Steven P. Hamburg
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Yale University

• Air pollution effects on the forests of Taiwan
• Land-use history of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
• Incentives for improvements in carbon accounting for the Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Ecosystem dynamics at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest
  • Land-use history in the Owens Valley; use of remote sensing to detect changes in water relations
    

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Education
Yale University Ph.D. (Forest Ecology) 1984
Yale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies M.F.S. 1977
Vassar College B.A. 1975

Brown University Service
Chair, Terms of employment committee – Watson Institute 2000
Chair. Third year review committee for Brian O’Neill 2000
Watson Institute Director’s Committee 1997-present
Conservation Biologist Search Committee – 1999-2000
MacMillan Oversight Committee - 1998-present
Watson Institute Executive Committee - 1997-present
Chair-Environmental Sciences Curricular and Technical Coordinator Search-1998
Chair-Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor (Research) Search - 1997-1998
NEASC accreditation Steering Committee - 1997-1998
Strategic Planning Committee - Liberal Education in the 21st Century - 1996- 1997
MacMillan Hall Building Committee - 1994-1998
Points of the Compass seminar presentation - 1995-1996
Environmental Studies Executive Committee - 1994-2000
Chair, Environmental Sciences Curriculum Committee - 1995-present
Environmental Sciences Task Force 1995-1996
Promotion and Tenure Committee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1995-present

Professional service
Chair – New Hampshire Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Registry – Carbon Sequestration Sub-committee 1999-present
Co-chair – US LTER Committee in support of the East Asia and Pacific Region ILTER network 1999- present
Steering Committee member - East Asia Regional ILTER Network 1995-present
Member – Future Meetings Committee, Ecological Society of America 1999-2001
Lead Author - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Special Report on Land-Use and Land-Cover Change 1998-2000.
Reviewer - Marine Biological Laboratory Semester in Environmental Science Faculty Fellowship 1996-1999.
Co-Chair-Ecological Society of America Environmental Responsibility Committee - 1996-1999
Contributor to UNEP Climate Change Program’s “Answers to most commonly asked questions about Climate Change” 1996-1997
Author - UNEP-NASA Interlinkages Assessment; Climate change/ biodiversity/ozone depletion interactions 1996-1998
Land-use and Biotic Mitigation Policy Project Steering Committee (Trexler Associates) 1996-1997
Chair First Regional Conference on International Long-term Ecological Research; The East Asia and Pacific Region 1995
Planning Committee Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 1995-96
Review team co-chair Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change WG-II 1994-1995
Executive Board Kansas Advisory Council on Env. Ed., 1988-1991
Science Advisory Board, Land Institute, Salina, KS 1986-1992

Journal referee
American Naturalist, Ecology, Botanical Gazette, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Torrey Botanical Club Bulletin, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Canadian Journal of Botany, Forest and Conservation History, Northeast Naturalist, Oecologia, Hydrobiologia, Water, Soil and Air Pollution, EcoScience

Community Service
Member - Campton, N.H. Planning Board, 1991-1992
President - Kansas Land Trust, 1990-1994
Chief Strategist - Power Line Task Force, 1992-1994
Advisor - Peace Dale Pond Association 1995-1996
Save the Bay - Bay Experience Task Force 1997
Member - Board of Directors, Save the Bay 1998-present
Vice President 1999-present
Chair - Program Committee of Capital Campaign 1999-2000
Member – Capital Campaign Steering Committee 1999 - present
Chair – Program and Policy Committee 1999 – present
Member – Facilities Committee of Capital Campaign 1999-2001
Executive Committee RI Habitat Restoration Plan 2000-present
Switzer Fellowship Selection Committee 2000-present
NH Science Center Collaborative Steering Committee 1999-present

Academic Honors
1993 Sixth Annual Seaver Lecturer, University of Kansas
1991-1992 Bullard Fellowship - Harvard University
1990 Nomination - HOPE award - outstanding educator
1990 Selection to teach in Kansas Honors Academy
1987 Outstanding Paper (S-7) - Soil Science Society
1982-1983 Fulbright Fellowship - Hebrew University
(Israeli Government Grant) - declined
1981-1982 Yale University Fellowship
1975-1977 Yale Forestry School Fellowship
1971-1975 New York State Regents Scholarship

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