Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.23
Liaison Daimon Eklund
Submission Date Oct. 17, 2012
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University of Washington, Seattle
ER-16: Faculty Engaged in Sustainability Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.32 / 10.00 Ruth Johnston
Associate Vice President
Finance & Facilities; Office of the Provost
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The number of faculty members engaged in sustainability research:
253

The total number of faculty members engaged in research:
4,367

Names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research:

Thomas Ackerman, Atmospheric Sciences
James Agee, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Jonathan Alberts, Biology
Alberto Aliseda, Mechanical Engineering
Susan Allan, NW Center for Public Health Practice
Ernesto Alvarado-Celestin, Environmental and Forest Sciences
James Anderson, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
E. Armbrust, ocean
David Armstrong, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Stanley Asah, Environmental & Forest Sciences
Olivier Bachmann, Earth and Space Sciences
Joel Baker, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
Jonathan Bakker, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Megan Bang, Ed Psych/Learning Sciences
John Baross, Oceanography
David Battisti, Atmospheric Sciences
DAVID BEAUCHAMP, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
B Bekemeier, School of Nursing
Philip Bell, Learning Sciences
Kenneth Bible, Physiology and Biophysics
Paul Bodin, Earth and Space Sciences
Susan Bolton, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Nicholas Bond, Atmospheric Sciences
E Bond, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
D Boutain, Psychosocial & Community Health
Gordon Bradley, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Trevor Branch, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
John Bransford, Education
Christopher Bretherton, Atmospheric Sciences
Michael Brett, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Robert Brown, Atmospheric Sciences
Sally Brown, Environmental & Forest Sciences
Thomas Burbacher, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Sheryl Burgstahler, JISAO
David Butterfield, JISAO
Lee Campbell, Epidemiology
Daniel Carlson, Evans School of Public Affairs
Emily Carrington, Friday Harbor Labs
Rose Cattolico, Biology
Robert Charlson, Atmospheric Sciences
PATRICK JOHN CHRISTIE, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and the Jackson School of International Studies
Brian Collins, Earth and Space Sciences
Howard Conway, Earth and Space Sciences
Joseph Cook, Evans School of Public Affairs
Joyce Cooper, JISAO
Jeffery Cordell, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Lucio Costa, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences - Toxicology
Darrel Cowan, Earth and Space Sciences
Kenneth Creager, Earth and Space Sciences
Juliet Crider, Earth and Space Sciences
Penelope Dalton, Washington Sea Grant
A De Castro, Psychosocial & Community Health
Janice Decosmo, JISAO
John Delaney, Oceanography
Jody Deming, Oceanography
Megan dethier, Friday Harbor Labs
douglas Deur, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Allan Devol, School of Oceanography
Allan Devol, Oceanography
Walton Dickhoff, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
sarah Doherty, JISAO
Miriam Doyle, JISAO
Dale Durran, Atmospheric Sciences
Ivan Eastin, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Robert Edmonds, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Steven Emerson, Oceanography
Charles Eriksen, Oceanography
Timothy Essington, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Gregory Ettl, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Elaine Faustman, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
R Fenske, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Richard Fenske, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Cole Fitzpatrick, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Victoria Foe, Friday Harbor Labs
David Ford, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Ralph Foster, Physics
Jerry Franklin, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Carolyn Friedman, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Dargan Frierson, Atmospheric Sciences
Qiang Fu, Atmospheric Sciences
Clement Furlong, Department of Medicinal Genetics
Vincent Gallucci, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Daniel Gamelin, Chemistry
Indroneil Ganguly, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Stephan Gardiner, Philosophy
David Giblin, Burke Museum
David Ginger, Chemistry
Dean Glawe, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Charles Granger, Marine Programs Office
Lisa Graumlich, College of the Environment
Donald Grayson, Anthropology
William Griffith, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Christian Grue, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Daniel Grunbaum, Oceanography
Richard Gustafson, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Renee Ha, Psychology
Gregory Hakim, Atmospheric Sciences
Charles Halpern, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Alan Hamlet, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Robert Harrison, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Dennis Hartmann, Atmospheric Sciences
Lorenz Hauser, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
S Hecker, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Dean Hegg, Atmospheric Sciences
Steve Herbert, Geography, and Law, Societies & Justice
Albert Hermann, JISAO
Russell Herwig, JISAO
Barbara Hickey, Oceanography
Ray Hilborn, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Thomas Hinckley, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Laura Hinkelman, JISAO
Robert Holzworth, JISAO
John Horne, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Robert Houze, Atmospheric Sciences
Katharine Huntington, Earth and Space Sciences
