CZO Staff & Faculty
Suzanne Prestrud Anderson
PhD: 1995, University of California, Berkeley
Fellow of INSTAAR; Associate Professor of Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: Field-based mechanistic understanding of the chemical and physical processes that shape the Earth's surface and control chemical denudation rates. Current focuses including studying the effect of glaciers on chemical weathering rates and the global carbon cycle, the linkage between glacier dynamics and subglacial hydrology, glacier outburst floods (jökulhlaups), and catchment-scale hydrology and hydrochemistry. Specializes in collection of detailed field observations to constrain models of geomorphic systems.
INSTAAR
Robert S. Anderson
PhD: 1986, University of Washington
Fellow of INSTAAR; Professor of Geological Sciences, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: I am a geomorphologist interested in the evolution of landscapes, with particular emphasis on alpine landscapes. I focus on processes, including glacial, coastal and fluvial erosion of bedrock. I employ cosmogenic radionuclides to constrain rates and timing in the landscape, field studies to document the specific processes acting, and numerical modeling to knit it all together.
INSTAAR
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Becca Barnes
PhD 2008, Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Sciences
NSF Earth Sciences Post-doctoral Fellow, U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder, CO
Research Interests: Linking Carbon Quality to Nitrogen Processing Across an Ecosystem Gradient
Alex Blum
Ph.D., Geochemistry, Yale University, 1989
Earth-Surface Geochemist, USGS Water Resources Division, Boulder
Research Interests:
Nel Caine
PhD, Australian National University, Canberra, 1966.
Fellow Emeritus of INSTAAR; Professor Emeritus of Geography, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder.
Research Interests: Research interests are in the fields of present-day erosional and hydrologic processes in mountain environments and in mass wasting and slope development. This includes studies of snow hydrology, streamflow generation, and sediment transport. It incorporates work on periglacial processes, mountain permafrost, and hillslope processes.Over the past 20 years, this has involved continuing work in the mountains of Colorado that is now incorporated into the Long-Term Ecological Research Program. It has also included work in the mountains of Tasmania, in central Europe, Nepal, and the Oregon Cascades.
INSTAAR
Dave Dethier
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1977
Professor and Chair of Geosciences, Williams College
Research Interests: Geochemistry and hydrology of surface and ground water systems; glacial history of the Puget lowland, Washington; Rates, mechanisms, and effects of surficial processes, particularly the chemistry of weathering and effects of acid deposition on that chemistry; soil-chemical characteristics; Quaternary stratigraphy and chronology of the Espa–ola basin, New Mexico
Miriam Dühnforth
PhD: 2007, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Post-doctoral Fellow, INSTAAR, University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: I am interested in sedimentary processes in alpine landscapes . I primarily study the spatial and temporal patterns of sediment erosion and transport processes in glacial and fluvial systems as well as the mechanisms that control these processes. I use cosmogenic radionuclides and field data to address my research questions. Recently, I started to employ and to learn more about numerical modeling.
Noah Fierer
Ph.D., Ecology, University of California – Santa Barbara, 2003
Fellow of CIRES; Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: Microbial ecology. Terrestrial ecosystem ecology. Microbial biogeography. Impact of global change factors on microbial communities and processes.
CIRES
Zan Frederick
M.A.: 2008, University of Colorado, Geography
CZO Field and lab manager, INSTAAR Professional Research Assistant
Research Interests:
Eve-Lyn Hinckley
PhD 2009, Stanford University
NSF Earth Sciences Post-doctoral Fellow, INSTAAR
Research Interests: Critical zone controls on hydrology and the fate of nitrogen in montane forests of the Colorado Front Range.
Matthias Leopold
PD Dr.
Technische Universtät München, Center of Life and Food Science, Research Department
Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences, Geomorphology & Soil Science
Research Interests: I'm interested in soilgeomorphological questions in differen environments and the influence of the relief and the soils to the hydrology of a watershed. Therefore I am often using geophysical techniques to portray the Critical Zone which I constantly try to improve.
Keith Loague
PhD University of British Columbia, 1986
Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
Research Interests: Physics-based characterization of coupled surface / near-surface hydrologic response
Diane McKnight
PhD: 1979, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Fellow of INSTAAR; Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder.
Research Interests: Research focuses on interactions between hydrologic, chemical and biological processes in controlling the dynamics in aquatic ecosystems. This research is carried out through field-scale experiments, modeling, and laboratory characterization of natural substrates. Main field sites are located in the Rocky Mountains and in the Transantarctic Mountains, and include pristine and stressed ecosystems, such as acid mine drainage influences mountain streams. Conducts research focusing on interactions between freshwater biota, trace metals, and natural organic material in diverse freshwater environments, including lakes and streams in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, and in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica. Develops interactions with state and local groups involved in mine drainage and watershed issues in the Rocky Mountains. A co-principal investigator in the McMurdo Dry Valley LTER and in the Niwot Ridge LTER.
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Sheila Murphy
M.S., Pennsylvania State University,1995
U.S. Geological Survey
Research Interests: Interests: Studying geochemistry and hydrology of rivers in the Western United States and in the Tropics; communicating environmental science to a variety of audiences.
USGS Research Program
Anne Sheehan
Ph.D., Massac
husetts Inst. of Technology, 1991
Fellow of CIRES; Professor of Geophysics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: Seismology, Geophysics, Earth Structure
CIRES
Eric Parrish
BFA, RMCAD
Research Interests: Graphic design and production, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS), web design, scientific illustration. creation, processing, maintenance, and coordination of geospatial imagery and datasets; orthorectification.
Greg Tucker
Ph.D. Geosciences, Penn State, 1996
Fellow of CIRES; Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder
Research Interests: Landscape evolution, tectonic geomorphology, impacts of climate change on hillslope and fluvial systems, numerical simulation of landform development.
CIRES
Joerg Voelkel
Ph.D., Rheinische Friedrich Wilhems-Universität BONN, 1988, Germany
Technische Universität München, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Full Professor for Geomorphology and Soil Science
Research Interests: Geomorphology, Landscape Evolution, Paleosoils, Soil Ecology, Slope Processes, Slope Sediments, Bedrock Weathering, Saprolites, Geoarchives, Mountainous and Alpine Areas, Desert Margins, Central Europe, British Columbia, Colorado, Sahara, Sahel, Sinai, Oman, Namibia
Technische Universität München
Cameron Wobus
Ph.D., Geomorphology and Tectonics, MIT
CIRES Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science
Research Interests: I am interested in the effects of past and present climate change on hydrology and landscapes. My research takes me from the North Slope of Alaska to the Front Range of Colorado, studying how changes in climate influence coastal and fluvial systems
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Mark Williams
PhD: 1991, University of California-Santa Barbara.
Fellow of INSTAAR; Professor of Geography, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder.
Research Interests: The processes that determine the hydrochemistry and biogeochemistry of high-elevation basins including the storage and release of solutes from the snowpack, biogeochemical modifications of snowpack runoff, nutrient cycling, and hydrologic pathways and residence time. Current projects include the Rocky Mountains, Ecuadorian and Bolivian Andes, and Central Asian areas of Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, and China.
Chi Yang
MA, Environmental Engineering
INSTAAR Professional Research Assistant
Research Interests: Data Manager - responsible for developing and maintaining a system for archiving and providing access to these data for both CZO researchers and the scientific community.
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