INSTAAR Postdocs

Postdoctoral Research Scientists

Spring 2011

Luciana Alves
PhD: 2000, Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
Focus on tropical forest structure and carbon dynamics, plant population ecology of tropical trees, and the effects of habitat fragmentation on tree species richness and abundance, emphasizing forest regeneration. Currently investigating the effects of disturbance dynamics and climate on aboveground carbon allocation and cycling in tropical forest ecosystems, focusing on Amazonian and Atlantic forest sites in Brazil.

Miriam Dühnforth
PhD: 2007, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Spatial and temporal patterns of sediment erosion and transport processes in glacial and fluvial systems as well as the mechanisms that control these processes. Emphasis on cosmogenic radionuclides, field data, and numerical modeling.

Hope Humphries
PhD: 1993, Colorado State University.
Landscape ecology, ecological modeling, conservation planning.

David Knochel
PhD: 2009, University of Colorado.
Ecology of invasive plant species in rangeland ecosystems.

Lindsey Kropuenske
PhD: 2010, Stanford University.
Visiting from the Ocean Biogeochemistry Research Group at ETH Zurich. Currently exploring nutrient dynamics in the Humboldt Current System.

Craig Lee
PhD: 2007, University of Colorado.
Human ecology and landscape archaeology in alpine and high latitude environments; prehistoric archaeology of Beringia, Alaska, and the Northwest Coast; prehistoric archaeology of the Rocky Mountains and High Plains.
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Natalie Mladenov
PhD: 2004, University of Colorado at Boulder
Aquatic ecology, organic matter cycling in streams and wetlands, and savanna
ecohydrology
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Mike SanClements
PhD: 2009, University of Maine.
Ecology, biogeochemistry, soil science, and terrestrial-aquatic linkages.
Collaborative research within the fields of soil science, limnology, biology, glaciology, and biogeochemistry; relationships between biogeochemical cycling and anthropogenic disturbance in temperate and polar ecosystems.
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Ernesto Trujillo-Gomez
PhD: 2009, University of Colorado.
Snow and hydrologic processes in alpine and subalpine environments.