Lucy Chang
Los Angeles, CA | chang.lucym@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Integrative Biology University of California, Berkeley 2017
Thesis Title: Morphological and spatial influences on molluscan macroevolution
Advisor: Charles Marshall
B.S. with Honors, Geophysical Sciences University of Chicago 2009
POSITIONS HELD
2023-current Curator of Life Sciences, California Science Center
2021-2023 Senior Specialist, Content and Research, Experiences Team, National Geographic Society
Specialist, Content and Research, Creative Team, National Geographic Society
2021 Part-Time Assistant Professor, Augustana College
2019-2021 Contract Assistant Curator, Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum
2019 Community Coordinator, Fossil Atmospheres Citizen Science Project, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
2017-19 Peter Buck Deep Time Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
2017 On-Call Multimedia Developer Assistant, Exploratorium
2016, 2017 CADRE Leader, Northern California Teacher Training Institute, NGSS Early Implementation Initiative, Oakland Unified School District and K-12 Alliance/WestEd
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2012-17 Graduate Research Fellow, National Science Foundation
2015 Best Student Oral Presentation, Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
2014 Annie M. Alexander Fellow, University of California Museum of Paleontology
2014 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley
2013 Best Student Poster: Conservation and Global Change, 6th International Conference of the International Biogeography Society
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Publications
Nanglu, K. et al. 2023. The nature of science: The fundamental role of natural history in ecology, evolution, conservation, and education. Ecology and Evolution 13(10): e10621.
Killen, H., Chang, L., Soul, L., and Barclay, R. 2022. Combining physical and digital data collection for citizen science climate research. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 7(1): 10 (1-14).
Chang, L.M. and P.L. Skipwith. 2020. Relatedness and the composition of communities over time: Evaluating phylogenetic community structure in the late Cenozoic record of bivalves. Paleobiology 47:301-313. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2020.38
Chang, L.M. 2018. webpic: A flexible web application for collecting distance and count measurements from images. PLOS ONE 13(4): e0195184. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195184
Books
Capps, D., McLane, S., and Chang, L. 2016. Denali National Park and Preserve Geology Road Guide. National Park Service, Denali National Park and Preserve, Denali Park, Alaska.
Other
Chang, L. and Seymour, K. 2021. Dawn of Life. ROM Magazine.
Keating-Bitonti, C. and Chang, L. 2018. Here's How Scientists Reconstruct Earth's Past Climates. Smithsonian Voices Blog. Smithsonian Magazine.
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
K-12
2014-17 Workshop Leader, Expanding Your Horizons (annual weekend STEM conference for young women in grades 5-8)
2013-16 Docent, University of California Museum of Paleontology (15+ tours led)
2013-16 2nd Grade Classroom Lecturer, Bay Area Scientists in Schools (BASIS), Community Resources for Science (10+ classroom visits)
Public
2019 Speaker, After Hours, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
2019 Speaker, Nerd Nite DC, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
2017-2019 Member, Deep Time Activity Development Team, Smithsonian Institution
2018 Contributor, Smithsonian Voices Blog, Smithsonian Institution
2017 Speaker, Volunteer Enrichment Program, Smithsonian Institution
2016-17 Web Media Volunteer, Exploratorium
2011-17 Volunteer, CalDay, University of California Museum of Paleontology
2015 Table Presenter, California Academy of Sciences NightLife
2014-15 Content Developer, Understanding Global Change Website
2012 Geoheritage Education Specialist, Geological Society of America - GeoCorps Program, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA (10 week internship)
2010-12 Contributor, University of California Museum of Paleontology Blog
2010 Docent, The Field Museum of Natural History
2009 Education Coordinator, "Balluminescence – Lights, Balloons, Jellyfish!", Science Chicago’s Labfest! Millennium Park
TEACHING, MENTORING, AND PEDAGOGY
Teacher Training
2016, 2017 CADRE Leader, Northern California Teacher Training Institute, NGSS Early Implementation Initiative, Oakland Unified School District and K-12 Alliance/WestEd
Mentorship
2014, 2016 Be A Scientist, Community Resources for Science, Berkeley, CA, USA (science mentorship program for students in grade 7)
