Experience

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  University of Vermont

  • Burlington, Vermont

  • Professor

    • 2002 - Present
    • Burlington, Vermont

    I teach undergraduates in the Environmental Sciences major and I mentor graduate students in the Aquatic Ecology and Watershed Sciences concentration of the Natural Resources graduate program in the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources.

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  Lake Champlain Sea Grant Program

  • Burlington, VT

  • Director

    • 2013 - Present
    • Burlington, VT

    Lake Champlain Sea Grant is dedicated to improving the understanding and management of Lake Champlain, Lake George and their watersheds for long-term environmental health and sustainable economic development.A cooperative program of the University of Vermont and SUNY Plattsburgh, Lake Champlain S...

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  Northeastern States Research Cooperative

  • Burlington, VT

  • Director, Theme 1

    • 2008 - Present
    • Burlington, VT

    The Northeastern States Research Cooperative (NSRC) is a competitive grant program funded by the USDA Forest Service and supporting cross-disciplinary, collaborative research in the Northern Forest — a 26-million acre working landscape that is home to more than one million residents and stretches...

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  Vermont Water Resources and Lakes Studies Center

  • Burlington, VT

  • Director

    • 2004 - Present
    • Burlington, VT

    The Vermont Water Resources and Lake Studies Center at the University of Vermont is one of 54 institutes established by Congress through the Water Resources Research Act of 1964 and located at the land-grant university in each state, the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories.Throughout ...

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  Bowden Watershed Research Lab

  • Burlington, VT

  • Director

    • 2002 - Present
    • Burlington, VT

    My research team and I conduct research on interactions between hydrological and biogeochemical processes, especially as these processes are influenced by land use practices and land cover characteristics at catchment scales. We are also interested in the uptake and use of science knowledge by re...

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  Landcare Research/Manaaki Whenua, New Zealand

  • Team Leader and Program Leader

    • 1997 - 2002

    I led the research team that developed the Motueka Integrated Catchment Management program. In addition, I managed a group of research scientist with expertise in watershed and climate dynamics.

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  University of New Hampshire

  • Assistant and Associate Professor

    • 1987 - 1997

    I established and developed the Water Resources Management undergraduate major and helped to establish and Natural Resources Ph.D. program.

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  Yale University

  • New Haven, CT

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow and Research Associate

    • 1982 - 1986
    • New Haven, CT

    Worked with Dr. F. Herbert Bormann on effects of whole tree harvesting on gaseous nitrogen emissions from forest soils. Taught a graduate student course in hydrology and water resources management in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.