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Storer Full Vita September 2011NBNP Andrew J. Storer School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Michigan Technological University 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, Michigan, 49931, USA Telephone: (906) 487-3470 Email: [email protected] Fax: (906) 487-2915 EXPERIENCE 2009 – Present Professor, Forest Insect Ecology, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University 2010 – Present Director of Graduate Studies, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University 2007 – Present Director, The Honors Institute, Michigan Technological University 2005 – 2009 Associate Professor, Forest Insect Ecology, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University 2001 – 2005 Assistant Professor, Forest Insect Ecology, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University 1998 - 2001 Assistant Research Entomologist, Div. Insect Biology, University of California, Berkeley 1999 - 2001 Instructor, Department of Landscape Horticulture, Merritt College, Oakland 1992 - 1997 Postdoctoral Researcher, Division of Insect Biology, University of California, Berkeley 1990 - 1991 School Teacher, Oundle School, Oundle, England 1986 - 1991 Research Student, University of Oxford 1986 - 1990 Tutor, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford 1988 - 1989 Wiener-Anspach Research Fellow, University of Brussels, Belgium 1984 - 1986 Forestry Consultant, Crichton-Maitland and Co., Hereford, England EDUCATION D.Phil. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Forest Entomology, 1993 M.A. St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, 1993 B.A. (Hons) Pure and Applied Biology. St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, 1986 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Entomological Society of America, Entomological Society of Canada, Society of American Foresters Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honor Society AWARDS Michigan Technological University, Graduate Mentor Award, 2009 School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Teaching Award 2005-2006 Michigan Technological University, Graduate Dean’s Award for Graduate Student Mentoring 2004 School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Teaching Award 2002-2003 CONTENTS Invited Seminars Page 2 Professional Service Pages 2-4 Teaching Pages 4-7 Research Funding Pages 7-13 Publications Pages 13-25 Presentations Pages 25-38 INVITED SEMINARS: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden, 2011 Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana, 2007 University of Natural Resources & Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 2007 School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Tech, USA, 2007 Department of Ecosystem Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2006 Forest Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), Kumasi, Ghana, 2005 Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological University, USA, 2004 School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Tech, USA, 2003 New Zealand Plant Protection Society, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2003 Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis, USA, 2002 School of Forestry and Wood Products, Michigan Technological University, USA, 2001 Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho, USA, 1999 Division of Ecosystem Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1999 Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, USA, 1998 Forest Research Institute, Rotorua, New Zealand, 1997 Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, USA, 1997 Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, UC Berkeley, USA, 1995 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Grant Review Panels (National) 2008 National Science Foundation, Ecological Biology Panel 2006 National Science Foundation, Ecological Biology Panel Grant Review Panels (Michigan Tech) 2011 Research Excellence Fund Infrastructure Enhancement Grant Review Committee 2008 Research Excellence Fund Seed Grant Review Committee 2007 Ecosystem Science Center, Graduate Research Grant Review Committee 2007 Research Excellence Fund Mentoring Grant Review Committee 2006 Research Excellence Fund Seed Grant Review Committee 2003 Research Excellence Fund Seed and Mentoring Grant Review Committee Grant Proposal Reviews 2009 NSF Ecosystem Sciences (2) 2008 NSF Ecological Biology – 17 proposals as panel member 2007 USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program 2007 DOE National Institute for Climatic Change Research: Midwestern Regional Center 2006 NSF Population and Evolutionary Processes (2), NSF Ecosystem Sciences, NSF Hydrological Sciences 2006 USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program 2006 NSF Ecological Biology – 16 proposals as panel member 2002 Armenian-U.S. Bilateral Grants Program-III Editorial Appointments Subject Editor, Journal of Pest