderosae populations. In: Bentz, Barbara; Cognato, Anthony; Raffa, Kenneth, eds. Proceedings from the Third Workshop on Genetics of Bark Beetles and Associated Microorganisms. Proc. RMRS-P-45. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 25-26. Refereed proceedings. Refereed Publications In Review: Kettenring KM, Menuz D, Mock KE. The nativity and distribution of the cryptic invader Phalaris arundinacea in Pacific Northwest riparian areas. In review, Wetlands January 2018. Eidsen EL**, Mock KE, Bentz BJ. Low offspring survival in mountain pine beetle infesting the resistant Great Basin bristlecone pine supports the preference-performance hypothesis. In review, PLoSOne November 2017. Kettenring KM, Mossman BN, Downard R, Mock KE. Fine-scale genetic diversity and landscape-scale genetic structuring in three foundational bulrush species: implications for wetland revegetation. In review, Restoration Ecology December 2017 Refereed Publications In Preparation: Gardner RS, DeRose RJ, Lindroth RL, Mock KE. Growth-defense tradeoffs in natural populations of quaking aspen. Hegeman EE*, Chong JP**, Brim Box JC, Mock KE. Using shell morphology to differentiate Anodonta lineages in the western United States. Snedden J, Landhäusser S, Uldis S, Kershaw G, Mock KE. Vertical and horizontal root distribution of mature aspen clones along a hillslope catena: potential mechanisms for drought avoidance in water limited environments.

Mageroy J, Walton JA, Wilson G, Brownlee S, Mock KE (2017) Genetic Analyses in: Rocky Mountain ridged mussel (Gonidea angulata) in the Okanagan Valley, B.C.: final report on host fish field sampling, mussel surveys, genetic analysis and maximum age determination. Mageroy J and Walker IR, eds. University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus. April 29, 2017. Walton JA, Mock KE (2014) Species Assignment of Freshwater Mussel Samples using RFLP. Final Report to US Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office. September 2014. Mock KE, Wolf PG, Ellis, MW, Bardot S**, Walton JA§ (2013) Examination of the geographic range of the Niles’ Buckwheat. Final report to the Nevada Fish and Wildlife Service, Reno, Nevada.

Management Reports

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Wolf PG, Mock KE, Ellis MW (2013). Examination of the geographic range of Niles’ Buckwheat. Final Report to Nevada Division of Forestry. Sweetman AC, Kettenring KM, Mock KE (2012) The ecology and genetics of alkali bulrush (Schoenoplectus maritimus): management implications. Final report to Great Salt Lake wetland managers. 4 pp.

Hegeman E**, Miller SW, Mock KE (2012) Freshwater mussel habitat modeling and assessment with relevanc to resoration efforts in the Umatilla watershed. Report to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Kettenring K, Mock KE (2012) Analyzing the spread of Phragmites australis over short time-scales using spatial and genetic tools. Final report to State Water Resources Research Institute Program (USGS agreement G11AP20109). O’Donnell RP**, Mock KE (2011) Two frogs or one? A multi-marker approach to assessing the distinctiveness of genetic lineages in the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens. Final Report for US Bureau of Reclamation Grant Agreement Number R10AP40007, “Nuclear Phylogenetics and the Extent of Introgression between Western and Eastern Clades of the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens” Theimer TC, Drost CA, O'Donnell RP**, Mock KE (2011) Population status and population genetics of northern leopard frogs in Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1186, 36 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1186/. Hanks EM*, Hooten MB, McFarlane L, Mock KE (2011) Model-based approaches for characterizing gene flow at the landscape scale in Utah and Colorado mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). Final report prepared for Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and United States Geological Survey. Kettenring KM, Mock KE (2010) Spread and genetic relatedness of native vs. introduced Phragmites australis in Utah wetlands. Final report prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Mock KE (2010) Genetic analysis of mountain pine beetle populations. Final report prepared for the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station. Belk MC, Rasmussen J, Johnson JB, Mock KE (2010) Effects of historical and contemporary fragmentation on speciation, gene flow, demography, and mortality in leatherside chub. Report to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Kettenring KM, Mock KE (2009) Spread and genetic relatedness of invasive, non-native Phragmites australis in wetlands in northern Utah. Report to the Intermountain West Joint Venture.

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O’Donnell RP**, Culumber CM, Mock KE (2007) Population fragmentation and conservation genetics of northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) in the Glen Canyon/Canyonlands Region. Report to the USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ.

Mock KE (2006) Assessment of Genetic Divergence and Diversity in Freshwater Mussels in the John Day and Umatilla Rivers. Report to the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Mock KE, Cardall BL**, Bjerregaard LS** (2006) Development of microsatellite markers for ongoing assessment of captive population genetic diversity. Report to the June Sucker Recovery and Implementation Team. Novak MA*, Kershner JL, Mock KE (2005) Molecular genetic investigation of Yellowstone cutthroat trout and finespotted Snake River cutthroat trout. Report to Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. Baker J**, Mock KE (2005) Landscape-scale genetic structuring among populations of the leopard frog (Rana pipiens) in the Grand and Glen Canyons. Report to United States Geological Survey, Colorado Plateau Field Station. Mock KE, Miller MP‡, Cardall B** (2004) Genetic analysis of spawning and refugium June sucker populations. Final report to Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the June Sucker Recovery and Implementation Team. Mock KE, Rowe CA‡ (2003) Development of molecular markers to distinguish wild from domestic turkeys. Prepared for the National Wild Turkey Federation. Mock KE, Miller MP‡ (2003) Molecular diversity within and among extant populations of the least chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis). Final report prepared for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Mock KE, Miller MP‡ (2003) Landscape-scale patterns of molecular variation in the Utah sucker (Catostomus ardens). Final report prepared for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Miller MP‡, Mock KE (2003) Small and large spatial-scale patterns of genetic diversity in the endangered aquatic gastropod Valvata utahensis. Contract Final Report to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for cooperative agreement. Mock KE, Brim Box JC (2003) Native Aquatic Species Genetics: Freshwater Mussels. Final report prepared for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Kulmatiski A, KE Mock (2006) Project Summary: Phragmites Survey. Report to Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands.

Symposium Organization:

Conference and Workshop Presentations

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KE Mock, Schwartz M “Wildlife Genomics: Keeping Up with Next Generation Technologies”, a half-day symposium organized and presented at The Wildlife Society 19th Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon October 15, 2012. Invited Presentations: Mock KE, Landhäusser S, Long JN. Invited Plenary Presentation: “Opening the windows of opportunity to maintain aspen in western US forests.” Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Jackson, Wyoming, May 1-5, 2017. Mock KE. Invited to lead an educational tour for the Intermountain Chapter of the Society of American Foresters on “Aspen Regeneration”, Logan, Utah, April 4, 2015. Mock KE, Wolf PG, Shaw JD, Long JD Invited to present “New perspectives on aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the western US: phylogeography, regeneration ecology, and triploidy.” Utah Plant Genetics Conference, Provo, UT, February 24, 2015. Mock KE. Invited to lead an educational tour for the XXIV International Union of Forest Research Organizations World Congress on “Aspen Reproductive Ecology and Genetics”, October 2014. Mock KE, Wolf PG, Shaw JD, Long JD. Invited presentation. New perspectives on aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the western US: phylogeography, regeneration ecology, and triploidy. International Poplar Symposium VI, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 20-22, 2014. Madritch M, Townsend P, Mock KE, Lindroth R. Invited presentation, Remote sensing of forest genetic diversity and assessment of below ground microbial communities in Populus tremuloides forests. NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting. Seattle, Washington, May 7-9th, 2014. Mock KE. Invited presentation. Aspen clonal dynamics: new genetic insights. Utah Valley University Biology Department seminar. November 22, 2013. Mock KE, Wolf PG, Shaw JC. Invited presentation. Triploidy in western aspen. Restoring the West annual conference. Logan, Utah, October 16-17, 2013. Long JN, Mock KE. Invited presentation. Seedlings and suckers, stands and clones - so you think you know aspen? Restoring the West Conference 2013: Change agents and managing for forest resilience. Logan, Utah, October 16-17, 2013. Long JN, Mock KE. Invited presentation. Changing perspectives on aspen: from genetics to silviculture. Intermountain Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting. Logan, Utah, April 12-13, 2013. Kettenring KM, Cranney C, Long L, Rohal C, Hazelton ELG*, Mock KE. Invited presentation. Ecology informing restoration and restoration informing ecology: Phragmites australis invasion mechanisms, control, and post-control revegetation. Ecological Society of America, IGNITE session. Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 4-9, 2013.

