Education

• University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI – Ph.D (joint degree) in Zoology and Forest Ecology & Management, 2002
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – M.S. in Natural Resources (Forest Ecology), 1998
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – B.S. in Natural Resources, 1993

Professional Experience

• 2003-2006 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Forest, Rangeland, Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
• 2003 Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Region, US Forest Service, Glenwood, CO
• 1997 Environmental Consultant, Ingham County Road Commission, Williamston, MI
• 1993-1994 Ecology Assistant, Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Lansing,MI  

Presentations

2006:      U.S. Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE), San Diego, CA.
2005:      Joint Fire Sciences Program Principal Investigator’s Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2004:      ESA Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
US-IALE Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
2002:      ESA Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.
2001:      ESA Annual Meeting, Madison, WI. 
US-IALE Annual Meeting, Tempe, AZ. 
2000:      ESA Annual Meeting, Snowbird, UT. 
1998:      National Convention of the Society of American Foresters, Traverse City, MI. 
                US-IALE Annual Meeting, East Lansing, MI. 

Invited Presentations

Appalachian Laboratory, Frostburg, MD.  2006
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO.  2005.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.  2005
Fraser Experimental Forest, Fraser, CO.  2004.
Western Colorado Congress/Community Wildfire Forum, Grand Junction, CO.  2004.
Southern Rockies Alliance/Community Wildfire Forum, Fort Collins, CO.  2004.
School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan.  2003.
Society for Conservation Biology, Ann Arbor, Michigan.  1997.
Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, Alma, Michigan.  1997.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Kashian, D.M., Ryan, M.G., and W.H. Romme.  Effects of stand age and stand density on net carbon storage at landscape scales in lodgepole pine ecosystems.  To be submitted to Ecological Monographs.

Kashian, D.M., and M.G. Ryan.  Within-tree variability in foliar nitrogen along a 300-year lodgepole pine chronosequence in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.  To be submitted to Oecologia.

Kashian, D.M., and M.G. Ryan.  Carbon isotope discrimination and response and age-related decline in productivity in lodgepole pine ecosystems.  To be submitted to Tree Physiology.
Kashian, D.M.  Effects of regeneration patchiness on stand age distributions in a subalpine forest ecosystem.  To be submitted to Ecology.

Kashian, D.M., M.G. Turner, R.H. Gardner, and W.H. Romme.  Scales of variability in postfire lodgepole pine seedling density in Yellowstone National Park. To be submitted to Landscape Ecology.

Kashian, D.M., D. B. Tinker, and M.G. Turner.  Simulating long-term changes in landscape pattern following fire in lodgepole pine forests of Yellowstone National Park, USA.  To be submitted to Landscape Ecology.

Book Reviews

Kashian, D.M.  2005.  Considering forest sustainability on modern landscapes.  Landscape Ecology 20: 1025-1027.

Kashian, D.M.  2005.  Defending against the alien invaders.  Plant Ecology 180: 275-277.

Kashian, D.M.  2004.  Managing the forest matrix to conserve biodiversity.  Landscape Ecology 19: 703-704.

Manuscript Reviews

African Environmental Review
American Midland Naturalist
Arid Lands Research and Management
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Conservation Biology
Ecological Applications
Ecological Modelling
Ecoscience
Forest Ecology and Management
Forest Science
Global Change Biology
Journal of Biogeography
Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society
Landscape Ecology
Oecologia
Plant Ecology

Teaching Experience

Philosophy of Landscape Ecology. (EY 592), Colorado State University, Fall 2005
Ecology of Landscapes (LA 444), Colorado State University, Fall 2005
Fundamental Landscape Ecology (NR 580), Colorado State University, Spring 2004
Sustainability of Renewable Resources (NR 425), Colorado State University, Spring 2003 and 2004.

Professional Service and Activities

Consultant, Coalition for the Upper South Platte, 2005-6 (Developing model to predict carbon
                sequestration by reforestation for use in carbon credit system).
Session Chair, “Forest Management” oral session, US-IALE Annual Meeting, 2006.
Session Chair, “Fire and Vegetation Dynamics” oral session, ESA Annual Meeting, 2005.
Public Presentation, Grand Junction Wildfire Education Forum, Grand Junction, Colorado, September 2004
Session Chair, “Dynamics and Succession” oral session, ESA Annual Meeting, 2004
Session Chair, “Fire in Landscapes” oral session, US-IALE Annual Meeting, 2004.
Public Presentation, Larimer County Wildfire Education Forum, Fort Collins, Colorado, February 2004
Xi Sigma Pi
Gamma Sigma Delta
Ecological Society of America
International Association for Landscape Ecology, U.S. Chapter
Society of American Foresters
The Nature Conservancy