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.
Laura Backus
INSTAAR Affiliate • Technical Advisor, Wildlands Restoration Volunteers • Ecologist, Engineers Without Borders • • Restoration of riparian ecology • Flood recovery
James Balog
INSTAAR Affiliate • Director, Extreme Ice Survey • • Photography • Glaciers
Peter Brannen
INSTAAR Affiliate • Science journalist • • Paleoclimate • Science communication
Diane Burko
INSTAAR Affiliate • Artist • • Global change • Science communication
Daniela Cusack
INSTAAR Affiliate • Associate Professor of Ecosystem Science & Sustainability, Colorado State University • Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute • • Alpine and rainforest soil biogeochemistry
Melisa Diaz
INSTAAR Affiliate • Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University • • Geochemistry & biogeochemistry of the cryosphere & urban environment
Steven Dykstra
INSTAAR Affiliate • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Carolina • • River-marine transitions • Flood risk • Human impacts
Scott Elias
INSTAAR Affiliate • Professor of Geography, University of London Royal Holloway • • Quaternary studies • Paleoecology
Chris Florian
INSTAAR Affiliate • Research Scientist, NEON • • Climate change • Paleoclimate
Áslaug Geirsdóttir
INSTAAR Affiliate • Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland • • Quaternary stratigraphy • Glacial geology • Paleoclimatology
Katya Jay
INSTAAR Affiliate • Postdoc, NEON & CU Boulder ESIL •
• Plant ecology • Climate change
• Plant ecology • Climate change
Timothy Kittel
Research Affiliate • Lecturer, CU Mountain Research Station • Editor-in-Chief, Climate • • Global change biology • Climate science
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Joey Knelman
INSTAAR Affiliate • Science writer • • Microbial ecology • Biogeochemistry • UX design
John Knowles
INSTAAR Affiliate • Assistant Professor of Ecohydrology, California State University Chico • • Ecosystem hydrology • Ecosystem ecology
Josh Koch
INSTAAR Affiliate • Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey • • Surface water-groundwater interactions • Hyporheic zone hydrology and biogeochemistry
Kerry Koepping
INSTAAR Affiliate • Director, The Arctic Arts Project • • Climate change photography • Science communication
Delwyn Moller
INSTAAR Affiliate • Adjunct Professor, University of Auckland • Technical Consultant, Restore Lab Ltd. • • Remote sensing systems for Earth sciences
Sheila Murphy
INSTAAR Affiliate • Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey • • Water quality • Disturbance • Wildfires • Runoff • Surface water
Eric Sokol
INSTAAR Affiliate • Quantitative Ecologist, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Ethan Welty
INSTAAR Affiliate • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zürich • Photographer, Ethan Welty Photography • • Glacier dynamics • Environmental photography • Computer vision
