Areas of Research Interest

Full scope of research is described on greghouseman.com

Areas of Teaching Interest

Courses Taught at Wichita State University

• General Biology II (BIOL 211)
• Field Botany (BIOL 503)
• Ecosystem Management and Restoration (BIOL 610G)
• Plant Ecology (BIOL 610N)

Publications

See updated list of publications at greghouseman.com.

Professional Experience

• 2018-present. Field Station Director, Wichita State University
• 2014-present. Associate Professor, Wichita State University
• 2008-2014. Assistant Professor, Wichita State University
• 2006-2008. Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Kansas
• 2004-2006. Research Associate, Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
• 2006. Adjunct Professor, Kalamazoo College

Grants

• NSF EPSCoR (2017) “RII Track-1: Microbiomes of aquatic, plant and soil systems (MAPS) mediating sustainability: An observation and experimental network across Kanas precipitation and land use gradients” G. R. Houseman (numerous collaborators; Houseman is the sole WSU PI); WSU Funded $428,792
• Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism (2017) “Linking CRP Grassland Management to Plants, Insects, and Birds” W. Jensen PI, G. R. Houseman, and M. L. Jameson CoPIs; Funded $1,053,947
• Young Faculty Scholar Award, Wichita State University 2016.
• NSF-DEB (2016) travel supplement for “Interactive effects of exogenous and endogenous spatial heterogeneity on plant diversity” G. R. Houseman PI; Funded $12,606.
• Tallgrass Legacy Alliance (2016) “Improving our understanding of the spread and control of the invasive species—sericea lespedeza” G. R. Houseman PI; Funded $38,351.
• USDA-AFRI (2016) “Integrating modeling and field experiments to guide weed management in rangeland systems” G. R. Houseman PI and I. E. Büyüktahtakin Co-PI; Funded $430,822.
• NSF-DEB (2015) “Interactive effects of exogenous and endogenous spatial heterogeneity on plant diversity” G.R. Houseman PI, B. L. Foster, Antonio Golubski Co-P.I.s; Funded $747,269.
• National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center: LTER Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015) “Developing new metrics for studying holistic community changes—a necessary new frontier in the Anthropocene” M. Avolio (PI), G. R. Houseman (co-PI; postdoctoral co-advisor); Funded to cover Postdoctoral salary along with travel and stipend for Houseman.
• NSF Kansas EPSCoR (2010) “Can spatial variability created by dispersal explain the accumulation of biodiversity” G. R. Houseman PI; Funded $39,000.
• USDA-NRI (2006) “Does propagule pressure change invasion risk under different agricultural management regimes” G. R. Houseman PI; Bryan Foster CoPI; Funded $125,000.
• NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant 0308856 with Kay Gross (2003) “Species pools and plant traits as constraints on species diversity across productivity gradients” Funded $10,000.

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