PhD, Cornell University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2001
BA, University of California Santa Cruz, Biology and Environmental Studies, 1995

Co-Director (2006-Present), Boston University Stable Isotope Facility, Boston, MA

Assistant Professor (2005-Present), Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA

Postdoctoral Fellow (2001-2005), Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley

Research Assistant (1996), Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY

My research is focused on topics in forest ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, including the effects of air pollutants, introduced pests and other disturbances. I am also interested in cross site comparisons that examine the role of plant species composition and ecosystem type in determining ecosystem retention of nutrients. Utilizing stable isotope techniques and a variety of ecosystem methods, I examine the effects of anthropogenic activities on nutrient cycling in the past and present. Current projects at Hubbard Brook include examining the effects of calcium depletion and the impacts of disturbance (e.g., clearcutting, nitrogen deposition) on nutrient uptake by dominant trees and forest nutrient retention.

Young Scientists Global Change Conference, Trieste, Italy, selected participant (2003), Internship in Office of Senator Patrick D. Moynihan in Washington D.C. (2000), Teresa Heinz Environmental Scholars Award (1999), President of Graduate Student Association (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, 1998), National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1996-2001), Polgar Fellowship, Hudson River Foundation (1995), Honors undergraduate senior thesis (1995), Ecological Society of America (Member), American Geophysical Union (Member)

Templer, PH , MA Arthur, GM Lovett and K Weathers. 2007. Plant and soil natural abundance ä15N: indicators of relative rates of nitrogen cycling in temperate forest ecosystems. Oecologia 153: 399-406.

Pardo L, Templer P, Goodale C, Duke S and Groffman P, Adams MB, Boeckx P, Boogs J, Campbell J, Colman B, Compton J, Emmett B, Gundersen P, Kjonaas J, Lovett G, Mack M, Magill A, Mbila M, Mitchell M, McGee G, McNulty S, Nadelhoffer K, Ollinger S, Ross D, Rueth H, Rustad L, Shaberg P, Schiff S, Schleppi P, Spoelstra J, Wessel W. 2006. Regional Assessment of N saturation using foliar ä15N. Biogeochemistry 80:143-171.

Templer, PH. 2005. Tree Species Effects on Nitrogen Cycling and Retention: a Synthesis of Studies Using 15N Tracers. In Tree Species Effects on Soils: Implications for Global Change. D. Binkley, O. Menyailo, eds. NATO Science Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Templer, PH, G Lovett, K Weathers, S Findlay, and T Dawson. 2005. Influence of tree species on forest nitrogen retention in the Catskill Mountains, New York, USA. Ecosystems 8:1-16.

Templer, PH, P Groffman, A Flecker, and A Power. 2005. Land use change and soil nutrient transformations in the Los Haitises region of the Dominican Republic. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37:215-225.

Templer, PH and TE Dawson. 2004. Nitrogen uptake by seedlings of four tree species of the Catskill Mountains, NY: implications for forest N dynamics. Plant and Soil 262:251-261.

Templer, PH, S Findlay, and G Lovett. 2003. Soil microbial biomass and nitrogen transformations among five tree species of the Catskill Mountains, NY. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35:607-613.

Harris, GP, SW Bigelow, JJ Cole, H Cyr, LL Janus, AP Kinzig, JF Kitchell, GE Likens, K.H. Reckhow, D Scavia, D Soto, L.M. Talbot, and PH Templer. 2003. The Role of Models in Ecosystem Management. In C.D. Canham, J.J. Cole, W.K. Lauenroth (eds.), Role of Models in Ecosystem Science. Princeton University Press.

Dawson, TE, S Mambelli, AH Plamboeck, PH Templer, and KP Tu. 2002. Stable isotopes in plant ecology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:507-559.

Silver, WL and PH Templer. 2002. A walk through the Amazon from a biogeochemical perspective. Book review of: Biogeochemistry of the Amazon Basin. Eds. McClain, M., R.L. Victoria and J.E. Richey. Oxford University Press, New York, 365 pages. Ecology 83:3237-3238.

Templer, PH, S Findlay and C Wigand. 1998. Sediment chemistry associated with native and non-native emergent macrophytes of a Hudson River marsh ecosystem. Wetlands 18:70-78.

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Drs. Todd Dawson and Stuart Findlay

Principal Investigator