Education

      Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, May 2001, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN,

            Dissertation:  The Role of Sulfur in the Carbon Balance of Northern Boreal Peatlands.

            Scott D. Bridgham, Ph.D. Advisor

      M.S. in Biology, August 1995, Villanova University, Villanova, PA

Thesis:  Historical Rates of Heavy Metal Deposition Throughout the Czech Republic

Over the Past ± 200 Years as Revealed in Sphagnum-derived Peat Deposits and

Experimental Evaluation of Pb Mobility in Sphagnum Peat. 

R. Kelman Wieder, M.S. Advisor

      B.S. in Comprehensive Science, Biology Minor, May 1992, Villanova University, Villanova,

            PA, Senior Thesis: Iron Reduction and Alkalinity Generation in Wetlands Constructed

            for Acid Coal Mine Drainage Treatment. R. Kelman Wieder, Advisor

 

Professional Experience

      Adjunct Professor, Villanova University, (1/04-present)

      Assistant Curator, Ecosystem Ecology, The Academy of Natural Sciences (10/03-present)

      Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University with Lars Hedin (9/01-present)

      Research Associate, Villanova University (9/00-9/01)

      NSF Graduate Research Training Fellowship, University of Notre Dame (8/95-8/00)

      Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame (Fall 1996 & Spring 1999)

      Graduate Teaching Assistant, Villanova University (8/94-8/95)

      Graduate Research Fellow, Villanova University (6/93-8/94)

      Graduate Research Assistant, Villanova University (8/92-5/93)

      Research Technician, Villanova University (5/92-8/92)

      Undergraduate Research Assistant, Villanova University (8/90-5/92)

 

Research Interests

      The influence of biogeochemical interactions between microbial processes and the chemical

      environment on ecosystem function, greenhouse gas (CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O) emissions from

      soils. Rates of carbon accumulation and/or decomposition in peatlands in its relation to

      global climate change, effects of anthropogenic disturbances on nutrient cycles in aquatic and

terrestrial ecosystems, historical rates of heavy metals deposition to the environment, impact

of climate change-induced sea level rise on C, N and P cycling in freshwater tidal wetlands

 

Teaching

      Teaching assistant for laboratory courses in Ecology, General Biology, and Biology for non-

            majors at Villanova Un iversity, and for Ecology at the University of Notre Dame

      Princeton University, guest lectured in laboratory section of course entitled, “Ecosystem

            Biology” taught by Lars Hedin.  Responsibilities included designing, implementing, and

            teaching a trace gas laboratory for undergraduate and graduate students, October 2002

 

Undergraduate Research Directed

      Samantha LaScala and Richele Corrado. Villanova University, Chemistry of streams

            draining 10 small suburban watersheds with contrasting land-use, 2003-2004

      Anuradha Kuchibhatla, visiting graduate student from India conducting independent research

            in the laboratory of R. Kelman Wieder, Villanova University under my direction.

            Thesis:  The role of mining disturbance on soil enzymatic activity and rates of carbon

            mineralization in Sphagnum-dominated peatlands, 2000-2001.

 

Invited Seminars       

      Rutgers University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, March 2005

      Patrick Center for Environmental Science, Academy of Natural Sciences, November 2002

      Villanova University, Department of Biology, February 2002

      Valparaiso University, Department of Biology, March 1999

      University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, 1994

      Dartmouth College, Environmental Studies Program, 1994

 

Workshop Participant

      North American Carbon Program Workshop, “Expanding discussion of the NACP to better             incorporate the study of methane,” University of New Hampshire, Durham,  New

            Hampshire September 11-13, 2002

      NSF Workshop, “Linking Ecological Biology with Geoscience”, (Workshop

            Assistant to L. Hedin), Madison Wisconsin, August 4-5, 2001

ILTER Workshop, "Cooperation in Long-term Ecological Research in Central and Eastern

      Europe" Budapest, Hungary, June 22-25, 1999

      National Science Foundation, Workshop for Monitoring of the Graduate Research Training

