Dr. Steven Pennings, Professor of Biology and Biochemistry, Director of University of Houston Coastal Center
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Biochemistry
FACULTY WEBSITERESEARCH WEBSITE
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Areas of expertise
- Prairie ecology
- Coastal ecology
- Micrometeorology
- Geophysics
- Experimental evolution
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Awards
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2013: John and Rebecca Moores Professor, University of Houston
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2012: Society of Wetland Scientists Service Award – For editorial service for the society journal “Wetlands”
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2010: Society of Wetland Scientists Merit Award – For outstanding research
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Publications
More publications in research faculty website above and google scholar page, HERE.
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Patents
- None available.
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Grants and Funded Research
- Are Micronutrients Important in Structuring Plant and Herbivore Communities? A Test in Coastal Tallgrass Prairies. National Science Foundation. Chelse Prather at Radford University is the PI, $270,542 subcontract to Steve Pennings (Senior Personnel) at UH. 5/1/2015 to 4/30/2018.
- Mangroves are invading Texas salt marshes: what are the consequences? TX Sea Grant. Steve Pennings PI. $176,603. 2014-2016.
- Climate effects on ANPP of saltmarshes of the North American Atlantic coast—a hierarchical model approach. Postdoctoral proposal for Kazik Wieski. $37,648. 2012-2013.
- LTER: Georgia Coastal Ecosystems III. National Science Foundation. Merryl Alber PI, Steve Pennings Co-PI. $5,880,000. 2012-2018.
- Collaborative Research: Biophysical alteration of wetland geomorphology in response to rising sea level. National Science Foundation. Steven Pennings, $105,854; with parallel award to Duncan FitzGerald at Boston University. 2011-2014.
- Mangroves invading Texas salt marshes: does it matter? Texas Sea Grant. $176,603 to UH, with parallel award to Anna Armitage at Texas A&M Galveston. 2012-2014.
- RAPID Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Insights into salt marsh food webs from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. National Science Foundation. $131,115. 2010-2011.
- Marsh platform dissection as a response to sea level rise: physical mechanisms of erosion. DOE National Institute for Climatic Change Research. $28,000.
- Elucidating the mechanisms linking crab herbivory to salt marsh dieback. University of Houston Coastal Center. $14,940.
- Global warming and the interaction between mangroves and salt marshes in Texas. Environmental Institute of Houston. $14,995.
More grants and funded research in research websites above.
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Curriculum Vitae
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Contact information