Faculty Profile

Elinor Lichtenberg

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Biological Sciences
College
College of Science

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, University of California, San Diego, 2011. 
Major: Biology
Dissertation Title: Eavesdropping, Foraging and Dominance in Keystone Neotropical Pollinators: Stingless Bees
BS, University of Maryland, College Park, 2003. 
Major: Biology
Degree Specialization: Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
BIOL 1132.003, Environmental Science, Spring 2024 Syllabus
BIOL 6940.722, Individual Research, Spring 2024 


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    BIOL 4035.001, Behavioral Ecology, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 5035.001, Behavioral Ecology, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 6940.722, Individual Research, Fall 2023 
                    

                    BIOL 5900.722, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2023 
                    

                    BIOL 1132.003, Environmental Science, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 4951.722, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2023 
                    

                    BIOL 6940.722, Individual Research, Spring 2023 
                    

                    BIOL 5950.722, Master's Thesis, Spring 2023 
                    

                    BIOL 4005.008, Contemporary Topics in Biology, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 6940.722, Individual Research, Fall 2022 
                    

                    BIOL 5005.008, TOPICS IN BIOLOGY, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 1132.003, Environmental Science, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 3996.722, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, Spring 2022 
                    

                    BIOL 6940.722, Individual Research, Spring 2022 
                    

                    BIOL 4005.008, Contemporary Topics in Biology, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 6940.722, Individual Research, Fall 2021 
                    

                    BIOL 5900.722, Special Problems, Fall 2021 
                    

                    BIOL 6900.722, Special Problems, Fall 2021 
                    

                    BIOL 5005.008, TOPICS IN BIOLOGY, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 1132.001, Environmental Science, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 1132.002, Environmental Science, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 6940.722, Individual Research, Spring 2021 
                    

                    BIOL 4005.008, Contemporary Topics in Biology, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BIOL 5005.008, TOPICS IN BIOLOGY, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book Review
Lichtenberg, E. M., Pearson, A. E. (2023). Pollinators & Pollination: Nature and Society. Jeff Ollerton. 2021. Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, United Kingdom. 286 pp. $32.00 paperback. ISBN: 978-1-78427-228-9. Journal of Wildlife Management. 87, e22416. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22416
Journal Article
Lichtenberg, E. M., Milosavljević, I., Campbell, A., Crowder, D. W. (2023). Differential effects of soil conservation practices on arthropods and crop yields. Journal of Applied Entomology. 147(10), 931-940. 
Dorey, J., Chesshire, P., Bolaños, A., O'Reilly, R., Bossert, S., Collins, S., Lichtenberg, E., Tucker, E. M., Smith-Pardo, A., Falcon-Brindis, A., Guevara, D., Ribeiro, B., Pedro, D. d., Fischer, E., Pickering, J., Hung, K., Parys, K., McCabe, L., Rogan, M., Minckley, R., Velazco, S., Griswold, T., Zarrillo, T., Jetz, W., Sica, Y., Orr, M., Guzman, L., Ascher, J., Hughes, A., Cobb, N.  (2023). A globally synthesised and flagged bee occurrence dataset and cleaning workflow. Scientific Data. 10, 747. 
Allen-Perkins, A., Magrach, A., Dainese, M., Garibaldi, L. A., Kleijn, D., Rader, R., Reilly, J. R., Winfree, R., Lundin, O., McGrady, C. M., Brittain, C., Biddinger, D. J., Artz, D. R., Elle, E., Hoffman, G., Ellis, J. D., Daniels, J., Gibbs, J., Campbell, J. W., Brokaw, J., Wilson, J. K., Mason, K., Ward, K. L., Gundersen, K. B., Bobiwash, K., Gut, L., Rowe, L. M., Boyle, N. K., Williams, N. M., Joshi, N. K., Rothwell, N., Gillespie, R. L., Isaacs, R., Fleischer, S. J., Peterson, S. S., Rao, S., Pitts-Singer, T. L., Fijen, T., Boreux, V., Rundlof, M., Viana, B. F., Klein, A., Smith, H. G., Bommarco, R., Carvalheiro, L. G., Ricketts, T. H., Ghazoul, J., Krishnan, S., Benjamin, F. E., Loureiro, J., Castro, S., Raine, N. E., de Groot, Gerard Arjen,, Horgan, F. G., Hipolito, J., Smagghe, G., Meeus, I., Eeraerts, M., Potts, S. G., Kremen, C., Garcia, D., Minarro, M., Crowder, D. W., Pisanty, G., Mandelik, Y., Vereecken, N. J., Leclercq, N., Weekers, T., Lindstrom, Sandra A. M.,, Stanley, D. A., Zaragoza-Trello, C., Nicholson, C. C., Scheper, J., Rad, C., Marks, Evan A. N.,, Mota, L., Danforth, B., Park, M., Bezerra, Antonio Diego M.,, Freitas, B. M., Mallinger, R. E., Oliveira da Silva, Fabiana,, Willcox, B., Ramos, D. L., da Silva e Silva, Felipe D.,, Lazaro, A., Alomar, D., Gonzalez-Estevez, M. A., Taki, H., Cariveau, D. P., Garratt, Michael P. D.,, Nabaes Jodar, Diego N.,, Stewart, Rebecca I. A.,, Ariza, D., Pisman, M., Lichtenberg, E. M., Schueepp, C., Herzog, F., Entling, M. H., Dupont, Y. L., Michener, C. D., Daily, G. C., Ehrlich, P. R., Burns, Katherine L. W.,, Vila, M., Robson, A., Howlett, B., Blechschmidt, L., Jauker, F., Schwarzbach, F., Nesper, M., Diekoetter, T., Wolters, V., Castro, H., Gaspar, H., Nault, B. A., Badenhausser, I., Petersen, J. D., Tscharntke, T., Bretagnolle, V., Willis Chan, D. Susan,, Chacoff, N., Andersson, Georg K. S.,, Jha, S., Colville, J. F., Veldtman, R., Coutinho, J., Bianchi, Felix J. J. A.,, Sutter, L., Albrecht, M., Jeanneret, P., Zou, Y., Averill, A. L., Saez, A., Sciligo, A. R., Vergara, C. H., Bloom, E. H., Oeller, E., Badano, E. I., Loeb, G. M., Grab, H., Ekroos, J., Gagic, V., Cunningham, S. A., Astrom, J., Cavigliasso, P., Trillo, A., Classen, A., Mauchline, A. L., Montero-Castano, A., Wilby, A., Woodcock, B. A., Sidhu, C. S., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Vogiatzakis, I. N., Herrera, J. M., Otieno, M., Gikungu, M. W., Cusser, S. J., Nauss, T., Nilsson, L., Knapp, J., Ortega-Marcos, J. J., Gonzalez, J. A., Osborne, J. L., Blanche, R., Shaw, R. F., Hevia, V., Stout, J., Arthur, A. D., Blochtein, B., Szentgyorgyi, H., Li, J., Mayfield, M. M., Woyciechowski, M., Nunes-Silva, P., Halinski de Oliveira, Rosana,, Henry, S., Simmons, B. I., Dalsgaard, B., Hansen, K., Sritongchuay, T., O'Reilly, A. D., Chamorro Garcia, Fermin Jose,, Nates Parra, Guiomar,, Magalhaes Pigozo, Camila,, Bartomeus, I.  (2022). CropPol: A dynamic, open and global database on crop pollination. Ecology. 103(3), e3614. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3614
Campbell, A. J., Lichtenberg, E. M., Carvalheiro, L. G., Menezes, C., Borges, R. C., Coelho, B. W., Freitas, M. A., Gianinni, T. C., Leão, K. L., Oliveira, F. F., Silva, T. S., Maués, M. M. (2022). High bee functional diversity buffers crop pollination services against Amazon deforestation. Other. 326, 107777. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2021.107777
Baylis, K., Lichtenberg, E. M., Lichtenberg, E.  (2021). Economics of pollination. Annual Review of Resource Economics. 13, 335-354. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-resource-101420-110406
Lichtenberg, E. M., Irwin, R. E., Bronstein, J. L. (2020). Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs. Animal Behaviour. 170, 177-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.09.008
Lichtenberg, E. M., Richman, S. K., Irwin, R. E., Bronstein, J. L. (2020). Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy. Ecological Entomology. 45(4), 904-909. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12866
Lichtenberg, E. M., Heiling, J. M., Bronstein, J. L., Barker, J. L. (2020). Noisy communities and signal detection: why do foragers visit rewardless flowers?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 375, 20190486. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0486



