Lisa A. Schulte Brief Resume (** August ****)

Iowa State University, Natural Resource Ecology & Management, 339 Science II, Ames, IA 50011

Phone: 515-***-****; Email: abqe7h@r.postjobfree.com; Web: www.nrem.iastate.edu/landscape

Education

Ph.D. in Forestry (emphasis in landscape ecology), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2002

M.S. in Biology (emphasis in avian ecology), University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1996

B.S. in Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1993

Positions

Associate Professor, 2009 present, Iowa State University, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and

Management, Ames, IA

Visiting Associate Professor, 2010-2011, University of Minnesota, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems

Engineering and Institute on the Environment, St. Paul, MN

Assistant Professor, 2003 2009, Iowa State University, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and

Management, Ames, IA

Postdoctoral Associate, 2002 2003, USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Grand Rapids, MN

Associate Lecturer of Biology, 1997 1998, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI

Biology Instructor, 1997, Western Michigan University, St. Joseph, MI

Selected Publications (55 publications total; 19 as lead author; 40 peer-reviewed)

Atwell, R. C., L. A. Schulte and L. M. Westphal. 2011. Tweak, adapt, or transform: policy scenarios in response

to emerging bioenergy markets in the U.S. Corn Belt. Ecology and Society 16: 10. [online]

Brown, P.W., and L.A. Schulte. 2011. Agricultural landscape change (1937-2002) in three townships in Iowa,

USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 100: 202-212.

Rickenbach, M.G., L.A. Schulte, D.B. Kittredge, W.G. Labich, and D.J. Shinneman. 2011. Cross-boundary

cooperation: a mechanism for sustaining ecosystem goods and services from private lands. Journal of Soil

and Water Conservation 66:91A-96A

Schmidt, N., M. O Neal, and L.A. Schulte Moore. 2011. Effects of grassland habitat and plant nutrients on

soybean aphid and natural enemy populations. Environmental Entomology 40:260-272.

Tyndall, J.C., L.A. Schulte, R.B. Hall, and K.R. Grubh. 2011. Woody biomass in the U.S. Cornbelt?

Constraints and opportunities in the supply. Biomass and Bioenergy 35:1561-1571.

Atwell, R.C., L.A. Schulte, and L.M. Westphal. 2010. How to build multifunctional agricultural landscapes in

the U.S. Corn Belt: add perennials and partnerships. Land Use Policy 27:1082-1090.

Berges, S.A., L.A. Schulte, T.M. Isenhart, and R.C. Schultz. 2010. Bird species diversity in riparian buffers,

row crop fields, and grazed pastures within agriculturally dominated watersheds. Agroforestry Systems

79:97-110.

Knoot, T.G., L.A. Schulte, and M. Rickenbach. 2010. Oak conservation on private forestlands: negotiating a

complex socio-ecological landscape. Environmental Management 45:155-164.

Schulte, L., J. Donahey, L. Gran, T. Isenhart, and J. Tyndall. 2010. People in Ecosystems/Watershed Integra-

tion (PE/WI): a dynamic watershed tool for linking agroecosystem outputs to land use and land cover.

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation: 65:33A-36A.

Atwell, R.C., L.A. Schulte, and L.M. Westphal. 2009. Landscape, community, and countryside: linking bio-

physical and social scales in U.S. Corn Belt conservation initiatives. Landscape Ecology 24:791 806.

Gass, R.J., M. Rickenbach, L.A. Schulte, and K. Zeuli. 2009. Cross-boundary coordination on forested land-

scapes: Investigating alternatives for implementation. Environmental Management 43:107-117.

Knoot, T.G., L.A. Schulte, N. Grudens-Schuck, and M. Rickenbach. 2009. The changing social landscape in

the Midwest: A boon for forestry and bust for oak? Journal of Forestry 107:260-270.

Rayburn, A.P., and L.A. Schulte. 2009. Integrating historic and contemporary data to delineate remnant natural

areas within agricultural landscapes. Natural Areas Journal 24:4-14.

Rayburn, A.P., and L.A. Schulte. 2009. Landscape change in an agricultural watershed in the U.S. Midwest.