      Program, Washington, D.C. October 15-17, 1997

UNESCO-IUGS (International Union of Geological Scientists), “Geosciences for

      Environmental Planning” Prague and Boží Dar, Czech Republic, December 15-19, 1991

 

Awards/Honors

      National Science Foundation Graduate Research Training Fellowship, University of Notre

            Dame (8/95-8/00)

      Honorable Mention, Best Student Paper, BIOGEOMON, Third International Symposium  

            on Ecosystem Behavior, Villanova, PA, June 21-27, 1997.

      Honorable Mention, Best Student Paper, Society of Wetland Scientists, Bozeman, Montana,

            June 1997

      Student Travel Award for the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists           

            Portland Oregon, May 1994, $250

      Best Student Poster Award at the Society of Wetland Scientists/American Society of

            Limnology and Oceanography Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, May 1993

 

Professional Service

Grant Review Panelist, NSF, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants Program, ­

Ecosystems Program, Division of Environmental Biology, Spring 2005 

      Invited Speaker at Villanova University’s Open House to recruit undergraduate students in

            Science, Technology and Engineering, November 2004

Grant Review Panelist, NSF, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants Program, ­

Ecosystems Program, Division of Environmental Biology, Spring 2004

SEDG Committee (The Academy of Natural Sciences): Committee member to review

      Student /Staff Education and Development Grants, 2003-2004 

      Departmental Service:  (Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame) Departmental

            Review, selected graduate student representative to discuss female graduate student

            concerns, 1997

      Reviewed Manuscripts For:  Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, Wetlands, Challenges to

            Chemical Geology, Limnology and Oceanography, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,

            Global Change Biology, Biogeochemistry, Water Resources Research

      Reviewed Grant Proposals For:  Czech Granting Agency, National Science Foundation,

            European Science Foundation

 

Conference Organization

      BIOGEOMON, Fourth International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, co-sponsored by

the Czech Geological Survey and Villanova University; held at the University of Reading

UK, August 2002.  Organizing Committee member and co-editor of a Special Issue

of Water, Air and Pollution

      BIOGEOMON, Third International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior, co-sponsored by

            The Czech Geological Survey and Villanova University; held at Villanova University,

            USA, June 1997. Organizing Committee member and Head Editor of the Journal of

            Conference Abstracts

 

Current Research Support

      National Science Foundation RCN, 2005, “PEATNET: Globalization of Northern

            Peatland Ecosystem Research” [with D. Vitt (PI), R.K. Wieder, M. Turetsky, J

            Bubier, M.A. Vile (co-PI’s); $ 34,091]

      Environmental Protection Agency, STAR, 2005-2008, “Linking Impacts of Climate Change

            to Carbon and Phosphorus Dynamics Along a Salinity Gradient in Tidal Marshes” (with

            D. Velinksy & S. Neubauer, $705,000)

      National Science Foundation, 2004-2005, “RUI: Carbon Accumulation in the Fens of Boreal

            Western Canadian Peatlands” (with D.H Vitt, Z, Yu, and R.K. Wieder; $44,000)

 

Past Research Support

      Nanovic Institute for European Studies, 1998, “The Role of Sulfur in the Carbon

            Balance of Czech Peatlands” ($ 3,000)

      Zahm Travel Grant, University of Notre Dame, 1998, “The Role of Sulfur in the Carbon

            Balance of Boreal Peatlands” ($1,150)

      Society of Wetland Scientists Student Research Grants, 1996, “Potential Links between

Global Climate Change and Carbon Balance in Peatlands Via the Sulfur Pathway” ($500)

      Villanova University Small Summer Research Grant, May 1994, “Experimental Studies of

            Pb Mobility in Sphagnum-Derived Peat” ($ 1,600, with R.K. Wieder)

      Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research, April 1994, “Historical Rates of Heavy Metal Deposition

            over the past 200 years in the Czech Republic” ($410)

 

Edited Volumes

      Wieder, RK, M Novák, and MA Vile.  2004.  Biogeochemical Investigations of

            Terrestrial, Freshwater and Wetland Ecosystems across the Globe. Kluwer Academic

            Publishers. 750 pp.

