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Curriculum Vitae

RANDALL WALTON MYSTER

Biology Department, Box 89 University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK 73034 Tel: (405) 974-5909 FAX: (405) 974-5726 e-mail: rmyster@ucok.edu

Education

Ph.D, Plant Biology. October 1990.Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.Dissertation: "Invasion and establishment of trees in old fields: pattern and process."Advisor: S.T.A. Pickett

Master of Science, Botany. October 1987. Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.Thesis: "Population and community patterns in ten old fields."Advisor: S.T.A. Pickett

Master of Science, Computer Science. May 1980. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 04796.

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Mathematics. June 1977.

University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.

Professional Employment

Assistant Professor: August 1,2001 - present Biology Department, Box 89University of Central OklahomaEdmond, OK. 73034

Assistant Professor: July 1, 1996 - June 30, 2001Institute for Tropical Ecosystem StudiesUniversity of Puerto RicoSan Juan, PR. 00936 Research Professor: July 1, 1991 - June 30, 1996

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Terrestrial Ecology DivisionUniversity of Puerto RicoSan Juan, PR. 00936

Adjunct Professor: Spring 1991 Biology DepartmentKean CollegeElizabeth, New Jersey. 08854

Adjunct Professor: Fall 1990 Biology DepartmentRutgers UniversityPiscataway, New Jersey. 08850

Adjunct Professor: Fall 1989, Spring 1990, Summer 1990Biology DepartmentMiddlesex County CollegeEdison, New Jersey. 08848

Graduate student lecturer Fortran, Basic and Pascal programming languages.

University of Minnesota. 1977-1978. Calculus. Purdue University 1979. General Biology. Rutgers University 1986. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Tours Rutgers University 1986. General Ecology, Plant Ecology, Graduate course in Community Dynamics. Rutgers University 1988.

Teaching Assistant Computer Science courses including Discrete Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Introduction to Algorithms, and various Programming Languages, 1976-1982. Botany courses including General Ecology, Plant Taxonomy, Computers and Biology, and General Biology 1985 - 1990.

Teaching experience (courses)

BIO 1000 "Introduction to Biology" a general biology course which contained both

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lectures and laboratory. Topics included evolution, cell structure and function, plant systems, animal systems and genetics.

GE 2400 "Science and Technology in the Modern World" a lecture and discussion course that explored the role of Science and Technology in our daily lives and its impact and relationship to social and political frameworks. Topics included definition of science, risk assessment, ecological issues such as pollution,waste management and rainforest destruction, biotechnology, funding of science and peer review, bias of science, relationship to industry, fraud, and women and science.

BIO 302 "Computers and Biology" a mathematical modeling course for juniors and seniors that included such common biological problems as chemical reactions, diffusion across a membrane, flow of energy and nutrients in an ecosystem, competition and predation, and their analytical solution. Students wrote computer programs in BASIC to model these biological processes.

ENV 207 "Introduction to Environmental Science" included lectures and laboratories on pollution, risk analysis, ecosystem ecology and human population dynamics.

BIOL 6996 "The role and structure of theory in Biology" a seminar for graduate students that includes lectures but whose main focus is on students presenting their own research in a theoretical context. I begin by lecturing on the history of Biology and important

philosophical issues. We then map out the structure of three key theories in Biology: Cell Theory, Developmental Theory and Evolutionary Theory. Student presentations follow, in which they give the historical process of the theory their research is closest to and then show how their individual research meshes with this theory.

CINA 4995 "Environmental and ecological model building techniques" for both graduate and undergraduate students that teaches the fundamentals of modeling (data structures, kinds of models and basic approaches) using both existing computer simulation software and by having students write their own models using C++. Topics include biochemical processes, ecotoxicology, pollution, climate change, population dynamics and community interactions. MATH 3026 "Statistics with computers" an elementary statistics course for undergraduates that uses the MINITAB statistical package software. Topics include basic probability, discrete and continuous random variables, sampling, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance and linear regression.

