Our Affiliates are senior-level scientists, journalists, communicators, and artists. While not employed through INSTAAR, they work closely with INSTAAR researchers on a wide range of climate and environmental science projects, art-science collaborations, and public engagement. Prospective affiliates should contact individual INSTAAR Fellows to explore potential partnerships.

 

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Laura Backus
INSTAAR AffiliateTechnical Advisor, Wildlands Restoration VolunteersEcologist, Engineers Without Borders
• Restoration of riparian ecology • Flood recovery
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James Balog
INSTAAR AffiliateDirector, Extreme Ice Survey
• Photography • Glaciers
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Peter Brannen
INSTAAR AffiliateScience journalist
• Paleoclimate • Science communication
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Diane Burko
INSTAAR AffiliateArtist
• Global change • Science communication
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Daniela Cusack
INSTAAR AffiliateAssociate Professor of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State UniversityResearch Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• Alpine and rainforest soil biogeochemistry
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Melisa Diaz
INSTAAR AffiliateAssistant Professor, The Ohio State University
• Geochemistry & biogeochemistry of the cryosphere & urban environment
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Steven Dykstra
INSTAAR AffiliatePostdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Carolina
• River-marine transitions • Flood risk • Human impacts
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Scott Elias
INSTAAR AffiliateProfessor of Geography, University of London Royal Holloway
• Quaternary studies • Paleoecology
Chris Florian
Chris Florian
INSTAAR AffiliateResearch Scientist, NEON
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Áslaug Geirsdóttir
INSTAAR AffiliateProfessor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland
• Quaternary stratigraphy • Glacial geology • Paleoclimatology
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Katya Jay
INSTAAR Affiliate
• Plant ecology • Climate change
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Timothy Kittel
Research AffiliateLecturer, CU Mountain Research StationEditor-in-Chief, Climate
• Global change biology • Climate science
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Joey Knelman
INSTAAR AffiliateScience writer
• Microbial ecology • Biogeochemistry • UX design research
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John Knowles
INSTAAR AffiliateAssistant Professor of Ecohydrology, California State University Chico
• Ecosystem hydrology • Ecosystem ecology
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Josh Koch
INSTAAR AffiliateResearch Hydrologist, US Geological Survey
• Surface water-groundwater interactions • Hyporheic zone hydrology and biogeochemistry
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Kerry Koepping
INSTAAR AffiliateDirector, The Arctic Arts Project
• Climate change photography • Science communication
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Delwyn Moller
INSTAAR AffiliateAdjunct Professor, University of AucklandTechnical Consultant, Restore Lab Ltd.
• Remote sensing systems for Earth sciences
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Sheila Murphy
INSTAAR AffiliateResearch Hydrologist, US Geological Survey
• Water quality • Disturbance • Wildfires • Runoff • Surface water
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Eric Sokol
INSTAAR AffiliateQuantitative Ecologist, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
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Ethan Welty
INSTAAR AffiliatePostdoctoral Researcher, University of ZürichPhotographer, Ethan Welty Photography
• Glacier dynamics • Environmental photography • Computer vision