Past INSTAAR Affiliates lists
(Includes
an archive of past lists as well as names of inactive affiliates.
Most
people on these lists are also current affiliates)
INSTAAR Affiliates
Fall 2006
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Richard Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky
University. PhD:1990, Yale University.
Plant physiological ecology.
Web
Page
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.
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.
Stephen Jackson
Professor of Botany; Director, Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming.
PhD: 1983, Indiana University.
Verification of the range of vegetation
responses to environmental changes, and delineation of the relationships
between modes of response and the magnitudes and rates of environmental
forcing.
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.
Web
Page 7
Oct 2002 INSTAAR Seminar
Amy Miller
Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science, UC – Santa
Barbara. Ph.D: 2002 University of Colorado at Boulder,
Plant physiological ecology/ecosystem ecology, uptake of organic and inorganic
nitrogen by alpine tundra plants.
Cynthia Nevison
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). PhD: Stanford University.
Ocean nitrogen cycle, Nitrous oxide budget, Carbon-nitrogen biogeochemistry, Stratosphere-troposphere interactions.
Herman Sievering
Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University
of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois.
Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Sarah Spaulding
Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences.
PhD: 1996, Colorado State University.
Environmental, geologic, and evolutionary
change through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater
diatoms.
Web
Page
Heidi Steltzer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department
of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University. Ph.D: 1999, University
of
Colorado at Boulder.
Ecosystem
development, nutrient retention, and scaling plant effects.
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, U.S. Geological Survey, Crustal Imaging and Characterization Team, Denver. PhD: 2005, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Biogeochemistry, stream ecology, and human use.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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 Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado
State University. PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment
transport modeling.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Overeem, Irina
Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology. PhD: 2002, Delft University of Technology
Testing fluvio-deltaic models, sediment supplies in Arctic coastal zones, large river systems in monsoonal settings.
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 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 E. Dean
Research Geologist, USGS, Earth Surface Processes, Federal Center, Denver. PhD: 1967, University of New Mexico.
Paleoceanogeraphy, paleolimnology, paleoclimatology, geochemistry.
Dennis Eberl
Hydrologist, Project Chief, USGS Boulder. PhD: 1971, Case Western Reserve University.
Geochemistry, clay mineralogy, X-ray diffraction, crystal growth.
Scott Elias
Reader of Geography, Royal Holloway-University of London. PhD: 1980,
University of Colorado at Boulder.
Quaternary insect fossils, paleoecology,
paleoclimatology.
Aslaug Geirsdottir
Chairman, Department of Geosciences, University of Iceland. PhD: 1988, University of Colorado at Boulder
Glacial geology, sedimentology, quaternary stratigraphy, paleoclimate.
Daniel Grossman
Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Radio stories and magazine articles; working
on climate change trade book.
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.
James R. McGoodwin
Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado at Boulder. PhD: 1973, University of Texas.
Fisheries, marine and environmental policy; human responses to climatic and environmental variability and change.
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.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Robert S. Webb
Physical Scientist, NOAA Climate Diagnostics
Center, Boulder, Colorado. PhD: 1981, Brown University. Paleoclimate
research,
past and future global change.
Reconstructing Late Quaternary climate
change from the geologic record and using numerical models to investigate
the mechanisms of the past climate and environmental change.
Alexander P. Wolfe
Associate Professor, Department of Earth &
Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta. PhD: 1994, Queen's University.
Paleolimnology, freshwater diatoms, environmental change as registered
in the sediments of arctic and alpine lakes.
Connie Woodhouse
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Regional Development, University of Arizona. PhD: 1996, University of Arizona.
Paleoclimatology, dendrochronology, climatology.
Spring 2006
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Richard Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky
University. PhD:1990, Yale University.
Plant physiological ecology.
Web
Page
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.
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.
Hector Galbraith
CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder,
CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow University.
Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine
bird and plant communities.
Stephen Jackson
Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming.
PhD: 1983, Indiana University.
