Curriculum Vitae

Personal Contact Information

Jonathan G. Martin

Oregon State University

Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society

321 Richardson Hall

Corvallis, OR USA  97331

(O) 541.737.8473

(FAX) 541.737.1393

jonathan.martin@oregonstate.edu

Website: http://oregonstate.edu/~martjona/

Personal Statement

My professional goal is to continue studying and teaching about the role terrestrial ecosystems play in global processes. I believe that my inherent skills, my diverse training, and my natural enthusiasm and curiosity will allow me to excel as a researcher, educator, and a community consultant for ecosystem and forest science.

Education

·               University of MN, Twin Cities, Department of Natural Resource Science and Management (2000- 2004)

·               PhD, Forestry (2008), “Quantifying Spatial And Temporal Variation Of Soil Respiration Within And Among Northern Temperate Forest Types”

·               Preparing Future Faculty Series. Teaching In Higher Education (Grad 8101-2) University of Minnesota (2002-2003)

·               University of WI, Madison, Department of Natural Resources and Management (1993-1997)

·               Bachelors of Science, Forestry/Natural Resources (1997)

·               University of MN, Twin Cities, Art Department (1992-1993)

Professional Experience

·               Research Associate, Oregon State University, Department of Forest Science (2005-present), Beverly Law

·               Ecological Consultant, Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc., Marine on St. Croix, MN (2004-2005)

·               Teaching Assistant, University of MN, Department of Forest Resources (2004)

·               Graduate Research Assistant, University of MN, Department of Forest Resources (2000-2005)

·               Research Specialist, University of MN, Department of Forest Resources (1998-2000), Paul Bolstad

·               Led field crews and managed a laboratory in support of a Department of Energy grant (NIGEC) which aimed to measure component carbon fluxes of northern temperate forest systems.

·               Lab and Field technician, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory (1997-1998), Brian Kloeppel

·               Led a field crew that harvested and analyzed southern Appalachian tree species for variations in biomass and N allocation.

·               Lab and Field technician, University of WI, Forest Ecology Lab (1993-1997), S. Tom Gower

·               Duties included data collection, sample processing and analysis.

·               Obtained funding through Research Experience for Undergraduates (1996-1997)

·               Designed, implemented, analyzed and reported in a mock graduate defense an experiment that examined changes in soil respiration after C and N additions to hardwood and jack pine forest soils.

Research Interests

·               Feedbacks between climate change, terrestrial carbon sequestration, wildland fire, and ecosystem stability.

·               Measuring and modeling above and belowground carbon fluxes and storage across space and time.

·               Linking above and belowground carbon cycling processes to climate, landscape and land use patterns.

·               Impacts of biofuel production on ecosystem processes in forest and grassland ecosystems.

Research Statement

Sustainable use of natural resources requires a fundamental understanding of biological processes at many spatial and temporal scales. To understand how to manage natural resources now and in the future, it is critical to explore how a changing climate will impact these precious commodities. My work is centered on the role of forests in carbon cycling, and includes research into the flow of carbon and the role of climate in driving these processes. Within the terrestrial component of the global carbon cycle, there are many complex and poorly understood vectors for carbon movement. Specifically, the uptake and the release of carbon, and the balance of the two, are of primary concern. Many inter-ecosystem trends have been observed and documented but little is known about how these patterns occur at various spatial and temporal scales or how forests will respond to altered climatic and disturbance patterns. Currently my research is focused on three themes: (1) the role of fire in forest recovery/carbon sequestration/soil carbon processes, (2) the link between above ground carbon sequestration and soil carbon processes at various temporal and spatial scales, and (3) the sensitivity of carbon fluxes and vegetative production to climatic drivers in various ecosystem types and across a range of ages, conditions, and histories.

Publications

1.       Vickers D, Thomas CK, Pettijohn JC, Martin JG and Law BE. Five years of carbon fluxes and inherent water-use efficiency at two semi-arid pine forests with different disturbance histories, Tellus B, 64, DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v64i0.17159.

