EDUCATION

1971, Ph.D., Botany, Duke University
1965, B.S., Biology, College of William and Mary

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Plant physiological ecology, agricultural ecology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1994-1995	Acting Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
1992-2001	Associate Dean (later Senior Associate Dean), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
1991-1992	Director, Rodale Research Institute
1989-1992	Director for Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Director, Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station
1986-	Professor of Ecology, Cornell University
1983-1989	Associate Director for Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Associate Director, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
1979-1985	Associate Professor of Ecology, Section of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University
1979-1982	Chairman, Section of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University
1973-1979	Assistant Professor of Ecology, Section of Ecology and Systematics, Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University
1971-1973	Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, University of New Hampshire
1967-1971	Research Assistant, Botany Department, Duke University
1966-1967	Teaching Assistant, Botany Department, Duke University
1965-1966	Lecturer, Department of Biology, College of William and Mary
1964	Research Technician, College of William and Mary
1963	Research Assistant, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
1962-1965	Teaching Assistant, College of William and Mary
1962-1963	Research Technician, College of William and Mary

HONORS AND AWARDS

Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence, State University of New York, 2004

CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Director, Cornell Maple Program
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Biology & Society Program
Chair, Faculty Committee on Program Review

GRADUATE FIELD MEMBERSHIPS

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Natural Resources
Plant Biology

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1972-1994
Ecological Society of America, 1963-present

PROFESSIONAL HONORARIES

Gamma Sigma Delta
Phi Sigma
Sigma Xi

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Board of Editors, Plant, Cell and Environment, 1980-1985

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

International/National:
Advisor, Grading Committee, International Maple Syrup Institute, 2006-present
Advisory Board, Chesapeake Farms Project, 1996-1999
Member, Advisory Board, Remington Farms Project, DuPont Corporation, 1996-1999
Board of Directors, NYS Rural Schools Program, 1992-2001
Member, Board of Directors, Rodale Research Institute, 1991-1996
Member, Northeast Aquaculture Advisory Committee, 1991-1993
Organizer, University-Industry Working Group on Sustainable Agriculture, 1990-1994
Member, Governing Board, National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, 1990-1992
Member, USDA Low Input Working Group, 1989-1990
Member, ESA Eminent Ecologist Selection Committee, 1988-1989
Witness, U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, 1990
Witness, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agricultural Appropriations, 1988, 1989
Member, Accreditation Committee, University of Minnesota, 1986
Administration, Potato Integrated Pest Management Competitive Grants Program, 1985
Reviewer and Advisory Committee, Northeast Pesticide Impact Assessment Program, 1985
Member, Advisory Committee, Northeast Pesticide Impact Assessment Program, 1984
Member, Board of Directors, Organization for Tropical Studies, 1983-1985
Chairman, External Review Team, Graduate Program in Botany and Plant Physiology, Rutgers University, 1983
Member, President's Ad Hoc Committee on Appointments, Harvard University, 1983
Member, Study Committee, Ecological Society of America, 1980-1981
Elected Secretary, Physiological Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America, 1979-1982
Chairman, Study Committee on Publications, Physiological Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America, 1978
Vice Chairman, Ecological Section, Botanical Society of America, 1977-1978
Member, Nominating Committee, Ecological Society of America, 1977

State/Local:
Member, Research Oversight Committee, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, 1990-1992
Member, Advisory Committee, Harriman-Bear Mountain Trail Use Study, 1973-1975

