Curriculum Vitae
Marc D. Abrams
Birthdate:
Birthplace:
The
Marital
Status: married with 307
three children
Tel. (814) 865-4901
email: agl@psu.edu
Educational background
S.U.N.Y.
Employment
history
7/01 - present: Nancy and John Steimer Endowed Professor in Agricultural Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.
7/97
- present: Full Professor,
Forest Ecology and Tree Physiology,
9/94
- 6/97: Assistant
Director for Graduate Studies and Research,
7/93
- 6/97: Associate
Professor,
8/87
- 6/93: Assistant
Professor,
8/85
- 8/87: Assistant
Professor,
3/83
- 7/85: Post-Doctoral Research
Associate, Division of Biology,
8/82
- 3/83: Instructor of
undergraduate and graduate courses in Forest Ecology,
Professional societies, activities and awards
Sigma Xi
Xi Sigma Pi
Ecological Society of America (ESA) (1980-present)
Society of American Foresters (1980-1992)
Ad-hoc Reviewer -
Granting Agencies:
Scientific Journals: Ecology, Ecological Monographs, Ecological Applications, Journal of Ecology, Bioscience, Oecologia, The American Naturalist, Functional Ecology, Journal of Experimental Botany, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Forest Science, Tree Physiology, Trees-Structure and Function, American Journal of Botany, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, American Midland Naturalist, International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vegetatio, Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, Annales des Sciences Forestieres, The Southwestern Naturalist, The Natural Areas Journal, Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, Forestry Chronicle, Restoration Ecology, EcoScience, New Forests, Castanea, Plant Ecology, Plant Sciences.
Judge for M. F. Buell and E. L. Braun Awards for ESA (1989,1991)
Associate Editor for Canadian
Journal of
Session Moderator -
1991
Session Moderator -
1992 Ecological Society of
Reviewer of proposals for new Forest Ecology textbooks being considered by Academic Press,
Chapman & Hall, and John Wiley and Sons (1992-1995).
Scientific Committee for comprehensive ecosystem management study, USDA-Forest
Service,
Scientific Committee and Editorial Review Board of Annales des Sciences Forestieres
for the International Symposium and Proceedings "Environmental Constraints and Oaks:
Ecological and
Physiological Aspects", September 1994,
Session Organizer and Moderator for the 21st Annual Natural Areas Conference,
October 1994,
Scientific Committee for Shawangunk Ridge and Panther Knob Ecosystem Research Program,
The Nature
Conservancy,
National Science Foundation , Division of Environmental Biology, Panel Member for
Collaborative Research for Undergraduate Institutions (CRUI) Grants. (1994-95)
Ecological Society of America, Member of Vegetation Classification Panel (national level), to
support and facilitate the creation of a standardized North American vegetation classification
system. (1995-2002)
Invited Participant, National Science Foundation Sponsored Workshop on "Large-scale Vegetation
Mapping and
Classification",
Associate Editor- Trees-Structure and Function (Springer-Verlag; November 1995 - Dec. 2000)
Editorial Review Board - Tree Physiology (Heron Publishing; January 1997 - present)
External Reviewer for Promotion and
Tenure Dossiers for the
Research Organization, The
Program Committee for Eastern Old-Growth Conference, June 1997, Clarion, PA.
Hokkaido Japan Guest Researcher Award (June-September 1997) - to fund living expenses and
research
during a sabbatical in
Program Committee and Field Trip Organizer for IUFRO Conference on "Diversity and Adaptations
of Oak Species". October, 1997, State College, PA.
Editorial Review Board - Ecology and Ecological Monographs (1998- 2001)
External Reviewer for Ph.D.
Dissertation - The
New York Times- Science Times section lead article entitled “Eastern forests change color as
red maples proliferate”,
based on my research and interview provided.
Served as a panel Chair assessing research and management priorities at the Holden Arboretum
(Kirtland
Gamma Sigma Delta Research Award (2000) - Penn State Chapter
Committee member for “State of the Nation’s Ecosystems - Forests”, The H. John Heinz Center
for Science, Economics and the Environment. (July 2000 – present). In 2004, this work was selected
for the 2004 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation.
Gamma Sigma Delta Faculty Awards Committee (2001)
Biosphere-Atmosphere
Research Training,
2002
recipient of the Alex and Jesse C. Black Award for Excellence in Research by
the
College of Agricultural Sciences.
Invited Participant, National Science Foundation sponsored LTER Workshop on "Disturbance,
Ecological Legacies, and Disequilibrium",
Sevilleta Field Station,
Invited Participant, The Nature Conservancy sponsored fire and pitch pine ecosystems workshop.
New
Research grants
1978-81 - Research on early plant
succession on jack pine sites.
Cooperative Research
Agreement, with
1983-84
- Research on the use of prescribed burning for Kirtland's warbler habitat.
1986-88 - The effects of fire on community dynamics and
ecophysiology in the northern red oak type.
1986-87
- The effects of fire on community dynamics, soils and ecophysiology
in a northern hardwood stand.
