1. MELISSA RENEE MCHALE
Curriculum Vitae 2017
EDUCATION
Ph.D.inEcology (September2002 - August2007), ColoradoState University,Graduate Degree Program
inEcology,AdvisorIngridC.Burke,FortCollins,CO
B.S.in Natural Resource Management, ConservationEcology(September1994 - May 1998), Rutgers
University, CookCollege,NewBrunswick,NJ
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor(January2017 – Present),UrbanEcologyandSustainability,ColoradoState
University,WarnerCollege of Natural Resources,Departmentof EcosystemScienceandSustainability
Associate Professor(April 2016 – December2016), Urban Ecology,NorthCarolinaState University,
Departmentof ForestryandEnvironmental Resources.
AssistantProfessor(December2008 – April 2016), Urban Ecology,NorthCarolinaState University,
Departmentof ForestryandEnvironmental Resources.
Post-Doctoral Fellow (January 2007- December2008), Central Arizona-Phoenix LongTermEcological
ResearchProgram,AdvisorNancyB Grimm, ArizonaState University,AZ
Consultant(August2000 – December2003), CommunityForestryResearchandEducation,clientele
includednon-profitslikethe ColoradoTree Coalition,Municipal,State andFederal government
agencies,andeducational institutions.
ResearchandOutreachAssistant(May1999 – December2001), NJ State CommunityForestryProgram.
Jobdutiesincludedfieldresearch,dataanalysis,reportwriting,andthe creationof outreachmaterials.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Trans-disciplinaryapproachestostudyingcomplexsocial-ecological systems;social driversof ecosystem
processes;ecosystemservices,disservices,andtradeoffs;conservationandpeople; citiesassustainable
ecosystems;urbanresilience; the urbancontinuum;global urbanizationpatterns; carbondynamicsin
urban systems;urbanizationeffectsonnutrientcycling;sustainabledevelopment;greeninfrastructure
and designerecosystems; linkagesamonglandcoverpatterns,landscapefunction,andhumanhealth;
urban heatislandsandenergyconsumption;urbanmetabolism.
COURSES
Urban Forestry(FOR220 - Annuallyinthe Fall Semester),EcosystemServicesinSouthAfrica(NR491/595
- Summer2009), AdvancedPracticuminUrban Forestry(FOR595 - Fall 2009), Triangle Ecosystem
Services(NR595- Fall 2010), Urban EcosystemsResearchandSynthesis - Theme "WritingScientific
Papersand Proposals"(Spring2011),Urban EcosystemsResearchandSynthesis- Theme "Whydocities
collapse?"(Fall 2011),International IssuesinUrbanEcology(NR595 - Fall 2011), Socio-Ecological

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ResearchMethods(NR595 - Summer2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 - International ResearchExperiencein
SouthAfrica),Urban Ecology(NR595 – Fall 2013)
GRANTS
NCSU East AfricaStrategicInitiative(03/15/2016 - 03/15/2-2017). IMAGINE East Africa:Using
TransdisciplinaryScience toBuildResilientCommunities,$6000. McHale MR and Semazzi F.
Researchand Innovation SeedFunding(07/01/14 - 06/30/15). The NCSU Sustainable CitiesConsortium:
AddressingGrandChallengesinthe UrbanEnvironment,$24,472. RiderT (PI),McHale MR, PasalarC,
AbramsR, CoggburnJ, RanjithanR.
FacultyResearchandProfessional Development(07/2013 – 07/2014). IMAGINE – DevelopingScience
that BenefitsCommunitiesIn-Need. WorkshoponComplexSocio-Ecological Systems borderingKruger
National Park, $4,000 from NCSU,matchedwith$10,000 fromMcHale’sStart-upand $25,000 fromWits
SPARCfunds.McHale MR (PI),andBunnDN (Co-PI,WitsU).
UnderstandingRisksfromClimate Changetothe Triangle Region,NorthCarolina:InteractingDriversand
VulnerabilitiesfromComplex Socio-Ecological Systems. (2012 October- 2015). National Science
Foundation,ULTRA Supplement,$88,797. Hess GR, McHale MR, PetersonMN.
National Science Foundation(2011-2013). ULTRA-ex Supplement –InternationalMentoringof Advanced
Graduatesfor INterdisciplinaryExcellence (IMAGINE),$25,000. McHale MR (PI).
