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Appendix J: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 319-324

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From page 319...
... Dr. Graf has served as member of the NRC's Water Science and Technology Board and Board on Earth Sciences and Resources; he served on the NRC's Panel to Review the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative, the Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, and the first Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress.
From page 320...
... Blum is research associate professor in the Department of Environ­mental Sciences at the University of Virginia. Her current research projects include study of mechanisms controlling bacterial community abundance, productivity, and structure in tidal marsh creeks; impacts of microbial processes on water ­quality; organic matter accretion in salt marsh sediments; and rhizosphere effects on organic matter decay in anaerobic sediments.
From page 321...
... Dr. Davis has worked in California on several statewide and regional conservation efforts, directing the California Gap Analysis, as a science team member on the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project, and as the research team leader for the California Legacy Project.
From page 322...
... Horn served in a variety of congressional and executive posts including as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, and as Deputy Under Secretary of the Interior with responsibilities for western water rights negotiations, international fishery negotiations, and Alaska programs. He specializes in natural resources law and has expertise in land acquisition and appraisal, wildlife law including the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, National Park concessions, Forest Service matters, recreational permits, and other public land and related regulatory matters.
From page 323...
... is professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University where his research centers on the application of mathematics to agricultural and environmental problems. His c ­ urrent projects focus on water movement in porous media, solute transport in soils, surface and subsurface hydrology, erosion and sediment transport, and similarity solutions of the nonlinear diffusion equation.
From page 324...
... Johnson, study director, is a senior program officer with the Water Science and Technology Board. Since joining the NRC in 2002, she has served as study director for seven committees, including the Panel to Review the Criti cal Ecosystem Studies Initiative and the Committee on Advancing Desalination Technology Research.


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