Last Updated: 22 December 2020
Web Page of
Phillip P.A. Staniczenko
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
City University of New York (CUNY), Brooklyn College
2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210
Office: Ingersoll Extension, Room 314
CUNY Graduate Center
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB) PhD Subprogram
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Office: Fourth floor, Room 4316
E-mail: pstaniczenko(at-sign)brooklyn(dot)cuny(dot)edu
Headshot photo for promotional materials
Check out my new educational video, Introduction to Ecological Networks
Predicting the effects of environmental change on natural ecosystems
My work examines the effect of anthropogenic change on ecological networks representing
interactions between species in a community.
I aim to develop new techniques for analysing large and complex multispecies data.
By bridging theory and empirical work, I hope to advance our understanding of community ecology
and improve our ability to predict the effects of environmental change on natural ecosystems.
Selected publications
- Baldock, K.C.R., Goddard, M.A., Hicks, D.M., Kunin, W.E., Mitschunas, N., Morse, H., Osgathorpe, L.M., Potts, S.G.,
Robertson, K.M., Scott, A.V., Staniczenko, P.P.A., Stone, G.N., Vaughan, I.P. & Memmott, J. 2019
A systems approach reveals urban pollinator hotspots and conservation opportunities
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 363–373
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- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Lewis, O.T., Tylianakis, J.M., Albrecht, M., Coudrain, V., Klein, A.-M. & Reed-Tsochas, F. 2017
Predicting the effect of habitat modification on networks of interacting species
Nature Communications, 8, 792
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Supplementary Information
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- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Sivasubramaniam, P., Suttle, K.B. & Pearson, R.G. 2017
Linking macroecology and community ecology: Refining predictions of species distributions using biotic interaction networks
Ecology Letters, 20, 693–707
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Supplementary Files
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- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Kopp, J.C. & Allesina, S. 2013
The ghost of nestedness in ecological networks
Nature Communications, 4, 1931
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Supplementary Information
Code
- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Lewis, O.T., Jones, N.S. & Reed-Tsochas, F. 2010
Structural dynamics and robustness of food webs
Ecology Letters, 13, 891–899
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Full publication list
Current positions
Previous positions
Education
Grants
Awards and Prizes
- 2021 Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP) award to design and execute scholarly publications, $4k
- 2021 Certificate in Effective Online Teaching Practices from the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)
- 2015 Top Referee in 2014 recognition. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- 2010 David Ryan Prize for distinguished work by a graduate student in Physics, University of Oxford
- 2007 Data Connection Prize for the best use of software in an MPhys Thesis, University of Oxford
- 2006 Clayman Scholarship to work in quantitative finance in New York City, $10k
- 2004–2007 Scholar, highest undergraduate academic honour, St. Anne's College, University of Oxford
Academic Service
- 2018– Recommender for Peer Community in Ecology (equivalent to a traditional journal editor but for free and public scientific publications)
- 2018 Executive Board, Inclusive Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America
- 2017– Reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- 2015– Reviewer and Panelist for National Science Foundation (NSF)
- 2014– Reviewer for Natural Environment Research Council UK (NERC)
- 2010– Reviewer for over 30 peer-review journals:
Ecology Letters,
Nature Ecology & Evolution,
Nature Communications,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B,
