Charles Kwit Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, University of Tennessee 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, 274 Ellington Plant Sciences Building Knoxville, TN 37996-4563 USA [email protected]; 865-974-9793 Education Ph.D. Plant Biology, Louisiana State University, 2000 B.S. Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992 Professional Positions Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries (70%) and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (30%), Knoxville, TN, 2013-present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Miami University, Department of Botany, Oxford, OH, 2005- present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Clemson University, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson, SC, 2002-present Research Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Department of Plant Sciences, Knoxville, TN, 2011-2013 Research Scientist, University of Tennessee, Department of Plant Sciences, Knoxville, TN, 2009-2011 Assistant Professor, Wittenberg University, Department of Biology, Springfield, OH, 2008-2009 Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University, Department of Botany, Oxford, OH, 2006-2008 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, 2003-2005 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida, Department of Zoology, Gainesville, FL, 2000-2003

Kwit CV - November 2013 1 Peer-reviewed Publications (Mentored undergraduates [*], graduate students [**] and professionals [***]) Nageswara-Rao, M.***, C. Kwit, S. Agarwal, M.T. Patton*, J.A. Skeen*, R.M. Manshardt, J.S. Yuan, and C.N. Stewart. 2013. Sensitivity of a real-time PCR method for the detection of transgenes in a mixture of transgenic and non-transgenic seeds of papaya (Carica papaya L.). BMC Biotechnology 13: 69. Nageswara-Rao, M.***, J.R. Soneji, C. Kwit, and C.N. Stewart. 2013. Advances in biotechnology and genomics of switchgrass. Biotechnology for Biofuels 6: 77. doi: 10.1186/1754-6834-6-77 Nageswara-Rao, M.***, C.N. Stewart, and C. Kwit. 2013. Genetic diversity and structure of natural and agronomic switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) populations. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 60: 1057-1068. Greenberg, C.H., D.J. Levey, C. Kwit, J.P. McCarty, S.F. Pearson, S. Sargent, and J. Kilgo. 2012. Long-term patterns of fruit production in five forest types of the South Carolina Upper Coastal Plain. Journal of Wildlife Management 76: 1036-1046. Kwit, C., G. J. Marcello, J. Laboy Gonzalez*, A.C. Shapiro, and R.D. Bracken. 2012. Advantages of seed dispersal for a myrmecochorous temperate forest herb. American Midland Naturalist 168: 9-17. Kwit, C., and C.N. Stewart. 2012. Gene flow matters in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.), a potential widespread biofuel feedstock. Ecological Applications 22: 3-7. Larkin, C.C.**, C. Kwit, J.M. Wunderle, Jr., E.H. Helmer, M.H.H. Stevens, M.T.K. Roberts*, and D.N. Ewert. 2012. Disturbance type and plant successional communities in Bahamian dry forests. Biotropica 44: 10-18. Kwit, C., H.S. Moon, S.I. Warwick, and C.N. Stewart. 2011. Transgene introgression in crop relatives: molecular evidence and mitigation strategies. Trends in Biotechnology 29: 284-293. Helmer, E.H., T.S. Ruzycki, J.M. Wunderle, S. Vogesser, B. Ruefenacht, C. Kwit, T.J. Brandeis, and D.N. Ewert. 2010. Mapping tropical dry forest height, foliage height profiles and disturbance type and age with a time series of cloud-cleared Landsat and ALI image mosaics to characterize avian habitat. Remote Sensing of Environment 114: 2457-2473. Wunderle, J.M., D. Currie, E.H. Helmer, D.N. Ewert, J.D. White, T.S. Ruzycki, B. Parresol, and C. Kwit. 2010. Kirtland’s warblers in anthropogenically disturbed early- successional habitats on Eleuthera, The Bahamas. Condor 112: 123-137.

