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Project Staff and Collaborators
| Project Staff | |
| Name | Role |
| Richard Reynolds | Project Chief; soil and sediment magnetism & geochemistry; geologic framework of ecosystems |
| Pat Chavez, Jr. | Associate Project Chief; remote sensing for vegetation change & dust-storm evolution |
| Mark Miller | Plant ecology and soils; Inventory and Monitoring in National Parks, Colorado Plateau |
| Jason Neff | Associate Project Chief; ecology; ecological forecasting; biogeochemical cycling |
| Gary Clow | Climatology; regional climate modeling |
| Harland Goldstein | Surficial geology; soil lab manager |
| Eric Fisher | Soil lab; physical characterization of modern dust |
| Marith Reheis | Quaternary geology; geomorphology; modern dust sources and flux |
| Jim Yount | Quaternary geology; geomorphology |
| Frank Urban | Meteorology/surface dynamics monitoring stations & interpretation; paleoclimates |
| Mark Ohms | Electronics engineer |
| Jiang Xiao | Magnetic and soils laboratory measurements |
| Dan Fernandez | Biogeochemical cycling; Student |
| Todd Preston | Lab measurement of physical properties of soil and surficial sediment; analysis of wind-erosion data |
| Paco Van Sistine | GIS |
| Richard Pelltier | Geography, GIS, and web site development |
| Susan Buckingham | Erosion in Las Vegas Wash; biogeochemistry of P, Fe, and Ca compounds; GIS analysis of landscape stability, Colorado Plateau; Student |
| Paul Lamothe | ICP geochemistry |
| Jim Budahn | INAA geochemistry |
| Ray Kokaly | Hyper-spectral remote sensing for landscape geochemistry and vegetation (plant invasions)` |
| Miguel Velasco | Remote sensing |
| Rian Bogle | Instrument development for monitoring wind erosion |
| Davis Tucker | Computer programming |
| Dave MacKinnon | Physics of wind erosion, meteorology; remote sensing |
| John Whitney | Geomorphology, Las Vegas Wash erosion; Mojave sand ramps |
| Pat Glancy | Las Vegas Wash erosion, Hydrologist Emeritus |
| Richard Hereford | Fluvial geomorphology, hydroclimatology, historic climate; Geologist Emeritus |
| Ivo Lucchitta | Geomorphic history & landscape evolution, Grand Canyon; Geologist Emeritus |
| Allen Gellis | Rio Puerco hydrology and sediment budgets |
| Rich Madole | Quaternary studies of Great Sand Dunes National Monument; sand deposits, eastern Colorado; Geologist Emeritus |
| Gary Skipp | X-ray diffraction analysis and interpretation |
| George Breit | Geochemistry of groundwater and surface water |
| Mark Bultman | Soil habitats harboring infectious agent for valley fever--maps and modeling |
| Fred Fisher | Studies of valley fever; new methods to detect C. Immitis in soil |
| Project Collaborators | ||
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
| Jayne Belnap | USGS, Moab UT | Soil ecology, biologic soil crusts, invasive plants |
| Paul Demott | Dept. of Atmospheric Science, CSU Fort Collins | Studies of ice nucleation in clouds |
| Rob Fulton | California Desert Studies Consortium, Baker, CA | Vegetation studies, Mojave National Preserve |
| Tom Gill | Texas Tech University, Lubbock | Eolian processes |
| Dale Gillette | NOAA, Triangle Park, NC | Wind erosion models |
| Anthony Goldtooth | Diné College, Shiprock, NM | Navajo translation |
| Robert Sanford | Univ. of Denver, CO | Ecology, soil and dust phosphorus, landscape studies |
| John Izbicki | USGS, San Diego, CA | Chemistry of precipitation |
| Nick Lancaster | Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV | Eolian processes, sand dune mobility, landscape evolution |
| Dave Miller | USGS, Menlo Park, CA | Landscape studies |
| Jon Pelletier | Univ. of Arizona | Dust emission and transport models |
| Sue Phillips | USGS, Moab, UT | Plant physiology |
| Kathryn Thomas | USGS, Flagstaff, AZ | Vegetation dynamics |
| Robert Webb | USGS, Tucson, AZ | Coachella Valley sand dunes |
| H. Bao | Louisiana State Univ. | Oxygen-17 isotopes in dust |
| Helen Roberts | Univ. of Wales, Aberystwyth | OSL dating |
| Nancy Shearin | BLM, Utah | Archeology of Canyonlands |
| Greg Okin | Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville | Climate, wind erosion, & dust |
| Subir Banerjee | Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis | Magnetic properties of dust |
| Doug Miller | U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA | Meteorology |
| Bill Nickling | Univ. of Guelph, Canada | Wind erosion, Owens Lake |
| Geoff Plumlee | USGS, Denver | Dust and human health |
| Charles Zender | California State Univ. Irvine | Dust emissions and models |
| Demosthenes Pappagianis | Univ. of California, Davis | Medical aspects of valley fever |
| Paul Bierman | Univ. of Vermont | Cosmogenic isotopes |
| Garniss Curtis | Univ. of California, Berkeley | Geochronology |
| Steve Forman | Univ. of Illinois, Chicago | OSL dating |
| Dennis Ojima | Colorado State Univ. | Ecologic studies |
| Dave Schimel | National Center for Atmospheric Research | Carbon cycling, ecological forecasting |
| S. Hobbie | Univ. of Minnesota | Ecological studies |
| L. Shubitz, M. Orbach, A. Comrie, S. Yool | Univ. of Arizona | Valley fever studies |
| Tom Mace | NASA Dryden Flight Research Center | Remote sensing |
| Bruce Coffland | NASA Moffett Field | Remote sensing, MASTER data |
| Paul Robertson and Kate Caldwell | The Nature Conservancy | Great Sand Dunes National Park studies and land management |
| Fred Bunch and Andrew Valdez | National Park Service | Great Sand Dunes National Park studies and land management |
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