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James Cleverly, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Biology

Resaerch Interests: physiological and ecological relationships between saltcedar and native riparian species, water relations, drought, growth, carbon partitioning,competition, invasion of riparian habitats by saltcedar, evapotranspiration (ET), restoration water salvage, climate, and water loss from the Middle Rio Grande's shallow aquifer to the atmosphere

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Scott L. Collins, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Sevilleta LTER Director

Research Interests: Plant community dynamics; gradient models and structure; the role of disturbance in communitie; fire ecology; patch dynamics; landscape ecology; grassland ecology; analysis of species distribution and abundance.

 
 

Julie E Alfred Coonrod, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

Research Interests: issues relating to the Middle Rio Grande

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Clifford Crawford

Emeritus/Research Professor of Biology

Director, Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP)

Research Interests: Arid land ecology with emphasis on riparian ecosystems and Rio Grande riparian

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Laura J. Crossey, Ph.D..

Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Associate Dean, Student Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences

Research Interests: Low-temperature geochemistry, diagenesis, organic-mineral interactions. Approach includes field and experimental examination of early diagenetic environments as well as evaluation of sedimentary cores and outcrops from Proterozoic to Recent ages.

Laura's Webpage

 
 

Clifford N. Dahm, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Research Interests: Ground water/surface water interactions, aquatic ecology, nutrient cycling, biogeochemistry, dissolved organic carbon, stream and river restoration, ecosystem studies, microbial ecology

 

 
 

David S. Gutzler, Ph.D.

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Research Interests: Climatology; meteorology; interactions between Earth's atmosphere and its hydrosphere, biosphere, cryosphere and lithosphere; predictability of weather and climate.

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Marcy Litvak, Ph.D.

Assisstant Professor of Biology

Research Interests: Ecosystem physiology and ecology, plant physiological ecology; emphasis on investigating the effects of climate variability, disturbance and/or land use on the exchange of carbon, water and energy between ecosystems and the atmosphere.

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Leslie D. McFadden, Ph.D.

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Research Interests: Soil-geomorphic, soil-stratigraphic and soil-forming processes in arid and semi-arid regions. Applications of soil-based research to problems in Quarternary studies, geomorphology and geoecology, including landscape evolution and paleoclimate, numerical modeling studies of calcic soils, and analyses of seismic, volcanic and other geohazards.

Leslie's Webpage

 
 

Grant A. Meyer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Science

Research and Academic Interests: Hillslopes and fluvial systems; climatic, tectonic and environmental geomorphology; Quaternary geology; ecosystem processes

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Manuel C. Molles, Jr.

Professor of Biology

Research Interests: Riparian ecology, river restoration, ecology of desert streams, ecology of exotic species, southwestern biogeography and biodiversity, scientific communication including textbook authoring.

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Diana E. Northup

Biology and Chemistry librarian at Centennial Science and Engineering Library

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William T. Pockman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Research Interests: Whole plant physiological ecology of desert vegetation; ecological implications of xylem cavitation and hydraulic conductance; evolution of drought tolerance characteristics; ecophysiological perspectives on plant competition and invasion; plant and community response to climate change.

Will's Webpage

 
 

Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

Research Interests: Ecosystem ecology, microbiology, and nutrient cycling.

Bob's Webpage

 

 
 

Micheal Spilde

Research Scientist of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Research Interests: I am a mineralogist with interests in both terrestrial and planetary mineralogy/geology. My research has a strong emphasis on the application of electron microbeam techniques (microprobe, SEM, TEM) to problems in mineralogy and geomicrobiology. My current research centers around the study of the interaction between microbes and minerals. This involves the study of how microorganisms survive in subsurface environments, what signatures they leave behind in the form of minerals, and how these biosignatures might be utilized in the search for life on other planets.

Mike's Webpage

 

 
 

Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology

Research Interests: Molecular microbial ecology, especially microbial diversity and productivity in extreme environments.

Cristina's Webpage

 
 

Thomas F. Turner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

Director and Curator, Division of Fishes, The Mesuem of Southwestern Biology

Research Interests: Evolutionary ecology of fishes, especially the role of early life history variation in population persistance and dispersal biology; population genetics: ecological and biogeographic determinants of population structure in fishes;  molecular systematics of fishes.

Tom's Webpage

 
 

Kristin Vanderbilt, Ph.D.

Assistant Research Professor

Research Interests: ecoinformatics, biogeochemistry, and ecohydrology

Kristin's Webpage

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