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.