Noah Charney - Curriculum Vitae

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

Education

Ph.D. (ABD) Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA (expected spring 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 (2010)
Instructor, Ecology Through Animal Tracking, Hampshire College, MA (2010)
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)

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.

Papers in Preperation

Estimating colonization rates for Furbish’s lousewort by modeling habitat turnover. Charney, N. D. and S. Record. (In Prep for submission to Ecology).
Habitat features driving amphibian distributions in a human-impacted landscape. Charney, N. D. (In Prep for submission to Conservation Biology)

Other Works

Tracks and Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates. C. S. Eiseman and N. D. Charney. 2010. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books. 582 pages.
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

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).
Public Educator, Cumberland Science Museum, Nashville, TN (1993-1999).