Kwit CV - November 2013 2 Kwit, C., and B. Collins. 2008. Native grasses as a management alternative on vegetated closure caps. Environmental Management 41: 929-936. Drewa, P.B., W.J. Platt, C. Kwit, and T.W. Doyle. 2008. Stand structure and dynamics of sand pine differ between the Florida panhandle and peninsula. Plant Ecology 196: 15-25. Holladay, C.-A.*, C. Kwit, and B. Collins. 2006. Woody regeneration in and around aging southern bottomland hardwood forest gaps: effects of herbivory and gap size. Forest Ecology and Management 223: 218-225. Kwit, C., D.J. Levey, and C.H. Greenberg. 2004. Contagious seed dispersal beneath heterospecific fruiting trees and its consequences. Oikos 107: 303-308. Kwit, C., C.C. Horvitz, and W.J. Platt. 2004. Conserving slow-growing, long-lived species: input from the demography of a rare understory conifer, Taxus floridana. Conservation Biology 18: 432-443. Kwit, C., D.J. Levey, C.H. Greenberg, S.F. Pearson, J.P. McCarty, and S. Sargent. 2004. Cold temperature increases winter fruit removal rate of a bird-dispersed shrub. Oecologia 139: 30-34. Kwit, C., D.J. Levey, C.H. Greenberg, S.F. Pearson, J.P. McCarty, S. Sargent, and R.L. Mumme. 2004. Fruit abundance and local distribution of wintering hermit thrushes and yellow-rumped warblers in South Carolina. Auk 121: 46-57. Kwit, C., and W.J. Platt. 2003. Disturbance history influences regeneration of non- pioneer understory trees. Ecology 84: 2575-2581. Kwit, C., W.J. Platt, and H.H. Slater. 2000. Post-hurricane regeneration of pioneer plant species in south Florida subtropical hardwood hammocks. Biotropica 32: 244-251. Kwit, C., M.W. Schwartz, W.J. Platt, and J.P. Geaghan. 1998. The distribution of tree species in steepheads of the Apalachicola River Bluffs, Florida. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 125: 309-318. In review! Kwit, C., M. Swanson, D. King, and B. Collins. Special Section Preface: Conservation importance of early post-disturbance temperate forests. Forest Ecology and Management. Book Chapters (Mentored professionals [*])

Kwit CV - November 2013 3 Kwit, C., M. Nageswara-Rao*, and C.N. Stewart. In Press. Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) as a bioenergy crop: advantages, concerns, and future prospects. In H. Lou and Y. Wu, eds. Compendium of Bioenergy Plants: Switchgrass. CRC Press. Wei, W., C. Kwit, R.J. Millwood, H.S. Moon, and C.N. Stewart. 2012. Assessment and detection of gene flow. Pages 27-42 in M. Oliver and Y. Li, eds. Plant Gene Containment. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A. Kwit, C., D.J. Levey, S.A. Turner, C.J. Clark, and J.R. Poulsen. 2007. Out of one shadow and into another: causes and consequences of spatially contagious seed dispersal by frugivores. Pages 427-444 in A. J. Dennis, E.W. Schupp, R.J. Green, and D.A. Westcott, eds. Seed Dispersal: Theory and its Application in a Changing World. CAB International, Wallingford, U.K. Other Publications (Mentored graduate students [*] and professionals [**]) Ridley, C., C. Clark, H. Jager, Z. Leggett, R. Efroymson, C. Kwit, D. Miller, and D. Landis. 2013. Debate: can bioenergy be produced in a sustainable manner that protects biodiversity and avoids the risk of invaders? Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 94: 277-290. Nageswara-Rao, M.**, C. Kwit, and C.N. Stewart. 2012. Grass to solve global fuel crisis. Biospectrum (30 August 2012); http://www.biospectrumasia.com/biospectrum/opinion/ 3439/grass-solve-global-petrol-scarcity#.UE9fQ6D-3d4 Larkin, C.C.*, and C. Kwit. 2009. Effects of managed goat grazing on early successional plant communities on Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas: conservation implications for the Kirtland’s warbler. Ohio Journal of Science 109: A24. Vincent, M.A., and C. Kwit. 2007. Additions to the vascular plant flora of Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Bahamas Naturalist and Journal of Science 2: 52-54. Grant Funding Current! Ecosystem Restoration of Midsouthern Oak-pine Systems. 2013-2016. Joint Fire Science Program, $241,530, Co-PI. Multi-scale Assessment of Wildlife Sustainability in Switchgrass Biofuel Feedstock Production in the Eastern US. 2013-2016. USDA NIFA AFRI, Sustainable Bioenergy Program, $498,366, Co-PI.