BIOL 3112 "Introduction to Ecology" laboratory. A first course on the fundamentals of ecology. Scientific method, evolution, population, community, ecosystems, human ecology, environmental and pollution issues.

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SICI 3225 "Computer Programming Visual Basic 4.0" a course for business and humanities students. They learn this new menu-driven language, mathematical statements, I/O, looping, files, data structures, modular and structured programming.

MATH 4995 “Linux programming” starts with a review of the UNIX operating system. Then students learn the basics of Linux utilities, commands and file structure. From there we learn how to program the various Linux shells. Finally, students learn about how to interface with the internet, set up a wan and lan, and do system administration.

BIO 1304 “Introductory Plant Biology” a first course in plant biology that covers basic morphology, taxonomy, anatomy, ecology, photosynthesis, respiration and plant life cycles.

BIO 4723,5723 “Biometrics” covers basic statistics, hypothesis testing, Chi-square, single and multiple regression/correlation, Analysis of Variance, Multiple analysis of variance, Ordination, clustering, spatial statistics, experimental design and SAS programming.

BIO 1114 “General Biology” covers basic chemistry, cell function and structure, cell division, genetics, evolution, the five kingdoms, plant and animal function and structure, human ecology and ecosystems.

BIO 4204/5204 “Plant Ecology” covers climate, biogeochemical cycles, plant evolution/adaptations, biomes, ecophysiology, plant populations, community structure, plant-animal interactions, competition, disturbance and landscapes.

Peer Reviewed Articles: Published and in press

Myster, R.W. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1988. "Individualistic patterns of annuals and biennials in early successional old fields". Vegetatio 78:53-60.

Myster, R.W. and B.C. McCarthy. 1989. "Effects of herbivory and competition on survival of Carya tomentosa (Juglandaceae) seedlings". Oikos 56:145-148.

Myster, R.W. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1990. "Initial conditions, history and successional pathways in ten contrasting old fields". American Midland Naturalist 124:101-109.

Myster, R.W. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1990. "The Buell successional study at Hutcheson Memorial Forest Center" Permanent Plotter 3:2-3.

Myster, R.W. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1992. "Effects of palatability and dispersal mode on spatial patterns of tree seedlings in old fields". 1992. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical

Club 119:145-151.

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Myster, R.W. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1992. "Dynamics of associations between plants in ten old fields through 31 years of succession". Journal of Ecology 80:291-302.

Myster, R.W. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1993. "Effects of litter, distance, density and vegetation patch type on postdispersal tree seed predation in old fields".Oikos 66:381-388.

Myster, R.W. 1993. "Tree invasion and establishment in old fields at Hutcheson Memorial Forest". The Botanical Review 59:251-272.

Myster, R.W. 1993. "Spatial heterogeneity of seed rain, seed pool and vegetative cover on two Monteverde landslides, Costa Rica". Brenesia 39-40:137-145.

Myster, R.W. and S.T.A. Pickett. 1994. "A comparison of rate of succession over 18 yr in 10 contrasting old fields". Ecology 75:387-392.

Myster, R.W. 1994. "Contrasting litter effects on old field tree germination and emergence". Vegetatio 114:169-174.

Myster, R.W. 1994. "Landslide insects show small differences between an island (Puerto Rico) and the mainland (Costa Rica)". Acta Cientifica 8:105-113.

Myster, R.W. and D.S. Fernandez. 1995. "Spatial gradients and patch structure on two Puerto Rican landslides". Biotropica 27:149-159.

Fernandez, D.S. and R.W. Myster. 1995. "Temporal variation and frequency distribution of photosynthetic photo flux densities on landslides in Puerto Rico". Tropical

Ecology 36:73-87.

Everham, E.M. III, R.W. Myster and E. VanDeGenachte. 1996. "Effects of light, moisture, temperature, and litter on the regeneration of five tree species in the tropical

montane wet forest of Puerto Rico". American Journal of Botany 83:1063-1068.

