Personnel at the Spatial Ecology Lab

Director

• A. David McGuire - Professor - 214 Irving I Building, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks AK 99775; Phone: 907-474-6242, Fax: 907-474-6716

Research Associates

• Eugenie Euskirchen - Research Associate - Institute of Arctic Biology - UAF POB 757000 Fairbanks AK 99775-7000; Phone: 907-474-1958, Fax: 907-474-6967

Current Post-doctoral Fellows

• Kirsten Barrett - Postdoc - USGS (Mendenhall) - 404 Irving I Building, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks AK 99775; Phone: 907-474-5472
• Daniel Hayes - Postdoc - Institute of Arctic Biology - UAF POB 757000 Fairbanks AK 99775-7000; Phone: 907-474-2414, Fax: 907-474-6716
• Shuhua Yi - Postdoc - Institute of Arctic Biology - UAF POB 757000 Fairbanks AK 99775-7000; Phone: 907-474-2414, Fax: 907-474-6716

Current Graduate Students

• Jon O'Donnell - Ph.D. student - Dept. Biology & Wildlife - University AK Fairbanks, Fairbanks AK 99775: Phone: 907-474-5523, Fax: 907-474-6716

Professional/Research Technicians

• Todd Burnside - Programmer - Institute of Arctic Biology - UAF POB 757000 Fairbanks AK 99775-7000; Phone: 907-474-5472, Fax: 907-474-6967
• Joy Clein- Research Professional/Technician - Institute of Arctic Biology - UAF POB 757000 Fairbanks AK 99775-7000; Phone: 907-474-5660, Fax: 907-474-6967
• Jason Downing - Data Management - Institute of Arctic Biology, Long Term Ecological Research Program - UAF POB 757000 Fairbanks AK 99775-7000; Phone: 907-474-6364,
• Shawn Houston - Programmer - Biotechnology Computing Research Group (INBRE), UAF, Phone: 907-474-5768, Fax: 907-474-5712
• Jock Irons - Computer Support - Institute of Arctic Biology - UAF POB 757000 Fairbanks AK 99775-7000; Phone: 907-474-1176, Fax: 907-474-6967

Past Post-doctoral Fellows

• Dr. Monika Calef (Postdoctoral IAB Research Associate, August 2003 - Sept. 2005).
  • Employed as Assistant Professor at State University of New York Albany, Sept. 2005-present.
• Dr. Julie Maier (Postdoctoral IAB Research Associate, 2001-2003).
  • Employed as Assistant Professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks Interior-Aleutains Campus, Sept. 2005 - present.
• Dr. Roger Dargaville (Postdoctoral IAB Research Associate, July 1999 - June 2000).
  • Employed at NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, July 2001 - April 2002. Employed at CARBON-Europe, Paris France, May 2002 - Sept. 2005.
  • Employed at Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission UNESCO, Paris, France, Sept. 2005 - present.

Graduated Students

Doctoral Students

• Michael Balshi (December 2007): The role of fire in the carbon dynamics of the boreal forest.
  Employed as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of New Hampshire.
• Colin Beier Regional climate, federal land management, and the social-ecological resilience of southeastern Alaska. (Co-advised with Dr. Terry Chapin).
  Employed as Assistant Professor in College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York Syracuse, Syracuse, New York.
• Nancy Fresco (August 2006): Carbon sequestration in Alaska's boreal forest: Planning for resilience in a changing landscape. (Co-advised with Dr. Terry Chapin).
  Employed as Network Coordinator for Scenarios Network for Alaska Planning (SNAP) by University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska.
• Catharine Thompson (May 2005): Vegetation-climate interactions along a transition from tundra to boreal forest in Alaska.
  Employed as Ecologist by the National Park Service, Port Angeles, Washington.
• Qianlai Zhuang (December 2001): Modeling the influence of climate change, permafrost dynamics, and fire disturbance on carbon balance of high latitude ecosystems.
  Employed as Assistant Professor in Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue Univeristy, Lafayette, Indiana.

Master's Students

• Isla Myers-Smith (May 2005): Carbon exchange and permafrost collapse: Implications for a changing climate. Curently applying for admission to a Ph.D. program.
• Xinxian Zhang (May 2001): Modeling stand-level canopy maintainence respiration of black spruce ecosystems in Alaska: Implications for spatial and temporal scaling.
  Employed as Biostatistician at Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Juneau, Alaska.
• Cherie Silapaswan (December 2000): Land-cover change on the Seward Peninsula: The use of remote sensing to evaluate the potential influences of climate change on historical vegetation dynamics.
  Employed as Remote Sensing Specialist by Research Systems International in Boulder, Colorado.
• Pamela Seiser (May 2000): Mechanisms of impact and potential recovery of pigeon guillemots (Cepphus columba) after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
  Employed as Biological Technician at Alaska Biological Research in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Graduated Master's Students sponsored in other departments (Department of Mathematics)

• Curt Dulaney (Advisor Kara Nance, December 2000): Implementing dynamic vegetation in the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model.
  Employed by International Business Machines (IBM) in Tucson, Arizona.
• James Long (Advisor Mitch Roth, Spring 2000): A parallel implementation of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM).
  Employed by Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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This page last modified on 23-Jul-2008