Devin Rodgers
Email: devinmrodgers@gmail.com
Website: http://www.apsu.edu/herbarium/welcome-homepage-devin-rodgers
Education:
2013-Present Master of Science in Biology (expected graduation December, 2015)
Austin Peay State University and APSU Center for Excellence in Field Biology,
601 College St., Clarksville, TN 37040
Thesis topic: Vascular flora and vegetation of the Cumberland Riverscour
Ecological System in Daddy’s Creek Gorge, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with a minor in Biology (May ‘11)
Catawba College, 2300 West Innes St., Salisbury, NC 28144
2007-2011
Personal Achievements:
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Appalachian Trail thru-hiker (2012).
President of the Dead Athenian Society (Catawba College; 2010)
Paul Fisher Service Award (volunteering award in 2008)
Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America (2007)
Experience:
Wetland Delineation Vegetation Consultant- October 2014 to present
See job-specific details in “Consulting Experience” section below.
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Herbarium Collections Manager/Research Assistant- August, 2013 to present
Austin Peay State University Center for Excellence in Field Biology,
601 College St., Clarksville, TN 37040
Advisor: Dr. L. Dwayne Estes 931-221-7771
Project manager for ongoing field botany surveys at Land Between the Lakes National
Recreation Area (west TN/KY).
A variety of tasks from collecting plant specimens for the herbarium to identifying,
mounting, and imaging/databasing plant specimens to curatorial assistant odd-jobs
maintaining the herbarium.
Field technician for ongoing rare plant and vegetation surveys at Clarks River National
Wildlife Refuge (west KY) and the Ocoee River Gorge (east TN).
Mapping plant communities on GIS as part of an undergoing Communities-of-Tennessee
project.
Volunteer coordination
Field Botany Research Assistant- May, 2013 to August, 2013
Austin Peay State University Center for Excellence in Field Biology,
601 College St., Clarksville, TN 37040
Advisor: Dr. L. Dwayne Estes 931-221-7771
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Managing botany surveys at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, including
surveying for rare, threatened, and endangered plants and mapping natural communities. The
project was then summarized in a report submitted to the Forest Service.
GIS Specialist Intern- October 2011 to March 2012
MD DNR Wildlife and Heritage Program
Tawes State Office Building E-1, 580 Taylor Ave, Annapolis, MD 21401
Manager: Peter Stango
Created digital maps of element occurrences of rare, threatened, and endangered (state-listed)
flora and fauna of MD using NatureServe-created, GIS-based Biotics software.
Entering the data for those element occurrences.
Field Botanist Internship- June, 2011 to September 8, 2011
Modoc National Forest,
800 W 12th St., Alturas, CA 96101-3132
Manager: Judy Perkins
Completed botanical surveys (incl. mapping with GPS) of timber sales, range allotments,
wells, etc. for rare, threatened, endangered, and watch-list plants and noxious weeds,
especially amongst fens, vernal pools, springs, talus slope, sage steppe and other rare plant
habitat in accordance with NEPA regulations.
Collected native grass seed for restoration projects and treated noxious weeds.
Botanical Garden Assistant- May 2010 to August 2010
Highlands Biological Station,
265 N. Sixth Street, Highlands, NC 28741
Manager: Cyndi Banks
Maintained Botanical Garden: trimming/pruning plants, clearing trails, weeding, hauling
brush, mowing lawns, and other odds/ends around the station.
Identified wildflowers, interpreted flora, gave tours of the botanical garden.
Consulting Experience
Botanic surveys for development near Lavergne, TN- October 2014
Griggs and Maloney, Inc.
P.O. Box 2968-745
S. Church Street Suite 205
Murfreesboro, TN 37133-2968
Presentations and Posters at Professional Meetings:
Rodgers, D. and L. Dwayne Estes. 2014. Vascular flora and vegetation of the Cumberland
Riverscour Ecological System in Daddy’s Creek Gorge, Cumberland and Morgan
Counties, Tennessee. Presentation given at Tennessee Academy of Sciences meeting,
Morristown, TN.
Rodgers, D. and L. Dwayne Estes. 2014. Vascular flora and vegetation of the Cumberland
Riverscour Ecological System in Daddy’s Creek Gorge, Cumberland and Morgan
Counties, Tennessee. Presentation given at National Park Service’s Scientific Research
Symposium for the Cumberland Plateau, Rugby, TN.
Rodgers, D. and L. Dwayne Estes. 2014. Vascular flora of the Cumberland Riverscour
Ecological System in Daddy’s Creek Gorge, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
Presentation given at the Association of Southeastern Biologists Meeting, Spartanburg,
SC.
Rodgers, D. and C. Rogers-Lowery. 2011. Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on
calcium carbonate production in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus and Favia fragum.
Poster presented at Beta Beta Beta portion (undergraduate) of the Association of
Southeastern Biologists Meeting, Asheville, NC.
Rodgers, D. and C. Rogers-Lowery. 2010. Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on
calcium carbonate production in Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus. Talk given at State of
North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, Wilmington, NC.
Manuscripts in Preparation:
Rodgers, D. and L. Dwayne Estes. 2016. Vascular flora and vegetation of the Cumberland
Riverscour Ecological System in Daddy’s Creek Gorge, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
In prep.
Rodgers, D. and L. Dwayne Estes. 2015. A new species of Clematis (Ranunculaceae) from the
Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee. In prep.
Rodgers, D. and L. Dwayne Estes. 2015. Tradescantia ernestiana (Commelinaceae): a new
record for Tennessee, with comparisons to the morphologically-similar Tradescantia
virginiana. In prep.
Technical Reports
Rodgers, D. and L. Dwayne Estes. 2014. Land Between the Lakes Botany Surveys- Pisgah Bay
Watershed, Trail Re-Routes, and Trail Decommissions. Submitted to the Forest Service
at Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area. 130 p.
External Grants Submitted ($177,254)
Estes, L.D., C. Mausert-Mooney, and D. Rodgers. Flood-Scoured Riparian Zones of
Tennessee’s Southern Appalachians: Documenting Biodiversity in the South’s Last Wild
Frontier- Proposal submitted to Tennessee Healthy Watershed Initiative on 22 March,
2014 (funding amount- $176,454; Not funded).
Rodgers, D. Vascular flora of the Cumberland Riverscour Ecological System in Daddy’s Creek
Gorge, Cumberland County, Tennessee- Proposal submitted to Prairie Biotic Research, Inc.
Small Grants Program on 23 December, 2013 (funding amount- $800; Not funded).