[Info] October 2011 Events at NCEAS

[Ginger Gillquist]

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Events for October 
2011

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

Current NCEAS Residents:

Postdoctoral Fellows: Carol Adair, Jennifer Balch, Jarrett Byrnes, 
Mariah Carbone, Darren Johnson, Lesley Lancaster, Katie Longo, Stephanie 
Pau, Josephine Rodriguez, Lindsay Scheef, Mary Turnipseed, Jennifer Williams

Center Associates: Sandy Andelman, Juliann Aukema, Nancy Baron, Amber 
Budden, Steven Courtney, Ben Halpern, Carrie Kappel, Jai Ranganathan, 
Kim Selkoe
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Upcoming Working Group Projects, October 2011:
For information about a group project, please contact the Group Leader 
directly.

September 26- October 1, 2011
Title: Pyrogeography - fire's place in earth system science
Leaders: David Bowman, Jennifer Balch
Emails: david.bowman at utas.edu.au, balch at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Sally Archibald, William Bond, Carla D'Antonio, Meg 
Krawchuk, Christian Kull, Michelle Mack, Jennifer Marlon, Max Moritz, 
Stephen Pyne, Christopher Roos, Andrew Scott, Thomas Swetnam, Shaun 
Walbridge, Christian Wells, Grant Williamson, Guido van der Werf

October 2-6, 2011
Title: Towards understanding marine biological impacts of climate change
Leaders: Anthony Richardson, Elvira Poloczanska
Emails: anthony.richardson at csiro.au, elvira.poloczanska at csiro.au
Participants: Keith Brander, Chris Brown, Lauren Buckley, Mike Burrows, 
Carlos Duarte, Benjamin Halpern, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Johnna Holding, 
Carrie Kappel, Wolfgang Kiessling, Pippa Moore, Mary O'Connor, John 
Pandolfi, Camille Parmesan, David Schoeman, William Sydeman

October 4-7, 2011
Title: Cultural ecosystem services from marine and coastal systems: 
Counting the intangibles EBM
Leaders: Anne Guerry, Kai Chan
Emails: anne.guerry at stanford.edu, kaichan at ires.ubc.ca
Participants: Patricia Balvanera, Xavier Basurto, Ann Bostrom, Gregory 
Bratman, Ratana Chuenpagdee, Gretchen Daily, Rachelle Gould, Benjamin 
Halpern, Neil Hannahs, Sarah Klain, Jordan Levine, Bryan Norton, Mary 
Ruckelshaus, Roly Russell, Terre Satterfield, Debra Satz, Jordan Tam, 
Ulalia Woodside

October 8-9, 2011
Title: Human impacts of water infrastructure on watershed ecosystems and 
the sustainability of irrigated agriculture in the coterminous US
Leaders: John Sabo, Laura Bowling, Gerrit Schoups
Emails: john.l.sabo at asu.edu, bowling at purdue.edu, gerrit.schoups at gmail.com
Participants: John Kominoski, Jennifer Roath, Tushar Sinha

October 10-14, 2011
Title: Biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems: Translating 
results from model experiments into functional reality
Leaders: Bradley Cardinale, Dave Hooper, Emmett Duffy
Emails: bradcard at umich.edu, hooper at biol.wwu.edu, jeduffy at vims.edu
Participants: Carol Adair, Patricia Balvanera, Jarrett Byrnes, Laura 
Dee, Lars Gamfeldt, Andrew Gonzalez, Michael Goulden, John Griffin, 
Andrew Hector, Bruce Hungate, Forest Isbell, Jonathan Lefcheck, Kristin 
Matulich, Christian Messier, Mary O'Connor, Alain Paquette

October 10-14, 2011
Title: Climate change and invasive species: Are non-natives poised for 
greater success in future climatic conditions?
Leaders: Cascade Sorte, Jeffrey Dukes, Joshua Lawler
Emails: cjsorte at ucdavis.edu, jsdukes at purdue.edu, jlawler at u.washington.edu
Participants: Dana Blumenthal, Bethany Bradley, Carla D'Antonio, Jeffrey 
Diez, Regan Early, Edwin Grosholz, Inés Ibañez, Sierra Jones, Luke 
Miller, Nicole Molinari, Julian Olden

October 14-17, 2011
Title: Developing curricula and model systems for sustainability science 
(Distributed Graduate Seminar)
Leaders: Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Stephen Polasky
Emails: cavender at umn.edu, polasky at umn.edu
Participants: Patricia Balvanera, Martin Cadena Salgado, James 
Heffernan, Eva Kaye-Zwiebel, Elizabeth King, Omar Masera, Francisco Mora 
Ardila, Tuyeni Mwampamba

October 24-28, 2011
Title: Developing an integrated botanical information network to 
investigate the ecological impacts of global climate change on plant 
biodiversity
Leaders: Brian Enquist, Brad Boyle, Robert Peet, Steven Dolins, Richard 
Condit
Emails: benquist at email.arizona.edu, bboyle at email.arizona.edu, 
peet at unc.edu, sdolins at bradley.edu, conditr at gmail.com
Participants: Barbara Dobrin, John Donoghue, Naia Holme, Peter 
Jorgensen, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Brian McGill, Martha Narro, Jeff 
Ott, Oliver Phillips, William Piel, Mark Schildhauer, Irena Simova, 
Lindsey Sloat, Nick Spencer, Jens Svenning, Nathan Swenson, Barbara 
Thiers, Cyrille Violle, Susan Wiser, Hans ter Steege

October 25-27, 2011
Title: Marine Debris: Scale and impact of trash in ocean ecosystems
Leader: Stephanie Hampton
Email: hampton at nceas.ucsb.edu
Participants: Satie Airame, Anthony Andrady, Joel Baker, Morton Barlaz, 
Mark Browne, Christopher Costello, Patty Debenham, Mary Donohue, Steven 
Gaines, Francois Galgani, Roland Geyer, Miriam Golstein, Murray Gregory, 
Allen Hershkowitz, K. David Hyrenbach, Jenna Jambeck, Kara Lavendar Law, 
George Leonard, Nicholas Mallos, Nikolai Maximenko, Tracy Mincer, Skye 
Moret-Ferguson, Ramani Narayan, Douglas Ofiara, Stephen Palumbi, Karen 
Proctor, Giora Proskurowski, Andrew Read, Chelsea Rochman, Peter Ryan , 
Joseph Seneca, David Siegel, Ted Siegler, Sangwon Suh, Hideshige Takada, 
Richard Thompson, Rob Williams, Jim Wilson, Linda Zettler

October 28 – November 2, 2011
Title: Global expansion of jellyfish blooms: Magnitude, causes and 
consequences
Leaders: Robert Condon, Carlos Duarte, William Graham
Emails: rcondon at disl.org, carlosduarte at imedea.uib.es, mgraham at disl.org
Participants: Molly Bogeberg, Richard Brodeur, Craig Carlson, Stefan 
Gelcich, Steven Haddock, Cathy Lucas, Larry Madin, Kylie Pitt, Kelly 
Rakow Sutherland, Tammi Richardson, Kelly Robinson, Paul del Giorgio


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Ginger Gillquist
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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Santa Barbara, Ca 93101-3351
Phone: 805-892-2502
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