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George W. Kling
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1048 USA
Phone: (734) 647-0894; FAX: (734) 763-0544
Email: gwk@umich.edu
Web: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gwk (includes full CV)
Professional Preparation:
B.A., 1982. Univ. Colorado, Dept. of Environ., Pop., & Organismic Biology, Boulder, CO.
Ph.D., 1988. Duke University, Department of Zoology, Durham, NC.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1988-1991, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biol. Lab, Woods Hole, MA.
Appointments:
Professor, 2003 to present; Associate Professor and Research Scientist, 1997 - 2002; Assistant Professor and Research Scientist, 1991-1997, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Great Lakes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Awards:
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1997-.
U. S. National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow, 1995-2000.
U. S. National Academy of Sciences Young Investigator Award, 1993-1994.
Ruth Patrick Award, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2007.
University of Michigan Excellence in Research Award (1997), Distinguished Faculty (2005-).
United Nations Sasakawa Award, Certificate of Merit for Disaster Reduction, Nyos-Monoun Degassing Program, (as Chair of Program Committee), 2001.
Selected Publications:
Evans, M. A., S. M. MacIntyre, and G. W. Kling. In Press. Internal wave effects on photosynthesis: experiments, theory, and modeling. Limnology and Oceanography.
Crump, B. C., H. E. Adams, J. E. Hobbie, and G. W. Kling. 2007. Biogeography of bacterioplankton in lakes and streams of an Arctic tundra catchment. Ecology 88:1365-1378.
Judd, K.E., B.C. Crump, and G. W. Kling. 2006. Environmental drivers control ecosystem function in bacteria through changes in community composition. Ecology 87:2068-2079.
Zak, D. R. and G. W. Kling. 2006. Microbial Community Composition and Function across an Arctic Tundra Landscape. Ecology 87:1659-1670.
Zhang, Y. and G. W. Kling. 2006. Dynamics of lake eruptions and possible ocean eruptions. Annual Review Earth Planetary Sciences 34: 293-324.
Kling, G. W., W. C. Evans, G. Tanyileke, M. Kusakabe, T. Ohba, Y. Yoshida, and J. V. Hell. 2005. Degassing Lakes Nyos and Monoun – defusing certain disaster. PNAS 102:14185-14190.
Kling, G. W., G. W. Kipphut, M. C. Miller, and W. J. O'Brien. 2000. Integration of lakes and streams in a landscape perspective: the importance of material processing on spatial patterns and temporal coherence. Freshwater Biology 43:477-497.
Kling, G. W., W. C. Evans, M. L. Tuttle and G. Tanyileke. 1994. Degassing of Lake Nyos. Nature 368:405-406.
Cole, J. J., Caraco, N., Kling, G. W., and T. Kratz. 1994. Carbon dioxide supersaturation in the surface waters of lakes. Science 265:1568-1570.
Kling, G. W. 1994. Ecosystem-scale Experiments in Freshwaters: the Use of Stable Isotopes. pp. 91-, L. A. Baker (ed.), Environmental Chemistry of Lakes and Reservoirs, Advances in Chemistry Series 237, American Chemical Society, Washington D.C.
Kling, G. W., B. Fry, & W. J. O'Brien. 1992. Stable isotopes and planktonic trophic structure in arctic lakes. Ecology 73:561-566.
Kling, G. W., G. W. Kipphut, and M. C. Miller. 1991. Arctic lakes and rivers as gas conduits to the atmosphere: implications for tundra carbon budgets. Science 251:298-301.
Kling, G. W., Tuttle, M. L. and W. C. Evans. 1989. The safety of Cameroon lakes. Nature 337:215.
Kling, G. W. 1988. Comparative transparency, depth of mixing, and stability of stratification in lakes of Cameroon, West Africa. Limnology and Oceanography 33:27-40.
Kling, G. W. 1987. Seasonal mixing and catastrophic degassing in tropical lakes, Cameroon, West Africa. Science 237: 1022-1024.
Kling, G. W., M. Clark, H. R. Compton, J. D. Devine, W. C. Evans, A. M. Humphrey, J. P. Lockwood and M. L. Tuttle. 1987. The 1986 Lake Nyos gas disaster, Cameroon, West Africa. Science 236:169-175.
Synergistic Activities:
1. Scientific Outreach through interviews about my research has resulted in 8 television films (BBC, Discovery, History Channel, National Geographic), ~25 T.V. and radio broadcasts (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, NPR, BBC), and 300+ articles in magazines and newspapers (National Geographic, Smithsonian, Discover, GEO, World Book). Educational outreach includes many news articles (Science, Nature, Science News, Scientific American), 2 book reviews, 25 seminars or lectures, presentations at the UCS-Mich. State Environmental Journalism Symposia, and meetings with Congress on several occasions in D.C. to discuss issues of climate change and scientific integrity.
2. Education: Curriculum: Received NSF and Hewlett grants to build the Undergraduate Curriculum Development Testbed at U.M., centered around the course "Introduction to Global Change” (www.globalchange.umich.edu/) and a U.M. Minor in Global Sustainability. Graduate Students: Chair of 9 Ph.D., 3 M.S.; Committee Member of 22 Ph.D., 4 M.S. Undergraduates: Honors Thesis Committee of 6 students; Research supervision of 19 students (9 REUs).
3. Service: NSF: NSF-OPP Science Steering Committee, Arctic System Science 2007- ; Panels: Ecosystems Program, 1996-1999; Review of McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research site, Antarctica, January 1997; Office of Polar Programs, September 1994. Other Service: IAVCEI Commission on Crater Lakes, elected member, 1990-present; Chapman Conference, organizing committee; Nyos-Monoun Degassing Advisory Committee, elected Chair; Associate Editor, Limnology and Oceanography, 2001-.
4. NSF Workshops, Organizer: “Direct Methods of Dissolved CO2 Analysis”, Experimental Lakes Area, Manitoba, 1995; “Carbon Dynamics in Aquatic Ecosystems”, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1995; “CO2 Saturation in Surface Waters”, Trout Lake, Wisconsin, 1994.
NSF Workshops: Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH); The Future of Limnology; Biodiversity of Planktonic Communities: Scaling up and down; The Role of High Latitude Ecosystems in the Global Carbon Cycle; Ecological Variability and Organization of Lake Districts; Inter-American Institute for Global Change, Research Directions; Arctic System Science, Land-atmosphere-ice Interactions; The Role of Biodiversity in Arctic and Alpine Tundra Ecosystems; Biodiversity in Africa: Research Opportunities and Constraints; Biodiversity and Changes in the Lake Victoria Ecosystem; The Use of Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research; Comparative Aquatic Research; American-Norwegian Workshop on Arctic Research Opportunities; NSF Invited Speaker, The Arctic Forum.
5. Other Invited Workshops: Stanford University, Whole Earth Systems: Science, Technology and Policy; NSTC Workshop, National Environmental Monitoring and Research; NAS Symposium, Frontiers of Science; Chapman Conference, Crater Lakes, Terrestrial Degassing, and Hyper-acid Fluids in the Environment; MacArthur Foundation, Managing the Ecology of Africa’s Fragile Lakes; UNESCO Workshop, Eliminating the Risks of Gas-charged African Lakes; International Symposium, Study and Mitigation of Hazardous Crater Lakes; National Workshop, Scientific Research and High School Science Teachers; NAS Workshop, Economic and Ecological Impacts of Abrupt Climate Change; Consultant to U.S. Ambassador and Cameroonian Prime Minister regarding hazard mitigation of the lethal Lakes Nyos and Monoun, Yaounde, 1986-present.
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