Postdoctoral research associate, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. November 2001-present.
Mentor: Beverley E. Law (bev.law@oregonstate.edu).

Postdoctoral research associate, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York. November 2000-October 2001.
Mentor: John A. Laurence (jal6@cornell.edu).

Ph.D., Cornell University, Natural Resources, January 2001.
Mentor: Timothy J. Fahey (tjf5@cornell.edu).
Dissertation: Spatial patterns of abundance of northern hardwood-conifer tree species in a forested valley in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA.

M.S., Cornell University, Natural Resources, 1996.
Mentor: Timothy J. Fahey.
Thesis: Seasonal air and soil temperature effects on photosynthesis in red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) saplings.

B.S., Cornell University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, 1984.

Teaching Assistant: Woodlot Management and Maple Syrup Production (NTRES 303), Cornell University, Spring Semester 2000. Instructor: Professor T. J. Fahey.

Teaching Assistant: Quantitative Population Analysis (NTRES 340), Cornell University, Fall Semester 1999. Instructor: Professor P. J. Sullivan.

Teaching Assistant: Spatial Modeling and Analysis (SCAS 620), Cornell University, Spring Semester 1999. Instructor: Professor S. D. DeGloria

Scientific Applications Analyst, Cornell Theory Center, August 1989-October 1997. - Advised and collaborated with the Center’s nationwide, scientific user community - Provided assistance in using the Center’s high- performance computing facilities

Kieckhefer Adirondack Fellowship. 1996, 1998; Cornell University Program in Biogeochemistry and Environmental Change Minigrant. 1999; Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Summer Fellowship. 1999.

Schwarz, P.A., T. G. Siccama, and T. J. Fahey. Spatial patterns of woody biomass and productivity in a northern-hardwood forested landscape: the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. In prep.

Schwarz, P. A., C. E. McCulloch. Modeling the effects of environmental factors on the covariance structure of spatial patterns of species abundance. In prep.

Schwarz, P. A. Fahey, T. J., and McCulloch, C. E. Factors controlling spatial variation of tree species abundance in a forested landscape. Ecology. In press.

Venterea, R.T., G.L. Lovett, P.M. Groffman, and P.A. Schwarz. 2003. Landscape patterns of net nitrification in a northern hardwood-conifer forest. Soil Science Society of America Journal: 67 (2). In press.

Schwarz, P. A., T. J. Fahey, C. W. Martin, T. G. Siccama, and A. Bailey. 200x. Structure and composition of three northern hardwood-conifer forests with differing disturbance histories. Forest Ecology and Management 144: 201-212.

Schwarz, P. A., T. J. Fahey, and T. E. Dawson. 1996. Seasonal air and soil temperature effects on photosynthesis in red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) saplings. Tree Physiology 17: 187–194.

Dr. Tim Fahey

Principal Investigator