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Jack B. Waide

Position title: Deputy Center Director

Email: jwaide@usgs.gov
Phone: 608.781.6269
Fax: 608.783.6066

Education: 
1966-1970  Undergraduate studies and research in biology and mathematics, University of Texas, Austin
1970-1976  Graduate studies and research in systems ecology and ecosystem science, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens

Professional Positions
1976-1979  Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
1980-1981  Research Ecologist, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
1981-1984  Research Ecologist, Environmental Laboratory, USAE Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS
1984-1989  Research Ecologist, Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, USDA Forest Service R&D, Franklin, NC
1989-1992  Project Leader & Research Ecologist, Forest Hydrology Laboratory, Forest Service R&D, Oxford, MS
1992-1998  Senior Ecologist, Ecological Assessment and Resource Management Group, FTN Associates Ltd., Little Rock, AR
1998-2003  National Program Leader for Ecosystem Research - Wildlife, Fish, Water & Air Research Staff, USDA Forest Service R&D, Washington, DC (Acting Staff Director, 2000-2001)
2003-2004  Assistant Director, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service R&D, Ogden, UT
2004-2006  National Program Coordinator – Terrestrial, Freshwater, and Marine Ecosystems Program, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA
2006-2008  Branch Chief and Supervisory Ecologist, Wetlands Ecology Branch, USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC), Lafayette, LA
2008-present  Deputy Center Director, USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center (UMESC), La Crosse, WI

Primary Responsibilities/Activities:
In coordination with Center Director, responsible for all aspects of the Center’s Operations: Scientific Programs, Science Support, Administration, and Facilities. Facilitates and coordinates, with the assistance of UMESC staff and scientists, interactions with USGS program coordinators, managers and administrators as well as partners and stakeholders in the Department of Interior, other federal and state agencies and non governmental organizations. Assures Center adheres to all applicable national, departmental and bureau policies and procedures. Identifies and assists scientists in the development of new research and monitoring opportunities. 

Research Interests: 

Prior to making the transition to research management, the bulk of my personal research focused on the dynamics and resilience of ecosystems in the southern and southeastern US; ecosystem responses to management actions, human and natural disturbance, and climate variability; and issues related to ecosystem stability and hierarchical organization.

Specific aspects of my research and management experience and interests include:

• Leading, developing, managing, and coordinating federal agency R&D programs
• Improving linkages among ecological science; land, watershed, and ecosystem management and restoration; and natural resource policy
• Research and monitoring to enhance understanding of factors influencing the structure, function, and resilience of ecosystems and their component species and processes, and to assess impacts of land and resource management practices, climate change & variability, and human and natural disturbances, on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, watersheds, and natural resources
• Building the vision, institutional capacity, and scientific foundation for sustainable, adaptive management of ecosystems, watersheds, and natural resources
• Improving the delivery, communication, and application of scientific knowledge and information to and by natural resource managers

Selected publications:

Webster, J.R., J.B. Waide, and B.C. Patten. 1975. Nutrient recycling and the stability of ecosystems. pp. 1-27. In: F.G. Howell, J.B. Gentry, and M.H. Smith, eds. Mineral Cycling in Southeastern Ecosystems.  ERDA Symposium Series, NTIS, Springfield, VA. [Reprinted in: H.H. Shugart and R.V. O'Neill, eds.  Systems Ecology, Benchmark Papers in Ecology, Vol. 9. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross]

Waide, J.B. and J.R. Webster.  1976.  Engineering systems analysis:  Applicability to ecosystems.  pp. 329-371.  In:  B.C. Patten, ed.  Systems Analysis and Simulation in Ecology, Vol. 4.  Academic Press, New York

Swank, W.T. and J.B. Waide.  1980.  Interpretation of nutrient cycling research in a management context:  evaluating potential effects of alternative management strategies on site productivity.  pp. 137-158.  In:  R.W. Waring, ed.  Forests:  Fresh Perspectives from Ecosystem Analysis.  Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR

Waide, J.B., J.E. Schindler, and eight co-authors.  1980.  A microcosm approach to the study of biogeochemical systems:  2. Responses of aquatic laboratory microcosms to physical, chemical, and biological perturbations.  pp. 204-223.  In:  J.P. Giesy, ed.  Microcosms in Ecological Research.  DOE Symp. Series (CONF-781101), NTIS, Springfield, VA

O'Neill, R.V. and J.B. Waide.  1981.  Ecosystem theory and the unexpected:  Implications for environmental toxicology.  pp. 43-73.  In:  B.W. Cornaby, ed.  Management of Toxic Substances in Our Ecosystems.  Ann Arbor Science Publishers, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

Swank, W.T., J.B. Waide, D.A. Crossley, Jr., and R.L. Todd.  1981.  Insect defoliation and nitrate export from forest ecosystems in the Southern Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, USA.  Oecologia 51:297-299

O'Neill, R.V., D.L. DeAngelis, J.B. Waide, and T.F.H. Allen 1986. A Hierarchical Concept of Ecosystems.  Princeton University Press, Monographs in Population Biology No. 23

Swank, W.T. and J.B. Waide.  1988.  Characterization of baseline precipitation and stream chemistry and nutrient budgets for control watersheds.  pp. 57-79.  In:  W.T. Swank and D.A. Crossley, Jr., eds.  Forest Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta.  Ecological Studies, Vol. 66.  Springer-Verlag, New York, NY

Waide, J.B., W.H. Caskey, R.L. Todd, and L.R. Boring.  1988.  Changes in soil nitrogen pools and transformations following forest clearcutting.  pp. 221-232.  In:  W.T. Swank and D.A. Crossley, Jr., eds.  Forest Hydrology and Ecology at Coweeta.  Ecological Studies, Vol. 66.  Springer-Verlag, New York, NY

Waide, J.B.  1995.  Forest ecosystem stability:  Revision of the resistance-resilience model.  Ch. 14, pp. 372-396. In:  B.C. Patten and S.E. Jorgensen, eds.  Complex Ecology:  The Part-Whole Relation in Ecosystems.  Prentice Hall

Ashby, S.L., J.B. Waide, R.P. Barbiero, R.H. Kennedy, L. Peyman Dove, H. Boswell, G. Buell, and L.S. Johnson.  1996.  Identification, Compilation, and Analysis of Water Quality Data for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint/Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACF/ACT) Comprehensive River Basin Study, Miscellaneous Paper EL-96-3.  U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS

Waide, J.B. and L.M. Gandy, editors.  1998.  Proceedings of the WES Workshop on Aquatic Ecosystem Modeling and Assessment Techniques for Application at CE Projects.  Miscellaneous Paper EL-98-1.  U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS

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