Walker, L.R., D.J. Zarin, N. Fetcher, R.W. Myster and A.H. Johnson. 1996. "Ecosystem development and plant succession on landslides in the Caribbean". Biotropica 28:566- 576.

Myster, R.W. 1997. "Seed predation, disease and germination on landslides in Neotropical lower montane wet forest". Journal of Vegetation Science 8:55-64.

Myster, R.W. and L.R. Walker. 1997. "Plant successional pathways on Puerto Rican landslides". Journal of Tropical Ecology 13:165-173.

Myster, R.W., J.R. Thomlinson and M.C. Larsen. 1997. "Predicting landslide vegetation in patches on landscape gradients in Puerto Rico". Landscape Ecology 12:299-307.

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Myster, R. W. and F. O. Sarmiento. 1998. "Seed inputs to microsite patch recovery on tropandean landslides in Ecuador". Restoration Ecology 6:35-43.

Myster, R. W. and E. M. Everham III. 1999. "Germination cues across the disturbance regime in the Puerto Rican rainforest" Tropical Ecology 40:1-10.

Myster, R.W. 2001 "What is ecosystem structure?" Caribbean Journal of Science 37(1-2) 132-134.

Myster, R. W. 2001 "Mechanisms of plant response to gradients and after disturbances"

The Botanical Review 67(4):441-452.

Myster, R. W. 2002 “The use of productivity and decomposition to address functional redundancy in the Neotropics” Community Ecology 3(1):51-57.

Myster, R. W. 2002 "Foliar pathogen and insect herbivory effects on two landslide trees in Puerto Rico" Forest Ecology and management 169:231-242.

Myster, R. W. 2003 “Seed regeneration mechanisms over fine spatial scales on recovering Coffee plantation and pasture in Puerto Rico”. Plant Ecology 166:199-205.

Myster, RW. 2003 "Using biomass to model disturbance". Community Ecology 4(1):101-105.

Myster, R.W. 2003 “Vegetation dynamics of a permanent pasture plot in Puerto Rico” Biotropica 35:422-428.

Myster, R.W. 2003 “Effects of species, density, patch-type and season on post-dispersalseed predation in a Puerto Rican pasture” Biotropica 35:542-546.

Myster, RW and DA Schaefer. 2003 " Species and microsite effects on litter decomposition in a Puerto Rican landslide" Community Ecology 4:157-162. Myster, R.W. 2004 "Regeneration filters in post-agricultural fields of Puerto Rico and Ecuador” Plant Ecology 172: 199-209.

Myster, RW. 2004 "Post-agricultural invasion, establishment and growth of Neotropical trees" The Botanical Review 70:381-402.

Myster, RW and N. Fetcher. in press “Ecotypic differentiation and plant growth in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico”. Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Li, Y., Zou, X. and R. W. Myster. in press “Tropical landslides illustrate relationship

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between Biophysical factors and soil development in Puerto Rico” Soil Science

Brokaw, N., M. Willig, G. Camilo, A. Covich, N. Fetcher, B, Haines, J. Lodge, A. E. Lugo, R. Myster, C. M. Pringle, J. Sharpe, T. Schowalter, J. Thompson, D. Vogt, K. Vogt, L. R. Walker, L. Woolbright, J. Wunderle and X. Zou. in press "Response to disturbance". In: Towards a new synthesis of the Luquillo Mountains. Lugo, A. E. (ed). Oxford University Press.

