Ankur R. Desai
Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1225 W Dayton St
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: (608) 520-0305
Fax: (608) 262-0166
Email: desai@aos.wisc.edu
Bio
Ankur Desai is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His lab studies and has authored nearly 200 articles regarding ecosystems, weather, and climate. This work spans from Wisconsin to the globe and uses both long term observations in nature and advanced computer simulations. He received his Bachelor's degree in computer science and environmental studies from Oberlin College, a Master's in Geography from University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in Meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University. Ankur is also an American Meteorological Society Certified Consulting Meteorologist and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
Education
Ph.D. Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, Jan. 2002-May 2006, (advisor: Kenneth J. Davis)
M.A. Geography, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Sep. 1998-May 2000, (advisor: Horward Veregin)
B.A. Environmental Studies & Computer Science, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, Aug. 1993-May 1997
Academic positions
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI
Professor, Aug 2016-
Department chair, Jul 2021-
Faculty affiliate, Agroecology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2023-
Visiting scholar, Dept of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI Jan-Jun 2021
Reid Bryson Chair for Climate, People and Environment, 2019-2023
Ned P. Smith Professorship of Climatology, 2016-2018
Associate Chair / Director of Graduate Studies, Aug 2011-Aug 2013, Aug 2014-Dec 2020
Associate Professor, Aug. 2011-Jul 2016
MICMoR Visiting Scientist, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT IMK-IFU), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sep. 2013-Jul 2014
Assistant Professor, Aug. 2007-Aug. 2011
Faculty affiliate, Center for Climatic Research (CCR), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Jan. 2008-
Faculty affiliate, Center for Sustainability and Global Environment (SAGE), Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Dec. 2009-
Faculty affiliate, Freshwater and Marine Sciences Program, Dec. 2009-
Adjunct graduate faculty, University of Toledo, Oct 2012-Dec 2015, University of Alabama, Jan 2017-
Faculty affiliate, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Jul 2017-
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Advanced Study Program, Boulder, CO
Postdoctoral Fellow, The Institute for Integrative and Multidisciplinary Studies (TIIMES), Aug. 2006-Aug. 2007
Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Meteorology, University Park, PA
Graduate Research Assistant, Jan. 2002-May 2006
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Research Fellow, Dept. of Forest Resources, Nov. 2000-Nov. 2001
Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Soil, Water, Climate, Jun. 1999-Jun. 2000
MacArthur Foundation Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change Scholar, Dept. of Geography, Sep. 1998-Sep. 1999
Awards & Student Fellowships
AGU Fellow, 2022
AGU Joanne Simpson Medal, 2022
125th Anniversary Fellow, College of Earth and Mineral Science, Pennsylvania State University
AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist, 2020 (CCM)
Reid Bryson Chair for Climate, People and Environment, 2019-2022
Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher 2018
University Housing Honored Instructor Award Fall 2016, Nov 2016
Ned P. Smith Professorship of Climatology, Jun 2016-2018
AMS Award for Early Career Achievement, American Meteorological Society Board of Early Career Professionals, 2016
The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award, American Meteorological Society, 2016
Campbell Scientific IMAGINE Award, Meteorological Instrumentation in Education, 2015
MICMoR Visiting Scientist Fellowship, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2013-2014
UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Graduate Student Association Teaching Award, 2010 and 2012
World Meteorological Organization, Norbert-Gerbier-MUMM International Award 2012, presented to C. Yi et al., including A.R. Desai, for best publication (Yi et al., 2011, ERL)
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, NCAR Advanced Study Program Fellowship , 2006-2007
Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium, NASA Space Grant Fellowship, 2005-2006
Pennsylvania State University, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Arnulf I Muan Graduate Fellowship and Centennial Research Award, 2004-2005
Pennsylvania State University, Department of Meteorology, Chi Epsilon Pi - meteorology honor society, inducted Jan. 2002
University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, ICGC Scholars Fellowship, sponsored by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 1998-2000
Oberlin College, Phi Beta Kappa, Zeta chapter of Ohio, fall 1996
Fellowships and awards earned by Desai lab students and post-docs
Fulbright Scholar International Travel Award, to Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani, 2023
Department of Integrative Biology, Student Scholarship (Field travel), $2,250, to Jess Turner, 2021
Anna Grant Birge award, $1,650, to Jess Turner, 2021
UW-Madison Postdoc Association (UWPA) Postdoc Excellence in Mentoring, awarded to Brian Butterworth, 2021
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) awarded to Jess Turner, 9/1/20-8/31/23
UW Freshwater Marine Science (FMS) first-year scholarship, $1,000, awarded to Jess Turner, Jul 2020
METER Grant A Harris Fellowship, $10,000 instrumentation fellowship awarded to Ammara Talib, March 2019
Fulbright Fellowship for study in U.S., awarded to Andi Muttaqin, 9/1/19-8/31/22
UW L&S Community of Graduate Research Scholars, Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, Ph.D. fellowship awarded to Jess Turner, 9/1/18-8/31/19
