Education & Training
Doctoral Candidate (2003-present), Ecology with a minor in Statistics
Duke University, Durham, NC
Bachelor of Arts (2000), Biology, Cum Laude with Biology Departmental Honors
Willamette University, Salem, OR
Research Interests
My interests lie in the fields of community and restoration ecology with an emphasis on wetlands. My doctoral research examines plant community development during wetland restoration and includes case studies from a temperate riparian wetland in the North Carolina Piedmont and a tropical seasonal floodplain wetland in Costa Rica.
Grants, Fellowships, & Awards
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) Research Fellowship (2007)
OTS-NSF International Research Experience for Graduate Students Grant (2007)
Fulbright Fellowship, U.S. Department of State, Institute of International Education (2006- 2007)
Duke University Graduate School Pre-Dissertation Research Travel Award (2005)
Duke University Provost's Pre-Dissertation International Field Research Grant (2004 & 2005)
Tinker Field Research Grant (Duke Center for Latin American & Carribean Studies) (2004)
Duke University Program in Ecology Graduate Teaching Assistantship (2003-2006, 2007-2008)
Oregon Wildlife Society Outstanding Undergraduate Research Project of the Year (2000)
Carson Undergraduate Research Grant (1999)
Willamette University Thompson Biology Scholarship (1999)
NSF REU Grant, Dauphin Island Sea Lab (1998)
NSF REU Grant, Shannon Point Marine Center (1999)
Willamette University Merit-Based Tuition Exchange (1996-2000)
Presentations
An assessment of native bamboo (Arundinaria gigantea) establishment after the removal of an invasive exotic shrub (Ligustrum sinense) in a southeastern US riparian forest. M.J. Osland, J.W. Pahl, M. Ho and C.J. Richardson. 92nd Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting, San Jose, CA. 2007.
Nutrient enrichment, cattail invasion, & biodiversity loss in Central American wetlands (Palo Verde National Park, Costa Rica). M.J. Osland. Working Group on the Environment in Latin America, The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University. 2006.
Nutrient availability and macrophyte variability across hydrologic gradients in the lacustrine wetlands of El Salvador (Central America). M.J. Osland and C.J. Richardson. 90th Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. 2005.
Cryptic coloration changes in a Northeastern Pacific marine isopod, Idotea wosnesenskii. M.J. Osland. Willamette University Biology Senior Thesis Presentation Seminar. Salem, OR. 2000.
A comparison of rocky intertidal animal species diversity in Oregon and Panama. M.J. Osland. Carson Undergraduate Research Grant Presentation Series. Salem, OR. 2000.
Size Fractionated Plankton Respiration in Lower Mobile Bay, AL. M.J. Osland. Dauphin Island Sea Lab Research Experience for Undergraduate Seminar. Dauphin Island, AL. 1998.
An analysis of methods to quantify and isolate Phlorotannins in seawater. M.J. Osland. Shannon Point Marine Center Summer Symposium. Anacortes, WA. 1998.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, for the following undergraduate and graduate-level courses: General Ecology, Trees & Shrubs of North Carolina, Wetland Ecology & Management, Coastal and Estuarine Wetland Ecology & Management, Wetland Field Skills, Wetland Restoration