2.       Martin JG, Phillips CL, Schmidt A, Irvine J, and Law BE. 2012. High frequency analysis of the complex linkage between soil CO2 fluxes, photosynthesis, and environmental variables, Tree Physiology, 32(1): 49-64, doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpr134.

3.       Vickers D, Irvine J, Martin JG, and Law BE. 2012. Nocturnal subcanopy flow regimes and missing carbon dioxide. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 152(0): 101-108. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2011.09.004.

4.       Vickers D , Thomas CK, Martin JG and Law BE. 2010. Reply to the Comment on Vickers et al. (2009): Self-correlation between assimilation and respiration resulting from flux partitioning of eddy-covariance CO2 fluxes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 150: 315-317.

5.       Fontaine JB, Donato DC, Campbell JL, Martin JG and Law BE. (2010) Effects of postfire logging on forest surface air temperatures in the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon, USA. Forestry, 83(5): 477-482.

6.       Thomas CK, Law BE, Irvine J, Martin JG, Pettijohn JC, and Davis KJ (2009) Seasonal hydrology explains inter-annual and seasonal variation in carbon and water exchange in a semi-arid mature Ponderosa Pine forest in Central Oregon, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences, 114, G04006, doi:10.1029/2009JG001010.

7.       Meigs GW, Donato DC, Campbell JL, Martin JG, Law BE (2009) Forest Fire Impacts on Carbon Uptake, Storage, and Emission: The Role of Burn Severity in the Eastern Cascades, Oregon, Ecosystems 12(8), 1246-1267, doi:10.1007/s10021-009-9285-x.

8.       Martin JG, Bolstad PV, Ryu SR, and Chen J (2009) Modeling Soil Respiration Based on Carbon, Nitrogen, and Root Mass Across Diverse Great Lake Forests, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 149(10), 1722-1729, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.06.002.

9.       Vickers D, Thomas CK, Martin JG, Law BE (2009) Self-correlation between assimilation and respiration resulting from flux partitioning of eddy-covariance CO2 fluxes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 149(9), 1552–1555, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.03.009.

10.    Martin JG, and Bolstad PV (2009) Variation of Soil Respiration at Three Spatial Scales: Components within Measurements, Intra-Site Variation and Patterns on the Landscape, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41, 530–543, doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.12.012.

11.    Tang J, Bolstad PV, and Martin JG (2009), Soil carbon fluxes and stocks in a Great Lakes forest chronosequence. Global Change Biology, 15, 145–155, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01741.x.

12.    Campbell JL, Alberti G, Martin JG, and Law BE (2009) Carbon dynamics of a Ponderosa pine plantation following fuel reduction treatment in the northern Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management, 257, 453–463, doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.021.

13.    Irvine J, Law BE, Martin JG, and Vickers D (2008) Interannual variation in soil CO2 efflux and the response of root respiration to climate and canopy gas exchange in mature ponderosa pine. Global Change Biology, 14(12), 2848-2859, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01682.x.

14.    Thomas C, Martin JG, Goeckede M, Siqueira MB, Foken T, Law BE, Loescher HW, and Katul G (2008) Estimating daytime ecosystem respiration from conditional sampling methods applied to multi-scalar high frequency turbulence time series. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148(8-9), 1210-1229.

15.    Cook BD, Bolstad PV, Martin JG, Heinsch FA, Davis KJ, Wang W, Desai AR, and Teclaw RM (2008) Using light-use and production efficiency models to predict forest production and carbon exchange during canopy disturbance events. Ecosystems, 11, 26–44, doi: 10.1007/s10021-007-9105-0.

16.    Desai AR, Noormets A, Bolstad PV, Chen J, Cook BD, Davis KJ, Euskirchen ES, Gough CM, Martin JG, Ricciuto DM, Schmid HP, Tang JW and Wang W (2007) Influence of vegetation and surface forcing on carbon dioxide fluxes across the Upper Midwest, USA: Implications for regional scaling, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148(2), 288-308, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.03.002.

