Management Service

CURRICULUM VITAE

Mark D. Sytsma

Ph.D.

Portland State University

Portland OR 97207-0751

abo1vu@r.postjobfree.com / 503-***-****

EDUCATION

Ph.D. 1992 Ecology, University of California-Davis

M.S. 1984 Environmental Science & Engineering, University of Washington

B.S. 1978 Biology, Iowa State University

ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Portland State University (1994present

)

Associate Vice-president for Research (January 2011present). Responsible overseeing

the

development of external funding, coordination of pre-award proposal review and tracking,

research

contracting, supervision of research integrity, developing and offering pre and post

award training,

research communications, and support of post-award problem solving for researchers.

Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (September 2010February 2011).

Responsible

for promotion and tenure and curricular review for college with 25 departments, schools,

centers, and

institutes in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural and Physical Sciences.

Department Chair Environmental Science and Management (2008 2010). Responsible for

personnel,

budget, curriculum, course scheduling, assessment, alumni relations, and development in

an academic

department with 40 academic staff, six research staff, approximately 100 graduate

students, two

centers and institutes, and one self support program with a budget of approximately $1.5

million per

year.

Faculty member Environmental Science and Management (1994 to present). Hired as research

assistant professor in Biology in 1994 and offered tenure-track position in Environmental

Science and

Management in 1998. Received tenure in 2004 and promoted to full professor in 2008.

Founded and

serve as director of the Center for Lakes and Reservoirs.

Research Associate, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland (2004

present).

Co-founder and co-director of the Aquatic Bioinvasion Research and Policy

Institute, a joint

effort between Portland State University and the Smithsonian Environmental Research

Center.

Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama (2008present).

Conduct

collaborative research on aquatic invasive species with STRI scientists in Panama.

Co-director, Marine Bioinvasion Education Consortium (2006present). Co-founder and co-

director

of a collaborative education program with the University of Tasmania, Victoria University

in

Wellington New Zealand, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and Portland State

University.

University of California Davis (19861992).

Doctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. Lars Anderson. Dissertation: Transpiration,

Nutrient

Limitation, and Resource Allocation in Myriophyllum aquaticum.

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Mark D. SytsmaPrincipal, Applied Ecology Consulting, LLC (1994present). Lake and aquatic invasive

species

management consulting. Major clients include the federal and regional government

agencies, private

lake management associations in Oregon and California, and state and local governments in

Washington.

Environmental Consultant, KCM, Inc (19921994). Lake management consultant in Oregon

and

Washington.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Outstanding Service Award, Oregon Chapter of The Wildlife Society. 2008.

Distinguished Service Award, Oregon Department of Agriculture. 2008.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS,

Davidson I, G. Ruiz, and M. Sytsma. 2006. Obsolete Vessel Biofouling and the Influence of

In-water

Cleaning: A Case Study of the Vessel ORION at the James River Reserve Fleet, Virginia. U.

S.

Maritime Administration, Washington D.C. 21 pp.

Davidson I, G. Ruiz, and M. Sytsma. 2006. Protocol for Sampling Commercial Vessel

Biofouling Using

a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). California State Lands Commission, Sacramento,

California.

Davidson I, G. Ruiz, M, Sytsma, P. Fofonoff, B. Mohammad, L. McCann, C. Zabin, and S.

Altman. 2006.

A Post-voyage Analysis of Hull Biofouling on the Vessels POINT LOMA and FLORENCE After

Transit from California to Texas. U. S. Maritime Administration, Washington D.C. 58 pp.

Davidson I, G. Ruiz, M. Sytsma, and P. Fofonoff. 2006. Hull Biofouling on the Vessels

POINT LOMA

and FLORENCE in the Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay, CA: A Pilot Study with Respect to

Potential

Transfer of Non-native Species. U. S. Maritime Administration, Washington D.C. 85 pp.

Davidson I, B. Mohammad, G. Ruiz, M. Sytsma. 2006. Examining Biofouling on the Vessel

NEMASKET

During Dismantling and Planning for Future Sampling Events in Brownsville, Texas. U. S.