2013-14 Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program, University of California, Berkeley (mentored one undergraduate student for three semesters in research methodology and museum curation)
Graduate Student Instructor (no. of semesters taught)
2016 (1) Oceans, Depts. of Earth and Planetary Science and Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
2014 (1) Natural History Museums and Biodiversity Science, Depts. of Environmental Science, Management, and Policy and Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
2011-13 (3) Paleobiological Perspectives on Ecology and Evolution, Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley (co-developed original specimen-based laboratory exercises)
2010 (1) General Biology, Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student Researcher
2013 Origins: from the Big Bang to the Origin of Humans, Dept. of Integrative Biology and Astronomy Dept., University of California, Berkeley (developed original discussion materials for a new interdisciplinary non-majors course taught Fall 2013)
Programming
2018-present Certified Instructor, The Data and Software Carpentries
2018 Co-organizer and Facilitator, Introduction to R Workshop (5-day), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
2017 Co-organizer and Facilitator, Introduction to R Workshop (3-day), Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2016 EarthCube Cyber4Paleo Community Development Workshop, Boulder, CO, USA
2015 Participant, Marine Invertebrate Zoology Summer Course, Friday Harbor Marine Laboratories, University of Washington
2014 "Big ecological questions, diverse data, new methods", Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology, University of California, Berkeley (invited speaker)
2014 Curatorial Assistant (Graduate Student Researcher), University of California Museum of Paleontology
2013 "Integrating molecular phylogenies and the fossil record", The France-Berkeley Fund, University of California, Berkeley
2013 "Integrating approaches to macroevolution: combining fossils and phylogenies", National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) Catalysis Meeting
2011 Paleobiology Database Intensive Workshop in Analytical Methods hosted at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2011 CLIR Archival Project (Graduate Student Researcher), University of California Museum of Paleontology
2009 Field Assistant, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago with Christina Belanger
2009 Honors Thesis, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago with Peter Crane
2008 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota with David Fox
RESEARCH FUNDING
2018 MacMillan Fund, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, co-PIs: Selina Cole, Laura Soul, David Wright ($6750)
2015 Department of Integrative Biology Summer Research Fund, University of California, Berkeley ($3000)
2014 Leeper Fund, University of California, Berkeley ($1700)
2013 William B. N. Berry Memorial Research Fund, University of California Museum of Paleontology ($969)
2013 Reshetko Family Scholarship Fund, University of California, Berkeley ($2463)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
Paleontological Society
2014-16 Student Representative
Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
2013-2017 Graduate Student Faculty Meeting Liaison
2014 Admissions and Fellowships Committee
2013, 2014 Graduate Student Services Advisor Hiring Committee
2011 Co-organizer, Incoming Graduate Student Orientation Weekend
2011 Co-organizer, Prospective Graduate Student Weekend
University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
2015-2016 Production Editor, PaleoBios (peer-reviewed journal published by the Museum)
Reviewer
Science, Evolution, Integrative and Comparative Biology
Conferences and Seminars
2019 Co-convener, Paleobiology of Cephalopods, North American Paleontological Convention, Riverside, CA, USA
2019 Organizer, Paleobiology Seminar, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
2018 Co-convener, Scientific Collections as an Essential Gateway to Informal Science Learning (Session ED23E), American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA
2018 Outstanding Student Presentation Awards Liaison and Judge, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, USA
PRESENTATIONS
Contributed Presentations ( * denotes presenting author)
2019 Chang, L.M.* Linking geographic range and background extinction in ammonoids across the Cretaceous. Oral presentation at the North American Paleontological Convention, Riverside, CA, USA.
