Researchers

Ayres, Dr. Ed   (NREL, Colorado State University)
PhD, Lancaster University UK, 2003
    Soil faunal biodiversity
    Plant-soil interactions
    Herbivory (above- and below-ground)
    Rising atmospheric CO2
    Organic nitrogen in soil

Baron, Dr. Jill S.   (U.S. Geological Survey, NREL)
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1991
    United States Geological Survey
    Biogeochemical cycling / ecosystem ecology
    Aquatic ecology
    Fostering sustainable human societal/ environmental interactions
    Increasing opportunities for women and minorities in ecology.

Beresford, Guy W   (NREL, Colorado State University)

Boone, Dr. Randall B.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Maine, Orono, 1996
    Wildlife Ecology
    Ecological Modeling
    Landscape Ecology
    Information transfer

Christensen, Dr. Lindsey   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D. Colorado State University, 2001
    Western Mountain Initiative
    Ecological Modeling
    Biogeochemical Cycling / Ecosystem Ecology
    Climate Change
    Sustainability Science

Conant, Dr. Richard T.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1997
    Ecosystem ecology
    Grazing and browsing ecosystems
    Terrestrial ecosystem responses to atmospheric changes
    Remote sensing and GIS
    Soil ecosystem ecology

Coughenour, Dr. Michael B.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1978
    Ungulate-dominated grazing and browsing ecosystems
    Livestock-wildlife interactions
    Terrestrial ecosystem responses to atmospheric changes
    Africa, Savannas and tree-grass interactions
    Tree-grass interactions

Detling, Dr. James K.   (Department of Biology, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1969
    Grassland ecology
    Plant-herbivore interactions
    Herbivory as an ecosystem process
    Global change ecology
    Prairie dog - vegetation interactions

Galvin, Dr. Kathy   (NREL and Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., State University of New York, Binghamton, NY
    Human-environment interactions
    Human adaptability and vulnerability
    Human dimensions of global environmental change and semiarid tropical ecosystems
    Pastoralism
    Household economics

Gao, Dr. Wei   (USDA UVB Radiation Monitoring Program, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Purdue University, West Lafayette, 1997
    Atmospheric/vegetation canopy radiation transfer modeling
    UV radiation and other climate stress factors’ influence on plants, total ozone interactions with other atmospheric parameters
    Impact of climate change and regional climate modeling/ecosystem modeling
    Remote sensing application

Hanan, Dr. Niall P   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of London, 1990
    Savanna ecology function and dynamics
    Biosphere-atmosphere interactions and global change
    Ecophysiology of carbon, water and energy exchange between plants and atmosphere
    Water and energy exchange between plants and atmosphere
    Radiative and aerodynamic transfer in vegetation canopies

Hobbs, Dr. N.Thompson   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1979
    ecological modeling
    ecology of large herbivores
    linkages between human and natural systems

Hunt, Dr. H. William   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1971
    Systems ecology
    Nutrient cycling
    Population biology
    Global change
    Effects of climate change on ecosystem function

Kalkhan, Dr. Mohammed A.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1994
    Biometrics, Spatial Statistics, Sampling Methods and Designs
    Geospatial Information Sciences (Remote sensing, GIS, GPS)
    Ecological- Environmental Forecasting - Modeling- Mapping
    Invasive Species Forecasting Systems
    Landscape Ecology

Klein, Dr. Julia A.   (Dept. of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State University)
PhD. University of California at Berkeley, 2003
    Global change
    Climate warming
    Land use change
    Alpine ecology
    Ecosystem ecology

Moore, Dr. John C.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1986
    Theoretical ecology
    Systems ecology
    Food web dynamics
    Soil ecology

Ogle, Dr. Stephen   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 2000
    Ecosystem Science/Grassland Ecology
    Carbon Cycle
    Invasion Biology
    Agroecosystems grasslands land use and management soil science and biogeochemistry
    Agricultural Land Use and Management Impacts on Agricultural Soil Organic C: National Inventory Reporting and IPCC Inventory Guidelines (EPA)

Ojima, Dr. Dennis S.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1987
    Carbon science
    Biogeochemistry
    Vulnerability of human-environment
    Global environmental change
    Ecosystem modeling

Parton, Dr. William J.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 1972
    Biometeorology
    Ecosystem Modelling
    Nutrient Cycling
    Trace Gas Fluxes
    Computer modeling

Paul, Dr. Eldor   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1958
    Microbial ecology
    Soil organic matter dynamics
    Carbon sequestration
    Agronomy

Paustian, Dr. Keith   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Swedish University of Agricultural Science, 1987
    Soil organic matter dynamics
    Agroecosystems
    Nutrient cycling
    Agroecosystems
    Ecosystem modeling

Simmons, Dr. Breana L   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2005
    Impacts of disturbance on soil communities
    Soil organism biodiversity
    Effects of the soil fauna on ecosystem function
    Resource partitioning in soil invertebrates
    Soil food web function and structure

Slusser, Dr. James   (USDA UVB Radiation Monitoring Program, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1994
    Ultraviolet radiation monitoring
    Radiative transfer through clouds and aerosols
    Atmospheric ozone and NOx chemistry: tropospheric and stratospheric
    Optical remote sensing of trace gases: satellite and ground-based
    Atmospheric aerosols: distribution and physical characteristics

Steltzer, Dr. Heidi   (NREL, Colorado State University)
PhD University of Colorado; BS Duke University
    Biogeochemistry
    Systems Ecology
    Arctic and Alpine Ecology
    Snow System Science
    Energy and the Environment

Stohlgren, Dr. Thomas J.   (NREL, U.S. Geological Survey)
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1990
    Global change
    Landscape ecology
    Invasive species
    Biological diversity
    Sampling design

Swift, Dr. David M.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1985
    Nutrition and ecology of ruminants
    Grazing systems
    Human ecology
    Simulation modeling
    University/K-12 interactions

Theobald, Dr. David M.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 1995
    Land use change
    Landscape ecology
    Environmental modeling
    Biological indicators
    Socio-economic drivers

Von Fischer, Dr. Joseph   (Dept. of Biology, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2002
    Climate-Biology interactions
    Biogeochemistry
    Ecosystems ecology
    Soil trace gas fluxes
    Global oxygen cycles

Wall, Dr. Diana H.   (NREL, Colorado State University)
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 1971
    Rangeland Ecosystem Science
    Soil ecology
    Soil biodiversity
    Nematode community structure and function
    Soil and sediment biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Wallenstein, Dr. Matt D   (NREL, Colorado State Universtiy)
Ph.D., Duke University, 2004.
    Soil Microbial Ecology
    Biogeochemistry
    Global Change
    Arctic Science
    Soil Proteomics