Jacob Carter
Dissertation defense and graduation Fall 2015. Currently post-doctoral fellow with the Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education
Primary office:
Haworth Hall
Advisor: Joy Ward
Research Interests: Plant Physiological Ecology, Climate Change, Invasive Species Biology
Hometown: North Little Rock, AR
Education:
- B.S. University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas 2008
- M.S. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 2010
- PhD ecology and evolutionary biology, University of Kansas
Publications:
- Carter, J.M, J.B. Nippert. 2012. Leaf-level physiological response of Tamarix ramosissima to increasing salinity. Journal of Arid Environments 77: 17-24.
- Carter, J.M., J.B. Nippert. 2011. Physiological responses of Tamarix ramosissima to increasing salinity in a controlled environment. American Journal of Plant Sciences 2: 808-815.
Presentations:
- 2013. Carter, J.M., Gerhart, L.M., Marchin, R.M., Nagel, J., Ward, J. Shifts in white ash phenology during the warmest spring in U.S. history. University of Kansas Field Station Invited Seminar
- 2012. Carter, J.M., Gerhart, L.M., Marchin, R.M., Nagel, J., Ward, J. Shifts in white ash phenology during the warmest spring in U.S. history. 2012 Annual EEB GSO Symposium
- 2012. Carter, J.M., Ward, J. Patterns of white ash phenology are unique in the extreme year of 2012. 97th Annual ESA meeting, Portland, OR.
- 2012. Carter, J.M. Populations big and small: arctic fox ecology and conservation biology in Greenland and Norway. University of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland.
- 2012. Carter, J.M., Dunn, J., Walker, M., Ahren, A., Case, S., Nippert, J., Bailey, J., Ford, J., Ward, J. Kansas MSP: Enhancing Science Education through Inquiry-Based Learning in Ecology. MSP Learning Network Conference, Washington, D.C.
- 2011. Carter, J.M., & J.B., Nippert. The Maintenance of Physiological Functioning of Tamarix ramosissima across a broad soil salinity gradient. Annual Botany meeting, St. Louis, MO
- 2010. Carter, J.M., & J.B., Nippert. The Maintenance of Physiological Functioning of Tamarix ramosissima across a broad soil salinity gradient. 95th Annual ESA meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
- 2010. Carter, J.M., & R. Steiger. Isotopic Fractionation of 13C in C3 and C4 Photosynthetic Pathways: Complex Name, Simple Teaching. 2010 Annual NSF GK12 meeting, Washington, D.C.
- 2010. Carter, J.M., & J.B. Nippert. The Maintenance of Physiological Functioning of Tamarix ramosissima across a broad soil salinity gradient. 36th Annual Kansas State University Division of Biology Student Research Forum, Manhattan, KS.
- 2009. Carter, J.M., & J.B. Nippert Tamarix leaf and whole plant physiological response to increasing salinity. Tamarisk and Russian Olive Research Conference, Reno, NV.
Awards:
- Michael S. Gaines Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Kansas, 2012
- EEB Summer Research Fellowship, University of Kansas, 2011
- NSF Climate Change IGERT Fellow, 2011-2016
- John C. Frazier Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Research in Plant Science, Kansas State University Division of Biology, 2010
- National Science Foundation Fellowship, Kansas State University Gk-12 EiDROP program, 2009