Title: Associate Research Ecologist
Affiliation: Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Location: DRI Reno
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Phone: 775.673.7472

Professional Experience

• Assistant Research Ecologist, Desert Research Institute
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Desert Research Institute
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas Tech University
• Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University
• Research Scientist, Monsanto Company

Research Experience

• Ecosystem CO₂ fluxes
• Evapotranspiration (water budgets)
• Global change biology
• Plant ecophysiology
• Salinity and water stress
• Ethylene biosynthesis
• Isotopic analysis of xylem water (source water determination)
• Volatile compound emissions from plants
• Plant growth regulators
• Environmental limitations to crop productivity

Current Projects

• Developing thermal conversion options for biorefinery residues
• 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.