Eugénie S. Euskirchen

Institute of Arctic Biology

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK
 
 

 

             

     Education       

 

·            Ph.D., Forest Science, Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI), 2003

       Dissertation title: “Carbon Fluxes Within Managed Forest Landscapes”

·            M.S., Mathematical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), 1997

·            B.S., Mathematics (summa cum laude), Marymount College (Tarrytown, NY), 1994

·            University of Paris, Sorbonne (Paris, France), 1992-1993

                   

     Professional Experience

·              Research Associate, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK), Jan. 2006 - present                        

·              Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK), 2004-2005 

·              Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI), 1998-2003   

·              Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (Baltimore, MD), 1997-1998          

·              Analyst, Battelle Memorial Institute (Baltimore, MD), 1995-1997                                 

·              Programmer/Modeler, Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Assessment Division (Argonne, IL), 1994-1995

·              Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, NY), Summer 1993

·              Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student, Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Millbrook, NY), Summer 1992

             

         Research interests

·              Ecosystem, landscape, and regional scale modeling of carbon, water, and energy

·              Global climate change, particularly with respect to high latitude regions

·              Carbon, water, and energy fluxes within ecosystems and landscapes

·              Landscape fragmentation and the effects of edges on plant communities and ecosystem processes

 

 I am currently working with collaborators at the International Arctic Research Center (IARC) in Fairbanks, Alaska.  This research entails the development of a Dynamic Vegetation Model (DVM).  To view more details about this project, click here.

 

         Awards

 

·              International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (ODRA), 2005

·              National Science Foundation Ecological Circuitry Collaboratory Fellowship, 2001-2003

·              NASA-Michigan State University Professional Enhancement Award, 2001

·              Horner Hardwood Research Award, Michigan Technological University, 1999

·              Doctoral Research Fellowship, Michigan Technological University, 1998-1999

·              National Science Foundation Industry-Based Research Assistantship, 1995-1997

·              Departmental Scholastic Medal for Mathematics, Marymount College, 1994

 

      Professional Service (most recent)

 

·              Manuscript reviewer for: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2005, 2006); Canadian Journal of Forest Research (2005); Earth Interactions (2004, 2006); Ecography (2005); Ecosystems (2000); Ecological Modelling (2003); Forest Ecology and Management (2000, 2003[2], 2004[4], 2005[2], 2006[3]); Global and Planetary Change (2005); Journal of Applied Meteorology (2003); Landscape Ecology (2003); Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change (2005); Oikos (2000), Remote Sensing of the Environment (2005), Southeastern Naturalist (2005).

 

·              Search committee graduate student representative (invited) for a Quantitative Ecology and Management faculty position, Michigan Technological University (2002).

 

·              Computer committee member, Michigan Technological University (2001-2004).

 

·              Seminar Organization Committee, Michigan Technological University, School of Forestry (1999-2001).

 

      Teaching Experience

 

·              Instructor, Michigan Technological University, FW3020 Forest and Landscape Ecology, Fall 2002. 

·              Guest lecturer, ‘The eddy covariance technique: methodology & research directions’, Michigan Technological University, FW5100 Advanced Terrestrial Productivity, Spring 2002

·              Guest lecturer, ‘Carbon balance in forest ecosystems’, Michigan Technological University, FW3020 Forest Ecology, Fall 2000, Fall 2003

·              Teaching assistant, Michigan Technological University, FW443 Landscape Ecology, Spring 2000

·              Mathematics tutor, Marymount College. Tutored in pre-calculus, calculus, and linear algebra, 1992-1994

    

         Professional Memberships

 

·              American Association for the Advancement of Science (1995-present)

·              American Geophysical Union (2004-present)

·              Ecological Society of America (1999-present)

·              International Association for Landscape Ecology (2001-present)

 

       Publications (some with PDFs available for viewing)

 

J.S. Clein, A.D. McGuire, E.S. Euskirchen, M.P. Calef. In review. The effects of different climate input data sets on simulated carbon dynamics in the western Arctic. Submitted to Earth Interactions.

