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Curriculum Vitae of

ROGER L. BOYD

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ADDRESS:(Office) (Home) Baker Wetland Discovery Center 520 Third Street, PO Box 379 1365 N. 1250 Rd. Baldwin City, Kansas 66006

Lawrence, Kansas 66046 (785) 594-3172 (785) 594-4702 Cell (785) 424-0595 e-mail: Roger.Boyd@bakeru.edu

DATE OF BIRTH: November 2, 1947 MARITAL STATUS: Married Jonathan (son) born Oct. 9, 1977

PRESENT POSITION: Senior Scientist, Baker University Wetlands Emeritus Professor of Biology, Baker University Adjunct Curator., Univ. of Kansas, Natural History Museum

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy 1976 (Zoology). Department of Zoology and Entomology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Master of Science 1972 (Biology). Department of Biology, Emporia State University Emporia, Kansas.

Bachelor of Science 1969 (Biology major, Chemistry minor). Department of Biology, Baker University, Baldwin City, Kansas.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT BAKER UNIVERSITY

Regular Catalog Courses Human Ecology, Botany, General Biology, Zoology, Wetland and Prairie Ecology, Wildlife Management, Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, Dendrology, Vertebrate Natural History, General Ecology, Embryology

Interterm/Special Topics/Independent Study(done more than once): Tropical Ecology, Taxidermy, Plant Taxonomy, Human Embryology, Basic Hydrology, Small Mammal Populations, Winter and Breeding Bird Population Studies, Marine Biology, Population Ecology of Least Terns, Urban Landscaping, approximately 25 others done singly over the years. Numerous Internships throughout year.

Masters of Liberal Arts program in Kansas City: Biological Man; History of Biology; Animal Behavior (after-hours @ KC Zoo).

mailto:Roger.Boyd@bakeru.edu

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School of Professional and Graduate Programs: Human Ecology

JANUARY INTERTERM TRAVEL EXPERIENCES 1978 Coastal Marine Invertebrates. Bolivar Pennisula, Texas. 1981 Tropical Ecology. Colima, Mexico. 1982 Coastal Bird Ecology. 35 Study sites from Texas to Veracruz, Mexico. 1984 Tropical Ecology. Colima, Mexico. 1986 Western Mexico: Its Culture and Ecology. Colima and Jalisco, Mexico. 1988 Western Mexico: Its Culture and Ecology. Colima and Jalisco, Mexico. 1991 Eastern Mexico: Its Culture and Ecology. Tamaulipas, Mexico. 1992 Eastern Mexico: Its Culture and Ecology. Tamaulipas, Mexico. 1995 Costa Rica Tropical Ecology (In conjunction with Scuba Diving) 1997 Northeastern Mexico: Its Culture and Ecology. 5 states of NE Mexico. 2000 Its Culture and Ecology. 13 states of Central & NE Mexico.

PRESENT RESEARCH INTERESTS Wetland construction, restoration, and enhancement Avian species diversity, distribution, and ecology of Central and South American tropics. Native vegetation composition of river floodplain wetlands in eastern KS.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, GRANTS, AND TRAINING Wetland, Prairie, and Riparian Restoration, Phase Two of SLT. 2013-2017 (Project totaling $23 million to expand and improve the Baker University Wetlands.) Wetland Restoration, Phase One of South Lawrence Trafficway. 2008-2012 Avifauna of Peruvian Cloudforest, Ayacucho, Peru. Museum of Natural History, Univ. of Kansas. May-July 2008. Avifauna of Mixed Deciduous Evergreen Forest on Karst in Guizhou, China. Museum of Natural History, Univ. of Kansas. Spring 2006 and Spring 2007.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Summers 1999-2006. Least Tern and Piping Plover Surveys and Management on the Kansas River.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USFWS, OK Div of Wildlife Conservation, Summer

2005. Fixed-wing Aerial Survey of Interior Least Terns on Cimarron, Canadian, and Red River Systems in KS, OK, TX, NM.

British Museum of Natural History, Tring, Hertfordshire, UK, prepared study skins for

return to Univ. of Kansas. Fall 2002

Bird Surveys in National Parks in Paraguay, in assoc. with Museum of Natural History, Univ. Of Kansas, Sept.-Oct. 2000. Partial funding by World Bank.

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Pilot Class Member of Kansas Environmental Leadership Training Program conducted

by K-State and KDHE. Sept. 1999

EPA Environmental Education Grant. Baker University Wetlands: Wetlands with a view, August 1997.

