|| EDUCATION
- Ph. D. Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
2001
- M.S. Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
1996
- B.S. Landscape Contracting
Mississippi State University
1992
|| SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor
Mississippi State University
2005-present
- Principal Consultant
Land Restoration Associates
San Diego, CA.
2000-2005
- Adjunct faculty
Southwestern College
Chula Vista, CA.
2001-2003
- Biological Monitor
Level 3 Fiber optic cable installation
Santa Barbara
2000
Co., CA. Chambers Group, Irvine, CA.
- Research Fellow
Department of Biological Sciences
Mississippi State
1997-2000
University.
- Teaching Assistant
Department of Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
1994-1996
- Research Assistant
Institute for Botanical Exploration and Entergy
1993-1996
Corp., Sessums, MS and Redfield, AR.
|| CONTINUING EDUCATION
- January 2005
Aridlands Invasives Network Workshop,
a Nature Conservancy workshop on sampling methods used to determine change over time in plant communities.
Irvine, CA.
- June 2002
Restoring Mycorrhizal Comunities,
a SERCAL workshop detailing mycorrhizal methods.
Santa Catalina Island, CA.
- April 2000
Introduction to ARCVIEW Short Course,
East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, MS.
Certified ARCVIEW training instructor.
- January 1999
Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data Short Course
University of South Bohemia
Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
- April 1998
Prescribed Burning Short Course
Mississippi State University Department of Forest Resources
Certified burn manager, State of Mississippi.
|| PUBLICATIONS
- Weiher, E., S. Forbes, T. Schauwecker, J.B. Grace. 2004.
Multivariate control of plant species richness and community biomass in blackland prairie.
Oikos 106:151-159
- Peacock, E. and T. Schauwecker, eds. 2003.
Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Culture, Nature and Sustainability,
348 pp. University of Alabama Press.
- Forbes, S., T. Schauwecker, and E. Weiher. 2001.
Rarefaction does not eliminate the species richness - biomass relationship in calcareous blackland prairies.
Journal of Vegetation Science 12: 525-532.
|| UNPUBLISHED REPORTS
- Schauwecker, T. J. 2001.
Plant community response to disturbance and assembly rules at a blackland prairie restoration site. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University.
- Schauwecker, T. J. 1996.
A comparison of blackland prairie relicts in Arkansas and Mississippi. M. S. Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University.
- Schauwecker, T. J. 1996.
Final report of coal-ash landfill reclamation project. ENTERGY Corporation, Redfield, Arkansas.
- Moore, J. E., M. Hutto and T. Schauwecker.
Model curricula for training managers and facility operators in the business enterprise program: a resource guide.
Mississippi State, MS: MSU Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision,1993.
|| PRESENTATIONS
- Man-Bourdon, A. and T.J. Schauwecker. 2006.
An examination of the phytoremediation process and its incorporation into the redesign of a creosote curing facility in Columbus, Mississippi. ACSA 2006 Midwest Regional Conference.
- Peacock, E. and T. Schauwecker. 2003.
Introduction: The Nature, Culture, And Sustainability of Blackland Prairies. In Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Culture, Nature, and Sustainability, Peacock, E. and Schauwecker, T. eds., pp. 1-10. University of Alabama Press.
- Schauwecker, T. and J. MacDonald. 2003.
Blackland prairie plant communities of northeast Mississippi: Composition, threatened species and assemblage response to disturbance. In Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Culture, Nature, and Sustainability, Peacock, E. and Schauwecker, T. eds., pp. 246-253. University of Alabama Press.
- Peacock, E. and T. Schauwecker. 2003.
Conclusion: Theory and Applications in the Study of Human/Nature Interactions. In Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Culture, Nature, and Sustainability, Peacock, E. and Schauwecker, T. eds., pp. 279-283. University of Alabama Press.
- Schauwecker, T. 2001.
Ordination methods for tracking trends in assemblage composition and determining the success of restoration projects. Annual Meeting of the Society for Ecological Restoration, California Chapter, San Diego, California.
- Schauwecker, T. and E. Weiher. 2001.
Assembly rules in Blackland Prairies. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin.
- Schauwecker, T. and E. Weiher. 2000.
Plant community response to fire, mowing, and seeding at a Blackland prairie restoration site in northeast Mississippi. Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- Schauwecker, T. and E. Weiher. 1999.
Gradient analysis and community null models in blackland prairies. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Spokane, Washington.
- Schauwecker, T. 1999.
Canonical Correspondence Analysis as a tool to determine treatment effects in experimental restoration projects. Multivariate analysis of ecological data short course, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
- Schauwecker, T. 1998.
Blackland prairie floristics and restoration methods. Department of Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi .
