University of Washington, Seattle
ER-16: 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

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