National Science Foundation(10/2009-10/2011), CollaborativeResearch: ReconcilingHumanand
Natural Systemsforthe Equitable Provisionof EcosystemServicesinthe Triangleof NorthCarolina,
$126,278 NCSU (LeadInstitution),$300,000 total collaborative NCSU,Duke,UNC. HessGR (PI) and
McHale MR.
NorthCarolinaState UniversityInternal SeedGrantfora CollaborationwithUniversityof Pretoria(2010-
11). International Mentoringof AdvancedGraduatesforINter-disciplinaryExcellence (IMAGINE):
DevelopingScience that DirectlyContributestoCommunitiesinNeed,$10,000 ($35,000 cost share),
McHale MR (PI), WingfieldM,Ebersohn L.
OrganizationforTropical Studies(01/2010-06/2010). Proposal toTeach SavannaEcologyAbroad,
$18,000, McHale MR (PI).
Community ForestryChallengeGrant(09/2009-09/2011). Alternative WoodyBiomassUtilization
Program,CommunityForestryProgram,NCState ForestService, $40,000 ($80,000 cost share), McHale
MR (PI), Peterson MN,andWarrenS.
National Urbanand CommunityForestryAdvisoryCouncil(11/2009-12/2011). Co-PI,Effectsof Tree
Coveron Physical ActivityandHumanHealth,$180,000. FloydM(PI) etal., andMcHale MR.

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PUBLICATIONS
McHale MR, Hall S, MajumdarA, GrimmNB. In press. Carbonlostand carbon gained: A studyof
vegetationandcarbontradeoffsamongdiverse landusesinthe Phoenix,AZ. Ecological
Applications.
Jenerrette GD,ClarkLW, AvolioML,Pataki DE, GillespieTW,Pincetl S,NowakDJ,HutyraLR, McHale MR,
McFaddenJP, AlonzoM.2016. Climate Tolerancesandtraitchoicesshape continental patterns
of urbantree biodiversity. Global EcologyandBiogeography.
Tsai WL, FloydMF, LeungYF, McHale MR, ReichBJ. 2016. Urban VegetativeCoverFragmentationinthe
U.S.: AssociationswithPhysical ActivityandBMI. American Journalof PreventativeMedicine
50(4), 509-517p.
*Beck SM, McHale MR, HessGR. 2016. BeyondImpervious:UrbanLand-coverPatternVariationand
ImplicationsforWatershedManagement. EnvironmentalManagement.DOI:10.1007/s00267-
016-0700-8.
*Metzger AE, McHale MR, HessGR. 2016. Same time,same place:analyzingtemporal andspatial
trendsinurban metabolismusingproximate countiesinthe NorthCarolinaTriangle. Urban
Ecosystems,1-18.
McHale MR, PickettSTA,Barbosa O,Bunn DN,CadenassoML, ChildersDL,GartinM, HessGR, Iwaniec
DM, McPhearsonT, PetersonMN,Poole AK,RiversLIII,ShuttersST,Zhou W. 2015. The New
Global Urban Realm:Complex,Connected,Diffuse,andDiverse Social-Ecological Systems.
Sustainability 7, 5211-5240.
SteelmanT,BradfordL, NicholsE,JamesA,EbersohnL, Omidire F,SchermanV,BunnDN,McHale MR.
2015. A FrameworkforSystematicLearningforSustainabilityScience. Sustainability Science
10(4), 581-599. (aproduct of the IMAGINEProgram - an Interdisciplinarylong-termresearch
program I have developed,directed,andfundedforoverfive yearsinSouthAfrica).
*Tsai W-L, FloydMF,Leung Y-F, McHale MR, ReichBJ. 2015. Urban vegetative coverfragmentationin
the US: Associationswithphysical activityandBodyMass Index. American Journalof Preventive
Medicine.
*Youth M, Hess G, McHale MR, PetersonM. 2015. Environmental Amenitiesinfluence Demographics –
The Environmental Justice of ReservoirCreation. LocalEnvironment –TheInternationalJournal
of Justice and Sustainability(DOI10.1080/13549839.2015.1035240).
