CURRICULUM VITAE

NADINE ANNE BOPP

**** *. ****** ** #**** Chicago, IL 60613

773-***-**** acbaie@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

MLA Landscape Architecture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge,

Louisiana December 1994. Thesis topic: From the Garden to the Drawing

Board: Women's Entry into Landscape Architecture.

MS Parks and Recreation Administration. University of Missouri, Columbia,

Missouri. Thesis topic: Interpretive Masterplan for Emmenegger Nature

Park.

BA Biology/Ecology. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, December

1975.

WORK EXPERIENCE

College/University Faculty:Positions

Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL

Part-time Faculty, September 1995 to present. Teaching Ecology and Human

Affairs, Urban Geography and, Science Technology Society in a private

urban, commuter art, design, and communications college. The Environmental

Science course explains the principles of ecology and the need to balance

the technosphere with the ecosphere. This course emphasizes the inter-

relatedness of the natural world and the built environment. It endeavors to

enhance the ability of the student to use and understand the natural

processes and conditions in relation to their work and how consumerism

affects the environment. Urban Geography: the Evolution of Cities and

Science Technology and Society from Fall 2004.

The School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL

Adjunct Assistant Professor September 1996 to present. Teaching in the

Liberal Arts and AIADO Depts. Botany: The Plant Science. The course covers

the physiological, functional, chemical, spiritual and aesthetic aspects of

plants. Also included is the link between plants and humankind within the

context of art, design. Topics in Environmental Science and Urban

Geography: The Study of Cities. A study of city development and planning

including international and American cities. Topics covered include

location, environment, transportation, architecture, ethnicity,

immigration, sustainability, social, political and economic factors,

business and industrial zoning and the gentrification and cycling of

neighborhoods. Green Map Project: mapping Chicago neighborhood-by-

neighborhood to document sites that promote sustainable living. The Green

Map project is an international project; see: www.greenmap.org and link to

the school's web site at www.artic.edu/webspaces/greenmap. Studio course in

Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects Dept on Green

Materials. A studio course that reviews sustainable materials and systems

for interiors, buildings and products for construction, landscape, fashion,

sculpture, fiber and fine arts.

DePaul University, School for New Learning, Chicago, IL

Visiting Faculty, January 1998 to present. Teaching courses in Urban

Ecology, Botany, Science, Technology and Society. New classes The Value of

Plants: Global Agricultural Economics, Urban Geography and Principles of a

Sustainable Lifestyle in the adult Bachelor's' degree program.

Harrington School of Design, Chicago, IL

Part-time Faculty. September 2004 to 2006. Sustainable Design. This course

that investigates green design, materials and systems in interior

architecture. The studio component includes product research and

specification writing. Sustainable design insures healthy environments for

building users and manufacturing facilities while maintaining safe

extraction and production processes of all building materials. Water

conservation, energy efficiency, smart lighting, IAQ, fast renewables,

ergonomics and recycled content are some areas addressed in this course.

Triton College, River Grove, IL

Part-time faculty. Horticulture Dept. Jan 2013 to present..

Online/distance teaching with blackboard certification. Teaches courses in

the areas of sustainable horticulture and landscape design. Intro to

Horticulture.

Landscape Architecture/Professional Practice:

Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL

Landscape Operations Supervisor, Southeast Region Feb--Sep 2000

Responsible for all landscape design and maintenance in 124 parks on the

city's south side. Supervision of 103 full and part time employees, budget,

capital improvement, equipment purchasing, scheduling, design and special

events.

Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Chicago, IL

Environmental Planner November 1995 to Aug 1999. Development of a strategic

comprehensive management plan for the District's 67,700 acre (urban)

natural resource. This project was funded through the USDA Forest Service

and the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service. Included are a needs assessment,

public involvement/input methodology, historical overview and policy

recommendations. Working with existing volunteer organizations, developing

new volunteer partnerships and municipal/county collaborations.

Collaborating with federal, state and local public/private open space

agencies on policy, funding and implementation. Incorporating GIS as a tool

to augment natural areas management decisions. ADA assessments and its

impact on the resource, and the role of ecological research on current

values and uses (recreation, education and outreach).

Landscape Design Consultant, Chicago, IL

February 1995 to present. Consultation and design of residential and small

commercial projects in the Chicago metro area. Client contact, inventory,

base plan development, design, estimating, materials procurement and

installation supervision of subcontractors

Philip Moser and Associates, Baton Rouge, LA

Landscape Architect, March, 1994 to September 1994. Site layout and design

of residential and commercial properties. Drafting base plans and

construction drawings. Rendering and development of presentation designs.

Estimating designs and budget consideration

Barefoot Designs Landscaping Columbia, Missouri

Owner March 1984 to August 1991. Owned and operated a landscape

design/build firm. Employed seasonal employees. Performed all aspects of

the landscape business including: design, construction, sales, management,

accounting, and a greenhouse operation for perennials, herbs, and ground

covers. Business included small commercial, residential, new construction,

renovations, contemporary and historic landscapes.

