Diane M. McKnight
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
University of Colorado
1560 30th Street
Boulder, CO 80309-0450
Tel: (303) 492-4687
Fax: (303) 492-6388
email: mcknight@snobear.colorado.edu


Table of Contents

I. EDUCATION
II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
III. HONORS AND SCHOLARLY AWARDS
IV. TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:
V. REFERENCES BY TOPIC
VI. REFERENCES BY RESEARCH SITE
VII. TEACHING AND RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
VIII. GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED
IX. SUMMARY OF COURSES TAUGHT
X. COMMITTEE SERVICE
XI. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
XII. REVIEWER
XIII. CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
XIV. CONSULTING ACTIVITY
XV. LINKS


I. EDUCATION
 
1979 Ph.D. Environmental Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1978 M.S. Civil Engineering (Water Resources) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1975 B.S. Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
1999-present Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado
1996-present Fellow of INSTAAR, University of Colorado
1996-present Associate Director, Mountain Research Station, University of Colorado
1996-1999 Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado
1979-1996 Research hydrologist, National Research Program, U. S. Geological Survey
1986-1992 Research Advisor -Ecology, Water Resources, U. S. Geological Survey
1979-1980 National Research Council Fellow, U. S. Geological Survey
1975-1979 INCRA Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 
III. HONORS AND SCHOLARLY AWARDS
 
1978 Arthur T. Ippen Award, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, MIT
1985, 1993 USGS, Performance Award
1995 USGS, Meritorious Service Award
 
IV. TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:
 
Limnology, conducting studies of biogeochemical and hydrologic processes in diverse lakes, streams, and watersheds; and development of reactive solute transport models of these processes in stream systems.
 
V. REFERENCES BY TOPIC
 
i) All References
ii) Aquatic Ecology
All topics
Lakes
Streams
iii) Biogeochemistry
All topics
Trace metals
Humic substances
iv) Hyporheic Zone/reactive solute transport
All topics
v) Miscellaneous
All topics
 
VI. REFERENCES BY RESEARCH SITE
 
i) Antarctica/McMurdo Dry Valleys : McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
All references
ii) Rocky Mountains : Niwot LTER
All references
Acid mine drainage
Pristine
iii) Miscellaneous
All references
 
VII. TEACHING AND RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
 
ONR, Humic substances as electron acceptors and electron shuttlers in anaerobic marine sediments, $140,000 total award, 1996-1998.
NSF, McMurdo Dry Valleys Long term Ecological Research: a cold desert ecosystem, $125,000/yr for stream hydrology and ecology, and database management, 1997-2005.
NSF, Niwot Ridge Long term Ecological Research, co-investigator, about $30,000/yr for phytoplankton ecology component and $15,000 for educational outreach supplement, 1998-2005.
NSF, subcontract to Ohio State Univ, "The effects of dissolved organic matter on the photolysis and bioaccumulation of organic contaminants in Pony Lake, Cape Royds.", $11,000, 1997-1998.
EPA, "Manganese photochemistry in mountain streams", with D. Hrncir University of Texas as subcontract, $351,175 total award, 1998-2000.
 
VIII. GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED
 
Ph. D.
 
1. Durelle Scott 2001
2. Michael Gooseff 2001
3. Dev Niyogi (co-advisor with Prof. William Lewis in Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology) 1999
4. Sarah Spaulding (co-adviser with D.Wall) 1997
5. Andrew Todd
6. Natalie Mladenov
7. Eileen Gardner
8. Rose Cory
 
M. S.
 
1. Laura Belanger 2002
2. Durelle Scott 2001
3. Alexandra Brown 2001
4. Lisa Klapper 2001
5. Eric August 2001
6. Ethan Chatfield 2001
7. Arne Bomblies 1999
8. Summer Waters 1999
9. Erin Van Matre
10. Matt Miller
11. Chris Jaros
12. Sabre Duren
 
IX. SUMMARY OF COURSES TAUGHT
 
Graduate courses in CEAE:
 
Natural Organic Material in Water (Spring 1997)
Applied Stream Ecology (1997-present)
Surface Water Quality Modeling (1997-present)
Alpine Ecology and Experiential Learning (summer 1998-present)
Introduction to Applied Ecology (spring 2000-present)
 