Verification of the range of vegetation
responses to environmental changes, and delineation of the relationships
between modes of response and the magnitudes and rates of environmental
forcing.
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.
Web
Page 7
Oct 2002 INSTAAR Seminar
Amy Miller
Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science, UC – Santa
Barbara. Ph.D: 2002 University of Colorado at Boulder,
Plant physiological ecology/ecosystem ecology, uptake of organic and inorganic
nitrogen by alpine tundra plants.
Cynthia Nevison
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). PhD: Stanford University.
Ocean nitrogen cycle, Nitrous oxide budget, Carbon-nitrogen biogeochemistry, Stratosphere-troposphere interactions.
Herman Sievering
Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University
of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois.
Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Sarah Spaulding
Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences.
PhD: 1996, Colorado State University.
Environmental, geologic, and evolutionary
change through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater
diatoms.
Web
Page
Heidi Steltzer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department
of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University. Ph.D: 1999, University
of
Colorado at Boulder.
Ecosystem
development, nutrient retention, and scaling plant effects.
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.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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 Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado
State University. PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment
transport modeling.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Scott Peckham
CEO of Rivix. PhD: 1995, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Surface water hydrology, geomorphology, scaling analysis, and mathematical modeling
Web
Page (Former INSTAAR Directorate Member)
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 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.
Dennis Eberl
Hydrologist, Project Chief, USGS Boulder. PhD: 1971, Case Western Reserve University.
Geochemistry, clay mineralogy, X-ray diffraction, crystal growth.
Scott Elias
Reader of Geography, Royal Holloway-University of London. PhD: 1980,
University of Colorado at Boulder.
Quaternary insect fossils, paleoecology,
paleoclimatology.
Daniel Grossman
Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Radio stories and magazine articles; working
on climate change trade book.
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.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Robert S. Webb
Physical Scientist, NOAA Climate Diagnostics
Center, Boulder, Colorado. PhD: 1981, Brown University. Paleoclimate
research,
past and future global change.
Reconstructing Late Quaternary climate
change from the geologic record and using numerical models to investigate
the mechanisms of the past climate and environmental change.
Alexander P. Wolfe
Associate Professor, Department of Earth &
Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta. PhD: 1994, Queen's University.
Paleolimnology, freshwater diatoms, environmental change as registered
in the sediments of arctic and alpine lakes.
Summer 2005
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Richard Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky
University. PhD:1990, Yale University.
Plant physiological ecology.
Web
Page
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.
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.
Hector Galbraith
CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder,
CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow University.
Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine
bird and plant communities.
Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of
California, Berkeley, CA. PhD: 1981, University of Lund, Sweden; D.Sc.
1989, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
Airborne biological particles (pollen and fungal
spores) and human health, pollen and fungal spore identification (fossil and
recent), longdistance transport of pollen grains, development of sampling
methods.
Stephen Jackson
Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming.
PhD: 1983, Indiana University.
Verification of the range of vegetation
responses to environmental changes, and delineation of the relationships
between modes of response and the magnitudes and rates of environmental
forcing.
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.
Web
Page 7
Oct 2002 INSTAAR Seminar
Amy Miller
Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science, UC – Santa
Barbara. Ph.D: 2002 University of Colorado at Boulder,
Plant physiological ecology/ecosystem ecology, uptake of organic and inorganic
nitrogen by alpine tundra plants.
Cynthia Nevison
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). PhD: Stanford University.
Ocean nitrogen cycle, Nitrous oxide budget, Carbon-nitrogen biogeochemistry, Stratosphere-troposphere interactions.
Herman Sievering
Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University
of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois.
Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Sarah Spaulding
Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences.
PhD: 1996, Colorado State University.
Environmental, geologic, and evolutionary
change through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater
diatoms.
Web
Page
Heidi Steltzer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department
of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University. Ph.D: 1999, University
of
Colorado at Boulder.
Ecosystem
development, nutrient retention, and scaling plant effects.