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Mock, KE, Richardson BA, Wolf PG. Invited presentation. Western aspen (Populus tremuloides): molecular tools, changing perspectives, and future directions. Western Aspen Alliance Symposium: “Resilience in Quaking Aspen: restoring ecosystem processes through applied science”, High Lonesome Ranch, DeBeque, Colorado, June 27-28, 2012. Madritch M, Townsend P, Mock KE, Lindroth R. Invited presentation, Remote sensing of forest genetic diversity and assessment of below ground microbial communities in Populus tremuloides forests. NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting. Seattle, Washington, April 25-27th, 2012. Madritch MD, Townsend PA, Mock KE, Lindroth RL. Invited presentation, Remote sensing of forest genetic diversity and assessment of belowground microbial communities in Populus tremuloides forests. NASA Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems/Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Meeting. Alexandria, Virginia. October 2011. Mock KE. Clonal dynamics in aspen. Invited presentation, Southern Utah University Biology Department seminar. Cedar City, Utah, March 31st, 2011. Mock KE, Rogers P. Cedar Mountain Aspen: Landscape patterns in stands and genes. Invited presentation, 2009 Cedar Mountain Landowners meeting, hosted by USU Office of Extension. Cedar City, Utah, December 15th, 2009. Mock KE. Western Freshwater Mussels: New genetic insights. Invited presentation, 2009 Meeting of Fish Board, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Pendleton, Oregon, August 11th, 2009. Mock KE, Chong JP**, Brim-Box JC, Howard J, Nez D, Wolf D. Multiple-scale genetic subdivision in western freshwater mussels. Invited presentation, 2008 Western Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon, May 7th, 2008. Mock KE. Genetic Division in Western Freshwater Mussels. Invited presentation, 4th Annual Freshwater Mussel Technical Symposium. Hosted by the Pacific Northwest Native Freshwater Mussel Workgroup (sponsored by the BLM Interagency Spoecial Status/ Sensitive Species Program, USFWS, Vancouver Water Resources Education Center, Clark County Solid Waste Program, Environmental Information Cooperative, OR Chapter AFS, WA Department of Fish & Wildlife). Vancouver Washington, April 17th, 2007.

Mock KE, Rowe CA‡. Using Genetic Tools in Western Aspen Ecology, Conservation, and Management. Invited presentation at the USU Forestry Extension Restoring the West Conference 2006: Aspen Restoration, Logan, Utah, September 12-13, 2006.

Bentz BJ, Bracewell R**, Mock KE, Pfrender ME. Genetic architecture of differences in development time and adult size among geographically separated populations of Dendroctonus ponderosae. Invited presentation. Third Workshop on Genetics of Bark Beetles and Associated Microorganisms, Asheville, North Carolina, May 20-21, 2006.

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Mock KE, Brim Box JC, Chong JP**, Howard J. Invited presentation. Freshwater Mussels Symposium, 98th annual meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association, Monterey, California, March 26-30, 2006. Mock KE. Genetic analysis of June Sucker: current state of understanding and focus for 2005. Invited presentation: June Sucker Recovery and Implementation Program Annual Assessment Meeting, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 6, 2005.

Mock KE. Why Population Genetics Matters. Invited presentation, Freshwater Mussel Technical Symposium, sponsored by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton Oregon, March 3, 2005.

Mock KE. Conservation Genetics of Freshwater Mussels in the Bonneville Basin, Utah. Invited presentation: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Native Aquatic Species statewide annual meeting, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, December 5 - 6, 2004.

Mock KE. Population Genetic Issues in the Management of Freshwater Mussels. Invited presentation, 2nd Annual Freshwater Mussels of the Pacific Northwest Symposium. Hosted by the Pacific Northwest Native Freshwater Mussel Workgroup (sponsored by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the OR Chapter AFS, Water Tenders, King County Water Quality Fund, WA Department of Fish & Wildlife, USFWS, and Washington Trout). Vancouver Washington, April 20, 2004. Mock KE. Genetic analysis of June Sucker: current state of understanding and focus for 2004. Invited presentation: June Sucker Recovery and Implementation Program Annual Assessment Meeting, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 30, 2004. Mock KE. Phylogeography of Bonneville Basin Aquatic Species: suckers, least chub, and mussels. Invited presentation: Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Native Aquatic Species statewide annual meeting, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, December 10 -12, 2003.

Pfrender ME, Mock KE. Mountain pine beetle genetics. Invited presentation at the Technical Assistance Visit for Rocky Mountain Research Station: Disturbance Ecology in the Interior West: Bark Beetle Disturbance in Conifer Forests (multi-agency), Logan, Utah, October 15 - 16, 2003.

Spaulding AW**, Warheit KI, Schroeder MA, Mock KE. Rangewide Genetic Survey of Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus). Invited seminar presented at Idaho State University Biology Department, Pocatello, Idaho, May 1, 2003. Mock KE, Spaulding AW**, Schroeder MA, Warheit KI. Range-wide genetic patterns in sharp-tailed grouse. Invited symposium presentation at the Wildlife Society 9th Annual Conference, symposium entitled "Prairie Grouse: managing imperiled species and their habitats" Bismark, North Dakota, September 24 -27, 2002.

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Mock KE. Wild turkey genetics: genetic variation and translocation. Invited presentation at the Wild Turkey Management Workshop, in conjunction with The Wildlife Society Chapter meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 15 -16, 2002. Mock KE. Conservation of genetic diversity within and among subspecies of wild turkey. Invited presentation: 8th National Wild Turkey Symposium. Augusta, Georgia, June 2000. Oral Presentations at Scientific Meetings: Howe AA, Landhäusser SM, Burney OT, Violett RD, Mock KE (2017) A seedling-based approach to aspen restoration in the Intermountain West. Restoring the West Conference, Utah State University, October 17-18, 2017. Howe AA, Landhäusser SM, Burney OT, Violett RD, Mock KE (2017) Challenges in bringing seedling-based aspen restoration to the south-western US. 3rd Restoring Forests Conference, Lund, Sweden Sept 12-15 (presented by Landhäusser). Howe AA, Landhäusser SM, Burney OT, Mock KE (2017). 14th Biennial Conference of Science & Management on the Colorado Plateau & Southwest Region. Northern Arizona University, September 11-14, 2017. Mock KE , Howe AA, Long JN, DeRose RJ (2017) Triploid aspen in western landscapes: why they might matter. 14th Biennial Conference of Science & Management on the Colorado Plateau & Southwest Region. Northern Arizona University, September 11-14, 2017. Howe AA, Landhäusser SM, Burney OT, Violett RD, Mock KE (2017) A seedling-based approach to aspen restoration. Intermountain Society of American Foresters Annual Meeting, Utah State University, March 31- April 1, 2017. Howe AA, Landhäusser SM, Burney OT, Mock KE (2017) A seedling-based approach to aspen restoration in the western US. 11th North American Forest Ecology Workshop, University of Alberta, June 19-22, 2017. Howe AA, Landhäusser SM, Burney OT, Mock KE (2017) A seedling-based approach to aspen restoration. High Altitude Restoration Central Rockies Society for Ecological Restoration Conference, Colorado State University, March 7-9, 2017. Mock KE, Howe A**, Long JN, DeRose RJ, Burney O, Landhäusser S (2017) Triploid Aspen in the US: Occurrence and Implications. International Union of Forest Research Organizations 125th Anniversary Congress 2017, Freiburg, Germany, September 18-22, 2017 Bentz BJ, Dowle E, Ragland G, Bracewell R, Mock KE, Pfrender M (2017) Genetic analysis reveals mountain pine beetle historical distribution patterns driven by Pleistocene glaciation. Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, May 1-5, 2017.