 

Publications in Refereed Journals

      Novák M, Vile MA, SH Bottrell, M Stepanova, I. Jackova, F. Buzek, E Prechova, R.

            Newton.  Isotope systematics of sulfate-oxygen and sulfate-sulfur in six European

            Peatlands.  Biogeochemistry, in press.

      Gauci, V, E Matthews, N Dise, B Walter, D Koch, G Granberg and MA Vile. 2004. 

            Sulfur pollution suppression of the wetland methane source in the 20^th and 21^st

            centuries.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101: 12583-12587.

Novák, M, and M.A. Vile. 2004. Controls on d¹⁸O and d³⁴S of peat pore water.

      Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68 (11): A399-A399 Suppl. S.

      Vile MA, SD Bridgham, M Novák and RK Wieder.  2003.  Atmospheric sulfur

            deposition alters gaseous carbon production from peatlands.  Global Biogeochemical

            Cycles, 17, 10.129/2002GB001966.

      Vile MA, SD Bridgham and RK Wieder.  2003.  Response of anaerobic carbon

            mineralization rates to sulfate amendments in a boreal peatland.  Ecological Applications,

            13:720-724.

      Novák M, S Emmanuel, MA Vile, A Véron, Y Erel, T Pačes, RK Wieder, M

            Vaneček and M Ryklová.  2003.  The provenance of lead in eight Central European peat

            bogs determined from isotope ratios, strengths and operation times of regional pollution

            sources.  Environmental Science and Technology 37:437-445.

      Vile MA, RK Wieder and M  Novák. 2000.  200 years of Pb deposition throughout

the Czech Republic:  patterns & sources.  Environmental Science & Technology 34:12-21.

      Vile MA, RK Wieder and M Novák.  1999.  Mobility of Pb in Sphagnum-derived peat. 

            Biogeochemistry 45:35-42.

      Vile MA, M Novák, E Břízová, RK Wieder, and WR Schell. 1995. Historical      

            rates of atmospheric metal deposition using ²¹⁰Pb dated Sphagnum peat cores:      

            corroboration, computation, and interpretation.  Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

            79:89-106.      

      Vile MA and R.K. Wieder. 1993. Alkalinity generation by Fe (III) reduction versus     

            sulfate reduction in wetlands constructed for acid mine drainage treatment. Water,

            Air, and Soil Pollution 69:425-441.

 

Book Chapters

      Vile MA and M Novak   2005. Sulfur in Peatlands.  In:  Boreal Peatland Ecosystems (R. K.

            Wieder and D. Vitt, Editors).  Springer-Verlag Ecological Study Series (invited book

            chapter), to be published in 2005.

      Wieder RK, M Turetsky and MA Vile.  2005.  Peat as archives of past atmospheric,

            climatic and environmental conditions. In:  The Wetlands Handbook (E. Maltby, Ed). 

            Blackwell Scientific Publishers (invited book chapter), in press.

 

Other Publications

                        Vile MA, RK Wieder, and M Novák. 1996. Historical rates of Pb, Zn, and Cu

            deposition over the past ± 200 years across a pollution gradient in The Czech   

Republic. Fourth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface,

Ilkley, UK.

      Vile MA and RK Wieder. 1995. The use of SI units in science. Letter to the Editors,

            Bulletin of the Society of Wetland Scientists, December 1995, Vol. 12, No. 4.

 

Abstracts

      Vile, M.A, R.K. Wieder, D. Vitt, and K. Scott. 2005. Carbon Fluxes From

            Drought Stressed Fens from Boreal Continental Western Canada. 90^th ESA

            Annual and IX INTECOL International Wetlands Joint Meeting, Montreal,

            Canada, August 7-12 (Oral Presentation).

      Bridgham, S.D., M.A.Vile, and J. Keller. 2005.  Pathways of anaerobic carbon flow

            in peatlands. 90^th ESA Annual and IX INTECOL International Wetlands

            Joint Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 7-12 (Oral Presentation).

      Bridgham, S.D., M.A.Vile, and J. Keller. 2004.  Upstream Microbial Community.  7^th  

            INTECOL International Wetlands Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 25-

            30, 2004 (Oral Presentation).

      Vile, M.A., P.A. Matson, B. Houlton, L. Hedin. 2003.  Controls on Soil Trace Gas (N₂O,

            CH₄, CO₂) Fluxes From the Maui Rainfall Gradient. Ecological Society of America

            Meeting, Savannah, GA, August 3-8, 2003 (Oral Presentation).

      Bridgham, S.D., M.A.Vile, J. Pastor, and J. Keller. 2002.  Anaerobic carbon cycling

            in peatlands.  Soil Science Society of America Meeting, Indianapolis, IN,

            November 10-14, 2002 (Oral Presentation).

      Vile, M.A., S.D. Bridgham, R.K. Wieder, and M. Novák. 2002.  The role of atmospheric

            sulfur deposition on production of CO₂ and CH₄ gases from Sphagnum-dominated

            peatlands: A global comparison.  Soil Science Society of America Meeting,        

            Indianapolis, IN, November 10-14, 2002 (Invited Oral Presentation).

      Vile, M.A., M. Novák, R.K. Wieder,  and S.D. Bridgham. 2002.  The fate and stability of

            peatland sulfur stores as determined through stable sulfur isotopes and a transplant

            experiment.  BIOGEOMON, 4^th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behaviour,

            University of Reading, Reading , UK, August 17-21, 2002 (Oral presentation).

      Scott, K.D., M.A. Vile, A. Kuchibhatla, J. Navaratnam, and R.K. Wieder. Peat mining

            effects on rates of carbon mineralization and enzymatic activity in peat.  Society of

            Scientists Meeting, Lake Placid, New York, June 2002 (Poster).

      Vile, M.A., S.D. Bridgham, R.K. Wieder, and M. Novák. 2001.  The impact of dissimilatory

            sulfate reduction rates on production of CO₂ and CH₄ gases from Sphagnum-dominated

            peatlands: A global comparison.  Seventh Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands,

            Duke University, Durham, NC, June 17-20, 2001 (Invited Oral Presentation).

      Vile, M.A., S.D. Bridgham, R.K. Wieder, and M. Novák. 2000.  The contribution of sulfate

            reduction to carbon cycling in Sphagnum-dominated peatlands.  Joint meeting of The

            Society of Wetland Scientists and the International Association of Ecology Wetland

            Conference, Québec City, Canada, August 6-12, 2000 (Oral presentation).

      Vile, M.A., S.D. Bridgham, and M. Novák.  1999. Mobilization and transformation of soil

            sulfur stores in a one-year transplant experiment in the Czech Republic.  Ecological

            Society of America, Spokane, Washington , August 8-12, 1999 (Oral presentation).

      Vile, M.A., S.D. Bridgham, and R.K. Wieder.  1998.  Carbon mineralization via the sulfur

pathway in a boreal peatland.  Soil Science Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland,

October 18-22, 1998 (Oral Presentation).

      Wieder, R.K., J.B. Yavitt, M. Novák, M.A. Vile, M. Turetsky, C. Williams, S. Starr,

            W. R.  Schell, S.A.  Bottrell. 1998. 100 Years of organic matter accumulation in

            Sphagnum peat from sites in North America, the United Kingdom and the Czech

            Republic: Broad-scale patterns deduced from ²¹⁰Pb dated cores.  IV International

            Congress of Ecology, Florence, Italy, July 19-25, 1998 (Oral Presentation).