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.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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 Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado
State University. PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment
transport modeling.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
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 Research Page
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.
Scott Elias
Reader of Geography, Royal Holloway-University of London. PhD: 1980,
University of Colorado at Boulder.
Quaternary insect fossils, paleoecology,
paleoclimatology.
Daniel Grossman
Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Radio stories and magazine articles; working
on climate change trade book.
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.
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.
Web
Page
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.
Mel Reasoner
Mountain Research Initiative Coordination Office, Bern.. PhD: University
of Alberta.
Palaeoecology of alpine environments,
pollen and macrofossil analysis and lake-coring techniques, target preparation
for AMS dating.
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.
Web
Page
Robert S. Webb
Physical Scientist, NOAA Climate Diagnostics
Center, Boulder, Colorado. PhD: 1981, Brown University. Paleoclimate
research,
past and future global change.
Reconstructing Late Quaternary climate
change from the geologic record and using numerical models to investigate
the mechanisms of the past climate and environmental change.
Alexander P. Wolfe
Associate Professor, Department of Earth &
Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta. PhD: 1994, Queen's University.
Paleolimnology, freshwater diatoms, environmental change as registered
in the sediments of arctic and alpine lakes.
Spring 2005
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Richard Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University. PhD:1990,
Yale University.
Plant physiological ecology.
Web
Page
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.
Hector Galbraith
CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow
University.
Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine bird
and plant communities.
Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California,
Berkeley, CA. PhD: 1981, University of Lund, Sweden; D.Sc. 1989, University
of Stockholm, Sweden.
Airborne biological particles (pollen and fungal
spores) and human health, pollen and fungal spore identification (fossil and
recent), longdistance transport of pollen grains, development of sampling methods.
Stephen Jackson
Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming. PhD: 1983, Indiana
University.
Verification of the range of vegetation responses
to environmental changes, and delineation of the relationships between modes
of response and the magnitudes and rates of environmental forcing.
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.
Web
Page 7
Oct 2002 INSTAAR Seminar
Amy Miller
Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science, UC – Santa Barbara.
Ph.D: 2002 University of Colorado at Boulder,
Plant physiological ecology/ecosystem ecology,
uptake of organic and inorganic nitrogen by alpine tundra plants.
Cynthia Nevison
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). PhD: Stanford University.
Ocean nitrogen cycle, Nitrous oxide budget, Carbon-nitrogen
biogeochemistry, Stratosphere-troposphere interactions.
Herman Sievering
Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University
of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois.
Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Sarah Spaulding
Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences. PhD: 1996, Colorado
State University.
Environmental, geologic, and evolutionary change
through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms.
Web
Page
Heidi Steltzer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado
State University. Ph.D: 1999, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ecosystem development, nutrient retention, and
scaling plant effects.
Cathy Tate
Research Biologist, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1985, Kansas State University.
Ecology and biogeochemistry of temperate and Antarctic
streams.
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.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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 Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University.
PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment transport modeling.
Web
Page
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.
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 Research Page
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.
Julia Cole
Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona.
PhD: 1992, Columbia University.
Recent tropical climate variability, coral geochemical
records, hydrologic cycle stable isotopes, N American drought.
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.
Scott Elias
Reader of Geography, Royal Holloway-University of London. PhD: 1980, University
of Colorado at Boulder.
Quaternary insect fossils, paleoecology, paleoclimatology.
Daniel Grossman
Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Radio stories and magazine articles; working on
climate change trade book.
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.
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.
Web
Page
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.
Mel Reasoner
Mountain Research Initiative Coordination Office, Bern.. PhD: University
of Alberta.
Palaeoecology of alpine environments, pollen and
macrofossil analysis and lake-coring techniques, target preparation for AMS dating.
Richard Reynolds
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1975, University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Geologic records of climate change; environmental
magnetic studies.
Eric J. Steig
Assistant Professor, Geophysics/Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington,
Seattle. PhD: 1996, University of Washington.
