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Dr. Gathany teaches introductory and advanced ecology courses, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Environmental Ethics. He also conducts research with undergraduate students investigating all things "ecological" including soil microbiology, habitat restoration, and animal populations. He is the campus representative to Au Sable Institute and serves as the faculty advisor to the student organization Earthwise. Through these organizations, he encourages environmental stewardship on campus and within the community using sound biblical principles and science.

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Dr. Gathany teaches introductory and advanced ecology courses, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Environmental Ethics. He also conducts research with undergraduate students investigating all things "ecological" including soil microbiology, habitat restoration, and animal populations. He is the campus representative to Au Sable Institute and serves as the faculty advisor to the student organization Earthwise. Through these organizations, he encourages environmental stewardship on campus and within the community using sound biblical principles and science.

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Present	Associate Professor of Biology, Cedarville University ‐ School of Science and Mathematics
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Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology

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Ecosystem Science, Conservation Biology, Ecology, and Biogeochemistry

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2007 - Present	Member, American Academy for the Advancement of Science
2004 - Present	Member, Soil Science Society of America
2003 - Present	Member, Ecological Society of America

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Teaching Collaboration Award, Cedarville University - 2012
Dean's Service Award, Cedarville University - 2011
Ohio Magazine Excellence in Education Award - 2016

Courses

Animal Ecology
Introduction to GIS (Course website)
Auqatic Biology
Conservation Biology
Ecosystem Science (Course website)
Environmental Ethics
General Ecology (Course website)
Marine Biology
Ornithology
Wildlife Ecology

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2008	Ph.D., Colorado State University - Fort Collins
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2004	M.S., Ohio University - Main Campus
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2002	B.S., Grace College
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Dissertation (1)

Trace Gas Biogeochemistry in Response to Wildfire and Forest Management in Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems of Colorado (Mark A. Gathany) Faculty Dissertations (2008)

Fire exclusion practices during the last century increased fuel and fire hazard in the western U.S., where conditions have also become drier and warmer in recent decades. As a result, fire frequency and extent have ...

Refereed Journal Articles (6)

Raccoon (Procyon lotor) Diets Shed Light on Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Prevalence (S. Rigley, Matthew Ingle, Mark A. Gathany, et al.) Journal of Ecology & Natural Resources (2017)

The raccoon, Procyon lotor, is the definitive host for raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis), which causes a dangerous neurological disease known as larva migrans encephalopathy in intermediate hosts. As omnivores, raccoons rely on a variety of ...

Predicting Baylisascaris procyonis Roundworm Prevalence, Presence and Abundance in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) of Southwestern Ohio Using Landscape Features (Matthew E. Ingle, Stephen G. Dunbar, Mark A. Gathany, et al.) International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (2014)

Raccoon roundworm is a leading cause of a neurological disease known as larva migrans encephalopathy in vertebrates. We determined that roundworm prevalence is significantly lower in Beavercreek Township than other townships surveyed, and that mean ...

DAYCENT Simulations to Test the Influence of Fire Regime and Fire Suppression on Trace Gas Fluxes and Nitrogen Biogeochemistry of Colorado Forests (Mark A. Gathany and Ingrid C. Burke) Forests (2012)

Biological activity and the physical environment regulate greenhouse gas fluxes (CH4, N2O and NO) from upland soils. Wildfires are known to alter these factors such that we collected daily weather records, fire return intervals, or ...

Post-fire soil fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O along the Colorado Front Range (Mark A. Gathany and Ingrid C. Burke) International Journal of Wildland Fire (2011)

Wildfires affect Rocky Mountain ecosystems across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. Many of the resulting changes are greatest for environmental factors, such as substrate and microclimate that control exchanges of greenhouse gases. ...

An Energy Use and Emissions Inventory (Robert Chasnov and Mark Gathany) Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education (2011)

Maintaining a 400-acre campus which supports the education of 3000 students requires energy. Data were gathered from across campus as part of a faculty research project and in conjunction with an undergraduate course. The project ...

Litter Decomposition in Grasslands of Central North America (US Great Plains) (Eliana E. Bontii, Joseph P. Decant, Seth M. Munson, et al.) Global Change Biology (2009)

One of the major concerns about global warming is the potential for an increase in decomposition and soil respiration rates, increasing CO2 emissions and creating a positive feedback between global warming and soil respiration. This ...

