SCIENTIFIC STAFF - JUNE 2001
Juan J, Armesto, Ph.D.
Forest Ecologist Adjunct Scientist (Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile) Functions of biodiversity in ecosystems; plant-animal mutualisms; conservation ecology in human-dominated landscapes

Alan R. Berkowitz, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist Head of Education Urban ecosystem research and education; schoolyard ecology; undergraduate and teacher education; ecology of plant communities in agroecosystems and along rights-of-way

Seth W. Bigelow, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist Plant-soil interactions; plant influences on water and nutrient cycles; silviculture

Mary L. Cadenasso, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist Function of landscape boundaries; biogeochemical flux and plant community response; heterogeneity in urban and savanna systems; old field succession

Charles D. Canham, Ph.D.
Forest Ecologist Spatially-explicit models of forest dynamics; canopy tree-soil interactions; effects of vertebrate herbivores on forests; dynamics of oldgrowth forest landscapes

Nina M. Caraco, Ph.D.
Biogeochemist Nutrient cycling in aquatic ecosystems

Jonathan J. Cole, Ph.D.
Aquatic Microbiologist Aquatic microbiology; regulation of aquatic bacteria; gas flux; biogeochemistry

Holly A. Ewing, Ph.D.
Ecologist Ecosystem development; terrestrial-aquatic linkages; soil development; plant-soil interactions

Stuart E.G. Findlay, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist Detritus dynamics; microbial ecology; interactions between streamwater and shallow groundwater; dissolved organic carbon; ecology of the Hudson River and tidal wetlands

Ross D. Fitzhugh, Ph.D.
Biogeochemist Effects of acidic deposition on stream chemistry; effects of climate change on element cycling and loss; influences of plant-microbial-soil interactions on element cycling and loss

Brett J. Goodwin, Ph.D.
Landscape Ecologist Spatial structuring of populations; insect population dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes; ecological modeling; animal movement

Peter M. Groffman, Ph.D.
Microbial Ecologist Terrestrial microbial ecology; ecosystem and landscape biogeochemistry; transformation of environmental pollutants

Kathleen Hogan, Ph.D.
Educational Psychologist Research on children's and adolescents' science learning; teacher education; ecology curriculum and program development

Clive G. Jones, D. Phil.
Ecologist Linking species and ecosystems; ecosystem engineering by species; ecological theory; ecology and evolution of plant defenses; plant-insect-microbial interactions; effects of plant stress and damage

Gene E. Likens, Ph.D.
Ecologist Director, Institute of Ecosystem Studies G. Evelyn Hutchinson Chair in Ecology Ecosystem analysis; biogeochemistry; limnology; air pollution and its effects on ecosystems

Kathleen M. LoGiudice, Ph.D.
Animal Ecologist Mammalian ecology; ecology of infectious disease; host community dynamics of Lyme disease; effects of infectious disease on endangered species

Gary M. Lovett, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist Forest nutrient cycling; responses of forest ecosystems to stress; atmosphere-canopy interactions

Roxane Maranger, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist Regulation of bacteria; role of bacteria in nutrient and carbon cycling

Cheryl McCutchan, Ph.D.
Plant Physiological Ecologist Ecophysiology of plant respiration; thermal acclimation of respiration; effects of soil chemistry on plant physiology

James H. McCutchan, Jr., Ph.D.
Ecologist Biogeochemistry; food sources for aquatic consumers; stable isotope techniques; ecosystem metabolism; effects of temperature on biological processes

Richard S. Ostfeld, Ph.D.
Animal Ecologist Ecology of infectious disease; community dynamics in oak forests; animal population dynamics and responses to patchy landscapes; herbivore-plant interactions

Michael L. Pace, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist Assistant Director, Institute of Ecosystem Studies Aquatic ecosystems, food webs, microbial ecology

Steward T.A. Pickett, Ph.D.
Plant Ecologist Vegetation dynamics; the function of spatial heterogeneity in plant communities; ecological studies of urban systems

Eric M. Schauber, Ph.D.
Animal Ecologist Population dynamics of forest animals; modeling community interactions; foraging behavior

Moshe Shachak, Ph.D.
Ecologist Adjunct Scientist (Mitrani Department for Desert Ecology, The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer, Israel) Desert ecology; watershed ecology; multiflow ecological systems; ecological management; organisms as ecosystem engineers; biodiversity; vegetation patterns and ecosystem processes

Doris Soto, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist Adjunct Scientist (Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Facultad de Pesquerías y Oceanografía, Universidad Austral de Chile, Puerto Montt, Chile) Nutrient cycling and food webs; multiple water uses; environmental impact assessment and management of aquaculture effects on fresh water and marine coastal waters

Robert S. Stelzer, Ph.D.
Aquatic Ecologist Stream ecology; ecosystem studies; nutrient dynamics; ecological stoichiometry; plant-herbivore interactions; microbial ecology

David L. Strayer, Ph.D.
Freshwater Ecologist Ecology and roles of freshwater invertebrates; exotic species; endangered invertebrates, including pearly mussels; ecology of streams and groundwater

Rodney T. Venterea, Ph.D.
Soil Scientist Soil physics; nutrient transformations and mass transport in forest and agricultural soils; trace gas emissions; process modeling; soil and groundwater remediation

Kathleen C. Weathers, Ph.D.
Forest Ecologist Head of Laboratory Services Chemical composition and deposition of pollutants and nutrients; forest nutrient cycling; ecology of montane ecosystems; influence of landscape heterogeneity on ecosystem function; aquatic-terrestrial fluxes

Raymond J. Winchcombe, B.S.
Wildlife Biologist Manager of Field Research Facilities White-tailed deer population management via controlled access hunting

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