X. COMMITTEE SERVICE
 
Departmental Committees:
 
  • CEAE Curriculum Committee (member)
 
INSTAAR Committees:
 
  • Chair, Open House Committee
  • Glaciology search committee
  • Diversity committee
  • Co-organizer, Distinguished Lecturer Series
  • Chair, International Year of Mountains Committee
 
National Committees:
 
  • Committee on Climate Change and Water Resources Management, Water Science and Technology Board, NRC, member 1990-1992.
  • Committee on Antarctic Policy and Science, Polar Research Board, NRC, member 1991-1992.
  • Freshwater Imperative, steering committee, 1992-1996, NSF supported effort to develop and promote research agenda for limnology.
  • American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, member-at-large of ASLO Board, 1992- 1994, Ethics Committee, chair, 1992-present, President-elect, President, Past-President 1995- present.
  • Polar Research Board, NRC, member 1994-1998.
  • NSF-Office of Polar Programs Advisory Committee, member 1993-1996.
  • Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, Water Science and Technology Board, NRC, member, 1994- 1996
  • Chair, Council of Aquatic Sciences (organized 1st and 2nd Council meetings)
  • NSF Panel Reviewing selection of Urban LTER projects
  • Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP), member 1996-2000
  • Science Advisory Board, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, member 1998-2000
  • Chair, AGU Council Committee on Geobiology, 1998-2000, Acting President of Biogeosciences Section (2000-2002)
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group 2- Impacts, vulnerability and Adaptability, group 15- North America (1998-present)
  • US Global Change Research Program, Water Cycle Science Plan committee (1999-2000)
  • Editorial Committee for journal Ecosystems
  • Editorial Committee for Advances in Water Resources Research
 
Local committees and public outreach activities:
 
  • Boulder Watershed Forum, November 25, presented public lecture "The cycling of chemicals between the hydrosphere and the biosphere in the Boulder Watershed", at Boulder Public Library.
  • Boulder Valley School District, initiative for developing new environmental science curriculum.
  • Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative, member Board of Directors (1997-present).
  • Snake River Watershed Task Force
 
XI. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
 
  • American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (Member of Board: 1992-1994, President- elect: 1995, President 1996-1998, Past-President 1998-2000)
  • American Chemical Society
  • American Geophysical Union- Chair, AGU Committee of Biogeosciences (1998-2000), Acting President of Biogeosciences Section (2000-2002)
  • International Humic Substances Society
  • Phycological Society of America
  • North American Benthological Society, member of Public Affairs Committee
  • Sigma Xi
 
XII. REVIEWER
 
Journals:
Antarctic Science
Archiv of Hydrobiologie
Chemical Geology
Environmental Science and Technology
Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta
Hydrologic Processes
Journal of Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research
Journal of Soil Science Society of America
Limnology and Oceanography
Nature
Polar Biology
Water Research
Water Resources Research
Books:
MIT Press
Proposals:
NSF (Ecology and Ecosystems in DEB, Polar Programs, Hydrology)
Dept. of Agriculture
Department of Energy
 
XIII. CONFERENCES ORGANIZED
 
Co-chair of symposium "Freshwater Ecosystems and Climate Change in North America", co- sponsored by American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and North American Benthological Society, 1993.
Co-chair of 1988 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, summer meeting
 
XIV. CONSULTING ACTIVITY
 
1997-1998 Hagler Bailly, Inc.
 
XV. LINKS
 
1. Reading lists related to Transient Storage (Hyporheic zone transport), Stream Tracer Studies, and Application to Acidic Mine Drainage (Compilations by Ken Bencala, USGS).
2. OTIS - One dimensional transport with inflow and storage, A solute transport model for streams and rivers (Code and applications notes by Rob Runkel, USGS).
3. Upper Arkansas River Basin Studies - USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (Project Chief, Briant Kimball, USGS).
4. a. SMIG, USGS Surface-water quality and flow Modeling Interest Group.
4. b. MDIG, USGS Mine Drainage Interest Group.
5. Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Upper Arkansas River and Beyond
6. Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research
7. Niwot Ridge LTER
8. McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica LTER
9. Environmental Engineering Program
 
XVI. LAST REVISION DATE: December, 2000