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Eidson E**, Bentz BJ, Mock KE (2017) Great Basin bristlecone pine resistance to mountain pine beetle. Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, May 1-5, 2017.

Soderberg D**, Bentz B, Mock KE (2017) Response of mountain pine beetle and its fungal mutualists to simulated climate change: preliminary results from a reciprocal translocation experiment. Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, May 1-5, 2017. Dowle EJ, Bracewell R, Pfrender M, Mock KE, Bentz B, Ragland G (2016) Reproductive isolation and environmental adaptation shape the phylogeography of Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting Jan 3-7, 2016.

Eidson E**, Bentz BJ and Mock KE (2016) Is Great Basin bristlecone pine susceptible to mountain pine beetle attacks? North American Forest Insect Work Conference, Washington DC, May 31 – June 3, 2016.

Eidson E**, Bentz BJ, Mock KE, Hansen EM, Vandygriff JC. 2016. Great Basin bristlecone pine resistance to mountain pine beetle. Society of American Foresters, Madison WI, November 2-6, 2016. DeRose RJ, Mock KE, Long JN (2015) The Pando Aspen Stand, Regeneration Ecology, and Stand Dynamics: New Insights on Genetic Diversity. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Nov 3-7, 2015. Kettenring, K.M., A.L. Long*, C.B. Rohal*, C. Cranney*, E.L.G. Hazelton*, and K.E. Mock. Restoration of Phragmites-dominated wetlands of the Great Salt Lake. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, May 18-23, 2014. Mock KE, Callahan CM**, Gardner RS**, Rowe CA‡, Shaw JD, Madritch MD, Wolf PG. Genetic structuring and triploidy in North American aspen (Populus tremuloides). International Union of Forest Research Organizations XXIV World Congress, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 5-11, 2014. Wolf PG, Ellis MW*, Mock KE, Bardot S**, J.Walton§, Kulpa SM, Rowe CA. 2014. Further examination of the geographic range of Niles's buckwheat. Botanical Society of America, Boise, Idaho, July 26-30, 2014. Ellis MW*, Mock KE, Wolf PG, Bardot S**, J.Walton§. 2014. Further examination of the geographic range of Niles's buckwheat. Annual Utah Rare Plant Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, March 4, 2014. Long JN, Mock KE. Seedlings and suckers, stands and clones - so you think you know aspen? Restoring the West annual conference. Logan, Utah, October 16-17, 2013. Britton J*, Long JN, Mock KE, DeRose J. Evaluation of treatment success in Populus tremuloides: Implications for management. Restoring the West annual conference. Logan, Utah, October 16-17, 2013.

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Mock KE, Callahan CM**, Gardner RS**, Long JN. New perspectives on aspen in the western US: phylogeography, regeneration ecology and triploidy. North American Forest Ecology Workshop: Piecing Together the Fragments, Bloomington, IN. June 17-20, 2013. Long JN, Mock KE. Changing perspectives on aspen: from genetics to silviculture. USU Wildland Resources Departmental seminar. January 30, 2013. Townsend P, Madritch M, Kingdon C, Singh A, Mock KE, Lindroth R. Variability in imaging spectroscopy data across aspen stands is due to differences in genotype and foliar chemistry. NASA biodiversity and ecological forecasting, Arlington VA. April 23, 2013. Bentz BJ, Powell JA, Bracewell RR**, Mock KE Pfrender ME (2012) Potential effects of

changing climate on Dendroctonus ponderosae, a widely distributed forest insect. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Knoxville TN. November 11-14, 2012. Mock KE, Brim Box JC, Chong JP**, Howard JK, Furnish J. Freshwater mussels in western North America: Contrasting phylogeographies in a common landscape. International Meeting on Biology and Conservation of Freshwater Bivalves, Congresso Português Malacologia. Bragança, Portugal, September 4-7, 2012. Hegeman EE**, Miller SW, Mock KE. Modeling freshwater mussel distribution in relation to biotic and abiotic habitat variables in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon. Society for Freshwater Science Annual Conference, Louisville KY, May 20-24, 2012. Awarded Runner up for Oral Presentation in Applied Research. Mock KE, Rowe CA‡, Gardner RS**, Fairweather ML. Reproductive strategies in western aspen: sex happens. Aspen Ecology and Management Symposium, Society for Range Management 65th Annual Meeting, Spokane WA January 29-February 3, 2012. Cole DC*, BL Cardall**, KE Mock, and TA Crowl. Despite gloomy forecast, not all ‘sucks’ for the Catostomidae. Western Division of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Jackson, WY. March 26-29, 2012. DeRose J*, Mock KE, Long JN. Radial growth in aspen: influence of ploidy and climate on the Pando clone. Aspen Ecology and Management Symposium, Society for Range Management 65th Annual Meeting, Spokane WA. January 29-February 3, 2012.

Gardner RS**, DeRose J*, Lindroth R, Mock KE. Ecological Trade-offs in Western Aspen- Differences in Resistance and Tolerence between Aspen Clones. Aspen Ecology and Management Symposium, Society for Range Management 65th Annual Meeting, Spokane WA. January 29-February 3, 2012.

Callahan CM**, John Shaw, Mock KE. Continental-scale characterization of molecular variation in quaking aspen. Aspen Ecology and Management Symposium, Society for Range Management 65th Annual Meeting, Spokane WA. January 29-February 3, 2012. O’Donnell RP**, Drost CA, Mock KE. Nuclear and mitochondrial phylogenetics of

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the northern leopard frog. Reptiles and Amphibians Session, The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa HI, November 5-10, 2011. Kettenring KM, McCormick MK, Mock KE, Whigham DF. The role of sexual reproduction in the spread of non-native Phragmites in North America. 7th Workshop of Phragmites Research Group, Centre sur la Biodiversité, Jardin Botanique de Montréal, Montréal, QE, Canada, October 13-14, 2011.

O’Donnell RP**, Drost CA, Theimer TC, Mock KE. Population status and population genetics of northern leopard frogs in Arizona. Current Research on Herpetofauna of the Sonoran Desert V. Tucson, AZ, Aug 15-16, 2011. Rai H, Wolf PG, Richardson BA, Cronn RC, Mock KE. Variation in gene expression for a widely-distributed tree species. Population and Conservation Genomics Workshop, Plant & Animal Genome XIX Conference, San Diego CA, Jan 15-19, 2011. Belk MC, Billman EJ*, Rasmussen JE, Mock KE, Johnson JB. Demography of southern leatherside chub in the presence and absence of an introduced predator. Utah Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting. March 2011 Belk MC, Billman EJ*, Rasmussen J, Mock KE, Johnson JB. Demography of southern leatherside chub in the presence and absence of an introduced predator. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpotologists. July 2011. Shaw JD, Bisbin S, Cushman S, Kim M-S, Klopfenstein N, Mock KE, Richardson B. Implementation of an FIA-Based Forest Genetics Pilot. FIA Symposium, Knoxville TN October 5-7, 2010.

