INSTAAR Affiliates

INSTAAR Affiliates

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ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES

Ecosystems Research Page

Patrick Bourgeron
Director, Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University. PhD: 1978, University Denis Diderot (formerly Paris 7), Paris, France.
Integrated ecological assessments; conservation, ecosystem, landscape, and plant ecology; conservation and land use planning; ecosystem management; biogeography; statistical and numerical modeling; biological diversity; ecological classification and mapping; technology transfer; strategic planning for science and conservation programs; communication outreach; managing system and organizational change.

Paul Brooks
Assistant Professor, Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona. PhD: 1995, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nutrients, hydrological linkages between terrestrial and aquatic systems, effects of disturbance on natural systems.

David Buckner
President and Senior Plant Ecologist, ESCO Associates, Inc. PhD: 1977, University of Colorado.
Applied plant ecology, plant taxonomy, reclamation, soils, and statistics. Projects have included the design and execution of baseline vegetation and soils studies, evaluation of long-term natural and reconstructed plant community dynamics, development of reclamation plans for mine permit applications and hazardous waste covers, and analysis and reconstruction of wetlands.

Norman W. Clippinger
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder. PhD: 2002, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ecology of small mammals; population sizes of mice and voles on Niwot Ridge, Colorado, and their relation to vegetation types and physical microhabitat parameters.

Jeff Connor
Natural Resources Specialist, National Park Service, Rocky Mountain National Park. BA: 1976, Bard College.
Invasive exotic plant and animal management, high-elevation vegetation restoration, avian species monitoring, recreational impact monitoring and mitigation, burn area emergency rehab, wildlife and vegetation management.

Cara Gibson
Staff Scientist, Entomologist, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. PhD: University of Arizona.
Characterizing the diversity and function of insect-microbial symbionts, particularly host insects that are useful biological control agents.

Jason Janke
Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Metropolitan State College of Denver. PhD: 2004, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Mountain geomorphology and climate change; applied GIS modeling.

Brian Johnson
Staff Scientist, Product Team Lead, Airborne Observatory Platform, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. PhD: University of Michigan.
Development of new sensor technologies, remote sensing techniques and the application of remotely sensed data to atmospheric, climate, land use and ecosystem studies.

Thomas Kampe
Staff Scientist, Airborne Observatory Platform, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. PhD: 2008, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Application of hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing, satellite mapping, and computer modeling to understand the response of ecosystems to land use and climate change.

Michael Keller
Chief of Science, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. PhD: Princeton University.
Effects of land use changes on biogeochemical cycles over broad range of scales, mostly thorough studies of carbon and trace gases; remote sensing techniques for understanding ecosystem structure and function.

Timothy Kittel
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University. Ph.D: 1986, University of California, Davis.
Ecological response to climate variability at interannual through centennial time scales.
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Michele Kuester
Staff Scientist, Remote Sensing, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. PhD: 2007, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Analysis of convectively generated gravity waves within a tropical cyclone environment: model simulation and satellite observation.

Henry Loescher
Staff Scientist, Lead on Fundamental Instrument Unit, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. PhD: 2002, University of Florida.
Mass and energy flows through the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum at the plant-to-continental scales, with a particular emphasis on the biotic and abiotic mechanisms underlying these transformations.

Hongyan Luo
Staff Scientist, Biometeorologist, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. PhD: UC Davis and San Diego State University
Ecosystem functions, ecophysiologic studies, ecosystem responses to climate change, ecosystem carbon, water, and energy balance and how biotic and abiotic factors control these processes.

Patrick Martin
Scientist, Plant Ecologist, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. PhD: Cornell University.
Landscape ecology and the dynamics of vegetation communities, including the influences of natural disturbances and exotic invasive plants.

James R. McGoodwin
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder. PhD: 1973, University of Texas.
Fishing communities and fisheries management. Development of fisheries policies for high-latitude regions, where the impacts of global warming and climatic change are forecast to be especially severe.

Cynthia Nevison
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). PhD: Stanford University.
Ocean nitrogen cycle, Nitrous oxide budget, Carbon-nitrogen biogeochemistry, Stratosphere-troposphere interactions.

David Schimel
Chief Executive, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc. PhD: 1982, Colorado State University.
Large-scale relationships of land management and climate change on ecosystem processes, including remote sensing, data management, modeling, and the application of ecological research to science policy development.

Sharon Stammerjohn
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz. PhD: 2006, Columbia University.
Polar oceanography and climate; interdisciplinary approaches to understanding environmental and ecosystem response to climate variability.

Howard E. Taylor
Research Chemist and Project Chief, Environmental Analytical Chemistry and Water Quality Project, National Research Program, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1970, Colorado State University.
Water chemistry and trace element analysis.

Andrew Todd
Research Biologist, Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team, U.S. Geological Survey. PhD: 2005, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Impacts of acid-rock drainage on aquatic ecosystems, water temperature and fish, water quality standards development, instream flow needs analysis, climate change and salmonids.

GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES

Geophysics Research Page

Edmund Andrews
Chief River Mechanics Project, National Research Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1977, University of California-Berkeley.
Sedimentation in alluvial rivers.

David B. Bahr
Regis University, Denver, Colorado. PhD: 1993, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Glaciology and computer science.