University:
Member, working group on carbon reduction, 2007
Chair, Graduate Grievance Review Board, Graduate School, Cornell University, 2006
Member, Faculty Committee on Program Review, 2006-present
Member, Health Careers Program Advisory Board, 2006-present
Member, University Appeals Panel Committee, 2004-present
Co-chair, University Hearing Board, 2004- present
Member (elected), University Nominations and Elections Committee, 2003-present
Member (elected), Faculty Advisory Committee on Tenured Appointments, 2002-2004
Tang Fellowship selection committee, 2002-present
Member, Health Careers Evaluation Committee, 2001- present
Member, Educational Policy Committee, Biology and Society Program, 2001-present
Member, Codes and Judiciary Committee, Cornell University, 2002-2004
Member, Leadership for Institutional Change Planning Committee, Cornell University, 1999-2000
Coordinator for Dean's Office, United Way, 1996-2000
Project 2000, Campus Advisory Committee, Cornell University, 1996-2000
Project 2000, Change Management Team, Cornell University, 1996-2000
Project 2000, Human Resources Executive Sponsors Group, Cornell University, 1996-2000
Member, Provost's Committee on Faculty Transitions, Cornell University, 1996-1997
Chair, College United Way Committee; Co-Chair, University United Way Committee, 1996
Chair, Search Committee, Director of Cornell Plantations, 1995-1996
Member, Organizing Committee, Academic Leadership Series, Cornell University, 1993-2001
Administrative Advisor, Regional Research on Assessing Quality of Fruit and Vegetables, 1993-1995
Quality Council, Cornell University, 1993-1995
Chair, Search Committee, Director of Cornell Plantations, Cornell University, 1993
Board of Directors, Rural Schools Program, 1992-2001
Management Committee, Long Island Horticultural Research Laboratory, 1991-1993
Governing Board, Community and Rural Development Institute, Cornell University, 1991-1993
Committee on Indirect Costs, Cornell University, 1991
Committee on Principal Investigator Status, Cornell University, 1991 and 1989
Search Committee for University Comptroller, Cornell University, 1990
Member, Advisory Board, Ecosystems Research Center, Cornell University, 1989-1992
Member, Governing Board, Water Resources Center, Cornell University, 1989-1992
Research Council, Cornell University, 1989-1992
Provost's Committee on Graduate Student Support, Cornell University, 1989-1991
Provost's Committee on Environmental Sciences, Cornell University, 1989-1990
Member, Operating Committee, Integrated Pest Management Program, 1987-1989
Member, Academic Integrity Hearing Board, Cornell University, 1987
Sponsor, A. D. White Professorship Program, Harold W. Woolhouse, 1984-1989
Member, General Committee of the Graduate School, Cornell University, 1983-1986
Member, Search Committee for Vice president for Research, Cornell University, 1983
Member, Search Committee for Director of NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, 1983
Member, Cornell Center for Root-Soil Research, Cornell University, 1982-1987
Member, Search Committee, Director of the Geneva Experiment Station, 1982
Member, Search Committee, Vice President for Research, 1982
Member, Study Committee, Weed Science Program, 1982
Reviewer, Andrew W. Mellon Student Research Grants, 1981-1992

College:
Member, Agroforestry and Private Woodland Management Program Work Team, CALS, 2002-present
Member, Committee to Review the Cornell Migrant Program, CALS, CHE, and CCE, 2002-2003
Member , Organic Agriculture Research Committee, 2002-2003
Reviewer, Mellon, Morley, and Kieckhefer Student Grants Program, CALS, 2002
College Coordinator, University Emergency Planning, CALS, 1999-2000
Member, Academic Human Resources and Diversity, CALS, 1997-2005
Member, Advisory Group on Electronic Technology, CALS, 1997-2001
Member, Environment and Natural Resources Planning Council, CALS, 1996-2000
Organizer, Conference on Sustainable Agriculture, CALS, 1994
Organizer, New Faculty Workshop, CALS, 1993-2001
Advisory Committee, Cornell Biological Station, CALS, 1991-present
Co-Chair, Agroecosystems Project, CALS, 1991-1997
Co-Chair, Strategic Planning, CALS, 1991-1993
Deer Management Advisory Board, CALS, 1991-1993
Member, Committee on Sustainable Agriculture, CALS, 1988-1995
Member, Pesticide Issues Coordinating Committee, CALS, 1988-1990
Member, Committee on Insect Biology, CALS, 1988
Reviewer, Kieckhefer Adirondack Fellowship Program, CALS, 1987-1992
Organizer and Speaker, Grant Writing Workshop, CALS, 1983-1996
Convenor, Committee on Agricultural Ecology, CALS, 1982-1985
China Committee, CALS, 1981-1995
Advisory Committee, Office for Research, CALS, 1981
Plant Growth Facilities Study Committee, CALS, 1981