Kettenring KM, Mock KE. Spread of native vs invasive, non-native Phragmites australis in Utah wetlands. Society of Wetland Scientists, Salt Lake City, UT June 27-July 2, 2010. Madritch MD, Townsend PA, Mock KE, Lindroth RL. Remote sensing of forest genetic diversity and assessment of belowground microbial communities in Populus tremuloides forests. NASA Biodiversity and Ecological Forecasting Team Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. May 17-19, 2010. Mock KE, Brim Box JC, Chong JP**, Howard JK, Nez D, Furnish J. Phylogeographic tales of native freshwater mussels in western North American landscapes. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and North American Benthological Society Joint Annual Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 6-11, 2010. Brim Box JC, Nez, D, O’Brien C, Mock KE, Wolf D. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Freshwater Mussel Project: Using a first foods approach to enhance conservation. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and North American Benthological Society Joint Annual Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 6-11, 2010. Belk MC, Billman E*, Rasmussen C, Mock KE, Johnson JB. Demography of southern leatherside chub in the presence and absence of an introduced predator. Evolution 2010, Portland, Oregon June 25-29, 2010.

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Drost C, O’Donnell R**, MacVein S, Mock KE. Population status and genetics of northern leopard frogs in northern Arizona. 2010 Joint Annual Meeting of the Arizona and New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society and the Arizona and New Mexico Chapters of American Fisheries Society, Flagstaff, Arizona, February 4-6, 2010. Cole DD, Cardall BL**, Mock KE, Crowl TA (2009) Morphological variation, genetic structuring, and stable isotopic signatures in the sucker complex in eutrophic Utah Lake, Utah with comparisons to the suckers in oligotrophic Jackson Lake, Wyoming. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2-7, 2009 Cole DD, Cardall BL**, Mock KE, Crowl TA. Morphological variation, genetic structuring, and stable isotopic signatures in the Utah Lake, Utah sucker complex. Presentation at the 40th Annual Desert Fishes Council Meeting, Cuatrocienegas, Coahuila, Mexico, November 12-16, 2008. O’Neill EM*, Beard KH, Pfrender ME, Mock KE. Color pattern polymorphism in Eleuthrerodactylus coqui: evidence of selection in Puerto Rico and founder effects in Hawaii. Presentation at the First International Coqui Conference, Hilo, Hawaii, February 2008. Bracewell R, Bentz BJ, Mock KE, and Pfrender M. (2008) Rapid evolution of hybrid male sterility in the phytophogous insect Dendroctonus ponderosae. 56th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, Nevada. November 16-17, 2008. Bogan AE, Mandryka O, Mock KE, Hoeh WR, Raley ME, Levine JF. Comparison of North American and Palearctic unionid bivalves: a contrast of the classifications of Haas and Starobogatov. Presentation at the 1st Baltic Symposium of Malacology, Riga, Latvia, September 21 –23, 2006. Mock KE, Chong JP**, Howard J, Brim Box JC. Genetic subdivision in western Anodonta. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Malacological Society, Seattle, Washington, August 1-3, 2006. Mock KE. Aspen in western landscapes: new tools and trajectories. Departmental Seminar for Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, April 19, 2006. Drost C, Gelczis L,

Baker J**, Mock KE. Decline of northern leopard frogs (Rana

pipiens) on the southern Colorado Plateau. Presentation at the 8th Biennial Conference on Research on the Colorado Plateau, Flagstaff, Arizona, November 7-10, 2005. Latch EK, Mock KE, Rhodes OE Jr. The use of molecular markers in wild turkey management. Presentation at the 9th National Wild Turkey Symposium, Grand Rapids, Michigan, December 10 -14, 2005. Pfrender ME, Mock KE, Larson S, Kemp W. Top-Down Genomics. Seminar presented as a part of the Center for Integrated Biosystems Seminar series, Logan Utah, September 29, 2005.

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Mock KE. Genetic Assessment of Relatedness among Chronic Wasting Disease Cases in Mule Deer. Seminar presented at the Berryman Institute Symposium, Logan, Utah, August 10, 2005 Miller MP‡, Wagner E, Wilson C, Vincent R, Mock KE. Detection of genetic markers associated with whirling disease resistance in rainbow trout. Presentation at the 11th Annual Whirling Disease Symposium, Denver, Colorado, February 3 & 4, 2005. Warheit KI, Schroeder MA, Spaulding AW**, Mock KE. Microsatellite DNA Phylogeny of Sharp-tailed Grouse and Molecular Diversity within the Columbian Subspecies (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus). Western Agencies Sage and Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Workshop, Wenatchee, Washington June 28 - July 1, 2004. Miller MP‡, Weigel D, Mock KE. Genetic variation in the endangered aquatic snail Valvata utahensis from the Snake River in southern Idaho. North American Benthological Society annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, June 6-10, 2004. Mock KE. Markers & Management: Molecular Applications in Conservation & Wildlife. Seminar presented at the Utah State University Center for Integrated Biosystems, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, December 4, 2003. Latch EK, Mock KE, Rhodes OE Jr. Assessing losses of genetic diversity due to translocation: long-term case histories in Merriam’s turkey (M. g. merriami). Presentation at the First biannual Conservation Genetics Conference, American Genetic Association, Front Royal Virginia, September 15, 2003. Miller MP‡, Weigel D, Mock KE. Population genetics of Valvata Utahensis in the Snake River with notes on the genetic differentiation of V. utahensis and V. humeralis. Presentation to a multi-agency management group. Boise, Idaho, June 18, 2003. Spaulding AW**, Mock KE, Warheit KI, Schroeder MA (2003) Genetic variation in sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus): a look at the Columbian and plains subspecies. Presentation at Evolution 2003 (a joint meeting between the Society of Systematic Biologists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the American Society of Naturalists), University of California at Chico, June 21, 2003. Mock KE. Patterns of genetic diversity among populations of freshwater mussels in the Bonneville Basin, Utah. Seminar for the Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences Department, Utah State University, Logan Utah, March 20, 2003. Brim Box JC, Mock KE. Patterns of genetic diversity among populations of freshwater mussels in the Bonneville Basin, Utah. Presentation, 3rd Biennial Symposium of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, Durham, North Carolina, March 16-19, 2003. Latch EK, Mock KE, Rhodes OE Jr. Relative utility of molecular markers for wild turkey management. Presentation, Wildlife Society 9th Annual Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota, September 24-27, 2002.

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Mock KE, Brim Box JC, Gordon ME, Miller MP‡, Hoeh WR. Patterns of genetic diversity among populations of freshwater mussels in the Bonneville Basin, Utah. Presentation at the 87th annual meeting of the Ecological Society, Tucson, Arizona, August 6, 2002. Mock KE. Genetic variation and divergence in natural and translocated populations of Merriam’s wild turkey. Presentation at the Utah Chapter of the Wildlife Society and Bonneville Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, St. George, Utah, August 2001. Mock KE. The use of molecular tools to characterize the Ft. Huachuca, Arizona wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) population. Presentation at the Arizona and New Mexico Chapters of The Wildlife Society, Sierra Vista, Arizona. February 2000. Mock KE. DNA fingerprinting of wild turkeys: techniques and applications. Presentations at a series of Arizona Chapter meetings of the National Wild Turkey Federation meetings: Tucson, Phoenix, and Flagstaff Arizona, April 1999.

Mock KE. Genetic differentiation among wild turkey subspecies. Presentation at The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, September 1999. Workshop Presentations: 2017: Invited workshop presentation for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the

North American Forest Commission, Forest Genetic Resources Working Group, Cedar City UT, October 24 & 25, 2017.

2014: Invited workshop presentation for the National Needs Fellows and associated faculty in the Quinney College of Natural Resources: “Conservation Genetics” (evening workshop).

2004: Invited workshop presentations at Wildlife Habitat and Plant Management Workshop: Conservation Biology (half-day). Sponsored by Northern Arizona University School of Forestry, Flagstaff Arizona. Attendees included representatives from several federal agencies in the intermountain west. 2003-2004: Hosted two high school students in a laboratory setting for a week as a part of the Center for Integrated Biosystems Summer Academy. 2001: Invited workshop presentation for for Utah Department of Wildlife Resources

employees, Salt Lake City, Utah. 2001: Organizer and workshop presenter for a four-day Wildlifer’s Genetic Workshop Conservation Genetics Workshop. Sponsored by Arizona Chapter of The Wildlife Society. Attendees included representatives from several federal agencies in the intermountain west. Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ. Poster Presentations at Scientific Meetings: Howe A**, Landhausser S, Burney O, Violett R, Mock KE (2016) A Seedling-Based Approach to Aspen Restoration. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Madison, Wisconsin, Nov 2 – 6, 2016. Eidson E**, Bentz BJ, Mock KE, Hansen EM, Vandygriff JC. 2016. Great Basin bristlecone pine resistance to mountain pine beetle. Society of American Foresters, Madison WI, November 2-6, 2016.