2018 Chang, L.M.* and Skipwith, P.L. Examining predictors of invasion success using a molecular phylogeny and the late Cenozoic fossil record of Bivalvia. Oral presentation at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
2017 Chang, L.M.* and Yacobucci, M.M. Detecting consistent morphological shifts across biogeographic boundaries in the fossil record. Poster presentation at the International Biogeography Society 8th Biennial Meeting, Tucson, AZ, USA.
2016 Chang, L.M.* and Yacobucci, M.M. Testing for consistency in morphological shifts across environments for ammonites of the Western Interior Seaway. Oral presentation at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, USA.
2016 Souto, C.* and Chang, L. Estimating echinoid diversity using data from large databases: pitfalls and evolutionary trends. Oral presentation at the Congreso Latinoamericano de Equinodermos, San Pedro, Costa Rica.
2015 Chang, L.*, Finnegan, S., and Marshall, C.R. Morphological predictors of background extinction risk for ammonites through the Cretaceous. Oral presentation at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA.
2015 Chang, L.* Web-based tools provide an effective alternative to traditional methods for making specimen measurements. Poster presentation at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA.
2014 Chang, L.* Assembling the ammonite fauna of the Western Interior Seaway using a biogeographical framework. Poster presentation at the 9th International Symposium Cephalopods - Present and Past, Zürich, Switzerland.
2014 Rominger, A.J.*, M’Gonigle, L.K., Maher, S.P., Iknayan, K.J., Chang, L., Rapacciuolo, G., Holroyd, P. Estimating community change from sporadic data: A novel statistical technique sheds light on continental-scale ecology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Oral presentation at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA.
2014 Chang, L.* Patterns of diversification in novel environments: examining the fossil record of the early Western Interior Seaway. Oral presentation at the 10th North American Paleontological Convention, Gainesville, FL, USA.
2013 Judge, J.*, Chang, L., and Lindberg, D.R. Supertrees help illustrate patterns across broad taxonomic, yet fine ecological scales: the case of bivalve and gastropod colonization of chemosynthetic habitats. Poster presentation at the World Congress of Malacology, Azores, Portugal.
2013 Chang, L.* Building up the biota in novel environments: insights using the fossil record of epeiric seas. Poster presentation at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, USA.
2012 Chang, L.* Building up the biota in novel environments: insights using the fossil record of epeiric seas. Poster presentation at the International Biogeography Society 6th Biennial Meeting, Miami, FL, USA.
2009 Chang, L.*, Fox, D., and Badgley, C. Biogeography of extant North American mammals: spatial turnover in relation to climatic and physiographic variables. Poster presentation at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, USA.
Invited Presentations
2017 Paleobiology Seminar, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
2015 Paleobiology Group Meeting, Payne Lab, Stanford University
2014 "Big ecological questions, diverse data, new methods", Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology, University of California, Berkeley
2013 Fossil Coffee, University of California Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
FIELD EXPERIENCE
Relevant field experience includes: stratigraphic resurvey and collection in Cretaceous marine units of Wyoming supported by the MacMillan Fund (co-PIs: Selina Cole, Laura Soul, David Wright); surface collecting in Cretaceous marine units of South Dakota; surface collecting and measuring stratigraphic sections in Neogene marine units of coastal California and Oregon.
Modern Marine
2022 Bonaire, Netherlands
2015 San Juan Island, WA, USA (Friday Harbor Marine Laboratories)
2007 San Salvador Island, Bahamas (Gerace Research Centre)
Geology and Paleontology
2022 Bonaire, Netherlands
2018 Big Horn and Wind River Basins, WY, USA
2015 Black Hills, SD, USA
2015 Anza Borrega, CA, USA
2014 Kettleman Hills and Death Valley, CA, USA
2012 Clear Lake, CA, USA
2009 Newport, OR, USA
2008 Caliente, NV, USA and Death Valley, CA, USA
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Geological Society of America
International Biogeography Society
Paleontological Society