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John McCarty

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Current Position

Professor of Biology

Director of the Environmental Studies Program

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John McCarty

Department of Biology

Allwine Hall

University of Nebraska at Omaha

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Omaha, NE 68182-0040

Office: 422G Allwine Hall

Lab: 103 Allwine Hall

Ph: 402.554.2849

jmccarty@unomaha.edu

Education

Ph.D. Cornell University, Field of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1995

Dissertation Title: Effects of Short-term Changes in Environmental Conditions on the Foraging Ecology and Reproductive Success of Tree Swallows, Tachycineta bicolor. Major Professor: Dr. David W. Winkler.

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B.Sc. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Zoology, 1987

Senior Thesis Title: Diel Periodicity of Movement and Feeding of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin. Advisor: Dr. John Magnuson.

Awards, Honors, Leadership Activities

Elected Member, American Ornithologists' Union, 2012 auk

2014 University of Nebraska Omaha Excellence in Teaching Award

2013-2014 Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Arts and Sciences, UNO

2011-2012 College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Research Award, UNOcupola

Governing Council, Association of Field Ornithologists (2010-2013)

Board of Directors, Ornithological Council (2010-2013) OC

Certified Senior Ecologist - Ecological Society of America (2008- )ESA

Board of Trustees, The Nature Conservancy - Nebraska (2004 - )

2004 - Fellow, Aldo Leopold Leadership Program

2002 - Fellow, Center for Great Plains Studies

2001 - Fellow, University of Nebraska Graduate Faculty

2000 - AAAS Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship

1998 - AAAS Science Policy Fellowship

1995 - Award for Excellence in Teaching, Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University

1988-93 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

1990-91 Cooper Ornithological Society Student Membership Award

1988 - A.D. White Fellowship, Cornell University

Professional Affiliations

August 2001 to Present: University of Nebraska Omaha

August 2008-June 2009: Visiting Scientist, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, University of Oslo, Norway

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Adjunct Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln School of Natural Resources NU

Sept. 2000 - Aug. 2001: AAAS Roger Revelle Fellow, USDA Forest Service, Research, Washington Office.USFS

June 1998 - July 2001: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park. UMD

Sept. 1998 - Aug. 2000: AAAS Science and Engineering Fellow, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.EPA

June 1996-May 1998: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Zoology, University of Florida. seal

Aug. 1995- Aug. 1996: Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Brockport.Brockport

Summers 1994-1995: Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, Cortland, NY.USFW

Professional Societies

Ecological Society of America ESA

American Ornithologists' Union auk

Cooper Ornithological Society Cooper

Association of Field Ornithologists AFO

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) AAAS

American Institute for Biological Sciences (AIBS)

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Research and Publications

Please see my research pages to learn about my research interests lab

To learn about the work I have completed, see my page of publications publish

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