19 researchers selected as 2008 Leopold Leadership Fellows

- 19 Mar 2008

By Stanford University

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Pedro Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor and chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University. Research: environmental impacts of production, storage and use of nanomaterials and renewable fuels.
Patricia Balvanera, professor, Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas (Center for Ecosystem Research), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Research: role of plant biodiversity in ecosystem services.
Edward Brook, associate professor, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Research: climate history with emphasis on ice core records of greenhouse gases.
Laurie Chan, professor and BC Leadership Chair, Community Health Sciences Program, University of Northern British Columbia. Research: assessing risk to native northern peoples' traditional food sources from pollution and climate change.
Stephanie Chang, associate professor, School of Community and Regional Planning and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia. Research: computer modeling of consequences of natural disasters.

Julia Cole, associate professor, Department of Geosciences (joint appointment in Atmospheric Sciences), University of Arizona. Research: change in the El Niño/Southern Oscillation system.
Peter Doran, associate professor and graduate director, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois-Chicago. Research: climate change in Antarctica.
Martin Doyle, associate professor, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina. Research: environmental impacts of removing infrastructure from river systems.
Jeffrey Dukes, assistant professor, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts-Boston. Research: invasive plant/climate change interactions and potential effects of biofuels on ecosystems.
Kimberly Gray, professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University. Research: nutrient/chemical cycling in aquatic systems and development of photoactive materials for solar fuel.
Nick Haddad, associate professor, Department of Zoology, North Carolina State University. Research: habitat fragmentation and effectiveness of wildlife corridors.
Sarah Hobbie, associate professor, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota. Research: effects of nitrogen deposition on carbon dioxide losses from ecosystems.
Karen Holl, professor, Department of Environmental Studies, University of California-Santa Cruz. Research: ecosystem recovery from human disturbance.
Joan Kleypas, scientist II, Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Research: ocean acidification and the effects of climate change on coral reefs.
Patricia Romero Lankao, scientist and deputy director, Institute for the Study of Society and Environment, NCAR. Research: global, national and regional drivers of land and energy use in cities and associated impacts on the carbon cycle.
Martin Sharp, professor and chair, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, University of Alberta. Research: glacier/climate interactions, including impacts of glacier change on sea level, regional water flows and water quality.
John Stachowicz, associate professor, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California-Davis. Research: effects of declining biodiversity on stability and productivity of marine ecosystems.
Scott Swinton, professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. Research: environmental management in agriculture, including cap-and-trade proposals for pesticide risks and the role of poverty in environmental degradation in Latin America.
Philip Townsend, associate professor, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Research: structure, composition and functioning of forested ecosystems subject to rapid change.