CNSM Atmsopheric Sciences featured on America.gov a video channel featuring American life, culture & politics, produced by the U.S. Department of State. The video shows how science and native knowlege work toghter to advance our understanding of climate changes in one of the worlds most telling locations.
CNSM Math Team takes top honors at National Competition
In a field of international competitors and Ivy League powerhouses in the 2008 Mathematical Contest in Modeling the three-member UAF team earned the competition’s highest designation--outstanding--and finished in the top nine out of 1,162 teams. The team also won the INFORMS prize for its work developing an algorithm to generate Sudoku puzzles of varying difficulty.
Fairbanks Daily News Miner article about Brandi Fleshman, a CNSM biology student who has gained national recognition for her work in Alaska entomology, cataloging Alaska spiders. She was also the 2008 CNSM Brina Kessel award winner for 2008.
Peter Flaig's Photo Blog
Growing up in Wisconsin, Peter Flaig had a fascination with the ancient shells he found in the limestone surrounding the fields in his Midwest backyard, because there wasn’t an ocean in sight. His curiosity eventually led to adventures in Antarctica and on the North Slope of Alaska, studying ancient environments, particularly river systems. To learn more read the CNSM Newsletter cover story on Pete Flaig.
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Laura Alvarez-Avilés Ph.D. Environmental Chemistry Thesis: Chemical Composition of Ice Surfaces: Implications for Springtime Bromine Chemistry, Major Professor: Dr. William R. Simpson
Randy Lee Apodaca, Ph.D. Environmental Chemistry, Thesis: Nocturnal Processing of Nitrogen Oxide Pollution at High Latitudes: Off-Axis Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy Method Development and Field Measurement Results, Major Professor: Dr. William R. Simpson
Jason B. Fellman. Ph.D. Biogeochemistry: Interdisciplinary Program, Thesis: Dissolved Organic Matter in Wetland Soils and Streams of Southeast Alaska: Sources, Concentration and Chemical Quality, Major Professors: Dr. Richard D. Boone and Dr. Eran Hood
Thomas J. Fournier, Ph.D. Geophysics, Thesis: Analysis and Interpretation of Volcano Deformation in Alaska: Studies from Okmok and Mt. Veniaminof Volcanoes, Major Professor: Dr. Jeffrey Freymueller
Madeline N. Grant-Hoffman, Ph.D. Biological Sciences: Biology, Thesis: The Effects of Invasive Rats and Burrowing Seabirds on Seed and Seedling Communities on New Zealand Islands, Major Professor: Dr. Christa P. H. Mulder
Daniel L. Kirschner, Ph.D. Bioanalytical Chemistry: Interdisciplinary Program, Thesis: Bioanalytical Development of Charged Cyclodextrin Capillary Electrokinetic Chromatography and Microperfusion Sampling to Study Endogenous D-serine and L-glutamate Efflux in Brain, Major Professor: Dr. Thomas K. Green
Amanda M. Kolker, Ph.D. Geology, Thesis: Geologic Setting of the Central Alaskan Hot Springs Belt: Implications for Geothermal Resource Capacity and Sustainable Energy Production, Major Professors: Dr. John C. Eichelberger and Dr. Rainer J. Newberry
Meagan Boltwood Krupa, Ph.D. Biological Sciences: Biology, Thesis: Urban Stream Management: Interdisciplinary Assessment of an Alaskan Salmon Fishery, Major Professor: Dr. Mark S. Wipfli
Jack W. McFarland, Ph.D. Biological Sciences: Biology, Thesis: Latitudinal Patterns of Amino Acid Cycling and Plant N Uptake Among North American Forest Ecosystems, Major Professor: Dr. Roger W. Ruess
Matthew Miller, Ph.D. Biological Sciences: Biology, Thesis: Ecological Evolutionary Genetics of Some Neotropical Birds, Major Professor: Dr. Kevin S. Winker
Joanna Mongrain, Ph.D. Geophysics, Thesis: Critical Parameters in Magmatic Degassing, Major Professor: Dr. Jessica Larsen
Steffen Oppel, Ph.D. Biological Sciences: Wildlife Biology, Thesis: King Eider Migration and Seasonal Interactions at the Individual Level, Major Professor: Dr. Abby N. Powell
Debasish Pai Mazumder, Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, Thesis: A Concept to Assess the Performance of a Permafrost Model Run Fully Coupled with a Climate Model, Major Professor: Dr. Carmen Nicole Mölders
John Maunsel Pearce, Ph.D. Biological Sciences: Biology, Thesis: Site Fidelity: Definition, Measurement and Implications for Population Structure Using Mark-Recapture, Genetic, and Comparative Data in the Hooded, Red-Breasted, and Common Mergansers, Major Professors: Dr. Mark S. Lindberg and Dr. Kevin G. McCracken
Valentina Radić, Ph.D. Geophysics, Thesis: Modeling Future Sea Level Rise from Melting Glaciers, Major Professor: Dr. Regine M. E. Hock
Martin D. Robards, Ph.D. Biological Sciences: Wildlife Biology, Thesis: Perspectives on the Dynamic Human-Walrus Relationship, Major Professors: Dr. F. Stuart Chapin III and Dr. Peter P. Schweitzer
Joshua H. Schmidt, Ph.D. Biological Sciences: Wildlife Biology, Thesis: The Effects of a Changing Environment on the Population Dynamics of Trumpeter Swans in Alaska, Major Professor: Dr. Mark S. Lindberg
Kunaljeet S. Tanwar, Ph.D. Environmental Chemistry, Thesis: Surface Structure of Hydrated and Fe(II) Reacted Hematite (1102) and (0001), Major Professor: Dr. Thomas P. Trainor
Yiming Wang, Ph.D. Geology, Thesis: The Development and Application of Stable Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotope Analyses of Chironomidae (Diptera) as Indicators of Past Environmental Change, Major Professor: Dr. Matthew J. Wooller