SchwarzK, FragkiasM, Zhou W, McHale MR, Grove JM, O’Neil-DunneJ,Boone CJ,McFaddenJP,Buckley
GP, ChildersD,OgdenL,PickettSTA,Pincetl S,Pataki DE,WhitmerA,Cadenasso,ML. 2015.
Treesgrowon money: Urban tree canopy coverand environmental justice. PlosOne.
McHale MR, PickettSTA, BunnDN,Twine W. 2013. Urban Ecologyina DevelopingWorld: How
AdvancedSocio-Ecological TheoryNeedsAfrica. Frontiersin Ecology and the Environment
11(10): 556-563.
*BigsbyKM, McHale MR, and Hess GR. 2013. "Urban MorphologyDrivesthe Homogenizationof Tree
CoverinBaltimore,MD,and Raleigh,NC." Ecosystems:1-16.
*InkiläinenE, McHale MR, JamesA,BlankG. 2013. "The role of the residential urbanforestinregulating
throughfall:A case studyinRaleigh, NorthCarolina,USA." Landscapeand Urban Planning119:
91-103.
PickettSTA,Boone CG,McGrath BP,CadenassoML, ChildersDL,OgdenLA,McHale MR, Grove JM. 2013.
Ecological Science andTransformationtothe SustainableCity. Journalof Cities.
Zhang C,Wu J, Grimm N, McHale MR, Buyanteuyev A.(2013) A Hierarchical PatchMosaic Ecosystem
Model for Urban Landscapes: Model developmentandevaluation. EcologicalModelling 250:81-
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*Fratanduono-LawlerM,SteelmanT, McHale MR, PetersonN.2013. Barriersto Utilizationof Municipal
BiomassResiduesforBioenergy: A Wake County,NCCase Study. Journalof Extension.
PetersonMN,Bondell HD,FratanduonoML, BigsbyK, McHale MR. 2013. "PredictionIndicatorsfor
VoluntaryCarbon-OffsetPurchasesAmongTrail Runners." Journalof SportBehavior 36.3.
*NelsonC,McHale MR, PetersonMN.2012. Influencesof landscapeandlifestyle onhome energy
consumption:acase studyof Raleigh,NC. Urban Ecosystems 15:773-793.
PetersonMN,ThurmanB, McHale MR, RodriguezS,Bondell HD,Cook M. 2012. PredictingNativePlant
LandscapingPreferencesinUrbanAreas. SustainableCitiesand Society 5: 70-76.
*KetoE, McHale MR, HessG, BullockB,BlankG. 2012. DesignChoicesDetermine UrbanForest
CharacteristicsinRaleigh,NCParkingLots. Journalof Arboricultureand Urban Forestry 38(2):
50-57.
McHale MR, Burke IC,LefskyMA, PeperPJ,McPhersonEG. 2009. Urban forestbiomassestimates: Isit
importantto use allometricrelationshipsdevelopedspecificallyforurbantrees? Urban
Ecosystems 12, 95-113.
LefskyMA and MR McHale.2008. NewMethodologyforMeasuringTree VolumefromTerrestrial Laser
Scanning. Journalof Applied RemoteSensing.
McHale MR, McPhersonEG, and IC Burke.2007. The Potential Role of UrbanTree Plantingstobe Cost-
Effective inCarbonCreditMarkets.Urban Forestry &Urban Greening,Volume 6.
*Graduate Students
BOOK CHAPTERS
SchwarzK, HerrmannD, McHale MR. 2014. Abioticdriversof ecological structure andfunctioninurban
systems.pages87-101 inUrban wildlife science: Theory and practice. R. McCleery,C.Moorman,
and N.Peterson. Springer.
Larson EK, Earl S,Hagen E, Hale R, Hartnett H, McCrackin M, McHale MR, GrimmNB. 2013. Beyond
restorationandintodesign:hydrologicalterationsinaridlandcities.InUrban Ecological
Heterogeneityand its Application to Resilient Urban Design.PickettSTA,CadenassoM,McGrath
B, Hill K.Future CitiesSeries, Springer.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
McHale MR, Beck SM, Bunn DN,CadenassoML, ChildersD,CluettC,EbersohnL,MeentemeyerRK,
PickettSTA,Rivers(III) Louie,SwemmerL,Twine W. 2016. Democratizationof ecosystem
services –a radicallyrevised frameworkforassessingnature’sbenefitstocommunities.
