Carl Frederick Salk

Department of Biology

Duke University

Box 90338

Durham, NC 27707

 

 (919) 218-9387 (day/evening)

cfs14@duke.edu     carlsalk@gmail.com

 

EDUCATION:

 

                        Duke University

2011            Doctor of Philosophy in Biology

(expected)  Minor in Statistics

 

                        University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

1999            Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Plant Biology

1999            Bachelor of Science in Geology (Geophysics option)

                    Minor in Mathematics

 

                        Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), Costa Rica

2006            Graduate summer course in tropical plant systematics

1998            Undergraduate semester course in environmental science and policy in the tropics

 

                        International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria

2010            Visiting PhD student with the Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

                        Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila, Philippines

2009            Intern researching the effectiveness of environmental monitoring at ADB

 

                        US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, California

2003-2005  Leader of vegetation monitoring module for Plumas-Lassen Study

 

                        Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), Panama

2002-2003  Manager of field operations for a study of tropical forest regeneration

 

                        Yosemite National Park, California

1999-2001  Fire ecologist and wildland firefighter

 

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

 

Bigelow, SM, MP North and CF Salk (in review).  Tree regeneration after fuels-recuction and group-selection silviculture in Sierran mixed-conifer forest.  Forest Ecology and Management.

Salk, CF (in review).  Within-species functional trait variation reveals ecological flexibility in resprouting tree species.   

Salk, CF and McMahon, SM (2011).  Trait-environment interactions explain sprouting

            patterns in tropical tree species.  Oecologia, in press.

Clark, J, C Salk, et al. (2010).  High dimensional coexistence based on individual variation: a synthesis of evidence.  Ecological Monographs, in press.

Powers, JS, CF Salk et al. (2009).  Decomposition in tropical forests: a pan-tropical study of the effects of litter type, placement and mesofaunal exclusion across a precipitation gradient.  Journal of Ecology, 97:801-811.

Augspurger, CK, Cheeseman, JM and Salk, CF (2005).  Light gains and physiological capacity of understorey woody plants during phenological avoidance of canopy shade.  Functional Ecology 19, 537-546.

 

TECHNICAL REPORTS:

 

Salk, CF (2010).  Changes in the onset of spring and uncertainty in 21st century terrestrial carbon sinks.  Draft Interim Report for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.

Salk, CF (2010).  Risks to forest-based carbon sequestration posed by dynamic global change.  Policy brief for the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.  Currently under review.

Salk, CF (2009).  Environmental monitoring effectiveness at ADB.  Internship report to the Asian Development Bank.

 

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

 

2010 Peccei Award from International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

2008 Duke MicroIncentives Research Center, co-awarded with Michael Cooper ($9600)

2007 Duke Biology Department grant-in-aid ($1000)

2006 OTS Post-Course Grant ($300)

2006 Tinker Field Research Grant ($1525)

2005 Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research ($300) and Duke University matching funds ($400)

2005 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship ($123,000 over three years)

2005 Tysor Endowed Fellowship, Duke University ($17,000)

2005 James B. Duke Fellowship, Duke University ($16,000 over four years)

1998 UIUC School of Life Sciences Enhancement Award for OTS course ($1500)

 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS:

 

Salk, CF (2011).  The limits to growing season length: Tree phenology in the Duke Forest warming chambers.  Department of Energy site review.

Salk, CF (2010).  The consequences of uncertainty in temperate tree budburst forecasts.  International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.  Laxenburg, Austria.

Salk, CF (2009).  Environmental Monitoring Effectiveness at ADB.  Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines. 

Salk, CF (2008).  Stump sprouting in tropical trees.  Nicholas School of the Environment Graduate Afternoon Seminar, Duke University.

Salk, CF, Augspurger, CK and Clark, JS (2006).  How will temperate trees’ budbreak and leaf expansion dates advance with climate change?  Invited speaker at the Ecological Society of America Annual meeting, Memphis, TN.

 

OTHER INFORMATION:

 

Expertise in data analysis and Bayesian modeling in the statistical language R.

Languages: Native English speaker, fluent Spanish, basic French and German.

Knowledge of forest flora of North America and the Western Hemisphere Tropics.

Strong ability to work across ethnic, social and cultural divides.

Public outreach about climate change and the environment to groups ranging from high school aged science bloggers to experienced African foresters.

Broadcast media appearances in North Carolina and the Philippines.

Skilled leader, collaborator and consensus builder.