Achievement and Leadership
- Served on over 60 Graduate Student Committees at SIUC.
- 37 invited talks at professional meetings
- >200 presentations and abstracts at professional meetings
- Awarded Honorary State FFA Degree for meritorious service to agricultural education
- “Outstanding Alumnus” by the Department of Forestry, SIUC.
- “Outstanding Recent Alumnus” by the School of Forest Resources at Pennsylvania State University
- The Donald M. Elkins Excellence in Education Award. College-wide recognition for teaching achievement presented by the COAS Student Advisory Council, SIUC.
- Co-inventor (with H. D. Gerhold) of three separate varieties (PennSpanish-II, Pennpal-75, and Pennmerritt-74) of genetically improved Christmas tree seed of Pinus sylvestris L. as officially approved by the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Experiment Station
- Chair and Vice Chair of the Illinois Chapter of the Society of American Foresters, 2007-2008.
Recent Publications
(Selected from 46 peer-reviewed publications)
- Goble, M.D., G. Singh, J.E. Schoonover, K.W.J. Williard, and J.J. Zaczek. 2018. Allometry, morphometry, and soil characterization of giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) stands. Ecological Restoration 36(4): 315-324. doi: 10.3368/er.36.4.315.
- Eade, A.W., G. Singh, J.E. Schoonover, J.J. Zaczek, and K.W.J. Williard. 2018. Innovative sandbag propagation method for giant cane [Arundinaria gigantea (Walter) Muhl.]. Castanea 83(2): 173-182.
- Schoonover, J.E., J.F. Crim, K.W.J. Williard, J.W. Groninger, J.J. Zaczek, and K. Pattumma. 2015. Sediment dynamics within buffer zone and sinkhole splay areas under extreme soil disturbance. Environmental Management. doi: 10.1007/s00267-015-0523-z.
- Beck, W.J., J.E. Schoonover, K.W.J. Williard, and J.J. Zaczek. 2013. Attenuation and persistence of fecal indicator bacteria in vegetated buffer strips in Southern Illinois, USA. Agroforestry Systems 87(6): 1405-1419.
- Schoonover, J.E., J.L. Hartleb, J.J. Zaczek, and J.W. Groninger. 2011. Growing giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) for canebrake restoration: Greenhouse propagation and field trials. Ecological Restoration 29(3): 234-242.
- Zaczek, J.J., S.G. Baer, and D. Dalzotto. 2010. Fire and fertilization effects on the growth and spread of rhizome-transplanted giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea). Restoration Ecology 18: 462-468. Suppl. 2. doi/10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00560.x/full.
- Ruzika, K.J., J.W. Groninger, and J.J. Zaczek. 2010. Deer browsing, forest edge effects, and vegetation dynamics following bottomland forest restoration. Restoration Ecology 18:702-710.
- Romano*, S.P, S.G. Baer, J.J. Zaczek, and K.W.J. Williard. 2009. Site modeling methods for detecting hydrologic alteration of flood frequency and flood duration in the floodplain below the Carlyle Dam, Lower Kaskaskia River, Illinois, USA. River Research and Applications 25:975-984.
- Zaczek, J.J, S.G. Baer, J.L. Hartleb, W.W. Brendecke, J.E. Schoonover, K.W.J. Williard, and J.W. Groninger. 2009. Survival and genet growth and development of field-planted giant cane (Arundinaria gigantea) over time in southern Illinois. Castanea 74(3): 286-299.
- Blattel C.R., K.W.J. Williard, S.G. Baer, J.E. Schoonover, and J.J. Zaczek. 2009. Ground water nitrogen dynamics in giant cane and forest riparian buffers. Castanea 74(3): 259-270.