Number of times cited in peer-reviewed journals: at least 480

Peer Reviewed Articles: In review

Myster, RW. “Productivity, richness and plant turnover in a Puerto Rican pasture”

Myster, RW. “Flooding duration and treefall interactive effects on plant communityrichness, structure and alpha diversity in the Peruvian Amazon”

Haught, JA and RW Myster. “Effects of species, density, season and prairie-type on seed predation in Oklahoma”

Myster, RW. “A comparison of tree replacement models in oldfields at Hutchenson Memorial Forest”

Myster, RW. "Light and nutrient effects on growth and uptake strategies of Inga vera, a landslide tree in Puerto Rico"

Myster, RW. “Pattern and process after Sugarcane, Banana and pasture in Ecuador”

Weatherford, JA and RW Myster. “Effects of species, nitrogen and water on grasscompetition in Oklahoma”

Myster, RW. “Species-specific grass litter effects on seed emergence in Oklahoma”

Myster. R.W. “Shrub vs. grass effects on seed rain and seed bank of a five-year pasture in

Puerto Rico”

Myster, R. W. “Interactive effects of flooding and forest gaps on tree composition and abundance in the Peruvian Amazon”

Weatherford, JA and RW Myster. “Interactive effects of simulated grazing, species and below-ground resources water on competitive outcome among three prairie grasses”

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Reviewer for these Peer Reviewed Journals

EcologyEcological Monographs

Journal of EcologyJournal of Vegetation Science

Journal of Tropical Forest Science Biotropica Plant Ecology

Grants Awarded and Pending

2005. National Science Foundation Partnerships for International Research and Education. “An investigation of mid-succession after agriculture in Ecuador: permanent plots and mechanistic field experiments”. Co-Principal Investigator. Pending - $ 225,845.

2005. USDA Cooperative state research, education, and extension service. “Greenhouse and field-exclusion experiments on competitive outcome among seedlings of three common prairie grasses”. Principal Investigator. Pending - $83,625.

2003. Fulbright research fellowship. “Gap regeneration in dry and wet rainforest,Ecuadorian Amazon”. Award - $15,000.

2003. University of Central Oklahoma research award. “Seed regeneration mechanisms in tall grass and mixed-grass prairie of Oklahoma”. Award - $6,600.

2002. University of Central Oklahoma research award. “Field and greenhouse competition experiments among grasses from a mixed-grass prairie”. Award - $7,600.

2001. University of Central Oklahoma research award. “Structuring forces of the Oklahoma prairie”. Principal investigator. Award - $500.

2001. University of Central Oklahoma research award. “Seed predation in a mixed-grass prairie”. Principal investigator. Award - $750.

1999. National Science Foundation LTER supplemental grant BSR-9011231 "Testing three paradigms in the Amazonian rainforest: gradients, disturbance, biodiversity". Principal Investigator. Award - $15,000 over five years.

1998. USDA US Forest Service research grant IITF-98-CA-016 "Testing three paradigms in the Amazonian rainforest: gradients, disturbance, biodiversity". Principal

Investigator. Award - $22,500 over five years.

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1998. National Geographic Society. "Tree invasion and establishment on oldfields in Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador". Principal Investigator. Award - $5,620.

1994. National Science Foundation, LTER program. BSR-8811902. "Long-Term Ecological Research on the Luquillo Experimental Forest II". Co-Principal Investigator. Award - $4,080,000 over six years.

1988. National Science Foundation, LTER program. BSR-8811567. “Long-Term Ecological Research on the Luquillo Experimental Forest II”. Co-Principal Investigator added in 1991. Award - $3,567,912 over six years.

1989. National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. BSR- 8901209. "The pattern and process of invasion, colonization and establishment of woody plants into oldfields". Principal Investigator. Award - $3,394.25.

1989. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Summer Research Grant, Rutgers University. Award - $800.

1989. Bureau of Biological Research, Rutgers University. Matching funds for Sigma Xi grant. Award - $350.

1988. Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research. "An experimental investigation into the effect of predation, distance to forest edge, and structure of old field on survivorship of woody seeds". Award - $350.

1987. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Summer Research Grant, Rutgers University. Award - $500.