1987-88
- Post-fire changes in community structure and ecophysiology
in a northern hardwood stand.
1988
- Needle water status of Douglas Fir Christmas trees sold in
1988-92 - Stress-mediated interaction among oaks, the gypsy moth, and a baculovirus. National Science Foundation, Ecology Panel, with J. C. Schultz. ($300,000)
1988-90
- Vegetation survey of Friendship Hill:
A national historic site in
1989
- Keepability
of Douglas-fir Christmas trees in the
1989-1992 - Effects of watering
regime, fertilization and cover type on nutrient export at Circleville
Student Farm. Program for Experiential Learning,
with J. R. Pratt and H. Elliott. ($11,000)
1989-90 - Strategies
for drought and drought responses of woody plants in south-central
1989-91
- Woody vegetation and fuel survey for evaluating wildfire hazard in
1990-93 - Factors affecting regeneration of northern red oak. College Research Initiatives Program, College of Agriculture, Penn State University, with K. C. Steiner, and R. H. Yahner. ($114,955)
1990 - Analysis of biological data on
eight national historic sites in
1990-95 - Post-fire ecology of red oak and competing hardwood
regeneration in
1991-96
- Woody vegetation and fuel survey for evaluating wildfire hazard in three
battlefields of the
1991-93 - Historical and ecological analysis of early charcoal pits at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site. U. S. Department of Interior, National Park Service. ($30,000)
1992-94
- Ecological classification of forest types on the
1994-1999 - Plant responses to the environment: biochemical basis, physiological responses and ecological consequences. National Science Foundation BIO Research Training Group Program. Faculty Participant (J. C. Schultz and E. J. Pell, PI's). ($1,250,000)
1994 - Ecological classification for
remote sensing application in the
1995-96 - Pre-European settlement
warrant tree analysis for sugar maple.
1996-2000
- A re-evaluation of multiple successional pathways
and the impact of regional climate variations on a post-fire jack pine chronosequence.
1996-98 - Ecosystem-based assessment of biodiversity associated with eastern hemlock
forests and
the hemlock woolly adelgid.
1997 -
1998 - Fire ecology and management
evaluations of five National Parks in the mid-Atlantic region.
1998 - Dendroecological investigation
of an old-growth mixed-oak forest at the Great Falls National
Park, Virginia.
1998 - Charles Bullard
Research Fellowship,
1999 -
Dendroecological analysis of a mature loblolly pine-mixed hardwood forest at
the George Washington Birthplace NM eastern
2000-01 - Investigating the role of fire in red maple proliferation
and decline of oak forests in
2000-03 - Stem recruitment patterns in oak forests following the 1985 Tionesta Tornado.
2002-2004 – Forest canopy, ecosystem and atmospheric responses to insect defoliation in the northern hardwood forest. National Science Foundation Biosphere-Atmosphere Research and Training Grant Program ($64,000)
2002-04 -
Investigating the role of fire history in the development of vegetation types
at Fort Indiantown Gap,
2004 – Incorporating global
change issues into the forestry ecology curriculum at
2004-07 - Investigating fire history and landscape ecology at Fort Indiantown Gap, Penn. Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Military and Veteran Affairs. ($217,000)
2005-07 –
2006-07 - Forest composition and structure, fire history and soils analysis for
oak-hickory and oak-beech forests on the Mashomack
Preserve,
2006-08 - Assessing historical fire regimes and prescribed fire for fuel management and forest health on the Menominee Indian Tribal Lands; Bureau of Indian Affairs. ($80,000)
Research presentations at scientific meetings
i. Invited Papers and International Presentations:
1988: INVITED
PAPER:
1989: INVITED PAPER: Tall Timbers Research Station's 17th Fire
Ecology Conference,
1990: INVITED PAPER: Northeast Regional Christmas Tree Growers Meeting. White Haven, PA. "Keepability
of
1991: IUFRO Meeting. Biological Systems in Tree
Breeding.
1992: INVITED TALK:
1992: INVITED PAPER: 19th Annual Natural
Areas Conference.
1992: Eighth International Symposium on
Insect-Plant Relationships. Wageningen, The
1993: IUFRO Meeting. Ecophysiology and genetics of trees
and forests in a changing environment.
1993: INVITED TALK: Biology of Trees and
Shrubs-USDA Soil Conservation Service,
1994: INVITED TALK: Botanical Society of
America-Symposium. The Ecological Society of America 79th
Annual Meeting,
1994: INVITED PLENARY LECTURE:
Environmental constraints and oaks: Ecological and physiological aspects.
1994: VI International Congress of Ecology
(INTECOL).
1994: INVITED PAPER: 21st Annual Natural
Areas Conference,
1995: INVITED KEYNOTE PAPER: IUFRO Meeting.
Interactive environmental effects on forest stands.
1995: INVITED PAPER:
1995: INVITED PAPER: IUFRO XX World
Congress.
1996: INVITED PAPER: The IV
1996: 14th