International AssociationforLandscape Ecology(IALE),Asheville,NC. April3-7,2016.
McHale MR. 2015. The Water We Drink – A South AfricanPerspective. Global IssuesSeminarSeries.
Office of InternationalAffairs.NCSU. October20, 2015.
McHale MR. 2015. Urban ismore than the City. Triangle Climate andLandscape Researcher’sFall
SeminarSeries. October8,2015.
McHale MR. 2015. The NewUrban and Global Realm.Duke EcologySeminarSeries.Duke University.
October6, 2015.
McHale MR. 2015. Democratizationof EcosystemServices: A radical new wayto assessnature’s
benefits. Geospatial Forum, Departmentof ForestryandEnvironmentalResources. March2015.
McHale MR. 2015. (InvitedPlenarySpeaker) Social-Ecological Resilience:Achievingresilience through
the democratizationof ecosystemservices.The Resilience Center,Universityof Pretoria,South
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McHale MR. 2015. InternationalandComparative UrbanEcology. Urban Ecology.BostonUniversity.
McHale MR, Bunn DN,PickettSTA,Twine W.2013. Urban Ecologyin a DevelopingWorld. INTECOL
2013, BritishEcological Societyof America,London,England.
McHale MR. 2013. Urban ForestEcosystemsandManagement. AppalachianSocietyof American
ForestersMeeting. UniversityHilton,UNCCharlotte,NC.Jan30 – Feb1, 2013.
McHale MR. 2013. UNC Geographyand Earth SciencesSeminarSeries. FromConcrete Junglesto
Savannas: Long-termsocio-ecological researchprogramsin the US andabroad. UNC Charlotte,
NC. Feb1, 2013.
McHale MR, Bunn DN,EbersohnL, JamesA,NicholsE,Twine W, SteelmanT.(Invited) 2013. IMAGINEa
sustainable andresilientGreaterKrugerParkSocio-Ecological System.The GreatLimpopo
TransfrontierConservationArea(GLTFCA) aDecade afterInception:Takingstockof current
socio-ecological research.HansHoheisenWildlife ResearchStation(HHWRS),OrpenGate,
KrugerNational Park,SouthAfrica.July24-25, 2013.
McHale MR, Bunn DN,PickettSTA,Twine W.2012. Urban Ecologyina DevelopingWorld: How
advancedsocio-ecologicaltheoryneedsAfrica. Connectingthe scienceof ecologytopractice:
OpportunitiesforfacilitatingEarthstewardship. EcoSummit2012, Symposium(Reference
number3090), Columbus,OH. October1-5, 2012.
McHale MR. 2012. From Concrete JunglestoSavannas: The future of long-termsocio-ecological
researchprogramsin the US and abroad. Duke University.April27,2012.
McHale MR. 2012. FromConcrete JunglestoSavannas: The future of long-termsocio-ecological
researchprogramsin the US and abroad. EcologySeminarSeries,Universityof NorthCarolina
at Chapel Hill. January26, 2012.
McHale MR. 2011. (2 invitedseminars) The BenefitsandCostsof OurUrban Forests: Historical
Foundationsinthe UnitedStatesandFuture ResearchDirections. Departmentof Economics;
Departmentof Geography,Universityof Johannesburg.
McHale MR. 2010. What Is a HealthyUrban Forestand WhyIs It Important?NCState Community
ForestryConference,Raleigh,NC.
McHale MR. 2010. Carbon andPeople –ComparisonsbetweenBaltimore,MDandRaleigh,NC.
Baltimore EcosystemStudy(BES) LTER.
McHale MR. 2009. The Future of Sustainable Tree CoverinOurCities. DevelopmentwithTrees,NC
Cooperative Extension,Greensboro,NC.
McHale MR. 2009. Carbon CreditMarkets: ChallengesandOpportunitiesforCommunityForestry.NC
CommunityForestryConference,Greensboro,NC.
SELECT CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS
McHale MR, Beck SM, Bunn DN,CadenassoML, ChildersD,CluettC,EbersohnL,MeentemeyerRK,
PickettSTA,Rivers(III) Louie,SwemmerL,Twine W. 2016. Democratizationof ecosystem
services –a radicallyrevisedframeworkforassessingnature’sbenefits tocommunities.