Wetlands Restoration/Improvement Project Grants: Dunbar, Snodgrass, Lawrence Industrial Park,1990; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1991-3, 1995, 1997; Jayhawk Audubon, 1993, 1998; Western Resources, 1993-4; Merck Co. Trust, 1994; Kansas Biological Survey, 1994-6; Williams Foundation, 1996; KCPL, 2003; Travel for Learning & Professional Development Grants: Costa Rica 1988; WesternUS, 1991; Amazon, Peru 1994; NE Mexico 1995; Peruvian Rain Forest and Andes, 1997; Bolivia 1999; Wetlands Mitigation, Tacoma, WA; GIS Workshop 2000; Ecuador and Peru 2000; Bolivia 2001; Wetlands Delineating Training, Puerto Rico, 2002; Ecosystems of Western Spain, 2002; Wetlands Short Course, Ohio St. Univ. 2007. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1993. Least Tern nesting habitat restoration project, Meade Co., KS. Kansas Non-Game Wildlife Program, 1981-1993. Research contract on "Population

Ecology and Habitat Management of Snowy Plover and Least Tern in Kansas." Oregon State University Marine Center, Newport, Oregon, October 1980. Invited participant in the "Western Snowy Plover Workshop." University of Kansas. August 1980. Seminar on "Fundamentals of Remote Sensing." Oak Ridge Associated Universities, August 1977. Two week seminar course on

"Energy Conservation: Theory and Practice." Colorado State University, 1973-1976. Research on the Horned Lark consisting of

investigation of behavior, reproduction, population dynamics and food utilization for a population on the shortgrass prairie (see Publications).

C.S.U.(cont.) Graduate research assistant (January-August 1973), performed data

analysis with stomach content data for insectivore-granivore grassland birds; co-authored technical report for I.B.P. Grassland Biome project of National Science Foundation.

Emporia State University, 1970-1972. Research on the Snowy Plover in central

Kansas including behavioral observations of the adults and investigations on growth and dispersal patterns of the young (see Publications).

Baker University, 1969. Senior interim project involved prairie grass seed germination

success after various scarification methods were applied.

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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES American Ornithologists' Union (Life Member, Elected Member) Cooper Ornithological Society (Life Member) Kansas Ornithological Society: (Life Member) Board of Dir. 1981, 1982; Vice President, 1983-1984; President, 1984-1986; Representative to Kansas Non-Game Advisory Council, 1985-1987; Bird Records Comm., 1987-99 Kansas Native Plants Society: Board of Directors, 1990-2007 National Audubon Society Fort Collins, Colorado: Vice President, 1974-1976 Lawrence, Kansas: Board of Directors 1980-1981, 1983-1987, 1996-2002; 2013-present Vice President, 1982-1983, & 1991-3; Repr.to Kansas Audubon Council, 1984-1987 Wilson Ornithological Society (Life Member)

HONORS AND AWARDS "Ten Most Outstanding Students" Award, Baker University, 1968. Department of Biology Graduate Research Award, Emporia, 1970 and 1971. Graduate Research Award, Kansas Academy of Science, 1971. American Ornithologists' Union Membership Award, 1973. Robert M. Lechleitner Memorial Award, Department of Zoology, CSU, 1974. Frank M. Chapman Memorial Fund Research Award, Am.Museum of Natural History, 1975. Louis Agassiz Fuertes Grant-in-Aid, Wilson Ornithological Society, 1975. Elected to Membership of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1977. Elected Honorary Member of Alpha Delta Sigma, 1977. Secretary-Treasurer 1980-1984. Co-Sponsor of Blue Key National Honor Society. 1977-1982. Selected for inclusion in American Men and Women in Science, 1978. Selected for inclusion in Outstanding Young Men of America, 1980. Paul A. Stewart Research Award, Wilson Ornithological Society, 1981. E. Alexander Bergstrom Memorial Research Award, NE Bird Banders Assoc., 1981. "Mr. Zeta Chi Award" for outstanding help with the Zeta Chi Fraternity, Baker Univ., 1985. Distinguished Faculty Award, Baker University, 1986. Selected for inclusion in Who's Who in America, 1986. Research Associate in Ornithology, Museum of Nat. Hist, Univ. Kansas. Since 1986. "Friends of the Park" Citation, Lawrence City Council, 1987. Fall semester sabattical, 1988. Studied avian ecology in Costa Rica. Distinguished Scholarship Award, Baker University, 1989. Selected for inclusion in Permanent International File of Naturalists, 1989.

Featured Scientist on 30 min. program on Least Tern research which aired on TV stations around the state. Filmed by KS. Dept. Wildlife & Parks.

Environmental Educator of the Year, 1990-1991. Burroughs Audubon of K.C. Distinguished Service Award for 15 Years of Service, 1991. Science Pioneers.

Featured in chapter of "Feather Quest" a book written by Peter Dunn of NJ. Selected for incl