James Walega

• Senior Professional Research Assistant

Wei Wang

• Research Associate

Kang Wang

• Postdoctoral Scholar

Kelly Watson

• MS student

Ryan W. Webb

• INSTAAR Affiliate

Specialty:

Snow and vadose zone hydrology.

Ran Wei

• Graduate Student

Petter Weibring

• Research Associate

Samantha Weintraub

• PhD 2014 in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Specialty:

Terrestrial biogeochemistry, carbon & nutrient cycling, soil development, tropical forests.

Kathy Welch

• Senior Professional Research Assistant
• Project Manager, McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research
• Lab Manager, Arikaree Lab

Specialty:

McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, geochemistry, analytical chemistry

Derek Weller

• Graduate Research Assistant

Ethan Welty

• PhD

Specialty:

Tidewater glacier dynamics, geographic information systems (GIS), photography, photogrammetry, computer vision.

Ashley Whipple

• MS Student

James W. C. White

• INSTAAR Fellow
• Dean of Arts and Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
• Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

Specialty:

Global change, paleoclimate dynamics, biogeochemistry.

Caitlin White

• PhD student

Andy Wickert

• PhD 2014

Specialty:

Earth surface processes

Will Wieder

• Investigator, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Specialty:

Soil biogeochemistry
Earth system modeling
Tropical forest ecology

Oliver Wigmore

• Research Associate

Specialty:

Cryosphere, mountain hydrology, unmanned aerial systems (UAS), remote sensing.

Mark Williams

• Fellow of INSTAAR
• Professor of Geography

Specialty:

Mountain hydrology and biogeochemistry, surface-groundwater interactions, acid mine drainage, glacial hydrology, snow hydrology.

Alana Wilson

• Alumna - PhD 2017 in Geography

Specialty:

Climate change; water resources and the cryosphere.

Colleen Wilson

• MS, 2017

Eric Winchell

• PhD 2017

Specialty:

Surface processes

Taylor Winchell

• MA 2016 in Engineering; Now Hydrologist at ICEM

Adam Wlostowski

• Postdoctoral Scholar

Specialty:

hydrology, surface water - groundwater interactions, hydrologic connectivity, numerical modeling, collection and analysis of long-term data

Lineke Woelders

• Postdoctoral Scholar

Chad Wolak

• Laboratory Manager, Laboratory for AMS Radiocarbon Preparation and Research (NSRL)
• Professional Research Assistant

Tsegay Wolde-Georgis

• Research Associate

Anna Wright

• Niwot Ridge LTER Program Coordinator

Jeffrey Writer

• INSTAAR Affiliate
• Hydrologist, USGS
• Research Associate, CEAE, CU-Boulder

Specialty:

Wildfire impacts on water quality and aquatic ecosystems, coupling of ecological and engineered infrastructure, fate and transport of emerging contaminants.