# PHILIP A. FAY

Research Ecologist

USDA-ARS Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory

808 E. Blackland Rd.

Temple, TX 76502

254 770 6533 (voice)

254 770 6561 (fax)

philip.fay@ars.usda.gov

# Research Interests

Grassland ecosystem ecology: Carbon cycling, climate change, plant
physiological, population, and community ecology.

# Professional Preparation

B.Sc. Biology, Kansas State University, 1982.

M.S. Biology, Northern Arizona University, 1987. (T.G. Whitham).

Ph.D. Biology, Kansas State University, 1992. (D.C Hartnett).

Post-doctoral, Kansas State University, 1992-1998. (A.K. Knapp).

# Awards and Recognitions

State of Kansas Scholar 1977-1981.

Second Century Scholarship 1977-1978.

Sartorius Memorial Scholarship 1978.

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Honorable Mention 1985.

James Ackert Graduate Student Award 1989.

John C. Frazier Award for Botanical Research 1990.

Phi Kappa Phi.

# Employment Experience

Research Ecologist, USDA ARS Grassland, Soil, and Water Research
Laboratory, Temple, TX 2005-present.

Research Associate, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of
Minnesota Duluth 2002-2005.

Graduate Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Minnesota Duluth,
2002-2005.

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, Division of
Biology 2002- present.

Research Assistant Professor, Kansas State University, Division of
Biology, 1998-2002.

Research Associate, Kansas State University, Division of Biology,
1992-1998.

Teaching Assistant, Kansas State University, Division of Biology,
1987-1992.

Biological Laboratory Technician (Insects), United States Department of
Agriculture, Grain Marketing Research Laboratory, 1987.

Research and Teaching Assistant, Northern Arizona University, Department
of Biological Science, 1983-1987.

Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State
University, 1982-1983.

# Teaching Experience

Laboratories in: General Biology, General Botany, Human Anatomy and
Physiology, Organismic Biology, Ornithology, Plant Physiology, Graduate
Seminar in Plant Ecophysiology.

# Funding

National Science Foundation 1/15/2009 -- 1/14/2012. \$117,660 (pending).
Water limitation and grassland ecosystem responses to a gradient of
\[CO2\]: an integrated field/modeling approach. P.A. Fay, V.L. Jin
(ARS). Collaborator: A. Porporato (Duke University)

Department of Energy Program for Ecosystem Research, 09/01/04 --
08/31/07. \$57,236 (subcontract). Bridging the divide: linking genomics
to ecosystem responses to climate change. M.D. Smith, J.F. Bai, J.M.
Blair, P.A. Fay, K.A. Garrett, S.H. Hulbert, A.K. Knapp, J.E. Leach,
S.E. Travers.

National Science Foundation 03/01/04 -- 02/28/09. \$300,000. LTREB:
Long-term ecosystem responses to more extreme precipitation patterns and
warming. A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins, P.A. Fay, M.D. Smith

National Science Foundation, 09/01/02 -- 08/31/06. \$447,214. Climatic
variability and ecosystem response: precipitation patterns, soil
moisture dynamics, and productivity in tallgrass prairie. P.A. Fay.

National Institute for Global Environmental Change, 01/01/02 --
06/30/05. \$390,203. Belowground responses to multiple climate change
factors: Interactive effects of warming and more extreme precipitation
patterns on grassland ecosystems. J.M. Blair, A.K. Knapp, P.A. Fay.

National Science Foundation, 03/05/02 -- 08/31/04. \$240,367.
Collaborative Research: Effects of environmental variation on plant
disease in the tallgrass prairie. K. Garrett, P.A. Fay.

National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research Program, 2000.
\$25,000. 2000-2001 LTER Supplement Request of IBN 96-32851: Enhancement
of soil research capabilities at the Konza Prairie LTER site. P.A. Fay,
A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair.

National Institute for Global Environmental Change, 1999-2002.
\$358,374. Belowground responses to manipulation of precipitation timing
and amounts in a grassland ecosystem. J.M. Blair, A.K. Knapp, P.A. Fay.

United States Department of Agriculture, NRICGP, 1999-2002. \$391,846.
Grassland ecosystem response to the experimental manipulation of
precipitation. A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, P.A. Fay.

