PhD., Horticulture, Michigan State University, 1977
M.S., Horticulture, University of Vermont, 1964
B.S., Horticulture, University of Rhode Island, 1961

• Hort 131 - Herbaceous Perennial and Annual Identification
• Hort 202 - Plant Propagation

• Green Roof Research
• Perennial plants: growth, development, and use as flowering pot plants
• Root growth and control in pots; the effect of copper and growth retardants on root architecture

1. Stuart Gaffin, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Lily Parshall, David Beattie, Robert Berghage, Greg O’Keeffe, Dan Braman. 2005.
2. Energy Balance Modelling Applied to a Comarison of White and Green Roof Cooling Efficiency. In Proc. Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, Washingoton, DC. (in Press) Beattie, D., R. Berghage, A. R., M.E. Beattie, and T. Plummer 2005.
3. Propagation of Drought-stressed Green Roof Plants. 2005. In Proc. Internat. Plant Prop. Soc. (In Press) DeNardo, J.C., A.R.Jarrett, H.B. Manbeck, D.J.Beattie and R.D.Berghage. 2005.
4. Stormwater mitigation and surface temperature reduction by green roofs. Transactions of ASAE (In Press). Beattie, D., R.D. Berghage. 2004.
5. Green Roof Research in the USA. In Proc. International Green Roof Congress, Neurtingen, Germany, Sponsored by the International Green Roof Association. Pp. 107-110. Beattie, D., R. Berghage, A. R. Jarrett, H. B. Manbeck, T. O’Connor, D. Welker, and R. Landy. 2004.
6. Green Roofs Mitigate Stormwater and Clean the Environment. Poster presented at the 2004 EPA Science Forum, June 17, 2004, Washington D.C. Beattie, D. J., R. D. Berghage, A. R. Jarrett, J. M. Hamlett, R. D. Shannon. 2004.
7. Green Roofs Mitigate Stormwater, Save Energy, and Clean the Environment. Poster presented at the Clean Energy Expo. Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA, April 2-3, 2004
8. Jarrett, A. R., J. C. DeNardo, H. B. Manbeck, J. M. Hamlett, D. J. Beattie, and R. R. Berghage. 2004.
9. Green Roofs: A Stormwater LID. ASAE Paper No. NABEC 04-0015. Gaffin, S., L. Parshall, D. Braman, G. O’Keeffe, D.J. Beattie, and R.D. Berghage. 2004.
10. Energy Balance Modeling Applied to Rooftop Temperatures. In Green Roofs in the New York Metropolitan Region. New York Ecological Infrastructure Study. NASA/ Goddard Institute for Space Studies, C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, and C. Cheney Eds. Research Report 1: 13-19 Tillinger, D., G. Ostroff, D. Beattie, R. Berghage,P Mankiewicz, F. Montalto. 2004.
11. Hydrologic Functions of Green Roofs in New York City. In Green Roofs in the New York Metropolitan Region. New York Ecological Infrastructure Study. NASA/ Goddard Institute for Space Studies, C. Rosenzweig, W. Solecki, and C. Cheney Eds. Research Report 1:55-73. DeNardo, J. C., A. R. Jarrett, H. B. Manbeck, D. J. Beattie, R. D. Berghage. 2003.
12. Green Roofs: A Stormwater BMP. In Proceeding of the 2003 Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Symposium, Villanova University, October 16-17, 2003.
13. Beattie, D., R. Berghage, A. R. Jarrett, H. B. Manbeck. 2003. Green Roof Plants Mitigate Storm Water and Clean the Environment. In Proc. Internat. Plant Prop. Soc. 53: 609-611.

1. Beattie, D.J. 1994. Herbaceous Perennials. In: Bedding Plants IV. E.J. Holcomb, editor. Ball Publishing, Batavia, IL.
2. Beattie, D.J. and J.W. White. 1993. Lilium - Hybrids and Species. In: Physiology of Flower Bulbs. G. DeHertough and M. Lenard, editors. Elsevier Science Publishers, New York.
3. Beattie, D.J. 1992. Aster and Astilbe. In: The American Horticulture Society Flower Finder. Jacqueline Heriteau and Andre Viette, editors. Simon and Schuster, New York.