Name: Scarr, Taylor (Researcher)

Institution: Great Lakes Forestry Centre – Canadian Forest Service

Description of Expertise:

Since 2016 I have been a research director at a federal government research lab focused on native and invasive forest insects, with some involvement in invasive plants and fungi. This research program provides the science and outreach to support invasive species policies and management programs, including eradication, pesticide application, and biocontrol.

Prior to taking joining the federal service, for 25 years I was provincial forest entomologist for Ontario. In this role, I led monitoring programs, research projects, policy development, and management programs for native and invasive forest insects including emerald ash borer, Asian long-horned beetle, hemlock woolly adelgid, gypsy moth, etc.

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Name: Schultz, Rachel (Researcher)

Institution: SUNY Plattsburgh

Description of Expertise:

My research focuses on how functional traits of invasive species affect ecosystem functioning including trophic dynamics and nutrient cycling. I have studied the impacts of invasive aquatic macrophytes on fish and macroinvertebrates and found that certain traits are linked with greater negative effects. Currently, I am investigating ecological thresholds associated with European buckthorn, especially with respect to litter decomposition and nutrient cycling.

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Name: Schulz, Kimberly (Researcher)

Institution: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Description of Expertise:

My research involves the effects of multiple stressors on aquatic food webs. This includes the effects of invasive species and factors controlling their spread and impacts.

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Name: Shaker, Richard Ross (Researcher)

Institution: Ryerson University

Description of Expertise:

My main scientific investigation is in the realm of human-landscape coevolution and global ecology. As Homo sapiens continues to stretch the Earth beyond its biocapacity it is integral to elucidate their patterns and processes through space and time. My Laboratory for Spatial and Sustainability Sciences (S3 Lab) is actively investigating interactions between natural and social systems for sustainable development, ecosystem management, and spatial and environmental planning purposes. Projects include exploration of aquatic ecological stressors, examination of sustainable landscape designs, geomorphological processes and susceptibility mapping, non-point source pollution modeling, evaluation of development indices, and continental scale analysis of sustainable urbanization. Research locations include: the Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes Watersheds, Adirondack Park, Toronto, Europe, Romania and the Republic of Moldova. My future research looks at operationalizing sustainable development across spatial and temporal scales, while theoretically focusing at the nexus of evolutionary theory, spatial and sustainability sciences.

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Name: Shelton, Tony (Researcher)

Institution: Cornell University

Description of Expertise:

I work on invasive insect species of agricultural importance

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Name: Simmons, Wade (Researcher)

Institution: Cornell University

Description of Expertise:

I am working on the biocontrol program for water chestnut and studying how the plant affects ecosystem functionality and water chemistry. In the past, I have also studied impacts of non-native earthworms and plants in forest ecosystems.

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Name: Skalda, Catherine (Manager)

Institution: Delaware County SWCD

Description of invasive species management work:

As the Program Coordinator for the Delaware County SWCD Catskill Streams Buffer Initiative, I assist landowners within the Cannonsville and Pepacton watershed areas in protecting and improving their streamside properties. One of the CSBI program initiatives is to educate landowners about the effects of invasives on riparian areas and to help control invasive species, wherever practicable, in these riparian areas. CSBI works with private landowners and organizations, municipalities, local and regional public agencies, as well as academic institutions, in order to increase their understanding of the vital importance of riparian systems to the overall health of the streams, water quality, and the community as a whole.

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Name: Small, Hannah (Manager)

Institution: Delaware Wild Lands, Inc.

Description of invasive species management work:

I am a restoration and research manager for approximately 10,000 acres of protected lands. We actively manage and restore habitat and are constantly looking for new and more efficient ways to control invasive species. I work in all habitats, from salt marshes to working agricultural lands.

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Name: Snover-Clift, Karen (Researcher)

Institution: Cornell University-Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic

Description of Expertise:

My work centers on diagnosing various plant diseases on a wide variety of plants to include herbaceous plants, deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, field crops, vegetables, fruit trees and small fruits and turfgrasses. I work for New York residents, Cornell Cooperative Extension Educators, state and federal regulatory inspectors and for a national clientele. I manage diagnostic activities, coordinate trainings and develop program content to include a national laboratory accreditation program for fellow National Plant Diagnostic Network diagnosticians in support of the network’s mission to detect of a possible bioterrorist attack of natural and agricultural systems. I also provide training on the plant pathogens, diseases and diagnosing plant problems for extension educators, green industry members, and the public.

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Name: Spichiger, Sven-Erik (Researcher)

Institution: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture

Description of Expertise:

My research centers around the protection of plant industries from insect pests. We often collaborate with members of the research community to help develop new monitoring or control strategies for pests that impact plant industried in Pennsylvania. In addition we are tasked with the development and implementation of responses to newly introduced pests. My team is strong in surviellance and insect identification, and we can be a good source for specimen material, and have a strong insect reference collection which focuses on plant pests.

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