| Project Staff |
| Name |
Role |
| Richard Reynolds |
Project Chief; soil, sediment, and dust properties; surficial processes; dust generation; geologic framework of ecosystems |
| Harland Goldstein |
Associate Project Chief; surficial geology; desert soils; Manager for Soils and Environmental Magnetism Labs |
| John Whitney |
Associate Project Chief; geomorphology; Quaternary geology; paleoclimate |
| Marith Reheis |
Quaternary geology; geomorphology; modern dust -- sources, composition, and flux |
| Frank Urban |
Meteorology; surface dynamics; instrumentation; paleoclimate |
| Gary Clow |
Climatology; regional climate modeling |
| George Breit |
Geochemistry of water, sediment, and surficial salts that contribute to dust composition from dryland environments. Electron microbeam analyses of dusts |
| Suzette Morman |
Public Health; geochemistry for bioaccessibility |
| Paul Lamothe |
Chemistry--ICP |
| Ruth Wolf |
Chemistry-ICP; elemental speciation |
| Rian Bogle |
Lead for remote sensing of wind erosion; instrument development for climate-surface dynamics and change detection; LiDAR |
| John Vogel |
Climate-surface dynamics and change detection; instrumentation; LiDAR |
| Ray Kokaly |
Lead for remote sensing of vegetation dynamics and landscape geochemistry; reflection spectroscopy |
| Jiang Xiao |
Magnetic and soils measurements; lead for dust-in-snow sample preparation |
| Eric Fisher |
Soils Lab; physical characterization of soil, sediment, and dust |
| Susan Buckingham |
Biogeochemistry; GIS. Student |
| Cody Flagg |
Wind erosion and dust deposition; reflection spectroscopy. Student |
| Seth Munson |
Ecology; vegetation dynamics and wind erosion |
| Carleton Bern |
Soil processes; dynamics of soluble salts and trace metals |
| Jeff Honke |
Paleoecology labs; lake sediments |
| Gary Skipp |
X-ray diffraction and interpretations |
| Josh Freeman |
Carbon analyses and interpretations |
| Richard Pelltier |
Geography, GIS, web site development |
| Paco Van Sistine |
GIS |
| Mark Ohms |
Electronics engineer |
| Rich Madole |
Quaternary studies of Great Sand Dunes National Monument; sand deposits, eastern Colorado. Geologist Emeritus |
| Jim Yount |
Quaternary geology; geomorphology. Geologist Emeritus |
| Richard Hereford |
Late Holocene alluvial chronologies, hydroclimatology, historic climate variation, southwest U.S.A. Geologist Emeritus |
| Pat Glancy |
Playa hydrology; erosion of Las Vegas Wash. Hydrologist Emeritus |
| Ivo Lucchitta |
Geomorphic history & landscape evolution, Grand Canyon. Geologist Emeritus |
| Project Collaborators |
| Name |
Affiliation |
Role |
| Jason Neff |
Univ. Colorado |
Biogeochemistry, dust, ecology |
| Dan Fernandez |
Univ. Colorado |
Dust, effects of disturbance, biogeochemistry |
| Jayne Belnap |
USGS, Moab UT |
Soil ecology, biologic soil crusts, invasive plants |
| Rob Fulton |
California Desert Studies Consortium, Baker, CA |
Vegetation studies, Mojave National Preserve |
| Mark Miller |
National Park Service, Moab UT |
Plant ecology, soils; NPS Inventory & Monitoring |
| Geoff Plumlee |
USGS, Denver |
Dust and human health |
| John-Andrew Ballantine |
Univ. Connecticut |
Dry landscape conditions and processes, dust emission |
| Janice Brahney |
Univ. Colorado |
Dust in alpine lake sediments; limnology |
| Ashley Ballyntine |
Univ. Colorado |
Dust in alpine lake sediments; biogeochemistry |
| Joe Rosenbaum |
USGS, Denver |
Lake sediments |
| Bob Thompson |
USGS, Denver |
Lake sediments |
| Jeff Pigati |
USGS, Denver |
Wetland science, Quaternary geology; paleoclimate |
| Steve Forman |
Univ. of Illinois, Chicago |
OSL dating |
| Dave Clow |
USGS, Denver |
Dust in snowpack; hydrology |
| Chris Landry |
Director, Colorado Snow and Avalanche Center |
Dust in snowpack |
| Margaret Redsteer |
USGS, Flagstaff |
Dust sources; landscape change |
| Bill Sprigg |
Univ. Arizona |
Dust modeling; effects of dust on human health |
| Slobodan Nickovic |
WMO, Geneva |
Biogeochemical effects of dust in oceans |
| Brenda Buck |
Univ. Nevada Las Vegas |
Evaporite minerals and dust |
| Dirk Goossen |
Univ. Leuven and UNLV |
Dust emission and dust characteristics |
| Colin Robins |
Univ. Nevada Las Vegas |
Dust microscopy |
| Joel Karmazyn |
Utah State Dept. Air Quality |
Air quality |
| Lifeng Luo |
Michigan State Univ. |
Drought prediction; soil moisture history |
| Corey Lawrence |
USGS, Menlo Park |
