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    Grace Di Cecco is a PhD candidate in evolution, ecology, and organismal biology at UNC-Chapel Hill. She received her BS in biology and philosophy from Northeastern University, graduating summa cum laude. Her research focuses on understanding biodiversity responses to global change, including the effects of climate change and habitat fragmentation on avian communities. She has published several peer-reviewed papers and presented her work at various conferences.

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    Grace Di Cecco is a PhD candidate in evolution, ecology, and organismal biology at UNC-Chapel Hill. She received her BS in biology and philosophy from Northeastern University, graduating summa cum laude. Her research focuses on understanding biodiversity responses to global change, including the effects of climate change and habitat fragmentation on avian communities. She has published several peer-reviewed papers and presented her work at various conferences.

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    Grace Di Cecco is a PhD candidate in evolution, ecology, and organismal biology at UNC-Chapel Hill. She received her BS in biology and philosophy from Northeastern University, graduating summa cum laude. Her research focuses on understanding biodiversity responses to global change, including the effects of climate change and habitat fragmentation on avian communities. She has published several peer-reviewed papers and presented her work at various conferences.

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    Grace Di Cecco

    Department of Biology
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    EDUCATION
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC August 2017 – Present
    Ph.D. Candidate in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology; PI: Dr. Allen Hurlbert
    - Dissertation: “Understanding biodiversity responses to global change: Populations,
    communities, and species distributions”

    Northeastern University, Boston, MA August 2013 – May 2017


    B.S. in Biology; B.S. in Philosophy, summa cum laude; PI: Dr. Tarik Gouhier
    - Honors Interdisciplinary Thesis: “Predicting how climate change will affect the spatial
    distribution and temporal stability of ecological communities”

    HONORS AND AWARDS


    University of North Carolina Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2021 – 2022)
    University of North Carolina Doctoral Merit Assistantship (2017 – 2018)
    Northeastern University Advanced Research and Creative Endeavors Award (2016 – 2017)
    American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Student Chapter Travel Award (2017)
    Northeastern University Sears B. Condit Award: Graduated in top 100 students by GPA (2017)
    Northeastern University Marine Science Center Summer Research Internship (2016)
    Northeastern University Civic Engagement Program Full Tuition Scholarship (2013 – 2017)

    PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
    Di Cecco, G. and Hurlbert, A.H. Anthropogenic drivers of avian community turnover from local
    to regional scales. Global Change Biology 28(3): 770-781 (2022).

    Di Cecco, G., Barve, V., Belitz, M.W., Stucky, B.J., Guralnick, R.P., and Hurlbert, A.H.
    Observing the observers: how participants contribute data to iNaturalist and implications for
    biodiversity science. BioScience 71(11): 1179-1188 (2021).

    Snell Taylor, S., Di Cecco, G., Hurlbert A.H. Using temporal occupancy to predict avian species
    distributions. Diversity and Distributions 00:1-12 (2021).

    Greenwich, J., Reverdy, A., Gozzi, K., Di Cecco, G., Tashjian, T., Godoy-Carter, V., and Chai,
    Y. Decreasing serine levels during growth transition triggers biofilm formation in Bacillus
    subtilis. Journal of Bacteriology 201(15): 00155-19 (2019).

    Di Cecco, G. and Gouhier, T. Increased spatial and temporal autocorrelation of temperature


    under climate change. Scientific Reports 8: 14850 (2018).

    Manuscripts in Preparation
    Di Cecco, G. and Hurlbert, A.H. Interaction of climate change and forest fragmentation effects
    on population trends in forest breeding birds.
    Di Cecco, G., Snell Taylor, S., White, E.P., Hurlbert, A.H. More individuals or specialized
    niches? Distinguishing support for hypotheses explaining positive species-energy relationships.

    Book Chapters
    Di Cecco, G. and Hurlbert, A.H. Caterpillar patterns in space and time: insights from and
    contrasts between two citizen science datasets. In S. Koptur & R.J. Marquis (Eds). Caterpillars
    in the Middle. In press.

    RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
    Student Services Contractor May 2021 – Present
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
    Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment, Chapel Hill, NC
    PI: Dr. Danelle Lobdell

    Graduate Research Assistant August 2017 – Present


    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Biology Department, Chapel Hill, NC
    PI: Dr. Allen Hurlbert

    Honors Interdisciplinary Thesis & Research Internship July 2016 – December 2016
    Northeastern University, Marine Science Center, Nahant, MA
    PI: Dr. Tarik Gouhier

    Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2013 – May 2017


    Northeastern University, Biology Department, Boston, MA
    PI: Dr. Yunrong Chai

    Guest Student January 2016 – June 2016


    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA
    PI: Dr. Don Anderson

    Undergraduate Independent Study February 2016 – April 2016


    Council on International Educational Exchange, Monteverde, Costa Rica
    PI: Dr. Alan Masters

