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StudentsRebecca Anderson (INSTAAR) holdsup a surface marker to locate the siteof an ablation stake on one of severalrapidly melting ice caps on the northof Baffin Island, Arctic Canada,May 2006. Photo: J. Briner(University of Buffalo).Graduate and undergraduate students are an integralpart of INSTAAR, and they play important roles in theresearch conducted by the institute and its members.INSTAAR students are registered for degree programs in anappropriate department and college. The graduate studenthave a weekly seminar series at INSTAAR, fostering contactsbetween the students in those different departments.An annual retreat at the Mountain Research Station forincoming students and teaching faculty as well as a seniorstudent mentorship program have been established to facilitateintegration into INSTAAR. Financial support is availablefor INSTAAR graduate students as research assistantsemployed on research grants. Undergraduate support isavailable through special programs sponsored by INSTAAR,the university, industry, and agencies such as the NationalScience Foundation and are designed to encourage undergraduateparticipation in research. They include the SummerUndergraduate Research Program (SURE), SummerUndergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF), SummerMinority Access Research Training (SMART),Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROP), UniversityMentoring Program (UMP), and Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU). Undergraduate research may lead tohonors theses and internships. These programs have contributedgreatly to the feasibility of including undergraduatestudents in INSTAAR research and to encouraging undergraduatestudents to continue to advanced degrees.Prospective graduate students should contact the departmentthat they wish to enter and apply for admission to theUniversity of Colorado. Suitable departments include CEAEngineering, EPO Biology, Geography, Geological Sciences,and Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (PAOS).Applications forms are available from the Graduate School,30 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0030.For specific INSTAAR-related questions, send email toinstaar-info@instaar.colorado.edu or contact individualINSTAAR professors directly (see the INSTAAR website athttp://instaar.colorado.edu). Marcia Kelly is the interim liai-son for graduate students and departments(Marcia.Kelly@Colorado.edu).Graduate StudentsStudent name, Degree, Department, Advisor. Approximatethesis topic or title.Paul Abood, MS, Geography, Mark Williams. The analysisof deposition data for PRIMENet National Parks.Craig Anderson, MS, Geography, Mark Williams. Snowhydrology, GIS, and remote sensing.Rebecca Anderson, MS, Geological Sciences, Gifford Miller.Nataly Ascarrunz, PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,Tim Seastedt. Carbon cycling and changes in land use.Ty Peter Atkins, MS, Geography, Mark Williams. Interestsrelate to aquatic chemistry and silica cycling in Hawaiianwatersheds.Yarrow Axford, PhD, Geology, Gifford Miller. Interests relateto Quaternary paleoclimate, arctic lakes, and climatechange.Tim Bartholomaus, MS, Geological Sciences, RobertAnderson.Maureen Mason Berlin, PhD, Geological Sciences, Robert S.Anderson. Knickpoint migration and landscape evolutionon the Roan Plateau, western Colorado.Carleton Bern, PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, AlanTownsend. Nutrient cation cycling in tropical forests.Jessica Black, PhD, Geological Sciences, Gifford Miller.“Investigating the Holocene Thermal Maximum atHvitarvatn, Iceland.”Florence Bocquet, PhD, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,Detlev Helmig. “Ozone exchange at the air-snow interfaceat the polar site of Summit, Greenland; snow andavalanche studies.”Nehalem Breiter, MA, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,Tim Seastedt. “How selective are biological controls?”Sean Bryan, MS, Geological Sciences, Tom Marchitto.Cynthia Cacy, PhD, Environmental Studies, Suzanne Anderson.“Chemical weathering in glacial environments.”Kaelin Cawley, PhD, Civil, Environmental and ArchitecturalEngineering, Diane McKnight. Interests include dissolvedorganic matter chemistry and harmful algal blooms.Karie Cherwin, PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, TimSeastedt. Invasive plants in grassland ecosystems;restoration and ecosystem ecology.28 | TEACHING MISSION