Maritime

Administration, Washington D.C. 9 pp.

SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Co-authored proposal to merge Berry Botanic Garden with PSU

Established the Columbia River Aquatic Nuisance Species Initiative in collaboration with

the Ports of

Portland and Astoria and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden s office

Co-founded and chaired the Pacific Ballast Water Group

Established the Center for Lakes and Reservoirs at PSU

Established the PSU/ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Aquatic Bioinvasion

Research and

Policy Institute with Dr. Greg Ruiz

Co-founded the Conservation Technology Initiative at PSU with Dr. Lisa Zurk

Co-founded the Marine Biosecurity Education Consortium with the Smithsonian Environmental

Research

Center, University of Wellington-New Zealand, and University of Tasmania.

PROPOSALS IN REVIEW

Oregon harmful algae bloom surveillance program. Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.

$178,657

(total budget $369,380).

CURRENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTSOctober 201012

Mark D. Sytsma

Control of Spartina on Cox Island, Siuslaw Estuary, Oregon. 2010-2011. West Coast

Governors

Agreement on Ocean Health/Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. $20,000.

Field evaluation of the service life of foul-release coatings for Columbia River

biofouling. 2010-2011.

Bonneville Power Administration and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

$262,947.

Interaction of temperature and calcium on growth of quagga mussels. 2010-2011. Bonneville

Power

Administration and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. $172,186.

2010 Oregon Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan Implementation. US Fish and Wildlife

Service.

$75,393.

Pacific Northwest nutria management. 2010-2013. US Geological Survey, US Fish and

Wildlife Service.

$130,755.

Zebra/Quagga mussel plan implementation. 2010. US Fish and Wildlife Service. $31,106.

2010 Diamond Lake sampling. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, US Forest

Service, and

Partnership for Umpqua Rivers. $13,870.

Citizen science and drinking water quality. 2010-2011. Oregon Department of Environmental

Quality,

South Coast Watershed Council, and Siuslaw Watershed Council. $13,254.

Oregon Aquatic Plant Surveys, Outreach, and Management Planning in 2010-11. Oregon

Department of

Agriculture. $38,146.

Umpqua Lakes Aquatic Plant Surveys. Umpqua National Forest. 2008-2013. $20,427

Dreissenid monitoring in 2011. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, US Army Corps

of

Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration. $44,452.

Oregon Lake Water Quality Database. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. 2009-

2010.

$40,000.

Aquatic plant survey of southern Oregon lakes. 2010. US Bureau of Land Management.

$55,000.

Invasive aquatic plants and biosecurity plan for Micronesia. 2009-2010. Smithsonian

Environmental

Research Center and the Department of Defense/US Navy. $300,710.

Aquatic Invasive Species Vector Analysis. California Ocean Science Trust. 2008-2009.

$286,961. (Co-PI

with G. Ruiz, C. Zabin, and I. Davidson).

COMPLETED GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Dreissenid monitoring in 2010. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, US Army Corps

of

Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration. $45,000.

Survival and growth rate of dreissenid mussels in the Columbia River Basin. Bonneville

Power

Administration and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. 2009-2010. $162,431.

Oregon Aquatic Plant Surveys, Outreach, and Management Planning in 2009-10. Oregon

Department of

Agriculture. $41,854.

Greater Yellowstone Area Aquatic Invasive Species Survey and Database Development.

Carabou-

Targahee National Forest in 2009. $13,000.

Aquatic Invasive Species Survey in 2009. Teton County Conservation District. $10,000.

Oregon ANS Plan Implementation-09/10. US Fish and Wildlife Service. $71,389.

October 201013

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Development of monitoring priorities and an online database and implementation of

monitoring for

dreissenid mussels in California and Nevada. US Fish and Wildlife Service. 2008-2009

.

$73,597.

Spartina response plan for Alaska. NOAA.

2008-2009. $19,982.