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Mock KE, Callahan CM**, Long JN (2015) Aspen genetics: updating our understanding of aspen in the Intermountain West. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Nov 3-7, 2015. Thompson T*, McGinty C, Hafen K*, Mock KE, Davis D (2015) Decadal analysis of aspen-conifer succession using remote sensing and GIS. Maps on the Hill, Salt Lake City, Utah, January 28, 2015. Britton J*, DeRose RJ, Long JN, Mock KE. Evaluation of Treatment Success in Populus tremuloides – Implications for Management. Society of American Foresters, Charleston, South Carolina, October 23-27, 2013. Gardner RS**, Long J, Rogers P, Mock KE. Assessing clonal diversity of quaking aspen in the Intermountain West: Linking aspen clonal diversity and landscape history. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Spokane, Washington, October 24-28, 2012. Kingdon C, Madritch M, Couture J, Mock KE, Lindroth R, Singh A, Townsend P. Detection of genetic diversity in aspen forests using AVIRIS and Landsat imagery. ForestSAT 2012, Corvallis, Oregon, September 11-14, 2012. Fernandes EKK, Keyser CA, Chong JP**, Rangel DEN, Foster N, Jeck L, Rehner S, Mock KE, Roberts DW. Diversity of Metarhizium spp. isolates from the western and central United States. 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 5-9th, 2012. Cronn R, Hayden K, Klopfenstein N, Knaus BJ, Mock KE, Rai H, Richardson B, Ross-Davis A, Wright J and Udall J. 2012. Western Forest Transcriptome Survey: Applying genomic discoveries towards understanding genome responses to climate change. International Plant & Animal Genome Conference XIX, San Diego California, January 14-18, 2012. Hegeman EE**, Miller SW, Mock KE, Torgersen CE. Modeling freshwater mussel distribution using biotic and abiotic predictor variables in the Middle Fork John Day River, Oregon. North American Benthological Society, Providence, Rhode Island, May 22-26, 2011. Gardner RS**, Rowe C, Mock KE. Ecological tradeoffs in western aspen: differences in resistance and tolerance between and within genotypes. Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Logan, Utah December 5, 2008. Bartell N, Lindren BS, Cooke J, Mock KE, Murray B. A Genetic Analysis of the Western Canadian Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic: Phylogeography and Long Distance Dispersal Patterns. Poster presented at the FORREX Forest Research Extension Partnership Conference “Mountain Pine Beetle: From lessons learned to community-based solutions”, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, June 10 — June 11, 2008.

Bracewell R**, Bentz BJ, Mock KE, Pfrender ME (2007) Investigation of reproductive isolation in the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae). Poster presented at

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the Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, December 9-12, 2007. Bracewell R**, Mock KE, Bentz BJ, Pfrender ME. Investigation of reproductive isolation in the mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae. Poster presented at the Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Boise, Idaho, March 5-8, 2007. Kanaga MK*, Pfrender ME, Ryel RJ, Mock KE. Substantial Heritable Genetic Variation within Western Aspen Populations. Poster presented at the Evolutionary Change in Human-altered Environments: An International Summit. Institute of the Environment, University of California, Los Angeles, California, February 8-10, 2007. Mock KE, Evans RP, Crawford M, Cardall BL**, Janecke SU, Miller MP‡. Molecular structuring in Utah and June suckers. Poster presented at the American Genetics Association Annual Symposium “Genetics of Speciation”, co-sponsored by Molecular Ecology, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 21-24, 2006. Bartos D, Amacher M, Ryel R, Mock KE, Leffler AJ, et al. (2006) Rocky Mountain Research Station and Utah State University working together toward a “Center of Excellence” for aspen restoration. Workshop on Collaborative Watershed Management and Research in the Great Basin. Reno, Nevada, November 28, 2006. Chong JP**, Brim Box JC, Howard J, Mock KE. Freshwater mussels (Anodonta spp.) in the Columbia River Basin. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Bonneville Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Park City, Utah, May 19-22, 2006. Bentz BJ, Mock KE, O’Neill E*, Chong JP** and ME Pfrender. Rangewide genetic structuring in Dendroctonus ponderosae, the Mountain Pine Beetle. Poster presentation at the Western Forest Insect Work Conference annual meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, March 22-25th, 2005. Bentz BJ, Mock KE, O’Neill E*, Chong JP**, Pfrender ME (2004) Rangewide genetic structuring in Dendroctonus ponderosae, the mountain pine beetle. Poster presented at the Entomological Society of America annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, November 14 -17, 2004.

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“Aspen regeneration”, Utah Native Plant Society, Provo Public Library, Provo, Utah. November 5, 2016 and February 1, 2017. “The World’s Largest Known Organism is in Utah – and its Dying”. City Weekly cover story Nov. 30, 2013. http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/article-35-18388-devastated.html. Article received an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2014 Kavli award for excellence in science journalism (first place, small newspaper division). “Western aspen regeneration ecology“, Learning at Lunch USU Extension Forestry

webcast October 29, 2013. http://forestry.usu.edu/htm/video/Webinars. Attended by

~150; a record for this webcast series. “The world’s largest organism in trouble” Living on Earth, National Public Radio, February 5, 2013. http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00005&segmentID=7 “Pando, the world’s largest organism”, Science Questions, Utah Public Radio, January 14, 2011. http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/upr/local-upr-947199.mp3 “Landscape genetic studies raise new questions about old paradigms”, Tremblings Newsletter for Western Aspen Alliance, May 2011. http://www.western-aspen-alliance.org/ “New Research sheds Light on Aspen Clone Identification”. Utah Forest News, Utah Forest Landowner Education Program Newsletter, Summer 2006. http://extension.usu.edu/forestry/reading/assets/pdfdocs/ufn/ufn1003.pdf

*note: First names are principal investigators (PIs) and subsequent names are co-PIs. Hawkins C, Mock KE, Hammill E, Olson J. A Data-Driven Decision Support System to Identify Optimal Land Use Alternatives for Protecting Species of Concern on DoD and Surrounding Lands. US Department of Defense, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. $1,079,606. May 2018 – October 2022. Bentz BJ, Mock KE. Understanding Variability in Tree Resistance to Bark Beetle Attacks. Joint Venture Agreement between Utah State University and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station. $42,140. September 2017-August 2021. Mock KE, Long JN, Landhausser S. Expanding the toolbox for regeneration of Cedar Mountain forests. USU Cedar Mountain Initiative. $205,360. July 2017-June 2020. Hawkins CP, Mock KE. Utah and Colorado Water Survey for Mussels and Snails, Utah Department of Environmental Quality. $33,270. Sep2015 - June2017.