17.    Tang J, Bolstad PV, Desai AR, Martin JG, Cook BD, Davis KJ and Carey EV (2007) Ecosystem respiration and its components in an old-growth northern forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148(2), 171-185.

18.    Luyssaert S, Janssens IA, Sulkava M, Papale D, Dolman AJ, Reichstein M, Hollmén J, Martin JG, Suni T, Vesala T, Lousteau D, Law B and Moors EJ (2007) Photosynthesis drives anomalies in net carbon-exchange of pine forests at different latitudes, Global Change Biology, 13(10), 2110-2127.

19.    Hibbard KA, BE Law, M Reichstein and J Sulzman with Contributions From: M Aubinet, D Baldocchi, C Bernhofer, P Bolstad, A Bosc, JL Campbell, Y Cheng, J Curiel Yuste, P Curtis, EA Davidson, D Epron, A Granier, T Grünwald, D Hollinger, IA Janssens, B Longdoz, D Loustau, J Martin, R Monson, W Oechel, J Pippen, R Ryel, K Savage, L Scott-Denton, JA Subke, J Tang, J Tenhunen, V Turcu, CS Vogel (2005) An Analysis of Soil Respiration across Northern Hemisphere Temperate Ecosystems. Biogeochemistry.73, 29-70.

20.    Martin JG and Bolstad PV (2005) Annual Soil Respiration in Broadleaf Forests of Northern Wisconsin: Influence of Moisture and Site Biological, Chemical, and Physical Characteristics. Biogeochemistry.73, 149-182.

21.    Cook BD, Davis KJ, Wang, W, Desai AR, Berger BW, Teclaw RM, Martin JG, Bolstad PV, Bakwin PS, Yi C and Heilman W (2004) Carbon exchange and venting anomalies. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 126(3-4), 271-295.

22.    Bolstad PV, Davis K, Martin J, Cook B, and Wang W (2004) Component and Whole-system Respiration Fluxes in Northern Deciduous Forests. Tree Physiology. 24, 493-504.

23.    Martin JG, Bolstad PV, Norman JM (2004) A Carbon Dioxide Flux Generator for Testing Infrared Gas Analyzer Based Soil Respiration Systems. Soil Science Society of America Journal; 68, 514.

24.    Martin JG, Kloeppel BD, Schaefer TL, Kimbler DL, McNulty SG (1998) Aboveground biomass and Nitrogen Allocation of Southern Appalachian Tree Species. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28, 1648-1659.

Publications in Review

·      Martin JG, Escher CM, Davis K, Law, BE. Correcting for scaling errors associated with gap based dendrometer bands, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, (In review).

Presentations/Posters

1.       Measuring And Modeling Carbon In Forests: How System Complexity Can Influence Management Decisions. Grand Valley State University (2011) Allendale, MI.

2.       Measuring Carbon In Forests: The More We Look The Stranger It Becomes. New Mexico Highland University (2011) Las Vegas, NM.

3.       Wildland Fire Influences On The Atmosphere. Invited talk. New Mexico Highland University (2011) Las Vegas, NM.

4.       Modeling Diel Soil Respiration: Accounting For Temporal Transience Of Carbon Dioxide Production And The Possibility Of Resolving Trends Independent Of Temperature. Poster. 24th New Phytologist Symposium: Plant respiration and climate change (2010) Oxford, UK.

5.       Interannual Variation Of Belowground Carbon Process Inferred From Combined Eddy Covariance And Biometric Net Ecosystem Productivity. Poster. 24th New Phytologist Symposium: Plant respiration and climate change (2010) Oxford, UK.

6.       Updating The Education Process: Examples For Soil Science Education. Invited talk. Michigan Technological University (2009) Houghton, MI.

7.       Why Does A Dream To Study Trees Involve Playing In The Dirt?: A Summary Of Soil Related Research. Invited talk. Michigan Technological University (2009) Houghton, MI.

