Melissa S. Lucash

State University of New York 
College of Environmental Science Forestry 
(315) 470-4850
email: mslucash@syr.edu
 

Education:

Ph.D. Forestry, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Exp. Completion Fall, 2004.

M.S. Plant Physiological Ecology, Oregon State University, 1996. 

B.S. Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY-ESF, 1993. 
 

Research Interests: 

Physiology of exotic plants, nutrient cycling in ecosystems and the response of plants to environmental change. 
I am currently developing a method to measure nutrient uptake of mature trees with intact roots and mycorrhizae.
 

Professional Experience: 

NSF GK-12 Teaching Fellow  SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. 2003-present.

Graduate Research Assistant, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. 2001-2003.

Visiting Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. 2001.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. 2000.

Plant Physiologist, Dynamac Corporation at US EPA Laboratory. 1996-2000. 

Research Assistant, Dynamac Corporation at US EPA Laboratory. 1996-1997. 

Chemistry Instructor, Willamette University. 1996 -1997. 

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oregon State University. 1993-1996. 

Graduate Research Assistant,  Oregon State University. 1994.

Volunteer Intern,  Center for Nature Education. 1992.

Forest Technician,  Bureau of Land Management. 1991.

Research Aid, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse. 2001. 1990.
 
 

Publications: 

Lucash MS, JD Joslin, RD Yanai and JM Scholberg. In prep. Measuring nutrient uptake in intact plant-soil systems.
Lucash MS, JD Joslin and RD Yanai. In prep. Seasonal changes in nutrient uptake of loblolly pine.
Yanai RD, MS Lucash and JD Joslin. In prep. Challenges of measuring nutrient uptake by intact roots of mature trees.
Lucash MS, B Farnsworth and WE Winner. In review. Response of sagebrush steppe species to elevated CO2 and soil temperature. W.N.A. Nat.
Lewis JD, MS Lucash, DM Olszyk and DT Tingey. In review. Nitrogen regulates photosynthetic responses of Douglas-fir seedlings to elevated carbon dioxide and temperature. Plant, Cell & Env.
Cloyd ET, MS Lucash, NE Hotaling, JH Hornbeck, HN Jensen, BJ Norelius, SH Reynolds and JD Wickham. In press. Diversity and productivity. Con. Bio.
Yanai RD, P Sollins and MS Lucash. 2003. Ecosystem ecology: in pursuit of principles. Ecology 84: 1640.
Lewis JD, MS Lucash, DM Olszyk and DT Tingey. 2002. Stomatal responses of Douglas-fir seedlings to elevated carbon dioxide and temperature during the third and fourth years of exposure. Plant, Cell & Env. 25: 1411-1421.
Lewis JD, MS Lucash, DM Olszyk and DT Tingey. 2000. Seasonal patterns of photosynthesis in Douglas-fir seedlings during the third and fourth year of exposure to elevated carbon dioxide and temperature. Plant, Cell and Env. 24: 539-548.
Apple ME, MS Lucash, DL Phillips, DT Tingey and D Olszyk. 1999. Elevated temperature and the morphology of Pseudotsuga menziesii vegetative buds. Env. and Exp. Bot. 41: 25-30.
Apple ME, MS Lucash, DM Olszyk and DT Tingey. 1998. Morphogenesis of Douglas-fir buds is altered at elevated temperature but not at elevated CO2. Env. and Exp. Bot. 40: 159-175. 


Presentations: 

Lucash, MS, J Basta, RD Yanai, DM Eissenstat and J Scholberg. 2001. Nutrient uptake. Hubbard Brook Annual Cooperators Meeting, July, 2002.

Lucash, MS and D McLean. Methods for estimating nutrient uptake using intact roots of mature trees.  Hubbard Brook Annual Cooperators Meeting, July, 2001.

Lucash, MS, RE Sherman, JD Joslin and RD Yanai. Measuring nutrient uptake by intact roots of mature trees. BTI Root Symposium, April, 2000.
 

Published Abstracts: 

Yanai RD, MS Lucash, SE Kulpa, JD Joslin and KJ McFarlane. 2003. Diameter distributions of fine roots of twelve tree species.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Lucash MS, JD Joslin, O Abelleira, RD Yanai and JM Scholberg. 2003. Measuring nutrient uptake in intact plant-soil systems.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Lucash MS, O Abelleira, JD Joslin, RD Yanai and JM Scholberg. 2003. Effects of disturbance on nitrate uptake of loblolly pine seedlings. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Lucash MS, RD Yanai, JD Joslin and KJ McFarlane. 2002. Uptake capacity of loblolly pine roots measured in the field varies seasonally. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Yanai RD, RE Sherman, MS Lucash, KJ McFarlane and JD Joslin. 2002. What root parameters best predict nutrient uptake?
Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
McFarlane KJ, RD Yanai and MS Lucash. 2002. Nutrient uptake by Engelmann spruce and subalpine fir at two Colorado subalpine forests. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Yanai RD, JD Joslin, MS Lucash and RE Sherman. 2001. Nutrient uptake estimated by ecosystem budgets and by root-scale models. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Joslin JD, MG Johnson, DT Tingey, MH Wolfe, DL Phillips and MS Lucash. 2001. Studying forest root systems- an overview of methodological problems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
Apple ME, MS Lucash, DM Olszyk and DT Tingey. 1997. Morphology and the internal temperature of Pseudotsuga menziesii vegetative buds grown at elevated temperature.
Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.   
Apple ME, MS Lucash, DT Tingey and DM Olszyk. 1997. Morphology, development, and temperature of Pseudotsuga menziesii vegetative buds at elevated CO2 and temperature.
Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. Annual Meeting.
Lucash MS and WE Winner. 1995. Effects of CO2 and rhizosphere temperature on the growth of Artemisia tridentata, Sitanion hystrix, and Stipa thurberiana. Ecol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting.
 

Professional Activities: 

Ecological Society of America 
Soil Science Society of America
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
 

last updated 03-04