Curriculum Vitae

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Russell Keith Monson
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0334

University Education:
Ph.D.  (Botany, 1982)  Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
M.S.   (Botany, 1978)  Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
B.S.    (Botany, 1976)  Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Academic Positions:

1994-present,  Professor,  Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
    University of Colorado

2001-2004,  Chair,  Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology,
    University of Colorado

1999-present,  Fellow,  Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
    University of Colorado

1999-2001,  Member,  Core Faculty, Environmental Studies Program,  University of Colorado

1998-2001,  Director,  Environmental Residential Academic Program, University of Colorado

1990-1991,  Visiting Professor,  Lehrstuhl fur Pflanzenokologie, Universitat Bayreuth,
      Bayreuth, Germany

1989-1994,  Associate Professor, Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic
     Biology, University of Colorado

1982-1989,  Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic
     Biology,  University of Colorado

Honors and Awards:
Alcoa Foundation Fellowship (1981)
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (1990-1991)
John P. Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1998-1999)
Fulbright Senior Fellowship (Germany) (2004-2005)
Professor of Distinction, College of Arts and Sciences, Univ of Colorado (2007-present)

Professional Service:
Editorial Board, Plant Biology, 2004-2007
Editorial Board,  Ecology and Ecological Monographs, 1994-1997
Editorial Board, Oecologia, 1991-present;   Editor-in-Chief, 2006-present
Editorial Board, Tree Physiology, 1998-1999
Associate Editor, American Midland Naturalist, 1986-1990
Panel Member, National Science Foundation, Population Biology, 1987-1990
Panel Member, National Science Foundation, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology,
    1992-1995;  1999-2000;  2006-present
Panel Member, National Science Foundation, Integrated Research Challenges in Environmental
    Biology, 2000-2002
Co-chair, Committee on the Integration of Systematics with Physiology and Biochemistry,
     Systematics Agenda 2000, American Society of Plant Taxonomists,   1991-1993
Member, Research Advisory Committee, Columbia University, Biosphere 2, 1999-2003.
Member, Steering Committee, Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Facilities (TERF), Department
    of Energy, 2000-2001.
President, Physiological Ecology Section, Ecological Society of America, 2003-2005.