Research
Interests
Ecological Design
Plant Ecology
Plant Community Structure and Function
Plant Succession
Wetland Ecology
Watershed Ecology
Watershed Processes
Watershed Management
Funded Research
Delaware Watershed Initiative, William Penn Foundation. 2016-2019. Research for Targeting Regulatory Protections to Vulnerable Forests in the Delaware River Watershed. (PI with Co-PI’s Karen Cappiella and Will Price)
McIntire-Stennis Project, NJAES, Rutgers. 2016-2019. Protection Plans and Needs for Forests in the Raritan Basin, NJ. (PI)
National Fish and Wildlife Federation. 2014-2016. “Use green and grey infrastructure to strengthen Marshes Creek and the local Community in Linden, New Jersey.” (Co-PI, with Qizhong Guo (PI), Nicole Fahrenfeld, and JoAnna Burger)
McIntire-Stennis, NJAES, Rutgers. 2013-2016. “The Role of Forested Landscapes in Watershed Management Planning.”
McIntire-Stennis, NJAES, Rutgers. 2010-2013. “Patterns of Plant Evolution during Temperate Forest Invasion by Microstegium vimineum (Japanese Stilt Grass) and Implications for Forest Management Practices”
National Park Service sub-contract through University of North Carolina-Wilmington. “St. Croix Site Planning Project.” 2010-2012. (PI, Collaboration with Holly Nelson and David Tulloch)
Weequahic Park Association. “Forestry and Botanic Inventory and Analysis, and Management Recommendations for Weequahic Park, Essex County, NJ.” 2003-2004. (Co-PI, Collaboration with S. Handel)
New Jersey Sea Grant. “Assessing Sediment Transport on Coastal Dunes.” 2002-2004. (Co-PI, Collaboration with Karl Nordstrom, and Nancy Jackson)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Historical Ecology of the Great Swamp.” 2002-2004 (PI, Collaboration with E. Southgate and J. Momsen)
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection “Testing a Wetlands Mitigation Rapid Assessment Tool at Mitigation and Reference Wetlands Within A New Jew Jersey Watershed.” 2000-2002. (Co-PI, Collaboration with C. Hatfield)
Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute. “Vegetation History and Land Use Maps for the Hackensack Meadowlands District.” 2000-2001 (PI, Collaboration with E. Russell)
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. “Development of Wetland Quality and Function Assessment Tools and Demonstration.” 1998-2001 (PI, Collaboration with C. Hatfield)
Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission. “Monitoring of Three Wetland Restoration Projects.” 1998-2006. (PI)
USDA Forest Service. “Reforestation potential of hemlock-hardwood stands following large scale hemlock mortality.” 1998-1999. (PI)
NJ Department of Environmental Protection. “Analysis of endangered plant species population health and threats.” 1998-2001. (Co-PI, Collaboration with T. Breden, NJDEP) .
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. “Assessing The Hydrogeomorphic Model for Wetlands Assessment in New Jersey.” 1997-2002. (PI, Collaboration with C. Hatfield)
US National Arboretum. “Recommendations for restoration of Beech Woods.” 1997. (PI)
USDA Forest Service. “The Influence of Trees on the appraisal value of urban land.” 1996-1999. (PI, Collaboration with S. Strom and D. Tulloch)
Ducks Unlimited/Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission. “Pre-restoration site analysis for Harrier Meadow.” 1996-1998. (PI)
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Special Initiatives. “Establishment of soil processes in restored sites.” 1995. (PI)
Clayton Mining Corporation. “Population ecology of the rare plant, Chrysopsis falcata.” 1994-1997. (PI, Collaboration with S. Handel)
US DOI-NPS. “Affects of Hurricane Andrew on the spread of invasive species.” 1994-1997.
Chemical Waste Management Inc. “Ecological Factors Influencing the Restoration of a Population of Helonias bullata in a Southern New Jersey Wetland.” 1993-1997.
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. “Restoration of community processes in constructed wetlands.” 1993-1995
New Jersey Office of State Planning. “The use of geographic information systems in the designation of scenic highways.” 1993-94. (PI, Collaboration with Cook College Remote Sensing Center)
New Jersey Department of Transportation. “Wetland mitigation site selection in Passaic County” (Co-PI, Collaboration with Cook College Remote Sensing Center). 1993-1994.
Rutgers Research Council. “The influence of Martha Brookes Hutcheson on Landscape Architecture.” 1993.
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. “Potential beneficial uses of municipal solid waste compost for land reclamation.” 1992-1995.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy. “Urban Forestry: Applications for Two New Jersey Cities.” 1992-1994. (Co-PI, Collaboration with S. Strom)
New Jersey Department of Transportation. “Wetland mitigation for the Route 18 realignment project.” 1992-1993. (Co-PI, Collaboration with Cook College Remote Sensing Center)
McIntire-Stennis Project 84301, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. “Controls of native plant establishment and persistence.” 1988-1997.