UW L&S Community of Graduate Research Scholars, Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, Ph.D. fellowship awarded to Anthony Crespo, 9/1/18-
NEON Internship, awarded to undergrad intern Gabriel Bromley, summer 2015
NSF AGS Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded to post-doc David Reed, 2014-2016
Zoology Dept and GLEON international travel awards, $2,000 awarded to Ph.D. student Malgorzata Golub, 2014
Wisconsin Space Grant Fellowship, $5,000 award to M.S. student Sean DuBois, 2014
UW Limnology and Marine Science, Anna Grant Birge Award, $1,000 awarded to Ph.D. student Malgorzata Golub, 2013-2014, $1,000 in 2013-2014
Alexander Goetz Instrument Support Program, ASD instrument time awarded to M.S. student Sean Dubois, 2013
UW Limnology and Marine Science, Anna Grant Birge Award, $2,000 awarded to Ph.D. student Malgorzata Golub, 2012-2013, $1,000 in 2013-2014
UW L&S Community of Graduate Research Scholars, Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, Ph.D. fellowship awarded to Kristine Jimenez, 09/01/10-08/31/11
University of Michigan Biological Station, Biosphere-Atmosphere Research Traineeship (BART), NSF IGERT, Constraining and testing treatment of disturbance, succession, and biogeochemistry in a forest landscape model and understanding their effects on regional climate, Two-year Ph.D. fellowship awarded to Ben Sulman, 06/01/09-05/30/11
Department of Defense, Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) fellowship, two year M.S. fellowship awarded to Will Ahue, 09/01/08-08/31/10
Research Funding
Extramural
NSF, AGS, AGS-FIRP Track 1: Lake-induced Inversion Trapping of Emissions on the Superior Coast (LITESC), #2414775, $37,207, 7/15/24-6/30/25 (co-I)
NSF, Geosciences, REU Site: Student Training in Oceanography, Remote Sensing, and Meteorology (STORM), #2243975, $400,676, 7/15/2023-6/30/2026 (co-PI)
REpowering Schools, Understanding microclimatic impacts of agrivoltaics through student experiential learning, $2,000, 9/1/2023-6/30/2024 (PI)
NSF, Physical and Dynamic Meteorology, Closing the energy balance gap at scale, AGS-2313772, $841,228, 8/1/2023-7/31/2026 (PI)
NSF, DEB, Conference: NEON Great Lakes User Group Workshop, DEB-2309678, $18,354, 8/1/2023-7/31/2024 (co-I)
USDA ARS, Baraboo Flux Tower, $94,431, 7/1/2022-6/30/2025 (PI)
NASA ABOVE, Functional diversity as a driver of GPP variation across the ABoVE domain #21-TE21-0030, $759,954, 10/1/2022-9/30/2025 (co-PI)
NSF, Environmental Biology, LTER: Comparative Study of a Suite of Lakes in Wisconsin DEB-2025982, $7,680,000 3/1/21-2/28/27 (co-PI)
UW Water Resources Institute, Data-driven groundwater depth and risk forecasting in the Central Sands region of WI for sustainable management, $71,499, 7/1/21-6/30/23 (co-PI)
NSF, Biological Integration Institutes, BII-Implementation: The causes and consequences of plant biodiversity across scales in a rapidly changing world, DBI-2021898, $12,500,000, 9/1/20-8/30/25 (co-I)
DOE, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, AmeriFlux Network Management Program, AmeriFlux Management Project (AMP) Core Site - Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (ChEAS), #7544821, $1,149,800, 10/1/20-9/30/25 (PI)
WI Dairy Innovation Hub, Reducing Lifecycle Environmental Impacts and Improving Profitability of Wisconsin Dairy Systems Through Improved Cropping Management, $156,000 (co-I), 7/1/20-7/1/22 (co-I)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors (CHEESEHEAD) – The German Contribution, Projekt number 406980118, ~$300,000 (co-I), 8/1/18-7/31/21
NSF, Physical and Dynamic Meteorology, EAGER: Surface Skin Temperature Mapping by Ultralight Aircraft and Undergraduate Participation for Stable Atmospheric Variability ANd Transport (SAVANT) AGS-1844426, $47,293 (co-PI)
NSF, Physical and Dynamic Meteorology, Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors AGS-1822420, $1,530,740, 8/1/18-1/31/24 (lead PI)
Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation, The Land Institute, Patagonia Foundation, Kernza eddy covariance research, ~$60,000, 7/1/18-6/30/21 (collaborator)
USDA ARS Dairy Forage Research Center/ORISE, Land-atmosphere interactions in an integrated dairy system, ~$58,000, 8/1/18-7/31/19 (PI)
State of Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources, Evapotranspiration of irrigated crops: Monitoring and data collection, $15,000, 6/1/18-10/31/18 (PI)
Wisconsin Potato and Vegetation Growers Association, Monitoring evapotranspiration in Central Sands farms and forests, $117,012, 7/1/18-6/30/24 (PI)
NASA AVIRIS-NG India, Vegetation functional amplitudes along a rainfall gradient in Indian ecosystems using AVIRIS-NG, $149,125, 8/1/17-1/31/19 (co-I)
NSF/University of Alabama, Macrosystems Biology, MSB-FRA: The future of US forest function under changing climate, disturbance, and forest management BIO-1702996, $207,872, 8/1/17-7/31/23 (co-PI)
NSF, Environmental Biology, RCN:MSB:FRA: Grassroots global network science: a macrosystems model EF-1702991, 6/1/17-5/31/20 (steering committee)
NSF, Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics, Does Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Influence Mid-latitude Cyclone Trajectories? Weather System Implications for a Changing Climate AGS-1640452, $539,093, 4/1/17-3/31/22
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), ECSE Data Products, $112,119, 3/1/17-12/31/18 (PI)
NSF, Advances in Biological Informatics, Collaborative Proposal: ABI Development: The PEcAn Project: A Community Platform for Ecological Forecasting (DBI-1457897), $333,303, 7/1/15-6/30/19 (co-PI)
NSF, Environmental Biology, LTER: Comparative Study of a Suite of Lakes in Wisconsin DEB-1440297, $7,745,661 11/1/14-10/31/20 (co-PI)
NSF, Environmental Biology, LTER: Comparative Study of a Suite of Lakes in Wisconsin DEB-0822700, $8,031,892 11/1/08-10/31/16 (co-PI)
DOE, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab/Terrestrial Ecosystem Science, AmeriFlux Management Program, Ameriflux Core Site support for ChEAS Cluster, $1,954,524, 8/22/13-9/30/20 (PI)
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), Visiting student service agreement #3010-0401-000, $10,000, 3/30/13-12/31/14 (PI)
