Environmental Science Faculty Research Interests
Clyde Johnson
Research Interests
- Environmental Chemistry
- Environmental Health
Recent Student Projects
- Mercedes Perez: Recycling aluminum by utilizing the metal
as an electrode in a fuel cell. (Presented at 2009 TAS Student
Research Symposium)
- Mercedes Perez: Alkaline pH prevents voltage reversal in
yeast fermentation of banana. (Presented at 2009 TAS Student Research
Symposium)
Eric Karlin
Research Interests
- Wetland Plant Ecology
- Ecology & taxonomy of Sphagnum
- Biological Conservation
Recent Student Projects
- Rebecca Lake & Melissa Giusti: Microsatellite analysis of three Sphagnum species of the Eastern U.S. (Presented at 2009 TAS Student Research
Symposium)
- Katelyn Lukshis & Graeme Gardner: Microsatellite Ploidy Analysis of 3 Sphagnum Species. (Presented at 2009 TAS Student Research
Symposium)
- Falon Cartwright: Microsatellite analysis of a Hawaiian
population of the peatmoss Sphagnum palustre. (Presented
at 2008 TAS Student Research Symposium)
Recent Publications
* Ramapo College undergraduate student
- Karlin, E.F., G. P. Gardner*, K. Lukshis*, S.B. Boles, & A.J. Shaw. (In Press) Alloploidy in Sphagnum mendocinum and S. papillosum (Sphagnaceae). The Bryologist 113:
- Karlin, E.F., M.M. Giusti*, R.A. Lake*, S.B. Boles & A.J. Shaw. (In Press) Microsatellite analysis of Sphagnum centrale, S. henryense, and S. palustre (Sphagnaceae). The Bryologist 113:
- Karlin, E.F., S.B. Boles, M. Ricca, E. Temsch, J. Greilhuber & A.J. Shaw. (2009). Three-genome mosses: complex double allopolypolid origins for triploid gametophytes in Sphagnum. Molecular Ecology 18: 1439-1454.
- Karlin, E.F., S.B. Boles & A.J.
Shaw. (2008). Resolving boundaries
between species in Sphagnum section Subsecunda using microsatellite markers. Taxon 57:
1189–1200.
- Karlin, E.F., S.B. Boles & A.J.
Shaw. (2008). Systematics of Sphagnum section Sphagnum in New
Zealand: a microsatellite-based analysis. New Zealand Journal of
Botany 46: 105–118.
- Riccia, M., B.W. Beecher, S.B. Boles,
E. Temsch, J. Greilhuber, E.F. Karlin, A.J. Shaw. (2008). Cytotype variation and allopolyploidy in
North American species of the Sphagnum subsecundum complex. American Journal of Botany 95: 1606-1620.
Please
visit Dr.
Karlin's webpage for a more complete list of publications.
Emma Rainforth
Research Interests
- Late Triassic - Early Jurassic Vertebrate Paleontology, biogeography, biostraigraphy, paleoclimate
- Mesozoic vertebrate ichnology (footprints and other traces): taxonomy and nomenclature
Recent Student Projects
- Bobo, D. and E.C. Rainforth. 2009. ‘Growth in the dinosaur Coelophysis:
implications for dinosaur speed estimates from trackways’.
Ramapo College TAS Student Research Symposium, Spring 2009 [oral and
poster]
- Rainforth, E.C. and M. Howard. 2008. ‘Swimming theropods? A new investigation of
unusual theropod footprints from Dinosaur State Park, Rocky Hill, CT
(Newark Supergroup, eastern North America)’. Abstracts with
Programs, Geological Society of America 40 (2): 79.
- Rainforth, E.C. and M. Manzella. 2007.
‘Estimating speeds of dinosaurs from
trackways: a re-evaluation of assumptions.’ Geological
Association of New Jersey 24th Annual Meeting.
- Osborne,
J. and E.C. Rainforth. 2006. ‘The
footprint Apatopus
lineatus from Late
Triassic strata of Milford, NJ: to be a phytosaur or not to be a
phytosaur, that is the question…’ Abstracts with Programs,
Geological
Society of America 38 (7):554.