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Fellowship   
Lichtenberg, E., "HSI (E. Kika De La Garza) Fellowship," Sponsored by USDA, Federal,  Funded. (July 2022 – July 2022).
Grant - Research   
Lichtenberg, E. (Principal), "Checklist Development and Conservation Status Assessment of Texas Native Bees," Sponsored by USFWS-TPWD, Federal, $307692 Funded. (December 31, 2022 – December 31, 2026).
Lichtenberg, E. M. (Principal), "Assessing impacts of grazing management on pollinator conservation in rangeland," Sponsored by USDA, Southern SARE, Federal, $30000 Funded. (2023 – 2025).
Compson, Z. G. (Principal), Bhowmick, S. (Co-Principal), Lichtenberg, E. M. (Co-Principal), Bohenek, J. (Co-Principal), "GRAPH-N: Generating Rapid Applications for Predicting Heuristic Networks," Sponsored by COS & COE, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2023 – 2024).
Lichtenberg, E. (Principal), Kennedy, J. (Co-Principal), "Texas Native Bee Conservation Status Assessment and Digitizing the UNT Invertebrate Collection," Sponsored by USFWS-TPWD, Federal, $161537 Funded. (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2023).
Jha, S. (Principal), Lichtenberg, E. (Co-Principal), Baum, (Co-Principal), "Multi-year Investigation of Restoration Impacts on Pollinator Communities & Plant-Pollinator Interactions," Sponsored by USFWS-TPWD, Federal, $386117 Funded. (January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2023).
Lichtenberg, E. (Principal), Burggren, W. (Co-Principal), "COS Seed Grant 2022," Sponsored by UNT College of Science, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (June 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022).
Lichtenberg, E. (Principal), Burggren, W. (Co-Principal), "COS Seed Grant 2021," Sponsored by UNT College of Science, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (May 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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