Anita Ingalls, Oceanography
Lyatt Jaegle, Atmospheric Sciences
Lekelia Jenkins, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
Harlan Johnson, Oceanography
Laurie Juranek, JISAO
Van Kane,
Catherine Karr, Pediatrics, Pediatrics-Division of General Pediatrics/Occ Env Med Progra Director, Ped Env Health Specialty Unit, Env. & Occ. Health Sciences
Richard Keil, Oceanography
Julie Keister, School of Oceanography
Soo-Hyung Kim, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Teri King, Marine Programs Office
Terrie KLINGER, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs
Joshua Lawler, Environmental and Forest Sciences
K Leach, Psychosocial & Community Health
THOMAS LESCHINE, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs & Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Evelyn Lessard, Oceanography
Dennis Lettenmaier, JISAO
Karen Litfin, Political Science
Jeremy Littell, JISAO
R Logsdon, Psychosocial & Community Health
Jessica Lundquist, JISAO
James Lutz, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Parker Mac Cready, Oceanography
Nathan Mantua, JISAO
Roger Marchand, JISAO
John Marzluff, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Clifford Mass, Atmospheric Sciences
Peter May, Political Science
C McCahon, School of Nursing
Russell McDuff, Oceanography
Lynn McMurdie, Atmospheric Sciences
Socorro Medina, Atmospheric Sciences
Hendrika Meischke, Health Services
Edward Melvin, Marine Programs Office
Victor Menaldo, Political Science
Edward Miles, JISAO
Bruce Miller, JISAO
David Montgomery, Earth and Space Sciences
Calvin Mordy, JISAO
Robert Morris, School of Oceanography
Ludmilla Moskal, Environmental and Forest Sciences
ANDREAS MUEHLBAUER, JISAO
Helen Murphy, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES
James Murray, School of Oceanography
Charles Nittrouer, Oceanography
H Nuhsbaum, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
Brook Nunn, Medicinal Chemistry
Jeffrey Nystuen, Oceanography
Kathleen O'Connor, Anthropology
KIERAN O'MAHONY, LIFE Center
Andrea Ogston, Oceanography
Julian Olden, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Julia Parrish, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Jerome Patoux, Atmospheric Sciences
John Perez-Garcia, Environmental and Forest Sciences
David Peterson, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Theodore Pietsch, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Aseem Prakash, Political Science
GIORA PROSKUROWSKI, Oceanography
Andre Punt, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Paul Quay, Oceanography
Thomas Quinn, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Sarah Reichard, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Peter Rhines, Oceanography
Jeffrey Richey, Oceanography
James Riley, Mechanical Engineering
Stephen Riser, Oceanography
Steven Roberts, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Gabrielle Rocap, Oceanography
Russell Rodriguez, Biology
Gerard Roe, Earth and Space Sciences
Luke Rogers, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES
Clare Ryan, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Julian Sachs, Oceanography
Eric Salathe, JISAO
Eric Salathe, Science and Technology Program (Bothell), Dept of Atmospheric Sciences, JISAO Climate Impacts Group
Daniel Schindler, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Beryl Schulman, Health Services
Daniel Schwartz, Oceanography
Kenneth Sebens, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
James Seeb, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Lisa Seeb, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Bettina Shell-Duncan, Anthropology
Andy Shouse, UW Institute for Science and Mathematics Education
Charles Simenstad, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
John Skalski, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Amy Snover, JISAO
Evan Solomon, Oceanography
Rolf Sonnerup, JISAO
Eric Steig, Earth and Space Sciences
Anne Steinemann, JISAO
H Stensel, Civil and Environmental Engineering
John Stone, Earth and Space Sciences
C Strickland, Psychosocial & Community Health
Caroline Stromberg, Biology
Becky Suess, Atmospheric Sciences
Margaret Sullivan, JISAO
Adam Summers, Friday Harbor Labs
Joshue Tewksbury, Biology
John Thompson, Medicine, Division of Oncology
Luanne Thompson, Oceanography
Joel Thornton, Atmospheric Sciences
Christian Torgersen, JISAO
Sandor Toth, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Charles Treser, Environmental Health
Ka-Kit Tung, Applied Mathematics
Eric Turnblom, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Glen VanBlaricom, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
John Vidale, Earth and Space Sciences
Daniel Vogt, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Edwin Waddington, Earth and Space Sciences
Michelle Wainstein, Marine Programs Office
John Wallace, Atmospheric Sciences
Mark Warner, Oceanography
Stephen Warren, Atmospheric Sciences
Samuel Wasser, Biology
Raechel Waters, Marine Programs Office
Miranda Wecker, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Chang Wei, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Simon Werrett, History
Stephen West, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Susan Whiting, Political Science
William Wilcock, Oceanography
Daniel Williams, Marine Programs Office
S Wilson, Family and Child Nursing
Mark WINDSCHITL, Curriculum and Instruction
Aaron Wirsing, Environmental and Forest Sciences
John Withey, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Kathleen Wolf, Environmental and Forest Sciences
Hendrik Wolff, economics
S Wolpin, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
Robert Wood, Atmospheric Sciences
Margaret Wylie, Philosophy, Anthropology
Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, Friday Harbor Labs
Michael Yost, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
Graham Young, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Darlene Zabowski, Environmental and Forest Sciences


