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STEVE KLASSEN
stevek@cc.usu.edu

Senior Research Associate
   - ETHYLENE STUDIES

Curriculum Vitae in PDF format
  
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
 
EXPERIENCE
 
PUBLICATIONS
 
INVITED
TALKS
 
PRESENTATIONS
 
HONORS
 
 
 
EDUCATION
MS
1998
  Utah State University
     major: Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS
1989
  University of Utah
     major: Biology
     minor: Chemistry
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EXPERIENCE
  • Senior Research Associate - Mar. 1998 to present
       - Utah State University; Logan, UT
    Co-Investigator on 3 year $650K NASA funded proposal: "Ethylene Synthesis and Sensitivity in Salad Crops: Interactions with Root and Shoot Environmental Stress in Microgravity Conditions";

    Manager of the Agricultural Experiment Station Research Greenhouse & Crop Physiology Laboratories providing research and infrastructure support to 20+ faculty and student users;

    Conduct independent research, advise, and assist graduate student research;

    Team player in disseminating information by public speaking and writing manuscripts;

    Facility Safety Coordinator handling all aspects of building safety in cooperation with the USU Environmental Health and Safety office and the Fire Marshall;

    Supervisor of a staff of three to five employees
  • Graduate Research Assistant - Sept. 1994 to Oct. 1997
       - Utah State University; Logan, UT
    Investigated plant-soil interactions in the natural attenuation of soil contaminants (phytoremediation);

    Responsible for field studies involving plant, soil/sediment, and surface water environmental analysis;

    Conducted laboratory experiments to evaluate the vegetative buffering of heavy metal leachates;

    Published findings in the Journal of Environmental Quality
  • Laboratory Specialist - Jun. 1989 to Aug. 1991
       - University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT
    Investigated relationships between hydrological processes and the development of natural plant communities and plant physiological adaptations;

    Managed field studies including plant, soil, and water sampling, monitoring, and analysis;

    Trained in the use of stable isotopes, field gas exchange, elemental analysis, micrometeorological data acquisition, water potential measurements, and vegetation surveys;

    Co-authored paper published in Crop Science
  • Laboratory Assistant - Jan. 1988 to Jun. 1989
       - University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT
    Assisted in plant ecological field studies;

    Promoted to full time position following completion of BS in Biology
  • Laboratory Assistant (Volunteer)- Jan. 1988 to Jun. 1989
       - University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT
    Conducted research on host-race evolution in seed eating bugs (Jadera heaematoloma);

    Authored a successful grant for $1000 from the Sigma Xi Research Society for field research in Belize
  • Laboratory Assistant (Volunteer)- Nov. 1987 to Jan. 1988
       - University of Utah; Salt Lake City, UT
    Conducted research on sexual dimorphism in ground dwelling wasps
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PUBLICATIONS
  • Real-Time Imaging of Ground Cover: Relationships with Radiation Capture, Canopy Photosynthesis, and Daily Growth Rate.
    nbsp;  Steve Klassen, G. Ritchie, J. Frantz, D. Pinnock, and B. Bugbee - 2002
             - Crop Sci. Submitted 8-2-02

  • Sensitivity of Wheat and Rice to Low Levels of Atmospheric Ethylene.
       Steve Klassen and B. Bugbee - 2002
             - Vol 42:746-753

  • Comparative Floral Development of Mir-Grown and Ethylene-Treated, Earth-Grown Super Dwarf Wheat.
       William Campbell, F. Salisbury, B. Bugbee, S. Klassen, et al. - 2001
             - J. of Plant Physiology, Vol 158:1051-1060

  • Effects of Metal Tolerant Plants (Betula occidentalis and Carex microptera) on the Fate and Behavior of Lead in Contaminated Soils.
       Steve Klassen, J. McLean, P. Grossl, and R. Sims - 2000
             - J. of Environmental Quality, Vol 29:1826-1834

  • Effects of Low Ethylene Levels on Crop Plants.
       Steve Klassen, W. Campbell, and B. Bugbee - 1999
             - Proceedings: International Conference on Environmental Systems
               (Administered by the Society of Automotive Engineers)

  • Plant Species Native to the Intermountain West for Use in the Phytoremediation of Lead-Contaminated Soils.
       Steve Klassen - 1998
             - M.S. Thesis, Utah State University

  • Rapidly Evolving Adaptations to Host Ecology and Nutrition in the Soapberry Bug.
       S. Carroll, S. Klassen, and H. Dingle - 1998
             - Evolutionary Ecology, Vol 12:955-968

  • Genetic Differentiation of Fitness-Associated Traits Among Rapidly Evolving Populations of the Soapberry Bug.
       S. Carroll, H. Dingle, and S. Klassen - 1997
             - Evolution, Vol 51:1182-1188

  • Carbon Isotope Discrimination and Transpiration Efficiency in Common Bean.
       J. Ehleringer, S. Klassen, et al. - 1991
             - Crop Science, Vol 31:1611-1615
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INVITED TALKS
  • Demonstration of a Method for Quantifying Plant Growth and Stress Responses with a Digital Camera.
       Steve Klassen and B. Bugbee - 2001
             - Invited speaker: American Society of Agronomy
               Oct. 21-25, 2001; Charlotte, NC

  • Ethylene Effects on the Growth and Performance of Crop Plants in Controlled Environments.
       Bruce Bugbee and S. Klassen - 1998
             - Invited Speaker: NASA-Kennedy Advanced Life Support Group (ALS)
               Nov. 24, 1998; NASA-Kennedy, FL

  • Lead Resistance in Betula occidentalis and Carex microptera: On the Natural Attenuation of Lead Contaminated Mine Spoils.
       Steve Klassen - 1997
             - Invited speaker: Utah Geological Association (UGA).
               Apr. 1, 1997; Salt Lake City, UT
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PRESENTATIONS
  • Genetic and Environmental Interactions with Ethylene Sensitivity in Crop Plants.
       Steve Klassen, T. Hudelson, and B. Bugbee - 2002
           - Poster: American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology
             Nov. 6-10, 2002; Cocoa Beach, FL

  • Unique Characteristics of the Six Super Dwarf Crop Plants Under Study at Utah State University.
       Bruce Bugbee, S. Klassen, J. Frantz, D. Pinnock, and J. Robinson - 2002
           - Poster: American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology
             Nov. 6-10, 2002; Cocoa Beach, FL

  • Ethylene Sensitivity of Crops in Controlled Environments.
       Steve Klassen and B. Bugbee - 2000
           - Presentation: American Society of Agronomy
             Nov 5-9, 2000; Minneapolis, MN

  • Differential Sensitivity of Crops to Ethylene and Interactions with Elevated CO2.
       Steve Klassen and B. Bugbee - 2000
           - Presentation: Life Support and Biosphere Science
             Aug. 6-10, 2000; Baltimore, MD

  • Ethylene Sensitivity of Crop Plants: Implications for Advanced Life Support and Space Flight.
       Steve Klassen, W. Campbell, and B. Bugbee - 1999
           - Presentation: American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology
             Nov. 10-13, 1999; Seattle, WA

  • Effects of Low Ethylene Levels on Wheat.
       Steve Klassen, W. Campbell, and B. Bugbee - 1999
           - Presentation: American Society of Agronomy
             Oct. 31 - Nov. 4, 1999; Salt Lake City, UT

  • An Investigation of Plant Species Native to the Intermountain West for Use in the Phytoremediation of Lead-Contaminated Soils.
       Steve Klassen, J. McLean, P. Grossl, and R. Sims - 1998
           - Conference on Hazardous Waste Research
             May 19-21, 1998; Snow Bird, UT

  • An Investigation of Native Plant Species for the Phytoremediation of Abandoned Mine Sites.
       Steve Klassen, J. McLean, P. Grossl, and R. Sims - 1996
           - Poster: Conference for the Great/Plains Rocky Mountain
             Hazardous Substance Research Center
             May 21-23, 1996; Albuquerque, NM

  • Heterotrophy in a Xylem tapping Mistletoe.
       Steve Klassen and J. Ehleringer - 1991
           - Presentation: Utah Plant Ecology Meetings
             Jan. 1991; Brighton, UT
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HONORS
  • Utah State University environmental engineering research assistantship - 1994
     
  • Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society grant - 1989
     
  • Mayo Foundation academic scholarship - 1983
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