Department:
Member, Cornell Maple Program Advisory Committee, Department of Natural Resources, 2002-
Judge, Whittaker Award, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2002
Member, Admissions Committee, Graduate Field of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2001-present
Member, Governing Board, Center for the Environment, Cornell University, 1989-1992
Chairman, Search Committee, Science, Technology and Society Program, 1986
Chair, Building Committee, Division of Biological Sciences, 1979-1982

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/IN-SERVICE PARTICIPATION

Speaker, North American Maple Syrup Council, October 24, 2007, Akron, OH
Speaker, Global Warming Symposium, May 22, 2007, Granville, NY
Speaker, Maple Expo, Potsdam, NY, January 27, 2006
Speaker Western NY Maple School, January 20, 2006
Speaker, Lewis County Maple School, January 13, 2007
Speaker & organizer, Maple Producers Winter Conference, Jan 5-6, 2007
Speaker, Cornell Alumni, February 11, 2006, Canton, NY
Speaker, Maple Expo, Potsdam, NY, January 28, 2006
Speaker Western NY Maple School, January 21, 2006
Speaker, Lewis County Maple School, January 14, 2006
Speaker & organizer, Maple Producers Winter Conference, Jan 6-7, 2006
Speaker, Maple Producers Winter Conference, January 7-8, 2005
Speaker, Western NY Maple School, January 22, 2005
Speaker, Northern NY Maple School, January 29, 2005
Speaker, North American Maple Syrup Council, October 23-26, 2005
Speaker, Forest Resources Extension Sharing, April 12-14, 2005
Speaker, Extension Fall In-service, November 3, 2005
Speaker, Maple Producers Winter Conference, January 9-10, 2004
Speaker, Western NY Maple School, January 21, 2004
Speaker, Northern NY Maple School, January 31, 2004
Organizer, North American Maple Syrup Council, October 17-20, 2004
Co-organizer, Maple Team Training, March 22, 2004
Speaker and organizer, Forest Resources Extension Sharing, September 22-23, 2004
Invited Participant, Northern NY Maple Expo, Potsdam, New York, January 2004
Participant, Board of Directors Meeting of the New York State Maple Producers Association, Syracuse, New York, January, June, and September 2003
Review Group Leader, External Review of the Sustainable Agriculture Systems Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, March 2003
Co-Organizer, Student Leadership Conference sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation, Newark, Delaware, February 2003 and November 2003
Participant, Outreach Scholarship 2002 Conference, Columbus, Ohio, October 2002
Participant, North American Maple Syrup Council Conference, North Conway, New Hampshire, October 2002
Participant, Meeting of the NY Maple Producers Association and Meeting of the Cornell Maple Program Advisory Committee, Delhi, New York, July 2002
Participant, Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Consortium on Leadership for Institutional Change, College Park, Maryland, May 2002
Co-Organizer, Student Leadership Conference sponsored by the Kellogg Foundation, Newark, Delaware, February 2002
Participant, International Union of Nutritional Sciences Quadrennial Meeting, Vienna, Austria, August 2001
Participant, Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2001
Organizer, Conference on Sustainable Agriculture, Remington Farms, 1994
Organizer, Workshop on Research Planning, USDA Agricultural Experiment Stations, 1992
Organizer, National Workshop on Biocontrol: Making It Work, 1990
Organizer, Cornell/SCS Workshop on Tillage Systems, 1985
Invited Speaker, Conference on Future of Physiology Ecology, 1984
Invited Speaker, Gordon Research Conference on Plant Senescence, 1984
Organizer, Agricultural Ecology Workshop, Nanjing Agricultural College, Nanjing, China, 1984
Participant, National Academy of Sciences Workshop, Manpower and Training Needs in Agriculture, 1984
Participant, National Science Foundation, Instrumentation Survey Project, Workshop, 1983
Participant, Workshop on Manpower Needs in the Agricultural Sciences, National Academy of Science, 1983
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop on Pesticides in Agriculture, Seattle, Washington, 1983
Invited Speaker, Symposium on Long-lived perennial herbs-population dynamics and species interactions, American Institute of Biological Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, 1982
Participant, Symposium, Ecology of Forest Understory Plants, Bloomington, Indiana, 1981
Instructor, Audubon Sanctuary Managers' Workshop, Ithaca, New York, 1980
Invited Participant, Symposium on the Tibet (Qinghai-Xizang) Plateau, Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing, People's Republic of China, 1980
Participant, Gordon Research Conference on Plant Senescence, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 1980
Organizer, Symposium on Seed Biology: New Approaches, Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting, 1978
Invited Participant in Symposium on Comparative Mechanisms of Cold Adaptation in the Arctic, American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1977
Invited Participant in Symposium on Plant Population Biology, Columbia University Press, 1977
Invited Participant in Symposium on Resource Allocation in Plants, Botanical Society of America, 1977
Invited Participant, Workshop on CO2 Effects on the Biosphere, E.R.D.A., 1977
Chairman, Conference on Trail Use and Management, Harriman-Bear Mountain State Park, 1974