Ecology,
Ecology & Evolution,
Methods in Ecology & Evolution,
Global Change Biology,
J Animal Ecology,
Theoretical Ecology,
Basic & Applied Ecology,
Oikos,
Ecography,
Global Ecology & Biogeography,
Diversity & Distributions,
Biological Conservation,
Ecological Modelling,
J Theoretical Biology,
Biology Letters,
PLOS Biology,
PLOS Computational Biology,
PLOS ONE,
Theory in Biosciences,
Diversity,
Complexity,
PeerJ,
Nature Scientific Reports,
Current Biology,
Microbiome,
Physical Review E,
Physical Review X,
J Royal Society Interface
Institutional Service
- 2020– Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB) Steering Committee. CUNY Graduate Center
- 2020– Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB) Admissions Committee. CUNY Graduate Center
- 2019– University Faculty Senate. CUNY
- 2019– University Faculty Council. Brooklyn College, CUNY
- 2019– Chair, Committee on Review of Student Records. Brooklyn College, CUNY
- 2018–2023 Special Member of the Graduate Faculty in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture. University of Maryland, College Park
- 2017–2019 Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Committee, Faculty Representative (Elected). University of Maryland, College Park
- 2017–2019 Mentoring Sub-Committee, Chair. University of Maryland, College Park
- 2017–2019 University Senate, Postdoc Representative (Elected twice). University of Maryland, College Park
- 2004–2005 Physics Joint Consultative Committee, Undergraduate Representative (Elected). University of Oxford
Outreach
- 2020 Educational Video. Writer, producer, and presenter of Introduction to Ecological Networks
- 2019 Panelist. Transitioning to a Faculty Position, Postdoctoral Research Symposium, 13 September, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2018 Panel Moderator. Transitioning to a Faculty Position, Postdoctoral Research Symposium, 17 September, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2018 Planning Committee. Graduate Career Pathways Conference, 20 April, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2018 Judge. Graduate Research Appreciation Day, 4 April, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2017 Judge. Graduate Research Appreciation Day, 5 April, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2009 Exhibition Curator. Transforming Space, Denys Wilkinson Building, 7–9 May, University of Oxford
- 2009 Workshop Organiser. Process in Physics and Art, 12 February, Department of Physics and Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford
- 2008 Highschool Mentor. Maths, ages 10–12, Cherwell School, Oxford
Teaching
- 2020– Organizer. BIOL7910G: Biology Colloquium, 14 weeks. Arrange seminar series and mark student summaries of talks,
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- 2020– Lecturer. BIOL3030W: Scientific Writing, 14 weeks. Communicating science to decision-makers and the public (originated course),
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- 2020– Lecturer. BIOL3083: Principles of Ecology, 14 weeks. Fundamental topics in ecology (originated course),
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- 2019– Lecturer. BIOL76001: Ecology, 14 weeks. Fundamental and contemporary topics in ecology (originated course),
CUNY Graduate Center
- 2019– Lecturer. BICM87001: Bioinformatics with computing practicum, 14 weeks. Scientific computing for biologists (4 weeks, originated course),
CUNY Graduate Center
- 2019– Lecturer. Introduction to Social and Ecological Networks Analysis, one week. NSF Advanced Training Course, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
- 2019 Lecturer. Statistics and Scientific Computing, two-day course.
NSF Brooklyn Urban Ecology and Environment (BUEE) Program
- 2014 Lecturer. Introduction to Ecological Modelling, 5–7 November.
NERC Advanced Training Short Course, University College London
- 2014 Lecturer. Workshop on Networks in Ecology, 19–23 May. Norrbyn, Sweden
- 2008–2010 Lecturer. Quantitative Methods in Biology, two-day course.
MSc Integrative Biosciences, University of Oxford
- 2008–2009 Demonstrator. Introduction to C programming, four-day course.