Isotope geochemistry, glaciology.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Robert S. Webb
Physical Scientist, NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, Colorado.
PhD: 1981, Brown University. Paleoclimate research, past and future global
change.
Reconstructing Late Quaternary climate change from
the geologic record and using numerical models to investigate the mechanisms
of the past climate and environmental change.
Alexander P. Wolfe
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta. PhD: 1994, Queen's University.
Paleolimnology, freshwater diatoms, environmental
change as registered in the sediments of arctic and alpine lakes.
Fall 2004
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Richard Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University. PhD:1990,
Yale University.
Plant physiological ecology.
Web
Page
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.
Hector Galbraith
CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow
University.
Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine bird
and plant communities.
Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California,
Berkeley, CA. PhD: 1981, University of Lund, Sweden; D.Sc. 1989, University
of Stockholm, Sweden.
Airborne biological particles (pollen and fungal
spores) and human health, pollen and fungal spore identification (fossil and
recent), longdistance transport of pollen grains, development of sampling methods.
Stephen Jackson
Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming. PhD: 1983, Indiana
University.
Verification of the range of vegetation responses
to environmental changes, and delineation of the relationships between modes
of response and the magnitudes and rates of environmental forcing.
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.
Web
Page 7
Oct 2002 INSTAAR Seminar
Amy Miller
Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science, UC – Santa Barbara.
Ph.D: 2002 University of Colorado at Boulder,
Plant physiological ecology/ecosystem ecology,
uptake of organic and inorganic nitrogen by alpine tundra plants.
Cynthia Nevison
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). PhD: Stanford University.
Ocean nitrogen cycle, Nitrous oxide budget, Carbon-nitrogen
biogeochemistry, Stratosphere-troposphere interactions.
Herman Sievering
Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University
of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois.
Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Sarah Spaulding
Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences. PhD: 1996, Colorado
State University.
Environmental, geologic, and evolutionary change
through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms.
Web
Page
Heidi Steltzer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado
State University. Ph.D: 1999, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ecosystem development, nutrient retention, and
scaling plant effects.
Cathy Tate
Research Biologist, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1985, Kansas State University.
Ecology and biogeochemistry of temperate and Antarctic
streams.
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.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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
U.S. Geological Survey, Climate History Program, Denver Federal Center.
Borehole Paleothermometry in polar regions, Climate
monitoring, Climate modeling.
Andrew G. Fountain
Professor, Department of Geology, Portland State University. PhD: 1992,
University of Washington.
Glacier hydrology.
Pierre Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University.
PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment transport modeling.
Web
Page
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.
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 Research Page
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.
Julia Cole
Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona.
PhD: 1992, Columbia University.
Recent tropical climate variability, coral geochemical
records, hydrologic cycle stable isotopes, N American drought.
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.
Scott Elias
Reader of Geography, Royal Holloway-University of London. PhD: 1980, University
of Colorado at Boulder.
Quaternary insect fossils, paleoecology, paleoclimatology.
Daniel Grossman
Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Radio stories and magazine articles; working on
climate change trade book.
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.
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.
Web
Page
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.
Mel Reasoner
Mountain Research Initiative Coordination Office, Bern.. PhD: University
of Alberta.
Palaeoecology of alpine environments, pollen and
macrofossil analysis and lake-coring techniques, target preparation for AMS dating.
Richard Reynolds
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1975, University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Geologic records of climate change; environmental
magnetic studies.
Eric J. Steig
Assistant Professor, Geophysics/Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington,
Seattle. PhD: 1996, University of Washington.
Isotope geochemistry, glaciology.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Robert S. Webb
Physical Scientist, NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, Colorado.
PhD: 1981, Brown University. Paleoclimate research, past and future global
change.
Reconstructing Late Quaternary climate change from
the geologic record and using numerical models to investigate the mechanisms
of the past climate and environmental change.
Alexander P. Wolfe
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta. PhD: 1994, Queen's University.
Paleolimnology, freshwater diatoms, environmental
change as registered in the sediments of arctic and alpine lakes.
