Education
| M.S. |
2005 |
University of Nevada, Reno |
Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences |
| B.S. |
2002 |
University of Nevada, Reno |
Geography |
Professional
Experience
- Staff Ecologist, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
- Staff Research Scientist, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
- Graduate Research Assistant, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
- Research Assistant, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Research Experience
- Ecosystem CO2 fluxes
- Evapotranspiration (water budgets)
- Isotopic analysis of xylem water (source water determination)
- Evaporating and combusting dissolved organic carbon samples
- Monitoring changes in canopy development (% greenness index, NDVI, LAI, point quadrat method)
Current Projects
- Eddy covariance and static chamber measurements of evapotranspiration in arid ecosystems.
- Global change and ecosystem H2O and CO2 fluxes in the Mojave and Negev Deserts.
- Net ecosystem CO2 exchange in Mojave Desert shrublands exposed to elevated CO2.
- IRCEB: Interannual climate variability and ecosystem processes: A quantitative assessment combining models with field and mesocosm experiments.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Paul S. J. Verburg, Jessica Larsen, Dale W. Johnson, David E. Schorran, and John A. Arnone III, 2005.
- Impacts of an anomalously warm year on soil CO2 efflux in experimentally manipulated tallgrass prairie ecosystems. Global Change Biology 11, 1720-1732.
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