Dr. R. Kelman Wieder
Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Ecology

Funding available for graduate students!!
Effects of oil development on peatland structure and function
(click  for details as a Word or pdf file)
See pictures of summer 2008 field work at
 Peace River and Wabasca, Alberta (click on site names in blue)

Professor of Biology and Associate Dean for Sciences
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova University
Villanova, PA  19085-1699
Office Phone: 610-519-4856; Lab Phone: 610-519-4587; FAX: 610-519-7863; EMail:
Kelman.Wieder@Villanova.edu

Educational Background:
  Ph.D., West Virginia University, Biology, 1982
  M.A., University of Missouri at Columbia, Biological Sciences, 1978
  B.A., Amherst College, Biology, 1974

Current Research
   
Peatlands
   Carbon Cycling

   Global Change
   Effects of Oil Development on
      Peatland Structure and Function
      in Boreal, Continental, Western
      Canada



Grant Support

 
Current Funding
  Past Funding


Publications

Graduate Students

   Medora Burke-Scoll

Lab Research Administrator
 
(click to email)
  Kim Scott


Former Lab Folks (click to email)
  Susan Crow
  Kathy Kamminga 
  John Navaratnam
  Brian Benscoter
  Merritt Turetsky
  Melanie Vile

  Bin Xu

Summer 2007 Peat Team
At the edge of a poor fen, somewhere about 100 km north of
Wabasca, Alberta, Canada

from Left to Right:
James Wood, Summer Field Technician
Kel Wieder, Villanova University
Brandon Nichols, Meanook Biological Research Station
Kim Scott, Villanova University
Warren Zyla, Meanook Biological Research Station
Dale Vitt, Southern Illinois University
Rose Bloise, Southern Illinois University
Melissa House, Southern Illinois University
Melanie Vile, Villanova University
Jennie Skancke, Summer Field Technician

PeatNet
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Boreal Peatland Ecosystems, Ecological Studies 188

published in 2006
 

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