MPhys Physics, University of Oxford
Supervision
- 2020– PhD committee, Aislyn Keyes. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Boulder Colorado
- 2020– PhD committee, Laura Bogess. Plant Sciences, New York Botanical Garden
- 2020– PhD committee, Connor French. Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB), City College, City University of New York
- 2020– Supervisor, Chia-Hua Lue. Postdoctoral researcher, Staniczenko lab, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- 2020– PhD co-supervisor, Grégoire Proudhom. Entomology, Czech Academy of Sciences
- 2020– Undergraduate project mentor, Chrismal Abraham. Computer and Information Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
- 2020– PhD committee, Erica Johnson. Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB), City College, City University of New York
- 2019– PhD committee, Jennifer Zhu. Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB), Baruch College, City University of New York
- 2019 NSF Summer REU mentor, Quiana Berry. Brooklyn Urban Ecology and Environment (BUEE) Program
- 2019– PhD committee, Gonzalo Enrique Pinilla Buitrago. Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEB), City College, City University of New York
- 2018– PhD committee, Humberto Castillo Gonzalez. Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2018 Undergraduate project mentor, Peter Thompson. Statistics, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2017 Undergraduate project mentor, Samantha Berman. Biology, University of Maryland, College Park
- 2015 Undergraduate research intern, Elise Damstra, Staniczenko lab, University College London
- 2015 PhD project mentor, Teresa Attenborough. Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University College London
- 2014 PhD project mentor, Andrew Maher. Interdisciplinary Life Sciences, University College London
- 2014 Postdoctoral research mentor, Francesco Caravelli. Staniczenko lab, University College London
- 2014 Master's project mentor, Sameen Khan. Mathematics, University College London
Publications (Underlined authors were mentored students)
- Timm, C.M., Loomis, K., Stone, W., Mehoke, T., Brensinger, B., Pellicore, M., Staniczenko, P.P.A., Charles, C., Nayak, S. & Karig, D. 2020
Isolation and characterization of diverse microbial representatives from the human skin microbiome
Microbiome, 8, 58
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- Thompson, P.R., Fagan, W.F. & Staniczenko, P.P.A. 2020
Predictor species: Modelling environmental co-responses to improve assessments of rare species occurrence
Ecology & Evolution, 10, 3293–3304
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Code
- Alexander*, S.M., Staniczenko*, P.P.A. & Bodin, Ö. 2020
*Joint first authors
Social ties explain catch portfolios of small-scale fishers in the Caribbean
Fish & Fisheries, 21, 120–131
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Code
- Baldock, K.C.R., Goddard, M.A., Hicks, D.M., Kunin, W.E., Mitschunas, N., Morse, H., Osgathorpe, L.M., Potts, S.G.,
Robertson, K.M., Scott, A.V., Staniczenko, P.P.A., Stone, G.N., Vaughan, I.P. & Memmott, J. 2019
A systems approach reveals urban pollinator hotspots and conservation opportunities
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3, 363–373
Link
PDF
- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Suttle, K.B. & Pearson, R.G. 2018
Negative biotic interactions drive predictions of distributions for species from a grassland community
Biology Letters, 14, 20180426
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Supplementary Information
Code
- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Lewis, O.T., Tylianakis, J.M., Albrecht, M., Coudrain, V., Klein, A.-M. & Reed-Tsochas, F. 2017
Predicting the effect of habitat modification on networks of interacting species
Nature Communications, 8, 792
Link
PDF
Supplementary Information
Code
- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Sivasubramaniam, P., Suttle, K.B. & Pearson, R.G. 2017
Linking macroecology and community ecology: Refining predictions of species distributions using biotic interaction networks
Ecology Letters, 20, 693–707
Link
PDF
Supplementary Files
Code
- Bewick*, S., Staniczenko*, P.P.A., Li, B., Karig, D. & Fagan, W.F. 2017
*Joint first authors
Invasion speeds in microbial systems with toxin production and quorum sensing
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 420, 290–303
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- Caravelli*, F. & Staniczenko*, P.P.A. 2016
*Joint first authors
Bounds on transient instability for complex ecosystems
PLOS ONE, 11, 6
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- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Smith, M.J. & Allesina, S. 2014
Selecting food web models using normalized maximum likelihood
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 551–562
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- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Kopp, J.C. & Allesina, S. 2013
The ghost of nestedness in ecological networks
Nature Communications, 4, 1931
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PDF
Supplementary Information
Code
- De Sassi, C., Staniczenko, P.P.A. & Tylianakis, J.M. 2012
Warming and nitrogen affect size structuring and density dependence in a host-parasitoid food web
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 367, 3033–3041
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Supplementary Information
- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Lewis, O.T., Jones, N.S. & Reed-Tsochas, F. 2010
Structural dynamics and robustness of food webs
Ecology Letters, 13, 891–899
Link
PDF
- Staniczenko, P.P.A., Lee, C.-F. & Jones, N.S. 2009
Rapidly detecting disorder in rhythmic biological signals: A spectral entropy measure to identify cardiac arrhythmias
Physical Review E, 79:011915
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Supplementary Information
- Staniczenko, P.P.A. 2011
Structure, dynamics, and robustness of ecological networks
Doctoral Thesis, University of Oxford
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Thanks to Frederic L. Pryor
for the design idea for this website.