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Name: Maerz, John C.
Telephone: 706.542.2686; Fax: 706.542.8356
Email:
jmaerz@warnell.uga.edu
Internet:
http://www.uga.edu/maerzlab/Site/Home.html
Organization:
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602
Position at Coweeta LTER: Principal Investigator
Specialty:
Animal Ecology
Habitat: Temperate Forests
Organism: Amphibians
Core Area(s): Population Studies
Education:
B.Sc. Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1992
Ph.D. Biology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of
Biological Sciences, Ecology, Binghamton, NY, 2000
Certificate in College Teaching, State University of New York at
Binghamton, 2000
Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Natural Resources,
Cornell University, 2000-2001
Appointments:
Assistant Professor, Wildlife Ecology, Warnell School of Forestry and
Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 2005–Present
Research Associate, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University,
2001-2005
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Natural Resources,
Cornell University, 2000-2001
Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Migge-Kleian,
S., M. A. McLean, J. C. Maerz, and L. Heneghan. 2006. The influence of invading
earthworms on indigenous fauna in ecosystems previously uninhabited by
earthworms. Biological Invasions
8:1275-1285.
Brown, C. J., B.
Blossey, J. C. Maerz, and S. J. Joule. 2006. Invasive plant and experimental
venue affect tadpole diet and performance. Biological
Invasions 8:327-338.
Maerz, J. C., C. J. Brown, C. T. Chapin, and B. Blossey. 2005. Can
secondary compounds of an invasive plant affect larval amphibians? Functional Ecology 19:970-975.
Maerz, J. C., B. Blossey, and V. Nuzzo. 2005.
Green frogs show reduced foraging success in habitats invaded by Japanese
knotweed. Biodiversity and Conservation 14: 2901-2911.
Maerz, J. C., J. M. Karuzas, D. M. Madison, and B. Blossey. 2005. Introduced
invertebrates are important prey for a generalist predator. Diversity and Distributions 11: 83-90.
Synergistic Activities:
I am involved in a broad range of synergistic activities to promote my
research, the broader science of ecology and conservation, and the
mentoring of students and professionals in the sciences. I serve as
Associate Editor [area herpetology] for the Journal of Wildlife
Management, editorial board member and invasive species task force
leader for Southeastern Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation,
and have served as guest editor and external reviewer for 21 journals
and for NSF and CINSAM. I am a new Co-PI on the Coweeta LTER, and
recently was an invited scientist for the Smithsonian’s Salamander
Conservation Workshop. To facilitate the application of my research, I
have presented my research on invasive species at several state and
federal agency meetings including the 2007 USDA Interagency Research
Forum on Invasive Species, 2005 USDA/NSF/EPA Joint Workshop on Invasive
Species, and the 2004 EPA National Non-indigenous Species Workshop. I
also have a solid record of supporting graduate and undergraduate
research. I have supervised 1 postdoc, 10 graduate students (4 masters
and 6 Ph.D.), and 14 undergraduate research theses. I participated in
UGA’s Writing Fellows program serve in UGA’s CURO (Center for
Undergraduate Research Opportunities) Apprentice Program and Honors
Faculty Mentor Network.
-Associate Editor, Journal of Wildlife Management, 2007-present
-Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Southeastern Editorial Committee;
Chair, Southeastern Research Working Group;
Chair, Southeastern Invasive Species Task Force;
Co-chair, 2008 SEPARC Annual Meeting
-Writing Fellow, the University of Georgia, 2007-2008 |