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INSTAAR Visiting Scientists,2005–2006Dr. Áslaug GeirsdóttirUniversity of Iceland.Host: Gifford Miller.Dr. Yu’suke KuboUniversity of Tokyo.Host: James SyvitskiDr. Snehalata HuzurbazarUniversity of Wyoming.Host: Tad Pfeffer.Dr. Hans Petter SejrupUniversity of Bergen.Hosts: John Andrews and Gifford Miller.Dr. Daekyo CheongKangwon National University.Host: Irina Overeem.Postdoctoral Research ScientistsNichole BargerPhD: 2003, Colorado State University. Nutrient cycling inarid ecosystems and the use of dendrochronological techniquesto examine piñon-juniper woodland expansion inthe western U.S.Cory ClevelandPhD: 2001, University of Colorado at Boulder. Terrestrialbiogeochemistry and microbial ecology.Dominic FerrettiPhD: 1999, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.Experimental technique development and isotopic analysisof atmospheric trace gases as indicators of climate change.Jacqueline FlückigerPhD: 2003, University of Bern, Switzerland. Modeling thedynamics of glacial climate change.Hope HumphriesPhD: 1993, Colorado State University. Landscape ecology,ecological modeling, conservation planning.Mark KesslerPhD: 2002, Scripps Institution of Oceanography–Universityof California, San Diego. Geomorphology, modeling patternformation in natural systems.Hans-Peter MarshallPhD: 2005, University of Colorado at Boulder. Glaciology,snowpack variability, remote sensing, snow slope stability.Natalie MladenovPhD: 2004, University of Colorado at Boulder. Aquatic ecology,organic matter cycling in streams and wetlands, andsavanna ecohydrology.Natalie Mladenov (INSTAAR)demonstrates fluorescence of liquidsto a group of students fromSouthern Hills Middle School,INSTAAR Open House, April2006. Photo: Casey A. Cass(University of Colorado).PEOPLE | 51