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Eugénie S. Euskirchen
Institute of Arctic Biology
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775
(907) 474-1958, e-mail: ffese@uaf.edu
EDUCATION
 Ph.D. Forest Science, Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI), 2003
 M.S., Mathematical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), 1997
 B.S., Mathematics, Marymount College (Tarrytown, NY), 1994
 University of Paris, Sorbonne (Paris, France), 1992-1993
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 Research Associate, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK), Jan. 2006-present
 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks, AK), 2004-2006
 Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan Technological University (Houghton, MI), 19982003
 Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (Baltimore, MD), 1997-1998
 Analyst, Battelle Memorial Institute (Baltimore, MD), 1995-1997
 Programmer, Argonne National Laboratory, (Argonne, IL), 1994-1995
HONORS
 International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Outstanding Doctoral
Research Award, 2005
 National Science Foundation Ecological Circuitry Collaboratory Fellowship, 2001-2003
 NASA-Michigan State University Professional Enhancement Award, 2001
 Horner Hardwood Research Award, Michigan Technological University, 1999
 Doctoral Research Fellowship, Michigan Technological University, 1998-1999
 National Science Foundation Industry-Based Research Assistantship, 1995-1997
 Departmental Scholastic Medal for Mathematics, Marymount College, 1994
AWARDS
 Grant from U.S. Forest Service: Modeling the contribution of belowground carbon
allocation and productivity to net carbon storage in the Upper Great Lakes Region. With
Project Leaders Dr. Christian Giardina (U.S. Forest Service) and A.D. McGuire.
($23,585), 2005-2006.
 Grant from U.S. Forest Service: Estimating and Modeling Carbon Sequestration in a
Managed Forest Landscape. With E.J. Gustafson (U.S. Forest Service) $30,000, 20002001.
TEACHING
 Instructor, Michigan Technological University, FW3020 Forest and Landscape Ecology,
Fall 2002
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Guest lecturer, ‘The eddy covariance technique: methodology & research directions’,
Michigan Technological University, FW5100 Advanced Terrestrial Productivity,
Spring 2002
Guest lecturer, ‘Carbon balance in forest ecosystems’, Michigan Technological
University, FW3020 Forest Ecology, Fall 2000, Fall 2003
Teaching assistant, Michigan Technological University, FW443 Landscape Ecology,
Spring 2000
Mathematics tutor, Marymount College. Pre-calculus, calculus, and linear algebra,
1992-1994
OTHER ACTIVITIES
 Manuscript reviewer: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (2005,2006); Canadian
Journal of Forest Research (2005); Earth Interactions (2004, 2006); Ecography (2005);
Ecosystems (2000, 2006); Ecological Modelling (2003); Forest Ecology and
Management (2000, 2003[2], 2004[4], 2005[2], 2006[3]); Global and Planetary Change
(2005); Journal of Applied Meteorology (2003); Journal of Geophysical ResearchAtmospheres (2006), Landscape Ecology (2003); Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
for Global Change (2005); Oikos (2000), Remote Sensing of the Environment (2005),
Southeastern Naturalist (2005).
 Committees: Ecological Collaboratory Circuitry, Institute of Ecosystem Studies (2001present); Graduate student representative (invited) for a Quantitative Ecology and
Management faculty position, Michigan Technological University (2002); Computer
committee member, Michigan Technological University (2001-2004), Seminar
Organization Committee, Michigan Technological University, School of Forestry (19992001).
 Peer-review grant panelist (invited, 2006) for the Department of Energy (DOE) National
Institute of Climate Change Research (NICCR)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
 American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1995-present
 American Geophysical Union, 2004-present
 Ecological Society of America, 1999-present
 International Association for Landscape Ecology, 2001-present
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, F.S. Chapin III. In preparation. Energy Feedbacks to the
Climate System Due to Reduced High-Latitude Snow Cover During 20th Century
Warming. Geophysical Research Letters.
J.S. Kimball, M. Zhao, A.D. McGuire, F.A. Heinsch, J. Clein, M. Calef, W.M. Jolly, S. Kang,
E.S. Euskirchen, K.C. McDonald, S.W. Running. In Press. Climate driven increases
in boreal and Arctic vegetation productivity: evidence of decreasing stability of the
northern high latitude terrestrial carbon reservoir. Earth Interactions
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Desai, A.R., A. Noormets, P.V. Bolstad, J. Chen, B.D. Cook, K.J. Davis, E.S. Euskirchen,
C.G. Gough, J.M. Martin, D. M. Ricciuto, H.P. Schmid, J. Tang, W. Wang, In Press.