Landscape and Urban Planning 93:132-141.

Schulte, L.A., M. Rickenbach, and L.C. Merrick. 2008. Ecological and economic benefits of cross-boundary

coordination among private forest owners. Landscape Ecology 23:481-496.

Selected Grants ($3,921,107 in total grants; $978,159 as lead-PI)

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Ecology Initiative, 2010; Transitioning to ecologically functional

production systems; $116,131 (co-PI)

USDA CSREES Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Managed Ecosystems, 2009; Influence of alternative

biomass cropping systems on short-term ecosystem processes; $499,250 (co-PI)

USDA CSREES Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Managed Ecosystems, 2009; Learning and teaching

with experimental watersheds: valuation of ecosystems services in mixed annual-perennial agroecosystems;

$499,833 (co-PI)

USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Research Initiative, 2009; Mixing reconstructed prairie with

cropland to balance food and biofuel production with environmental quality; $174,722 (co-PI)

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Ecology Initiative Grant, 2008; Agronomic, environmental, and

economic performance of alternative biomass cropping systems; $91,153 (lead-PI)

The Nature Conservancy, 2008; Establishing restoration baselines for the Loess Hills region; $60,000 (lead-PI)

Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Ecology Initiative Grant, 2006; The impact of biodiversity services in

rowcrop production in annual versus perennial landscapes; $71,210 (co-PI)

Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research Grant, 2006; Using the past to create a sustainable future

for agriculture: The impact of federal farm policy on environmental and social landscape change in Iowa;

$10,000 (lead-PI)

USDA Forest Service North Central Research Station Grant, 2004; Invasibility and restoration of oak ecosystems

in the Midwest Driftless Area; $142,644 (lead-PI)

USDA Forest Service USDA Forest Service Eastern Regional Office Grant, 2003; Ecological, social, and

economic implications of the changing composition and structure of forest ecosystems in the Great Lakes

Region; $50,000 (lead-PI)

Selected Honors and Awards

Member of the Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy of Iowa, 2010-2012

Coordinating Editor for Landscape Ecology, 2010-present

Team Achievement Award Organizational from Iowa State University Extension, 2009

Editor s Choice Award from the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2008

Elected Member of the Governing Board, U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology,

2006, 2008

Teaching Award of Merit from the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture, 2007

Early Achievement in Teaching Award from Iowa State University s College of Agriculture, 2007

Most Beloved Professor, Iowa State University Fish and Wildlife Biology Club, 2006

Committee on Inter-institutional Cooperation WISE Student Travel Award, National Science Foundation, 2000

Professional Enhancement Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Michigan State

University, 1999

Women In Science and Engineering Leadership and Travel Award, National Science Foundation, 1999

Carl S. Schildt Scholarship for Excellence in Biology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1993

Professional Memberships: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association for Women in

Science, Ecological Society of America, International Association for Landscape Ecology, Society of American

Foresters

Selected Collaborators: Cynthia Cambardella (USDA ARS), Neal Feeken (TNC), Glenn Guntenspergen

(USGS), Rick Hall (Iowa State), Arne Hallam (Iowa State), Emily Heaton (Iowa State), Matt Helmers (Iowa

State), Jason Hill (U. Minnesota), Kirsten Hofmockel (Iowa State), Tom Isenhart (Iowa State), Randy Kolka

(US Forest Service), Ken Moore (Iowa State), Brian Palik (US Forest Service), Mark Rickenbach (U.

Wisconsin-Madison), Tracy Twine (U. Minnesota), Lynne Westphal (US Forest Service)

Graduate Students: Ryan Atwell (Ph.D. 2008), Paul Brown (Ph.D. 2008), Rachael Cox Ohde (M.S. X 12),

Katharyn (Derr) Lang (M.S. 2006), Dustin Farnsworth (M.S. 2009), Kumudan Grubh (M.S. 2010), Drake

Larsen (M.S. 2011), Tricia Knoot (Ph.D. 2008), Anna MacDonald (M.S. X 12), Erik Mottl (M.S. 2007), Todd

Ontl (Ph.D. X 12), Andrew Rayburn (M.S. 2006), Eddie Shea (M.S. X 13)

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