NSF, Emerging Frontiers, Collaborative Research: Building forest management into Earth system modeling: Scaling from stand to continent EF-1241814, $66,397, 6/1/13-5/31/16 (co-PI)
NASA, HyspIRI Preparatory Airborne Campaign, Measurement of ecosystem metabolism across climatic and vegetation gradients in California for the 2013-2014 NASA AVIRIS/MASTER airborne campaign, $685,144, 9/20/12-9/19/16 (co-PI)
NSF, Advances in Biological Informatics, Collaborative Proposal: ABI Innovation: Model-data synthesis and forecasting across the upper Midwest: Partitioning uncertainty and environmental heterogeneity in ecosystem carbon exchange DBI-1062204, $103,922, 5/16/11-5/15/14 (co-PI)
Wisconsin Focus on Energy, Observing carbon fluxes and potential climate change impacts from forest land management, $93,108, 6/1/10-5/31/13 (PI)
DOE, Golden Field Office, Integration of wind energy systems into power engineering education programs at UW-Madison, $399,931, 01/01/10-12/31/11 (co-PI)
NOAA, Climate Program Office, A Regional Atmospheric Continuous CO2 Network in the Rocky Mountains: Understanding drivers of flux variability and optimizing regional observations, $158,764, 09/01/09-04/30/13 (PI)
NSF, DEB, Ecosystem Science, CAREER: Contrasting environmental controls on regional CO2 and CH4 biogeochemistry-Research and education for placing global change in a regional, local context, DEB-0845166, $693,866, 08/01/09-07/31/14 (PI)
USDA, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Carbon cycle research at Willow Creek, $27,850, 07/29/09-06/30/11 (PI)
DOE, National Institute for Climate Change Research (NICCR), Midwest Region, Improving prediction of climate change impacts on wetland-rich landscapes: Testing model mechanisms with flux-data assimilation at multiple sites, $280,917, 9/1/2007-6/30/2011 (PI)
NSF, OCE, Carbon-Water, Collaborative research: The carbon balance of Lake Superior: Modeling lake processes and understanding impacts on the regional carbon budget, OCE-0628560, $894,964, 10/1/2006-7/31/2011 (co-PI)
Intramural
UW Research Forward 2023, Agrivoltaics: Finding Win-Win-Win Solutions for Food, Energy and the Environment by Combining Agriculture and Solar Power Production, $500,000, 7/1/2023-6/30/2025 (co-PI) (link)
UW Research Forward 2022, Measuring land surface carbon uptake in real time using geostationary satellites, $500,000, 7/1/2022-6/30/2024 (co-PI)
SSEC 2022, Leveraging the High Temporal Resolution of the Advanced Baseline Imager to Improve Daily Evapotranspiration Estimates across the United States, $75,000, 7/1/20-6/30/21 (Collaborator)
UW VCRGE WARF Discovery Initiative, Full season science in the Northwoods, $188,908, 7/1/2019-6/30/2021 (co-I)
UW Center for Climatic Research, Climate People, Environment Program Seed Grant, Integrating hydrologic and economic models to manage depleting water in Central Sands Wisconsin, $8,247, 6/01/17-8/31/18 (PI)
UW Graduate School, Does northern hemisphere snow cover influence mid-latitude cyclone trajectories? Weather system implications for a changing climate, $38,823, 7/1/16-6/30/17 (PI)
UW VCRGE WARF Discovery Initiative, Seeing the hydroscape: developing a new approach for the study of inland waters, $295,630, 2/15/2016-2/14/2018 (co-PI)
UW VCRGE WARF Discovery Initiative, Innovative linkage of genetic, plant trait and remote sensing/spectroscopy data, $405,815, 2/15/2016-2/14/2018 (co-I)
UW Center for Climatic Research, Climate People, Environment Program Seed Grant, Does northern hemisphere snow cover influence mid-latitude cyclone trajectories? Weather system implications for a changing climate, $5,000, 7/01/15-6/30/16 (PI)
UW Center for Climatic Research, Climate People, Environment Program Seed Grant, What are the biogeochemical consequences of declining ice cover and increasing land use for lakes?, $6,750, 7/01/12-6/30/13 (PI)
UW Center for Climatic Research, Climate People, Environment Program Seed Grant, Is future forest carbon sequestration more sensitive to steady climate change, stochastic disturbance events, or anthropogenic land use?, $6,604, 7/01/11-6/30/12 (PI)
UW Graduate School, Forecasting climatic and biological thresholds for rapid change in distribution and sustainability of lodgepole pine forests in Western North America, $40,152, 07/01/11-06/30/12 (PI)
UW Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI), Celebrating Women in Science and Engineering, Women in Climate Science AOS speaker series, $2,000, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
UW Graduate School, What does temporal coherence in surface-atmosphere carbon fluxes from lakes, wetlands, and uplands imply for biome-scale climate sensitivity, $30,360, 7/1/10-6/30/11 (PI)
UW Graduate School, Estimating land-atmosphere carbon exchange in complex terrain: A data assimilation system for the Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment (ACME07), $41,433, 07/01/08-06/03/09 (PI)
Research Expertise
Lab and field
eddy covariance, trace greenhouse gas calibration & measurement, in situ tower and airborne micrometeorology, forest ecology measurements, ecohydrology, tower construction and climbing, US FAA certified single-engine private airplane pilot license (not current), research flight hours on U Wyo. King Air and NASA DC-8
Analytical
spatiotemporal and statistical data analysis (IDL, Matlab, R), scientific programming (C, Fortran), ecosystem process and succession modeling (ED, SipNET , BiomeBGC ), atmospheric transport modeling (STILT, FlexPart , MM5, WRF), GIS and remote sensing (ENVI/Imagine, ArcGIS , MODIS data products, LiDaR ), Bayesian model-data assimilation (Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Ensemble Kalman Filter)
Field Projects
Southern Great Plains Experiment 1997 (SGP97), International H2O Project 2002 (IHOP), Chequamogon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (ChEAS), Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment 2007 (ACME07), Regional Atmospheric Continuous CO2 Network in the Rocky Mountains (Rocky RACCOON), Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) field studies (California and India), Chequamegon Heterogenous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors (CHEESEHEAD19)
