CURRICULUM VITAE

Richard T. Conant

Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499

Telephone: (970) 491-2104 FAX: (970) 491-1965

E-Mail: Conant@nrel.colostate.edu

Education:

May 1997 Ph.D Botany (Ecology) Arizona State University

Dec 1990 B.A. Environmental Biology University of Colorado

Professional Experience:

2001-present Faculty Graduate Degree Program in Ecology Colorado State University

2001-present Faculty Affiliate Department of Rangeland and Colorado State University

Ecosystem Ecology

2000-present Scientist Natural Resource Ecology Lab Colorado State University

1998-1999 Post-Doctoral Natural Resource Ecology Lab Colorado State University

Research Associate

1997-1998 Post-Doctoral Department of Microbiology Arizona State University

Research Associate

1998 Lecturer Department of Plant Biology Arizona State University

1993-1997 Teaching Assistant Department of Botany Arizona State University

1993-1997 Research Associate Intermountain Research Station USDA Forest Service

(Contract work)

1992-1993 Research Assistant Department of Botany Arizona State University

1992 Field Technician Center for Limnology University of Colorado

1990-1991 Research Assistant Environmental, Population, Organismic Biology University of Colorado

(NSF REU Program)

Recent Publications:

Conant, R. T., G. Smith, and K. Paustian. 2002. Spatial Variability in Soil Carbon in Forested and Cultivated Sites. Journal of Environmental Quality. (Submitted 4/01)

Conant, R. T. and K. Paustian. 2002. Potential soil carbon sequestration in overgrazed grassland ecosystems. Global Biogeochemical Cycles (Accepted 03/02)

Pielke, R. A. and R. T. Conant. 2002. Best practices in prediction for decision making: Lessons from the atmospheric and earth sciences. Ecology (Accepted 03/02)

Six, J., R. T. Conant, E. A. Paul, and K. Paustian. 2002. Stabilization mechanisms of protected versus unprotected soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils. Plant and Soil. (Accepted 03/02.)

Conant, R. T., and K. Paustian. 2002. Spatial variability of soil organic carbon: Implications for detecting change at different scales. Environmental Pollution 116:127-135.

Conant, R. T., K. Paustian, and E. T. Elliott. 2002. Pasture land use in the southeastern US: Implications for C sequestration. Pages 423-432 in R. Lal, R. F. Follet, and J. M. Kimble, editors. Agricultural practices and policies for carbon sequestration in soil. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Conant, R. T., K. Paustian, and E. T. Elliott. 2002. Pasture land use in the southeastern US: Implications for C sequestration. Pages 423-432 in R. Lal, R. F. Follet, and J. M. Kimble, editors. Agricultural practices and policies for carbon sequestration in soil. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

Sampson, R. M., et al (including R. T. Conant). 2000. Additional human-induced activities - article 3.4. Pages 180-281 in R. T. Watson, I. R. Noble, B. Bolin, N. H. Ravindranath, D. J. Verardo, and D. J. Dokken, editors. Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Conant, R. T., Paustian, K., and E. T. Elliott. 2001. Grassland management and conversion into grassland: Effects on soil carbon. Ecological Applications 11:343-355.

Conant, R. T., J. M. Klopatek, and C. C. Klopatek. Environmental factors controlling soil respiration in three semiarid ecosystems. Soil Science Society of America Journal 64:383-390.

Conant, R. T., J. M. Klopatek, and C. C. Klopatek. 1998. Carbon pools and fluxes along an environmental gradient in Northern Arizona: Potential effects of climatic change. Biogeochemistry 43: 43-61

Service, synergistic activities:

Reviewer: Ecology, Global Change Biology, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Environmental Pollution

Chapter Secretary, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Ecological Society of America 1999-2000.

Contributing Author - IPCC Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry, 2000.

Developer - Greenhouse gas literature database for Consortium for Agricultural Soils Mitigation of Greenhouse Gasses

Recent Abstracts/Presentations:

Conant, R. T. Grassland management for C sequestration: Current status of US research. Invited presentation a the COST working group II meeting. 11/01.

Conant, R. T., K. Paustian, S. J. Del Grosso, and W. J. Parton. Nitrogen pools and fluxes in grasslands sequestering carbon. Presented at the American Society of Agronomy Meeting. 10/01.

Conant, R. T., J. Six, K. Paustian, and E. A. Paul. Carbon saturation in soil fractions: How can it occur? Presented at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 8/01.

Conant, R. T., J. Six, K. Paustian, and E. A. Paul. Regional Limits to Sequestration of Atmospheric C in Soils: Influence of Soil C Fractions and Agricultural Practices. Presented at the Spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union. 6/01.

Six, J., R. T. Conant, E. A. Paul, and K. Paustian. Stabilization mechanisms of protected versus unprotected soil organic matter: Implications for C-saturation of soils. Presented at the Spring meeting of the American Geophysical Union. 6/01.

Johnson, D. E., H. W. Phetteplace, A. F. Siedl, and R. Conant. Impacts of livestock forage and pasture use on carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions. Invited presentation at the International Animal Agriculture and Food Science Conference. Indianapolis, IN. 7/01.

Conant, R. T. and K. Paustian. 2000. Soil carbon sequestration in VA pasture soils. Invited presentation at the National Grazing Conference. Las Vegas, NV. 12/00.

Conant, R. T., K. Paustian, J. Six, and E. T. Elliott. 2000. Pasture Management Influence on Soil Carbon in the Southeastern United States. Presented at the annual meeting of the Soil Science Society of America. Minneapolis, MN 11/00.

Conant, R. T. and K. Paustian. 2000. Spatial Variability of Soil Organic Carbon: Implications for Detecting Change at Different Scales. Invited presentation at Advances in Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory, Measurements and Monitoring. Raleigh, NC 10/00.

Conant, R. T. and K. Paustian. 2000. Soil carbon sequestration in managed grasslands: An ecological perspective. Poster presentation at Carbon: Exploring the Benefits to Farmers and Society. Des Moines, IA 8/00.

Research Projects (Principal investigator or Co-principal investigator) :

$ An Integrated Multi‑scale Investigation of Grazing Land Management: Implications for Carbon Cycling. NASA. (12/00 ‑ 11/03) $343,855.

$ An Integrated Approach to Develop Baseline Soil Carbon Content in Semiarid Eastern Oregon. Environmental Resources Trust. (1/01 ‑ 12/01) $19,953.

$ Soil carbon saturation: determining limits on carbon sequestration capacity. DOE. (10/00 - 9/04) $610,870.

$ Quantifying precision of soil sampling. Environmental Resources Trust. (3/00 - 2/01) $18,764.