Spring 2004
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Richard Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University. PhD:1990,
Yale University.
Plant physiological ecology.
Web
Page
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.
Hector Galbraith
CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow
University.
Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine bird
and plant communities.
Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California,
Berkeley, CA. PhD: 1981, University of Lund, Sweden; D.Sc. 1989, University
of Stockholm, Sweden.
Airborne biological particles (pollen and fungal
spores) and human health, pollen and fungal spore identification (fossil and
recent), longdistance transport of pollen grains, development of sampling methods.
Stephen Jackson
Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming. PhD: 1983, Indiana
University.
Verification of the range of vegetation responses
to environmental changes, and delineation of the relationships between modes
of response and the magnitudes and rates of environmental forcing.
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.
Web
Page 7
Oct 2002 INSTAAR Seminar
Herman Sievering
Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University
of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois.
Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Sarah Spaulding
Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences. PhD: 1996, Colorado
State University.
Environmental, geologic, and evolutionary change
through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms.
Web
Page
Heidi Steltzer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado
State University. Ph.D: 1999, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ecosystem development, nutrient retention, and
scaling plant effects.
Cathy Tate
Research Biologist, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1985, Kansas State University.
Ecology and biogeochemistry of temperate and Antarctic
streams.
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.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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
U.S. Geological Survey, Climate History Program, Denver Federal Center.
Borehole Paleothermometry in polar regions, Climate
monitoring, Climate modeling.
Andrew G. Fountain
Professor, Department of Geology, Portland State University. PhD: 1992,
University of Washington.
Glacier hydrology.
Pierre Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University.
PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment transport modeling.
Web
Page
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.
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 Research Page
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.
Julia Cole
Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona.
PhD: 1992, Columbia University.
Recent tropical climate variability, coral geochemical
records, hydrologic cycle stable isotopes, N American drought.
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.
Daniel Grossman
Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Radio stories and magazine articles; working on
climate change trade book.
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.
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.
Web
Page
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.
Mel Reasoner
Mountain Research Initiative Coordination Office, Bern.. PhD: University
of Alberta.
Palaeoecology of alpine environments, pollen and
macrofossil analysis and lake-coring techniques, target preparation for AMS dating.
Richard Reynolds
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1975, University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Geologic records of climate change; environmental
magnetic studies.
Eric J. Steig
Assistant Professor, Geophysics/Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington,
Seattle. PhD: 1996, University of Washington.
Isotope geochemistry, glaciology.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Robert S. Webb
Physical Scientist, NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, Colorado.
PhD: 1981, Brown University. Paleoclimate research, past and future global
change.
Reconstructing Late Quaternary climate change from
the geologic record and using numerical models to investigate the mechanisms
of the past climate and environmental change.
Alexander P. Wolfe
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta. PhD: 1994, Queen's University.
Paleolimnology, freshwater diatoms, environmental
change as registered in the sediments of arctic and alpine lakes.
Fall 2003
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Richard Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University. PhD:1990,
Yale University.
Plant physiological ecology.
Web
Page
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.
Hector Galbraith
CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow
University.
Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine bird
and plant communities.
Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California,
Berkeley, CA. PhD: 1981, University of Lund, Sweden; D.Sc. 1989, University
of Stockholm, Sweden.
Airborne biological particles (pollen and fungal
spores) and human health, pollen and fungal spore identification (fossil and
recent), longdistance transport of pollen grains, development of sampling methods.
Stephen Jackson
Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming. PhD: 1983, Indiana
University.
Verification of the range of vegetation responses
to environmental changes, and delineation of the relationships between modes
of response and the magnitudes and rates of environmental forcing.
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.
Web
Page 7
Oct 2002 INSTAAR Seminar
Herman Sievering
Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University
of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois.
Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Sarah Spaulding
Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences. PhD: 1996, Colorado
State University.
Environmental, geologic, and evolutionary change
through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms.
Heidi Steltzer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado
State University. Ph.D: 1999, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ecosystem development, nutrient retention, and
scaling plant effects.
Cathy Tate
Research Biologist, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1985, Kansas State University.
Ecology and biogeochemistry of temperate and Antarctic
streams.
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.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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
U.S. Geological Survey, Climate History Program, Denver Federal Center.
Borehole Paleothermometry in polar regions, Climate
monitoring, Climate modeling.
Andrew G. Fountain
Professor, Department of Geology, Portland State University. PhD: 1992,
University of Washington.
Glacier hydrology.
Pierre Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University.
PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment transport modeling.
Web
Page
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.
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 Research Page
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.
Julia Cole
Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona.
PhD: 1992, Columbia University.
Recent tropical climate variability, coral geochemical
records, hydrologic cycle stable isotopes, N American drought.
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.
Daniel Grossman
Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Radio stories and magazine articles; working on
climate change trade book.
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.
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.
Web
Page
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.
Mel Reasoner
Mountain Research Initiative Coordination Office, Bern.. PhD: University
of Alberta.
Palaeoecology of alpine environments, pollen and
macrofossil analysis and lake-coring techniques, target preparation for AMS dating.
Richard Reynolds
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1975, University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Geologic records of climate change; environmental
magnetic studies.
Eric J. Steig
Assistant Professor, Geophysics/Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington,
Seattle. PhD: 1996, University of Washington.
Isotope geochemistry, glaciology.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Robert S. Webb
Physical Scientist, NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, Colorado.
PhD: 1981, Brown University. Paleoclimate research, past and future global
change.
Reconstructing Late Quaternary climate change from
the geologic record and using numerical models to investigate the mechanisms
of the past climate and environmental change.
Alexander P. Wolfe
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta. PhD: 1994, Queen's University.
Paleolimnology, freshwater diatoms, environmental
change as registered in the sediments of arctic and alpine lakes.
Spring 2003
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Richard Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University. PhD:1990,
Yale University.
Plant physiological ecology.
Web
Page
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.
Hector Galbraith
CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow
University.
Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine bird
and plant communities.
Stephen Jackson
Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming. PhD: 1983, Indiana
University.
Verification of the range of vegetation responses to environmental changes,
and delineation of the relationships between modes of response and the magnitudes
and rates of environmental forcing.
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.
Web
Page 7
Oct 2002 INSTAAR Seminar
Herman Sievering
Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University
of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois.
Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Sarah Spaulding
Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences. PhD: 1996, Colorado
State University.
Environmental, geologic, and evolutionary change
through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms.
Heidi Steltzer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado
State University. Ph.D: 1999, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ecosystem development, nutrient retention, and
scaling plant effects.
Cathy Tate
Research Biologist, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1985, Kansas State University.
Ecology and biogeochemistry of temperate and Antarctic
streams.
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.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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
U.S. Geological Survey, Climate History Program, Denver Federal Center.
Borehole Paleothermometry in polar regions, Climate
monitoring, Climate modeling.
Andrew G. Fountain
Professor, Department of Geology, Portland State University. PhD: 1992,
University of Washington.
Glacier hydrology.
Pierre Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University.
PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment transport modeling.
Web
Page
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.
Wesley E. LeMasurier
Professor of Geology, Department of Geology, Univ. of Colorado at Denver.
PhD: 1964, Stanford University.
Igneous petrology and volcanology. Cenozoic volcanoes
of Antarctica (petrology, geochemistry, and tectonic relationships), and the
record of glacial history preserved in hydrovolcanic deposits.
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 Research Page
Larry Benson
U.S. Geological Survey,Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1974, Brown University.
Quaternary fluctuations of closed basin lakes.
William Briggs
PhD: 1974, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology;
Late Quaternary high-latitude marine ostracodes.
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.
Julia Cole
Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona.
PhD: 1992, Columbia University.
Recent tropical climate variability, coral geochemical
records, hydrologic cycle stable isotopes, N American drought.
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.
Daniel Grossman
Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Radio stories and magazine articles; working on
climate change trade book.
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.
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.
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Page
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.
Mel Reasoner
Mountain Research Initiative Coordination Office, Bern.. PhD: University
of Alberta.
Palaeoecology of alpine environments, pollen and
macrofossil analysis and lake-coring techniques, target preparation for AMS dating.
Richard Reynolds
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1975, University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Geologic records of climate change; environmental
magnetic studies.
Eric J. Steig
Assistant Professor, Geophysics/Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington,
Seattle. PhD: 1996, University of Washington.
Isotope geochemistry, glaciology.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Robert S. Webb
Physical Scientist, NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, Colorado.
PhD: 1981, Brown University. Paleoclimate research, past and future global
change.
Reconstructing Late Quaternary climate change from
the geologic record and using numerical models to investigate the mechanisms
of the past climate and environmental change.
Alexander P. Wolfe
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta. PhD: 1994, Queen's University.
Paleolimnology, freshwater diatoms, environmental
change as registered in the sediments of arctic and alpine lakes.
INSTAAR Affiliates
Fall 2002
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Richard Boyce
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Kentucky University. PhD:1990,
Yale University.
Plant physiological ecology.
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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.
Hector Galbraith
CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow
University.
Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine bird
and plant communities.
Stephen Jackson
Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming. PhD: 1983, Indiana
University.
Verification of the range of vegetation responses to environmental changes,
and delineation of the relationships between modes of response and the magnitudes
and rates of environmental forcing.
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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Oct 2002 INSTAAR Seminar
Herman Sievering
Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University
of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois.
Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Sarah Spaulding
Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences. PhD: 1996, Colorado
State University.
Environmental, geologic, and evolutionary change
through paleoecology, systematics, and biogeography of freshwater diatoms.
Heidi Steltzer
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado
State University. Ph.D: 1999, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Ecosystem development, nutrient retention, and
scaling plant effects.
Cathy Tate
Research Biologist, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey,
Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1985, Kansas State University.
Ecology and biogeochemistry of temperate and Antarctic
streams.
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.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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
U.S. Geological Survey, Climate History Program, Denver Federal Center.
Borehole Paleothermometry in polar regions, Climate
monitoring, Climate modeling.
Andrew G. Fountain
Professor, Department of Geology, Portland State University. PhD: 1992,
University of Washington.
Glacier hydrology.
Pierre Julien
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University.
PhD: 1983, Laval University.
Hydrology and sediment transport modeling.
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Page
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.
Wesley E. LeMasurier
Professor of Geology, Department of Geology, Univ. of Colorado at Denver.
PhD: 1964, Stanford University.
Igneous petrology and volcanology. Cenozoic volcanoes
of Antarctica (petrology, geochemistry, and tectonic relationships), and the
record of glacial history preserved in hydrovolcanic deposits.
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 Research Page
Larry Benson
U.S. Geological Survey,Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1974, Brown University.
Quaternary fluctuations of closed basin lakes.
William Briggs
PhD: 1974, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology;
Late Quaternary high-latitude marine ostracodes.
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.
Julia Cole
Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona.
PhD: 1992, Columbia University.
Recent tropical climate variability, coral geochemical
records, hydrologic cycle stable isotopes, N American drought.
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.
Daniel Grossman
Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Radio stories and magazine articles; working on
climate change trade book.
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.
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.
Web
Page
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.
Mel Reasoner
Geography & Earth Sciences, Brunel University, UK. PhD: University of Alberta.
Palaeoecology of alpine environments, pollen and
macrofossil analysis and lake-coring techniques, target preparation for AMS dating.
Richard Reynolds
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1975, University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Geologic records of climate change; environmental
magnetic studies.
Eric J. Steig
Assistant Professor, Geophysics/Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington,
Seattle. PhD: 1996, University of Washington.
Isotope geochemistry, glaciology.
Web
Page
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.