The Nature Conservancy, 1995-1997. \$20,207. Proposal to Identify Great
Plains Invertebrates for the Nature Conservancy Ecosystem Research
Project. P.A. Fay, V.F. Wright, H.D. Blocker, D.C. Hartnett.

Fort Riley Natural Resources Branch. 1995-1996. \$62,560. Fort Riley
Process-level Carrying Capacity Research: Plant Communities, Net Primary
Productivity, and Soil Nutrient Dynamics Compared on Fort Riley and an
Undisturbed Benchmark Site. P.A. Fay, J.M. Blair, A.K. Knapp, P.S.
Gipson.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research
Laboratory, 1994-1995. \$72,315 The capacity of Fort Riley, Kansas
tallgrass prairie to support military training activity- preliminary
analysis. P.S. Gipson, P.A. Fay, H. Abel, J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs,
J.F.Cully, P.S. Gipson, C.S. Guy, A.K. Knapp, C. Phillips.

National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Award,
1990-1992. \$6,870. Influence of resource limitation on plant responses
to herbivory: responses of Silphium integrifolium to gall insect attack.
P.A. Fay, D.C. Hartnett.

# Publications

1.  Nippert, J.B., P.A. Fay, J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp, M.D. Smith. [In
    review]{.underline}. Ecophysiological responses to two dominant
    grasses to altered temperature and precipitation regimes. Acta
    Oecologia.

2.  Wilkinson, M., R.K. Monson, N. Trahan, S. Lee, E. Brown, R.B.
    Jackson, H.W. Polley, P.A. Fay, R. Fall. [In review]{.underline}.
    Leaf Isoprene emission rate as a function of atmospheric CO~2~
    concentration. Global Change Biology.

3.  Fay, P.A., M.J. Schultz. [In review]{.underline}. Germination,
    survival, and growth of grass and forb seedlings as affected by soil
    moisture variability. American Journal of Botany.

4.  Knapp, A.K., C. Beier, D. D. Briske, A. T. Classen, Y. Luo, M.
    Reichstein, M. D. Smith, S.D. Smith, J.E. Bell, P.A. Fay, J.L.
    Heisler, S.W. Leavitt, R. Sherry, B. Smith and E. Weng. 2008.
    Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial
    ecosystems. Bioscience 58: 1-11.

5.  Fay, P.A., D.M. Kaufman, J.B. Nippert, J.D. Carlisle, C.W.
    Harper. 2008. Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme
    precipitation events: Implications for responses to climate change.
    Global Change Biology, 14: 1600-1608.

6.  Polley, H.W., H.B. Johnson, P.A. Fay, J. Sanabria. 2008. Initial
    response of evapotranspiration from tallgrass prairie vegetation to
    CO2 at subambient to elevated concentrations. Functional Ecology 22:
    163-171.

7.  Nippert, J.B., P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp. 2007. Photosynthetic traits in
    C3 and C4 grassland species: responses in microcosm vs. field
    environments. Environmental and Experimental Botany 60(3): 412-420.

8.  Travers, S.E., M.D. Smith, J. Bai, S.H. Hulbert, J.E. Leach, P.S.
    Schnable, A.K. Knapp, G.A. Milliken, P.A. Fay, A. Saleh, K.A.
    Garrett. 2007. Ecological genomics: making the leap from model
    systems in the lab to native populations in the field. Frontiers in
    Ecology and the Environment 5(1): 19-24.

9.  Porporato, A., G. Vico, P.A. Fay. 2006. Superstatistics of
    hydro-climatic fluctuations and interannual ecosystem productivity.
    Geophysical Research Letters 33: L15402.

10. Fay, P.A., H.L. Throop. 2005. Branching responses in Silphium
    integrifolium (Asteraceae) following mechanical or gall damage to
    apical meristems and neighbor removal. American Journal of Botany
    92: 954-959.

11. Harper, C.W., J.M. Blair, P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp, J.D. Carlisle. 2005.
    Increased rainfall variability and reduced rainfall amount decreases
    soil CO2 flux in a grassland ecosystem. Global Change Biology 11:
    322-334.