The website URL where the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty engaged in sustainability research is posted :
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Brief descriptions of up to 4 recent notable accomplishments by faculty engaged in sustainability research, including names and department affiliations:

Name: James Lutz
Department: Environmental and Forest Sciences
Accomplishment: Performed research on big trees three or more feet in diameter, and determined that those trees accounted for nearly half the biomass measured at a Yosemite National Park site, yet represented only 1 percent of the trees growing there. This means just a few towering white fir, sugar pine and incense cedars per acre at the Yosemite site are disproportionately responsible for photosynthesis, converting carbon dioxide into plant tissue and sequestering that carbon in the forest, sometimes for centuries.
http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/handful-of-heavyweight-trees-per-acre-are-forest-champs

Name: Qiang Fu
Department: Atmospheric Sciences
Accomplishment: One popular climate record that shows a slower atmospheric warming trend than other studies contains a data calibration problem. Stephen Po-Chedley, a UW graduate student in atmospheric sciences, and Qiang Fu found a correction for the problem, and noted that when it is corrected, the results fall in line with other records and climate models. The finding is important because it helps confirm that models that simulate global warming agree with observations. They identified a problem with the satellite temperature record put together by the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Researchers there were the first to release such a record, in 1989, and it has often been cited by climate change skeptics to cast doubt on models that show the impact of greenhouse gases on global warming.
http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/new-research-brings-satellite-measurements-and-global-climate-models-closer

Name: Joshua Lawler
Department: Environmental and Forest Sciences.
Accomplishment: For the past decade scientists have outlined new areas suitable for mammals likely to be displaced as climate change first makes their current habitat inhospitable, then unlivable. For the first time a new study considers whether mammals will actually be able to move to those new areas before they are overrun by climate change. Carrie Schloss, University of Washington research analyst in environmental and forest sciences, and Josh Lawler, co-author and UW associate professor of environmental and forest sciences, determined that more than half of the species scientists have in the past projected could expand their ranges in the face of climate change will, instead, see their ranges contract because the animals won't be able to expand into new areas fast enough.
http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/nearly-one-tenth-of-hemispheres-mammals-unlikely-to-outrun-climate-change

Name: Giora Proskurowski
Department: Oceanography
Accomplishment: While working on a research sailboat gliding over glassy seas in the Pacific Ocean, oceanographer Giora Proskurowski noticed something new: The water was littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris, until the moment the wind picked up and most of the particles disappeared. After taking samples of water at a depth of 16 feet (5 meters), Proskurowski, a researcher at the University of Washington, discovered that wind was pushing the lightweight plastic particles below the surface. That meant that decades of research into how much plastic litters the ocean, conducted by skimming only the surface, may in some cases vastly underestimate the true amount of plastic debris in the oceans, Proskurowski said. Reporting in Geophysical Research Letters this month, Proskurowski and co-lead author Tobias Kukulka, University of Delaware, said that data collected from just the surface of the water commonly underestimates the total amount of plastic in the water by an average factor of 2.5. In high winds the volume of plastic could be underestimated by a factor of 27.
http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/wind-pushes-plastics-deeper-into-ocevans-driving-trash-estimates-up-with-video


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