Web
Page
Robert S. Webb
Physical Scientist, NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, Colorado.
PhD: 1981, Brown University. Paleoclimate research, past and future global
change.
Reconstructing Late Quaternary climate change from
the geologic record and using numerical models to investigate the mechanisms
of the past climate and environmental change.
Alexander P. Wolfe
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta. PhD: 1994, Queen's University.
Paleolimnology, freshwater diatoms, environmental
change as registered in the sediments of arctic and alpine lakes.
Fall 2001 and Spring 2002
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Hector Galbraith - CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow University. Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine bird and plant communities.
Stephen Jackson - Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming. PhD: 1983, Indiana University. Verification of the range of vegetation responses to environmental changes, and delineation of the relationships between modes of response and the magnitudes and rates of environmental forcing.
Timothy Kittel - Terrestrial Sciences Section, Climate & Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Herman Sievering - Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois. Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Cathy Tate - Research Biologist, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1985, Kansas State University. Ecology and biogeochemistry of temperate and Antarctic streams.
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.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
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 - Digital Creators, Boulder, Colorado. PhD: 1993, University of Colorado at Boulder. Glaciology and sediment transport.
Gary Clow - U.S. Geological Survey, Climate History Program, Denver Federal Center. Borehole Paleothermometry in polar regions, Climate monitoring, Climate modeling.
Andrew G. Fountain - Professor, Department of Geology, Portland State University. PhD: 1992, University of Washington. Glacier hydrology.
Pierre Julien - Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University. PhD: 1983, Laval University. Hydrology and sediment transport modeling. Web Page
Vladimir G. Konovalov - Chief, Department of Regional Projects, Central Asian Regional Research, Hydrometeorological Institute, Republic of Uzbekistan.
Wesley E. LeMasurier - Professor of Geology, Department of Geology, Univ. of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1964, Stanford University. Igneous petrology and volcanology. Cenozoic volcanoes of Antarctica (petrology, geochemistry, and tectonic relationships), and the record of glacial history preserved in hydrovolcanic deposits.
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
Larry Benson - U.S. Geological Survey,Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1974, Brown University. Quaternary fluctuations of closed basin lakes.
William Briggs - PhD: 1974, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology; Late Quaternary high-latitude marine ostracodes.
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.
Julia Cole - Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona. PhD: 1992, Columbia University. Recent tropical climate variability, coral geochemical records, hydrologic cycle stable isotopes, N American drought.
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.
Daniel Grossman - Freelance Journalist. PhD: 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radio stories and magazine articles; working on climate change trade book.
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.
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. Web Page
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.
Mel Reasoner - Geography & Earth Sciences, Brunel University, UK. PhD: University of Alberta. Palaeoecology of alpine environments, pollen and macrofossil analysis and lake-coring techniques, target preparation for AMS dating.
Richard Reynolds - U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1975, University of Colorado at Boulder. Geologic records of climate change; environmental magnetic studies.
Eric J. Steig - Assistant Professor, Geophysics/Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle. PhD: 1996, University of Washington. Isotope geochemistry, glaciology. Web Page
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. Web Page
No longer an affiliate: Summer 2001
Full list: Fall, 2000/Spring 2001
ECOSYSTEMS AFFILIATES
Hector Galbraith - CEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1986, Glasgow University. Anthropogenic disturbances and arctic/alpine bird and plant communities.
Stephen Jackson - Assistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming. PhD: 1983, Indiana University. Verification of the range of vegetation responses to environmental changes, and delineation of the relationships between modes of response and the magnitudes and rates of environmental forcing.
Herman Sievering - Professor, Environmental Science Program & Physics Department, University of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971, University of Illinois. Atmospheric physics and chemistry.
Cathy Tate - Research Biologist, Water Resources Division, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of Interior, Denver Federal Center. PhD: 1985, Kansas State University. Ecology and biogeochemistry of temperate and Antarctic streams.
GEOPHYSICS AFFILIATES
Edmund Andrews - Chief Rive