A literature review of the feasibility of mitigating dreissenid mussel fouling in raw

water systems using

antifouling coatings. Bonneville Power Administration and Pacific States Marine Fisheries

Commission.

2008-2009. $35,652.

Risk assessment for dreissenid mussels in the Columbia Basin. Bonneville Power

Administration and

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. 2008-2009. $166,162.

Aquatic Invasive Species Survey. Teton County Weed and Pest District. 2008. $30,000.

Engaging citizen scientists in monitoring climate change. PSU Faculty Enhancement Grant.

2008-2009.

$7,480. Co-PI with C. deRivera, A. Yeakley, M. Dresner, and T. Rosenstiel.

Dreissenid monitoring in California. 2008. US Fish and Wildlife Service. 2007-2008.

$27,774.

Oregon ANS Plan and nutria management. 2008-2009. US Fish and Wildlife Service and US

Geological

Survey. $97,378.

Hull fouling: characterizing magnitude and risk of species transfers by recreational and

fishing vessels.

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. 2008-2009. $100,000 (Co-PI with Greg Ruiz and

Chela

Zabin).

Panama aquatic biology survey. PSU Aquatic Bioinvasion Research and Policy Institute

(self support)

2008-2009. (Co-Pi with Greg Ruiz and Mark Torchin).

Ballast water management in Saigon Port, Vietnam. 2008-2009. PSU Aquatic Bioinvasion

Research and

Policy Institute (Co-PI with Greg Ruiz and Tran Triet)

Siltcoos Lake water quality and macrophyte data acquisition for TMDL development, weed

management,

watershed assessment, and drinking water protection. Oregon Department of Environmental

Quality.

2008-2009

. $150,036.

Barney Reservoir monitoring plan and technical assistance. City of Hillsboro.

2007-2008.

$54,084. (Co-

PI with R. Annear, S. Wells, and C. Berger)

Conservation Technology Initiative. The Nature Conservancy and Portland State University.

2007-2012.

$512,282. (Co-PI with L. Zurk and J. McNames)

Aquatic Plant Surveys, Outreach, and Management Planning. Oregon Department of

Agriculture. 2007-

2008. $34,150.

State ANS Plan. US Fish and Wildlife Service. 2007-2008. $74,077

Aquatic Plant Manual for Alaska (supplement). US Fish and Widlife Service. 2007-2008.

$17,450.

Aquatic Plant Manual for Alaska. Alaska Department of Fish and Game. 2007-2008. $30,000.

Dreissenid Veliger Monitoring in California. California Department of Fish and

Game/Pacific States

Marine Fisheries Commission. 2007-2009. $80,000.

Dreissend Veliger Monitoring in the Columbia River. Bonneville Power Administration/

Pacific States

Marine Fisheries Commission. 2007-2008. $15,000.

Waldo Lake Limnology. US Forest Service. 2003 2008. $418,242. (Co-PI with Roy Koch,

Richard

Petersen, John Reuter, and Scott Wells)

Diamond Lake Water Quality Sampling. 2007 2008. US Forest Service. $51,367.

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Green crab control methods, Phase 2: Evaluating effectiveness and effects of Carcinus

maenas removal in

Bodega Harbor. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, NOAA, and Pacific States Marine

Fisheries

Commission. 2007 2008. $150,000. (Co-PI with C. deRivera and E. Grosholtz)

Hull Fouling Investigations. California State Lands Commission. 2007 2008. $125,000.

(with Ian

Davidson and Greg Ruiz).

Aquatic Weed Database. USGS Florida Integrated Science Center. 2006 2008. $45,000.

Road Ecology Course and Seminar Series. 2007 2009. Oregon Transportation Initiative.

$24,011.

New Zealand Mudsnail Outreach in the Deschutes Basin. 2007. National Fish and Wildlife

Foundation.

$14,979.

Biological Characterization of Stormwater Facilities. Phase 1. Clackamas County. 2007.

