Christopher A. Nowak
Associate Professor &
Undergraduate Education Coordinator
215 Marshall Hall
One Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2788
(315) 470-6575
canowak@esf.edu

Highest Education:

Ph.D., SUNY-ESF (Forest Resources Management), 1993.

Areas of Study:

Vegetation Management, Silviculture and Forest Ecology, Phytoremediation, Biogeography and Cultural Landscapes, Sustainable Forest Management and Certification Systems

Courses Taught:

(Full Course Descriptions)

Orientation Seminar: Forestry (FOR 132)
Adirondack Forest Ecology and Dendrology (FOR 301)
Forest Ecology and Silviculture (FOR 321/521)
Plant Pests and their Management (FOR 460/660)
Adirondack Forest Ecology and Management (FOR 513)

Most Recent Publications:

Buxbaum, C.A.Z., C.A. Nowak, and E.H. White. 2005. Deep subsoil nutrient uptake in a potassium-deficient aggrading Pinus resinosa (Ait.) forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 1978-1983.

Nowak, C.A., and B.D. Ballard. 2005. A framework for applying integrated vegetation management on rights-of-way. Journal of Arboriculture 31: 28-37.

Tharakan, P.J., T.A. Volk, C.A. Nowak, and L.P. Abrahamson. 2005. Morphological traits of 30 willow clones and their relationship to biomass production. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 421-431.

Ballard, B.D., and C.A. Nowak. 2006. Timing of cut-stump herbicide applications for killing hardwood trees on powerline rights-of-way. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 32: 118-125.

Nowak, C.A., and B.D. Ballard. 2006. Off-target herbicide deposition associated with treating individual trees. Environmental Management. 36: 237-247.

Volk, T.A., L.P. Abrahamson, C.A. Nowak, L.B. Smart, P.J. Tharakan, and E.H. White. The development of short-rotation willow in the northeastern United States for bioenergy and bioproducts, agroforestry and phytoremediation. Biomass and Bioenergy 30: 715-727.