CURRICULUM VITAE

Chad Eric Husby

13 April 2007

Florida International University
Department of Biological Sciences
11200 SW 8th Street, #OE167
Miami, Florida  33199  USA
Voice:  (305) 348-6047

Fax: (305) 348-1986

e-mail:  chad.husby@fiu.edu

website:  http://w3.fiu.edu/husby/

EDUCATION

Graduate

• Degree sought: Doctor of Philosophy, expected December 2007

• Advanced to candidacy, October 2003
• Florida International University, Miami, Florida
• Department of Biological Sciences
• Major:  Biology

• Dissertation title:  "Salinity tolerance physiology and stem biomechanics of Equisetum giganteum in Chile and Argentina"

• Degree: Master of Applied Statistics, December 2000
• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Department of Statistics
• Major:  Applied Statistics

• Degree: Master of Science, July 2000
• Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
• Department of Horticulture
• Major:  Horticulture
• Thesis title:  "Influence of Temperature and Time on Nutrient Release Patterns of Osmocote Plus^TM, Nutricote^TM , and Polyon^TM Controlled-Release Fertilizers"

Undergraduate

• Degree:  Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude, Honors in Biology, April 1997
• Alma College, Alma, Michigan

• Departments of Biology and Mathematics
• Majors:  Biology, Mathematics

    • Manage department of collections development, database, mapping, archiving, and

      seedbank specialists

    • Work with researches using dicot and conifer collections

    • Develop tropical conifer and dicot collections

RESEARCH

INTERESTS

• Plant physiological ecology

• Plant functional morphology

• Pteridology

• Horticulture

• Applied statistics

RESEARCH

EXPERIENCE

Plant Physiological Ecology Research

• Dr. Steven Oberbauer, Professor of Biology

• Florida International University, Miami, Florida, August 2001-present

• Designing and carrying out dissertation research (in the field and in the laboratory) on salinity tolerance and water relations of the giant horsetail, Equisetum giganteum.

Statistics Research

• Drs. Douglas Wolfe and Elizabeth Stasny, Professors of Statistics

• The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, January-June 2001
• Conducted extensive simulation study of statistical performance of ranked set sampling (RSS) estimators using a USDA database.
 

Economic Botany Research

• Dr. Bradley Bennett, Associate Professor of Biology, Florida International University
• Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Boca del Drago, Panama, June 15-July 15, 2001
• Designed and carried-out a small study of the economic aspects of using living tree cuttings for fence posts in comparison to using lumber posts.

Floristic Research

• Peter Nichols, Stewardship Director,

• The Leelanau Conservancy, Leland, Michigan, summer 2000
• Designed and carried-out an inventory of plant species in the fen habitat of the Cedar River Natural Area, a wetland in northwest Michigan
 

Horticulture Research

• Dr. Alexander Niemiera, Associate Professor of Horticulture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, spring 1998 - summer 1999
• Designed and carried out experiments to investigate the effects of time and temperature on  nutrient release from controlled-release fertilizers

• Dr. Ronald Morse, Associate Professor of Horticulture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, summer 1997
• participated in study of crop-weed ecology of no-till vegetable production systems using re-seeding annual cover crops and mulches to reduce herbicide use
 

Animal Behavior Research

• Dr. David Clark, Alma College , Alma, Michigan, Summer 1994
• Performed experiments on mating behavior in the dimorphic jumping spider Maevia  inclemens
• Performed experiments on the male-male interactions of Anolis lizards
• Designed and carried out an independent research project to determine the crucial elements in the tufted male M. inclemens’ courtship display that trigger female receptivity
• Maintained research animals and set up a simulated tropical environment for Anolis lizard behavioral study

TEACHING

EXPERIENCE

Guest Lecturer

Department of Biological Sciences , Florida International University, Miami, Florida

• Course:  Plant Physiology lecture and laboratory (upper level undergraduate);  Spring 2004 and Fall 2005

• Regular course instructor:  Dr. Steven Oberbauer

• Guest lecture topics:  Plant mineral nutrition (1/27/2004, 9/19/2005), Solute transport and assimilation (9/19/2005) Plant water uptake and transport (9/14/2005)

• Laboratory topic:  Experimental studies of plant water potential (1/26/2004, 9/19/2005)

• Course:  Environmental Instrumentation lecture and laboratory (graduate level);  Fall 2004

