Noah Charney - Curriculum Vitae

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Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
noah@bio.umass.edu

Education

Ph.D. Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA (defended December 2010, degree date May 2011).
M.S. Biology, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (2005-2009).
B.A. Physics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA (1998-2002).

Teaching

Adjunct Professor, Rare Species Conservation, Hampshire College, MA (2011)
Instructor, Ecology Through Animal Tracking, Hampshire College, MA (2010, 2011)
Instructor, Winter Tracking Workshop, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2006, 2007, 2009), Amherst College (2004, 2005), MA
Teaching Assistant, Wildlife Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA (2007)
Teaching Assistant, Introductory Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA (2006)
Teaching Fellow, Physics Department, Amherst College, MA (2003-2005)
Public Educator, Cumberland Science Museum, TN (1993-1999)

Colloquia and Workshops

Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), Yale University School of Forestry (New Haven, MA), University of Massachusetts Lowell Biology Department (Lowell, MA), Hampshire College (Amherst, MA), Hitchcock Center for the Environment (Amherst, MA), Deerfield Academy (Deerfield, MA), Forest Park BioBlitz (Springfield, MA), Warner Park Nature Center (Nashville, TN), American Museum of Science and Energy (Oak Ridge, TN), Victor Wooten’s Bass/Nature Camp (Centerville, TN), Athol Bird and Nature Club (Athol, MA), Vermont Coverts Program (Grafton, VT), Leslie Science and Nature Center (Ann Arbor, MI). Peer Reviewed Publications

Terrestrial Passive Integrated Transponder Antennae for Tracking Small Animal Movements . 2009. Charney, N. D., B. H. Letcher, A. Haro, P. S. Warren. Journal of Wildlife Management, 73:7, 1245-1250.
Issues and Methods for Transdisciplinary Planning of Combined Wildlife and Pedestrian Highway Crossings . 2009. J. Ahern, L. Jennings, B. Fenstermacher, P. Warren, N. Charney, S. Jackson, J. Mullin, Z. Kotval, S. Brena, S. Civjan, E. Carr. Transportation Research Record (Journal of the Transportation Research Board).
Wildlife tunnels under a busy, suburban Boston roadway. Rogers, L., D. Stimson, K. Holden, D. Kay, D. Kaye, R. McAdow, B. Metcalfe, B. Windmiller, N. Charney. 2009 In Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Ecology and Transportation, edited by Paul J. Wagner, Debra Nelson, and Eugene Murray, Raleigh, NC: Center for Transportation and the Environment. North Carolina State University, 2010.
Plants of a feather: Spatial autocorrelation of gardening practices in suburban neighborhoods. 2008. P.S. Warren, S. B. Lerman, N. D. Charney. Biological Conservation 141: 3.
Measurement of the electron electric dipole moment using GdIG. 2005. Heidenreich, B. J., O. T. Elliott, N. D. Charney, K. A. Virgien, A. W. Bridges, M. A. McKeon, S. K. Peck, D. Krause, Jr., J. E. Gordon, L. R. Hunter, and S. K. Lamoreaux. Physical Review Letters. 95: 253004.
Detailed spectroscopy of the a(1) [3 +] state of PbO. 2002. Hunter, L. R., S. E. Maxwell, K. A. Ulmer, N. D. Charney, S. K. Peck, D. Krause, Jr., S. Ter-Avetisyan, and D. DeMille. Physical Review A. 65: 030501.

Sample Papers in Preparation

Estimating colonization rates for Furbish’s lousewort by modeling habitat turnover. Charney, N. D. and S. Record.
Habitat features driving amphibian distributions in a human-impacted landscape. Charney, N. D.

Other Works

Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates. C. S. Eiseman and N. D. Charney. 2010. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. 582 pages. Winner of National Outdoor Book Award.
vegetarian: Jost Diversity Measures for Community Data. R package version 1.1. 2009. N. Charney and S. Record. http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=vegetarian .

Fellowships/Grants/Awards

National Outdoor Book Award – Best Nature Guidebook (2010).
Switzer Environmental Fellowship (2010).
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2007-2010).
Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (2008, 2009).
Amherst College Lloyd I. Rosenblum Memorial Fellowship for Graduate Studies (2007, 2008).
Amherst College John Woodruff Simpson Fellowship for Graduate Studies (2006).

Research

Vernal Pool Amphibian Terrestrial Ecology Study, MA (2007-2009)
Genetic study of Ambystoma jeffersonianum/laterale/barbouri complex (2009).
Wildlife Tracking for Overpass Feasibility Study, MA (2007-2008)
Wildlife Tracking for Underpass Monitoring Study, VT (2005-2007)
Cavity Nesting Bird Study, MA (2006)
Amphibian and Reptile Landscape Ecology Study, VT (2004)
Bird Nest Box Monitoring Study, MA (2004)
Amphibian Monitoring Program, MA & TN (1997-2001)
Particle Physics Lab Work – Electron Electric Dipole Moment, MA (2001-2002)
Astronomical Observatory Work – Variable Star Research, TN (1999)

Other Experiences

Level III Tracker, North American Wildlife Tracker Evaluation, New Salem, MA (2007).
Founder/President, West Meade Conservancy, Nashville, TN (2006-present).
Invertebrate Photography Installations at University of Massachusetts Amherst (2010), Holyoke Community College (2010), Cummington Community House (2009).