1987. Bureau of Biological Research, Rutgers University. Matching funds for Sigma Xi grant. Award - $450.

1986. Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid of Research. "Survivorship of Carya tomentosa seedlings on a forest-field ecotone." Award - $450.

1986. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Summer Research Grant, Rutgers University. Award - $400.

Reviewer for these Grant Funding Agencies

National Science FoundationU.S. Department of Agriculture

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Nature Conservancy

Presentations

"Population patterns of dominant annual and biennial species in ten old fields through six years of succession" 1987. New Jersey Academy of Science, Annual Meeting.

"Population patterns of dominant annual and biennial species in ten old fields through six years of succession" 1987. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting.

"Herbivory vs. competition: survivorship of Carya tomentosa seedlings at a forest-field ecotone" 1988. New Jersey Academy of Science, Annual Meeting.

"Population patterns in ten old fields: annuals and biennials" 1988. Population Biology of New England, Spring Meeting.

"Herbivory vs. competition: survivorship of Carya tomentosa seedlings at a forest-field ecotone" 1988. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting.

"Effects of palatability and dispersal mode on spatial patterns of tree seedlings during old field succession". 1989. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting.

"Effects of litter, distance, density and patch type on post-dispersal tree seed predation in old fields". 1990. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting.

"Interactions between tree seeds and litter in oldfields: germination, seedling morphology and predation". 1991. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting.

"Seed survival in five landslides of the Puerto Rican rainforest: Pathogens, Predators, Germination". 1992. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting.

"Island vs. mainland responses to disturbance: An Introduction". 1993. Association for Tropical Biology, Annual Meeting.

"Patch structure and abiotic and biotic spatial gradients in two Puerto Rican landslides". 1993. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting.

"Successional pathway variation within and among 16 Puerto Rican landslides". 1993. National Science Foundation, Long-Term Ecological Research, All Scientists Meeting.

"Successional pathway variation within and among 16 Puerto Rican landslides". 1994. Association for Tropical Biology, Annual Meeting.

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"Monitoring post-agriculture vegetation: oldfields from New Jersey to Puerto Rico". 1994. Natural Areas Conference. Annual meeting of the Florida Nature Conservancy, Florida Museum of Natural History.

"Using landscape characteristics to predict the vegetation structural stages of landslide patches in the Puerto Rican rainforest". 1995. 38th Annual Symposium of the

International Association for Vegetation Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas.

"Leaf pathogen and herbivory effects on two landslide trees in Puerto Rico". 1995. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, Utah.

"Effects of light and nutrient addition on vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae and nitrogen-fixation tradeoffs of a landslide tree (Inga vera) in Puerto Rico". 1996. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Providence, Rhode Island.

"Abiotic vs. biotic control of litter decomposition on a landslide in Puerto Rico". 1997. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

"Plant responses to earthworm exclusion in landslide, pasture and rainforest of Puerto Rico". 1998. Annual meeting of the International Association for Vegetation Science,

Uppsala, Sweden.

"Oldfield succession in the Neotropics: an introduction". 1999. Annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology, St. Louis, Missouri.

“Seed regeneration mechanisms over fine spatial scales after coffee and pasture in Puerto Rico”. 2000. Annual meeting of the International Association for Vegetation Science, Nagano, Japan.

“Seedling responses in Neotropical oldfields in Puerto Rico and Ecuador”. 2001. Annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology. Bangelore, India.

“Effects of flooding and gap dynamics on canopy structure in the Peruvian Amazon”. 2002. Annual canopy conference, Cairns, Australia.

“Effects of shrub and herb competition on tree seedlings in an abandoned pasture in Puerto Rico”. 2002. ESA annual conference abstracts.

“Structuring forces of the Amazon: flooding and gap effects”. 2003. International Association of Vegetation Science (IAVS) annual conference, Naples, Italy.

“Spatial analysis of Tornado damage and resprouting in the Crosstimbers of Oklahoma”. 2005. Southwest Association of Naturalists (SWAN) annual conference, Huntsville, Texas.

