Liam Stacey
University of Chicago, BA 1989
University of Oregon, MS 1993
University of Washington PhD 2011
Work in film
Production Assistant; Section 8 films, rock music videos filmed in 8 and 16 mm. 1994-1998.
Acting:
“Ever Since Then” produced and directed by Marly Rankin, 2020. Lead male.
“Hubert” produced and directed by Marly Rankin 2019. Supporting role.
Brooks running commercial, produced and directed by Duncan Sharp. 1998. Solo lead role.
“Grifter’s” (band) video. Produced by Section 8 films 1996. Supporting role.
Teaching experience
Adjunct Faculty teaching Forest Community Ecology, a graduate field and writing course at the University of Washington 2014-2016.
Occasional Substitute Teacher of math, physics, biology, chemistry, music, art, writing, (and one time: PE), Various schools, including Seattle Academy of Arts and Science (1996 - 1999) and the Bush school, (2011 - 2017).
Adjunct Faculty teaching ecology and evolution laboratory sections at the University of Washington, Bothell. Fall 2013.
Adjunct Faculty teaching tropical ecology in Costa Rica, for Mesa Community College, Arizona. Summer 2012.
Adjunct Faculty teaching freshman cell biology course at the University of Puget Sound Spring 2012.
Adjunct Faculty teaching senior ecology course at Seattle University. Autumn, 2010.
Teaching assistantship in entomology and college biology at the University of Washington. 2007 – 2009
Adjunct Faculty, Seattle Central Community College. I developed curricula for, and taught botany, plant taxonomy, college biology, and environmental science. 1/2000 – 6/2006
Physics, Math and Biology tutor. Seattle Central Community College. 1997-1999
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Genetics, Ecology and Evolution: The University of Oregon. 1991 – 1992
Experience in Ecology
Preliminary field studies on the landscape scale habits of predatory ground beetles that may be able to thwart the invasive slugs and snails of the Puget Sound area. And field trials on the impact of these slugs on the seedlings of some native plants in the suburban parts of the Puget Sound. 2016 - present.
Managed the structural development and fire susceptibility of our family's forest in northern Idaho. 1994- present.
Surveyed the impact of invasive species on Juan Fernandez Island, and developed a white paper on the future impacts of a defoliating beetle. 2016.
Researched and co-authored feasibility studies and environmental impact statements during one summer in Chile for Daes Consultores. 2015.
Designed and implemented ecosystem restoration projects both at the park and residential scales. Seattle, and Santiago, Chile. 2004 – 2015.
Volunteer consulting with the Sierra Club and the Washington Park Arboretum foundation, and on my own behalf, in regards to the environmental Impact Statement for the replacement of the SR520 Bridge. Seattle. 2008 – 2010.
Developed novel GIS methods for comparing invasibility of different land cover types by Argentine ants in Chile, as part of my dissertation work. 2009 – 2011.
Assessed impact of nectar thieving ants on a hummingbird pollinated flower on the central coast of Chile. 2007-2010
Surveyed the seed dispersal mechanism of the major plant species of central and qualified the impacts of native and invasive ants on seed dispersal. 2007 – 2008
Surveyed insect fauna diversity and abundance on the central coast of Chile, where I discovered the lack of ant species other than the Argentine ant. 2004 – 2005
Assessed elephant habitat quality and body condition of Sri Lankan populations of the Asian elephant, developed a library of individual herds and male elephants, and found factors contributing to the degradation of habitat for the elephant in Sri Lanka. I worked as an assistant to Dr. Prithiviraj Fernando for one year in 1994.
Field hand on an experimental organic farm near Eugene Oregon for the summer of 1993
Conducted field studies to discover the impact of foliar endophytic fungi on the quantities of nitrogen and phosphorus in leaf litter. University of Oregon 1991-1993
Research assistant to assess the potential impacts of pile driving on Pink and Coho salmon. The University of Washington. 1990
Assisted in research to discover the molecular mechanisms by which beach trees respond to root hypoxia. University of Washington. 1990
Publications and Presentations
Natural History's Place in Science and Society. Joshua J. Tewksbury, John G. T. Anderson, et al. BioScience, Volume 64, Issue 4, April 2014, Pages 300–310, https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biu032
Doctoral Dissertation: The Ecological Impacts Of The Argentine Ant (Linepithema humile) On The Central Coast Of Chile. 2011.
Landscape factors that foster and hinder invasion of the argentine ant (Linepithema humile) in Chile. Presented at the 96 annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2011
The invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, reduces nectar resources for the giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas, on the coast of Chile. Presented at the 95 annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2010
Master’s Thesis: Leaf Senescence And The Importance Of Latent Pathogens And Fungal Endophytes : A Case Study Of Rhytisma punctatum And Discula Sp. On Senescing Acer macrophyllum Leaves. 1993.
Impact of the tar spot fungus, Rhytisma punctatum, on nutrient resorption Senescing Acer macrophyllum leaves. Presented at the Mycological Society of America annual meeting in 1992.
Conservation and Biological Research
Co-designed and installed 5 Habitat gardens in Santiago and Pichilemu Chile, with my wife and our young daughter, 2013, 2015.
Co-designed and installed (with my wife) 5 habitat greenways in public spaces in Seattle 2005-2011.
Managed and directed the restructuring of a five acre forest in northern Idaho. 1994- present.
Permaculture
Co-designed, installed and maintained an 8000 square foot landscape of vegetable beds, honey bees, fruit Orchard, Chicken tractor, with a greenway of native shrub and flower species. 2000-2020.
Worker on an organic vegetable farm, Woodinville WA. Summer of 1995.
Worker on an organic farm in Minamata Japan, July 1994
Worker on an organic farm in a permaculture community, Oregon Summer of 1993.
Additional international experience
Bicycled with Francisca on terrible dirt roads from Pucon, Chile, across the Andes Mountains to San Martin de los Andes Argentina; then back over and down to Puerto Mont, Chile 2003.
Bicycled solo around the North Island of New Zealand. One month, 1995
Traveled around Sri Lanka as a field biologist developing conservation strategies for elephants. January 1994 - November 1994.
Traveled India by train and bus for two months. 1991
Languages:
Fluent: English, Spanish,
Rough: German, French.
Terrible, but studied: Italian.