• Regular course instructor:  Dr. Steven Oberbauer

• Guest lecture topics: Humidity and moisture (11/5/2004); Wind speed and direction (11/19/2004)

• Laboratory topics:  Humidity and moisture measurement (11/5/2004);  Wind speed and direction measurement (11/19/2004)

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Department of Biological Sciences , Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 2001-03 school years
• Course:  General Biology II Laboratory, Introductory Botany Laboratory, Human Biology Laboratory
• Responsibilities:  Conducted three 3-hour lab sections per week
• Students: Approximately 10-24 undergraduate students per section (depending on enrollment)
 

Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1997-99 school years
• Course:  Indoor Plants
• Responsibilities:  Conducted lectures (3 per week) and laboratory
• Students: Approximately 20-40 undergraduate students

Instructional material preparation:

Revised the manual for Introductory Botany course, under supervision of Dr. David Lee, Florida International University, summer 2003.

Tutor:

Alma College, Alma, Michigan, 1995-96 school year.
Courses:  Calculus I & II.

PRESENTATIONS/

POSTERS

Husby, C.E.  Fibonacci spirals and fractals, some mathematical patterns in plants.  Plant Talk seminar series, Florida International University, December 6, 2006. - presentation

Husby, C.E.  Horsetails and Monkey Puzzles: Botanical explorations in northern and central Chile.  Gifford Arboretum seminar series, University of Miami, September 2006. - presentation.

Husby, C.E., Oberbauer, S.F., Delatorre-Herrera, J, Oreste, V. Salinity tolerance ecophysiology of the giant horsetail, Equisetum giganteum, in northern Chile. Botanical Society of America annual meeting.  California State University, Chico, California.  August 1, 2006. - Presentation.

Husby, C.E., Oberbauer, S.F., Delatorre-Herrera, J, Oreste, V. Salinity tolerance ecophysiology of the giant horsetail, Equisetum giganteum, in northern Chile.  Plant Biologists of South Florida annual meeting.  Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, Florida.  April 1, 2006. - Presentation.

Husby, C.E. and Palow, D.  "Biomechanics of Equisetum giganteum in the Atacama Desert and Northwest Argentina."  Botanical Society of America annual meeting, August 2005. - Presentation.

Husby, C.E., Niklas, K., Palow, D., and Oberbauer S.F.  "Biomechanics of Equisetum giganteum in the Atacama Desert and Northwest Argentina."  Plant Biologists of South Florida annual meeting, Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, Florida  April 16, 2005. - Presentation.

Husby, C.E., Niklas, K., Palow, D., and Oberbauer S.F.  "Biomechanics of Equisetum giganteum in the Atacama Desert and Northwest Argentina."  Seventh Annual Biology Symposium, Florida International University, Miami, FL.  January 2005. - Presentation.

Husby, C.E. and Oberbauer, S.F.  "Ecophysiology of salinity tolerance of the giant horsetail, Equisetum giganteum L., in the Atacama Desert and northwestern Argentina".  EPA Graduate Fellowship Conference; Washington, D.C.  October 2004. - Poster.

Husby, C.E.  "Ecophysiology of Equisetum giganteum in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile".  Botanical Society of America annual meeting; Snowbird, UT.  August 2004. - Presentation.

Husby, C.E. and D.T. Palow.  "Bending Properties of Equisetum giganteum L. stems in the Atacama desert and northwestern Argentina".  Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation annual meeting; Miami, FL.  July 2004. - Poster.

Husby, C.E.  "Functional ecology of the Giant Horsetail Equisetum giganteum L." Fifth Annual Biology Symposium, Florida International University, Miami, FL.  January 2003. - Presentation.

Husby, C.E., Niemiera, A.X., Harris, J.R., Wright, R.W.  "Influence of Temperature and Time on Nutrient Release Patterns of Osmocote Plus^TM, Nutricote^TM , and Polyon^TM Controlled-Release Fertilizers"  Virginia Tech Horticulture Seminar Series. 1999 - Seminar presentation.

Husby, C.E. "Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section in Plant Form and Development".  Botany Seminar Series, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.  Fall 1998. - Seminar presentation.

Husby, C.E.  “Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Section in Plants”.  Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America, Annual Meeting, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.  Spring 1997. - Presentation.
       
