Curriculum
Vitae
November 29, 2006
NAME/AFFILIATION: Stephen
E. Davis, III
Assistant
Professor
Department
of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
CONTACT INFORMATION: Texas
A&M University
College
Station, TX 77843-2258
Phone: 979-458-3475
Fax: 979-845-4096
E-mail: sedavis@tamu.edu
Web:
http://wfsc.tamu.edu/davislab/
Contents Page #
A. Professional Training
and Skills 1
B. Teaching 2
C. Service 4
D. Research and Funding 4
E. Publications 6
F. Presentations/Workshops 7
A.
Professional Training and Skills
EDUCATION:
1999 Doctor
of Philosophy: Department of
Biological Sciences, Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL 33199.
Dissertation
Title: ÒThe Exchange of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus in Dwarf
and Fringe Mangroves of the Oligotrophic Southern Everglades.Ó (D.L. Childers, Dissertation Advisor)
1995 Master
of Science: Department of
Biological and Environmental Sciences, Morehead State University (MSU),
Morehead, KY 40351. Thesis Title: Water Quality Analysis of Seven Eastern
Kentucky Reservoirs (B.C. Reeder, Thesis Advisor)
1993 Bachelor
of Science: Majors in Biology and
Environmental Science, Minor in Chemistry. Georgetown College (GC), Georgetown,
KY
POSITIONS:
2005-present Faculty
of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Texas A&M Interdisciplinary
Degree Program in Water.
2001-present Assistant
Professor, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Texas A&M
University.
1999-2001
Post-doctoral Research
Associate, Southeast Environmental Research Center and Florida Coastal
Everglades LTER, Florida International University.
1995-1999
Teaching and Research
Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University.
1993-1995
Teaching Assistant,
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Morehead State University.
2006 Travel
Award from the Office of the Vice President for Research for NSF Proposal
Development
2002 Visiting
Scientist Award at University of South CarolinaÕs Baruch Marine Field
Laboratory
2001 Highest
student evaluation of all graduate courses taught in Department of Wildlife
& Fisheries Sciences during first semester at Texas A&M.
1999 Student
Travel Award to attend the meeting of the Estuarine Research Federation, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
1999 Best
Student Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Gulf Estuarine Research
Society in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1998 Student
Travel Award, Gulf Estuarine Research Society, Galveston, Texas.
1998 Best
Student Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Gulf Estuarine Research
Society in Galveston, Texas.
1997 Student
Travel Award, Estuarine Research Federation, Providence, Rhode Island.
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Sigma Xi Research
Society
1992-present Extensive
experience with numerous techniques of plant and animal community measurements
in terrestrial and aquatic environments.
1992-present Extensive
experience operating small (<25 ft) boats.
1993-present Experience
with a variety of automated and manual analytical approaches to quantifying
various forms of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and iron in plant
tissue, soil, and water.
1993-present Extensive
experience with the Macintosh OS and various word processing, spreadsheet,
graphical, modeling, and statistical packages.
1995-present Experience
in establishing and maintaining large-scale water quality monitoring network.
B.
