About Mark

Mark Paschke is the Shell Endowed Chair of Restoration Ecology in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at CSU's Warner College of Natural Resources. Throughout his career, Paschke has worked across multiple scales, from the molecular to the ecosystem level, and across multiple disciplines with specialized experience in restoration ecology related to energy development. He currently teaches classes in restoration ecology and ecological restoration. Dr. Paschke has been a faculty member in WCNR since August of 2005. Prior to 2005 he was a Research Scholar at CSU.

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Interests

  • Restoration and ecology of disturbed ecosystems, revegetation science, soil and rhizosphere biology, ecology of invasive plant species, nitrogen biogeochemistry, biology of Frankia and actinorhizal plants, ecology of plant-microbe interactions.

Education

PhD, Biology - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, 1993

MS, Forestry - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, 1989

BS, Forest Science - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Urbana, Illinois, 1986

Memberships

  • Society for Ecological Restoration
  • Society for Range Management