Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

Personnel Directory

All personnel of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research can be reached with the following address and fax number. This is our address for postal mail, express mail, UPS mail, ground mail.

Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
The University of Arizona
Building 58T, Main Office Room 105 West Stadium
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
general phone: (520) 621-1608
fax number: (520) 621-8229

Director
Name	Phone	E-mail
Swetnam, Thomas W.	(520) 621-2112	tswetnam@ ltrr.arizona.edu

Administrative Staff
Name	Title	Phone	E-mail	Supervisor
Norton-Gress, Phyllis	Administrative Associate	(520) 621-2191	pgress@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Swetnam
Martinez, Ana	Administrative Assistant	(520) 621-6469	martinez@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Norton

Faculty
Name	Title	Phone	E-mail	Research Interests
Dean, Jeffrey S.	Professor	(520) 621-2320	jdean@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeology, paleoenvironment
Evans, Michael	Assistant Professor	(520) 626-2897	mevans @ltrr.arizona.edu	paleoclimatology
Grow, David	Research Associate	(520) 626-7911	dgrow @u.arizona.edu	dendrofluvialgemorphology, dendrohydrology
Hirschboeck, Katherine K.	Associate Professor	(520) 621-6466	katie@ ltrr.arizona.edu	climatic variability
Hughes, Malcolm K.	Professor	(520) 621-6470	mhughes@ ltrr.arizona.edu	natural archives of climate
Kipfmueller, Kurt	Research Associate	(520) 621-2946	kurt @ltrr.arizona.edu	paleoclimatology
Leavitt, Steve W.	Professor	(520) 621-6468	sleavitt@ ltrr.arizona.edu	stable isotopes
Meko, David M.	Research Specialist, Principal	(520) 621-3457	dmeko@ ltrr.arizona.edu	time series, hydrology
Panyushkina, Irina	Research Associate	(520) 621-5931	panush@ ltrr.arizona.edu	dendroclimatology, forest paleogeography, Siberian tree-ring network
Salzer, Matthew W.	Research Associate	(520) 626-7911	msalzer@ ltrr.arizona.edu	dendroclimatology, dendrogeomorphology
Sheppard, Paul	Assistant Professor	(520) 621-6474	sheppard@ ltrr.arizona.edu	image analysis, soil-tree relationships
Touchan, Ramzi	Research Specialist, Sr.	(520) 621-2992	rtouchan@ ltrr.arizona.edu	dendrochronology and dendroclimatology
Swetnam, Thomas W.	Professor, Director	(520) 621-2112	tswetnam@ ltrr.arizona.edu	forest fire, insect ecology
Towner, Ronald H.	Adjunct Assistant Professor	(520) 621-6465	rtowner@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Navajo archeology

Faculty Emeriti
Name	Title	Phone	Email	Research Interests
Bannister, Bryant	Director Professor Emeritus	(520) 621-2414	bbann@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeological dating
Fritts, Harold C.	Professor Emeritus	(520) 887-7291	hfritts@ ltrr.arizona.edu	climate reconstruction, cambial modeling

Visitors/Consultants
Name	Phone	E-mail	Research Interests
Harlan, Thomas P. (retired)	(520) 885-4194	strider@ throneworld.com	crossdating, bristlecone pine
Bob Lofgren (retired)	(520) 745-3786	blofgren@ hotmail.com	climate data, guest relations

Scientific Staff
Name	Phone	E-mail	Research Interests	Supervisor
Adams, Rex	(520) 626-3617	radams@ ltrr.arizona.edu	education, outreach	Swetnam
Baisan, Christopher	(520) 621-1958 621-6463	cbaisan@ ltrr.arizona.edu	forest ecology, fire	Swetnam
Burns, James M.	(520) 621-2518	jburns@ ltrr.arizona.edu	X-ray densitometry	Leavitt
Funkhouser, Gary	(520) 626-3142	gary@ ltrr.arizona.edu	long chronologies	Towner
Lenart, Melanie	(520) 621-6471	mlenart@ ltrr.arizona.edu	global change, forests, carbon cycle, wind disturbance of trees	Swetnam
Munro, Martin	(520) 621-2518	mmunro@ ltrr.arizona.edu	image analysis	Swetnam
Ni, Fenbiao	(520) 621-2946	fenbiao@ ltrr.arizona.edu	synoptic climatology	Hughes
Parks, James A.	(520) 621-2320	jparks@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeology	Dean
Street, David	(520) 621-2320	Streety@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeological dating	Dean
Warren, Richard L.	(520) 621-2320	ward@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeological dating	Dean

Graduate Students
Name	Phone	E-Mail	Research Interests
Ababneh, Linah	(520) 621-9786	linaha@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archeology, climate, isotopes
Anchukaitis, Kevin	(520) 621-6464	kanchuka@ ltrr.arizona.edu	tropical paleoclimatology, paleoecology, and global change
Balmat, Jeff	(520) 621-5391	jbalmat@ email.arizona.edu
Erica Bigio	(520) 621-5391
Cheng, Li	(520) 621-3846	lcheng@ ltrr.arizona.edu	soil carbon isotope, soil environment, global change

Farris, Calvin	(520) 621-1652	cfarris@ ltrr.arizona.edu	fire history, spatial modeling of fire spread and dynamics
Falk, Don	(520) 626-7201	dafalk@ u.arizona.edu	fire history, conservation biology, restoration ecology
Iniguez, Jose "Pepe"	(520) 621-5391	Pepe Iniguez@ yahoo.com
Morino, Kiyomi	(520) 621-3457	kmorino@ ltrr.arizona.edu	dendrohydrology
Margolis, Ellis	(520) 621-6463	ellisqm@ ltrr.arizona.edu	dendroecology, aspen fire ecology, Upper Rio Grande Valley

St. George, Scott	(520) 621-3457

Student Assistants
Name	Phone	E-mail	Supervisor

Adams, Evans	(520) 626-3142	eadams@ email.arizona.edu	Ramzi Touchan
Lewis, Rachel	(520) 621-1608	rtlewis@ email.arizona.edu	Ana Martinez and Phyllis Norton-Gress
Bhargav, Sharatchandra	(520) 621-6463		Merrick Richmond

Marshall, Laura	(520) 621-5391		Pepe
Kundurthy, Praveen	(520) 621-6464	praveen@ email.arizona.edu	Dr. Evans
Noggle, Sarah	(520) 621-3846	storne@ hotmail.com	Dr. Meko
Oates, Sean	(520) 621-6463	soates@ u.arizona.edu	Chris Baisan
Petry, Devin	(520) 621-6463	devinp@ u.arizona.edu	Chris Baisan