R. KELMAN WIEDER

Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085
Telephone: 610-519-4856; FAX: 610-519-7863; E-mail:
Kelman.Wieder@Villanova.edu
 


Past Funding
:
 

Wood Buffalo Environmental Association, 2013-2014, “Peatland Monitoring and Synoptic Survey” (with M.A. Vile), $181,048

Wood Buffalo Environmental Association, 2009-2013, “Bog, Fen, and Lichen Monitoring Program Development Project” (with D.H. Vitt, M.A. Vile, S. Berryman; $715,099)

Cumulative Environmental Management Agency, 2010, Proposal for Nitrogen Addition Experiments in Boreal Ecosystems to Understand the Fate of Nitrogen in Ecosystems and to Determine Nitrogen Critical Loads - Preliminary work; $43,024 (with M.A. Vile, Villanova University)

Shell Oil, 2007-2010, Development of Scientific Protocols for Oil Pad Reclamation in Peatlands of Boreal Alberta (with D.H. Vitt, $434,283)

SURE Northern Energy, 2007-2010, "Program in Sustainable Development in Peatland Regions;" with D.H. Vitt, Southern Illinois University; $475,938

Cumulative Environmental Management Agency, 2005-2009, Current and Past N and S Deposition in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region and its Effects on Nitrogen Cycling and Peat Bogs; with D.H. Vitt, Southern Illinois University, and M.A. Vile, Villanova University, $260,073

National Science Foundation, 2002-2007, RUI: Trajectories of Post-fire Carbon Balance in Boreal, Continental, Western Canadian Peatlands; with D.H. Vitt, Southern Illinois University; $796,500

National Science Foundation, 2006-2007, Financial Support for BIOGEOMON, The Fifth International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, $10,000

National Science Foundation, 2005-2006, U.S.-Russia Planning Visit: Peatland Research Program, a Coordinated Approach, with M. Turetsky, Michigan State University, M.A. Vile, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,, D.H. Vitt, Southern Illinois University, and Z. Yu, Lehigh University, $34,091

National Science Foundation, 2002-2006, RUI: Carbon Accumulation in the Fens of Boreal, Western Canadian Peatlands; with D.H. Vitt, Southern Illinois University, M.A. Vile, Villanova University, and Z. Yu, Lehigh University; $484,353

National Science Foundation, 2002-2007, UMEB, Undergraduate Mentoring in Wetland Science with a Focus on Underrepresented Groups, submitted on behalf of the Society of Wetland Scientists, $42,000

National Science Foundation, Biocomplexity Competition, 2001-2002, RUI: Linking Microbial Diversity to Carbon Metabolism in Peatlands of Canada and Siberia, with J.A. Navaratnam, Villanova University, $99,438

Villanova University Summer Research Fellowship and Research Support Grants, 2001, Carbon Cycling, Climate Change, and Permafrost Melting in the Boreal Peatlands of Continental Western Canada and Central Siberia, $12,500

National Science Foundation, 2000-2003, RUI: High-precision, Fine-scale Depth Resolution Dating of Recently Accumulated Sphagnum Peat: Cross-Corroboration of Techniques and Development of a Novel Approach, with M.R. Turetsky, $49,960

National Science Foundation, 1998-2002, RUI: Carbon Cycling and Peat Accumulation in the Discontinuous Permafrost Region of Boreal, Continental, Western Canada, with J.B. Yavitt, Cornell University, $612,930

National Science Foundation, 1997-1998, Financial Support for BIOGEOMON, The Third International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, $15,000

Electric Power Research Institute, 1997-1998, Financial Support for BIOGEOMON, The Third International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, $25,000

National Science Foundation, 1994-1997. RUI: Peatlands and Global Climate Change: Continued Comparative Studies of Northern and Southern Sites, with J.B. Yavitt, Cornell University, $500,004

Chesapeake Research Consortium, 1996-1997. Effectiveness of Urban Stormwater Wetlands as a Best Management Practice - Phase II, with R.G. Traver and R.A. Chadderton, Villanova University, $50,000

Chesapeake Research Consortium, 1995-1996. Effectiveness of Urban Stormwater Wetlands as a Best Management Practice, with R.G. Traver and R.A. Chadderton, Villanova University, $70,000

Villanova University Small Summer Research Grant, 1994. Experimental Studies of Pb Mobility in Sphagnum-derived Peat, with M.A. Vile, $1,600

National Science Foundation, 1991-1994. RUI: Peatlands and Global Climate Change: Insights Obtained through Comparative Studies of Northern and Southern Sites, with J.B. Yavitt, Cornell University, $465,417

Weston Institute. 1990-1991. Landscape/Spatial Characteristics of Wetland Resources in Northeastern Pennsylvania, $4,500

U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement, 1988-1992. The Kentucky Wetlands Project: A Field Study to Evaluate Man-made Wetlands for Acid Coal Mine Drainage Treatment, $605,386

Becker Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, 1987-1988. Continued Studies of the Effect of Water Augmentation During the Dry Season on N, P and S Availability in the Tropical Moist Forests of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, with S.J. Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and J.B. Yavitt, Cornell University, $13,000

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, 1987-1988. Temporal Changes in the Chemical Composition of Litterfall and Forest Floor Litter as Affected by Water Augmentation During the Dry Season in the Tropical Moist Forests of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, $6,560

Becker Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, 1986-1987. The Effect of Water Augmentation During the Dry Season on Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Availability in the Tropical Moist Forests of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, with S.J. Wright, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and J.B. Yavitt, Cornell University, $10,000

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1986-1990. The Use of Wetlands to Treat Acid Mine Drainage: Growth Responses of Sphagnum and Mechanisms of Metal Retention in Peat, with S.I. Shupack, Villanova University, $265,045

National Science Foundation, 1986-1988. Ecological Significance of Methanogenesis and Sulfate Reduction in Sphagnum Peat: Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Ombrotrophic and Minerotrophic Systems, with G.E. Lang and J.B. Yavitt, West Virginia University, $149,827

Environmental Protection Agency, 1982-1986. The Use of Wetlands to Modify Acid Mine Drainage, with G.E. Lang, West Virginia University, $228,148

West Virginia University Energy Research Center, 1982-1983. Modification of Acid Mine Drainage by a Freshwater Wetland" with G.E. Lang, West Virginia University, $22,500

National Science Foundation, 1983-1985. Methanogenesis and Sulfate Reduction in Freshwater Wetlands, with G.E. Lang, West Virginia University. $151,098