Funded Research Grant Proposals*

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Long JN, Gompert Z, Mock KE. Long-term Aspen Common Garden Exclosures along an Elevational Gradient. Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Seed Grant Program. $78,582. July 2016-June 2017. Bentz BJ, Mock KE. Vulnerability of Great Basin Bristlecone Pine and Foxtail Pine to Mountain Pine Beetle. Joint Venture Agreement between Utah State University and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station. $57,000. Oct 2014 - Sep 2019. Mock KE, Landhausser S, Burney O. New Directions in Aspen Restoration for the Intermountain West. Utah Cedar Mountain Initiative $195,683. July 2014 – June 2017. Mock KE. Ecological genetics of dominant plant species of the Intermountain West. Joint Venture Agreement between Utah State University and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station. $32,500. May 2014 – June 2019. Olson J, Cutler D, Hawkins C, Jin J, Mock KE, Hill R, Strand H. System for Mapping And Predicting Species Of Concern (SMAP-SOC). Submitted to NASA Earth Science Applications: Ecological Forecasting for Conservation and Natural Resource Management Program $199,000. January 2014 - Dec. 2014. Wolf PG, Mock KE, Ellis M. Estimation of Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii. U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. $80,000. June 2012 – Dec. 2015. Mock KE, Long JN, Kuhns MR, Ryel RJ. Managing for Resilience in Forested Ecosystems of the Intermountain West. USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National Needs Fellowship Program. $236,000. January 2011-Dec. 2015. Mock KE, Miller SW. Habitat modeling and genetic data synthesis. Awarded by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Bonneville Power Authority) through the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. $38,926 October 2009 – September 2010, extended by $44,072 October 2010-September 2011 and $62,185 October 2011-September 2012. Mock KE. Genetic Analysis of Utah Bears. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. $201,322. September 2010 – June 2015. Mock KE, O’Donnell RP, Drost C. Genetic Assessment of Northern Leopard Frogs in Utah: Diversity, Divergence, and Hybridization. Utah Endangered Species Mitigation Fund, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. $24,024. July 2010-June 2011.

Mock KE, O’Donnell RP. Nuclear Phylogenetics and the Extent of Introgression between Western and Eastern Clades of the Northern Leopard Frog, Lithobates (=Rana) pipiens. US Bureau of Reclamation, Actions to Avoid Jeopard Program. $41,807. April 2010-April 2011. Mock KE, Wolf PG. The Western Forest Transcriptome Survey: A Collaborative Investigation of Genome Responses to Climate and Climate Change in the West. Joint Venture Agreement between Utah State University and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station. $202,838. September 2009-2014.

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Mock KE. Forest Inventory and Analysis: aspen genetics. Joint Venture Agreement between Utah State University and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station. $28,000. September 2009-2012. Bentz B, Mock KE. Adaptive capacity of mountain pine beetle in a changing climate. Joint Venture Agreement between Utah State University and the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station. $145,640. September 2009-2015. Madritch M, Townsend P, Lindroth R, Mock KE,. Remote sensing of forest genetic diversity and assessment of belowground microbial communities in Populus tremuloides forests. NASA. $92,004 (USU portion). December 2008-2013. Mock KE. Monitoring of relocated freshwater mussels in the upper Umatilla River. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. $21,414. October 2009- January 2010. Mock KE, McFarlane L. A landscape genetics approach to assessing CWD risk in Utah and Colorado mule deer populations. US Geological Survey. $30,000. August 2008 –Decmber 2010. Rogers P, Mock KE. Disturbance and stand dynamics on Cedar Mountain Plateau: is aspen adapting or disappearing? Utah Cedar Mountain Initiative $172,993. July 2008. Mock KE. Columbia spotted frog study in Utah. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources $29,262. May 2007-December 2010. Mock KE. Population Status and Population Genetics of Leoopard Frogs in Northern Arizona. Northern Arizona University. $7,124. July 2007 – June 2009. Mock KE. Wildlife Forensics Genetic Analysis. Iowa Department of Natural Resources. $6,916. August 2007-November 2007. Mock KE. Phylogeography of freshwater mussels in the Columbia River Basin. Awarded by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Bonneville Power Authority) through the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation $83,830. January 2007-2008. Mock KE. Genetic Subdivision in Columbia River Basin Freshwater Mussels. Awarded by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Bonneville Power Authority) through the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation $83,830 + $20,000. January 2006-2007. Ryel R, Leffler AJ, Mock KE, Long J. Reversing aspen decline: assessing the effects of forest manipulation on resource values and ecosystem processes and function. USDA-NRI $397,391. December 2006. Mock KE, Howard J, Brim Box JC, Furnish J. Genetic analysis of the California floater Anodonta californiensis in the western United States. US Forest Service $30,000. November 2007.

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Theimer TC, Drost C, Mock KE. Population status and population genetics of leopard frogs in northern Arizona. Arizona Game and Fish Department Heritage Program $39,861 November 2006 (USU portion $18,232). Mock KE. Genetic variation in aspen (Populus tremuloides) in western landscapes. US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station $15,000. September 2006. Mock KE. Genetic analysis of Walla Walla Bull Trout. USU Fish Ecology Laboratory (USGS) $9,050. February 2006. Mock KE. Genetic variation in western aspen (Populus tremuloides): Establishment of an integrative, long-term research initiative at USU. USU Community University Research Initiative $55,000. Spring 2005. Mock KE. Genetic analysis of mountain pine beetle, including continued development of microsatellite markers. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Logan UT $124,389. August 2004-2008. Mock KE. Genetic analysis of mountain pine beetles. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Logan UT $4,000. August 2004-2008. Mock KE. Assessment of Freshwater Mussels of the Umatilla and John Day River Drainages compared to other Western Drainages. Awarded by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Bonneville Power Authority) through the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. $27,500. October 2004-2006. Mock KE and Kulmatiski A. Phragmites survey for Utah Lake. Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands $50,700. October 2005-2007. Mock KE. Relatedness and chronic wasting disease incidence in mule deer. Colorado Division of Wildlife $15,000. January 2005-December 2010. Mock KE, Pfrender ME, Ryel R. Aspen in western ecosystems: Landscape-scale genetic patterns and ecological implications. An emerging collaboration between Utah State University, the USDA Forest Service, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Wisconsin. USU ADVANCE program $8,000. Spring 2005. Pfrender ME, Mock KE, Kemp WP, Larson SB. Top-down genomics: Analysis of adaptive divergence in natural populations and a novel approach to gene discovery. Center for Integrated Biosystems $60,000. February 2004. Pfrender ME, Mock KE, Cutler A. Developing approaches to study genomic variation in natural populations. Utah State University Center for Integrated Biosystems Seed Grant Program for $16,000. December 2003. Mock KE. Genetic characterization of a newly discovered population of least chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis) in Clear Lake, Utah. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources $8,491. November 2003.

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Mock KE. Genetic analysis of spawning June sucker 2002. June Sucker Recovery and Implementation Program (a multi-agency management group) $5,000 + $696. September 2003. Mock KE. DNA extraction and specimen archiving for Anodonta californiensis on Umatilla tribal lands in Oregon. Awarded by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council (Bonneville Power Authority) through the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. $11,896. August 2003. Mock KE. Genetic assessment of relatedness among chronic wasting disease cases in mule deer. Berryman Institute $31,625. May 2003. Mock KE. Population status and viability of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) in Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon. U. S. Geological Survey, Colorado Plateau Field Station $85,000 (USU portion $54,066). April 2003. Mock KE, Johnson JB. Effects of historical and contemporary fragmentation on speciation, gene flow, demography, and mortality in leatherside chub. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources $86,031 (USU portion $68,544). April 2003. Miller MP‡, Mock KE. Development of molecular markers linked to whirling disease resistance in rainbow trout. Whirling Disease National Partnership and the Whirling Disease Foundation in collaboration with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Fisheries Experiment Station (E. Wagner & C. Wilson) $83,180. February 2003. Mock KE, Miller MP‡. Development of molecular markers linked to whirling disease resistance in rainbow trout. Utah State University Community University Research Initiative $23,000. Spring 2003. Mock KE. The use of molecular tools to assess population status and viability of Leopard frogs in Grand Canyon and Glen Canyon. Utah State University New Faculty Research Grant $10,121. January 2003. Mock KE. Native aquatic species genetics: Least Chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis). Utah Division of Wildlife Resources $67,170. December 2002. Miller MP‡, Mock KE. Population genetic analysis of the endangered Utah Valvata snail (Valvata utahensis). U. S. Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation $40,000. May 2002. Project extended by $24,500 in 2003. Mock KE. Development of molecular markers to distinguish wild from domestic turkeys. National Wild Turkey Federation $56,000. December 2001. Project extended by $20,000 September 2005. Mock KE, Brim Box JC. Native aquatic species: Population genetic analyses in freshwater mussels and Utah suckers. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Native Aquatic Species Section $104,021. April 2001. Mock KE, Wolf PG. Establishment of a biotechnology center molecular ecology laboratory. Utah State University Biotechnology Center Interdisciplinary Seed Grant Program $50,000. January 2001.