Wilkerson Nursery Columbia, Missouri

Greenhouse Supervisor/Garden Center Manager March 1983 to May 1986

Hiring and supervising greenhouse and nursery seasonal personnel.

Purchasing plants, seeds and disposable greenhouse supplies. Responsible

for pesticide management and training. Purchase plants, chemicals, and

fertilizers for the garden center/nursery. Responsible for weekly payroll,

daily receipts, advertising, promotions, seasonal displays, and a Holiday

Store.

Science and Research:

University of Missouri, Grant Positions:

Surgery Department

Ellis Fischel Cancer Center Research Specialist June 1990 to August 1991.

To develop an effective alternate therapy for colorectal cancer by means of

hyperthermic liver perfusion. Research methods include small animal

surgery, bioassays for Fe, GSH, conjugated dienes, aldehydes, the

measurement of hydrocarbons, ethane and pentane using gas chromatography,

data analysis, computer documentation, and reviewing recent research

journals for new developments in this area.

Agronomy Department, Corn Genetics

Research Specialist February 1981 to May 1982. Maintenance of an up-to-

date mutant collection of over 1000 single loci gene mutants. Assist in

research projects such as the defective kernel mutants, lesion mutants,

ring chromosome studies, BA translocations for locating gene loci, and

allelism studies. Hire and supervise three to nine part-time employees in

the lab and in the field. Edit grant proposals and to make suggestions for

further corn genetics studies.

Division of Nephrology, UMC Medical School

Sr. Research Lab Technician January 1978 to October 1979. Small animal

surgery, micro and macro bioassays, electron microscopy, radio isotope

bioassays, statistical analysis and supervision of medical student

physiological projects. Area of research: causes of acute renal failure

due to a chemotherapeutic drug under NIH investigation (cis Platinum).

Animal Science Research Center, Poultry Nutrition Columbia, Missouri

Lab Technician August 1976 to January 1978. Nutrition studies on wood duck

metabolism while feeding a diet of natural seeds; using the bomb

calorimeter, amino acid analyzer, and computing statistical analysis.

Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife

Wildlife Biologist, Field Data Collection June 1975 to December 1975.

Identify and count prairie songbirds on a 120-acre tract of Conservation

Department land in Redman, Missouri for a Ph.D. candidate research project.

INTERNSHIPS

Columbia Parks and Recreation Department, Parks Maintenance Dept, Columbia,

Missouri September, 1977 to December 1977. General park maintenance,

landscaping, construction, payroll, bookkeeping, and mechanical repairs.

City of Springfield, Human Relations Department, Springfield, Missouri,

June, 1977 to August, 1977. Literature search into duplication of services

and an integration solution to alleviate such duplication.

Hilltop Arboretum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana August, 1992 to May 1993.

Maintenance of arboretum grounds, special projects, liaison with volunteer

group Friends of Hilltop, teaching classes in horticultural practices to

volunteers, and annual fund raising plant sale.

COMPETITIONS and AWARDS

First Place Team: USDA Forest Service Design Competition, January 1992

Third Place Team: Battery Park World Trade Center Design Competition, March

1993

Graham Foundation, Chicago, IL North Lakeshore Dr Re-design Competition

entry with Odile Conpagnon 2004

Presidents Urban Engagement Grant, SAIC, Greening Kuumba Lynx, Aug 2009

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Landscape Exhibit, Art in Bloom, New Orleans Art Museum, May, 1993

Judge, New Orleans Botanic Garden, Annual Garden Show, April 1994

Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Uptown Project, Chicago January, 1995

Member, 49th Ward Long Range Planning Committee, Chicago, August, 1995

Participant, 46th Ward Parking Task Force, Chicago, October 1997

Lincoln School CPS, Green Roof Design Charette Facilitator, Spt 2004

Green Zone, Collaboration with The School of the Art Institute and the City

of Chicago, Jan 2005

IL Green Party, candidate for Commissioner for Cook County Metropolitan

Water Reclamation District, Nov 2008 and, Nov 2010

Judge, Hillels Around Chicago (HAC, a Jewish student organization) Green

Menorrah Contest at Columbia College Chicago, Dec 2007, 2008

Presenter,"An Eco-friendly Re-hab for Your Home". Uptown Eco-Fest St

John's Assyrian Church, Chicago Il . April 2008

Design Charette:RE-design Wilson Yard TIF, concentrated low-income housing

to mixed-use and International Market. Project for the Uptown Neighborhood

Organization Mar 2011

46th Ward Aldermanic planning committee, proposal for transit-mixed use

Uptown-Downtown

June 2011

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Women in Planning and Development Chicago

Chicago Design Consortium

ADPSR, Chicago Chapter (Architects, Designers and Planners for Social

Responsibility

US Green Building Council Chicago Chapter, Board Member Mar 2003- November

2004 (Secretary Mar 2003 - Jan 2004) Research/Education Committee.

