Department of Environmental and Forest Biology Annual Report Summer 2016 Academic Year 2016 – 2017 Donald J. Leopold Chair, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology SUNY-ESF 1 Forestry Drive Syracuse, NY 13210 Email: [email protected]; ph: (315) 470-6760 August 15, 2017 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . .4 Overview to Annual Report . 4 Building(s) . 6 Teaching . 6 Summary of main courses taught by faculty members . .6 Course teaching load summary by faculty members . 10 Undergraduate student advising loads . 12 Curriculum changes . 12 Undergraduate students enrolled in each EFB major . 12 Listing of awards and recognition . 13 Undergraduate Recruitment Efforts . .13 Student Learning Outcomes Assessment . .14 Research/Scholarship . .14 Summary of publications/presentations . .14 Science Citation Indices . 14 Most Cited Publication of Each EFB Faculty Member . 18 Summary of grant activity . 20 Patents and Patent Applications . 22 Listing of awards and recognition . 22 Outreach and Service . 22 Service to the department, college, and university . 22 Enumeration of outreach activities . 22 Summary of grant panel service . 23 Number of journal manuscripts reviewed by faculty. 23 Summary of journal editorial board service. 23 Listing of awards and recognition . 24 Service Learning . 24 Graduate Students. .26 Number of students by degree objectives . 26 Graduate student national fellowships/awards . 26 Graduate recruitment efforts . 26 Graduate student advising . 28 2 Courses having TA support and enrollment in each . .28 Graduate Program Accomplishments – Miscellaneous. .29 Governance and Administrative Structure . .. .29 Components. .29 Supporting offices, committees, directors, and coordinators . .30 Budget . .32 State budget allocations . .32 Funds Generated by Summer Courses and Grad Tuition Incentive Program . 34 SUNY Research Foundation research incentives funds . .34 Development funds . .35 Objectives 2016-2017 . .36 Objectives, status, and relations to strategic plan . .36 Objectives 2017-2018 . .37 Objectives and relations to strategic plan . .37 Longer Term Visioning and Planning . .40 Appendix A. EFB Faculty: Rank, Education, and Interests . .44 Appendix B. Summary of Individual Faculty’s Most Significant Accomplishments . 47 Appendix C. Faculty Publications (published or in press) . .76 Appendix D. Papers Submitted, In Review, Pending Decision . 83 Appendix E. Papers/Posters Presented at Science Meetings . 86 Appendix F. Faculty Grants . 96 Appendix G. Service to Department, College, and University . .106 Appendix H. Unfunded Service to Governmental Agencies, Public Interest Groups, etc. .115 Appendix I. Unfunded Service to Professional Societies and Organizations . .118 Appendix J. Funded Service to Governmental Agencies, Public Interest Groups, etc. 120 3 Appendix K. Presentations to the Public. 122 Appendix L. Miscellaneous Publications and Outreach Activities and Materials. .128 Appendix M. Foreign Travel. 130 Appendix N. Theses and Dissertations completed . 132 Appendix O. List of MPS students who completed degree requirements . .134 Appendix P. Summary of Faculty and Student Awards . 135 Appendix Q. New York Natural Heritage Program 2015-16 Publications, Presentations and Service . .137 Appendix R. Annual Report for the Roosevelt Wild Life Station . .138 Appendix S. Annual Report for the Thousand Islands Biological Station . 139 Appendix T. Annual Report for Cranberry Lake Biological Station . .151 4 Introduction – Overview to Annual Report The topics and format of this annual report generally follow instructions from the Provost’s Office. Additional, brief material is included for readers external to ESF. Individual faculty annual reports, from which much of the information within the EFB Annual Report is directly taken, are available at: http://www.esf.edu/efb/annualreports.htm. Only a few of the many exciting activities and accomplishments within EFB the past academic year are included in this brief summary. Note that this summary was prepared prior to when individual faculty annual reports were received by the Chair, at the request of the ESF Alumni Office. Appendix A lists EFB faculty during the 2016-2017 Academic Year, including their rank, education, and scholarly interests. Numerous contributions by, and highlights of, the faculty follow throughout this report. Each faculty member’s summary (unedited) of their most significant accomplishments this past year is in Appendix B. Of the many faculty highlights this past year, only a few are included in this section. Dr. Brian Leydet, Assistant Professor, began his employment at ESF last August (2016). Dr. Leydet was hired to teach Epidemiology as part of ESF’s undergraduate Environmental Health major as well as contribute in many other ways. His research interests are focused on tick-transmitted diseases in people. Dr. Gord Paterson, toxicologist in EFB who was a key part of the Environmental Health initiative, left ESF in December for a position at Michigan Tech. Early this summer EFB filled this position with the hire of Dr. Roxanne Razavi, who begins at ESF this August1 and will be teaching Toxic Health Hazards (EFB 400/600) this fall semester. Three EFB faculty were notified in April that effective September 1 of this year, they have been promoted. Drs. Jonathan Cohen and Greg McGee (MS ’93, PhD ’98) have been promoted to Associate Professor and awarded Continuing Appointment (i.e., tenure). Dr. Tom Horton has been promoted to Professor. Dr. Beth Folta, Assistant Professor and co-ordinator of the undergraduate major in Environmental Education and Interpretation, has resigned her ESF position to become the Curator of Education at the North Carolina Zoo (Asheboro, NC). In this new position Dr. Folta will lead and administer all activities related to educational programming and volunteer services at the Zoo. We anticipate having authorization soon to replace her, to maintain this important major and related graduate area of study at ESF. Bridget McMaster, Instructional Support Specialist in EFB and instrumental in assisting with General Biology Lab, Environmental Microbiology, Forest Pathology, and other plant science courses retires this June after 27 years in this position. The department has been authorized to replace her. Another EFB instructional support specialist, Ron Giegerich (BS ’78), was recognized at this spring’s employee reception for his forty years (and counting!) of service to ESF as manager of the Roosevelt Wild Life Collection, among other duties. In February, Ron accompanied Dr. James Gibbs and the preserved Lonesome George (the last known Pinta Island tortoise) to its new home in Ecuador, the Symbol of Hope Exhibition Hall in Puerto Ayora. Of the College awards announced at the May Academic Governance meeting, Dr. John Farrell (MS ’91, PhD ’98) was given the ESF Exemplary Research Award, largely due to his leadership of the Thousand Islands Biological Station, his sustained and significant grantsmanship and publication record, and training of many graduate students. Dr. Robin Kimmerer (BS ’75) was the featured cover story in Syracuse New Times in October and in the same month was one of four women in science recognized for outstanding achievement in advancing the cause of the environment and social environmental issues during 5 the 2016 SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry’s Feinstone Environmental Awards. The awards were established in 1976 by Sol Feinstone (a 1915 College of Forestry graduate), a well- known historian and author. The faculty in EFB annually bring in about one-third of all extramural support to ESF. Among the many.