NAME |
FIELD |
AREAS OF STUDY |
C. Awmack (UK) |
Ecological Entomologist |
Insect biodiversity and community ecology
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C. Blackwood (UMich) |
Soil Microbiologist |
Soil microorganism communities |
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Forest Ecologist |
Carbon and nutrient cycling, physiological ecology of global
change, belowground processes |
|
Physiologist |
VOC emissions |
|
Pathologist |
Foliar diseases, diagnostics |
|
Physiologist |
Understory vegetation quality |
R. Cox (CFS) |
Ecologist |
Passive O3 sampling
|
D. Ellsworth (UMich) |
Ecophysiologist |
Stomatal conductance, stomatal density
|
|
Ecophysiologist |
Nitrogen budgets |
|
Ecophysiologist |
Canopy dynamics |
|
Modeller |
Scaling responses |
|
Micrometeorologist |
Characterization of micro climate inside and
outside of FACE rings |
G. Hendrey (QC-CUNY) |
Ecologist |
Engineering CO2 and O3 delivery systems
|
|
Entomologist |
Bronze birch borer occurance |
B. Holmes (UMich) |
Microbial |
C and N cycling |
|
Ecologist |
Ecosystem N dynamics, whole-canopy gas exchange
|
|
Pathologist |
Foliar pathogen occurrence and affects
|
|
Modeler/Ecologist |
Growth process modeling - single tree to patch
scale. Co-developer of ECOPHYS model.
FACTS II Web Site Moderator |
|
Mycorrhizal specialist |
C storage |
E. Jepsen (WDNR) |
Ecologist |
O3 monitoring and O3
bioindication |
|
Wood Anatomist |
Wood quality and chemistry |
J. Kangasjarvi (UHelsinki/Finland) |
Physiologist |
Birch gene expression |
D.
Karnosky (MTU) deceased
|
Geneticist |
Steering Committee. Project Director. Genetic
interactions, gene expression, project operations. |
|
Ecophysiologist |
Soil respiration and soil carbon dynamics
|
|
Physiologist |
Ecosystem C flux, respiration |
|
Ecophysiologist |
Responses of photosynthesis and plant water relations,
science coordination |
O.
Kull (UTartu/Estonia) deceased
|
Ecologist |
Gas exchange/Ozone uptake |
|
Research Engineer FACE Specialist |
Facility development and maintenance, equipment-manufacturer
liaison |
T. Lewis (EPA) |
Physiologist |
Humming bird behavior |
|
Mycorrhizal specialist |
Mycorrhizae |
|
Entomologist
Chemical Ecologist |
Plant chemistry, insect herbivory, litter
decomposition |
|
Physiologist |
Modelling and scaling |
|
Physiologist |
Crown architecture |
B. Mankovska (Slovakian Acad. of Science) |
Electron Microscopist |
Impacts of gases on leaf surfaces |
|
Physiologist |
Gene expression |
|
Entomologist |
Shoot boring insects, root feeders |
|
Ecophysiologist |
Canopy dynamics, competitive interactions
|
|
Mycorrhizal Specialist |
Carbon storage dynamics |
|
Forest Entomologist |
Insect behavior |
|
Physiologist |
Understory vegetation quality |
|
Physicist |
Facility development, software development, exposure
controlling systems, technical consultant |
|
Tree Physiologist |
Steering Commitee. Gas Exchange Dynamics
|
|
Ecophysiologist |
Gas exchange dynamics, carbon gain |
|
Ecophysiologist |
Biochemistry and gene expression for assimilation,
rubisco, chlorophyll |
K.
Percy (Air Quality Effects Consulting, Ltd./Alberta, Canada) |
Ecophysiologist |
Steering Committee. Leaf surface structure, chemistry,
and function; O3 distribution via passive samplers; O3 metrics
|
G.
Podila (UAla-H) deceased
|
Molecular Biologist |
Oversee biochemical and molecular studies of
antioxidant gene expression |
|
Forest Ecologist |
Steering Committee. Coordinate studies of roots
and C and N cycling |
|
Quantitative Geneticist |
Experimental analyses and interpretation
|
|
Physiologist |
Birch gas exchange |
|
Ecophysiologist |
Steeing Committee. Gas exchange dynamics
|
|
Physiologist |
Wood quality and structure |
|
Plant Physiologist |
Volitile Organic Compounds (VOC) produced by
Aspen |
|
Physiologist |
Gas exchange |
A. Sober (Estonia) |
Physiologist |
Gas exchange, O3 uptake
|
|
Molecular Biologist |
DNA dynamics |
|
Physiologist |
Gene expression |
R. Thakur (MTU) |
Biotechnologist |
Gene expression |
|
Entomologist |
Insect interaction |
|
Molecular Biologist |
Genomics of CO2 and O3 responses in Aspen
|
|
Physiologist |
Canopy-level transpiration |
|
Physiologist |
Wood quality and chemistry |
D. Weinstein (Boyce Thompson Institute)
|
Modeler |
Scaling up AspenFACE results to the regional
level |
|
Physiologist |
Leaf temperature dynamics |
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Microbial Ecologist |
Study mechanisms of C and N cycling; soil microorganisms
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