Teaching
COURSES TAUGHT:
At Texas A&M
University:
¤
WFSC 628: Wetland
Ecology: every fall semester since 2001
¤
WFSC 428: Wetland
Ecosystem Management: spring semesters starting January 2004
¤
WFSC 489: Special Topics
in Wetland Ecosystems (spring 2002 and 2003)
¤
WFSC 489: Special Topics
in Tropical Coastal Ecology (Study Abroad in Belize; Summer 2002)
¤
Mangrove Ecology (taught
to undergraduate students in Puerto Rico; Summer 2003)
¤
WFSC 689: Seminar in
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Spring 2002)
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Overall means of teaching
evaluations, in chronological order, for Wetland Ecosystem Management (WFSC
428; taught as 489 ÒSpecial TopicsÓ course in Spring 2002 and 2003) and
Wetland Ecology (WFSC 628). |
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Course, Semester/Year |
Score (5.0 max) |
Course, Semester/Year |
Score (5.0 max) |
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WFSC 628 Fall 2001 |
4.85 |
WFSC 489 Spring 2002 |
4.57 |
|
WFSC 628 Fall 2002 |
4.36 |
WFSC 489 Spring 2003 |
4.75 |
|
WFSC 628 Fall 2003 |
3.94 |
WFSC 428 Spring 2004 |
4.39 |
|
WFSC 628 Fall 2004 |
4.76 |
WFSC 428 Spring 2005 |
4.47 |
|
WFSC 628 Fall 2005 |
4.88 |
WFSC 428 Spring 2006 |
4.72 |
|
WFSC 628 Fall 2006 |
IN PROGRESS |
WFSC 428 Spring 2007 |
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At other Institutions:
¤
Ecology Lab (FIU, MSU)
¤
Human Biology Lab and
General Biology Lab (FIU)
¤
Limnology Lab (MSU)
GUEST LECTURES:
2006 ÒImportance
of Freshwater Inflows to EstuariesÓ (1 session; WFSC 101, K. Arnold,
Instructor)
2005 ÒCoastal
Wetland RestorationÓ (1 session; RLEM 689, G. Moore, Instructor)
2004
ÒCoastal Wetland
EcologyÓ (1 session; PLAN 689, S. Brody, Instructor)
2003
ÒEstuaries and
Freshwater InflowsÓ (1 session; PLAN 689, S. Brody, Instructor)
2003
ÒMangrove EcologyÓ (1
session; MARS 655, T. Linton, Instructor)
2002
ÒMangrove EcologyÓ (1
session; WFSC 611, T. Linton, Instructor)
2002 ÒGeneral
Wetland EcologyÓ (1 session; WFSC 101, K. Arnold, Instructor)
MENTORING OF
Graduate StudentS*:
Committee Chair or Co-Chair
ˆ
Graduate
Diversity Fellowship in Water Management and Hydrological Sciences Program
ˆ
Thesis
title: ÒSpatial and Temporal Patterns of Lycium
carolinianum Walt., the Carolina
Wolfberry, in Salt Marshes of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, TexasÓ
ˆ
Sustainable
Coastal Margin Program Graduate Fellowship (2002)
ˆ
Texas
Water Resources Institute Mills Scholarship (2003)
ˆ
Texas
Aquatic Plant Management Society Scholarship (2004)
ˆ
Texas
A&M Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences ÒBest Masters StudentÓ (2005)
ˆ
John
Knauss Fellowship in Marine Policy (2005)
ˆ
TXU
Environmental Fellowship (2004-2006)
ˆ
Co-PI
of TXU Research Grant ($71,000)
George Gable (co-Chair with D.
Roelke): M.S. student; 2004-present
ˆ
EEB
Travel Grant award to attend 2006 GERS Meeting in Corpus Christi, TX
ˆ
EEB
Travel Grant award to attend 2006 GERS Meeting in Corpus Christi, TX
ˆ
Awarded: Texas A&M RegentÕs Fellow (current)
ˆ
EEB
Travel Grant award to attend 2006 GERS Meeting in Corpus Christi, TX
ˆ
Graduate
Student Research Award at 2006 GERS Meeting, Presentation title: ÒPlankton
and the chambers of inflow: Findings from microcosm experiments on
plankton communities from San Antonio BayÓ
ˆ
Thesis
title: ÒOrganic Carbon Flux at
the Mangrove Soil-Water Column Interface in the Florida Coastal EvergladesÓ
ˆ
Texas
A&M RegentÕs Fellow (2002-2003)
