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Kirsten M. Barrett
Title: Research Landscape Ecologist
Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626
Phone: (907) 786-7419
Fax: (907) 786-7150
Email: kbarrett@usgs.gov
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Education and/or Training
| Doctorate | 2008 | Clark University, Worcester, MA | Geography |
| Masters | 2003 | SUNY Albany, Albany, NY | Geography |
| Bachelors | 1998 | Simon's Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, MA | Environmental Studies |
Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests
I am interested in disturbance-driven changes in high-latitude ecosystems. Currently, I am focused on landscape-level ecosystem responses to large-scale biomass burning in the Alaskan boreal forest and tundra. I specialize in integration of remote sensing and field data to determine the impact of fire on vegetation and soils. Of particular interest to me are disturbance-driven changes that persist over the medium to long term and impact mass and energy exchanges.
Professional Experience
| 2012 - present | Research Landscape Ecologist, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska |
| 2008 - 2012 | Postdoctoral Researcher, USGS, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska |
| 2005 - 2008 | Fellow, EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Program, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA |
| 2005 | Researcher, Young Scientist Summer Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria |
| 2003 - 2005 | Research Assistant, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA |
Professional Activities and/or Memberships
Journal Reviewer: Ecosphere, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Remote Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Wildland Fire, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, Journal of Disaster Research
Session organizer: 2011 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Monitoring landscape-scale disturbance and recovery with remote sensing I: detection and characterization and II: models and analytical frameworks
Invited lectures: Clark University (2009), Simon's Rock (2010), University of Alaska, Anchorage (2009, 2010)
Professional Society Memberhsips: Association of American Geographers, American Geophysical Union
Honors and/or Awards
Clark Graduate Student Conference Presentation Award (2004)
Initiatives for Women Scholarship (2002)
Baird T. Whitlock Scholarship (1997)
Massachusetts State Merit Scholarship (1997)
Bard College Junior Fellowship (1996)
Blodgett Scholarship (1994)
Significant Recent Publications
Barrett, K. and E. S. Kasischke. 2013 Controls on variations in MODIS fire radiative power in Alaskan boreal forests: Implications for fire severity conditions. Remote Sensing of Environment. 130:171-181. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.11.017
Barrett, K., J. Valentim, and B. L. Turner, II. 2013. Ecosystem services from converted land: the importance of tree cover in Amazonian pastures. Urban
Ecosystems. doi:10.1007/s11252-012-0280-1.
Barrett, K., A.V. Rocha, M. J. van de Weg, and G. Shaver. 2012. Vegetation shifts observed in arctic tundra 17 years after fire. Remote Sensing Letters 3(8):729–736. doi:10.1080/2150704X.2012.676741
Barrett, K., E. S. Kasischke, A. D. McGuire, and E. E. Hoy. 2011. Potential shifts in forest composition in interior Alaska driven by variations in fire severity. Ecological Applications. 21(7):2380-2396. doi: 10.1890/10-0896.1
Barrett, K., E. S. Kasischke, A. D. McGuire, M. R. Turetsky, and E. S. Kane. 2010. Modeling burn severity in black spruce stands in the Alaskan boreal forest. Remote Sensing of Environment. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2010.02.001
Barrett, K., J. Rogan and R. Eastman. 2009. A case study of carbon fluxes from land cover change in the Southwest Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Land Use Science 4:233-248.
Websites of Interest
https://sites.google.com/a/alaska.edu/kbarrett/
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/geography/post-fire.html
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