Personnel

John M. Melack Ph.D Principal Investigator Dr. Melack's research emphasizes ecological processes in lakes, wetlands and streams, and hydrological and biogeochemical aspects of catchments. He is a Professor at the University of CA, Santa Barbara. (805) 893-3879 | john.melack@lifesci.ucsb.edu
James O. Sickman Ph.D Principal Investigator Dr. Sickman is a hydrologist and limnologist who specializes in the application of environmental isotopes in the study of lakes, rivers and watersheds. He is an Associate Professor at the University of CA, Riverside. (951) 827-4552 | james.sickman@ucr.edu
Kevin V. Skeen B.S. Field Research Coordinator & Academic Outreach Coordinator Mr. Skeen manages field activities and maintains the instrument facilities in the Tokopah Valley. Mr. Skeen is a high school math teacher in Woodlake CA and coordinates project outreach efforts. (951) 827-4552 | kvskeen@att.net
Delores M. Lucero B.S. Laboratory Manager and Analytical Chemist (UC Riverside) Ms. Lucero manages laboratory activities and performs chemical analyses of lake, stream, sediment and precipitation samples from the Tokopah Valley and other Sierra Nevada locations. (951) 827-2356 | delores.lucero@ucr.edu
Steve Sadro Ph.D Co-Investigator Dr. Sadro works at the interface between physical limnology and aquatic ecology. His research specialties include whole-lake metabolism measurements and the effects of landscape position on lake chemistry. (805) 893-4203 | sadro@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Peter Homyak M.S. Graduate Student Researcher Mr. Homyak investigates carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in chaparral and alpine watersheds. In this work he uses stable isotope analyses and trace-gas flux measurements to understand the effects of global change on mountain ecosystems. (951) 827-3404 | peter.homyak@email.ucr.edu
Andrea Heard M.S. Graduate Student Researcher Ms. Heard conducts regional analyses of air pollution impacts on lakes and streams. Her research seeks to establish nutrient criteria and critical loads for atmospheric deposition in the Sierra Nevada . (951) 827-3404 | ahear001@ucr.edu
Danuta Bennett Ph.D Co-Investigator Dr. Bennett is paleolimnologist and aquatic ecologist who investigates the effects of global change in aquatic ecosystems. Her research focuses on climate and anthropogenic driven historical changes in lake ecosystems using fossil diatoms. (951) 804-7230 | bennett@lifesci.ucsb.edu
Mike Law Field Assistant Mr. Law assists with routine lake and stream sampling and works on the annual spring snow surveys. He resides in Three Rivers, CA. (559) 561-4840 | mike.law@sbcglobal.net
William Vicars M.S. Graduate Student Researcher Mr. Vicars is an atmospheric scientist who investigates the transport and deposition of air pollutants in alpine and arctic ecosystems. He is currently a Ph.D student in paleoclimatology at the Laboratoire de Glaciologie et Gėophysique de l'Environment in France. +33 (0) 476824206 | william.vicars@lgge.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr
Amanda James B.S. Graduate Student Researcher Mrs. James has conducted bioassay experiments in alpine lakes and investigates novel methods for measurements of atmospheric deposition using plant surrogates. (951) 827-3404 | acobb001@ucr.edu
Paul Koster M.S. Graduate Student Researcher Mr. Koster is geologist and aquatic ecologist who investigates the impacts of non-native trout introductions in Sierra Nevada lakes using stable isotope analyses. (951) 827-3404 | pkost002@ucr.edu
Frank Setaro M.S. Staff Research Associate (UCSB) Mr. Setaro, until his recent retirement, was the primary analytical chemistry supporting Emerald Lake and Tokopah Valley research. He developed many of the analytical methods currently used to analyze, snow, soils and surface waters from the Sierra Nevada. (805) 893-4203 | frank.setaro@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Affiliated Researchers

Dr. Noah Molotch - University of Colorado, Boulder
Dr. Tom Meixner - University of Arizona
Dr. Jeff Dozier - University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Josh Schimel - University of California, Santa Barbara
Annie Esperanza - National Park Service, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Dr. Al Leydecker - University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Roland Knapp - University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Scott Cooper - University of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. Mark Williams - University of Colorado, Boulder
Dr. Roger Bales - University of California, Merced
Dr. David Clow - U.S. Geological Survey
Dr. John Stoddard - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dr. Kathy Tonnessen - National Park Service, Rocky Mountain Region