Architects for Humanity, Chicago Chapter "Development of Newstand

Competition"

PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES

Columbia College Chicago, Apr, 1996 English Department Lecture Series:

"The Landscape and Feminist Literature: Woman as Landscape Designer"

Natural Areas Conference, St. Charles, IL Oct, 1996, "Natural Resource

Planning In the Forest Preserve District of Cook County: The Infrastructure

Paradigm"

Citizens Advisory Council, Forest Preserves of Cook County, River Forest,

and IL Dec 1997 "Historical Overview of Conservation, Preservation and

Restoration in the Forest Preserves."

Design for the 21st Century, Providence, RI, June, 2000 "Development of

Chicago's 'Greenside' Map: The Process."

EPA/HUD Conference on Sustainable Cities, Chicago, Aug 2001 " Green Map

Project, Mapping Sustainability"

Green Map 10th Anniversary Celebration, NYC, June 2002, Exhibit of Chicago

Greenside Maps Chinatown, Bucktown /Wicker Park, and Old Town/Cabrini Green

Grace Slovet and William Bronson Mitchell Lecture Series in Interior

Architecture, School of the Art Institute, Oct 2002, "Sustainability: The

Designer's Role"

AIA Committee on the Environment, Chicago Chapter, February 2003, "Green

Architecture Education"

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Version >03 Mar 2003 Panel Discussion

"Open Source Life Project"

US Green Building Council Chicago Chapter, Oct, 2003, "Sustainability,

Green

Mapping and LEED"

Harrington College of Design, Student Green Club, Feb 2004. "Sustainable

Design and Green Materials for Interiors"

Design for the 21st Century-Universal Design, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec

2004 "The All-Inclusive: Green Design; A Sustainability Model in Support

of Human and Environmental Health

Preservation Pros: A Symposium Promoting Diversity in the Field of Historic

Preservation, SAIC Historic Preservation Program, Chicago, April 2005

Historic Landscapes: Preservation Planning, The Design Process

Speaker, Chicago Public Radiio, Growing Forward Series with Alison Cuddy,

"Urban Land Use in Chicago Neighborhoods". Mar, 2008

Research and Script Development "The Chinese Garden" Backstar Creative

Media. Chicago, IL. Mar 2008

Shurz Public Library, Chicago, IL "Implementing Green Technologies and

Future Decentralization Strategies for the MWRD" July, 2008

"Greening Clarendon Park", Chicago, IL, Presentation to Park Officials and

Northside state and local politicians, Jun, 2009

CAPOW, Facing Our Water Crisis Conference Presenter, (Chicagoans Against

Privatization of Water) "Decentralization: Wastewater Treatment History,

Bio-solids to Energy Technologies" Loyola University, Chicago April 2011

CAN TV, video of CAPOW presentation, May-Jun 2011

PAPERS/PUBLICATIONS

FILM/PHOTOGRAPHY/ART

Barro, Susan C. and Nadine Anne Bopp, 1996. "What People Think About

Ecological Restoration and Related Concepts: A First Look" Proceedings 23rd

Annual Natural Areas Conference

Bopp, Nadine Anne. 1996. ASLA Bulletin. Chicago Chapter "The Chicago

Three."

Cavalcade Communications Production, Chicago 1997, Archival Photographic

Research for a video entitled "Cook County Forest Preserves."

Part-time Faculty Exhibit, Columbia College, December, 1997 Black and White

Photography. Industrial site as sculpture, titled "Neighbors"

'Earth Escapes Landscapes', Group Exhibit North Lakeshore Cultural Center,

Chicago June-July, 1998, Mixed media installation of environmental art,

titled on my list of things to do."

'Urban Space and Place', Butcher Shop Gallery, Chicago, April 2000.

Installation and Information Board for the Green Map Project Group Exhibit

"Foot Featish" Slinkey Neck Gallery, Chicago May/Jun 2001. Solo exhibition

of 45 color and black and white photos and installation work

Green Map 10th Anniversary Celebration, NYC, June 2002, Exhibit of Chicago

Greenside Maps Chinatown, Bucktown /Wicker Park, and Old Town/Cabrini Green

Chicago Reader "A Map is a Voice" by Harold Henderson Our Town Series Vol

37 Nov 2007

Chicago Tribune Chicago Greenmapping by Seka Paluka Jan 27, 2008

fNews 'Urban Data Detectives' by Justyna Palka and Jonathan Yorker. Apr

2008

Journal of the American Planning Association, book review for Peter

Droegge's book "Renewable City; A Comprehensive Guide to an Urban

Revolution" Vol 74 Wtr 2008

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