Education:
B.S. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 1981, Forest Management
M.S. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 1984, Forestry
Ph.D. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 1987, Forestry
Academic Experience:
1999-present: Assistant Professor, Environmental Science Program, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL
1996 - 1999: Research Associate, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Ithaca, NY
1993 - 1996: Postdoctoral Associate, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Ithaca, NY
1988 - 1993: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis
1987 - 1988: Postdoctoral Research Associate/Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, Clemson University
1984 - 1987: Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, Clemson University
Master's Thesis:
Effect of soil moisture level on PinustaedaL. seedling morphology.
Ph.D. Dissertation:
Effect of carbon dioxide enrichment on container-grown Pinus taedaL. seedlings and their field survival potential.