Gary Clow
Chief, Cryospheric Studies Project, U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Surface
Dynamics program, Denver Federal Center.
Climate observing systems, permafrost, borehole paleothermometry, climate
modeling.

Andrew G. Fountain
Professor, Department of Geology, Portland State University. PhD: 1992, University of Washington.
Glacier hydrology.

Pierre Y. Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University. PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment transport modeling.
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Vladimir G. Konovalov
Chief, Department of Regional Projects, Central Asian Regional Research, Hydrometeorological Institute, Republic of Uzbekistan. PhD: 1964, Lenigrad State University, USSR; 1983, USSR Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, USSR.
Glaciology and hydrometeorology.
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Martin Miles
Principal, Environmental Systems Analysis Research Center. PhD: 1993, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Global and regional climate and environmental change, large-scale ocean-ice-atmosphere system dynamics, and environmental satellite remote sensing. Focus on high northern latitudes and Arctic sea ice.

Shad O’Neel
Research Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey. PhD: 2006, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ice dynamics, glacier-climate interactions and sea level rise, Alaska’s glaciers, glacier-generated seismicity, photogrammetry.

John Pitlick
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder. PhD: 1988, Colorado State University.
Geomorphology and sediment transport modeling.

Lincoln Pratson
Assistant Professor, Division of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Duke University. PhD: 1993, Columbia University.
Marine geology and geophysics.

PAST GLOBAL CHANGE AFFILIATES

Past Global Change Research Page

Anderson, Lesleigh
Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Surface Processes, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 2005, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Paleolimnology, oxygen and carbon isotope geochemistry, Holocene paleoclimate and paleohydrology in Alaska, Yukon and the western U.S.

Larry Benson
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1974, Brown University.
Quaternary fluctuations of closed basin lakes.

Parker E. Calkin
Emeritus Professor of Geology, State University of New York at Buffalo. PhD: 1963, The Ohio State University.
Glacial Geology, Geomorphology, Quaternary Geology.

P. Thompson Davis
Professor, Natural Sciences Department, Bentley College. PhD: 1980, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Glacial and Quaternary stratigraphy, cosmogenic exposure dating, lacustrine sedimentology, tephrochronology, palynology.

Walter Dean
Research Geologist Emeritus, U.S. Geological Survey. PhD: 1967, University of New Mexico.
Paleolimnology and paleoceanography using isotope geochemistry, sedimentology, inorganic geochemistry, and organic geochemistry.

James E. Dixon
Professor of Anthropology and Director, Maxwell Museum, University of New Mexico. PhD: 1979, Brown University.
High latitude/high elevation human adaptations, circumpolar and Paleoindian archaeology, Quaternary science, and geoarchaeology.

Dennis Eberl
Hydrologist, Project Chief, USGS Boulder. PhD: 1971, Case Western Reserve University.
Geochemistry, clay mineralogy, X-ray diffraction, crystal growth.

Scott Elias
Professor of Quaternary Science, Royal Holloway-University of London. PhD: 1980, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Quaternary insect fossils, paleoecology, paleoclimatology.

Jacqueline Flückiger
Research Scientist, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. PhD: 2003, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Modelling the dynamics of glacial climate change and past changes in the ocean biogeochemical cycles.
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Áslaug Geirsdóttir
Professor, Department of Earth Sciences and Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland. PhD: 1988, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Glacial geology, lacustrine sediments, paleoclimate, Quaternary stratigraphy.

Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Denver Botanic Gardens. PhD: 1981, University of Lund, Sweden; DSc: 1989, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
Palynology, pollen transport and deposition, pollination biology, long-distance transport of biological material, airborne fungal spores.

Richard F. Madole
Scientist Emeritus, Earth Surface Processes Team, U.S. Geological Survey. PhD: 1963, Ohio State University.
Surficial geology, geomorphology, Quaternary stratigraphy and dating techniques, and the application of these disciplines to determining recurrence intervals of natural hazards.

Owen Mason
Research Associate, GeoArch Alaska. PhD: 1990, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Coastal geomorphology, geoarchaeology, northwest Alaska prehistory.

Gregory McCabe
Physical Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO. PhD: 1986, Louisiana State University.
Hydro-Climatic Processes and Hazards.

Daniel R. Muhs
Research Geologist, Earth Surface Processes Team, U.S. Geological Survey. PhD: 1980, University of Colorado.
Quaternary geology and paleoclimatology, soils, geomorphology, geochronology.

Alan R. Nelson
Geologic Hazards Team, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden CO. PhD: 1978, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Paleoseismology and active faulting of U.S. Pacific Northwest, Holocene sea-level history applied to neotectonics, earthquake and tsunami hazards.

Richard Reynolds
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1975, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Geologic records of climate change; environmental magnetic studies.

Robert S. Thompson
Team Chief Scientist, Earth Surface Processes Team, U.S. Geological Survey. PhD: 1984, University of Arizona.
Paleoclimatology, palynology, plant macrofossil studies, plant-climate relations, vegetation change, and paleohydrology.
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Connie Woodhouse
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Regional Development, University of Arizona. PhD: 1996, University of Arizona.
Paleoclimatology, dendrochronology, climatology