$45,000. (Co-PI

with Y. Pan and J. Maser)

Green crab control methods, Phase 1: Green crab control methods. Evaluating factors

important for

eradication of Carcinus maenas. NOAA and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

2006 2007.

$250,000. (Co-PI with C. deRivera and E. Grosholtz)

Dreissenid Veliger Monitoring and Identification. 2007. Metropolitan Water District.

$4,400.

Inventory and Mapping of Aquatic Plants at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. 2007.

US Park

Service. $10,000.

Dreissenid Monitoring in California. 2007. US Fish and Wildlife Service. $21,983.

Dreissenid veliger identification laboratory. USFWS/ Pacific States Marine Fisheries

Commission. 2006.

$12,144.

Hull Fouling Investigations. US Maritime Administration. Multiple contracts totaling

$112,727. (Co-PI

with Ian Davidson and Greg Ruiz)

Oregon ANS Plan Implementation. US Fish and Wildlife Service. 2006 2007. $67,600.

Hydrilla control program review and research priorities workshop. Western Regional Panel,

California

Dept. Fish and Game, California Depart. Food and Agriculture. $15,000.

Ballast Water Treatment Workshop. State of Alaska/Pacific States Marine Fisheries

Commission.

$17,751. (Co-PI with G. Ruiz).

Patterns and processes of species transfers on ship s hulls: assessing the effect of ship

type, operating

conditions, and hull husbandry on biofouling communities. Californa State Lands

Commission. $100,000.

(Co-PI with G. Ruiz and I. Davidson)

Spartina Response in Oregon. OR Dept. Agriculture. 2004 2005. $29,924.

Aquatic Nuisance Species Database. USFWS/Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. 2004-

2006.

$2500.

Mitten Crab Larvae Recruitment. USFWS/ Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. 2004

2005.

$31,084.

Mitten Crab and Ballast Water Sampling for Genetic Markers. US EPA. 2004 2005. $31,284.

Macrophyte Survey of Diamond Lake. USFS. 2004 2005. $12,983.

West coast regional ballast water reporting pilot project. Pacific States Marine

Fisheries Commission.

2004 2007. $251,893.

Fragment production and dispersal of cordgrass. San Francisco Estuary Institute. 2004

2005. $35,024

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Egeria densa Biology and Ecology in the San Francisco Bay-Delta. California Bay Delta

Authority. 2003

2005. $327,937.

Oregon ANS Plan implementation. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. 2003 2005.

$117,000.

Evaluation of the morphoedaphic index to infer pre-settlement total P concentration in

lakes. EPA and

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission. 2003 2005. $96,961.

Aquatic weed surveys in coastal lakes. Siuslaw National Forest. 2003 2005. $21,322.

Biological invasion of the Columbia River associated with shipping activities. US Coast

Guard. 2002

2005. $500,000.

Implementation of the Oregon Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan. US Fish and

Wildlife

Service. 2002 2006. $311,654.

Columbia River Aquatic Nuisance Species Survey. US Coast Guard and US Fish and Wildlife

Service.

2001 2006. $307,677.

Skamania County Aquatic Vegetation Management Planning. Skamania County, WA. $23,990.

Detection of Spartina spp. on the Oregon Coast. Oregon Department of Agriculture.

$21,647.

Aquatic vegetation management planning for Blue Lake. Oregon Department of Environmental

Quality

and METRO. $75,398.

Seasonal variation in carbohydrate concentration in Egeria densa. Washington Department

of Ecology.

$15,000.

Aquatic weed surveys in coastal lakes. Siuslaw National Forest. $18,000.

Review of Oregon Ballast Water Management Program Compliance and Efficacy. PSU Faculty

Development Grant and Columbia River Steamship Operators Association. $16,700.

TMDL Development for Clatsop Plains Lakes. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.

$164,500.

Mitten Crab Risk Assessment of West Coast Estuaries. Pacific States Marine Fisheries

Commission.

$50,000.

Egeria densa Biology and Impacts. Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation. $24,000.

Survey and Rapid Response Plan for Spartina in Oregon. Oregon Department of Agriculture.