RECENT INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Invited Speaker, North American Maple Syrup Council, Akron, OH, October 21-24, 2007
Invited Speaker, Global Warming Symposium, Granville, NY, May 22, 2007
Invited Speaker, North American Maple Syrup Council, Trois-Riveries, Que, Canada October 23-26, 2005
Invited Speaker, NYS Maple Summer Tour, Batavia, New York, July 2005
Invited Speaker, Forest Management Workshop, Springwater, New York, April 2004
Invited Speaker, NYSMPA Winter Workshop, Verona, New York, January 2004
Invited Speaker, Western NY Maple School, Yorkshire, New York, January 2004
Invited Speaker, Student Leadership Conference, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, February 2003
Invited Speaker, Meetings of the New York Maple Producers Association, and the Maple Producers Winter Conference, Verona, New York, January 2003
Invited Seminar, Department of Food Science and Technology, April 2003
Invited Speaker, Thornfield Teaching Workshop, Cazenovia, New York, June 2002
Speaker, Academic Leadership Series, Cornell University, 1999

RESEARCH PANELS

Reviewer, Charles A. Lindbergh Grants Program, 1995-2006
Member, Agricultural Research Service Advisory Panel on Sustainable Agriculture, 1992
Member, USDA Committee of Nine, 1990-1992
Member, Advisory Council, Northeast and National Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, 1987-1991
Member, National Science Foundation Advisory Panel for Physiological Ecology and Population Biology, 1979-1981

CONSULTING

Consultant, General Electric Company (PCB cleanup), 2006
Consultant, University of Maryland (future directions for agriculture), 1993
Consultant, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, 1991
Consultant, Vermont NSF-EPSCOR Program, 1986
Administrative Advisor, Regional Research Projects on Weed Science and Assessing Quality of Fruits and Vegetables, 1985-1995
Consultant, Presidential Young Investigators Award, National Science Foundation, 1985
Administrative Advisor, Integrated Pest Management and Northeast Forest Application of Sewage Sludge, 1984
Consultant, Charles A. Lindbergh Foundation, 1984
Consultant, Presidential Young Investigators Award, National Science Foundation, 1984
Consultant, Search Committee, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1984
Consultant, Academic Research Equipment Needs Project (NSF/NIH), 1983
Consultant, Charles A. Lindbergh Foundation, 1983
Consultant to the Dean on Plant Ecology, Harvard University, 1983
Consultant, Search Committee, Department of Biological Sciences, Harvard University, 1978
Consultant, Trail Management, NY-NJ Trail Conference, 1973
Consultant, Curriculum Development Committee, New Hampshire Consortium of Universities and Colleges, 1972-1973

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