CURRICULUM VITAE-SHORT FORM

 

CHRISTOPHER F. SACCHI

Department of Biology

Kutztown University

Kutztown PA 19530

(610) 683-4314 (Office) and (610) 683-4854 (FAX)

e-mail: sacchi@kutztown.edu

 

EDUCATION

1982-1987       Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona.  Ph.D. in Biological Sciences.  Dissertation title "Reproductive ecology of the arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis."  Dissertation Advisor, Peter W. Price.

1981-1982       The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.  Doctoral student in Zoology (Ecology).

1978-1980       Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.  M.S. in Zoology (Ecology).

1973-1977       Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut.  B.S. Cum Laude in Biology.

 

POSITIONS HELD

 

1998-Present   Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA.

1996-1998       Executive Director, The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff AZ and Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University.

1988-1996       Curator, University of Virginia's Orland E. White Arboretum at Blandy Ex­perimental Farm, Boyce VA and

                        Assistant (1988-1995) and Associate Professor (1995-1996)-General Faculty, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.

1985-86,'87     Faculty Associate, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.

1982-1987       Research Assistant, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.  Research on: 1) factors important in structuring herbivorous insect communities and 2) willow demography.

1981-1982       Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, The University of Maryland, College Park.

1980-1981       Science and Math Specialist, U.S. Department of Education - Special Serv­ices Program for Educationally Disadvantaged Students, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, New Jersey.

 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND HONORS

 

1973                New York State Regents Scholarship award recipient.

1984                Nominated for associate membership in Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.  Admitted as full member to University of Virginia chapter of Sigma Xi (1992).

1986                ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Foundation Scholar­ship Recipient.

1986                Honorable Mention for the Murray F. Buell Award for student papers presented at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.

1987-88           Research Associate, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona.

 

SERVICE

Professional:

Annual              Referee activities  NSF - Ecology (2-3 Proposals per year 1990-1998).  Institute of Museum Services General Operating Support program - 8 grants per year (1994-1998).  Reviews for the journals:  Ecology, American Midland Naturalist, Journal of Vegetation Science, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Conservation Biology.  Middle School and High School Science Fair Judge: 2 per year

1995,1996       National Science Foundation - Review Panel Member for the Conservation and Restoration Biology Program in the Division of Environmental Biology.

2000, 2003      National Science Foundation-Review Panel Member for DUE-CCLI Program

1993-95,00-02                        Judge for Buell and Braun Awards for the best student presentations at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting

 

GRANTS AND PROPOSALS

C.F. Sacchi, W. Ryan, C. Mapes and A. Zayaitz–NSF-DUE 0126817: Integrated study of environmental effects on organisms (June 2002-June 2004) $74,812.

C.F. Sacchi, W. Ryan, C. Mapes, W. Towne, and A. Zayaitz–NSF-DUE 9952337: Biology Lab Adaptation and Digital Imaging Technology (January 2000-June 2002) $59,289.

Nineteen other proposals successfully funded through private foundations, Sigma Xi, the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services, USDA, and NSF.

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Sacchi, C., A. Zayaitz, W. Ryan, W. Towne, and C. Mapes.  2002. Integrating Digital Imaging Technology in the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum.  Syllabus 15(11) 30-31.

Sacchi, C.F. and E.F. Connor. 1999.  Reproductive and architectural compensatory responses in flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, following attack by the dogwood club gall, Reselliela clavula.  Oikos 86:138-146.

 

ProvisionalAcceptance: Johnson, L.M.K. and C.F. Sacchi.  The influence of geographic variation on plant reproductive traits in a native ornamental species, Lobelia cardinalis.  International Journal of Plant Science. (Provisionally accepted Spring 2002)

 

IN PREP          Maschinski, J., J. Baggs, and C.F. Sacchi.  Seed Germination and Seedling Survival of an Endangered Limestone Endemic in its Natural Habitat and in Experimental Reintroduction Sites.  For submission to Ecological Applications or American Journal of Botany.

 

IN PREP          Sacchi, C.F.  Genetic and environmental causes of seed size variation in the arroyo willow, Salix lasiolepis.  For submission to Oikos.

 

Publications Prior to 1998

Fritz, R.S., C.F. Sacchi, and P.W. Price.  1986.  Competition versus host plant phenotype in species composition: willow sawflies.  Ecology 67:1608-1618.

 

Sacchi, C.F.  1987.  Variability in dispersal ability of common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L., seeds.  Oikos 49:191-198.

 

Fritz, R.S., W.S. Gaud, C.F. Sacchi, and P.W. Price.  1987.  Patterns of intra and inter­specific association of gall forming sawflies in relation to shoot size on their willow host plant.  Oecologia 73: 159-169.

