Associate Professor
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Faculty Homepage
A.G. Shields Herbarium
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 and Spring Semesters
Plant Ecology (BIOL 631) – Offered Spring, even years
Dendrology (BIOL 471/571) – Offered Fall, odd years
Professional Interests
My interests focus on how disturbance influences plant metabolism and forest ecosystem health.
Current projects:
- Survival and competitiveness of blight-resistant American chestnut backcrosses on reclaimed surface mines,
- Impact of hemlock woolly adelgid infestation on ecosystem C cycling in late successional eastern hemlock forests,
- Effects of extreme drought on southern pine water relations and carbon metabolism.