Presentations & Invited talks
For a full list of my talks, please see the Presentations page >>
Publications
For a full list of my publications, please see the Publications page >>
Teaching & Mentoring
Courses taught at UW-Madison:
AOS 171: Global Change-Atmospheric Issues (30-60 undergraduate students )
AOS 401/404: Meteorological Measurements (7-12 students)
AOS 405: AOS Senior Capstone Seminar (9-20 students)
AOS 425: Global Climate Processes (10-15 students)
AOS 520: Bioclimatology (10-25 students)
AOS 601: Wind and Weather for Scientists and Engineers (10 students)
AOS 773: Boundary Layers, Micrometeorology, and Turbulence (6-18 graduate students)
AOS 900: Current and Classical Problems in Meteorology (6 graduate students)
EPD 654: Teaching in the college classroom (DELTA) (Spring 2019, 16 graduate students)
Guest instructor: AOS 100 Weather and Climate, AOS 330 Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, AOS 630 Atmospheric Physics, AOS 640 Atmospheric Radiation
Postdoctoral (PD), research associate (RA), and visiting scientists (VS): Shelley Knuth (RA), 2007-2008; Jonathan Thom (RA), 2007-; Bjorn Brooks (PD), 2009-2011; R. Quinn Thomas (VS), 2012-2013; Dong Hua (PD), 2012-2013; Shawn Serbin (PD), 2012-2013; David Reed (PD), 2015-2017; Manuel Helbig (VS), 2016; Xinchen Lu (VS), 2018; Minmin Sun (VS), 2018; Xiaowu Xu (VS), 2018, Susi Wiesner (PD), 2018-2022; Melissa Breeden (PD), 2019-2020; Ryan Clare (RA), 2018-2019; Brian Butterworth (PD), 2019-2021; Xiang Liu (VS) 2020; Luise Wanner (VS) 2021; Marleen van Soest (VS) 2022; Bethany Blakely (VS, PD) 2023-
Graduate Advisees: Ben Sulman (M.S. 2008, Ph.D. 2012), Will Ahue (M.S. 2010), Justin Bagley (Ph.D. 2011), Ruben Behnke (M.S. 2011), Matt Rydzik (M.S. 2012), Kristine Jimenez (2010-2011), Sean DuBois (M.S. 2015), Tommy Jasmin (M.S. 2016), Gosia Golub (Ph.D. 2016), James Simkins (M.S. 2017), Ke Xu (Ph.D. 2018), Ryan Clare (M.S. 2018), Molly Aufforth (M.S. 2018), Ammara Talib (Ph.D. 2023), Bailey Murphy (M.S. 2020, current Ph.D.), Anthony Crespo (M.S. 2020), Jess Turner (M.S. 2020, Ph.D. 2023), Sreenath Paleri (Ph.D. 2023), Andi Muttaqin (Ph.D. 2023), Nikaan Koupaei (M.S.2022, current Ph.D.), Emily Mather (current M.S.)
Ph.D. Committees: Val Bennington (AOS) 2007-2010, Brent Maddux (AOS) 2007-, Bill Sacks (Env. and Resources) 2007-2010, Tim Wagner (AOS) 2008-2011, Shawn Serbin (Forest and Wildlife Ecology) 2008-2011, Dima Smirnov (AOS) 2009-2011, Erin Wagner (AOS) 2009-2010, Erica Bickford (Env. and Resources) 2009-2012, Katie Holman (AOS) 2010-2013, Jordan Read (Limnology and Marine Science) 2011-2012, Josh DiGangi (Chemistry) 2011, Megan Kirchmeier (AOS) 2011-2015, Housen Chu (Environmental Science - U Toledo) 2012-2014, Yan Yu (AOS) 2012-2017, John Crawford (Limnology and Marine Sci) 2012-2014, Luke Winslow (Limnology and Marine Sci) 2012-2014, Jason Schatz (Environment and Resources) 2012-2015, Darren Pilcher (AOS) 2013-2015, Alexis Santos (AOS) 2013-2014, Erin Wagner (AOS) 2009-2010, Matthew Garcia (Forest and Wildlife Ecology) 2014-2017, Sifan Gu (AOS) 2014-2018, Janina Hommeltenberg (Technische Universitaet Muenchen) 2014-2015, Alexandria McCombs (University of South Carolina, Geography) 2014-2017, Luke Loken (Freshwater and Marine Sci) 2015-2018, Olli Peltola (University of Helsinki, Physics, PhD Opponent) 2016, Erin Thomas (AOS) 2015-2017, Alex Matus (AOS), 2016-2017, Zach Hansen (AOS) 2015-2018, Sujit Kunwor (U Alabama, Biology), 2017, Michael Vermuel (Chemistry) 2017-2021, Claire Pettersen (AOS) 2017, David Loveless (AOS) 2017-2021, Alyson Douglas (AOS) 2017-2020, Gabe Bromley (Montana State, Env Sci) 2018-2021, Angela Baldocchi (U Alabama, Biology) 2018, Gordon Nowak (Chemistry), 2020, Adam Chlus (Forest and Wildlife Ecology) 2019-2020, Javier Martinez 2019 (Mechanical Eng), Luise Warner (KIT) 2019-2024, Sumanta Chatterjee (Soil Sci) 2020-2022, Jie Hu (Soil Sci) 2020-, Katharina Scholz 2021 (U Innsbruck), Elizabeth Berg (E&R) 2021-, Aaron Alexander (Civil & Env Eng) 2021-, Alicia Hoffman (AOS) 2021-2023, Jerrold Accdan (AOS) 2022-, Natalie Queally (Forest Wildlife) 2022-, Daniel Szydlowski (Freshwater Marine Science) 2022-, Anthony Crespo (AOS) 2022-, Sadegh Ranjbar (Biological Systems Engineering) 2023-, Delaney Kilgour (Chemistry) 2024
M.S. Committees: Erica Bickford (AOS) 2008, Kelly Logan (Env. and Resources) 2010, Kathryn Mozer (AOS) 2010, Amanda Fay (AOS) 2010, Doug Joachim (Civil Engineering) 2011, Jesse Roberts (AOS) 2012, Alex Karambelas (Environment and Resources) 2013, Chad Weibel (AOS) 2014, Nicole Colasacco-Thumm (AOS) 2015, Zach Hansen (AOS) 2015, Nick Neutkens (AOS) 2015, Amanda Gumber (AOS) 2015, Skylar Williams (AOS) 2017, Paul Schramm (Freshwater and Marine Science) 2017-2018, David Loveless (AOS) 2017, Annastasia Sienko (AOS) 2017, Paul Schramm (Freshwater and Marine Sci) 2017-2018, Sam Blackburn (Freshwater and Marine Sci) 2018-2019, Emily Whitaker (Freshwater and Marine Sci) 2019-2020, Elizabeth Berg (E&R) 2019-2020, Aaron Suiter (E&R) 2020, Jenni Schimanski (E&R) 2020-2022, Adam Rexroade (FMS) 2021-2022, Victoria Shyvester 2021-2022 (Biological Systems Eng)
Graduate Advising Committees: Evan Meeker 2022, Sofia Alejandra Avila Nevarez 2023, Idamis E. Rodriguez Nazario 2023
Graduate teaching assistants mentored: Dan Hartung (AOS 171) Fall 2007,2009, Monica Harkey (AOS 171) Fall 2008, Kathryn Mozer (AOS 171) Fall 2010, Darren Pilcher (AOS 171) Fall 2012, Ross Dixon (AOS 171) Fall 2014, Ke Xu (AOS 171) Fall 2016, James Simkins (AOS 404) Spring 2017, David Abel (AOS 404) Spring 2018, Bailey Murphy (AOS 171) Fall 2018, Ammara Talib (AOS 404) Fall 2018, Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani (AOS 171) Fall 2021, Emily Mather (AOS 171) Fall 2023