      Vile, M.A., R.K. Wieder, and M. Novák. 1997. Lead, zinc, and copper deposition over

the past ±200 years for eight sites spanning a pollution gradient in the Czech

Republic.  10th Meeting of the Association of European Geological Societies, Carlsbad,

Czech Republic, September 1-5, 1997 (Invited Oral Presentation).

      Vile, M.A., S.D. Bridgham, and R.K. Wieder.  1997.  Carbon flow through the sulphur    

            pathway in a boreal peatland.  BIOGEOMON, Third International Symposium

            on Ecosystem Behaviour, June 21-27, Villanova, PA (Oral presentation).

Vile, M.A., S.D. Bridgham, and R.K. Wieder.  1997.  Simulated sulfate deposition decreases

carbon mineralization in a boreal peatland.  Society of Wetland Scientists, Bozeman, MT,

June 1997 (Oral Presentation).

      Vile, M.A., R.K. Wieder, and M. Novák. 1996. Historical rates of Pb, Zn, and Cu deposition

            over the past ± 200 years for eight sites across a pollution gradient in the          

            Czech Republic. Fourth International Symposium on the Geochemistry of the Earth's

            Surface, Ilkley, UK, July 1996 (Poster).

      Wieder, R.K, M.A. Vile, and M. Novák. 1996. Comparative analysis of organic matter    

            accumulation in Sphagnum peat bogs of North America and the Czech Republic. 

            Society of Wetland Scientists, Kansas City, Missouri, June 1996 (Oral presentation).

      Vile, M.A. and R.K. Wieder.  1995.  Mobility of Pb in Sphagnum-derived peat.  Society of

            Wetland Scientists, Boston, Massachussettes, May 1995 (Oral Presentation).

      Vile, M.A. and R.K. Wieder.  1994.  Differentiation of historical Pb sources in the Czech

            Republic through analysis of Sphagnum peat cores.  Society of Wetland Scientists,      

            Portland, Oregon, May 1994 (Oral Presentation).

      Vile, M.A., M. Novák, E. Břízová, R.K. Wieder, and W.R. Schell.  1993.  Historical

            rates of heavy metal deposition using Pb-210 dated sphagnum peat cores: Acid -  

            insoluble ash as a corroborative and interpretive tool.  BIOGEOMON, Praha,

            September 1993 (Poster).

      Vile, M.A., M. Novák, R.K. Wieder, and W.R. Schell.  1993.  Rates of heavy metal      

            deposition over the past 200 years in two Sphagnum-derived peat bogs in the Czech

            Republic. Society of Wetland Scientists/American Society of Limnology and

            Oceanography, Edmonton, Alberta, June 1993 (Poster).

      Vile, M.A. and R.K. Wieder. 1992.  Alkalinity generation by iron reduction versus sulfate

          reduction in straw/manure, a commonly used substrate in wetlands constructed for

          acid mine drainage treatment.  Society of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, LA, June

          1992 (Poster).

      Vile, M.A. and R.K. Wieder. 1991.  Biological alkalinity generation in wetlands

          constructed for acid mine drainage treatment.  Second International Conference on the

          Abatement of Acidic Drainage, Montreal, Canada, September 1991 (Poster).

      Vile, M.A. and R.K. Wieder. 1991.  Iron reduction in wetlands constructed for acid          

            mine drainage treatment.  National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Pasadena,

            California, March 1991 (Poster).

 

Miscellaneous Presentations

      Vile, M.A. and Hedin, L. Thermodynamic constraints on gaseous losses of methane, carbon-

            dioxide, and nitrous oxide along the Maui rainfall gradient. Hawaii Ecosystems Project

            Annual Meeting, Volcanoes National Park, June 2002

 

Community Service

      Science Fair Judge; St. Joseph’s High School, South Bend, Indiana Spring 1998

 

Membership in Honorary and Scientific Societies

      American Chemical Society, Society of Wetland Scientists, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi,

      Ecological Society of America