Kwit CV - November 2013 4 REE-LEAF: Research and Education Experiences to Learn about Energy and Food. 2013-2014. University of Tennessee, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Cooperative Innovative Teaching Award, $15,000, PI. Pollen-mediated Gene Flow in Switchgrass. 2010-2014. USDA NIFA, Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants Program, $399,995, Co-PI. Previous! Genetic Diversity of Native Tennessee Switchgrass Populations. 2012-2013. University of Tennessee, Building Research Interest and Developing Global Engagement (BRIDGE) Program, $1,500, Co-PI. Seed Predation of an Ant-dispersed Forest Herb: Addressing the Importance of Different Services Ants Provide. 2009-2010. Wittenberg University, Faculty Research Fund, $1,344, PI. Factors that Contribute to the Production and Maintenance of Kirtland’s Warbler Habitat in The Bahamas. 2006-2010. USDA Forest Service Cooperative Agreement with Miami University, $40,000, PI. Fleshy-fruit and Hard-mast Production Capability Models: a Practical Application. 2000-2002. USDA Forest Service Cooperative Agreement with University of Florida, $29,900, Co-PI. Life history, Demography, and Conservation of the Florida yew, Taxus floridana. 1996-1998. Florida Division of Forestry, Florida Plant Conservation Program, $8,000, PI. Honors and Awards AgResearch Faculty Development Fellow, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, Knoxville, TN, 2012 Invited Talks and Working Groups Organizer and participant, Conservation Values and Dynamics of Early Post- disturbance Temperate Forests in North America. Organized Oral Session, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 2012. Invited participant, A Debate on the Sustainability of Biomass Production for Energy. Special Session, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, 2012. Invited participant, ‘Transgenes Going Wild’ Workshop, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2011.