International Long-TermEcological ResearchNetwork. October2016.
BeckSM, BunnDN, CadenassoML,ChildersD,CluettC,EbersohnL MeentemeyerRK,PickettSTA,Rivers
(III) LS,Twine W, McHale MR. The EcosystemService Potential of UrbanizingSouthAfrica:An
Urban Ecological Approach.InternationalAssociationforLandscape Ecology(IALE),Asheville,
NC. April 3-7, 2016.
ShifflettSD,BeckSM, CluettC,LitzenbergerTH,NicholsEG,JamesA,Bunn DN,SwemmerL,Riddell E,
McHale M. Water Realities:asocial-ecological assessmentof community-scale waterresources
on the borderof KrugerNational Park.KrugerSavannaScience NetworkingMeeting,Kruger
National Park. March 13 – 18 2016.

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McHale MR, ChildersDL,PickettSTA,BeckS,Bunn DN,CadenassoML, CluettC,EbersohnL, RiversL (III),
SwemmerL,and Twine W. 2015. Democratizationof EcosystemServices –A radicallyrevised
frameworkforassessingnature’sbenefitstocommunities. SouthAfricanNational Parks,Kruger
NetworkingMeeting, Skukuza,KrugerNationalPark. March 8-13, 2015.
BeckSM, McHale MR, HessGR. 2015. BeyondImpervious:UrbanLand-coverClassificationand
Variation,andImplicationsforWaterQuality.NCSUGraduate StudentResearchSymposium.
PosterPresentation
BeckSM, McHale MR. 2015. SearchingforHeterogeneityinthe UrbanLandscape:Urban Ecology in
High-Definition.SouthAtlanticLCCBrownBag SeminarSeries.Oral Presentation.
McHale MR, Majumdar A,GrimmNB. 2014. Carbon Lostvs. CarbonGained:A study of tree and shrub
coverand the associatedcarbontradeoffsamongland-usesinPhoenix,AZ. Ecological Societyof
AmericaAnnual Meeting,Sacramento,California.August10-15,2014.
SteelmanT,NicholsE,JamesA,EbersohnE,Bunn D, McHale MR. 2014. A frameworkforsystematic
learningforsustainabilityscience. AASHE2014: innovationforsustainable economies,Portland,
OR. October28, 2014.
Tsai W-L,LeungY-F, McHale MR, FloydMF,ReichBJ. 2014. Exploringthe scale dependence of urban
forest-humanhealthrelationships. 2014 InternationalSymposiumon Society and Resource
Management,Hannover,Germany,Oral presentation.June 8– 13.
BeckSM, McHale MR HessGR. 2014. Urban Land-coverClassification,Variation,andImplicationsfor
Water Quality.Forestry&EnvironmentalResourcesSeminarSeries.Raleigh,NC.Oral
Presentation.
McHale MR. 2013. The IMAGINE Program – Developingscience forthe well-beingof communitiesin-
need. SouthAfricanNational Parks,KrugerNetworkingMeeting,Skukuza,SouthAfrica.
February24- March 1, 2013.
Tsai W-L,LeungY-F, McHale MR, FloydMF.2013. Linkingthe Effectsof Urban ForestFragmentationto
Human Health. 2013 Society of American ForestersNationalConvention, NorthCharleston,SC,
Posterpresentation. October23- 28, 2013.
Tsai W-L,LeungY-F, McHale MR, FloydMF.2013. A multidisciplinaryapproachforlinkingurbanforest
characteristicsandhumanhealth. 2013 NationalOutdoorRecreation Conference&The IUFRO
Conferenceon ForestsforPeople,Traverse City,MI, Oral presentation. May 19 – May 23, 2013.
Tsai WL, LeungY-F, McHale MR, FloydMF. 2013. Linkingurbanforestsandhumanhealth:A conceptual
model. 2013 NortheasterRecreation Research Symposium,Cooperstown,NY. Oral presentation.
April 7 – 9, 2013.
McHale MR, BeckSM, BunnDN. 2012. Imagine SouthAfrica:Long-Term, interdisciplinarysocio-
ecological systemsresearch.Ecological Societyof America Annual Meeting.Portland,OR.Poster
Presentation.