Undergraduate Interns: Katie Framstad, WISPIRG intern, Spring 2009, Michael Balliett, UW Trout Lake Station Juday Fellow, Summer 2009, Victoria Vasys, NSF REU, 2009-2010, Nicole Shroeder, senior thesis, 2009-2010, Jennifer Welch, intern, summer 2010, Ihor Sehinovych, UW Undergraduate Research Scholar, 2010-2011, Ryan Harp, NSF REU, summer 2011, Molly Young, Bio 152, spring 2012, Austin Thomas, NSF REU, summer 2012, Amanda Gumber, NSF REU, summer 2012, Mohammed Amin, NTL-LTER undergrad assistant, Summer 2013, Luke Besaw, NSF REU, Summer 2013, Jason Edler, NSF REU, Summer 2013, Kelsey Egelhoff, Intern, Summer 2014, Lewis Kunik, NOAA Hollings Scholar, Spring 2015, Gabriel Bromley, intern and senior thesis, 2015-2016, John McCarty , volunteer intern, 2015-2016, Connor Klosterman, intern, Summer 2015, Nick Hill, intern, Summer 2015, Emily Whitaker, REU fellow, Summer 2015, Nick Gubbins, intern, Summer 2015, Amelia Flannery, LTER REU, Summer 2016, Carolyn Pugh, Ameriflux intern, Summer 2016, Kip Nielsen, AOS senior thesis, 2016-2017, Anna Zibinski, Bio 152 intern, Fall 2016, Allison LoBue , Ameriflux intern, 2016-2017, Lena Tao, Bio 152 intern, Spring 2017, Martin Calderon, Doris Duke Conservation Scholar, Spring 2017-2018, Hayley Huerd, LTER REU, Summer 2017, Robyn Roberts, Ameriflux intern, Summer 2017, Zack Taebel, Ameriflux intern/senior thesis, Summer 2017-2018, Angela Baldocchi, LTER intern, Summer 2017-2018, Blake Olson, Bio 152 intern, 2018, James Mineau, NSF research intern/senior thesis, 2019-2022, Leo Mikula, NSF research intern, 2019, Dan Hauck, USDA DFRC intern, 2019-2020, Xiang Liu, summer intern, 2020, Jordan Ambrose, NSF REU, 2021, Ilana Greenspan, Ameriflux intern, 2022, Raia Ottenheimer, Ameriflux intern, 2022, Derek Hsu, AOS SRP student, 2022, Ree Klumb, AOS summer intern, 2022, Isabella Butcher-Salazar, AOS REU 2023, Gen Kell, Bio152 and Student Hourly 2023-,
University Writing Center Undergraduate Writing Fellows, 3-4 writing tutors per year in Fall AOS171 Global Change class (2007-2010, 2012, 2014-) and AOS425 (2011)
Pre-College (high school/middle school) lab interns: Josh King, Jonah Rasmussen, Aiden Nellis, Maya Desai, Bess Connolly, Eve Kleiber, Carson Pionek, Henry Miller, Claire Rlsenjak, Gillian Hankel, Elisabeth Cartwright, Danielle LaLuzerne, Tyler Varana, Akanksha Denduluri
Pennsylvania State University, Summer undergraduate/REU research mentoring, academic tutor for undergraduate meteorology
Oberlin College, Co-Instructor, Experimental College: Introduction to Meteorology, 1 credit lecture course for non-science students (Spring 1997, 10 undergraduate students)
Service & Outreach
External Service to Profession
Member, LTER Methane flux gradient working group, 2023-2024
Panelist, NCAR FARE User’s Workshop, 2023
Founding Member/Steering Group, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) D5 Great Lakes Users Group (GLUG), 2023-
Member, Carbondew Fair and Equitable Climate Solutions Community of Practice, 2022-
Member, GEWEX Regional Hydroclimate Project, Humans and Hydroclimate In the University States, 2022-
DOE Wetland science roundtable, 2022
Member, DOE Ameriflux Diversity, Inclusion, Equity Committee, 2021-
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Society, Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, 2021-
Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, European Integrated Carbon Observing System (ICOS), 2019-
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Wisconsin Intiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI), 2019-
Commissioner, American Meteorological Society (AMS) Science, Technological, Activities Commission (STAC), incoming 2019-2020, current 2021-2022, past 2023-2024
Member, AMS Awards Oversight Committee, 2021-2022
Member, AMS Planning Commission, 2021-2022
Board Member, Trustee, Nature Conservancy, Wisconsin chapter, 2018-
Content reviewer, WKOW Climate Change documentary, 2017
Stakeholder advisory committee, Great Lakes Integrated Sciences + Assessments Center, 2018-
Member, Network Science RCN (Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network) Advisory Board, 2018-
Member, Enabling FAIR Data (AGU/COPDESS), 2017-2019
Member, Science, Technical, Educational Advisory Commission (STEAC), National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc., 2016-2019
Member, Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources, Climate Change Summit Advisory Team, 2016
Member, USGCRP Carbon Observations Strategy Scientific Working Group, 2015-2019
Panelist, NCAR/NSF Observing Facilities Assessment Panel, Sep 2012-May 2017, Nov 2021
Committee chair, American Meteorology Society (AMS), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Science and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), 2010-2015
Committee member, American Meteorology Society (AMS), Board on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, 2008-2011
Chair, Micromet and Flux Scales Technical Working Group, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc., 2009-2015
Chair, Fundamental Instrument Unit Data QA/QC Technical Working Group, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc., 2009-2015
Member, Commissioning Community Working Group, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc., 2015
Member, North American Carbon Program (NACP) Science Steering Group (SSG), 2010-2015
Member, Biogeochemistry Working Group, FORECAST NSF Research Coordination Network, Jul 2010-
Member, Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Climate Change Science Roundtable, Jun 2010-
Site selection consultant, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON, Inc.), Great Lakes Core Site, July 15, 2008
Graduate student representative, American Geophysical Union, Biogeosciences section, 2005-2006
Journal Editorship & Peer Review
Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), Feb 2015-Jul 2023
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, Jan 2011-Feb 2015, Jul 2023-
Editorial board, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Sept 2010-