Kwit CV - November 2013 5 Invited participant, China-US 2011 Joint Symposium: Global Sustainability Issues in Energy, Climate, Water, and Environment, West Lafayette, IN, 2011. Invited participant, NASA Changing Planet Study Group, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 2011. Invited participant, Watershed Workshop on Bioenergy Sustainability, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 2010. Invited participant, The Coffee Conference, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2008. Invited participant, Frugivores and Seed Dispersal: 4th International Symposium/ Workshop, Brisbane, Australia, 2005. Invited participant, South Carolina Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Winter Meeting, Columbia, SC, 2002. Research Seminars! Murray State University, Murray, KY, 2013 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 2013 University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, 2013 Center for Bioenergy Sustainability, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, 2012 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2011, 2009 (2) Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, 2010 U.S. Forest Service/University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2009 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 2009 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2009 Abaco Science Alliance, Marsh Harbour, Abaco, The Bahamas, 2008 Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, 2007 Audubon Miami Valley, Oxford, OH, 2007 Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2006 Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden, Coral Gables, FL, 2005 Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 2004 University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, 2004 University of Georgia, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC, 2003 USDA Forest Service – Savannah River, New Ellenton, SC, 2003 Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL, 2003, 2002 Rice University, Houston, TX, 2003 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2001 Teaching Experience University of Tennessee-Knoxville! Climate Change: Who Cares? (University Honors [UNHO] 101 [formerly Recognizing Climate Change; UH 100]) - Fall 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Kwit CV - November 2013 6 Wildlife Vegetation and Habitat (AGNR 481) - Fall 2013 Graduate Seminar in Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries (FOR 512, WFS 512, FWF 612) - Fall 2013 Wittenberg University! Conservation Biology (BIO 250) - Spring 2009 Botanical World (BIO 130) - Fall 2008, Spring 2009 Concepts of Biology Laboratory (BIO 181) - Spring 2009 Concepts of Biology Laboratory (BIO 171) - Fall 2008 Miami University! Biology of Invasions (Botany [BOT] 720.J) - Spring 2008 General Botany (BOT 191) - Fall 2007, Spring 2008 Plants, Humanity and Environment (BOT 131) - Fall 2006, 2007, Spring 2007 Plants, Protists, and Fungi in the Classroom (BOT 699.A) - Summer 2007 Service on Graduate Committees and Mentoring Graduated Students! Claire Larkin (M.S., Miami University; Mad River Middle School, Riverside, OH) Graduate Committee Member! Holly Baxter (M.S., current, University of Tennessee-Knoxville) Courtney Gorman (Ph.D., current, University of Tennessee-Knoxville) Jessica Welch (Ph.D., current, University of Tennessee-Knoxville) Leigh Moorhead (Ph.D., current, University of Tennessee-Knoxville) Katharine Stuble (Ph.D., 2013, University of Tennessee-Knoxville) Hollis Rice (M.S., 2013, University of Tennessee-Knoxville) M. Noelia Barrios-Garcia (Ph.D., 2012, University of Tennessee-Knoxville) Mark Genung (Ph.D., 2012, University of Tennessee-Knoxville) Kristen Lucia (Ph.D., 2011, Miami University) Steven M. Castellano (M.S., 2008, Miami University) Maria Whitehead (Ph.D., 2003, Clemson University)

Kwit CV - November 2013 7 Departmental Service University of Tennessee-Knoxville! Member, Awards and Recognition Committee, Department of Plant Sciences, 2012-2013 Miami University! Member, Research Committee, Department of Botany, 2006-2007 University Service University of Tennessee-Knoxville! Member, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) Honors Counil, 2013-present Member, University of Tennessee Plant Research Center, 2011-present Miami University! Institute of Environmental Sciences, Comprehensive Exam Committee, 2007 (1 student) Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program, Exit Interview Committee Member, 2006 (3 students), 2007 (6 students) Professional Service Editorial Board Member, Ecosphere, 2010-present Panel Member, Joint Fire Science Program, “Compatibility of Fuels and Fire Management with Conservation of Threatened and Endangered Fish and Wildlife Species” Task Statement, 2012 Panel Member, National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants, Ecology, 2006 Ad Hoc Proposal Reviewer for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2011), National Science Foundation (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Manuscript reviewer for Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment; American Journal of Botany; Annals of Botany; Applied Vegetation Science; Austral Journal of Ecology; Basic and Applied Ecology; Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology; Biological Conservation; Biotropica; Conservation Biology; Ecography; Ecology; Environmental Management; Evolutionary Applications; Forest Ecology and Management; Functional Ecology; Integrative Zoology; Journal of Ecology; Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society; Journal of Vegetation Science; Natural Areas Journal; Ohio Journal of Science;