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“Controls on oak invasion into the Crosstimbers ecotone of Oklahoma”. 2005. Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Published Abstracts

"Population patterns of dominant annual and biennial species in ten old fields through six years of succession." 1987. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science 32:46.

"Population patterns of dominant annual and biennial species in ten old fields through six years of succession." 1987. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 68:375.

"Herbivory vs. competition: survivorship of Carya tomentosa seedlings at a forest-field ecotone." 1988. Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science 33:32.

"Herbivory vs. competition: survivorship of Carya tomentosa seedlings at a forest-field ecotone." 1988. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 69:243.

"Effects of palatability and dispersal mode on spatial patterns of tree seedlings during old field succession". 1989. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 70:213-214.

"Effects of litter, distance, density and patch type on post-dispersal tree seed predation in old fields". 1990. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 71:292.

"Interactions between tree seeds and litter in oldfields: germination, seedling morphology and predation". 1991. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 72:202.

"Seed survival in five landslides of Puerto Rican rainforest: Pathogens, Predators, Germination". 1992. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 73:283.

"Island vs. mainland responses to disturbance: An Introduction". 1993. Association for Tropical Biology, Annual Meeting. pp 114-115.

"Patch structure and abiotic and biotic spatial gradients in two Puerto Rican landslides". 1993. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 74:371.

"Successional pathway variation within and among 16 Puerto Rican landslides". 1994. Association for Tropical Biology, Annual Meeting. p 103.

"Using landscape characteristics to predict the vegetation structural stages of landslide patches in the Puerto Rican rainforest". 1995. 38th Annual Symposium of the

International Association for Vegetation Science. p. 58.

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"Leaf pathogen and herbivory effects on two landslide trees in Puerto Rico". 1995. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 76:194.

"Effects of light and nutrient addition on vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae and nitrogen-fixation tradeoffs of a landslide tree (Inga vera) in Puerto Rico". 1996. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 77:318.

"Abiotic vs. biotic control of litter decomposition on a landslide in Puerto Rico". 1997. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 78:152.

"Plant responses to earthworm exclusion in landslide, pasture and rainforest of Puerto Rico". 1998. Journal of Vegetation Science, vegetation science in retrospect and perspective, studies in plant ecology 20:62.

"Oldfield succession in the Neotropics: an introduction". 1999. XVI International Botanical Congress Abstracts 101.

“Seed regeneration mechanisms over fine spatial scales after coffee and pasture in Puerto Rico”. 2000. IAVS annual meeting abstracts 203.

“Seedling responses in oldfields in Ecuador and Puerto Rico”. 2001. ATB annual meeting abstracts supplemental.

“Effects of flooding and gap dynamics on canopy structure in the Peruvian Amazon”. 2002. Annual canopy conference abstracts.

“Effects of shrub and herb competition on tree seedlings in an abandoned pasture in Puerto Rico”. 2002. ESA annual conference abstracts:399.

“Structuring forces of the Amazon: flooding gradient and treefall gap dynamics ”. 2003. IAVS conference abstracts. “Spatial analysis of Tornado damage and resprouting in the Crosstimbers of Oklahoma”. 2005. SWAN conference abstracts:24.

“Controls on oak invasion into the Crosstimbers ecotone of Oklahoma”. 2005. ESA Conference abstracts.

Professional Societies

Association for Tropical Biology.Ecological Society of America.

International Association for Vegetation Science.

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Sigma Xi

Scholarships, Honors and Academic Awards

University of Minnesota, Computer Science Department, Lando Scholarship 1975.

University of Minnesota, Charles and Ellora Alliss Foundation Scholarship 1975.Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 1976.University of Minnesota, Bachelors of Science Degree, Graduation with Distinction

1977.Best student presentation award, New Jersey Academy of Science, 33rd Annual Meeting

1988.Rutgers University Graduate School, Marion Johnson Fellowship for doctoral study in

Botany 1988.Hauptman fellowship award for research excellence. University of Central Oklahoma, 2002.