 

                      Desai, A.R., A. Noormets, P.V. Bolstad, J. Chen, B.D. Cook, K.J. Davis, E.S. Euskirchen, C.G. Gough, J.M. Martin, D. M. Ricciuto, H.P. Schmid, J. Tang, W. Wang, In Press. Influence of vegetation type, stand age, and climate on carbon dioxide fluxes across the Upper Midwest, USA: Implications for regional scaling of carbon flux. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

 

Noormets A., A.R. Desai, B.D. Cook, E.S. Euskirchen, D.M. Ricciuto, K.J. Davis, P.V. Bolstad, H.P. Schmid, C.V. Vogel, E.V. Carey, H.B. Su, J. Chen, In press. Moisture sensitivity of ecosystem respiration: comparison of 14 forest ecosystems in the Upper Great Lakes Region, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

 

       J.S. Kimball, M. Zhao, A.D. McGuire, F.A. Heinsch, J. Clein, M. Calef, W.M. Jolly, S. Kang, E.S. Euskirchen, K.C. McDonald, S.W. Running. 2007. Climate driven increases in boreal and Arctic vegetation productivity: evidence of decreasing stability of the northern high latitude terrestrial carbon reservoir. Earth Interactions (PDF).

 

Euskirchen, E.S. K.A. Harper, Q. Li. 2006. Linking the ecology of forest edges and roads to landscapes, as a chapter in “Linking Ecology to Landscape Hierarchies”, J. Chen, S.C. Saunders, K.D. Brosofske, T.R. Crow, editors, Nova Science publishers.

 

Euskirchen­­, E.S., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, R.J. Dargaville, D.G. Dye, J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald, J.M. Melillo, V.E. Romanovsky, N.V. Smith.  2006.  Importance of Recent Shifts in Soil Thermal Dynamics on Growing Season Length, Productivity, and Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial High-Latitude Ecosystems. Global Change Biology (PDF).

 

Euskirchen, E.S., K.S. Pregitzer, J. Chen. Carbon fluxes in a young naturally regenerating jack pine ecosystem. 2006.  Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres (PDF).

 

                       F.S. Chapin, III, M. Sturm, M.C. Serreze, J.P. McFadden, J.R. Key, A.H. Lloyd, A.D. McGuire, T.S. Rupp, A.H. Lynch, J.P. Schimel, J. Beringer,

                               W.L. Chapman, H.E. Epstein, E.S. Euskirchen, L.D. Hinzman, G. Jia, C.-L. Ping, K.D. Tape, C.D.C. Thompson, D.A. Walker, and J.M. Welker. 2005.          

                               Amplification of Arctic Summer warming by Terrestrial Ecosystem Changes. Science (PDF).

 

Zheng, D., J. Chen, J. LeMoine, E.S. Euskirchen. 2005.  Influences of land-use change and edges on soil respiration in a managed forest landscape, WI, USA. Forest Ecology and Management (PDF).

 

Harper, K.A., P.J. Burton, S.E. Macdonald, J. Chen, K.D. Brosofske, S.C. Saunders, E.S. Euskirchen, M. Jaiteh, P.A. Esseen, D. Roberts. 2005. A theory of edge influence: forest structure and composition at created edges. Conservation Biology (PDF).

 

Ma, S., J. Chen, J.R. Butnor, M. North, E.S. Euskirchen, B. Oakley.  2005.  Biophysical controls on soil respiration in dominant patch types of an old-growth mixed conifer forest.  Forest Science (PDF).

 

Zheng, D., J. Chen, A. Noormets, E.S. Euskirchen, J. LeMoine. 2005. Interaction of climate and land use on landscape soil respiration in northern Wisconsin, USA: 1972-2001. Climate Research (PDF).

 

Pregitzer, K.S., E.S. Euskirchen. 2004. Carbon cycling and storage in world forests: biome patterns related to forest age.  Global Change Biology (PDF).

J. Chen, K.D. Brosofske, A. Noormets, T.R. Crow, M.K. Bresee, J.M. LeMoine, E.S. Euskirchen, S.V. Mather, G. Liu, D. Zheng. 2004.  A Working Framework for Quantifying Carbon Sequestration in Disturbed Land Mosaics.  Environmental Management (PDF).

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, E.J. Gustafson, S. Ma. 2003. Soil respiration at dominant ecosystems within a managed northern Wisconsin landscape.  Ecosystems (PDF).

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, H. Li, E.J. Gustafson, T.R. Crow. 2002. Modeling net carbon flows under alternative management regimes at a landscape level. Ecological Modelling (PDF)

Chen, J., M. Falk, E.S. Euskirchen, K.T. Paw U, T. Suchanek, S. Ustin, B. Bond, N. Phillips, K.D. Brosofske. 2002. Biophysical controls of carbon flows in three successional Douglas-fir stands based upon eddy-covariance measurements. Tree Physiology (PDF).