$24,341.

Outreach and education on mitten crabs and zebra mussels. US Fish and Wildlife Service,

Pacific States

Marine Fisheries Commission, and Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation. 2004 2005.

$45,000.

Nutrient criteria for reservoirs in EPA Region 10. US EPA. $98,000.

Aquatic Invasive Species Management in the Columbia Basin. Bonneville Power

Administration/Pacific

States Marine Fisheries Commission. 2000-2001. $25,000.

Lake Inventory. US EPA. $50,000. US EPA and Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

2001.

$50,000.

Lake Nutrient Criteria Development. US EPA. 2000-2001. $75,000.

Propagule bank in Devils Lake. Devils Lake Water Improvement District. 2000-2001. $2,500.

Lake Nutrient Criteria Development. US EPA. 1999-2000. $59,878.

Lake Lytle Eurasian Watermilfoil Control-Year 2. 2001. Oregon Department of Agriculture.

$41,057.

Lake Lytle Eurasian Watermilfoil Control-Year 1. Oregon Department of Agriculture. 1999-

2000.

$12,822.

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Mitten Crab Education and Outreach. US Fish and Wildlife Service. 2000. $14,400.

Zebra Mussel Survey in Western USA. 2000. Fish and Wildlife Foundation. $17,000.

Technical Assistance in Management of Invasive Aquatic Plants. Oregon Department of

Agriculture.

2000-2001

. $50,000.

Phenology and Ecology of Egeria densa in

Oregon. Bureau of Land Management. 1999-2001.

$10,000.

A WWW-based Information Matrix for Aquatic Nuisance Species in the Western USA.

California

Department of Food and Agriculture. 1999-2000. $6,000.

Aquatic Vegetation in US Army Corps of Engineers Reservoirs. US Army Corps of Engineers.

1999

.

$18,540.

Center for Lakes and Reservoirs. Oregon. Watershed Enhancement Board. 2000-2001.

$135,000.

Integrated Aquatic Vegetation Management in Southern Oregon Irrigation Canals. Phase 2.

Talent

Irrigation District and US Bureau of Reclamation. 1999-2000. $31,130.

Citizen Lake Watch. Oregon DEQ. $75,000. 1998. (with Richard Petersen).

Laurance Lake Limnology and Management. Mt. Hood National Forest. 1998. $6,545.

Coordination of Aquatic Non-indigenous Species Management in Coastal Pacific and

Northwestern

States. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, California Department of Water

Resources, Oregon

Department of Agriculture, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, US Bureau of

Reclamation, and

Bonneville Power Authority. 1998-2001. $185,000.

Guide to Development of Aquatic Plant Management Plans. Governor s Watershed Enhancement

Board.

1999-2001. $42,288.

Citizen Lake Watch. Oregon DEQ. 1997-1998. $30,000 (with Richard Petersen) .

Integrated Aquatic Plant Management in Irrigation Systems. Talent Irrigation District and

U.S. Bureau of

Reclamation. 1998. $43,263.

Combination Treatment of Parrotfeather with Triclopyr and Fluridone. Washington

Commission on

Pesticide Registration. 1997-1998. $44,915.

Invasion and Genetic Structure of Nonnative Aquatic Plant Populations in Oregon Lakes.

PSU Faculty

Development Grant. $6,009.

Detection and Management of Hydrilla verticillata. Oregon Department of Agriculture. 1996-

1997.

$15,000.

Oregon Lake Watershed Watch. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. 1996-1997.

$78,000.

Fern Ridge Lake Citizen Monitoring. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 1995-1996. $5,650.

Bull Run Reservoir No. 2 Macrophyte Management. Portland Water Bureau. 1995-1996. $5,039.

Revegetation Study and Water Quality Analysis of Devils Lake. Devils Lake Water

Improvement

District. 1995-1996. $10,275.

Hydrilla Surveillance and Contingency Plan Development. Oregon Department of Agriculture.

1995.

$17,056.

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