    Undergraduate Research Assistant Summer 2013; Summer 2014


    University of Chicago, Molecular & Cellular Biology Department, Chicago, IL
    PI: Dr. Alexander Ruthenburg

    PRESENTATIONS
    Di Cecco, G. and Hurlbert, A.H. 2021. Anthropogenic drivers of avian community turnover
    from local to regional scales. Ecological Society of America, virtual. (Oral presentation)

    Di Cecco, G. and Hurlbert, A.H. 2020. Interaction of climate change and forest fragmentation
    effects on population trends in forest breeding birds. International Statistical Ecology
    Conference, virtual. (Poster presentation)
    Di Cecco, G. and Hurlbert, A.H. 2020. Interaction of climate change and forest fragmentation
    effects on population trends in forest breeding birds. Gordon Research Conference: Unifying
    Ecology Across Scales, Manchester, NH. (Poster presentation; conference cancelled)

    Di Cecco, G. 2019. Interaction of land use and climate change impacts on breeding birds. Duke
    University Program in Ecology Symposium, Durham, NC. (Invited oral presentation)

    Di Cecco, G. and Hurlbert, A.H. 2019. Interaction of land use and climate change impacts on
    breeding birds in North America. International Biogeography Society Biennial Conference,
    Malaga, Spain. (Oral presentation)

    Di Cecco, G. and Gouhier, T. 2017. The effects of climate change on the spatial and temporal
    autocorrelation of temperature. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
    (Poster presentation)

    Di Cecco, G., Greenwich, J., and Chai, Y. 2017. Differential tRNAser expression regulates
    translation rate of a biofilm master regulator during Bacillus subtilis biofilm development.
    American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
    (Poster presentation)

    TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE


    Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Fundamentals of Ecology Lab,
    31 students (2020)
    Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Avian Biology Lab, 14
    students (2020)
    Teaching Assistant, Data Matters Data Science Short Course Series, Programming,
    Visualization, and Advanced Statistical Modeling in R (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
    Graduate Research Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Global
    Biogeography and Macroecology, 19 students (2019)
    - Guest Lecture: Future of Biodiversity & Methods in Macroecology
    Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Human Anatomy and
    Physiology Lab, 52 students (2019)
    Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Introduction to Ecology and
    Evolution, 105 students (2018)
    R Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, How to Learn to Code (2018)
    - Instructed graduate students and post-doctoral researchers for summer boot camp course
    Teaching Assistant, Northeastern University, Honors First Year Writing Seminar (2016 – 2017)
    Peer Tutor, Northeastern University, Biostatistics, R coding, Organic Chemistry (2014 – 2017)
    - Certified Master Tutor, College Reading and Learning Association

    Mentor, Undergraduate independent study: Ellie Kremer, “Comparing community turnover in


    avian communities in protected and unprotected natural areas" (2020)
    Mentor, Undergraduate independent study: Andrew Zachman, “Spatial variation in phenology
    of defended and undefended caterpillars through the bird nesting season” (2019)
    Mentor, Undergraduate independent study: Brittney Brinson, "Effects of climate change on
    arrival date of Red-eyed vireo" (2018)

    SERVICE AND OUTREACH


    Reviewer, Ecology, Northeastern Naturalist, Ecosphere, BioScience, Ornithological
    Applications
    Organizing Committee, University of North Carolina Climate Change Symposium (2020)
    Biology Department Senator, University of North Carolina Graduate and Professional Student
    Federation (2018 – 2020)
    - Chair, Senate Oversight and Advocacy Committee (2019 – 2020)
    Officer, University of North Carolina Biology Graduate Student Association (2018 – 2020)
    Graduate Assistant, Caterpillars Count! Workshops: Assisted with outreach workshops for
    citizen science program monitoring arthropod abundance and phenology (2018)
    - Supervised three undergraduate students
    Graduate Assistant, SciREN Triangle Educator Open House: Provided lesson plan on
    trophic levels and phenology to educators for grades 8-12 (2017, 2018)
    Contributor to Encyclopedia of Life page on Lepathopsis comet-halleyi (Orchidaceae):
    https://eol.org/pages/1141128/articles (2015)

    TECHNICAL SKILLS
    Proficient:
    - R statistical programming language
    - Version control with Git and GitHub: http://github.com/gdicecco
    - Data cleaning and management
    - High performance cluster computing using Linux and SLURM workload manager
    - GIS analysis and mapping

    Intermediate experience:
    - Bayesian models using JAGS and Stan software
    - SQLite databases with R
    - Cloud computing
    - Shell scripting with Unix
    - Mathematica and MatLab
    - Remote sensing image analysis with ENVI

    PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
    Ecological Society of America, International Biogeography Society
    OTHER TRAINING
    Associates Level of Accomplishment, Center for the Integration of Teaching, Learning, and
    Research (2020)
    - Completed pedagogical training course: “Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate
    STEM Teaching”
    Certificate in Science Policy, University of North Carolina Training Initiatives in Biomedical &
    Biological Sciences (2017)

    LANGUAGES
    Proficient in Spanish

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