Influence of vegetation type, stand age, and climate on carbon dioxide fluxes across
the Upper Midwest, USA: Implications for regional scaling of carbon flux. Agricultural
and Forest Meteorology.
Noormets A., A.R. Desai, B.D. Cook, E.S. Euskirchen, D.M. Ricciuto, K.J. Davis, P.V.
Bolstad, H.P. Schmid, C.V. Vogel, E.V. Carey, H.B. Su, J. Chen, In Press. Moisture
sensitivity of ecosystem respiration: comparison of 14 forest ecosystems in the
Upper Great Lakes Region, USA. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, R.J. Dargaville,
D.G. Dye, J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald, J.M. Melillo, V.E. Romanovsky, N.V. Smith.
2006. Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length,
productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems. Global
Change Biology.
Euskirchen, E.S. K.A. Harper, Q. Li. 2006. Linking the ecology of forest edges and roads
to landscapes, In “Linking Ecology to Landscape Hierarchies”, J. Chen, S.C.
Saunders, K.D. Brosofske, T.R. Crow, editors, Nova Science publishers.
Euskirchen, E.S., K.S. Pregitzer, J. Chen. 2006. Carbon fluxes in a young naturally
regenerating jack pine ecosystem. Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres.
F.S. Chapin, III, M. Sturm, M.C. Serreze, J.P. McFadden, J.R. Key, A.H. Lloyd, A.D.
McGuire, T.S. Rupp, A.H. Lynch, J.P. Schimel, J. Beringer, W.L. Chapman, H.E.
Epstein, E.S. Euskirchen, L.D. Hinzman, G. Jia, C.-L. Ping, K.D. Tape, C.D.C.
Thompson, D.A. Walker, and J.M. Welker. 2005. Amplification of Arctic summer
warming by terrestrial ecosystem changes. Science.
Zheng, D., J. Chen, J. LeMoine, E.S. Euskirchen. 2005. Influences of land-use change
and edges on soil respiration in a managed forest landscape, WI, USA. Forest
Ecology and Management.
Zheng, D., J. Chen, A. Noormets, J. LeMoine, E.S. Euskirchen. 2005. Interaction of
climate and land use on landscape soil respiration in northern Wisconsin, USA:
1972-2001. Climate Research.
Harper, K.A., P.J. Burton, S.E. Macdonald, J. Chen, K.D. Brosofske, S.C. Saunders, E.S.
Euskirchen, M. Jaiteh, P.A. Esseen, D. Roberts. 2005. A theory of edge influence:
forest structure and composition at created edges. Conservation Biology.
Ma, S., J. Chen, J.R. Butnor, M. North, E.S. Euskirchen, B. Oakley. 2005. Biophysical
controls on soil respiration in dominant patch types of an old-growth mixed conifer
forest. Forest Science.
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Pregitzer, K.S., E.S. Euskirchen. 2004. Carbon cycling and storage in world forests: biome
patterns related to forest age. Global Change Biology.
J. Chen, K.D. Brosofske, A. Noormets, T.R. Crow, M.K. Bresee, J.M. Le Moine, E.S.
Euskirchen, S.V. Mather, G. Liu, D. Zheng. 2004. A working framework for
quantifying carbon sequestration in disturbed land mosaics. Environmental
Management.
Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, E.J. Gustafson, S. Ma. 2003. Soil respiration at dominant
ecosystems within a managed northern Wisconsin landscape. Ecosystems.
Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, H. Li, E.J. Gustafson, T.R. Crow. 2002. Modeling net carbon
flows under alternative management regimes at a landscape level. Ecological
Modelling.
Chen, J., M. Falk, E.S. Euskirchen, K.T. Paw U, T. Suchanek, S. Ustin, B. Bond, N.
Phillips, K.D. Brosofske. 2002. Biophysical controls of carbon flows in three
successional Douglas-fir stands based upon eddy-covariance measurements. Tree
Physiology.
Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, and R. Bi, 2001. Effects of edges on plant communities in a
managed landscape in northern Wisconsin. Forest Ecology and Management.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, F.S. Chapin III. The relative influence of the responses of
albedo and the exchange with the atmosphere of carbon dioxide in terrestrial highlatitude ecosystems on the climate system. European Geophysical Union Annual
Meeting, April, 2006, Vienna, Austria.
Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire. Growing season changes in the boreal forest. Bonanza
Creek LTER Symposium, Feb. 2006, Fairbanks, AK
Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, M.S. Bashi, F.S. Chapin III. Are decreases in snow cover
moderated by increases in carbon storage in fire-disturbed high-latitude terrestrial
ecosystems? IARC/JAXA Boreal Forest Fire Workshop, Feb. 2006, Fairbanks, AK
Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, R.J. Dargaville,
D.G. Dye, J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald, J.M. Melillo, V.E. Romanovsky, N.V. Smith.
2005. Importance of Recent Shifts in Soil Thermal Dynamics on Growing Season
Length, Productivity, and Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial High-Latitude
Ecosystems. Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Boulder, CO.
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Euskirchen, E.S. J. Chen, T.R. Crow. 2005. Alternative landscape management: Can
optimal outcomes be achieved? International Union of Forest Research
Organization World Congress, Brisbane, Australia.
Euskirchen, E. S., Q. Zhuang, A. David McGuire, J. Harden, M. Mack, C.C.Thompson,
2005. Simulating vegetation, soil thermal, and carbon dynamics within a fire
chronosequence of interior Alaska. Workshop on the Chronosequence Approach for
Studying Boreal Carbon Dynamics, Irvine, CA.
Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, K.C. McDonald,
N.V. Smith, J.S. Kimball, R.J. Dargaville, D.G. Dye, 2004. Recent shifts in the
dynamics governing growing season length and productivity in terrestrial highlatitude ecosystems. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, J.S. Clein, 2004. Integrating multi-variable time-series
data from high-latitude observatories with terrestrial ecosystem model simulations.
Workshop on ‘Flagship’ Observatories in Arctic Research, Woods Hole, MA.
Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang. 2004. Recent Shifts in Soil
Thermal Dynamics: Relations tor Growing Season Length, Productivity, and Carbon
Sequestration in Terrestrial High Latitudes. Workshop on Spatially Distributed
Modeling and Remote Sensing of Permafrost/Frozen Ground, International Arctic
Research Center (IARC), University of Alaska Fairbanks
Euskirchen, E.S. 2004. Carbon fluxes in managed forest landscapes of the Upper Great
Lakes Region. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Institute of Arctic Biology, Life
Sciences Seminar Series, Fairbanks, AK.
Euskirchen, E.S., K.S. Pregitzer, J. Chen, 2004. Growing season carbon flux
measurements in a young Jack pine ecosystem. International Boreal Forest
Research Association Meeting, Fairbanks, AK.
Euskirchen, E.S., K.S. Pregitzer, J. Chen, 2004. Modeling heterotrophic respiration and
net primary production under alternative management regimes. International
Association of Landscape Ecology Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
Euskirchen, E.S., K.S. Pregitzer, J. Chen, 2003. Three snow-free seasons of
flux measurements in a young jack pine ecosystem. Ameriflux Annual
Meeting, Boulder, CO.
Euskirchen, E.S. K.S. Pregitzer, 2002. A parameter-scarce model for
evaluating the components of forest carbon storage. USDA Symposium
on Natural Resource Management to Offset Greenhouse Gas
Emissions, Raleigh, NC.
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Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, K.S. Pregitzer, 2002. Carbon fluxes at a naturally
regenerated Jack pine stand in northern Michigan. The Ecological
Society of America 87th Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.
Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, K.T. Paw U, K.S. Pregitzer, 2002. Dissipation and
partitioning of energy within Jack pine and Douglas fir. The 25th
Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Norfolk, VA.
Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, E.J. Gustafson, 2002. Soil respiration within a
managed landscape in northern Wisconsin. IUFRO Landscape Ecology
Working Party Technical Session, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada.
Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, K.S. Pregitzer, J. LeMoine, 2001. Carbon fluxes at
a naturally regenerated jack pine stand in northern Michigan: A
preliminary analysis. Ameriflux Annual Meeting, Argonne National
Laboratory, Argonne, IL.
Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, H. Li, E.J. Gustafson, T. Crow. 2001. Modelling net
carbon flows under alternative management regimes at a landscape level.
US-International Association of Landscape Ecology Meeting 2001, Tempe,
AZ.
Euskirchen, E.S., J. Chen, E.J. Gustafson, 2000. Soil respiration at dominant
patch types within a managed landscape in northern Wisconsin. The
Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2000, Snowbird, UT.
Euskirchen, E.S., R. Bi, J. Chen, 1999. Edge Effects on plant communities at
pine plantations in northern Wisconsin. The Ecological Society of
America Annual Meeting 1999, Spokane, WA.
Euskirchen, E.S. 1994. The addition of a concentration report to RESRADCHEM. Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Assessment
Division, Seminar Series, Argonne, IL.