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, and R. Bi, 2001. Effects of edges on plant communities in a managed landscape in northern Wisconsin. Forest Ecology and Management (PDF).

 

Euskirchen, E.S. 1997. A case-cohort study of the relationship between occupational exposure to acrylonitrile and cause-specific mortality. Master’s research thesis, Johns Hopkins University.

 

Selected oral and poster presentations

    

Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, F.S. Chapin III.   Energy feedbacks to the climate system due to reduced snow cover during 20th Century warming.  Earth System Science Partnership, Beijing, China.  November 2006.  Click here to view the poster.

 

Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, F.S. Chapin III.  The relative influence of the responses of albedo and the exchange with the atmosphere of carbon dioxide in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems on the climate system. European Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, April, 2006, Vienna, Austria.

 

Euskirchen­­, E.S., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, R.J. Dargaville, D.G. Dye, J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald, J.M. Melillo, V.E. Romanovsky, N.V. Smith. 2005.  Importance of Recent Shifts in Soil Thermal Dynamics on Growing Season Length, Productivity, and Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial High-Latitude Ecosystems.  Oral presentation at the Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Boulder, CO.

 

Euskirchen­­, E.S., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, K.C. McDonald, N.V. Smith, J.S. Kimball, R.J. Dargaville, D.G. Dye, 2004, Recent shifts in the dynamics governing growing season length and productivity in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems.  Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

 

Euskirchen, E.S., K.S. Pregitzer, J. Chen, 2004. Growing season carbon flux measurements in a young Jack pine ecosystem. Poster presented at International Boreal Forest Research Association Meeting, Fairbanks, AK.

 

Euskirchen, E.S., K.S. Pregitzer, J. Chen, 2004.  Modeling heterotrophic respiration and net primary production under alternative management regimes. Invited oral presentation at the International Association of Landscape Ecology Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

 

Euskirchen, E.S., K.S. Pregitzer, J. Chen, 2003. Three snow-free seasons of flux measurements in a young jack pine ecosystem. Poster presented at Ameriflux Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO.

 

Euskirchen, E.S. K.S. Pregitzer, 2002. A parameter-scarce model for evaluating the components of forest carbon storage.  Poster presentation at the USDA Symposium on Natural Resource Management to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Raleigh, NC.

 

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, K.S. Pregitzer, 2002. Carbon fluxes at a naturally regenerated Jack pine stand in northern Michigan.  Oral presentation at The Ecological Society of America 87th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

 

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, K.T. Paw U, K.S. Pregitzer, 2002.  Dissipation and partitioning of energy within Jack pine and Douglas fir.  Oral presentation at The 25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Norfolk, VA.

 

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, E.J. Gustafson, 2002.  Soil respiration within a managed landscape in northern Wisconsin.  Oral presentation at the IUFRO Landscape Ecology Working Party Technical Session, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.

 

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, H. Li, E.J. Gustafson, 2001. Modelling landscape net ecosystem productivity under alternative management regimes.  Poster presentation at the Department of Energy Terrestrial Science Team Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.

                                                      

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, K.S. Pregitzer, J. LeMoine, 2001. Carbon fluxes at a naturally regenerated jack pine stand in northern Michigan: A preliminary analysis. Poster presented at Ameriflux Annual Meeting, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, H. Li, E.J. Gustafson, T. Crow.  2001. Modelling net carbon flows under alternative management regimes at a landscape level. Oral presentation at US-International Association of Landscape Ecology Meeting 2001, Tempe, AZ.

Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, E.J. Gustafson, 2000. Soil respiration at dominant patch types within a managed landscape in northern Wisconsin. Poster presentation at The Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2000, Snowbird, UT.

 

Euskirchen, E.S., R. Bi, J. Chen, 1999. Edge Effects on plant communities at pine plantations in northern Wisconsin. Oral presentation at The Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 1999, Spokane, WA.

 

Euskirchen, E.S.  I. Hlohowskyj, J.J. Cheng, 1995. Pathway analysis modeling to predict potential adverse risks to ecological receptors at the J-field site, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Poster presented at The 21st Environmental Symposium and Exhibition, San Diego, CA.

 

Euskirchen, E.S. 1994.  The addition of a concentration report to RESRAD-CHEM. Oral presentation at Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Assessment Division, Seminar Series, Argonne, IL.