Steven Hamburg
Associate Professor:
Environmental Studies
Phone: +1 401 863 1261
Steven_Hamburg@brown.edu
My lab group focuses on the effects of disturbance on forest structure and function with particular emphasis on: effects of typhoons on sub tropical forests; effects of forest cutting on Ca biogeochemistry; effects of land-use history on carbon storage; and climate change impacts on temperate forests. I am also involved in supporting the development of long-term ecological research internationally, as well as development of climate change mitigation policies in both the public and private sector.
Biography
Steven Hamburg is an ecosystem ecologist specializing in the impacts of disturbance on forest structure and function. He came to Brown in 1995 after spending a year at Environmental Defense working on climate change related issues and nine years at the University of Kansas where he directed the Environmental Studies Program and served as Environmental Ombudsman. He received his graduate training at Yale University, held a post-doctoral position at Stanford University and was a Bullard Fellow at Harvard University. At Brown he is the concentration advisor for the environmental science concentration and serves as Research Director of the Global Environment Program at the Watson Institute in International Studies. He has published widely including in Nature and Science and has served as a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He currently works on climate change mitigation issues with the corporate sector.
Interests
My lab group focuses on the effects of disturbance on forest structure and function with particular emphasis on: effects of typhoons on sub tropical forests; effects of forest cutting on Ca biogeochemistry; effects of land-use history on carbon storage; and climate change impacts on temperate forests. I am also involved in supporting the development of long-term ecological research internationally, as well as development of climate change mitigation policies in both the public and private sector.
Degrees
PHD, MFS
Awards
2002 – U.S. EPA Environmental Merit Award
1993 – Sixth Annual Seaver Lecturer, University of Kansas
1991-92 – Bullard Fellowship, Harvard University
1990 – Nomination, HOPE award, outstanding educator
1987 – Outstanding Paper (S-7), Soil Science Society
1982-83 – Fulbright Fellowship, Hebrew University (Israeli Government Grant); declined
Affiliations
Ecological Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Soil Science Society of America
Funded Research
Current grant support:
"The Biotic Control of Calcium Supply" – distinguishing sources to regrowing forests. NSF, 2003-07. PIs - Yanai, Arthur, Blum and Hamburg; $540,000 (Hamburg subcontract, $142,000 )
Linking the U.S.-LTER with the ILTER Network. NSF, 2004-06. PI – Hamburg; $450,000
Long-term ecological research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. NSF, 2004-10. Hamburg subcontract, $75,000
"Katrina and the built environment: spatial and social impact." NSF, 2005-06. PIs – Logan, Brown, Hamburg, Morello, Mustard; $98,104
"The Middle East Environmental Futures Project." SEED grant, Brown University, 2004-06. PIs – Hamburg, Albert, Morello, Goldschnider; $65,000
"Land-use Change: Designing and Implementing New Global Environmental Curricula." Henry Luce Foundation, 2006-09. PIs –Hamburg, Jacobs, Mustard, Pulver, White; $550,000
Past grant support:
Establishment of a research program to study the characteristics and environmental impacts of atmospheric deposition. Research Improvement Award, University of Kansas, 1986-89. PIs -Lane, Hamburg, Marotz, Randtke, and Martin; $100,500
"Aerosol nitrogen inputs to a tree/grass ecotone." Environmental Protection Agency, 1986-89. PIs - Lane, Hamburg, Marotz, Randtke and Martin; $373,943
"Patch size, herbivory and secondary succession: an experimental study." National Science Foundation, 1988-90. PIs - Holt, Gaines, and Hamburg; , $259,376
"Integration of an Historical Perspective into Ecological Research." Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1987-91. PI - Hamburg; $95,000
"A Laboratory Building for Kansas Ecological Reserves." National Science Foundation, 1990. PI - Armitage; CoPIs - Hamburg and six others; $110,00
"Synthesis of the Integration of History into Ecology Tropical-Temperate Forest Comparisons." Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1991-93. PIs-Hamburg and Sanford; $119,000
"Remote Sensing and GIS Approaches to Understanding Ecological Impacts of Global Change." University of Kansas, 1993-95. PIs - Rich, Gogineni, Hamburg, Holt, and Price; $60,000
"Nitrogen Pollution and a Subtropical Forest ecosystem." National Science Foundation,1993-96. PI - Hamburg; $120,000
"Teachers and Resources for Environmental Education in Schools." Eisenhower Professional Development Proposal, 1996-96. PIs - Ward, Hamburg and Rolbin; $48,000
"A Computer Learning Center for Remote Sensing and GIS." NASA, 1997-98. PIs - Mustard, Hamburg and Prell; $160,000
Long-term ecological research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. National Science Foundation, 1992-98. PIs - Fahey and Driscoll (Hamburg subcontracts, $20,000)
"Calcium, Snails and Moose." Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (subcontract through Yale University), 1996-99. PI - Hamburg; $17,000
"The dynamics of a semi-arid region in response to climate and water-use policy." NASA, 1997-2000. PIs - Mustard, Hamburg, Grant, Manning and Steinwand; $358,000
"Catalyzing the Flow of North-South Environmental Knowledge at Brown University." Henry Luce Foundation, 2001-04. PIs - Hamburg and Wetzler; $1,200,000
"Landscape Dynamics and Land-use Land-Cover Change in the Great Basin-Mojave Desert Region." NASA, 2001-05. PIs - Mustard, Hamburg and Manning; $364,708
U.S.-Taiwan research development visit with EASI: "Linking TERN with the U.S. LTER Network through graduate student visits." NSF, 2003-05. PI - Hamburg; $18,600
Long-term ecological research at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. National Science Foundation, 1998-2005. PIs - Fahey and Driscoll (Hamburg subcontract, $202,000, including supplements)
Developing a land-use plan for the Big River Management Area Water Resources Board of Rhode Island. 2003, 2005. PI - Hamburg; $30,000
