Education

2004 Ph.D. West Virginia University
1999 B.A. West Virginia University

Professional Experience

2008 Assistant Professor
Saint Joseph's University

2004-2007 Post-doctoral Fellow
University of Kansas

Courses Taught

Plant Physiological Ecology
Graduate Seminar

Publications

Ward J.K. , C.J. Springer, and C. Martin. In press. Merging plant physiological ecology and gene expression studies in CO₂ research: Controlled environmental studies take the stage. In: Seeking Ecological Mechanisms: Controlled Environments in Global Change Research, eds: Reynolds J.F. and T.H. Jones. Springer-Verlag.

Springer, C.J. and J.K. Ward. 2007. Flowering time and elevated atmospheric CO₂. New Phytologist 176: 243-255.
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Springer. C.J. 2007. Review of A History of Atmospheric CO₂ and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems edited by J.R. Ehleringer, T.E. Cerling, M.D. Dearing. Palaois. DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.BR04

Springer, C.J. and R.B. Thomas. 2007. Photosynthetic responses of forest understory tree species to long-term exposure to elevated carbon dioxide concentration at the Duke Forest FACE experiment. Tree Physiology 27: 25-32.

Springer, C.J., E.H. DeLucia, and R.B. Thomas. 2005. Relationships between net photosynthesis and foliar nitrogen concentrations in a loblolly pine forest ecosystem grown in elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. Tree Physiology 25: 385-394.

DeLucia, E.H., D.J. Moore, J.G. Hamilton, R.B. Thomas, C.J. Springer and R.J. Norby . 2005. The changing role of forests in the global carbon cycle: responding to elevated carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In: Climate Change and Global Food Security , R. Lal, J. Duxbury, B.A. Steward and D.O. Hansen, eds., pp. 179-214. CRC Press.