CURRICULUM VITAE -- Chris J
CURRICULUM VITAE -- Chris J. Peterson, Professor Areas of expertise: forestry, wind damage to trees, arboriculture, severe weather, treefall Address: Dept. of Plant Biology, 2502 Plant Sci. Bldg., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 Telephone: Office: (706) 542-3754; cell: (706) 347-2336 Email: chris@plantbio.uga.edu EDUCATION B.A. 1985, Biology and Environmental Science, Taylor University, Upland, Indiana. Ph.D. 1992, Graduate Program in Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. POSITIONS HELD Postdoctoral Researcher. 1992-1994, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Assistant Professor. 1994-2000, Department of Botany, University of Georgia. Associate Professor. 2000-2013, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia. Professor, 2013-present, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia. Fulbright Fellow. 2004, Department of Forest Ecology, University of Helsinki. EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE 2018-2019 Burnham Brown, Los Angeles, California 2019 Adler, Pollock and Sheehan, Providence, Rhode Island. 2019 Cozen O’Conner, Atlanta, Georgia 2019 Apperson Crump, Memphis, Tennessee CONSULTING EXPERIENCE 2010-2018 California Department of Water Resources: tree stability and risk of treefall for trees in river levees; guidance for “Levee Vegetation Management” standards. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (SCHOLARLY ARTICLES): In review: Peterson, C.J. In review. First-decade biomass and carbon accumulation, and woody community change after severe wind damage in a hemlock-white pine forest remnant. Forests, submitted Jan. 2021. Oldfield, C.A., and C.J. Peterson. In review. Tree wind resistance tested with static winching: an investigation of two common eastern U.S. hardwoods and meta-analysis. Trees, Forests and People, submitted Sept. 2020. San-Jose, M., L.
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