Fulbright research scholarship 2004.

Offices, Committee and Professional Services

Rutgers University, Rutgers Botany Club: Travel Chair 1984 - 1985. President 1985 - 1986.

Rutgers University, Graduate Student Association: Academic Affairs Committee. 1982-1985.

Chaired session, "Ecosystem dynamics", Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 1992.

Organized, chaired and introduced symposium, "Island vs. Mainland responses to disturbance", Association for Tropical Biology Annual Meeting, 1993. Contributing speakers were Nick Brokaw, Ariel Lugo, John Van der Meer, Ivette Perfecto and Todd Crowl.Organized, chaired and introduced symposium, "Oldfield succession in the Neotropics",

Association for Tropical Biology Annual Meeting, 1999. Contributing speakers were Scott Gleeson, Heather Erickson, Karen Holl, Renee Gonzalez and Diana Garcia.

Chaired oral session in Botany, Southwestern Association of Naturalists annual meeting 2005, Huntsville TexasUniversity of Puerto Rico Committee to establish a Ph.D. program in Computational Science Committee to investigate research funding Academic affairs committee Computer committee Meta-data committee.

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University of Central Oklahoma Library committee Undergraduate scholarship committee Graduate committee Intern committee Grade appeal committee Equipment and goals committee Microbiologist search committee

Computer Skills and Experience

GIS I have used the GIS software ERDAS and ARCINFO on the Terrestrial Ecology Division's SUN SPARC 4 computer workstation to create, access and manipulate digitized map information concerning our "Big Grid" project.

Programming I have taught and programmed in Basic, Fortran, Pascal, COBOL, APL, LISP, IBM and CDC assembler, ALGOL, SNOBOL MIX, PLMP, COMPASS, PL1, C and C++.

Systems I have programmed on these machines/operating systems: CDC 6400,6600, CYBER 700 series, IBM 370 series mainframe and PC, Sperry-Univac 1100 series mainframe, VAX mini-computer, AS9000 and DEC9000 series, Various micro systems including IMS, PDP-11, and DOS

Software I use these applications packages:Statistical: S-PLUS, BMP, SPSS, SPSSX, SASOrdination: DECORANA, PCA, PCoA, RAData management systems: DBASE, PCFILE+, ParadoxGraphics: Quatropro, CricketgraphWord Processing: WordPerfect, MicrosoftWord

Employment University of Minnesota Computer Center/Control Data. 1973 - 1976IBM Inc. Summer 1976Micro-Database Inc. 1982Monchick-Weber/Marine Midland Bank of New York City. 1984

Hobbies and Interests

Jazz Saxophone, Bach, Mozart, Theater, Writing Poetry (two poems published),

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Backpacking, X-Country skiing and Scuba diving.

Names of sources for letters of reference

Dr. David Elmendorf Biology Department, Box 89 University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK. 73034 email: delmendorf@ucok.edu

Dr. Steward T.A. PickettInstitute of Ecosystem StudiesPO Box ABMillbrook, NY 12545 USA1-914-677-5343 (phone)1-914-677-5976 (FAX)email: PickettS@ecostudies.org

Dr. Nick BrokawInstitute for Tropical Ecosystem StudiesUniversity of Puerto Rico P.O. Box 23341-3341 Rio Piedras, PR 00931-3341 USA1-787-764-0000, ext. 2867 (phone)1-787-772-1481 (FAX)email: NBrokaw@LTERnet.edu

Dr. Peter MorinDepartment of Biological SciencesNelson Labs, Busch CampusP.O. Box 1059Rutgers UniversityPiscataway, NJ 08855-1059 USA1-908-445-2801 (phone)1-908-445-5870 (FAX)email: PJMORIN@RCI.RUTGERS.EDU

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