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The Southern Appalachian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (SA-CESU) is a group of federal and private sector partners that have joined together with a mutual mission to promote and provide effective and efficient research, technical assistance and education to federal land management, environmental and research agencies in the Southern Appalachian Mountain Region. The SA-CESU was one of the original four CESU established in 1999, at the start up of the national CESU network.
| HOST | 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
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| ESTABLISHED | 1999 | |
| WEBSITE | http://cesu.utk.edu/ | |
| DIRECTOR | Lisa Muller Professor and Interim Department Head Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries 372 Plant Biotechnology Buildling University of Tennessee, Knoxville Knoxville, TN 37996 PHONE: (865) 974-7981 EMAIL: lmuller@utk.edu |
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| ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS | ||
| AGREEMENTS | AMENDMENTS | |
Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (1999) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2004) Cooperative and Joint Venture Agreement (2009) |
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| UNIT PARTNERS | ||
| TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE | ADMINISTRATIVE REPRESENTATIVE | |
| FEDERAL PARTNERS | ||
| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works | Alfred F. Cofrancesco Technical Director Civil Works, Environmental Engineering and Science Al.F.Cofrancesco@usace.army.mil |
Sherry Whitaker CESU Program Manager sherry.l.whitaker@usace.army.mil Chelsea Whitten Lead Contract Specialist Chelsea.M.Whitten@usace.army.mil |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Rachael Novak BIA Tribal Resilience Coordinator rachael.novak@bia.gov |
Jo Ann Metcalfe Grants Management Specialist jo.metcalfe@bia.gov |
| Bureau of Land Management | Sean MacDougall Biological Sciences Program Lead Eastern States Office smacdoug@blm.gov Karlee Yurek Branch Chief, Natural and Community Resources kyurek@blm.gov |
Brandon Riley Grants Management Officer briley@blm.gov |
| Department of Defense | Alan Anderson Alan.B.Anderson@usace.army.mil Alison A. Dalsimer Program Manager, DoD Natural Resources Allyn.A.Dalsimer.civ@mail.mil |
Kathy Mitchell DoD CESU Project Manager USACE Fort Worth District Kathy.S.Mitchell@usace.army.mil |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Laura Brandt Regional Scientist laura_brandt@fws.gov |
Steve Sponaugle Chief Division of Contracting and Grant Services (CGS) Southeast Region steve_sponaugle@fws.gov |
| U.S. Forest Service | Monica J. Schwalbach Assistant Director, Planning and Applications Southern Research Station mschwalbach@fs.fed.us |
Cheryl Jefferson Grants and Agreements Specialist Southern Research Station cjefferson@fs.fed.us |
| National Park Service | Ray Albright CESU Research Coordinator Ray_Albright@nps.gov |
Brian Straka Financial Assistance Agreements Officer brian_straka@nps.gov |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service | Jacqueline Davis-Slay National CESU Coordinator Jacqueline.Davis-Slay@wdc.usda.gov |
Christopher Watkins Grants Management Specialist Christopher.Watkins@ftw.usda.gov |
| U.S. Geological Survey | Joseph Clark Southern Appalachian Field Branch jclark1@utk.edu William J. Wolfe Hydrologist, Southeast Region wjwolfe@usgs.gov |
Faith Graves CESU Contract Specialist fgraves@usgs.gov |
| UNIVERSITY PARTNERS | ||
| Appalachian State University | Steven Seagle seaglesw@appstate.edu |
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| Austin Peay State University | Steven W. Hamilton Director, Center of Excellence for Field Biology hamiltonsw@apsu.edu |
Andrew Shepard-Smith Director of Grants and Sponsored Research shepardsmitha@apsu.edu |
| East Tennessee State University | Jim L. Mead (retiring May 2016) Chair, Department of Geosciences Mead@etsu.edu Joe Bidwell Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences bidwell@mail.etsu.edu |
William R. Duncan Vice Provost for Research and Sponsored Programs duncanw@etsu.edu |
| Florida A&M University | Kinfe K. Redda Vice President for Research Environmental Sciences Institute Knife.redda@famu.edu |
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| Jacksonville State University | Mark Meade Department of Biology mmeade@jsu.edu |
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| Lincoln Memorial University | Adam W. Rollins Chair, Department of Biology Director, Cumberland Mountain Research Center Associate Professor of Biology Adam.Rollins@LMUnet.edu |
Carolyn Gulley Executive Director Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs carolyn.gulley@lmunet.edu |
| Marshall University | Jayme Waldron Department of Biological Sciences waldron3@marshall.edu |
Joe Ciccarello Director, Grant/Contract Development ciccarello@marshall.edu |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Michael Allen Vice Provost for Research Dean, College of Graduate Studies michael.allen@mtsu.edu |
Myra Norman Director, Office of Research Services mnorman@mtsu.edu |
| Ohio University | Robert L. Wiley Senior Ecologist and Project Manager wileyr1@ohio.edu |
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| Tennessee State University | Michael Busby Interim Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs for Research and Sponsored Programs research@tnstate.edu |
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| Tennessee Tech University | Dan Combs Department of Biology dlcombs@tntech.edu |
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| The University of the South | Sarah C. Sherwood Boeckman Director of the Sewanee Environmental Institute Co-Chair and Associate Professor, Environmental Studies sherwood@sewanee.edu Nancy J. Berner Vice Provost for Planning and Administration William Henderson Professor of Biology nberner@sewanee.edu |
Pollyanne S. Frantz Sponsored Research Officer psfrantz@sewanee.edu |
| University of Kentucky | Terrell T. "Red" Baker Chair and Professor, Department of Forestry College of Agriculture terrellbaker@uky.edu |
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| University of North Carolina Asheville | Jonathan Horton Assistant Professor, Biology Department jhorton@unca.edu |
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| University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Keith Belli Professor and Department Head Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries kbelli@utk.edu |
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| University of Tennessee at Martin | Paula M. Gale Professor of Soil Science and Assistant Director of Honors Programs UTAA Alumni Distinguished Service Professor Department of Agriculture, Geosciences, and Natural Resources pgale@utm.edu |
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| Virginia Tech | Jay Sullivan Professor and Department Head Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation College of Natural Resources and Environment jsulliv@vt.edu |
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| Western Carolina University | Robert Young ryoung@wcu.edu |
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| Western Kentucky University | Cheryl Davis Interim Associate Vice Provost for Research and Creative Activities cheryl.davis@wku.edu |
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| OTHER PARTNERS | ||
| Discover Life in America | Todd P. Witcher Executive Director Todd@dlia.org |
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| University of Tennessee Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment | Chris Cox Director ccox9@utk.edu |
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| Southern Appalachian Man and the Bioshpere | Alexander F. Comfort Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association alexcfaia@citcom.net |
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| Tennessee Aquarium Conservation Institute | Anna L. George Director alg@tnaqua.org Jackson C. Andrews Director of Operations and Husbandry jca@tnaqua.org |
Gordon Stalans Director of Finance gas@tnaqua.org |