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Mock KE. A genetic investigation of sharp-tailed grouse subspecies boundaries. Utah State University Community/University Research Initiative Program $27,291. January 2001. Mock KE, Keim P, Theimer TC. Genetic analysis of two subspecies of wild turkey in Arizona. Arizona Game and Fish Department Heritage Program $23,900. December 1997. (NAU) Mock KE, Keim P, Theimer TC. Genetic differentiation among U. S. subspecies of wild turkey. National Wild Turkey Federation $37,500. October 1997. (NAU)

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2000-present: Utah State University courses

WILD 7900 Bayesian Data Analysis (3 credit hrs.) Spring 2017 (guided study group)

BIOL 3060 Principles of Genetics (4 credit hrs.) Typical enrollment: 110 students per semester 2 guest lectures Spring 2012 WILD 4880 Genetics in Conservation and Mgt. (3 credit hrs.) Typical enrollment: 25 students per semester Fall 2004-present WILD 2000 Introduction to Wildland Resources (1 credit hr.) Typical enrollment: 30 students per semester (1 day per semester) Fall & Spring 2009-present FRWS 2200 Ecology of Our World (3 credit hrs.) Typical enrollment: 80 students per semester Fall 2000-2007, 2009 FRWS 2200 (401) Ecology of Our World (3 credit hr.) Compressed video/web delivery for federal employees Fall 2005 FRWS 5800 Genetics in Conservation and Mgt. (4 credit hrs.) Typical enrollment: 10 students per semester Spring 2001, 2002, 2003 FRWS 6900/7900 Special topics: Genetics in Conservation and Management (1-3 credit hrs.) Typical enrollment: 3 students per semester Fall 2004, 2005 FRWS 6960 Graduate Ecology (5 credit hrs.)(co-lecturer) Typical enrollment: 30 students per semester Fall 2000-2004, 2009-19 (4 days of instruction per semester) 2013-present: Invited guest lecturer for University of Utah honors course “Doing

Science: The Biology of Variation”, offered Fall semester in collaboration with Dr. Jon Seger, course instructor.

2012 & 2014: Utah State University coordinator for Distributed Graduate Education course in Landscape Genetics (multi-university consortium)

2001-2009: Utah State University course participation: WILD 2000 Introduction to Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences Fall 2009 FRWS 3810 Plant & Animal Population Ecology Spring 2004 BIOL 6260 Behavioral Ecology Fall 2002 HONR 2100 Honors Inquiry Fall 2001, 2002 USU 1010 University Connections Fall 2004, 2005 1989-1999: Yavapai College courses: BIO 180 General Biology (lecture/lab) Typical enrollment 60 students per semester (2 sections) Fall and Spring semesters 1989 – 1999 BIO 205 Microbiology (lecture/lab) Typical enrollment 60 students per semester (2 sections) Fall and Spring semesters 1989 – 1999

Teaching: Courses

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Undergraduate Engagement Director, Quinney College of Natural Resources, 2014 –

present Faculty Advisor for all General Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies students in the

Quinney College of Natural Resources (10-15 students/year), 2013 - present Lead Faculty Advisor for the Wildlife Sciences major (18-25 student/year, 9 faculty

advisors), 2013-present. Faculty Advisor for the Wildlife Sciences major (100-160 students), 2009-2013.

Major Advisor (Utah State University, 2003-present):

PhD student Ashley Rohde, initiated Spring 2017 (current) PhD student David Soderberg, initated Summer 2016 (current) MS student Alex Howe, initiated Summer 2015 (current) MS student Erika Eidsen (Wertz), initiated Summer 2015 (current) MS student Shannon Bardot, initiated Fall 2012 (withdrew 2015) PhD student Kenneth Sterling, initiated Fall 2011, withdrew due to family situation. MS student Ericka Hegeman (co-advisor with federal collaborator), Watershed

Sciences Dept., graduated Spring 2012, currently employed with a biological consulting firm.

MS student Richard Gardner, Wildland Resources Dept., graduated Spring 2012, currently employed by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation as a Silviculture Forester.

PhD student Ryan O’Donnell, Wildland Resources Dept., graduated Spring 2012, currently employed as a Research Ecologist with the US Geological Survey.

MS student Colin Callahan, Wildland Resources Dept., graduated Spring 2012, currently employed by University of Montana as the manager of a genomics laboratory.

MS student Gary Howes, Wildland Resources Dept., changed programs 2009, successfully graduated from ENVS Department.

MS student Ryan Bracewell (co-advisor with federal collaborator), Wildland Resources Dept., graduated Spring 2009, currently in a PhD program at the University of Montana.

MS student Jacob Blasi, Wildland Resources Dept., withdrew 2007. MS student Brian Cardall, Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences Dept. (major

advisor), graduated Spring 2007 with 2 publications, accepted 4-yr. PhD fellowship at Northern Arizona University 2007, deceased in 2008.

PhD Allen Spaulding, Biology Dept. (co-advisor with Biology Department faculty), graduated Spring 2007 with 5 publications, accepted postdoctoral fellowship at Göteborg University, Sweden, 2007, currently contracted by Pearson Learning Solutions and adjunct professor at University of Northwestern Ohio, Kaplan University, University of Phoenix.

MS student Jer Pin Chong, Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences Dept., graduated Fall 2006 with 2 publications, currently in PhD program at University of Iowa.

Supervision of Graduate Research

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MS student Jay Baker, Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences Dept. – changed programs in 2005 after a leave of absence. Successfully graduated with a MS degree in Bioregional Planning.

MS Gregg Kraus, Forest, Range and Wildlife Sciences Dept. - withdrew due to military service requirements 2004.

Postdoctoral Supervisor: Hardeep Rai, postdoctoral researcher hosted 2010-2012, under Western Forest

Transcriptomes Survey collaboration, USDA Forest Service. Mark Miller, postdoctoral researcher hosted in 2001, currently Utah State University

Biology faculty member

Graduate Committee Member (Utah State University, 2002-present): PhD student Samantha Chaturvedi, Biology Department (current) PhD student Kelly Kerr, Biology Department, University of Utah (current) PhD student Amy Springer, Biology Department (current) PhD student Rachel Hager, Watershed Sciences (current) PhD student Kendall Becker, Wildland Resources (current) PhD student Amy Flansburg, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Zoology

Department (current) PhD student Cecilia Vieira, Biology (current) PhD student Ryan Keweshan, Biology Department (current) PhD student Jonathan Koch, Biology Department (graduated 2015) PhD student Eric Hazelton, Watershed Sciences Department (graduated 2017) PhD student Aaron Duffy, Biology Department (graduated 2015) PhD student Cecilia Monteiro, Biology Department (graduated 2014) PhD student Mae Culumber, Plants, Soils & Climate Department (2011-2014) PhD student Joshua Der, Biology Department (graduated) PhD Chris Feldman, Biology Dept. (graduated) PhD Dave Cole, Aquatic, Watershed and Earth Sciences Dept. (graduated) PhD Mark Novak, Watershed Sciences Department (withdrawn) PhD Mark Ellis, Biology Dept. (graduated) PhD Megan Kanaga, Biology Dept. (graduated) PhD Eric O’Neill, Biology Dept. (graduated) PhD Ann Kitchen, Fisheries & Wildlife Dept. (graduated) PhD Nashelley Menses (Northern Arizona University Biology Dept.) (graduated) MNR student Sue Smith (current) MS James Marty, Watershed Sciences Department (current) MS Justin Britton, Wildland Resources Department (graduated) MS Jonathan Fusaro, Wildland Resources Department (graduated) MS Samuel McKay, Watershed Sciences Department (withdrawn) MS Rachel Van Horne, Watershed Sciences Department (graduated) MS Leah Smith, Wildland Resources Department (graduated) MS Carrie McCracken, Biology Department (graduated) MS Carrie Drake, Biology Department (graduated) MS Carey Wicks, Biology Department (graduated) MS Carol Rowe, Biology Department (graduated) MS Rebekah Andrus, Biology Department (graduated) MS Kris Beulow, Aquatic, Watershed and Earth Sciences Dept. (graduated) MS Amanda Sweetman, Watershed Sciences Department (graduated)

