Transitioning to Sustainability Through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuels Workshop Summary (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix G: Biographical Information: Federal Sustainability R&D Forum Speakers and Panelists
Appendix G: Biographical Information: Federal Sustainability R&D Forum Speakers and Panelists
Pages 107-118
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The Office leads federal efforts to develop technologies that will enable clean biofuels from abundant domestic resources to significantly reduce U.S. dependence on oil.
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. His current position is in EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory, where he is leading the Future Midwestern Landscapes Study, an examination of ecosystem services in the Midwestern US with special emphasis on the implications of biofuels development.
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MacArthur Award from the Ecological Society of America, the Excellence in Ecology Prize for Limnetic Ecology, the NaumannThienemann medal of the International Society for Limnology, many honors from the U.W.-Madison campus, and election to the Ralf Yorque Society. The Institute for Scientific Information has recognized him as one of the world's most highly cited researchers in Environmental Science.
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-- Missouri, Michigan State, and Clemson. He has provided leadership for numerous national organizations as well as led national programs envisioning the future of state and land-grant universities.
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She served for three years as a science analyst for the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and two years staffing environmental committees of the Wisconsin state legislature. During her career at EPA, she has written federal rules to protect groundwater; worked as a Principal Investigator at the National Exposure Research Laboratory on issues related to hydrology and landscape ecology at regional scales; worked as a visiting scientist for the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project, a $40 million study on adaptive management led by USDA's Forest Service and DOI's Bureau of Land Management; served as a Regional Scientist in EPA's Region 10, Seattle; and managed the ecology extramural grants program for ORD's National Center for Environmental Research.
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Dan joined the former Cooperative State Research Service in 1986 where he became Deputy Administrator for Special Programs, leading and administering programs in agricultural industrial materials, aquaculture, small scale agriculture, and sustainable agriculture. From 1995 to 1999, Dan was Section Leader for Processing, Engineering, and Technology in the Plant and Animal Systems unit of CSREES, where he provided leadership for agricultural engineering, small farms, biobased products, food safety and science, and farm safety.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy invests in a diverse portfolio of energy technologies to provide efficient, clean and renewable energy leading toward a stronger economy, a cleaner environment, and greater energy independence for America.
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Subject areas include aquatic ecology and restoration; ground water science, technology, and management; hydrologic science; water quality and water resources management; pollution control; and other related topics. Some recent, selected publications on which he did principal NRC staff work include Hydrologic Science Priorities for the US Global Change Research Program (2000)
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Dr. Scherr's previous positions include: Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA; Co-Leader of the CGIAR Gender Program; Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C.; and Principal Researcher at the World Agroforestry Centre, in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Initiative; US Government and USDA Lead for WSSD Partnership on Geographic Learning for Sustainable Development; Director of Agency One Solution (on-line reporting) Initiative; Director of Geospatial Extension Specialists NRI Program; Agency Working Group on Science for Sustainability; Co-chair of the Cooperative Extension Service Workforce Development Initiative; and Senior eGovernment Fellow at the Council for Excellence in Government.
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The first half of her career focused on conducting research and directing diverse projects in the fields of geochemistry and ore deposits, ranging from understanding the origin of hard rock uranium deposits to environmental investigations of radon, uranium, and radium in rocks, soils, and water; eventually assessing the geologic radon potential of the United States. This research was conducted in partnership with states, federal agencies, universities, and communites, and received significant grants from the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Program Steering Committee, and Project Manager for NOAA Fisheries' Ecosystem Management Pilot Projects.
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