Over 250 manuscript peer reviews (~10-20 a year) for Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, J Geophys. Res.-G, Global Change Biology, Biogeosciences, J. Geophys. Res.-D, GRL, Environmental Research Letters, Ecosystems, Atmospheric Research, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, J. Climate, Oecologia, Ecological Applications, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Ecoscience, J. Applied Meteorology, Vadose Zone Journal, Agriculture, Ecosystems and the Environment, Biogeochemistry, EOS, PLOS One, PNAS, Limnology and Oceanography, Atmos. Chem. Physics, New Phytologist
Proposal reviews for NSF Atmospheric Science, NSF Ecosystem Science, NSF Mid-Scale Infrastructure, NSF IIS, NSF OISE, NSF CRDF, NOAA CPO, DOE SBIR, DOE NICCR, NASA Terrestrial Ecology, UW College of Agriculture Mcintire-Stennis Grant, UIUC Energy Biosciences Institute, Mississippi-Alabama Seagrant, California Dept of Fish and Wildlife, NERC (EU), Hong Kong Research Grants Council, UW Data Science Initiatives, UW2020, National Academy of Science USAID, U Arizona, State of MN LCCMR, Poland
External reviewer for U. MN Ag Experiment Station, Oxford University Press, USFS NRS, DOE SFA, NOAA ARL, Indigo Ag
Grant panel service for NSF Ecosystems in 2010 and 2012, DOE Earth and Environmental System Modeling in 2020, Whitehouse OMB 2023,
Content consultant, Adaptation to Climate Change, Redline Editorial/Abdo Publishing, 2014
Conference chairs & session organization
Host, Ameriflux Tech Team Midwest Workshop, August 2023
Scaling land-atmosphere interactions: A CHEESEHEAD virtual mini-conference, 25 May 2023
Session chair, AMS Boundary Layers and Turbulence conference, Denver, CO, Jan 2023
Advisor/reader, Sifting and Winnowing: Wisconsin Ideas Conference, Madison, WI, April 9, 2022
Breakout organizer, Land-Atmosphere Interactions Workshop, 10-11 June 2021
Conference organizer, Spatial heterogeneity in land-atmosphere interactions and boundary-layer development: A CHEESEHEAD virtual mini-session, 17 June 2020
Workshop co-organizer, CHEESEHEAD and ERF - Briding Scales, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2019
Conference co-organizer, Ameriflux Synthesis Workshop, Berkeley, CA, Aug 2018
Workshop invited participant/speaker, NEON Resources for Your Research, Ecological Society of America, New Orleans, LA, 6 August 2018
Field trip leader, LTER Executive Board and Science Council Meeting, Madison, WI, May 2018
Breakout session invited participant, Sifting and Winnowing: Wisconsin Ideas Conference, Madison, WI, April 2018
Breakout session co-organizer, Enabling carbon cycle terrestrial model-data assimilation and forecasting, 2017 North American Carbon Program PI Meeting
Breakout session co-organizer, Catalyzing carbon cycle science through synergies among research networks, 2017 North American Carbon Program PI Meeting
Breakout session co-organizer, Design of new perturbation experiments, Next Generation Benchmarking Challenges and Priorities, 2016 International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Workshop
Co-convener, session chair, judge, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Multiple sessions, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2007
Co-convener, session chair, American Meteorological Society, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Multiple sessions, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010
Conference organization committee, 4th North American Carbon Program, 4th All-Investigators Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, February 2013
Conference Co-Chair, Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Workshop 2012, Woodruff, WI, June 2012
Breakout session organizer and chair, Carbon exchange in mountainous regions, 2nd North American Carbon Program All-Investigators Meeting, February 18-19, 2009
Session organizer, Ecosystem isotopes and trace gas fluxes, Ameriflux Science Meeting, October 15, 2008
University service
University of Wisconsin-Madison
UW: University Budget Committee (Chair), 2016-2019; Water@UW-Madison Steering Committee, 2016-2017; University Library Committee, 2012-2013; Ad Hoc Committee on Fossil Fuel Use and Climate Change, 2013; Wisconet Mesonet technical advisory committee, 2022-; WISELI Searching for Excellence Focus Group, 2022
College Letters and Science: Future of Liberal Arts Committee, 2022; Living with Climate Change hiring proposal (chair), 2023
AOS: Chair 2021-, 75th anniervsary subcommittee, 2023, Graduate Program Chair 2011-2013, 2014-2020, Professional Master's program Director 2021, Awards committee 2011-2012, 2014-2021, Research enterprise 2021-, Space committee, 2020, Strategic Planning, 2020-, QE reform 2021-2022, Assessment 2014-, Continuity of operations 2021, Maroon mentor comm 2020-, Zanowski mentor comm 2021-, Website committee 2010-2011, Recruitment committee 2010-11, 2014, 2017, 2018 (chair), 2023-24, Graduate Admissions Committee 2010-2020 (chair), Equipment committee 2012, 2014-, Alumni and Fundraising Committee 2014-, Graduate curriculum student advisory committee (GCSAC) 2010, Graduate Student Association Graduate-Faculty Liaison, 2009-2012, Colloquium Committee (chair) 2009-2011, Grad-Faculty summit planning committee, Summer 2009, Qualifying Exam Committee 2009, Faculty Meeting Secretary 2007-2009
Center for Climatic Research: Kutzbach Symposium 2022, CPEP seminar organizer 2019-2022, Science Steering Council 2011-2013, 2015-2017, IT hiring committee, April-July 2009
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies: Environmental Monitoring Program Committee 2009-2010
Freshwater and Marine Science: Name Change Committee 2011-2013, Anna Grant Birge Memorial Awards Selection Committee 2011
Space Science and Engineering: SSEC Librarian search committee, 2023; SSEC Science Advisory Council, 2018-2019, SSEC Transition Advisory Team, 2016-2018, New Employee Tour Guide, 2012-, AOSS Community Poster Reception, Organizing Committee, 2011-
Wisconsin Ecology: Chair (Incoming, current, outgoing) 2014-2018, Communications Committee (chair) 2011-2013, Executive committee member (elected) 2009-2011, Faculty affiliate 2008-
UW Inventor's Club, project advisor, 2017-2018
Faculty mentor, Khorana Program for Scientific Exchange, 2008-2011
Delta Program Graduate Teaching Certificate Reviewer, Scott Spak, Aug 2008
