Stockton Maxwell here.  I'm an professor of Geospatial Science at Radford University (VA).  My academic training is varied.  I started out as a behavioral psychologist, moved onto forest ecology, and ended up as a biogeographer with ecological and climatological intentions.  All of which are terribly interesting and continue to occupy my time. Researchwise, I specialize in applications of dendrochronology including forest disturbance history, carbon sequestration, and paleoclimate reconstruction.  In addition to tree rings, I utilize statistical, ecological, and geospatial techniques to investigate a host of biogeographic ideas.