Conference Proceedings (1)

Cutting Away from the Power Grid (Robert Chasnov and Mark Gathany) 118th Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education (2011)

One of the course objectives for the junior-level Thermodynamics course being taught to our mechanical engineering (ME) majors is “students will analyze engineering systems to evaluate their thermodynamic designs”. The Rankine Cycle and its application ...

Conference Presentations of Refereed Papers (11)

Fish & Macroinvertebrate Species Diversity in Restored & Unrestored Forks of Massies’ Creek, Ohio (Christian Hayes, Rebecca Wadman, Amelia Lyons, et al.) 97th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (2012)

An Energy Use and Emissions Inventory (Mark A. Gathany and Robert Chasnov) 118th Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education (2011)

Maintaining a 400-acre campus which supports the education of 3000 students requires energy. Data were gathered from across campus as part of a faculty research project and in conjunction with an undergraduate course. The project ...

Cutting Away from the Power Grid (Robert Chasnov and Mark A. Gathany) 118th Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education (2011)

One of the course objectives for the junior-level Thermodynamics course being taught to our mechanical engineering (ME) majors is “students will analyze engineering systems to evaluate their thermodynamic designs”. The Rankine Cycle and its application ...

Topographic Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Contribution to CO2 Production from Riparian Soils (Mark A. Gathany and A. Plasterer) 95th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (2010)

Campus Energy Inventory (Robert Chasnov and Mark A. Gathany) Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium (2010)

Trace Gas Biogeochemistry in Response to Wildland Fire and Forest Management in Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems of Colorado (Mark A. Gathany and I. Burke) 93rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (2008)

The Effects of Forest Thinning Practices and Altered Nutrient Supply on Soil Trace Gas Fluxes in Colorado (Mark A. Gathany and I. Burke) Front Range Student Ecology Symposium (2007)

Effect of Prescribed Burning on Microbial Structure and Trace Gas Fluxes in the Shortgrass Steppe (E. Bontii, Mark A. Gathany and I. Burke) NSF LTER All Scientists Meeting (2006)

Soil Trace Gas Fluxes Following Forest Fire Along a Chronosequence in Northern Colorado: A Preliminary Investigation (Mark A. Gathany and I. Burke) Front Range Student Ecology Symposium (2006)

Sources of Variability in Soil Carbon in Adjacent, Young and Old Forests in Ohio (Mark A. Gathany and K. Brown) 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America (2004)

What Is the Maximum Soil Carbon Storage Baseline in Old-growth, Oak Forests? A Case Study in Eastern Ohio (Mark A. Gathany and K. Brown) Midwest Ecology & Evolution Conference (2003)

Invited Journal Articles (1)

Rest for All Creation (Mark A. Gathany) Torch (2011)

Poster Presentations (15)

Small Mammal Diversity Varies by Vegetative Cover (Greene County, Ohio) (Shannon Swicker, Kaytlin (Goodwin) Huizinga and Mark A. Gathany) The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019) (2018)

Although agricultural needs are pressing and crop sales are vital for the local economies in southern Ohio, the resulting clearing of land has removed much of the state’s forests and natural prairies. A variety of ...

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Water Quality Parameters in Cedar Lake (Cedarville, Ohio) (Laura A. Cashman, William A. Smith, Shannon L. Swicker, et al.) The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019) (2017)

Cedar Lake is a man-made lake that is central to Cedarville University’s campus. This focal point of the campus is a source of aesthetic appeal and beauty of Cedarville University. The lake ranges in depth ...

Relations Between Stream Chemistry, Fish Diversity, and Land Use in the Upper Little Miami Watershed (Connor J. Gilmour, Randy Howell, David Paulding, et al.) The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019) (2016)

Streams are susceptible to numerous threats to their water quality and biodiversity. In southwest Ohio a major driver of these impacts is associated with current agricultural practices and associated legacy effects. These structural and chemical ...

Monitoring Fish Diversity in Massies Creek, Ohio (Connor J. Gilmour, Jenelle C. Krob, Angela McCain, et al.) The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019) (2015)

Streams are susceptible to numerous threats to their water quality and biodiversity. In our region of southwest Ohio a major driver of these impacts is associated with current and past agricultural practices. These changes include ...

An Energy Use and Emissions Inventory of Cedarville University (2003-2013) (Jack Lightbody, Grant Hooper, Heidi Johnson, et al.) The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019) (2014)

The rising cost of fossil fuels has been paralleled by an interest in maximizing efficiency and conservation at all levels (individual to corporate). Amidst this the burning of fossil fuels carries with it concerns regarding ...

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