Autumn Maust
Research Scientist
As a disturbance ecologist, my research explores the effects of climate-driven disturbance on pollinating bees, beetles, and flies. I use both field based and molecular methods to quantify shifts in pollinator community composition, fitness, and plant-pollinator networks over spatial and temporal scales.
Updated August 2025
Education
Ph.D. in Environmental and Forest Sciences, 2025 University of Washington
B.S. in Natural Resources, 2018 University of Vermont
Publications
Maust, A (2025) Quantifying the effects of wildfire reintroduction on native pollinators in ponderosa pine forests of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington ProQuest. 32115453.
Maust A, Bradshaw MJ, Braun M, Kim S, Tobin PC (2025) Citizen science data reveals winter warming delays cherry bloom in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Plants, People, Planet.
Maust A, Gardner J, Wright KW, Griswold T, Tobin PC (2025) First records of eight native bee species (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in Washington, USA. Check List 21(2), 374-399.
Bradshaw M, Boufford D, Braun U, Moparthi S, Jellings K, Maust A, Pandey B, Slack S, Pfister D (2024) An in-depth evaluation of powdery mildew hosts reveals one of the world’s most common and widespread groups of fungal plant pathogens. Plant Disease 108(3), 576-581.
Bradshaw MJ, Aime MC, Rokas A, Maust A, Moparthi S, Jellings K, Pane AM, Hendricks D, Pandey B, Li Y, Pfister DH (2023) Extensive intragenomic variation in the internal transcribed spacer region of fungi. iScience, 26(8), 107317.
Bradshaw MJ, Bartholomew HP, Hendricks D, Maust A, Jurick WM (2021) An analysis of postharvest fungal pathogens reveals temporal–spatial and host–pathogen associations with fungicide resistance-related mutations. Phytopathology, 111(11), 1942-1951.