Donald R. Zak
School of Natural Resources & Environment
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
440 Church St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
(734-763-4991; Fax: 734-936-2195; email:drzak@umich.edu)
Academic Background
1987 Ph.D., Michigan State University
1983 M.S., University of Idaho
1981 B.S. Cum Laude, Ohio State University
Academic Appointments
Present to 2000 Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment
Present to 2004 Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
2000 to 1994 Associate Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment University of Michigan
1994 to 1988 Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources & Environment University of Michigan
1988 to 1987 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Departments of Soil Science, and of Ecology Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota
1987 to 1983 Research Assistant, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University
Publications -Ten Selected publications (2 books and 132 peer-reviewed publications in total)
Zak, D.R., W.E. Holmes, and K.S. Pregitzer. 2007. Atmospheric CO2 and O3 alter the flow of 15N in developing forest ecosystems. Ecology 88: 2630-2639.
Zak, D.R., W.E. Holmes, K.S. Pregitzer, J.S. King, D.S. Ellsworth, and M.E. Kubiske. 2007. Elevated CO2 and O3 alters competition for soil nutrients among temperate forest trees. Global Change Biology 13: 2230-2238.
Zak, D.R., C.B. Blackwood, and M.P. Waldrop. 2006. A molecular dawn for biogeochemistry. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 21: 288-295.
Zak, D.R. and G.W. Kling. 2006. Microbial community composition and function across an arctic tundra landscape. Ecology 87: 1659-1670.
Zak, D.R., W.E. Holmes, M.J. Tomlinson, K.S. Pregitzer, and A.J. Burton. 2006. Microbial cycling of C and N in northern hardwood forests receiving chronic atmospheric NO3- deposition. Ecosystems 9:242-253.
Zak, D.R., K.S. Pregitzer, W.E. Holmes, A.J. Burton and G.P. Zogg. 2004. Anthropogenic N deposition and the fate of 15NO3- in a northern hardwood ecosystem. Biogeochemistry 69: 143-157.
Zak, D.R., W.E. Holmes, A.J. Burton, K.S. Pregitzer and A.F. Talhelm. 2008. Atmospheric NO3- deposition increases soil organic matter by slowing decomposition in a northern hardwood ecosystem. Ecological Applications in review.
Pregitzer, K.S., A.J. Burton, D.R. Zak, and A.F. Talhelm. 2008. Simulated chronic N deposition increases carbon storage in northern temperate forests. Global Change Biology 14: 142–153.
Smemo, K.A., D.R. Zak, K.S. Pregitzer, and A.J. Burton. 2007. Characteristics of DOC exports from northern hardwood forests receiving chronic atmospheric NO3- deposition. Ecosystems 10: 369-379.
Homockel, K.S., D.R. Zak and C.B. Blackwood. 2007 Does atmospheric N deposition alter the abundance and activity of lignolytic fungi in forest soils? Ecosystems 10: 1278-1286.
Activities and Awards
- Curriculum development for Terrestrial Ecosystems Program, School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (1998 to present).
- Development and implementation of Ecosystem Ecology EEB/NRE 476, the first course in ecosystem ecology taught at the University of Michigan (1998 to present). Development and implementation of Ecosystem Science in the Rockies, a field-based course in field geology and ecology (2001 to present).
- Provided undergraduate research opportunities for undergraduate and high school students during the 2007 field season/academic year.
- Students for SNRE Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award – 2006-2007.
Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor
Current
John Hassett (Ph.D)
Sarah Eisenlord (M.S.)
Lauren Hoffman (M.S.)
Kirsten Hofmockel (postdoc)
Ivan Edwards (postdoc)
Harald Kellner (postdoc)
Degree Recipients or Postdoc Completed
Melany Fisk (postdoc)
Carl Mikan (Ph.D)
Liana Babbar (Ph.D.)
David Rothstein (Ph.D., M.S.)
Otto Gonzalez (Ph.D.)
Gregory Zogg (postdoc)
William Holmes (M.S., Ph.D)
Rachael Meyer (M.S.)
Gregory Zogg (Ph.D.)
Rebecca Phillips (postdoc)
Diana Randlett (M.S.)
Jared DeForest (Ph.D)
David Toland (M.S.)
Ann Finan (M.S.)
Nancy French (M.S.)
William Eddy (M.S.)
Tom Iseman (M.S.)
Mark Waldrop (postdoc)
David Jones (M.S.)
Kurt Smemo (postdoc)
Chris Blackwood (postdoc)
Haegeun Chung (Ph.D.)
Lesley Sefcik (Ph.D.)
Krista McGuire (Ph.D)
Undergraduate Honor’s Thesis Advisor
Current
Alaina Ritter
Lauren Cline
Degree Received
Steve LuDuc
Casey Curtis
Kalub Fedak
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