[Info] October 2009 Events at NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for October 
2009

Current information also available on the internet at 
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu.

Current NCEAS Residents:

Postdoctoral Fellows: Carol Adair, Jennifer Balch, Amber Budden, 
Jonathan Davies, Darren Johnson, Lesley Lancaster, Carlos Melián, Duncan 
Menge, Mary O’Connor, John Parker, Christine Petersen, Jai Ranganathan, 
Sadie Ryan, Jennifer Williams, Elizabeth Wolkovich

Sabbatical Fellows: Leah Gerber, Michelle Mack, John Sabo, Ted Schuur

Center Associates: John Alroy, Juliann Aukema, Nancy Baron, Steven 
Courtney, Ben Halpern, Carrie Kappel, Kim Selkoe, Alisa Wade
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Upcoming Working Group Projects, October 2009:
For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader 
directly.


September 28 – October 3, 2009
Title: Efficient wildlife disease control: From social network 
self-organization to optimal vaccination
Leader(s): Peter Walsh
Email(s): PeterDanielWalsh at gmail.com
Participants: Denis Boyer, Damien Caillaud, Margaret Crofoot, Lauren 
Meyers, Liliana Salvador, Samuel Scarpino


October 5-9, 2009
Title: Human impacts of water infrastructure on watershed ecosystems and 
the sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the coterminous US
Leader(s): John Sabo, Laura Bowling, Gerrit Schoups
Email(s): john.l.sabo at asu.edu, bowling at purdue.edu, gerrit.schoups at gmail.com


October 7–9, 2009
Title: INTEROP: A Community-driven scientific observations network to 
achieve interoperability of environmental and ecological data
Leader: Mark Schildhauer
Email: schild at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Luis Bermudez, Benno Blumenthal, Shawn Bowers, Simon Cox, 
Judith Cushing, Philip Dibner, Peter Fox, Damian Gessler, Corinna Gries, 
Jeff Horsburgh, Matthew Jones, Steve Kelling, Jessie Kennedy, Bertram 
Ludaescher, Joshua Madin,
Deborah McGuinness, Chris Mungall, Margaret O'Brien, Robert Raskin, Alan 
Rector, Wade Sheldon, Stu Weibel, Andrew Woolf


October 12-16, 2009
Title: Long-term phenological changes in tundra plants in response to 
experimental warming and observed changes in climate
Leader(s): Steven Oberbauer, Tiffany Troxler
Email(s): oberbaue at fiu.edu, troxlert at fiu.edu
Participants: Robert Baxter, Syndonia Bret-Harte, Mark Burgman, 
Elisabeth Cooper, Anna Maria Fosaa, Greg Henry, Annika Hofgaard, Robert 
Hollister, Frith Jarrad, Ingaborg Svala Jonsdottir, Kari Klanderud, 
Julia Klein, Esther Levesque, Ulf Molau,
Christian Rixen, Gus Shaver, Robert Slider, Orjan Totland, Henrik 
Wahren, Jeffrey Welker


October 19-23, 2009
Title: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Advancing Landscape Genetics
Leader(s): Michael Rosenberg, Bryan Epperson, Andrew Storfer
Email(s): msr at asu.edu, epperson at msu.edu, astorfer at wsu.edu
Participants: Corey Anderson, Mark Dale, Marie-Josee Fortin, Rolf 
Holderegger, Patrick James, Pierre Legendre, Stephanie Manel, Brad 
McRae, Melanie Murphy, Hugh Possingham, Noah Rosenberg, Kim Scribner, 
Stephen Spear, Lisette Waits


October 26-30, 2009
Title: Parasites and food webs? The ultimate missing links
Leader(s): Kevin Lafferty, Andrew Dobson, Mercedes Pascual
Email(s): lafferty at lifesci.ucsb.edu, andy at eno.princeton.edu, 
pascual at umich.edu
Participants: Stefano Allesina, Andrew Beckerman, Alice Boit, Cheryl 
Briggs, Giulio De Leo, Jennifer Dunne, Thilo Gross, Pablo Marquet, Neo 
Martinez, Erin Mordecai, Owen Petchey, Richard Williams


October 28-30, 2009
Title: Visiting Chinese delegation to discuss opportunities for 
collaborative research projects on climate change
Leader: Stephanie Hampton
Email: hampton at nceas.ucsb.edu

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Ginger Gillquist
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
735 State Street, Suite 300
Santa Barbara, Ca 93101-3351
Phone: 805-892-2502
FAX: 805-892-2510