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	Mark received his Ph.D. in Ecology from Colorado State University, where he became an expert in GIS technology through his research in ecosystem management and modeling on how fire and changing land use patterns affect carbon storage, nitrogen flow, and flux of greenhouse gas rates in forest ecosystems.</p>
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	Mark&rsquo;s publications have appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as <em>Forests</em>, <em>Global Change Biology</em>, and <em>International Journal of Wildland Fire </em>and&nbsp;he serves as a reviewer for international journals like <em>Ecological Modeling</em>, <em>Environmental Management</em>, and <em>Forest Ecology and Management</em>. &nbsp;He serves as the faculty representative to Au Sable Institute and as the faculty advisor for the Cedarville student organization Earthwise.</p>
