April M. Melvin

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University, E447 Corson Hall
phone: (607) 254-4239 e-mail: amm243@cornell.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. – currently enrolled, Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Program in Biogeochemistry

B.S. 2003. University of Rochester, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rochester NY

GRANTS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2007: Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Small Grant, Investigating the interactions between belowground carbon allocation, nitrogen cycling, and mycorrhizal fungi under increased calcium availability

2007: Keickhefer Adirondack Fellowship, Mycorrhizal effects on forest carbon, nitrogen, and calcium cycling

2006: Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Small Grant, Tree species effects on the distribution of carbon, nitrogen, and calcium in forest soils

2006: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The effect of tree species on nutrient cycling in forest soils

2005-2006: Cornell Fellowship

2001: Panhellenic Scholar, University of Rochester

1999-2003: Bausch and Lomb Science Scholarship, University of Rochester

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

December 2004 – August 2005: Research Assistant, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca NY.

November 2003 – December 2004: Associate in Research, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham NC.

July 2003 – August 2003: Field Assistant, Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton NJ.

September 2001 – May 2003: Research Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester NY.

December 2001 - May 2002: Independent Researcher, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester NY.

PUBLICATIONS

Vadas, T. M., Fahey, T. J., Sherman, R. E., Demers, J. D., Grossman, J. M., Maul, J. E., Melvin, A. M., O’Neill, B., Raciti, S. M., Rochon, E. T., Sugar, D. J., Tonitto, C., Turner, C. B., Walsch, M. J., Xue, K. 2007. Approaches for analyzing local carbon mitigation strategies: Tompkins County, New York, USA. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 1:360-373.

PRESENTATIONS

October 2006: Tree species Effects on the Distribution of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Calcium in Forest Soils Northeast Ecosystem Research Cooperative Conference (poster presentation).

July 2007: Tree Species Effects on Carbon, Nitrogen, and Calcium in Forest Soils Gordon Research Conference (poster presentation).

November 2007: Investigating Interactions between Carbon, Nitrogen, and Calcium Cycles in the Woods Lake Watershed, Adirondack Park Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation, and Protection in New York: Linking Science and Policy Meeting (poster presentation).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008: BIOEE278 Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University.

2007: BIOEE261 Ecology and the Environment, Cornell University.

2007: BIOEE478 Ecosystem Biology, Cornell University.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

September 2007 - Present: Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Seminar Selection Committee, Cornell University

January 2007- December 2007: President, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Biocomplexity Graduate Student Association, Cornell University.

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

December 2006: Pollution Effects on Ecosystem Health, Black River High School, Ludlow VT.

April 2006: Cycles in the Biosphere, Newfield High School, Newfield NY.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Ecological Society of America