ˆ
Texas
Water Resources Institute Mills Scholarship (2003)
ˆ
Florida
Coastal Everglades LTER student travel award (2003)
ˆ
ASLO
student travel award (2004)
Graduate Committees
Name Dept./Institution MS or PhD Graduation
Year
Bryan
Allison GEOG/TAMU MS 05
Jenipher
Cate MARB/TAMUG MS
Jenny
Cochran WFSC MS
Bibiana
Correa WFSC PhD
Kim
Crumpler (Hart) FRSC/TAMU MS 06
Jeremiah
Dye ENTO/TAMU MS 05
Daniele
Ebnother GEOG/TAMU MS 06
Wei-Ta
Fang RLEM/TAMU PhD 04
Darcy
Gibbons MARB/TAMUG MS 03
Lara
Hinderstein MARB/TAMUG PhD
David
Hoeinghaus WFSC/TAMU PhD 06
Greg
Koch BIO
(@ FIU) PhD
Dale
Kruse RLEM PhD
Alyce
Lee OCNG/TAMU PhD
Steve
Lichlyter GEOG/TAMU MS 06
Paula
Lorente LAUP PhD
Stephanie
MacDonald OCNG/TAMU MS 06
Israel
Medina OCNG/TAMU PhD
Jose
Vicente Montoya WFSC/TAMU PhD
Jeff
Morin OCNG PhD
Clifton
Nunnally MARB/TAMUG PhD
Nena
Phillips RLEM/TAMU MS 06
Stephanie
Powers WFSC MS
Clint
Robertson WFSC MS
Virginia
Shervette WFSC/TAMU PhD 06
Matt
Simmons RLEM/TAMU PhD
Christie
Taylor MARB/TAMUG MS
Terrence
Tysall MARB/TAMUG PhD
Lisa
Williamson GEOG/TAMU MS
Steven
Zeug WFSC/TAMU PhD
Saijin
Zhang MARS/TAMUG PhD
UnderGraduate
MENTORING:
Rene Aguilera: Undergraduate from University of New Mexico (summer
2006 REU Program; LTER Network)
¤
Importance of labile
organic carbon in governing early mangrove leaf decay.
Christopher Llewellyn:
¤
Undergraduate from Texas
A&M University (student worker; Fall 2005—Spring 2006)
¤
Conducting an experiment
to understand the effects of inundation and salinity on Lycium carolinianum, a perennial halophyte (summer 2006 REU Program;
Texas A&M).
Bruce Simons: Undergraduate from Texas A&M Corpus Christi:
(summer 2002 REU program; Texas A&M)
¤
Assessing benthic
invertebrate community structure in created and natural salt marshes in
Galveston Bay (TX) and North Inlet (SC).
C.
Service
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
SERVICE:
2003-present Panelist:
NSF–SBIR/STTR Phase I and Phase II; Louisiana Coastal Restoration and
Enhancement through Science and Technology; Maryland Sea Grant
2003-present Proposal
reviewer for NSF (DEB) and USGS (NIWR)
2001
Panelist:
Estuarine Research Federation workshop on ÒAcademic Job Searches, Transitions,
and Early Academic CareersÓ
2001-present Judged
student posters and oral presentations at annual and biennial meetings of the
Society for Wetland Scientists and Estuarine Research Federation, respectively
1998-present Referee
for the following journals: Archiv FŸr Hydrobiologie; Aquatic Botany,
Biota Neotropica,
Ecological Engineering; Ecology; Estuaries; Estuaries and Coasts; Estuarine, Coastal
and Shelf Science;
Hydrobiologia, Indian Journal of Marine Science; Journal of Coastal
Research;
Journal of Geophysical Research–Atmospheres; Mangroves and Salt
Marshes;
Marine Ecology Progress Series, Wetland Ecology and Management; and Wetlands
University/DEpartment
SERVICE:
2006-present Curriculum
Committee Chair for Faculty of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2006 Search
Committee for WFSC Department Head
2005-2006 Faculty
advisor for Association of Graduate Wildlife & Fisheries Scientists
2005-2006 Seminar
Committee for Faculty of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2005 Committee
for Water Week Symposium at Texas A&M University
2003-present Presentation
judge at Annual Wildlife & Fisheries Student Research Symposium
2004-2006 Faculty
advisor to Ecological Integration Symposium Committee
2002-present Hosted
or co-hosted 5 seminar speakers
2002-present &nbs