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Thompson Lecture Organizing Committee, 2007
Advanced Study Program Summer Colloquium lead organizer: Regional Biogeochemistry: Needs and Methodologies, Jun. 3-15, 2007
Pennsylvania State University
College of Earth and Mineral Science, Graduate Student Council, 2005-2006
Department of Meteorology: Graduate Advisory Council, chair and founder, 2002-2005, Orientation Committee, 2002-2004, Colloquium Committee, 2002-2005, Faculty search committee, student representative for five appointments, 2002-2005
University of Minnesota, Department of Geography, Space,Facilities and Equipment Committee, 1999-2000
Community outreach
Dane County Youth Climate Summer, invited panelist, 2023
Wisconsin PBS, Meet the Lab, Climate Trackers: Superpowered by Ecometeorology (video and online resources), 2023
Mentor, Madison Metropolitan School District Summer Science Internship, 2022, 2023
Online profiles on North American Carbon Program, AMS Community blog, UW Faces of Data, 2021
Podcast guest, Deeper than Data, Nov 10, 2021 https://deeperthandata.media/
Oberlin Career Day talk, May 2, 2020 (virtual)
Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN) Day of Science Science-a-thon, participant and fund raiser, 2017, 2018, 2019
NatureNet community partnership networking for environmental researchers, participant and presenter, Nov 4, 2019
GLOBE teacher training, Butternut Schools, Baldwin Idea grant, faculty guest mentor, 2018-2019
Madison Metropolitan School District West High School Rocket Club / NASA Student Launch Initiative (SLI), faculty mentor, 2018-2019, 2023-
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, climate change discussion, Apr 2015
Clean Lakes Alliance, climate presentation, Apr 2015
Hamilton Middle School, Madison, WI, Weather presentation, 2015, 2016
Madison School District, Middle School Science Mentor, 2014-2016
CIMSS Atmosphere and Satellites Student Workshop, "Getting hot and bothered for greenhouse gas!", June 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Meet the faculty: Dr. Desai, University of Wisconsin American Meteorological Society Chapter, Madison, WI, 8 Nov 2011
Forest and Climate Leaders in Menominee and the Environment (For-CLIMATE) / POSOH, community college and high school outreach field course, College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, WI, Sep 2011, Sept. 2012, and June 2013
ACT Exam Question Writer/Bias Reviewer, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
American Meteorological Society / Eco-Arts, Forecast: Communicating Weather and Climate, Art installation with Deanna Pindell, AMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Jan 2011
Publicity: 1
Ozone Fighters EcoChallenge website/youtube videos, St. James School (grade 8), interviewee, Madison, WI, Nov 29, 2010
Wisconsin Public Utility Institute, Climate Change Impacts: Decision Making and Risk Management in Wisconsin's Utility Industry, Roundtable Discussion, Madison, WI 22 Sep 2010
U.S. Forest Service, Region 9 EMS Planning, Appeals, and Litigation Meeting, Willow Creek Ameriflux tower tour and discussion, Park Falls, WI, 19 May 2010
5-Minute Lectures, UW iTunes U, UW Communications, Why does climate care about a part per million?, Madison, WI, 17 April 2010
Wednesday Nite At The Lab, UW Alumni Association, invited speaker, Biogeochemical Surprises in a Changing Climate, Madison, WI, 3 March 2010
Training for natural resource careers in a changing climate, National Teach-In Day, UW-Madison Dept of Forest Ecology, panel member, Madison, WI, 22 Oct 2009
Society for Environmental Journalists (SEJ) Post-Conference Field trip, Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, "Tall towers and carbon", field station bus tour for 15 journalists, Parks Falls, WI, Oct. 2009
Carbon Cycle and Climate Modeling Teacher's Workshop, U. Wisconsin Center for Climatic Research, "Wisconsin and Carbon: Perfect Together", high school science teacher activity, Madison, WI, July 2009
Super Science Saturday, Franklin-Randall School, Madison Metropolitan School District, "Professor CO2", K-5 educational demonstration, Madison, WI, March 2009
University Avenue Day Care, "Hurray for Spring!", public science demonstration for preschool, Madison, WI, March 2008
National judging committee member, GLOBE Learning Expedition high school group experiment report, Boulder, CO, 2007
NASA Academies undergraduate proposal judge, University Park, PA, 2006
Penn State University, Space Day, exhibitor, University Park, PA, 2005
One Sky Many Voice, Kids as Global Scientists - Online mentoring for middle-school science students, 1999-2001
Media interviews, newsletters, and reports
Interviews in: Badger Voice, Inside UW-Madison, Daily Cardinal, Wisconsin State Journal, Associated Press, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WJFW NBC, Price County Review, WGTD radio, WTMJ radio, Madison Commons, Deutsche Welle
Research featured in: Spheres of Influence, UW News, Wisconsin Week, NY Times, Ashland Daily Press, Discovery News, Wisconsin Public Radio, Nature Geoscience News, Why Files, Nelson Inst, UW Daily News
Blog and article contributions: Environmental Research Web, Fluxletter: The Newletter of FLUXNET, FluxLetter, NCAR Advanced Study Program (APS) Spotlight, Badger CommonTater, UW AOS Making Waves newsletter, AGU Editor's Vox
Workshops and Professional Development
Observation Infrastructure for Natural Methane Emissions workshop, participant, New Haven, CT, 2023
UW-Madison Joseph F. Kauffman Administrative Development Program, participant, Madison, WI , 2022-2023
ASCEND Biological Integration Institute Summer School, guest presenter, 2021, 2022
Ecological Forecasting Initiative 2020: Coordinating the NEON-enabled forecasting challenge, participant, Boulder, CO, May 12-13, 2020 (virtual)
IsoBank, Centralized Repsitory for Environmental Isotopic Data RCN workshops, 2019, 2020
Workshop on Analyzing Observations and Models of Carbon, Energy, and Water Fluxes (DOE RUBISCO-Ameriflux), Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in Berkeley, CA, Oct 15-17, 2019, attended by B. Murphy and S. Paleri.