8.       Exploring High Frequency Soil Respiration And Temperature Lags: An Indication Of Transient Source, Changing Diffusivity, Or Circadian Rhythms? Poster, AMERIFLUX (2007) Boulder, CO.

9.       Exploring High Frequency Soil Respiration And Temperature Lags: An Indication Of Transient Source, Changing Diffusivity, Or Circadian Rhythms? Poster, Automated Soil Respiration Workshop (2007) Durham, NH.

10.    The Relative Influence Of Intra-Annual Climatic Variation On The Net Exchange Of Carbon In Burned, Young And Intermediate Aged Stands Of Pinus Ponderosa, Poster, AMERIFLUX (2006) Boulder, CO.

11.    Above-Ground Climate Drives High Frequency Variation Of Soil Respiration Across Multiple Semi-Arid Forest Types, Poster, AMERIFLUX (2006) Boulder, CO.

12.    Soil Respiration In Temperate Forests: Sources Of Variation And Patterns On The Landscape. Invited talk. EROS Data Center (2005) Sioux Falls, SD.

13.    Looking Within And Beyond Soil Respiration Measurements: Observing Intra-Site Variation And Patterns On The Landscape. Poster. American Geophysical Union (2004) San Francisco, CA.

14.    Seasonal Changes In Leaf Area Caused By Forest Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma Disstria) And The Link To Root Activity As Measured By Soil Respiration. Poster. 3rd Annual Forest And Wildlife Research Review (2004) Duluth, MN.

15.    Carbon Release From Temperate Forest Soils: Annual Variations In Soil Respiration And The Influence Of Drought. Poster. 3rd Annual Forest And Wildlife Research Review (2004) Duluth, MN.

16.    Seasonal Changes In Leaf Area Caused By Forest Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma Disstria) And The Link To Root Activity As Measured By Soil Respiration. Poster. National Institute For Global Environment Change (NIGEC) - Soils Workshop (2003) Boulder, CO.

17.    A Carbon Dioxide Flux Generator For Testing Infrared Gas Analyzer Based Soil Respiration Systems. Poster. National Institute For Global Environment Change (NIGEC) - Soils Workshop (2003) Boulder, CO.

18.    Carbon Release From Temperate Forest Soils: Annual Variations In Soil Respiration And The Influence Of Drought. Poster. National Institute For Global Environment Change (NIGEC) - Soils Workshop (2003) Boulder, CO.

19.    Seasonal Changes In Leaf Area Caused By Forest Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma Disstria) And The Link To Seasonal Reductions In Root Activity As Measured By Soil Respiration, A Plan For Research. Poster. CONFOR (2003), Thunder Bay, Ontario.

20.    Interannual Variations In Soil Respiration. Talk. Fourth Annual Meeting Of Chequamegon Ecosystem And Atmospheric Study (ChEAS IV). (2001) University of WI, Madison.

21.    Methodology Behind Biomass And Nitrogen Allocation Of Southern Appalachian Tree Species. Talk (1998) Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory Summer Presentation Series. Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory, Otto, NC.

Teaching Statement

Inspiration will drive students to achieve and ultimately allow them to learn and to discover. Inspiration will ensure the ability and the desire of a student to work at gathering, assimilating, applying and even advancing knowledge. My teaching involves current and topical environmental themes and problem solving using real world issues. Each student has different goals and experiences; I use this to foster the inspiration that, when combined with tools I provide, will take them where they wish to be.

Teaching Experience

·         Spring, 2012 Oregon State University, Co- Instructor/Co-Coordinator, Global Change Ecology, FS 600.

·         Winter, 2012 Oregon State University, Guest lecturer, Sustainable Forest Management, FOR 550.

·         Fall, 2010 Oregon State University Cascades Campus, Guest lecturer, Wildland Soils, CSS 366.

·         Fall, 2010 Evergreen State College, WA, Guest lecturer, Field Ecology.

·         Fall, 2009 Oregon State University, Guest lecturer, Interactions of the Atmosphere and Vegetation, ATS-574.

·         Spring, 2009 Oregon State University, Guest lecturer, Special Topics: Climate change.

·         Spring, 2008 Oregon State University, Guest lecturer, Special Topics: Climate change.

·         Fall, 2004 University of Minnesota, Guest lecturer, Graduate Student Survival Skills, NRES 5480.

·         Fall, 2004. University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources. Guest lecturer and teaching assistant. Forest Ecology, FR3104/5104.

·         Summer, 2004. University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources. Teaching Assistant. FR 2104 Measuring Forest Resources.

·         Spring, 2004. Hamline University. Guest lecturer (3 lectures). BIO1130 Biodiversity and Conservation Biology.

·         Spring, 2004. University of Minnesota, Preparing Future Faculty. Teaching In Higher Education (GRAD 8102) Guest lecturer. “Personal and Professional Balance and Positions Across the Academy”.

·         Fall, 2003. University of Minnesota, Dept. of Forest Resources. Co-instructor and teaching assistant. Forest Ecology, FR3104/5104.

·         Fall, 2002. University of Minnesota, Preparing Future Faculty. Teaching In Higher Education (GRAD 8101) Guest lecturer. “Methods for Evaluating Teaching Success”.

Consulting Experience

·      Prairie restoration, Hastings MN, 2004-2005, Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. (CCES)

·      Invasive species removal, Inver Grove Heights MN, 2004-2005, Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. (CCES)

·      Wetland restoration, Blaine MN, 2004-2005, Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. (CCES)

·      Forest survey, Burnsville landfill, Burnsville MN, 2004, Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. (CCES)

·      Carbon storage in a MN wetland RCWD (Rice Creek Watershed District), Mounds View/Highway 10 Pond EAW, 2002, contracted for Emmons Olivier Resources.

·      Water loss via wetland evapotranspiration - Infiltration Monitoring, South Washington Watershed District MN, 2002, contracted for Emmons Olivier Resources.


 

Awards and Honors

·         Full travel funding for 24th New Phytologist Symposium: Plant respiration and climate change, Oxford, UK, 2010.

·         Recipient of 2009 Outstanding Faculty Award for Graduate Student Mentorship, Oregon State University, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society

Professional Development

·         PowerPoint Reconsidered: Using Presentation Technology for Active Learning. University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning, (June 3, 2004) Workshop by Dr. Bill Rozaitis. Discussion with demonstration on the use of PowerPoint to enhance and promote active learning in the classroom.

Professional Contributions

·         Graduate student committees:

·         Eric Dinger, PhD in Forest Science, Oregon State University

·         Lanea Murphy, Master of Science in Forest Science, Oregon State University

·         Tara Nicolle Jennings, Master of Science in Forest Science, Oregon State University (December 9, 2008) "Impacts of Post-Fire Salvage Logging on Soil Chemistry, Physical Properties and Bacterial Community Composition in a Mixed-Conifer Forest in Central Oregon."

·         Conference organizer, Ameriflux Annual Meeting, 2008 (http://public.ornl.gov/ameriflux/), Boulder, CO.

·         Hiring committee, Ecophysiologist position, Oregon State University (2008)

·         National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Instrumentation Design Panel (2006-2007)

·         Beta tester, LICOR 8150 (2005)

·         Reviewer:

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Biogeochemistry

Ecosystems

Environmental Earth Sciences

Environmental Research Letters

European Journal of Forest Research

European Journal of Soil Science

Forest Science

Geoderma

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

 

Global Change Biology

Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences

Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP)

New Phytologist

NSF CAREER Grant

Oecologia

Pedosphere

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Professional Affiliations

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outreach/Community Service

·      Technical consultant for "Nova Science Now", uncredited, Capturing Carbon, (project: calculated carbon exhaled by the average person versus carbon stored by the average tree) (July 2, 2008).

·      Current work highlighted on "Assignment Earth", available at Yahoo! environmental news: (http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2368031/7398393), (2008).

·      Guest speaker, Starker Forest, Inc. (http://www.starkerforests.com/) regional field tour, 2005-present.