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Appendix D: Committee Biographies
Pages 187-194

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... His work includes risk-informed planning and decision making covering several aspects of project lifecycles and portfolios, such as sustainment and life expectancy assessment of systems, protection of critical infrastructure, bidding strategies, project execution risk, operational risk, risk management including risk transfer and risk finance, and liability and exposure analysis. Professor Ayyub is a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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... . In addition, he has served as a member of the NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change Science Team, as panelist for NASA, EPA, USDA Forest Service, the National Science Foundation, and the European Research Council, and on the Editorial Boards for Landscape Ecology, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems; International Journal of Geographical Information Science; and the Journal of Land Use Science.
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... His work leverages data science, numerical modeling and cloud computing to address precision agricultural challenges including nutrient management and risks from extreme weather.
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... Dr. Pullen has served on the steering team for field studies in urban air contaminant dispersion (DHS/Defense Threat Reduction Agency NYC Urban Dispersion Program)
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... Ocean Research Advisory Panel -- charged with providing independent science advice to the National Ocean Council -- and is a past chair of the Science Advisory Board of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
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... Whitlock has built a successful research and teaching program, and the MSU Paleoecology Lab supports post-docs, graduate students, and undergraduates and visiting scientists from around the world. Her research has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, Joint Fire Sciences Program, National Park Service, Department of Energy, USDA Forest Service, and US Geological Survey.
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... Cost of Oil," the Senate Energy Committee on the Stern Review, and the Senate Banking Committee on "Material Risk from Climate Change and Climate Policy." He served as a member of the Adaptation Panel of the National Academies initiative on America's Climate Choices and as a member of a National Academies Committee on Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations that was chaired by Susan Solomon (among many other appointments)
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