Kwit CV - November 2013 8 Oikos; Plant Ecology; Plant Science; PLoS ONE; Southeastern Naturalist; Trends in Ecology and Evolution; Wilson Bulletin; Wilson Journal of Ornithology Other reviewer assignments: USDA Forest Service General Technical Reports (2011), U.S. National Vegetation Classification (2011) Society Member, Ecological Society of America (1998-present), Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (1999-present) Published Abstracts (Mentored undergraduates [*], graduate students [**] and professionals [***]) Nageswara-Rao, M.***, M. Hanson*, S. Agarwal, C.N. Stewart, and C. Kwit. 2013. Population genetics and diversity analysis of natural and agronomic switchgrass populations. Switchgrass II, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. (poster) Hanson, M.*, M. Nageswara-Rao***, S. Agarwal, C.N. Stewart, and C. Kwit. 2013. Diversity and genetic structure of switchgrass populations. Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement (EURēCA), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. (poster) McKenzie, Z., G. Fleming, E. H. Helmer, C.C. Larkin**, C. Kwit, M.T.K. Roberts*, J.M. Wunderle, Jr., and D.N. Ewert. 2013. Managing habitat for Kirtland’s Warbler conservation in The Bahamas. National Conference on the Natural History of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas. Helmer, E.H., T.S. Ruzycki, J.M. Wunderle, Jr., C. Kwit, D.N. Ewert, S.M. Voggesser, and T.J. Brandeis. 2013. Mapping forest height, foliage height profiles, and disturbance type and age with satellite imagery to characterize Kirtland’s Warbler habitat on Eleuthera, The Bahamas. National Conference on the Natural History of The Bahamas, Nassau, Bahamas. (poster) Collins, B., P.S. White, and C. Kwit. 2012. Disturbance and early succession in the southern Appalachians and eastern U.S. Ecological Society of America Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA. McKenzie, Z., G. Fleming, E.H. Helmer, C.C. Larkin**, C. Kwit, M.T.K. Roberts*, J.M. Wunderle, Jr., and D.N. Ewert. 2011. How can Kirtland’s Warbler habitat be produced and maintained for the warbler’s conservation in The Bahamas? Society for the Conservation and Study of Caribbean Birds Conference, Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Stewart, C.N., C. Kwit, S. Warwick, and H.S. Moon. 2011. Transgene introgression in crop relatives: molecular evidence and mitigation strategies. ‘Transgenes Going Wild’ Workshop, Leiden, The Netherlands. Larkin, C.C.**, C. Kwit, J.M. Wunderle, Jr., E.H. Helmer, M.H.H. Stevens, M.T.K. Roberts*, and D.N. Ewert. 2010. Effects of common disturbances on early-successional

Kwit CV - November 2013 9 plant communities on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Ecological Society of America Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. (poster) Larkin, C.C.**, and C. Kwit. 2009. Effects of managed goat grazing on early successional plant communities on Eleuthera Island, The Bahamas: conservation implications for the Kirtland’s warbler. Ohio Academy of Sciences, Springfield, Ohio, USA (poster) Kwit, C., W.J. Platt, and S.A. Turner. 2006. Evidence for drought causing rapid population decline of a forest tree. Ecological Society of America Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. (poster) Kwit, C., D.J. Levey, C.H. Greenberg, S.F. Pearson, J.P. McCarty, S. Sargent, and R. Mumme. 2003. Spatial and temporal variation in fruit production and consumption in a southeastern U.S. landscape. Ecological Society of America Conference, Savannah, Georgia, USA. Kwit, C., D.J. Levey, and C.H. Greenberg. 2001. Seed dispersal and seed predation of Cornus florida. Ecological Society of America Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Kwit, C. 2000. Habitat and demography of Taxus floridana, a rare understory conifer. Department of Biological Sciences Seminar Series. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Kwit, C., M.W. Schwartz, W.J. Platt, and J.P. Geaghan. 1998. The distribution of tree species in steepheads of the Apalachicola River Bluffs, Florida. Ecological Society of America Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Kwit, C., W.J. Platt, C.C. Horvitz, and H.H. Slater. 1996. The effects of Hurricane Andrew on pioneer species in subtropical hardwood hammocks of Long Pine Key (Everglades National Park) and metropolitan Dade County. Ecological Society of America Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Kwit, C., and W.J. Platt. 1995. The status of the Florida yew: a matrix approach. Natural Areas Association Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. Kwit, C., and W.J. Platt. 1994. Plant communities and species associations of steephead ravine forests. Ecological Society of America Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. Kwit, C., and W.J. Platt. 1994. Plant communities and species associations of steephead ravine forests. Natural Areas Association Conference, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA.

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