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Appendix A: Committee Bios
Pages 457-464

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From page 457...
... In addition, he studies the interaction effects of agricultural practices and environmental factors, such as weather variability and landscape spatial variability on soil organic carbon sequestration and systems sustainability and productivity. The focus of his research is to develop sustainable management practices that improve soil health, productivity, and environmental services.
From page 458...
... He holds academic appointments at Texas A&M in the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, and the Department of Chemistry, College of Science. He previously served at the University of Michigan as director of the Energy Institute and the inaugural DTE Energy Professor of Advanced Energy Research, and, prior to joining the University of Michigan, as the senior vice provost for research and strategic initiatives at the University of Delaware.
From page 459...
... In 2012, she served as a convening lead author of the Global Energy Assessment, a multinational project coordinated by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. Richard Birdsey, Woods Hole Research Center Dr.
From page 460...
... Dr. Hopkinson served as a chairman of the Radiation Safety Committee of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, from 1993 to 2008.
From page 461...
... He is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry, and the Mineralogical Society of America. He is a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, and an adjunct scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, where he was a senior scientist and Charles Francis Adams Chair until 2004.
From page 462...
... , and was lead author on a Pew Center report on "Agriculture's Role in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation." Dr. Paustian's research interests include soil organic matter dynamics, carbon and nitrogen cycling in cropland and grassland ecosystems, and the evaluation of environmental impacts of agricultural bioenergy production.
From page 463...
... Dr. Wara is a research fellow at the Program in Energy and Sustainable Development in Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, a faculty fellow at the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, and a center fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment.


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