12. Huxman, T.E., M.D. Smith, P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp, M.R. Shaw, M.E.
    Loik, S.D. Smith, D.T. Tissue, J.C. Zak, J.F. Weltzin, W.T. Pockman,
    O.E. Sala, B. Haddad, J. Harte, G.W. Koch, S. Schwinning, E.E.
    Small, and D.G. Williams. 2004. Convergence across biomes to a
    common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429: 651-654.

13. Goodin, D.G., P.A. Fay, M.M. McHugh. 2003. Climate variability at a
    tallgrass prairie site at multiple time scales: Konza Prairie
    Biological Station. Pp 411-423 In: D. Greenland et al., eds,
    Climatic Variability and Ecosystem Response. New York, Oxford
    University Press.

14. Fay, P.A. Insect diversity in two burned and grazed
    grasslands. 2003. Environmental Entomology 32: 1099-1104.

15. Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, S.L.
    Collins. 2003. Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns
    in C4 dominated grasslands. Oecologia 137: 245-251.

16. Fay, P.A., A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, J.D. Carlisle, B.T. Danner, J.K.
    McCarron. 2003. Precipitation and terrestrial ecosystems: mesic
    grassland case study. Pp 147-163 In: Precipitation Impacts on
    Terrestrial Ecosystems, J. Weltzin and G. McPherson, editors.
    University of Arizona Press.

17. Quist, M.C., P.A. Fay, C.S. Guy, A.K. Knapp, B.N. Rubenstein. 2003.
    Military training effects on terrestrial and aquatic communities on
    a grassland military installation. Ecological Applications
    13:432-442.

18. Weltzin, J.F., M.E. Loik, S. Schwinning, D.G. Williams, P.A. Fay, B.
    Haddad, J. Harte, T.E. Huxman, A.K. Knapp, G. Lin, W.T. Pockman,
    M.R. Shaw, E.E. Small, M.D. Smith, S.D. Smith, D.T. Tissue, J.C.
    Zak. 2003. Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to
    potential changes in precipitation. Bioscience 53:941-952.

19. Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, B.T. Danner, M.S. Lett, J.K. McCarron, C.
    Stewart, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins. 2002. Altered
    rainfall patterns, gas exchange, and growth in grasses and forbs.
    International Journal of Plant Sciences 163: 549-557.

20. Goodin, D.G., P.A. Fay, M.J. McHugh. 2002. Climate variability at
    multiple time scales: implications for productivity in tallgrass
    prairie. Proceedings fo the 15th Conference on Biometeorology and
    Aerobiology, American Meteorological Society, pp 312-316.

21. Knapp, A.K., P.A. Fay, J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins, M.D. Smith, J.D.
    Carlisle, C.W. Harper, B.T. Danner, M.S. Lett and J.K.
    McCarron. 2002. Rainfall variability, carbon cycling and plant
    species diversity in a mesic grassland. Science 298: 2202-2205.

22. Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, S.L.
    Collins. 2000. Altering rainfall timing and quantity in a mesic
    grassland ecosystem: design and performance of rainfall manipulation
    shelters. Ecosystems 3: 308-319.

23. Throop, H.L., P.A. Fay. 1999. Effects of fire, browsers, and gallers
    on New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus herbaceous) growth and reproduction.
    The American Midland Naturalist 141: 51-58.

24. Fay, P.A., A.K. Knapp. 1998. Responses to short-term shade in
    soybean leaves: Effects of leaf position and drought stress.
    International Journal of Plant Sciences 159: 805-811.

25. Hartnett, D.C., P.A. Fay. 1998. Plant Populations: Patterns and
    Processes. pp 81-100 In: Grassland dynamics: Long‑term ecological
    research in tallgrass prairie. A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs, S.L.
    Collins, editors. Oxford University Press.

26. Kaufman, D.W., P.A. Fay, G.A. Kaufman, J.L. Zimmerman. 1998.
    Diversity of Terrestrial Macrofauna. pp 101-112 In: Grassland
    dynamics: Long‑term ecological research in tallgrass prairie. A.K.
    Knapp, J.M. Briggs, S.L. Collins, editors. Oxford University Press.

27. Kaufman, D.W., G.A. Kaufman, P.A. Fay, J.L. Zimmerman, E.W.
    Evans. 1998. Animal Populations and Communities. pp 113-139 In:
    Grassland dynamics: Long‑term ecological research in tallgrass
    prairie. A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs, S.L. Collins, editors. Oxford
    University Press.