Dust in snow; mountain soil biogeochemistry |
| Tom Painter |
Jet Propulsion Lab |
Snow optics |
| James King |
York Univ, Ontario and DRI |
Wind-tunnel studies; dry-lake dust |
| Vic Etyemezian |
Desert Research Inst., Las Vegas |
Wind-tunnel studies; dry-lake dust |
| Dave Breshears |
Univ. Arizona |
Soil erosion by wind and water; fire effects |
| Jason Field |
Univ. Arizona |
Soil erosion by wind and water; fire effects |
| Jim Verdin |
USGS, Sioux Falls; NOAA, Boulder |
Drought history and prediction; food availability |
| Emily Spencer |
BLM, Craig, CO |
Dust and snow melt |
| Pat McGraw |
Colorado Dept. Public Health & Environment |
Particulate measurement science |
| George San Miguel |
NPS, Mesa Verde National Park |
Dust deposition |
| Jim Budahn |
USGS, Denver |
INAA chemistry |
| Marty Goldhaber |
USGS, Denver |
Geochemistry of soil and water |
| Michael Ketterer |
Univ. Northern Arizona |
Chemistry; anthropogenic aerosols; isotopy (Sr, Pb) |
| Katrina Moser |
Univ. Western Ontario |
Lake sediments; limnology; paleoecology |
| Rob Bryant |
Univ. Sheffield, UK |
Dust sources; remote sensing |
| Tom Gill |
Texas Tech University, Lubbock |
Eolian processes |
| Dan Muhs |
USGS, Denver |
Aeolian processes and deposits; paleoclimate |
| Lee Case |
Salton Sea Science Office, USGS |
Current and future conditions at Salton Sea |
| Doug Barnum |
Salton Sea Science Office, USGS |
Current and future conditions at Salton Sea |
| Ted Zobeck |
Agricultural Research Service, Lubbock |
Dust studies |
| Dave Bowling |
Univ. of Utah |
Biogeochemical cycling |
| Brad Udall |
CIRES/NOAA, Boulder |
Western Water Initiative |
| Ray Watts |
USGS, Fort Collins, CO |
Landscape studies |
| Robert Webb |
USGS, Tucson, AZ |
Mojave Ecosystem studies |
| Huiming Bao |
Louisiana State Univ. |
Oxygen-17 isotopes in dust |
| Helen Roberts |
Aberystwyth Univ., Wales |
OSL dating |
| Robina Shaheen |
Univ. California, San Diego |
Dust chemistry |
| Beatrice Marticorena |
LISA, Univ. de Paris, France |
Dust sources, North Africa |
| Gilles Bergametti |
LISA, Univ. de Paris, France |
Dust sources, North Africa |
| Stephen Cattle |
Univ. of Sydney, Australia |
Dust and dust sources, Australia |
| Lucio Simonella |
Univ. of Cordoba, Argentina |
Iron in South American dust |
| Paolo D'Ordorico |
Univ. of Virginia |
Aeolian deposits, South Africa |
| Giles Wiggs |
Univ. of Oxford |
Aeolian processes, South Africa |
| Natalie Mahowald |
Cornell, NCAR |
Dust models; global biogeochemistry |
| John Compton |
Univ. Cape Town, South Africa |
Fertility of fynbos ecosystems |
| Greg Okin |
UCLA |
Climate, wind erosion, vegetation, dust |
| Subir Banerjee |
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
Magnetic properties of dust |
| Bruce Moskowitz |
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
Magnetic properties of dust |
| Josh Feinberg |
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
Magnetic properties of dust |
| Thelma Berquó |
Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
Magnetic properties of dust |
| Roger Clark |
USGS, Denver |
Reflection spectroscopy |
| Todd Hoeffen |
USGS, Denver |
Reflection spectroscopy |
| Karen Cozzetto |
Univ. Colorado |
Four Corners climate change and carbon consortium |
| Nick Lancaster |
Desert Research Institute, Reno |
Aeolian processes, landscape change |
| Dave Miller |
USGS, Menlo Park, CA |
Landscape studies |
| Bill Nickling |
Univ. of Guelph, Canada |
Wind erosion, Owens Lake |
| Jasper Kok |
NCAR, Boulder |
Dust particle characterization for modeling |
| Charles Zender |
University of California Irvine |
Dust emissions and models |
| Sharon McKelvey |
Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge, CA |
Rare and endangered endemic plants |
| Diana Anderson |
Northern Arizona University |
Geomorphology |
| Kathryn Thomas |
USGS, Flagstaff, AZ |
Vegetation dynamics |
| John Izbicki |
USGS, San Diego, CA |
Chemistry of precipitation |
| Mark Mitchell |
Univ. Colorado, Boulder |
Anthropology - Northern San Luis Valley, CO |
| Fred Bunch and Andrew Valdez |
NPS, Great Sand Dunes NP (GSDNP) |
Great Sand Dunes National Park studies and land management |
| Kate Caldwell |
The Nature Conservancy |
Great Sand Dunes National Park studies and land management |
| Christina Manville |
US Fish & Wildlife, Las Vegas |
Salts in Oasis Valley |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey