Our Affiliates are senior-level scientists, journalists, communicators, and artists. While not employed through INSTAAR, they work closely with INSTAAR researchers on a wide range of climate and environmental science projects, art-science collaborations, and public engagement. Prospective affiliates should contact individual INSTAAR Fellows to explore potential partnerships.
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![Portrait of Laura Backus](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/backus_laura_0.png?itok=unECUVKF)
Laura Backus
INSTAAR Affiliate • Technical Advisor, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers • Ecologist, Engineers Without Borders • • Restoration of riparian ecology • Flood recovery
![Portrait of James Balog](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/balog_james.png?itok=O-Jrjcqs)
James Balog
INSTAAR Affiliate • Director, Extreme Ice Survey • • Photography • Glaciers
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Peter Brannen
INSTAAR Affiliate • Science journalist • • Paleoclimate • Science communication
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Diane Burko
INSTAAR Affiliate • Artist • • Global change • Science communication
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Daniela Cusack
INSTAAR Affiliate • Associate Professor of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State University • Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute • • Alpine and rainforest soil biogeochemistry
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Melisa Diaz
INSTAAR Affiliate • Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University • • Geochemistry & biogeochemistry of the cryosphere & urban environment
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Steven Dykstra
INSTAAR Affiliate • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Carolina • • River-marine transitions • Flood risk • Human impacts
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Scott Elias
INSTAAR Affiliate • Professor of Geography, University of London Royal Holloway • • Quaternary studies • Paleoecology
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Chris Florian
INSTAAR Affiliate • Research Scientist, NEON
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脕slaug Geirsd贸ttir
INSTAAR Affiliate • Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland • • Quaternary stratigraphy • Glacial geology • Paleoclimatology
![Portrait of Katya Jay](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/jay_katya.png?itok=8i9njYBz)
Katya Jay
INSTAAR Affiliate • Postdoc, NEON & 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 ESIL •
• Plant ecology • Climate change
• Plant ecology • Climate change
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Timothy Kittel
Research Affiliate • Lecturer, CU Mountain Research Station • Editor-in-Chief, Climate • • Global change biology • Climate science
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Joey Knelman
INSTAAR Affiliate • Science writer • • Microbial ecology • Biogeochemistry • UX design research
![Portrait of John Knowles](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/knowles-john.png?itok=wRu45mzM)
John Knowles
INSTAAR Affiliate • Assistant Professor of Ecohydrology, California State University Chico • • Ecosystem hydrology • Ecosystem ecology
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Josh Koch
INSTAAR Affiliate • Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey • • Surface water-groundwater interactions • Hyporheic zone hydrology and biogeochemistry
![Portrait of Kerry Koepping](/instaar/sites/default/files/styles/large_square_thumbnail/public/people/kerry-koepping-2020.png?itok=Io7e69Tz)
Kerry Koepping
INSTAAR Affiliate • Director, The Arctic Arts Project • • Climate change photography • Science communication
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Delwyn Moller
INSTAAR Affiliate • Adjunct Professor, University of Auckland • Technical Consultant, Restore Lab Ltd. • • Remote sensing systems for Earth sciences
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Sheila Murphy
INSTAAR Affiliate • Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey • • Water quality • Disturbance • Wildfires • Runoff • Surface water
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Eric Sokol
INSTAAR Affiliate • Quantitative Ecologist, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
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Ethan Welty
INSTAAR Affiliate • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Z眉rich • Photographer, Ethan Welty Photography • • Glacier dynamics • Environmental photography • Computer vision