Michael Morgan

PRESENT POSITION:

• Professor of Environmental Science/Biology

CAMPUS ADDRESS:

• College of Environmental Sciences
• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
  Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
  Phone: (920)465-2265
  Office: LS 417
  E-mail: morganm@uwgb.edu

ACADEMIC PREPARATION:

• B.A. Botany, Butler University, 1963
• M.S. Botany, University of Illinois, 1965
• Ph.D. Botany, University of Illinois, 1968, Minor in Agronomy
• Department of Meteorology, UW-Madison, CIC Biometeorology Fellow, studied one year.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

• Ecological Society of America
• Society for Conservation Biology
• Natural Areas Association
• American Institute of Biological Sciences
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

TEACHING:

• Principles of Biology II
• Plant Physiology
• Field Botany
• Introduction to Environmental Science
• Graduate Seminar in Ecology and Evolution

SPECIAL AWARDS:

• UW-Green Bay Founder's Association Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1986.
• Sabbatical during the 1991-92 academic year with the Conservation Research Group, School of Forestry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS:

• Morgan, M. D., 1969.  "Ecology of Aspen in Gunnison County, CO."  American Midland Naturalist, 82:204-228.
• Morgan, M. D., 1971.  "Life History and Energy Relationships of Hydrophyllum appendiculatum."  Ecological Monographs, 41: 329-349.
• Morgan, M. D. and Sylvia M. Old, 1972.  "Comparison of Seasonal Microclimates of a Wood and Prairie in East-Central Illinois."  American Midland Naturalist, 87:100-108.
• Morgan, M. D., J. M. Moran, and J. H. Wiersma, 1973.  "An Introductory Environmental Science Course for Non-Science Majors."  Journal of Environmental Education, 4:39-41.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1974.  "Environmental Paradoxes."  American Biology Teacher, 36:113-114.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1974.  "Snow Sampling:  A Student Project for Determination of Urban Air-Borne Particulate Distribution."  Science Teacher, 41:38-39.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1976.  "Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Climatic Change Upon the Growing Season in Wisconsin."  Trans. Wis. Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters, 64:261-276.
• Morgan, M. D. and J. M. Moran.  1977.  "Response of Growing Season in Wisconsin to Recent Hemispheric Trends in Climate."  Proceedings of 13th Annual American Meteorological Conference on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology,  pp. 77-78.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1977.  "Recent Trends in Hemispheric Temperature and Growing Season Indices in Wisconsin."  Agricultural Meteorology, 18:1-8.
• Morgan, M. D. and J. M. Moran, 1979.  "Assessment of Growing Season Length as an Index of Climatic Change."  Geographical Perspectives, 43:32-36.
• Morgan, M. D. and J. Moran, 1981.  "The Human Organism and Environmental Issues:  Putting It All Together."  American Biology Teacher, 43:317-319.
• Van Koevering, T. E., M. D. Morgan, and T. J. Younk, 1987. "The Energy Relationships of Corn Production and Alcohol Fermentation."  Journal of Chemical Education,  64(1):11-14.
• Van Koevering, T. E., M. D. Morgan, and T. J. Younk, 1987. "The Production of Gasohol:  The Environmental and Economic Consequences of Growing Our Own Food."  Journal of School Science and Mathematics, 87(5):380-386.
• Morgan, M.D., 1990.  "Seed Germination Characteristics of Iris virginica."  American Midland Naturalist,  124:209-213.
• Simonich M. T. and M. D. Morgan, 1990.  "Successful Transplantation of Dwarf Lake Iris Ramets."  Restoration and Management Notes, 8:131-132.
• Morgan, M. D. and D. A. Norton, 1992.  "Growth Response to Light of Carex inopinata Cook, an Endangered New Zealand Sedge.  New Zealand Journal of Botany, 30:429-433.
• Van Koevering, T. E., G. T. O'Hearn, J. M. Morgan and M. D. Morgan, 1992.  "Northeast Wisconsin Science Forum:  An Example of Cooperative Effort in Upgrading Education." Journal of Science Teacher Education,  3:27-31.
• Simonich, M. T. and M. D. Morgan.  1994.  Allozymic    uniformity in Iris lacustris (dwarf lake iris) in Wisconsin. Canadian Journal of Botany  72:  1720-1722.
• Morgan, M. D. and J. M. Moran, 1995.  "Understanding the    Greenhouse Effect and the Ozone Shield:  An Index of   Scientific Literacy among University Students."  Bulletin of     the American Meteorlogcial Society  76:  1185-1190.

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

• Moran, J. M., M. D. Morgan, and J. H. Wiersma, 1973.  An Introduction to Environmental Sciences, Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 389 pp.
• Moran, J. M., M. D. Morgan, and J. H. Wiersma, 1980. Introduction to Environmental Science, W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, CA.  658 pp.
• Moran, J. M., M. D. Morgan, and J. H. Wiersma, 1986. Introduction to Environmental Sciences, 2nd ed, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York.  709 pp.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1986.  The Atmosphere and the Science of Weather:  An Introduction.  Burgess Publishing Company, Minneapolis, MN.  502 pp.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1989.  Meteorology:  The Atmosphere and the Science of Weather, 2nd ed., Macmillan Publishing, New York.  560 pp.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1991.  Meteorology:  The Atmosphere and the Science of Weather, 3rd ed., Macmillan College Publishing, New York. 585 pp.
• Morgan, M. D., J. M. Moran, and J. H. Wiersma, 1993. Environmental Science:  Managing Biological and Physical Resources, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, IA. 530 pp.
• Morgan, M. D. and J. M. Moran, 1993.  Student Study Guide to Accompany Environmental Sciences:  Managing Biological and Physical Resources, Wm. C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, IA. 127 pp.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1994.  Meteorology:  The     Atmosphere and the Science of Weather, 4th ed,, Macmillan College Publishing, New York. 517 pp.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1995.  Essentials of Weather, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N. J. 351 pp.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1996.  Meteorology: The Atmosphere and the Science of Weather,  5e, Prentice Hall, New York. 535pp.
• Morgan, M. D. and J. M. Moran, 1996.  Weather and People, Prentice Hall, New York. 202 pp.

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL/REGIONAL MEETINGS:

• Morgan, M. D. and J. M. Moran.  1975.  Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Growing Season Length in Wisconsin.  Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.  19 April.  UW-Waukesha. Presented by Morgan.
• Morgan, M. D. and J. M. Moran, 1977.  Response of Growing Season in Wisconsin to Recent Hemispheric Trends in Climate, American Meteorological Society, 13th Conference on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, Purdue University, 4-6 April 1977.  Presented by Morgan.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1977.  Length of Growing Season as an Index of Climatic Change, Association of American Geographers, West Lakes Division, Valparaiso, IN, 14-15 October 1977.  Presented by Moran.
• Moran, J. M., M. D. Morgan, and J. H. Wiersma, 1980. Environmental Science for Non-Science Majors:  A Decade Later.  National Convention of the National Science Teachers Association, Anaheim, CA, 22 March 1980.  Presented by Moran.
• Morgan, M. D. and J. M. Moran, 1980.  The Human Organism and Environmental Issues:  Putting It All Together.  National Convention of National Association of Biology Teachers, October 23-26, 1980.  Presented by Morgan.
• Moran, J. M. and M. D. Morgan, 1982.  Climate and Energy. National Convention of the National Science Teachers Association.  2 April.  Chicago.  Presented by Moran.
• Morgan, M. D. and J. M. Moran, 1982.  Science for Non-Science Majors at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Regional Conference of Society of College Science Teachers. Michigan State University, 24 June 1982.  Presented by Morgan.
• Morgan, M. D., 1989.  Seed Germination Phenology and Requirements of Iris virginica.  Annual Conference of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.  30 April. UW-Green Bay.
• Morgan, M. D., 1989.  Spatial & Temporal Variation in the Reproductive Ecology of Iris lacustris.  Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America.  9 August.  University of Toronto.
• Morgan, M. D., 1990.  NEW Science Forum:  Interactions Between Ecologists and Secondary Science Teachers.  Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, 1 August. Snowbird, Utah.
• Morgan, M. D., 1991.  Response of Iris lacustris to Drought. Annual Meeting of Society for Conservation Biology.  19 June. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Morgan, M. D., 1991.  Impact of Drought on the Reproductive Ecology of Iris lacustris.  Annual Conference of the New  Zealand Ecological Society, 26 August, Nelson.
• Morgan, M. D., 1991.  Response of Iris lacustris, A Threatened North American Species, to Drought.  Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Botanical Society and the Australian Systematic Botany Society, 22 November, University of Auckland.
• Morgan, M. D. and D. A. Norton, 1993.  Growth Response to Light of Carex inopinata Cook, an Endangered New Zealand Sedge.  Annual Meetings of Wisconsin Academy of Sciences,   Arts, and Letters.  UW-Oshkosh. 24 May.  Presented by Morgan.
• Morgan, M. D. and D. A. Norton, 1993.  Reproductive Ecology of Myosotis colensoi, A Rare New Zealand Herbaceous Perennial.  Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of  America.  UW-Madison.  3 August.  Presented by Morgan.
• Morgan, M. D. and D. A. Norton, 1995.  Population  Biology  of the Threatened Endemic New Zealand Basicole Myosotis     colensoi (Kirk) Macbr.  Annual Meeting of Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.  Edgewood College.  22 April.  Presented by Morgan.

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING:

• Member of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recovery team to develop a recovery plan for Iris lacustris - a federally-listed threatened species, April 1989 to present.

CURRENT UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES:

• Curator of University Herbarium.
• Assistant Chair of Department of Environmental Science.
• Member of University Committee.
• Member of UW-Green Bay Enrollment Management Committee.
• Member of Cofrin Arboretum and Natural Areas Committee.
• Advisor for Biology and Environmental Science majors/minors.

UNIVERSITY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:

• NEW Science Forum Advisory Board, 1985 to present.
• NEW Science Teacher Day Field Trips, 1985 to present.
• UW-Green Bay/Northeast Wisconsin High School Academic Competition, 1981 to present.