28. Knapp, A.K., P.A. Fay. 1997. Plant strategies for coping with
    variable light regimes. In: Mechanisms of environmental stress
    resistance in plants. A.S. Basra, R.K. Basra, eds, Harwood Academic
    Publishers, Amsterdam.

29. Fay, P.A., R.W. Preszler, T.G. Whitham. 1996. The functional
    resource for a galling adelgid. Oecologia 105: 199‑204.

30. Fay, P.A., A.K. Knapp. 1996. Photosynthetic and stomatal responses
    to light in a cool season and a warm season prairie forb.
    International Journal of Plant Sciences 157: 303-308.

31. Fay, P.A., D.C. Hartnett, A.K. Knapp. 1996. Plant tolerance of
    gall-insect attack and gall-insect performance. Ecology 77: 521-534.

32. Fay, P.A., A.K. Knapp. 1995. Stomatal and photosynthetic responses
    to shade in sorghum, soybean, and eastern gamagrass. Physiologia
    Plantarum 94: 613-620.

33. Fay, P.A., R.J. Samenus, Jr. 1993. Gall wasp (Hymenoptera:Cynipidae)
    mortality in a spring tallgrass prairie fire. Environmental
    Entomology 22: 1333-1337.

34. Fay, P.A., A.K. Knapp. 1993. Photosynthetic and stomatal responses
    of Avena sativa to a variable light environment. American Journal of
    Botany 80: 1369-1373.

35. Fay, P.A., D.C. Hartnett, A.K. Knapp. 1993. Increased photosynthesis
    and water potential in Silphium integrifolium galled by cynipid
    wasps. Oecologia 93: 114-120.

36. Fay, P.A., D.C. Hartnett. 1991. Constraints on growth and allocation
    patterns of Silphium integrifolium (Asteraceae) caused by a cynipid
    gall wasp. Oecologia 88: 243-250.

37. Fay, P.A., T.G. Whitham. 1990. Within-plant distribution of a
    galling adelgid (Homoptera:Adelgidae): the consequences of
    conflicting survivorship, growth, and reproduction. Ecological
    Entomology 15: 245-254.

38. Reichman, O.J., P.A. Fay. 1983. Comparison of the diets of a caching
    and a non-caching rodent. American Naturalist 122: 576-581.

**Published Abstracts and Presentations** (since 1999)

Polley, H. Wayne, Johnson, Hyrum B. and Fay, Philip A. 2007. Response of
evapotranspiration from tallgrass prairie vegetation to CO~2~ at
subambient to elevated concentrations. 92^nd^ Annual Meeting, Ecological
Society of America (ESA), August 5-10, 2007, San Jose, CA.

Blair, John M., Fay, Philip A., Knapp, Alan, K., Smith, Melinda D. and
Carlisle, Jonathon D. 2007. 92^nd^ Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of
America (ESA), August 5-10, 2007, San Jose, CA.

Fay, Philip A. 2007. Photosynthetic water use efficiency and biomass of
*Sorghastrum* *nutans* (C~4~) and *Solidago canadensis* (C~3~) in three
soils along a CO~2~ concentration gradient. 92^nd^ Annual Meeting,
Ecological Society of America (ESA), August 5-10, 2007, San Jose, CA.

Smith, Melinda, Travers, Steve, Garrett, Karen, Bai, Jianfa, Hulbert,
Scot, Knapp, Alan, Leach, Jan and Fay, Phil. 2006. Ecological genomics:
making the leap from model systems in the lab to native populations in
the field. 91^st^ Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America (ESA),
August 6-11, 2006, Memphis, TN.