BeckSM, McHale MR, BunnDN. 2012. Imagine SouthAfrica:Long-term, interdisciplinarysocio-
ecological systemsresearch.NCState UniversityForestry&EnvironmentalResourcesSeminar
Series.Raleigh, NC.Oral Presentation.
BeckSM, McHale MR, BunnDN. 2012. Imagine SouthAfrica:Development,Collaboration,andayearof
Progress.NCState UniversityAfricaRegionalReception.Raleigh,NC.PosterPresentation.
Tsai W-L,LeungY-F, McHale MR, FloydMF.2012. Developingaconceptual model andlandscape metrics
to linkurbanforestfragmentationandhumanhealth.18th
InternationalSymposiumon Society
and ResourceManagement, Edmonton,Alberta,Canada.Oral presentation. June17 – 21, 2012.
Tsai W-L,LeungY-F, McHale MR, Barran PK,FloydMF. 2011. Exploringthe relationshipbetweenurban
forestcharacteristicsandhumanhealth. 2011 Society of American ForestersNational
Convention, Honolulu,HI, Oral Presentation. November2- 6, 2011.

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Tsai W-L,LeungY-F, McHale MR, FloydMF. 2011. Classifyingurbanforestsandgreenspacesasphysical
healthresourcesusingGoogle EarthandLandsat imagery.17th
InternationalSymposiumon
Societyand Resource Management, Madison,WI.Oral presentation. June 4- 8, 2011.
McHale MR et al. 2011. Equitable Distributionof EcosystemServicesinthe NorthCarolinaTriangle.
Ecological Societyof America(ESA),Austin,TX.
Youth ML, HessGR, McHale MR, PetersonMN.2011. EcosystemServicesandEquity: How do drinking
reservoirsshiftlocal demographics?Ecological Societyof America(ESA),Austin,TX.
BigsbyK, McHale MR, Grove M. 2011. Ecological Societyof America(ESA),Austin,TX. Lifestyle choices,
socio-economicstatus,andvegetationdynamicsinurban ecosystems: isRaleighonthe pathto
becomingBaltimore,MD.
Tsai W-L,Burton C, LeongY, McHale MR.,FloydM. Classifyingurbanforestsand greenspacesasa
physical healthresource usinggoogle earthandlandsatimagery. Societyof American Foresters
Conference.
McHale MR, Band LE, Berke PR,BernhardtE, BigsbyK,Bruce S, HessGR, Urban D, YouthM. 2011.
Equitable Distributionof EcosystemServicesinthe Triangle Regionof NorthCarolina. Ecological
Societyof America(ESA),AustinTX.
McHale MR. 2011. From Concrete JunglestoSavannas: Socio-Ecological SystemsResearchinthe
UnitedStatesandSouth Africa. ForestryandAgriculture BiotechInstitute (FABI),Universityof
Pretoria,SouthAfrica.
McHale MR and HessG. 2011. What is Triangle ULTRA?FER Graduate SeminarSeries.
BigsbyK, McHale MR, Grove GM. 2010 (Aug).Linkingsocio-ecologicalstatus,lifestylebehaviors,and
landcoverin Raleigh,NC.PosterPresentation: Ecological Societyof America,Pittsburg,PA.
McHale MR. 2010. Past AdventuresandFuture OpportunitiesinSouthAfrica. FERGraduate Seminar
Series.
LawlerM, McHale MR. 2010. A FeasibilityAssessmentof Alternative WoodyBiomassUtilizationinthe
NorthCarolinaTriangle. NCState CommunityForestryConference,Raleigh,NC.
McHale MR. 2010. Urban Ecologyat NCSU. FERGSA, graduate studentorientation.
Grimm NB,CookEM, Earl S, Hale RL, Hall SJ, HartnettHE, IwaniecD,Larson EK, McHale MR, Sponseller,
RA 2009. Ecosystembiogeochemical functionandservicesinan urbanizingdesertregion. Oral
Presentation: AmericanGeophysical Union,SanFrancisco,CA.
McHale MR, BakerL, KoernerB, GrimmNB. 2008. DevelopingCarbonBudgetsforCities: Phoenix
MetropolitanRegionasa Case Study. PosterPresentation:AmericanGeophysical Union,San
Francisco,CA.