 

Fritz, R.S., W.S. Gaud, C.F. Sacchi, and P.W. Price.  1987.  Variation in herbivore density among host plants and its consequences for community structure: field studies on willow sawflies.  Oecologia 72:577-588.

 

Sacchi, C.F. and P.W. Price.  1988.  Pollination in the arroyo willow: role of insects and wind.  American Journal of Botany 75: 1387-1393.

 

Sacchi, C.F., P.W. Price, T.P. Craig, J.K. Itami.  1988.  Impact of shoot galler attack on reproduction in the arroyo willow.  Ecology 69: 2021-2030.

 

Craig, T.P., P.W. Price, K.M. Clancy, G.L. Waring, and C.F. Sacchi.  1988.  Forces prevent­ing coevolution in the three trophic level system: willow, a gall forming herbivore and parasitoid.  Pages 57-80.  IN K. Spencer (ed.) Chemical mediation of coevolu­tion. Academic Press, NY.

 

Sacchi, C.F.  The nature and role of research at botanic gardens.  1991.  Public Garden 6 (3): 33 - 35.

 

Bowers, M. A. and C. F. Sacchi.  1991.  Fungal mediation of a plant-herbivore interaction in an early successional plant community.  Ecology 72: 1032-1037.

 

Sacchi, C.F. and P.W. Price.  1992.  Factors influencing seedling establishment in Salix lasiolepis, (arroyo willow).  American Journal of Botany 79: 395 - 405.

 

Stein, S., P.W. Price, W.G. Abrahamson, and C.F. Sacchi.  1992.  The effect of fire on stimulating willow regrowth and subsequent attack by grasshoppers and elk.  Oikos 65: 190 - 196.

 

Clancy, K.M., P.W. Price, and C.F. Sacchi.  1993.  Is leaf size important for a leaf-galling sawfly?  Environmental Entomology 22: 116 - 126.

 

Fernandes, G.W., A.F.L. Souza, and C.F. Sacchi.  1993.  Impact of a Neolasioptera (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) stem galler on its host plant, Mirabilis hirsuta (Nyctaginaceae).  Phytophaga 5: 1 - 6.

 

Wise, M.J. and C. F. Sacchi.  1996.  Impact of two specialized herbivores on reproduction of horse nettle, Solanum carolinense.  Oecologia 108:328-337.

 

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

2000                Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting.  1) Sacchi, C.F. and J.L. Dooley.  Reproductive compensation by wild carrot, Daucus carota: the interaction of plant competition and mammalian herbivory.  2) Maschinski, J., J.E. Baggs, and C.F. Sacchi.  Implications for reintroduction of an endangered limestone endemic: lessons from field and greenhouse germination tests.

 

2001                1) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists Annual Meeting: NSF CCLI Workshop: (Writing successful CCLI Grants).

2) Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting: Sacchi, C.F. and L. Mezzacappa.  Herbivore preference and performance: horse nettle beetle response to water status and two host species.

3) Syllabus Conference: Senior author for oral presentation on Integrating Digital Imaging Technology in the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum.  C.F. Sacchi, A. E. Zayaitz, W. Ryan, C. Mapes, and W.F. Towne.

 

2002                1) SSHE Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning: Senior author for oral presentation/workshop on Integrating Digital Imaging Technology in the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum. C.F. Sacchi, A. E. Zayaitz, W. Ryan, C. Mapes, and W.F. Towne.

                        2) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists Annual Meeting: Senior author for poster presentation on Integrating Digital Imaging Technology into the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum at Kutztown University.  C.F. Sacchi, C. Mapes, W.F. Towne, A. E. Zayaitz, and W. Ryan.  (I was unable to attend this meeting: Drs. Mapes, Towne, and Zayaitz attended the meeting and were present during the poster session).

                        3) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists Annual Meeting.  Effects of herbivory on aspects of male and female function in two milkweed species (Paraphrased Title).  R. Hachtman, C.F. Sacchi, and C. Ivey.  (I mentored Biology major, R. Hachtman, about his presentation and about aspects of this project for which Chris Ivey was primary adviser).

                        4) American Association of Higher Education Assessment Conference. Herrick, M.A. and C.F. Sacchi.  Assessing the effect of digital imaging technology on student learning.

5) Millersville University Colloquium.  C.F. Sacchi. Seed size variation in two plant species: causes and consequences for seedling establishment.

 

COLLABORATORS:

E.F. Connor, San Francisco State University, M.A. Bowers and J. Dooley, Univ. of Virginia, M.J. Wise Duke University, W. Ryan, C. Mapes, W.F. Towne, and A.E. Zayaitz, Kutztown University

Graduate Students Advised

L.M.K. Johnson, UVA

GRADUATE ADVISOR

P.W. Price, Northern Arizona University

 

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