Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

Dr. John C. Volin | Professor and Head

*Education*
Ph.D., 1994	University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI	Department of Forestry
M.S., 1988	South Dakota State University, SD	Plant Science Department
B.S., 1986	South Dakota State University, SD	Department of Biology

*Experience*
2007-	Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	Professor and Head
2005-2007	Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL	Professor of Plant Physiological Ecology
2001-2007	Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL	Director of Environmental Science Graduate Program
2003-2007	Florida Center for Environmental Studies, Palm Beach Gardens, FL	Associate Director of Research
2000-2005	Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL	Associate Professor of Plant Physiological Ecology
2000-2002	Division of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL	Chair
1999-2001	Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL	Assistant Director of Environmental Sciences Graduate Research Program
1995-2000	Division of Science, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, FL	Assistant Professor of Plant Physiological Ecology
1994-1995	Department of Forestry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI	Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Patents

“Cold-Plasma Treatment of Seeds to Remove Surface Materials,” with Raymond A. Young, Ferenz Denes and Sorin O. Manolache. Patent # 6,543,460, April 2003.

*Honors and Awards*
2006	First Educator of the Year Award presented by the Broward Alliance
2001	Florida Atlantic University’s Researcher of the Year Award
1999	Distinguished Community Service Award conferred by Florida Board of Regents
1999	College of Liberal Arts nominee for Florida Atlantic University Researcher of the Year Award
1998	College of Liberal Arts nominee for Florida Atlantic University Researcher of the Year Award
1988	Gamma Sigma Delta honorary academic society
1988	Sigma Xi scientific research society

Selected Current or Recent Grants
33 grants funded from federal, state and tribal agencies totaling $4,181,045
“Determining the hydrology of tree islands in the Florida Everglades: implications for restoration,” Senior PI with Mary Ann Furedi, $249,000, January 2007 – October 2008, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades Restoration Coordination and Verification Program.
“Potential novel biological control agents of the invasive weed Lygodium microphyllum: exploratory surveys and testing of possible pathogenic microbes in Australia and SE Asia,” Senior PI with Elizabeth Aitken, Min Rayamajhi and Michael Tobin, $140,000, September 2006 – June 2008, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Division of Invasive Species Management Annual Research Proposal Competition for Invasive Plant Management.
“The Invasion of Lygodium microphyllum on Tree Islands in the Everglades Protection Area: Exploring its Spatial Distribution,” Senior PI with Mary Ann Furedi, $108,000, April 2006 – June 2007, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
“Lygodium microphyllum growth: functional basis for geographical variations,” Senior PI with Elizabeth Aitken, Qinfeng Guo, Kaoru Kitajima, Eric Kruger, Susanne Schmidt and Gimme Walter, $258,251 June 2005-June 2007, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades Research Division.
“Crayfish Population Dynamics; Hydrological Influences,” with Michael S. Lott, $483,000, May 2004-September 2009, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades Restoration Coordination and Verification Program.
“Vegetative Assemblages as Bioindicators of Hydrological Restoration on the Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation: Developing a Predictive Quantitative Model,” $150,000, September 2003 – August 2007, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Water Resources Management Division.
“Landscape Model of Ridge and Slough Topography: Integration of Hydrology and Biological Processes,” with Thomas Givnish, Paul Glaser and Jacqueline Gallagher, $775,058, August 2002 – September 2006. U.S. Department of Interior South Florida Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.

Selected Publications

Volin, J.C., E.L. Kruger, V.C. Volin, M.F. Tobin and K. Kitajima. Does release from natural enemies belowground explain the invasiveness of Lygodium microphyllum? A cross-continental comparison. (in press Plant Ecology).

Doren, R.F., J.H. Richards and J.C. Volin. 2009. A conceptual ecological model to facilitate understanding the role of invasive species in large-scale ecosystem restoration. Ecological Indicators, 9S:S150-160.

Doren, R. F., J.C. Volin and J.H. Richards. 2009. Invasive exotic plant indicators for ecosystem restoration: an example from the Everglades restoration program. Ecological Indicators, 9S:S29-36.

Liu, Z., J.C. Volin, V.D. Owen, L.G. Pearlstine, J.R. Allen, F.J. Mazzotti and A.L. Higer. 2009. Validation and ecosystem applications of the EDEN water-surface model for the Florida Everglades. Ecohydrology, 2:182-194.

Gandiaga, S., J.C. Volin, E.L. Kruger and K. Kitajima. 2009. Effects of hydrology on the growth and physiology of an invasive exotic, Lygodium microphyllum (Old World climbing fern). Weed Research, 49:283-290.

Volin J.C., Zhongwei L., Higer A., Mazzotti F., Owen D., Allen J. and Pearlstine, L. 2008. Validation of a Spatially Continuous EDEN Water-Surface Model for the Everglades, Florida.

Ireland, K.B., N.A. Haji Mohamad Noor, E.A.B. Aitken, S. Schmidt and J.C. Volin. 2008. First report of Glomerella cingulata (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) causing anthracnose and tip dieback of Lygodium microphyllum and L. japonicum in Australia. Plant Disease, 92:1369.

Givnish, T.J. J.C. Volin, V.D. Owen, V.C. Volin, J.D. Muss and P.H. Glaser. 2008. Vegetation differentiation in the patterned landscape of the Central Everglades: importance of local and landscape drivers. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17:384-402.

Kruger, E.L. and J.C. Volin. 2006. Reexamining the empirical relation between plant growth and leaf photosynthesis. Functional Plant Biology. 33:421-429.

Erickson, J.E., J.L. Cisar, G.H. Snyder and J.C. Volin. 2005. Phosphorus and potassium leaching under contrasting residential landscape models established on a sandy soil. Crop Science. 45:546-552.

Volin, J.C., M.S. Lott, J.D. Muss and D. Owen. 2004. Predicting rapid invasion of the Florida Everglades by Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium microphyllum). Diversity and Distributions. 10:439-446.

Lott, M.S., J.C. Volin, R.W. Pemberton and D.F. Austin. 2003. The reproductive biology of Lygodium microphyllum and L. japonicum (Schizaeaceae) and its implications for invasive potential. American Journal of Botany. 90:1144-1152.

Volin, J.C., E.L. Kruger and R.L. Lindroth. 2002. Responses of deciduous broadleaf trees to defoliation in a CO2 enriched atmosphere. Tree Physiology. 22:435-448.

Erickson, J.E., J.L. Cisar, J.C. Volin and G.H. Snyder. 2001. Comparing nitrogen runoff and leaching between newly established St. Augustinegrass turf and an alternative residential landscape. Crop Science. 41:1889-1895.

Volin, J.C., F.S. Denes, R.A. Young and S.M.T. Park. 2000. Modification of seed germination performance through cold plasma chemistry technology. Crop Science. 40(6):1706-1718.

Dr. John C. Volin
Professor and Head

Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

The University of Connecticut
U-4087, 1376 Storrs Road
Storrs, CT 06269-4087
Tel: (860) 486-0137

Fax: (860) 486-5408
Email:john.volin@uconn.edu