RECENT PRODUCTIVITY
ProposalsSubmitted
McHale MR (PI).CAREER: The metabolismof urbanizationinadevelopingworld. National Science
Foundation.$714,030 (In Review)
RodriguezD,Hanna AF,MacDonald JA,GoldenJ, McHale MR. BuildingHealthier,EnergyEfficient,and
Equitable CitiesthroughHeat –ResilientUrbanForm. National Science Foundation.$1,742,997
(InReview)
BundsK, EvansMA, Money E, CasperJ,JonesG, CarrierS, McHale MR, de losReyesF. NCState Water
EducationCollaborative: DevelopingStrategicPartnershipstoInvestigate the Effectsof
GeovisualizationToolstoEducate the PublicaboutWaterSystems.NCSU.$30,884 (InReview)

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McHale MR (PI), ChildersD,PicketSTA,BunnD, ZhouW. FEW Workshop: Settinga food,energy,and
waternexusresearchagendainan urbanizingandgloballyconnectedworld.National Science
Foundation$100,000. (unfunded –ratedverycompetitive)
McHale MR (PI), HessG, MeentemeyerR,BunnD,Twine W, ErasmusB, Hall S,SustainabilityResearch
Network(SRN) forDemocratizingUrbanization: LocallyRelevantSolutionstoEnhance Global
Sustainability. National Science Foundation.$11,963,603 (unfunded –ratedvery competitive)
PapersSubmitted (InReview andInRevision)
*Tsai WL, LeungYF, McHale MR, FloydM. RelationshipsbetweenUrbanGreenLand-CoverandHuman
Healthat DifferentSpatial Resolutions. UrbanEcosystems.
*Graduate Students
SYNERGISTICACTIVITIES
Createdandestablishedthe International Mentoringof AdvancedGraduatesforINterdisciplinary
Excellence (IMAGINE) Program –An integratedresearchandeducationprogramforAmericanandSouth
Africanstudents. Studentsare mentoredbygroupsof interdisciplinaryresearchersandcommunity
organizationstodevelopresearchthatbenefitspeople. Seehttp://go.ncsu.edu/imagine
https://www.facebook.com/imaginescience4change/
Developedthe virtual urban ecologyclassroom –anadvancedurban ecologyclasstaughtbyMelissa
McHale at NCSU and Lucy Hutrya at BostonUniversity. Utilizingnew technology,webconferencing
software,andwikis,studentsinteractedwitheachotheracrosscampusesandhadvirtual presentations
and discussionsessionswithleadersin the fieldacrossthe US.
Developedandwrote aproposal to SouthAfricanNational Lotteries(10millionRand) insupportof a
long-termcommunityrunnon-ProfitcalledTshuluTrust.Tshuluhassuccessfullyimplementedahome-
stay programfor universitystudentsthatbringssignificantfundstostrugglingfamiliesinthe region.Our
proposal,if funded,will expandthisgroup’scapacitytoruna successful researchandeducationbased
tourismfacilityin rural SouthAfrica.
Establishedthe Environmental Monitorprogramwiththe TshuluTrust,SouthAfrica – Workingwiththe
Krugerto CanyonsBiosphere Reserve,2environmental monitors (anemploymentcreationproject
fundedbythe SA government) are workingforthe TshuluTrustwithcapacitydevelopment,training,
researchsupportprovidedbyMcHale and the IMAGINE team. The effortshere are diverse and
extensive. Forexample,McHale etal.provide reportsandfeedback tothe Trustand the local Tribal
Authorityonwaterqualityandavailabilityinthe area. Thisinformationisused tofacilitatediscussions
withthe local and national governmentsonsolutionstotheirwater-relatedissues.
OrganizedaninterdisciplinaryworkshopJanuary2014 called,“Ourresilientfuture:Bringingtogether
diverse perspectivesforachievingsocial andecological healthandwell-beingalongthe borderof Kruger
National Park”. In collaborationwiththe KnowledgeHubforRural Development(WitsU),the Krugerto
CanyonsBiosphere Reserve,andthe Urban SustainabilityResearchCoordinationNetwork,we facilitated
a seriesof roundtable discussionsamongadiverse groupof stakeholdersmeanttoinformthe processof
creatinga researchnetworkandguide the developmentof importantsocio-ecological research
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STUDENTS ADVISED
Scott Beck(NCSU-MS,Graduated:PhDinprocess), KevinBigsby(NCSU-PhDCandidate), Darya
Dimintiyanova(NCSU-MSinprocess), ElinaInkilainen(NCSU-MS,Graduated),EvanKeto(NCSU-MS,
Graduated), MegLawler(NCSU-MS,Graduated), Alex Metzger(NCSU-MS, Graduated),CaraNelson
(NCSU-MS,Graduated), KatSelm(NCSU– MS inprocess), Wei-LunTsai (NCSU-PhD,Graduated), Michael
Youth (NCSU-MS,Graduated).
GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES
AdamDale (NCSU-PhD,Graduated), BiancaLopez(UNC-PhDCandidate), TonyGallagher(NCSU-MS),
YuchenMao (NCSU-PhD,Graduated),EmilyMeineke (NCSU-PhD,Graduated), WilmerReyes(NCSU-PhD
student), DouglasShoemaker(NCSU-PhD,Graduated), KurtSmith(NCSU-PhD,Graduated)
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITYAND OTHER PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
UniversityService
Co-Chair,UrbanEcosystemsStrategicPlanningCommittee,(September2015 – Present)
Member,FER Landscape EcologistFacultySearch Committee (April 2015 – January2016)
Member,International Committee,ForestryandEnvironmental Resources,(2009-Present)
Informal Advisor,ResearchandStudyAbroadInitiatives,SouthAfrica(2012-Present)
Member,Graduate Faculty,College of Natural Resources,February(2009-Present)
AssistantCo-Chair,the UrbanEcosystemsStrategicPlanningCommittee,Collegeof Natural Resources
(2013)
Member,LibraryCommittee,DepartmentalRepresentative,NorthCarolinaState University,(2010-
2012)
ProfessionalService
Revieweditor, Frontiersin Ecology and Evolution (May 2014 – Present)
ManuscriptReviewer- Citiesandthe Environment;Computers,Environment,andUrbanSystems;
Ecosystems;Environment,Development,andSustainability;EnvironmentalManagement;Frontiersin
Ecologyand the Environment;FrontiersinEcologyandEvolution;Landscape Ecology;Landscape and
Urban Planning;LandUse Policy;SouthAfricanJournal of Education;SoutheastNaturalist;Urban
Ecosystems;UrbanForestryand Urban Greening.
BookChapterand Book Proposal Reviewer - Cambridge UniversityPress,“LandUse and the Carbon
Cycle”;Routledge Press,“UrbanEcology”

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Proposal Reviewer- NOAA ClimateProgram’sGlobal CarbonCycle Program;NationalScience
FoundationCAREERSProposal;NCSUUS Agriculture Proposals;NationalResearchFoundation(South
Africa)
ProfessionSocietiesMembership - Ecological Societyof America(ESA) (2005-Present);American
Associationforthe Advancementof Science (AAAS)(2008-Present)
VisitingSeniorLecturer(2013 – Present) - Animal,Plant,andEnvironmental Sciences,the Universityof
the Witwatersrand

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Dr. StewardT.A.Pickett,DistinguishedSeniorScientist
Director,Baltimore EcosystemStudyLTER,CaryInstitute of EcosystemStudies
Box AB MillbrookNY
845-677-7600 x 130
email:picketts@caryinstitute.org
Dr. Mary Cadenasso,AssociateProfessor,UrbanEcology
Departmentof PlantSciences,One ShieldsAvenue
1210 Plantand Environmental SciencesBldg
Davis,CA 95616-8780
530-754-6151
email: mlcadenasso@ucdavis.edu
Dr. Daniel L.Childers,Professor,School of Sustainability
Co-Director,UrbanSustainabilityRCN
ArizonaState University,800 SouthCadyMall, POB875402
Tempe AZ85287-5402
480.965.2320 (office)
email:Dan.Childers@asu.edu
Dr. George Hess,Professor, ConservationEcology
ForestryandEnvironmental Resources
NorthCarolinaState University
919-515-7437
email:george_hess@ncsu.edu