CURRICULUM VITAE. John M. Stark. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Utah State University.

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE John M. Stark Professor Department of Biology Utah State University Logan, Utah (435) EDUCATION PhD, 1991, University of California, Berkeley, Soil Microbiology MS, 1983, Colorado State University, Range Ecology. BA, 1981, Humboldt State University, Botany. BS, 1981, Humboldt State University, Range Management. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Jul 2005 pres. Jul 1994 pres. Jul 1997 Jul 2005 Jan 1991 Jun 1997 Professor of Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry, Department of Biology, Utah State University. Research (45%): Microbial controls on C & N-cycling in natural ecosystems; trace gas production by soil microorganisms; vegetationmicrobial community interactions; ecology of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Teaching (40%): General Microbiology, Soil Microbiology, and Biogeochemistry of Terrestrial Ecosystems. Director of the Stable Isotope Laboratory, Ecology Center, Utah State University. Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Biology, Utah State University. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Utah State University. Jan 1986 Dec 1990 Graduate Research Assistant, Soil Microbiology, University of California, Berkeley. Research: Ecology of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria; water potential effects on activity of soil microorganisms; N-cycling in natural ecosystems. May 1983 Jan 1986 Research Associate, Range Ecology, Colorado State University. Research: Controls of secondary succession in semiarid ecosystems; reclamation of disturbed lands; reclamation of retorted oil shale. PROFFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & SERVICE Member Ecological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, Sigma Xi. Associate Editor for Soil Science Soc Am J., Associate Editor for Oecologia.

2 List of Activities and Accomplishments (as of 2/8/2013) 2 RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Norton, U, P. Saetre, T.D. Hooker, and J.M. Stark Vegetation and moisture controls on soil C mineralization in semi-arid environments. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J. 76: Hooker, T.D., and J.M. Stark Carbon flow from plant detritus and soil organic matter to microbes Linking carbon and nitrogen cycling in semiarid soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J. 76: Huang, T., L. Sun, J. Stark, Y. Wang, Z. Cheng, Q. Yang, S. Sun Relative changes in krill abundance inferred from Antarctic fur seal. PLoS ONE 6(11): e doi: /journal.pone Norton, J.M., J.M. Stark Regulation and measurement of nitrification in terrestrial systems. Methods in Enzymology 486: Koper, T.A., J.M. Stark, M.Y. Habteselassie, and J.M. Norton Nitrification exhibits Haldane kinetics in an agricultural soil treated with ammonium sulfate or dairy waste compost. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 74: Herron, P.M., J.M. Stark, C. Holt, T.D. Hooker, and Z.G. Cardon Microbial growth efficiencies across a soil moisture gradient assessed using 13 C-acetic acid vapor and 15 N-ammonia gas. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41: Hooker, T.D., J.M. Stark, U. Norton, A.J. Leffler, M. Peek, and R. Ryel Distribution of ecosystem C and N within contrasting vegetation types in a semiarid rangeland in the Great Basin, USA. Biogeochemistry 90: Hooker, T.D., and J.M. Stark Soil C and N cycling in three semiarid vegetation types: Response to an in situ pulse of plant detritus. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 40: Leonard, E.D., T.A. Monaco, J.M. Stark, and R.J. Ryel Invasive forb, annual grass, and exotic shrub competition with three sagebrush-steppe growth forms: Acquisition of a spring 15 N tracer. Invasive Plant Science & Management 1: Kulmatiski, A, K.H. Beard, and J.M. Stark Exotic plant communities shift water-use timing in a shrub-steppe ecosystem. Plant & Soil 288: Booth, M.S., J.M. Stark, and S.C. Hart Soil mixing effects on inorganic nitrogen production and consumption in forest and shrubland soils. Plant & Soil 289:5-15 Kulmatiski, A, K.H. Beard, and J.M. Stark Soil history as a primary control on plant invasion in abandoned agricultural fields. J. Applied Ecology 43: Habteselassie, M.Y., J.M. Stark, B.E. Miller, S.G. Thacker, and J.M. Norton Gross nitrogen transformations in an agricultural soil after repeated dairy-waste application. Soil Science Society of America J. 70: Habteselassie, M.Y., B.E. Miller, S.G. Thacker, J.M. Stark, and J.M. Norton Soil Nitrogen and Nutrient Dynamics after Repeated Application of Treated Dairy-waste. Soil Science Society of America J. 70:

