About Me

Tom is married to Connie, and they have two girls (Kristen and Cathy), a Griffon named Clifford, a miniature schnauzer named Willie, five horses, and a ferret named Teddie. Hobbies include endurance horse racing and prairie restoration.


Contact

Department of Forest Ecology & Management
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1630 Linden Drive,
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608-262-0532
stgower@wisc.edu

 
 

Curriculum Vitae PDF

Education

Ph.D., Forest Ecology, University of Washington, 1987
M.S., Forest Ecology & Soil Science, North Carolina State Univ., 1983
B.S., Biology, Furman University, 1980

Professional Experience

Professor, Department of Forestry, UW-Madison, 1996 - present
Associate Prof., Department of Forestry, UW-Madison, 1993-1996
Assistant Prof., Department of Forestry, UW-Madison, 1987-1992
Research Scientist, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona Univ., 1986-87

Research Interests

Effects of disturbance on forest ecosystem structure and function, regionalization of carbon, water and nutrient budgets for terrestrial ecosystems, biophysical controls on carbon assimilation and allocation in terrestrial ecosystems, nutrient circulation in natural and managed ecosystems, influences of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on soil carbon dynamics, comparison of resource use by evergreen and deciduous trees.

Stith Tom Gower
Professor of Forest Ecosystem Ecology