Collins, S.L., L. Calabrese, M.D. Smith, P.A. Fay. 2005 Climate drivers
and rate of change in mesic and arid grasslands. 90^th^ Annual Meeting,
Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Fay, P.A., M.D. Smith, S.E. Travers, J.B. Nippert, J.M. Blair, S.L.
Collins, A.K. Knapp, J.F. Bai, K.A. Garrett, S.H. Hulbert, J.E. Leach.
2005 Ecological responses to precipitation quantity and frequency in
grasslands: Pattern and process from the gene to the ecosystem. 90^th^
Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Kaufman, D.M., C.W. Harper, J.B. Nippert, P.A. Fay, J.M. Blair. 2005
Ecosystem responses to rain-event quantity, interval, and event size in
model grassland assemblages.90^th^ Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of
America, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Fay, P.A., D.M. Kaufman, J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins, A.K. Knapp, M.D.
Smith, J.B. Nippert, C.W. Harper.. 2005. Rainfall variability and
ecosystem response in a mesic grassland. European Geosciences Union
General Assembly, April 24 -- 29 2005, Vienna, Austria. Geophysical
Research Abstracts 7: 11155.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Blair, P.A. Fay, M.D. Smith, S.L. Collins, J.M.
Briggs. Long-term responses of a mesic grassland to manipulation of
rainfall quantity and pattern.20^th^ International Grassland Congress,
June 26 -- July 1, 2005, Dublin, Ireland.

Smith, M.D., J.F. Bai, J.M. Blair, P.A. Fay, K.A. Garrett, S.H. Hulbert,
A.K. Knapp, J.E. Leach, S.E. Travers. 2004. Bridging the divide: Linking
genomics to ecosystem responses to climate change. Genes in Ecology,
Ecology in Genes Symposium, Kansas Ecological Genomics program, Oct 2-3,
Overland Park, KS.

Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, C.W. Harper, M.D. LaRosh, J.B. Nippert, J.M.
Blair, A.K. Knapp, S.L. Collins. 2004. Productivity, photosynthesis and
soil respiration responses to rainfall and temperature manipulations in
tallgrass prairie. 89^th^ Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America,
Portland, OR.

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Blair, P.A. Fay, J.B. Nippert, M.D. Smith, J.M. Briggs
and S.L. Collins. 2004. Contrasting responses of a mesic grassland to
interannual and seasonal precipitation patterns. Invited Symposium:
Interannual climate variability: how temporal signatures can drive
ecosystem processes. 89^th^ Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of
America, Portland, OR.

Nippert, J.B., P.A. Fay and A.K. Knapp. 2004. Tallgrass prairie plant
species exhibit photosynthetic differences in a non-limiting resource
environment. 89^th^ Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America,
Portland, OR.

Fay, P.A., A. Joern, J.L. Jonas. 2004. Heterogeneity and diversity in
grassland ecosystems: implications for insect diversity. Invited
Symposium: Entomology in Prairie Ecosystems. Annual Meeting, North
Central Branch, Entomological Society of America, Kansas City, MO.

Nippert, J.B., P.A. Fay and A.K. Knapp. 2003. Tallgrass prairie plant
species exhibit photosynthetic differences in a non-limiting resource
environment. LTER All Scientist Meeting, Seattle, WA.

McCarron, J.K., K.A. Garrett, P.A. Fay, S.P. Dendy, H.M. Alexander and
B. M. Broeckelman. 2003. The effect of altered rainfall patterns on leaf
rust severity in Solidago canadensis. 88^th^ Annual Meeting, Ecological
Society of America, Savannah, GA.

Harper, Christopher, Blair, John, Fay, Philip, Knapp, Alan and Carlisle,
Jonathan. 2002. Altered rainfall patters affect soil respiration,
nitrogen availability, and decomposition in a tallgrass prairie
ecosystem. Proceedings of the 87^th^ Annual Meeting, Ecological Society
of America (ESA), August 4-9, 2002, Tucson, AZ.

Fay, P.A.**,** A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins, C.W. Harper. 2001.
Rainfall manipulations mirror topography effects on productivity and
water relations in tallgrass prairie. 86^th^ Annual Meeting, Ecological
Society of America, Madison, WI.

Carlisle, J.D., P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair. 2000. Grassland
responses to altered rainfall regimes: Mechanisms for productivity and
species composition responses to increased inter-rainfall intervals.
85^th^ Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT.

Fay, P.A., J.M. Blair, J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp, M.S. Lett. 2000.
Initial plant productivity and species composition responses to
lengthened inter-rainfall intervals in a grassland: possible
consequences of altered rainfall patterns. 85^th^ Annual Meeting,
Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT.

Quist, M.C., P.A. Fay, C.S. Guy, A.K. Knapp, B.N. Rubenstein, C.
Phillips. 2000 The influence of disturbance from military training
activities on terrestrial-aquatic linkages in a tallgrass prairie
ecosystem. 65^th^ North American Wildlife & Natural Resource Conference,
National Military Fish & Wildlife Association, Rosemont, IL.

Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, J.K. Koelliker, J.M. Blair and A.K. Knapp.
1999. The importance of timing: Aboveground net primary productivity in
tallgrass prairie depends on when rain falls and on quantity. 84th
Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Spokane, WA.

# External Reviewer Services

American Journal of Botany, American Midland Naturalist, Austral
Ecology, Biotropica, Department of Energy, Ecology, Ecological
Applications, Environmental Management, European Journal of Entomology,
International Journal of Plant Sciences, National Science Foundation,
New Phytologist, Oecologia, Prairie Naturalist, Restoration Ecology,
United States Department of Agriculture, National Geographic Society.

# Invited Seminars (Since 1992)

Texas State University Department of Biology, May 2007

Texas A&M University Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, May
2007

Texas A&M University Department of Rangeland Ecosystem Science, May 2007

Texas State University San Marcos, Department of Biology, May 2007

New Mexico State University Department of Biology, March 2007

University of Texas School of Biological Sciences, January 2007

University of Minnesota Duluth Department of Biology, January 2005

Duke University, Center on Global Change, November 2004

University of Tennessee, Department of Biology, January 2004

USDA-ARS Grassland Soil, and Water Research Laboratory, February 2003

University of Nebraska Lincoln, School of Natural Resource Sciences,
October 2002

USDA-ARS United States Water Conservation Laboratory, July 2002

University of Minnesota-Duluth, Department of Biology, March 2002.

University of Memphis, Department of Biology, Feburary 2002.

Texas Tech University, Department of Biology, January 2002.

Portland State University, Department of Biology, January 2002.

USDA-ARS Southern Weed Science Research Unit, May 2001.

USDA-ARS Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, July 2000.

USDA-ARS Grazinglands Research Laboratory, February 2000.

Kansas State University, Division of Biology, February 2000.

Central States Entomology Society 75^th^ Annual Meeting, Manhattan, KS
May 1999.

American Chemical Society 53rd Southwest Regional Meeting, Tulsa, OK.
October 1997.

Kansas State University, Department of Entomology, October 1997.

Emporia State University, Department of Biology, January 1994.

Kansas State University, Department of Entomology, October 1993.

University of Central Arkansas, Department of Biology, November 1992.

Kansas State University, Department of Entomology, January 1992.

# Mentoring

V.L. Jin, postdoctoral, 2006 - present

D.M. Kaufman, postdoctoral, 2004 - 2006

C. Harper (co-advised with J.M. Blair) M.S. student 2002

B. Darby, REU, summer 2001

B.N. Rubenstein (co-advised with J.M. Blair, A.K. Knapp), M.S. student
2000

C. Stewart, REU, summer 1999

J.S. Pike, REU, summer 1998

E. Zacharias, REU, summer 1997

H.L. Throop, REU, summer 1996

# Memberships

Ecological Society of America

Botanical Society of America

American Geophysical Union

European Geosciences Union

Society for Rangeland Management

# Technical Skills

Scientific Equipment: field infrared gas analyzer, oxygen electrode
system, null balance gas exchange system, thermocouple psychrometer,
Scholander chamber, porometer, energy sensors, data logger, ceptometer,
growth chambers, microscopes, balances, carbon/nitrogen analyzer, Bartz
minirhizotron root imaging system.

Computer Equipment: DOS/Windows PC platforms in a Novell LAN
environment; extensive experience in Wordperfect, Microsoft Office
(Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Sigmaplot, Slidewrite, SAS, Quattro Pro,
Kedit, Pegasus Mail, Kermit, Telnet, FTP, Netscape, film recorder,
scanner, various other utilities. On IBM Mainframes SAS, Xedit, Telnet,
FTP, Kermit. On Unix: SAS, vi, Xedit, FTP, Telnet, various utilities.

Field Equipment: 4-wheel drive vehicles, tractors, hydraulic auger,
front-end loader, prescribed burning equipment including truck-mount
pumps and fire hoses, drip torches, safety/protective equipment.

Certificates/Licenses: Private Pilot: airplane single-engine land,
instrument airplane.

Commercial Pilot: airplane multi-engine land, instrument airplane.