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INSTAAR AffiliatesScott Munro (on left; TorontoUniversity) introduces VladimirKonovalov (INSTAAR Affiliate,Hydrometeorological Institute,Republic of Uzbekistan) beforehis lecture at the Department ofGeography, Toronto University,Canada, September 2006.EcosystemsRichard BoyceDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern KentuckyUniversity. PhD: 1990, Yale University. Plant physiologicalecology.Paul BrooksAssistant Professor, Hydrology and Water Resources,University of Arizona. PhD: 1995, University of Colorado atBoulder. Biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nutrients,hydrological linkages between terrestrial and aquatic systems,effects of disturbance on natural systems.Jeff ConnorNatural Resources Specialist, National Park Service, RockyMountain National Park. BA: 1976, Bard College. Invasiveexotic plant and animal management, high-elevation vegetationrestoration, avian species monitoring, recreationalimpact monitoring and mitigation, burn area emergencyrehab, wildlife and vegetation management.Hector GalbraithCEO, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO. PhD:1986, Glasgow University. Anthropogenic disturbances andarctic/alpine bird and plant communities.Stephen JacksonAssistant Professor, Botany, University of Wyoming. PhD:1983, Indiana University. Verification of the range of vegetationresponses to environmental changes, and delineationof the relationships between modes of response and themagnitudes and rates of environmental forcing.Timothy KittelNatural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado StateUniversity. PhD: 1986, University of California, Davis.Ecological response to climate variability at interannualthrough centennial time scales.James R. McGoodwinDepartment of Anthropology, University of Colorado atBoulder. PhD: 1973, University of Texas. Fisheries, marineand environmental policy; human responses to climatic andenvironmental variability and change.Amy MillerInstitute for Computational Earth Systems Science,University of California–Santa Barbara. PhD: 2002,University of Colorado at Boulder. Plant physiological ecology/ecosystemecology, uptake of organic and inorganicnitrogen by alpine tundra plants.Cynthia NevisonNational Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). PhD:Stanford University. Ocean nitrogen cycle, nitrous oxidebudget, carbon-nitrogen biogeochemistry, stratosphere-troposphereinteractions.Herman SieveringProfessor, Environmental Science Program & PhysicsDepartment, University of Colorado at Denver. PhD: 1971,University of Illinois. Atmospheric physics and chemistry.Sarah SpauldingResearch Associate, California Academy of Sciences. PhD:1996, Colorado State University. Environmental, geologic,and evolutionary change through paleoecology, systematics,and biogeography of freshwater diatoms.Heidi SteltzerPostdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of ForestSciences, Colorado State University. PhD: 1999, Universityof Colorado at Boulder. Ecosystem development, nutrientretention, and scaling plant effects.Howard E. TaylorResearch Chemist and Project Chief, EnvironmentalAnalytical Chemistry and Water Quality Project, NationalResearch Program, Water Resources Division, U.S. GeologicalSurvey, Boulder, CO. PhD: 1970, Colorado StateUniversity. Water chemistry and trace element analysis.Andrew ToddAquatic specialist, Trout Unlimited. PhD: 2005, Universityof Colorado at Boulder. Biogeochemistry, stream ecology,and human use.48 | PEOPLE