3 List of Activities and Accomplishments (as of 2/8/2013) 3 Morris, A.E.L., J.M. Stark, and B.K. Gilbert Evaluation of isotopic fractionation error on calculations of marine-derived nitrogen in terrestrial ecosystems. Canadian J. Forest Research 35: Booth, M.S., J.M. Stark, and E. Rastetter Controls on nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems: A synthetic analysis of literature data. Ecological Monographs 75: Selmants, P.C., S.C. Hart, S.I. Boyle, and J.M. Stark Red alder (Alnus rubra) alters community-level soil microbial function in conifer forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37: Saetre, P., and J.M. Stark Microbial dynamics and carbon and nitrogen cycling following rewetting of soils beneath two semi-arid plant species. Oecologia 142: Shi, W., B.E. Miller, J.M. Stark, and J.M. Norton Microbial nitrogen transformations in response to treated dairy waste in agricultural soils. Soil Science Society of America J. 68: Austin, A., M.L Yahdjian, J.M. Stark, J. Belnap, A. Porporato, I.C. Burke, U. Choromanska, D. Ravetta, and S.M. Schaeffer Water pulses and biogeochemical cycles in arid and semiarid ecosystems. Oecologia 141: Kulmatiski, A., K.H. Beard, and J.M. Stark Finding endemic soil-based controls on weed growth. Weed Technology 18: Suppl. S. Stark, J.M., and S.C. Hart UV-B radiation and soil microbial communities. Nature 423: Booth, M.S., J.M. Stark, and M.M. Caldwell Inorganic N turnover and availability in annualand perennial-dominated soils in a northern Utah shrub-steppe ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 66: Booth, M.S., M.M. Caldwell, and J.M. Stark Overlapping resource use in three Great Basin species: Implications for community invasibility and vegetation dynamics. J. Ecology 91: Ivans, C.Y., A.J. Leffler, U. Spaulding, J.M. Stark, R.J. Ryel, and M.M. Caldwell Root responses and nitrogen acquisition by Artemisia tridentata and Agropyron desertorum following small summer rainfall events. Oecologia 134: Stark, J.M., D.R. Smart, S.C. Hart, and K.A. Haubensak Regulation of nitric oxide emissions from forest and rangeland soils of western North America. Ecology 83: Haubensak, K.A., S.C. Hart, and J.M. Stark Influences of chloroform exposure time and soil water content on C and N release in forest soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 34: Stark, J.M., and J. Schimel Errors in Overestimation of gross N transformation rates in grassland soils Soil Biology & Biochemistry 33: Chen, J., and J.M. Stark Plant species effects and carbon and nitrogen cycling in a sagebrush crested wheatgrass soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 32: Smart, D.R., J.M. Stark, and V. Diego Resource limitations to nitric oxide emissions from a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 47:63-86.

4 List of Activities and Accomplishments (as of 2/8/2013) 4 Stark, J.M., and S.C. Hart High rates of nitrification and nitrate turnover in undisturbed coniferous forests. Nature 385: Smart, D.R., K. Ritchie, J.M. Stark, and B. Bugbee Evidence that elevated CO 2 can increase rhizosphere denitrifier activity. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 63: Low, A.P., J.M. Stark, and L.M. Dudley Effects of soil osmotic potential on nitrification, ammonification, N-assimilation, and nitrous oxide production. Soil Science 162: Hart, S.C. and J.M. Stark Nitrogen limitation of the microbial biomass in an old-growth forest soil. Ecoscience 4(1): Stark, J.M., and M.K. Firestone Kinetic characteristics of ammonium-oxidizer communities in California oak woodland-annual grassland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 28: Stark, J.M Modeling the temperature response of nitrification. Biogeochemistry 35: Stark, J.M., and S.C. Hart Diffusion technique for preparing salt solutions, Kjeldahl digests and persulfate digests for nitrogen-15 analysis. Soil Science Society of America J. 60: Stark, J.M., Shaker speeds for aerobic soil slurry incubations. Communications in Soil Science & Plant Analysis 27: Stark, J.M., and M.K. Firestone Isotopic labeling of soil nitrate pools using 15 N-nitric oxide gas. Soil Science Society of America J. 59: Stark, J.M., and M.K. Firestone Mechanisms for soil moisture effects on activity of nitrifying bacteria. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 61: West, N.E., J.M. Stark, D. Johnson, M. Abrams, R. Wight, D. Heggem, and S. Peck Effects of climatic change on the edaphic features of arid and semi-arid lands of western North America. Arid Soil Research & Rehabilitation 8: Stark, J.M., and E.F. Redente Copper fertilization to prevent molybdenosis on retorted oil shale disposal piles. J. Environmental Quality 19: Stark, J.M., and E.F. Redente Plant uptake and cycling of trace elements on retorted oil shale disposal piles. J. Environmental Quality 19: Davidson, E.A., J.M. Stark, and M.K. Firestone Microbial production and consumption of nitrate in an annual grassland. Ecology 71: Carpenter, A.T., J.C. Moore, E.F. Redente, and J.M. Stark Plant community dynamics in a semi-arid ecosystem in relation to nutrient addition following a major disturbance. Plant & Soil 126: Brooks, P.D., J.M. Stark, B.B. McInteer, and T. Preston A diffusion method to prepare soil extracts for automated nitrogen-15 analysis. Soil Science Society of America J. 53: Stark, J.M., and E.F. Redente Production potential of stockpiled topsoil. Soil Science 144: Stark, J.M., and E.F. Redente Trace element and salt movement in retorted oil shale disposal piles. J. Environmental Quality 15:

5 List of Activities and Accomplishments (as of 2/8/2013) 5 Stark, J.M., and E.F. Redente Soil-plant diversity relationships on a disturbed site in northwestern Colorado. Soil Science Society of America J. 49: BOOK CHAPTERS Stark, J.M. Nutrient Transformations Pages in O.E. Sala, R.B. Jackson, H.A. Mooney, and R. Howarth (eds.): Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer-Verlag New York. Stark, J.M Causes of soil nutrient heterogeneity at different scales. Pages in M.M Caldwell and R. Pearcy (eds.): Exploitation of Environmental Heterogeneity by Plants: Ecophysiological Processes Above and Below Ground. J. Wiley & Sons, NY Hart, S.C., J.M. Stark, E.A. Davidson, and M.K. Firestone Mineralization, immobilization, and nitrification. Pages in R. Weaver et al. (eds.): Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 2, Biochemical and Microbiological Properties. Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI.