Affiliation                                                                                                        

Assistant Professor of Applied Mycology                                                                                             2016-current

Weber State University

Department of Botany

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Postdoctoral Researcher                                                                                                                                    2015-16

Center for Conservation Biology, University of California - Riverside      

Advisor:                    Michael F. Allen (michael.allen@ucr.edu)

                                   Edith B. Allen (edith.allen@ucr.edu)

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PhD Plant Biology                                                                                                                                                      2015

University of California, Riverside, CA 92521

Dissertation:    "Use of Ecological Assembly Rules to Restore and Stabilize Invaded Plant Communities"

Advisor:             Edith B. Allen (edith.allen@ucr.edu)

 

B.S. Biology,                                                                                                                                                                 2010

Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042

 

 

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​​Peer Reviewed Publications

 

B.E. Hilbig, and E.B. Allen. 2019.  Fungal pathogens and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of abandoned agricultural fields: potential limits to restoration. Invasive Plant Science and Management.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/inp.2019.19 (Links to an external site.)

 

J.M. Valliere, S. Balch, C. Bell, C. Contreras, and B.E. Hilbig. 2018. Repeated mowing to restore perennial grasslands invaded by nonnative annual grasses: Upsides and downsides above- and belowground. Restoration Ecology 

 

Allen, E.B., Egerton-Warburton, L.M., Hilbig, B.E., and J.M. Valliere. 2016. Impacts of nitrogen deposition and invasive species on arbuscular mycorrhizal richness and functioning in a southern California shrubland. Botany

 

Hilbig, B.E., and E.B. Allen. 2015. Plant-soil feedbacks and competitive interactions between invasive Bromus diandrus and native forb species. Plant and Soil 392(1): 191-203

 

Hilbig, B.E., and E.B. Allen. Soil biota in abandoned agricultural fields limits restoration of native forbs in southern California. Applied Soil Ecology (in review)

 

Hilbig, B.E., and E.B. Allen. Timing of germination trumps limiting similarity in the invasiveness of Bromus diandrus and Erodium cicutarium. Restoration Ecology (in revision)

 

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Other Publications

Valliere, J.M., Hilbig, B.E., and E.B. Allen. 2016. “Santa Rosa Plateau Habitat Studies and Restoration Program: Working to restore California grasslands through research and education.” California’s Native Grassland Association Quarterly Journal

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B.E. Hilbig, A. Swanson, J.Valliere, and C.J. Mc’Donald. “Don’t Spread the Mustard Field Guide”. 2016. University of California   Agriculture and Natural Resources.

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Allen E.B., McDonald, C.J. and B.E. Hilbig. 2015. Long-term Prospects for Restoration of Coastal Sage Scrub: Invasive Species, Nitrogen Deposition, and Novel Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Chaparral Symposium, US Forest Service General Technical Report.

 

Hilbig, B.E., Pocius, V.M., Marchese, J., Waters, N.M., Drummond, JO. 2010. Effects of endocrine disruptin contaminants on the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. Proceedings of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Univerisity of Montana, Missoula. Missoula, Montana.

 

 

 

Major Presentations

Hilbig, B.E. 2019 Comparison of Two Pedagogies Implemented in Course Based Undergraduate Research.  AAC&U Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education: Implications for 21st-Century Society. Chicago, Il. November 6-9, 2019

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Hilbig, B.E. 2018. Exploring soil biological complexity across different urban agroecosystems on the Wasatch Front. Poster presentation at the Ecology of Soil Microorganisms, Helsinki Finland

 

Hilbig, B.E. 2017. Enhancing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi communities to increase drought tolerance in rooftop gardens. Poster presented at the International Conference on Mycorrhizas, Prague, Czech Republic. 

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Hilbig, B.E. and E.B. Allen. 2015. The use of phenology and plant morphological traits to reassemble invaded plant communities. Oral presentation at the Ecological Society of America 100th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Hilbig, B.E. and E.B. Allen. 2014. Fine and coarse arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Bromus diandrus invasion. Poster presented at the First Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, Dijon, France.

 

Hilbig, B.E., M.F. Allen, M. O’Neill, E. Holmes, and E.B. Allen. 2014. Ustilago bullata, a potential biocontrol for Bromus species. Oral presentation at the California Invasive Plant Council Symposium, Chico, California.

 

Hilbig, B.E. and E.B. Allen. 2014. Plant-soil feedback in abandoned agricultural fields contributes to plant community assembly and limits successful restoration. Oral presentation at the Ecological Society of America 99th Annual Meeting, Sacremento, California.

 

Hilbig, B.E. and E.B. Allen. 2013. The use of phenology and plant morphological traits to reassemble invaded plant communities. Oral presentation at the California Invasive Plant Council Symposium, Lake Arrowhead, California.

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Hilbig, B.E. and E.B. Allen. 2013. Differential growth responses of native annual forbs relative to the invasive annual grass Bromus diandrus grown in different soil inocula. Oral presentation at the Soil Ecology Society 14th Biennial Conference, Camden, New Jersey.

 

Hilbig, B.E. and E.B. Allen. 2012. Effects of soil inocula on the growth responses of native annual forbs and the invasive annual grass, Bromus diandrus, Oral presentation at the California Invasive Plant Council Symposium, Rohnert Park, California.

 

Hilbig, B.E. and E.B. Allen. 2012. Effects of soil inocula on the growth responses of native annual forbs and the invasive annual grass, Bromus diandrus, Poster presented at the Ecological Society of America 97th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon.  

 

 

 

Invited Talks

Hilbig, B.E. 2015. “Mycorrhizae for Master Gardeners”

Western Municipal Water District, Riverside, CA

Host: Sandy Starkey (Master Gardeners)

 

Hilbig B.E., M.F. Allen, M. O'Neill, and E.B. Allen. 2015. “Naturally occurring pathogenic fungi of invasive Bromus species – a potential biological control agent”

Santa Rosa Plateau, Murietta, CA

Host: Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority

 

Hilbig, B.E. 2012. “Manipulating mycorrhizae to restore native vegetation”

Lafayette College, Easton, PA

Host: Nancy McCreary Waters

 

Palenscar, K. and B.E. Hilbig. 2011. “Habitat Restoration, What is your goal?”

Riverside City College, Riverside, CA

Host: Virginia White

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Honors and Awards

W.W. Thomson Award for Outstanding Research

Earl C Anthony Travel Award, UC Riverside                                                                                                               

Dissertation Year Program Fellowship, UC Riverside                                                                                               

Soil Ecology Society Parkinson Travel Award                                                                                                               

California Invasive Plant Council Student Presentation Award, Best Talk                                                              

Dean Fellowship, UC Riverside