- Rusher, J.J., E.C. Rainforth and F.
Farrell. 2006. ‘Two historic mines
in the Highlands region of New Jersey and their effect on water
quality.’ Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America
38
(2):81.
Recent Publications
* Ramapo College undergraduate student
- Rainforth,
E.C. (in revision) ‘Ichnotaxonomic
insights from the Connecticut Valley
(Newark Supergroup, eastern North America).’ Ichnos, accepted,
in
revision.
- Rainforth, E.C. (ed.) 2007. ‘Contributions to the Paleontology of New
Jersey (II).’ Field Guide and Proceedings, Geological
Association of New Jersey 24th Annual Conference and Field Trip.
Geological Association of New Jersey, 112 pp.
- Rainforth, E.C. and M. Manzella*. 2007. ‘Estimating speeds of dinosaurs from
trackways: a re-evaluation of assumptions.’ Pp. 41-48 in
Rainforth E.C. (ed.), Contributions to the Paleontology of New Jersey
(II): Field Guide and Proceedings, Geological Association of New Jersey
24th Annual Conference and Field Trip.
- Rainforth, E.C. 2005. ‘Palamopus E. Hitchcock 1845: proposed conservation
of usage.’ Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 62: 237-239.
Recent Presentations
- Rainforth,
E.C. 2007. ‘Ichnotaxonomic updates
from the Newark
Supergroup.’ Geological Association of New Jersey 24th Annual
Meeting.
- Rainforth,
E.C. 2007. ‘Student engagement in a
general education
science course.’ The Teaching Professor Conference, Atlanta, GA.
- Rainforth,
E.C. 2006. ‘Antipus
flexiloquus – the earliest
pterosaur tracks from North
America?’ Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America
38 (2):82.
- Rainforth,
E.C. 2006. ‘Feathers, tails or claws?
– a
kinematic-taphonomic re-interpretation of some Connecticut Valley
ichnotaxa.’ Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of
America 38 (7):436.
- Rainforth,
E.C. 2006. ‘The “stony books” –
three-dimensional
footprints from the Connecticut Valley.’ Abstracts with
Programs, Geological Society of America 38 (3):71.
Please
visit Dr.
Rainforth's webpage for a more complete list of publications & presentations.
Eric Wiener
Research Interests
- Temperate & tropical forest
ecology
- Tropical
restoration ecology
- Conservation ecology
- Community ecology
- Avian
ecology
- Plant-herbivore interactions
Recent Student Projects
- Melanie Klein: Tree Selection by Foraging, Male Red-Eyed
Vireos (Vireo
olivaceus) in a New Jersey
Highlands Forest. (2009 TAS Student Research Symposium)
- Kimberly Rodgers, Scott Frees (CMPS): Computer Simulation of Forest Dynamics:
Developing a Fine-Scale Model. (2009 TAS Student Research Symposium)
- Daniel Fumosa, Scott Frees (CMPS): Forest Dynamics Simulation and Visualization. (2009 TAS Student Research Symposium)
- Manan Dalal, Melissa Giusti, Matthew
Howard, Kate Brown: Tree
Architecture and Niche of Seven Hardwood Tree Species. (2009 TAS Student Research Symposium)
- Matthew Howard: Dendrochronological Analysis of Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) Growth and Distance from Point Source
Pollution. (2009 TAS Student Research Symposium)
- Steve Libert, Mike Newhouse (MEC): Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) reproductive
success at nine breeding restoration sites in the New Jersey
Meadowlands. (2009 TAS Student Research Symposium)
- Kim Camargo, Andrew Collins, Steve
Libert, Vinny Napolitano, Kim Rodgers: Trends in tree species composition across
vertical strata in a mixed hardwood forest in the New Jersey Highlands. (2009 TAS Student Research Symposium)
- Dena Gitto: Herbivory on Witch Hazel Trees in a
Northeastern Hardwood Forest. (2008 TAS Student Research Symposium)
- Rebecca Lake: Trends in Trunk Diameter Growth of Four
Tree Species in a Hardwood Forest. (2008 TAS Student Research Symposium)
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