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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
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| 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
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| I. EDUCATION |
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| 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 |
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| II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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| 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 |
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| III. HONORS AND SCHOLARLY AWARDS |
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| 1978 |
Arthur T. Ippen Award, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, MIT |
| 1985, 1993 |
USGS, Performance Award |
| 1995 |
USGS, Meritorious Service Award |
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| IV. TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS: |
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| 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.
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| V. REFERENCES BY TOPIC |
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- 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
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| VI. REFERENCES BY RESEARCH SITE |
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- 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
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| VII. TEACHING AND RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS |
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| 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. |
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| VIII. GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED |
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| Ph. D. |
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| 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 |
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| M. S. |
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| 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 |
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| IX. SUMMARY OF COURSES TAUGHT |
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| Graduate courses in CEAE: |
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| 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) |
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| X. COMMITTEE SERVICE |
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| Departmental Committees: |
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- CEAE Curriculum Committee (member)
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| INSTAAR Committees: |
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- Chair, Open House Committee
- Glaciology search committee
- Diversity committee
- Co-organizer, Distinguished Lecturer Series
- Chair, International Year of Mountains Committee
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| National Committees: |
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- 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
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| Local committees and public outreach activities: |
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- 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
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| XI. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES |
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- 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
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| XII. REVIEWER |
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- 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
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| XIII. CONFERENCES ORGANIZED |
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| 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 |
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| XIV. CONSULTING ACTIVITY |
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| 1997-1998 |
Hagler Bailly, Inc. |
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| XV. LINKS |
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1.
Reading lists related to Transient Storage (Hyporheic zone transport),
Stream Tracer Studies, and Application to Acidic Mine Drainage
(Compilations by Ken Bencala, USGS).
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OTIS - One dimensional transport with inflow and storage, A solute
transport model for streams and rivers (Code and applications notes by
Rob Runkel, USGS).
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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
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| XVI. LAST REVISION DATE: December, 2000 |
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