Husby, C.E. and D.L. Clark.  Presented independent research results on jumping spider (Maevia inclemens) behavior (research described above).  Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters annual meeting, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI. 1995 - Presentation

PUBLICATIONS

Lee, D.W., Kumar, B. M., Paliwal, K. and Husby, C.  Shade and R:FR responses of seedlings of five Indian tropical seasonal forest trees.  Journal of Tropical Ecology (accepted 2006)

Husby, C.E., E.A. Stasny, D.A. Wolfe and J.C. Frey.  A Cautionary Note on Unbalanced Ranked-Set Sampling.  Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (accepted 2006).

Husby, C.E., D.A. Wolfe, and E.A. Stasny.  2005.  An Application of Ranked Set  Sampling for Mean and Median Estimation Using USDA Crop Production Data.  Journal of Agricultural, Biological & Environmental Statistics 10(3):354-373.

Husby CE, Niemiera AX, Harris JR, Wright RD.  2003.  Influence of diurnal temperature on nutrient release patterns of three polymer-coated fertilizers.  HortScience 38 (3):387-389.

Husby, C., A.X. Niemiera, R. Harris, and R.D. Wright. 1999. Influence of temperature on nutrient release of three controlled-release fertilizers. Proceedings of the SNA Research Conference 44:96-100.

PEER REVIEW EXPERIENCE

• American Journal of Botany, 2006

• Equisetum chapter of 2nd Edition of “A Field Guide to Ferns and their Related Families” by Boughton Cobb, Cheryl Lowe and Elizabeth Farnsworth, Houghton-Mifflin Publishers. 2005

GRANTS,

FELLOWSHIPS, ASSISTANTSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• Kelly Foundation travel award, 2006

• Botanical Society of America Pteridological Section Student Travel Award, 2006

• Florida International University Graduate Student Association, Conference Travel Grant, 2005

• Florida International University College of Arts and Sciences, Conference Travel Subsidy, 2005

• Botanical Society of America Pteridological Section Student Travel Award, 2005

• Tinker Field Research Grant; Tinker Foundation, Inc., 2005

• Don Keller Education Scholarship;  Tropical Fern and Exotic Plant Society, Miami, FL, 2004

• EPA Greater Research Opportunities Graduate Fellowship for Graduate Environmental Study; 2003 - 2006

• Presidential Enhanced Graduate Assistantship, Florida International University; 2001-2005
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Dept. of Biological Sciences , Florida International University; 2001-2003
• Research Assistantship, The Ohio State University; January-June 2001
• University Fellowship, The Ohio State University; 1999-2000
• Graduate Assistantship, Virginia Tech; 1997-1999

• Alma College Distinguished Scholar Award;  1993-97

• Michigan Competitive Scholarship; 1993-97

ACADEMIC HONORS

• Gamma Sigma Delta Agriculture Honorary; 1999-present

• Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society; 1999-present
• Phi Beta Kappa Society; 1996 -present
• Alma College Outstanding Senior Award (for highest GPA in class after 7 terms); 1997*
• Beta Beta Beta Biology Honorary Society; 1995-present

• Alma College President’s Cup; 1994, 95, 96, (97* - replaced by Outstanding  Senior Award during senior year - see above)

• Alma College Dean’s List; 1993-1997

• Valedictorian, Suttons Bay High School, Suttons Bay, MI; 1993

• National Merit Finalist; 1992

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Botanical Society of America
• American Fern Society

• British Pteridological Society

• Association of Education and Research Greenhouse Curators
• Plant Biologists of South Florida

PROFESSIONAL

SERVICE

Secretary - Florida International University Biology Graduate Student Association, 2004-05 school year

COMPUTER SKILLS

Environments:  Windows, Macintosh, UNIX
Non-Statistical Programming Languages:  C++, Pascal, MATLAB

Statistical applications and languages:  SAS, S-Plus, Minitab, Stata

Computer Algebra Systems:  Maple
GIS applications:  ArcView, FloraMap, DIVA-GIS
Other applications:  MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS FrontPage, MS Publisher, MS Access, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Netscape Composer

Website authorship: “The Giant Horsetails”:  www.fiu.edu/~chusb001/giant_equisetum.html, an extensive online image database, reference database, and information clearinghouse for the biology of giant Equisetum species. (2001- present).

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND BOTANICAL COLLECTING

• Chile (December 2002, dissertation research expedition; March-May 2004 dissertation research expedition; December 2005-February 2006 dissertation research expedition)

• Argentina (April 2004, dissertation research expedition)

• Jamaica (August 26 - September 1, 2004 research expedition)

• Panama (June-July 2001 field ethnobotany course, Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation)