Administrative, Classified, Computer,Editorial, and Library StaffLarry BowldsManaging Editor <strong>of</strong> <strong>INSTAAR</strong>’s interdisciplinary journal:Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (AAAR).Kathryn CleggAccounting Technician III, provides grants and contractmanagement.Mary FentressAccounting Technician III, provides grants and contractmanagement.Sedrick FrazierAccounting Technician III, provides grants and contractmanagement.Jenifer Hall-BowmanAdministrative Assistant II, provides assistance for Journaland Information Center.Courtney HoskinsAdministrative Assistant II, provides administrative supportfor the Institute.Marcia KellyExecutive Assistant to Director, provides administrative supportto the Director <strong>of</strong> the Institute, the Chief FinancialOfficer, Institute Committees, and Institute Members.David LubinskiWebmaster (part-time).Vicky NelsonAssistant to Director, provides administrative support to theDirector <strong>of</strong> the Institute, the Chief Financial Officer, InstituteCommittees, and Institute Members.Wendy RothSediment Lab Coordinator.Shelly SommerManager <strong>of</strong> <strong>INSTAAR</strong>’s Information Center.Chad St<strong>of</strong>felSystem/Network Administrator.Julie HughesChief Financial Officer, acts as main financial <strong>of</strong>ficer for theinstitute and its faculty.Overview <strong>of</strong> plateau country with ice patchesin the distance, south-central Montana,August 2<strong>00</strong>6. The haze is a result <strong>of</strong> fires in thePacific Northwest. Photo: Craig Lee (<strong>INSTAAR</strong>).54 | PEOPLE
<strong>INSTAAR</strong> Noon SeminarsSpring 2<strong>00</strong>5Tad Pfeffer, <strong>INSTAAR</strong> Associate Director, Institute Meeting.Detlev Helmig, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Ozone smog at South Pole?New data from a tethered balloon experiment reveal unexpectedatmospheric chemistry in the Antarctic troposphere.”William Bowman, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Are we there yet? Critical Nloads for alpine vegetation and ecosystem response.”Jacqueline Flückiger, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Modeling glacial climate:bipolar seesaw and the ocean as a trigger for HeinrichEvents.”Robert F. Stallard, <strong>INSTAAR</strong> and U.S. Geological Survey,“Rapid hydrologic assessment: topical tropical examples.”Elena Yakimenko, former research scientist at the Institute <strong>of</strong>Geography, Russian Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences, Moscow,“Pleistocene stratigraphy <strong>of</strong> the East European Plain: paleoreconstructionsand controversies.”Raimund Muscheler, NCAR, “Cosmogenic radionucliderecords—rich sources <strong>of</strong> information about climate changesand its causes.”Bill Manley, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Advanced geospatial visualizationsand data sharing for Arctic science.”Jerry Meehl, NCAR, “Future climate change: the IPCC processand results from global coupled climate models.”Astrid Ogilvie, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “The fish can sing: cod, climateand currents in Icelandic waters from the settlement to thefuture.”Paul Goldberg, Boston <strong>University</strong>, “Cave sediments andhumans.”Áslaug Geirsdóttir, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Iceland, “Now you see it,now you don’t: Holocene glacier and climate variability inIceland.”Bette Otto-Bliesner, NCAR, “Glacial climates and abrupt climatechange: results from global coupled climate models.”Jim White, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Have humans really messed withmethane for 2<strong>00</strong>0 years?”Robbie Toggweiler, GFDL/NOAA, Princeton, “Origin <strong>of</strong> the1<strong>00</strong>,<strong>00</strong>0-yr cycle in atmospheric CO 2 .”Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Laboratoire d’Océanographie deVillefranche sur mer, France, “Response <strong>of</strong> marine ecosystemsto elevated carbon dioxide and biogeochemical consequences.”Irina Overeem, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Numerical modeling <strong>of</strong> theimpact <strong>of</strong> an enhanced monsoon on the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system.”Cory Cleveland, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Nutrient controls over Ccycling in tropical rain forests.”John H<strong>of</strong>fecker, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Climate change, vulcanism, andthe dispersal <strong>of</strong> modern humans in Europe: the view fromKostenki.”Fortunat Joos, Climate and Environmental Physics,<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Bern, “Climate–carbon cycle interactions.”Scott Lehman, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Response <strong>of</strong> Norwegian sea surfaceand air temperature to solar forcing.”Reto Knutti, NCAR, “Uncertainty in projections <strong>of</strong> futureclimate.”Pilots perform last-minute checksbefore flying <strong>INSTAAR</strong> researchersto the center <strong>of</strong> Flade Isblink,a small ice cap at 81°N in NEGreenland, summer 2<strong>00</strong>6. There,along with colleagues from the<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Copenhagen, theyobtained an ice core and surfaceradar pr<strong>of</strong>iles. Photo: BruceVaughn (<strong>INSTAAR</strong>).Fall 2<strong>00</strong>5James Syvitski, <strong>INSTAAR</strong> Director, <strong>INSTAAR</strong> GeneralMeeting.Scott Peckham, <strong>INSTAAR</strong>, “Hydrologic modeling and terrain:advances in computational and visualization methods.”SEMINARS | 55
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