John McCarty
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Current Position Professor of Biology Director of the Environmental Studies Program University of Nebraska Omaha |
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Office: 422G Allwine Hall Lab: 103 Allwine Hall Ph: 402.554.2849 |
Education
Ph.D. Cornell University, Field of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1995Dissertation Title: Effects of Short-term Changes in Environmental Conditions on the Foraging Ecology and Reproductive Success of Tree Swallows, Tachycineta bicolor. Major Professor: Dr. David W. Winkler.
B.Sc. University of Wisconsin - Madison, Zoology, 1987
Senior Thesis Title: Diel Periodicity of Movement and Feeding of Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) in Lake Mendota, Wisconsin. Advisor: Dr. John Magnuson.
Awards, Honors, Leadership Activities
Elected Member, American Ornithologists' Union, 2012 
2014 University of Nebraska Omaha Excellence in Teaching Award
2013-2014 Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award, College of Arts and Sciences, UNO
2011-2012 College of Arts & Sciences Excellence in Research Award, UNO
Governing Council, Association of Field Ornithologists (2010-2013) 
Board of Directors, Ornithological Council (2010-2013) 
Certified Senior Ecologist - Ecological Society of America (2008- )
Board of Trustees, The Nature Conservancy - Nebraska (2004 - ) 
2004 - Fellow, Aldo Leopold Leadership Program
2002 - Fellow, Center for Great Plains Studies
2001 - Fellow, University of Nebraska Graduate Faculty
2000 - AAAS Roger Revelle Fellowship in Global Stewardship
1998 - AAAS Science Policy Fellowship
1995 - Award for Excellence in Teaching, Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University
1988-93 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
1990-91 Cooper Ornithological Society Student Membership Award
1988 - A.D. White Fellowship, Cornell University
Professional Affiliations
August 2001 to Present: University of Nebraska Omaha
Adjunct Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln School of Natural Resources 
Sept. 2000 - Aug. 2001: AAAS Roger Revelle Fellow, USDA Forest Service, Research, Washington Office.
June 1998 - July 2001: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park. 
Sept. 1998 - Aug. 2000: AAAS Science and Engineering Fellow, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
June 1996-May 1998: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Zoology, University of Florida. 
Aug. 1995- Aug. 1996: Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York, College at Brockport.
Summers 1994-1995: Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, Cortland, NY.
Professional Societies
Ecological Society of America
American Ornithologists' Union
Cooper Ornithological Society 
Association of Field Ornithologists
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 