Science (Springer-Verlag), 2008-2011 Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Forestry Research (Hindawi Publishing Corporation), 2008-present Manuscript Reviews: 2011 Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Northeastern Naturalist 2010 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Canadian Journal of Forest Research 2009 Journal of Applied Entomology (2), Environmental Entomology 2008 Environmental Entomology (3), Biological Control, Great Lakes Entomologist, Ecological Applications 2007 Journal of Economic Entomology, The Canadian Entomologist, Journal of Applied Entomology, 2 Environmental Entomology 2006 Environmental Entomology, Forest Ecology and Management (2) 2005 Forest Ecology and Management, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Environmental Entomology, Journal of Economic Entomology 2003 Forest Science (3), Symbiosis 2001 Pan Pacific Entomologist 2000 Journal of Applied Ecology, Environmental Entomology 1999 Ecological Entomology, Environmental Entomology 1998 Ecological Applications 1995 Journal of Chemical Ecology University Committees: Faculty Review Committee, 2011-2014 Graduate School Dean review committee, 2010-2011 Graduate Faculty Council 2010-present Research Advisory Council, Alternate, Spring 2010-present Senator, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, 2006-present Senate Executive Committee, 2010-present Senate Curricular Policy Committee, 2005-present, Chair 2010-present AQIP Action Project on International Experiences 2009-2011 Pavlis Leadership Institute Task Force (PLITF), 2006-present Student Recruitment and Marketing Subcommittee of PLITF, 2006-present Summer Institute/International Experience Subcommittee of PLITF, 2006-present Sabbatical Leave Committee, 2005-2008 Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative (SFHI) Committee, 2007-2008 Applicant Screening Committee, Biological and Life Sciences, SFHI, Chair, 2008 Cognate Review Committee, SFHI, 2008 Goldwater Scholarship Review Committee, 2008 Honors Institute Faculty Advisory Committee, 2006-2007 Alternate Senator for School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, 2004-2006 Jack Kent Cooke Fellowship Application Review Committee, 2005 Senate Administrative Policy Committee, 2004-2005 School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Committees: Ecosystem Science Center Research Grant Review Committee, Spring 2009 Charter Revision Committee, 2009-present. Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2007-2010 (Chair, 2009-2010) Ford Forestry Center Management Committee, 2003-present Interschool Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2005-2007 (Chair, 2006-2007) Hydrology Faculty Search Committee, 2006 Wildlife Biologist Faculty Search Committee (2 positions), 2005 Director of Outreach and Advancement Search Committee, Chair, 2004 th Organizing Committee for the 18 North American Forest Biology Workshop, 2003-2004 Curriculum Committee, 2001-2004 (Chair, 2003-2004) Ecosystem Sciences Faculty Search Committee, Chair, 2002 Charter Revision Committee, Chair, 2001 Other University and School Service Leading Scholars Program Luncheon, Speaker, 2007 Michigan Tech Undergraduate Research Expo, Judge, 2006, 2010 Graduate Student Poster Competition, Michigan Tech, Judge, 2004 Graduate Student Poster Competition, Michigan Tech, Abstract Judge, 2003 Graduation, Faculty Marshall, Fall 2001, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2010 Open House and Family Day, 2002, 2003, 2004 Other Professional Service: Slow Ash Mortality (SLAM) Board, 2008-present 3 Interagency Invasives Operation Committee, Michigan Dept. of Agriculture, 2006-present Emerald Ash Borer Response Team, Michigan Department of Agriculture, 2002-present Michigan Exotic Pest Task Force, 2001-present Western Upper Peninsula Science Fair, Judge, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 USDA Forest Service, Charter for Research on Exotic Species, Technical Advisory Visit, Minneapolis, MN, February 16, 2006 National Association of University Forest Resources Programs, Summit on Forest Research for the 21st Century, January 2006 Entomological Society of America, Student Poster Competition, Judge, 2003 Entomological Society of America, Norman R. Dubois Memorial Scholarship Committee, 2003 California Forest Pest Council, Program Chair, 1993, 1994, 1998 (Council Vice-Chair, 1998-2001) California Oak Mortality Task Force, Board and Research Committee, 2000-2001 TEACHING Michigan Technological University Fall 2011 FW 3800 Insect Ecology (2 credits) taught with PhD student Fall 2011 FW 3840 Forest Health (3 credits) Fall 2011 FW 5810 Research Methods in Natural Resources (2 credits) Fall 2011 FW 4810 Integrated Resource Assessment (Capstone) – 2 cr. lab section Fall 2010 FW 3800 Insect Ecology (2 credits) taught with PhD student Fall 2010 FW 3840 Forest Health (3 credits) Fall 2010 FW 5810 Research Methods in Natural
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