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Education

PhD, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Sept 2008

MS, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA; Aug 2005

BS, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA; Dec 2002

Field

Plant Physiological Ecology and Disturbance Ecology

Select Courses

Plant Biology (BIOL 210) - Offered fall only

Forest Restoration Ecology (BIOL 404/604) - Offered spring, even years

Identification of Trees and Shrubs (BIOL 471/571) - Offered fall, odd years

Professional Interests

My interests focus on how disturbance influences plant metabolism and forest ecosystem health.

Current projects:

  1. Survival and competitiveness of blight-resistant American chestnut backcrosses on reclaimed surface mines,
  2. Impact of hemlock woolly adelgid infestation on ecosystem C cycling in late successional eastern hemlock forests,
  3. Effects of extreme drought on southern pine water relations and carbon metabolism.

 

John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • Biology Department
  • Kopchick Hall, Room 112
    421 North Walk
     Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-2352
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.