The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Graduate Studies in Dendrochronology

Students are encouraged to attend The University of Arizona for the purpose of earning a graduate degree (Ph.D. or M.S.) with thesis research using dendrochronology through the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research. Prospective students must do three things:

1. Apply to The University of Arizona Graduate College for admission. On-line forms are available.
    
2. Contact one or more members of the faculty of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research to discuss common research ideas and possible funding sources.
    
3. Graduate students earn their academic degrees some other academic department of The University of Arizona. For example, the following is a list of departments in which past and current students have studied. Also, feel free to contact current graduate students below for perspectives on their academic departments:
   • Renewable Natural Resources (RNR): Forest and natural resource management
      
   • Geosciences (GEOS): Paleoclimate and Quaternary science.
      
   • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (ECOL): Forest ecological questions at scales ranging from communities to ecosystems
      
   • Atmospheric Sciences (ATMO): Connections between synoptic circulation and tree-growth responses
      
   • Anthropology (ANTH): Archeology of past cultures
      
   • Hydrology and Water Resources (HWR): Paleohydrology and water supply
      
   • Geography and Regional Development (GEOG): Climatology, biogeography, spatial patterns and analysis of tree growth
      
   • Soil, Water, and Environmental Science (SWES): Environmental questions (nutrient cycling changes) and soil-tree relationships
      
   • Office of Arid Lands Studies (ALS): Interdisciplinary programs that address local, state, national, and international problems related to understanding, regenerating, and managing the world's arid lands.
      
   • Institute for the Study of Planet Earth (ISPE): Interdisciplinary study of environmental sciences to earn a minor in Global Change.

LTRR Graduate Students, 1999-2000
Ababneh, Linah Professor: Hughes Dept.: ANTH linaha@ltrr.arizona.edu archeology, climate, isotopes	Archibald, Susan Prof:. Hirschboeck Dept.: GEOG susan@ltrr.arizona.edu paleohydrology, synoptic climatology, dendroclimatology	Cheng, Li Professor: Leavitt Dept.: SWES lcheng@ltrr.arizona.edu soil carbon isotope, soil environment, global change
Conway, Brian Professor: Meko Dept.: HWR bconway@u.arizona.edu dendrohydrology, surface and groundwater hydrology, wildland fire behavior Personal web page	Falk, Don Professor: Swetnam Dept.: ECOL dafalk@u.arizona.edu fire history, conservation biology, restoration ecology	Gao, Xing Professor: Meko Dept.: ANTH xgao@ltrr.arizona.edu Old World prehistory, Pleistocene environments, lithic technology
Grow, David Professor: Hughes Dept.:GEOS dgrow@ltrr.arizona.edu dendrofluvialgeomorphology, dendrohydrology	Hallman, Christine Professor: Hirschboeck Dept.:GEOS challman@geo.arizona.edu dendrochronology, frost rings, GIS	Kaib, Mark Professor: Swetnam Dept.: ALS kaib@ltrr.arizona.edu Forest history, fire ecology in the Sierra Madres Occidentales and the Madrean Province
Kipfmueller, Kurt Professor: Swetnam Dept.: GEOG kurt@ltrr.arizona.edu Dendroecology/dendroclimatology in the Northern Rockies, fire ecology	Kirkby, June Professor: Swetnam Dept.: RNR jkirkby@ltrr.arizona.edu corkbark fir ecology	Lenart, Melanie Professor: Leavitt Dept.: GEOS mlenart@ltrr.arizona.edu Global Change, forests, carbon cycle, wind disturbance of trees
Margolis, Ellis Professor: Swetnam Dept.: RNR ellisqm@ltrr.arizona.edu dendroecology, aspen fire ecology, Upper Rio Grande Valley	Ni, Fenbiao Professor: Hirschboeck Dept.: ATMO fenbiao@ ltrr.arizona.edu synoptic dendroclimatology, climate downscaling, fuzzy logic, geostatistics, relational database development	Nunes, Elsa Professor: Leavitt Dept.: RNR enunes@ ltrr.arizona.edu climatology, plant physiology and anatomy, fire ecology and isotopes
Rollins, Matt Professor: Swetnam Dept.: RNR matt@ ltrr.arizona.edu GIS applications in dendroecology, Selway-Bitterroot, Montana, and Gila Wilderness, New Mexico Personal web page	Ryerson, Dan Professor: Swetnam Dept.: RNR dryerson@ ltrr.arizona.edu Disturbance ecology, insect outbreaks	Salzer, Matthew Professor: Dean dept.: GEOS salzer@badlands. nodak.edu Dendroclimatology, American Southwest society/environment/climate interface
Street, David Professor: Dean Dept.: Univ. of Sheffield djstreet@ ltrr.arizona.edu archeological dating of the Anasazi site of Long House in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado	Wright, Ed Professor: Leavitt Dept.: GEOS wwright@ ltrr.arizona.edu Isotope dendrochronology, palaeoclimatology, plant physiology, global climate change, dendroarchaeology

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