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2015-2016: Jessica Hollingshead, Isolation of eDNA from salt licks. 2013-2016: Brianne Palmer, Stomatal measurements in diploid vs. triploid aspen. 2013: Abby Baur, Hydraulic conductivity in diploid vs. triploid aspen. 2013: Jamie Reynolds, Impact of smoke on aspen reproductive ecology. 2013: Samantha Bierne, Gene flow among Utah bear populations. 2012-13: Jim Walton, microsatellite analysis of predators. 2012-13: Katelin Madsen and Demirie Anderson, AFLP analysis of Phragmites and oak. 2012: Konrad Hafen, Mapping landscape changes in aspen coverage using GIS. 2012: Amanda Cox, Directed Reading (Landscape Genetics). 2011: Alexis Halling, Exploration of flow cytometry for ploidy detection in aspen. 2010: Jessop Boden, Photographic atlas of mammalian hair specimens. 2008: Richie Gardner, Tradeoffs between chemical defense and growth in aspen.

Program Review:

2017: Undergraduate and Graduate Program Review Committee Member for the University of Alberta's Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences (ALES) on April 11-13, 2017.

Committee Service:

2009-2010: Chairperson, Contributed Papers Subcommittee, The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting 2010. 2009- present: Science Advisory Panel Member for the Western Aspen Alliance 2007-2008: Member of the Carbon Offset Committee for the Society for Conservation Biology. 2006: Invited Participant: Aspen Summit Meeting. Organized by the USDA FS Rocky Mountain Research Station. December 18-19, 2006, Salt Lake City, Utah (http://www.aspensite.org/die-off_summit.htm) 2001-2006: Active member of the June Sucker Recovery and Implementation Program, a multi-agency team tasked with the development and implementation of a recovery program for the endangered June Sucker. 2001-2011: Active member of interdisciplinary teams organized by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources to address the conservation and status of the leatherside chub and the least chub (threatened native fish species). Referee Service:

Reviewer: Assessment of Aspen Ecosystem Vulnerability to Cimate Change for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache and Ashley National Forests, Utah (draft 8/14/2015).

Service to Discipline

Supervision of Undergraduate Research

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Served as external reviewer for Tenure and Promotion packets: 2008, 2012 Continuing service as a referee for the following journals (estimated 5-7 per year): Ecology and Evolution, Evolutionary Applications, Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, Journal of Biogeography, PLoS One, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Ecology, Annals of Botany, Biological Conservation, Animal Conservation, American Journal of Botany, Animal Genetics, Conservation Biology, Biochemical Genetics, Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Wildlife Management, Western North American Naturalist, Wildlife Society Bulletin, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, Hydrobiologia, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany. Continuing service as a referee for the following granting agencies and offices: National Science Foundation Population and Evolutionary Processes Cluster, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, California Energy Commission, Northern Arizona University SABRE program, National Geographic Society, USU Vice President for Research. Service as a referee for the following publications: The Colorado Plateau: Cultural, Biological, and Physical Research (C. van Riper III and K. L. Cole, eds.) and the 6th Edition of The Wildlife Management Techniques Manual for The Wildlife Society, C. Braun, ed.

Faculty Senate and other University Committees: Educational Policies Committee, 2013-present. General Education Subcommittee of the Educational Policies Committee, 2013-2017. Curriculum Subcommittee of the Educational Policies Committee, 2013-2017. Academic Standards Subcommittee of the Educational Policies Committee, 2014-2017. USU Faculty Senator Alternate representing the Quinney College of Natural Resources,

2010-2013. Chairperson: Faculty Evaluation Committee, 2012-2014. Faculty Evaluation Committee, 2009-2012 Faculty Development, Diversity and Equity Committee, 2009-2012. USU Undergraduate Research Advisory Board, 2010-2012. Promotion and Tenure Committees: Larissa Yocom, USU Department of Wildland Resources, Chair, 2017- present Darren McAvoy, USU Department of Wildland Resources, 2017- present James Lutz, USU Department of Wildland Resources, 2013-present. Zach Gompert, USU Biology Department, 2013-present. Lise Aubry, USU Department of Wildland Resources, Chair, 2015-2017 Juan Villalba, USU Department of Wildland Resources, 2015-2017 Peter Adler, USU Department of Wildland Resources, 2015-2017 Joe Wheaton, USU Department of Watershed Sciences, 2012-2015 Dan McNulty, Department of Wildland Resources, 2011-2017 Karin Kettenring, Department of Watershed Resources, 2008-2014

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Search Committees: Chairperson of search committee for QCNR staff advisor, 2014-present Spatial Ecologist (USGS Coop unit) position, 2012 Organismal Evolutionary Biologist position, Biology Department, 2011-2013 Molecular Evolutionary Biologist position, Biology Department, 2011-2013 Forest Ecology faculty position, Department of Wildland Resources, 2012-13 QCNR staff advisor position, 2010 Wildlife faculty position, Department of Wildland Resources, 2010 USDA Predator Research Station Leader, 2010 Ecosystem Goods and Services Postdoctoral Search Committee, 2010 Ad Hoc Committees: Wildland Resources Departmental committee to establish an undergraduate degree

program in Conservation and Restoration Ecology, 2003-2005 Genome Center Task Force, an advisory committee to the University President, 2001-

2005 Chairperson of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National Needs

Fellowship Program Advisory Board at Utah State University, 2011-2017 Quinney College of Natural Resources Strategic Planning Committee, 2012 Other University Service: Teaching coach for David Koons (2007-8), Zhao Ma (2009-10), Lise Aubry (2012-13),

and Kris Hulvey (2014-15).

Audited USU course BIOL 6750 Programming for Biologists, 3 cr. hrs. Fall 2016 Audited online course in R programming, 1 cr. hr., Fall 2015. Attended Silviculture Instructors Tour, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Oct. 29-Nov.1 2015. Attended Society for Wildlife Forensic Science conference, Missoula Montana June 21-

26, 2015, including “Genomics – wildlife forensics and next generation sequencing: the next technological frontier workshop”.

Attended North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture conference, Bozeman Montana, June 25-28, 2014.

Attended Peer Evaluation of Teaching: Provost’s Series on Instructional Excellence. November 7, 2013. Attended 1-day USU Grantwriting workshop 2012 Attended Introduction to High Performance Computing January 5, 2012 (USU campus) Audited Base R Espresso Workshop (3 cr.) Fall 2011 Completed ArcGIS10 tutorials Fall 2011 Attended Bark Beetles and Watersheds Workshop: Impacts to the Hydrologic Cycle and Water Salt Lake City, Utah, December 1, 2011 Audited BIOL 6750 Introduction to Programming and Database Management for Biologists (3 cr.) Fall 2010 Attended The Teaching Professor Conference, Cambridge MA, May 20-23, 2010. Attended Transcriptomics Workshop, Corvallis OR, July 13-15, 2010. Attended American Genetic Association Annual Symposium: Conservation Genomics,

Hilo, HI, July 25-29, 2010. Audited STAT 5570 Statistical Bioinformatics (3 cr.) Spring 2010

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Audited BIOL 6750 Evolutionary Genomics (3 cr.) Fall 2010