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Sigrid C. Resh Educational Background: Ph.D. Fall 1999, Forest Ecology (Department of Forest Sciences), Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO. Dissertation abstract M.S. 1994, Resource Economics (Department of Forestry), Michigan State University , East Lansing, MI B.S. 1991, Merchandising Management and Economics dual major (Department of Human Environment & Design and Department of Economics), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Research Experience: Consulting (3/07-5/07), USDA Forest Service Northern Institute of Applied Carbon Science (NIACS). Developed information for, implemented, and launched webpage for NIACS--http://nrs.fs.fed.us/niacs/ Consulting (10/04 to present), USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and Colorado State University. Responsible for organizing a workshop and writing a synthesis paper on chipping and mastication in Colorado Forests. Graduate Research Assistant and Laboratory Manager (9/96 to 8/99), Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University. Management of laboratory personnel and analyses related to ecosystem carbon and nutrient dynamics of tropical forest plantations in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Brazil. Research Laboratory Technician (1/96 to 8/96), Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University. Operated vacuum line for plant tissue water extraction for oxygen isotopic analysis to determine water sources. Graduate Research Assistant (8/94 to 1/96), Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University. Designed and implemented above- and below-ground carbon allocation study of a chronosequence of Pinus contorta var. latifolia. Graduate Research Assistant (8/92 to 8/94), Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI. Developed and disseminated questionnaires for public and private timberland managers and analyzed results to determine the future availability of timberland for harvest in the Great Lake States. Field Technician (5/93 to 8/93), Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Kalkaska, MI. Evaluated oil well site reclamation success using vegetation surveys. Teaching Experience: Instructor of Forest Ecology (9/07 to 12/07), School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science. Instructor for USDA Forest Service National Advanced Silviculture Program (5/07). Prepared and presented information on forest ecosystem carbon and nutrient dynamics, productivity, and landscape ecology for a portion of this forest manager silviculture certification program Instructor (1/03 to 12/03), Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University. Independently developed course curriculum for junior-level forest ecology class with 60 student enrollment. Lecture topics related to forests include: climate, hydrology, carbon cycling and allocation, regeneration, structure and growth, genetics, soil, fire ecology, disturbance, productivity, nutrient biogeochemistry, spatial and temporal scales of forests, and restoration ecology. Co-Instructor (1/99 to 5/99), Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University. Independently developed course curriculum for half the lectures of a sophomore-level fundamentals of ecology course with 110 enrolled students. Lecture topics included biomes, hydrology, energy budgets, species diversity, ecosystem productivity, nutrient cycling, and foodwebs. Wrote exams; presented lectures using computer presentation software, slides, and overheads; managed class web page. Graduate Teaching Assistant (1/97 to 5/97), Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University. Maintained office hours, graded homework assignments and exams, provided technical support, and guest lectured for a sophomore-level ecology course. Graduate Teaching Assistant (1/95 to 5/95), Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University. Maintained office hours, graded homework assignments and exams, provided technical support, and guest lectured for a junior-level silviculture course. Graduate Teaching Assistant (9/91 to 12/92), Department of Human Environment & Design, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI. Sole responsibility for instruction and grading of two computer laboratory sections a semester for an applied senior-level computer course in retail buying. Guest lectured for companion retail buying course. Publications: Resh, S.C., M.G Ryan, L. Joyce, and D. Binkley. 2006. Chipping and mastication in forest ecosystems—A synthesis. In review at Forest Ecology and Management. Resh, S.C., M. Battaglia, D. Worledge, and S. Ladiges. 2003. Coarse root biomass for eucalypt plantations in Tasmania, Australia: sources of variation and methods of assessment. Trees 17:389-399. Rothe, A., K. Cromack, Jr., S. Resh, E. Makineci, and Y. Son. 2002. Soil carbon and nitrogen changes under Douglas-fir with and without red alder. Soil Science Society of America Journal 66:1988-1995. Resh, S.C., D. Binkley, and J.A. Parrotta. 2002. Greater soil carbon sequestration under nitrogen-fixing tree species compared with Eucalyptus species. Ecosystems 5:217-231. Kaye, J., S.C. Resh., M.W. Kaye, and R.A. Chimner. 2000. Nutrient and carbon dynamics in a replacement series of Eucalyptus and Albizia trees. Ecology 81:3267-3273. Smith, F.W. and S.C. Resh. 1999 Age-related changes in production and below-ground carbon allocation in Pinus contorta forests. Forest Science 45:1-9. Binkley, D. and S.C. Resh. 1999. Rapid changes in soils following Eucalyptus afforestation in Hawaii. Soil Science Society of America Journal 63:222-225. Fellowships and Activities: · Volunteer, mixed grass prairie sludge application experiment plant identification and clipping, June 2004 with ecological restoration group lead by Dr. Mark Paschke, Colorado State University · Volunteer, Trees, Water, & People native shrub and tree planting, 2004-2005 · NSF Travel Grant to attend the 1997 Soil Science Society of America Soil Respiration Symposium · Oscar & Isabel Anderson Graduate Fellowship, 1997 to 1998 · College of Natural Resources Special Graduate Fellowship, 1996 to 1997 · Bob Alexander College of Natural Resources Memorial Graduate Scholarship, 1994 to 1995 · Graduate Student Council Member, Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University, 1995 · Volunteer , Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center, 4/95 to 7/96 Instrumentation and Lab Analysis Experience: · Stable carbon isotope mass spectrometry. For my research, I have analyzed over 1000 samples on several types of mass spectrometers. The majority of my mass spec. experience is with continuous flow elemental analysis. I am also working with a trace gas mass spec. for soil CO2 efflux analysis (both mass specs are Micromass). I have taken two isotope classes that both included isotopic theory in conjunction with hands-on mass spectrometer experience. One of which was a isotope introduction course offered at Colorado State University (spring ’96). The other course was Jim Ehleringer’s isotope short course at the University of Utah’s SIRFER laboratory (summer ’97). The latter course provided intensive instruction and personalized hands-on experience using in-tube organic matter combustion and vacuum line gas purification among other techniques and three types of mass specs (all Finigans). · Total carbon and nitrogen analysis using LECO dry combustion instrumentation · Kjeldahl digest procedures for determining soil and wood nutrient concentrations · Standard soil pH measurements in deionized water and calcium chloride · Alpkem spectrophotometry autoanalysis of NH 4 and NO 3/NO2 · Infrared gas analysis for CO2 Affiliations: · Society for Conservation Biology · Phi Beta Kappa · Golden Key National Honor Society · Ecological Society of America · Society of American Foresters |