Climate Change Roundtable with NWS and regional broadcasters, co-organizer, Madison, WI, Nov 4, 2018
American Decadal Synthesis Workshop, co-organizer, Berkeley, CA, Aug 23-24, 2018
Fluxnet-CH4 Workshop, participant, Washington, DC, May 6-8, 2018
Earth Educator Rendezvous, On the Cutting Edge: Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences, workshop leader, Madison, WI, Jul 18-20 2016
On the Cutting Edge: Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences, co-convener, Madison, WI, 31 May-3 June 2015
Advancing the science of gas exchange between fresh waters and the atmosphere, co-organizer, breakout session lead, Hyytiala, Finland, 15-19 Sept 2014
MICMoR Summer School 2014: Examining Mountain Ecosystems in Regional to Global Environments of Carbon-cycling and Climate (EMERGE-CC), lead organizer, lecturer, field trip coordinator, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 21-30 July 2014
University of Helsinki, The importance of land-atmosphere fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide for the global greenhouse-gas balance - The need for a FLUXNET-GHG, participant, Hyytiälä, Finland, 2-7 Sept 2012
Summer Graduate Course on Flux Measurements and Advanced Modeling, invited lecturer, Niwot Ridge LTER, Nederland, CO, Jul 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
UW, 2nd Mini Conference of ET Trends Along the Western Great Lakes, Madison, WI, invited lecturer, 29 Apr 2011
AMS Short Course: Wind Energy Applications, Supported by Atmospheric Boundary Layer Theory, Observations, and Modeling, participant, Keystone, CO, 1 Aug 2010
NSF RCN FORECAST Workshop 1: Data Assimilation and Ecological Forecasting, invited participant, NEON Headquarters, Boulder, CO, Jul 13-15, 2010
USFS-Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest,Climate Change Science Mitigation and Adaptation Needs Workshop, Madison, WI, Apr. 27-28, 2010
WIDNR, Charting the Path Forward, participant in air quality monitoring workshop, Madison, WI, Nov 11, 2009
UW, Carbon in the Northwoods research planning workshop, participant, Northern Lakes LTER, Boulder Junction, CO, Feb. 2009
UW, Wisconsin Idea Seminar, selected participant, Madison, WI, May 2008
NSF, Data Assimilation in Ecological Models, invited, Norman, OK, Oct. 2007
NCAR/IMAGe, Summer Graduate Workshop on Data Assimilation for the Carbon Cycle, selected participant, Boulder, CO, Jul. 2007
NCAR/ASP, Regional Biogeochemistry: Needs and Methodologies, lead organizer/speaker, Boulder, CO, Jun. 2007
NCAR/ECSA, Strategies for Planning Effective Workshops, participant, Apr. 2007
NCAR/ASP, Preparing for the Postdoc, invited panel participant, Apr. 2007
NCAR/ACD, Biogenic Hydrocarbons, participant, Boulder, CO, Oct. 2006
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Gap filling Comparison Workshop, Jena, Germany, invited collaborator, Sep. 2006
NCAR/MMM, Turbulence and Scalar Transport in Roughness Sublayers, participant, Boulder, CO, Sep. 2006
Digital Library for Earth System Education, On the Cutting Edge: Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences Workshop, selected participant, University Park, PA, Jul. 21-24, 2005
NASA, MODIS Vegetation Workshop II, participant, Missoula, MT, Aug. 16-20, 2004
American Meteorological Society, 4th Annual Science Policy Colloquium, selected participant, Washington, DC, Jun. 6-15, 2004
Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study Workshop I, participant, Woodruff, WI, Aug. 16-21, 2002
Society memberships
American Meteorological Society (2002-), American Geophysical Union (2002-), American Association of Geographers (1998-2009), Ecological Society of America (2017-), American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019-)
Other Relevant Positions & Interests
NICA Coach (Level 3), Madison West Mountain Bike Team, 2021-
Mountain Bike / Wilderness First Air / CPR trained (most recent 2024)
Board Chair and President, Bernie's Place, Inc. Preschool, Madison, WI, Jun. 2011-Jun 2012 (Chair-elect), Jun 2012-Jun 2013 (Chair)
Cartographic Assistant, University of Minnesota Cartography Lab Minneapolis, MN, Sep. 1999-Apr. 2000
Intern, Environmental Careers Organization, Boston, MA, based at Environmental Protection Agency Office of Pesticide Programs, International Services Branch, Arlington, VA, Dec. 1997-Dec. 1999
Naturalist/Interpreter, U.S. Forest Service, Toiyabe National Forest Carson City, NV, Jun. 1997-Sep. 1997