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Biological Sciences Seminar Series

Dr. Steven Voelker

Associate Professor

College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science

Michigan Technological University

Biography

Dr. Voelker is an Associate Professor of Forest Ecology and Management at MTU with a PhD in Forest Science and Wood Science from Oregon State University.  Prior to coming to MTU, Dr. Voelker was a faculty member at the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse and at Utah State University with post-doctoral experience at Oregon State University and the University of California - Berkeley.

Abstract

Dr. Voelker uses dendrochronology (tree ring science) and plant ecophysiology to track down and interrogate competing hypotheses for what environmental influences have been affecting organismal and ecosystem functioning over time.  These investigations always assign absolute dates to inter-annual growth rates to trees and sometimes to fish!  However, Dr. Voelker's group digs deeper, specializing in the use of stable isotopes of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen imprinted upon tree-rings to infer past ecophysiological or climatic variability.  In this Biology Seminar, Dr. Voelker will discuss some recent and ongoing dendrochronological investigations in Michigan and across regional to global scales.

Zoom link: https://michigantech.zoom.us/j/81906756205