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In NYISRI’s ongoing effort to connect research to practice, we compiled a database of invasive species experts from around the region.

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Total listings: 134

Name: Nuzzo, Victoria (Researcher)

Institution: Natural Area Consultants

Countries: Germany

States: Illinois, Michigan, Washington, Wisconsin

Species: Terrestrial Invertebrates, Terrestrial plants, Wetland plants, Earthworms, Viburnum leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni), Barberry (Berberis thunbergii), Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), Spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa), Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Ecosystems: Forest, Grassland, Wetland

Research Areas: Impacts (ecological), Management techniques (biological control, mechanical/manual, chemical, fire), Species demography

NY Regions: Finger Lakes, St. Lawrence/E. Lake Ontario, Lower Hudson

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am

Name: Padilla, Dianna (Researcher)

Institution: Stony Brook University

Description of Expertise:

My research examines marine and freshwater invaders, their spread and ecological impacts. We also study factors affecting population development. We also look at general characteristics of invaders to assess the importance of species such as aquarium pets and aquaculture species as potential invaders.

Website: http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/padillalab

Countries: Belarus

States: Illinois, Washington, Wisconsin

Species: Aquatic invertebrates, Aquatic plants, Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea), Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas), Common Slipper Shell (Crepidula fornicata), Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus spp.), Other, Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum),

Ecosystems: Freshwater, Marine

Research Areas: Public policy, Risk assessment, Mapping/modelling

NY Regions: Lower Hudson, Long Island, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie

Last updated: October 7, 2015 at 2:38 pm

Name: Pagano, Susan (Researcher)

Institution: Rochester Institute of Technology

Description of Expertise:

My research focuses on the nutritional quality and biochemical make-up of wild fruits produced by native and invasive shrubs and vines. I am interested in the implications of invasive fruit quality for migratory birds that rely upon fruits as a major food resources at stopover sites used during their annual migrations.

Phone: 585-475-7343

Website: https://www.rit.edu/science/people/susan-pagano

Countries: United States

States: New York, Rhode Island

Species: Terrestrial plants, Barberry (Berberis thunbergii), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculata), Olive, autumn (Elaeagnus umbellata), Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.), Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), Porecelainberry,

Ecosystems: Forest, Shrubland, Urban

Research Areas: Impacts, Fruit nutrition and biochemical composition

Last updated: June 1, 2017 at 12:05 pm

Name: Palmer, Matt (Researcher)

Institution: Columbia University

Description of Expertise:

One aspect of my research is on the colonization dynamics of invasive plant species in urban ecosystems. I am also involved in a project studying the dynamics of invasion in the understory of experimentally manipulated forest plots. A third project is on the effectiveness of different management techniques for Japanese knotweed and the consequences of that management on wetland vegetation.

Phone: (212) 854-4767

States: New Jersey

Species: Terrestrial plants, Wetland plants, Barberry (Berberis thunbergii), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum), Mugwort (Artemisia spp.), Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)

Ecosystems: Forest, Grassland, Urban, Wetland

Research Areas: Extension and education, Human dimensions, Impacts (ecological), Management techniques (biological control, mechanical/manual), Species demography

NY Regions: Finger Lakes, Lower Hudson

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am

Name: Parker, Kelsey (Researcher)

Institution: The Advanced Science Research Center, The CUNY Graduate Center

Description of Expertise:

My research centers around early detetion of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid using freely available remote sensing data. I also study the impacts of invsive earthworms and trees, such as the Norway maple and black locust, on urban forests.

States: New York

Species: Terrestrial invertebrates, Terrestrial plants, Earthworms (many species),

Ecosystems: Forest

NY Regions: Lower Hudson, Catskills

Last updated: November 18, 2021 at 2:28 pm

Name: Parry, Dylan (Researcher)

Institution: SUNY – Environmental Science and Forestry

Description of Expertise:

My research is primarily focused on the ecology of insect invasions in temperate and boreal forests. I am broadely interested in climatic adaptation, interactions with native species, factors contributing to variable rates of spread over a species geographic range, and the impact of invasions on forests, and the interaction between invasions and other anthropogenic drivers such as climate change.

Phone: (315) 470-6753

Website: http://www.esf.edu/efb/parry/

Countries: Canada

States: Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin

Species: Aquatic plants, Terrestrial Invertebrates, Water chestnut (Trapa natans), Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis), Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar), Sirex woodwasp (Sirex noctilio),

Ecosystems: Forest, Urban

Research Areas: Impacts (ecological), Mapping/modelling, Species demography

NY Regions: Western NY, Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, St. Lawrence/E. Lake Ontario, Capital Mohawk

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am

Name: Pavlovic, Noel (Researcher)

Institution: U.S. Geological Survey

Description of Expertise:

My research focuses on vegetation dynamics and management in the Great Lakes Region. We are currently pursuing research on the impacts of oriental and American bittersweet on soil chemistry and soil microflora.

Phone: (219) 926-8336 x428

Website: http://www.glsc.usgs.gov

States: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin

Species: Terrestrial plants, Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa), Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculata), Dames rocket (Hesperis matronalis),

Ecosystems: Forest, Grassland, Oak Savanna

Research Areas: Extension and education, Impacts (ecological), Mapping/modelling, Management techniques (mechanical/manual, chemical, fire)

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am

Name: Pennuto, Christopher (Researcher)

Institution: Buffalo State College

Description of Expertise:

My lab investigates direct and indirect effects of aquatic invasive species on ecosystem dynamics like primary production, decomposition, and community composition. We try to elucidate the mechanisms for those effects using laboratory and field experiments, behavioral ecology, and surveys.

Phone: 7168784105

States: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania

Species: Aquatic invertebrates, Aquatic vertebrates, Mussel, quagga (Dreissena bugensis), Scud (Echinogammarus ischnus), Bloody-red shrimp (Hemimysis anomala), Crayfish (Orconectes obscurus, O. rusticus or O. virilis), Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus),

Ecosystems: Freshwater

NY Regions: Finger Lakes, Western NY, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario

Last updated: June 7, 2019 at 1:17 pm

Name: Perez-Fuentetaja, Alicia (Researcher)

Institution: SUNY-Buffalo State

Description of Expertise:

The focus of my research is aquatic food webs, particularly when trophic interactions include exotic species that alter nutrient and energy flows through the ecosystem.

Website: http://biology.buffalostate.edu/faculty/alicia-perez-fuentetaja

Countries: Canada, Spain

States: Alaska, Ohio, Pennsylvania

Species: Aquatic invertebrates, Aquatic vertebrates, Bloody-red shrimp (Hemimysis anomala), Quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis), Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), Fish-hook waterflea (Cercopagis pengoi), Spiny waterflea (Bythotrephes longimanus), Common carp (Cyprinus carpio), Round goby (Neogobius melanostomus),

Ecosystems: Freshwater, Marine

Research Areas: Chemical ecology

NY Regions: Western NY

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am

Name: Pfitsch, William (Researcher)

Institution: Hamilton College

Description of Expertise:

My research has investigated the distribution of invasive species on Hamilton College properties in relation to forest history and canopy structure. We have also focused on interactions with soil microbiota and invertebrates as well as pathogen host species.

Species: Terrestrial plants, Barberry (Berberis thunbergii), Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica), Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.), Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora),

Ecosystems: Forest

Research Areas: Chemical ecology, Impacts (ecological), Mapping/modelling

NY Regions: St. Lawrence/E. Lake Ontario

Last updated: September 21, 2015 at 7:13 am