MICHAEL G. RYAN - Colorado State University

1 MICHAEL G. RYAN Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499 Australia + ~ PRESENT RESEARCH TOPICS Carbon cycling in forest ecosystems, including 1) changes in tree physiology and ecosystem processes with tree age; 2) carbon allocation and the effects of climate change on carbon allocation and productivity; 3) causes of tree mortality; 4) plant respiration and the link between plant respiration and productivity; 5) ecosystem respiration, soil carbon and nitrogen interactions, decomposition of soil carbon; 6) disturbance effects on landscape carbon cycling; and 7) whole tree physiology, including the coordination of nutrient uptake, water loss and carbon gain. POSITIONS Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO. Senior Research Scientist, 2012-present. Research, teaching and graduate student advising. Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA, Fort Collins, CO.

2 Emeritus Research Ecologist (2012-present). Research Forester and Ecologist (1990-2012). GS-11 Research Forester (1990), GS-12 Research Forester (1990-1992), GS-13 Research Forester (1992-1994), GS-14 Research Forester (1994-2000), GS-15 Research Ecologist (2000-2011), Senior Level Scientist Research Ecologist (2011-2012). Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability. Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO. Affiliate Faculty, Co-advisor for graduate students and teach Forest Ecophysiology, 2011-present. Graduate Degree Program in Ecology. Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO. Faculty, Co-advisor for graduate students, and teach Research Methods and seminar courses, 1992-present. Department of Forest, Range and Watershed Sciences, Colorado State University , Fort Collins, CO. Affiliate Faculty, 1990-2011. The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1988-1990.

3 Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO. Biometrician, 1983-1988. Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Flagstaff, AZ. Statistician, 1978-1983. EDUCATION Oregon State University PhD 1988 Department of Forest Science. Northern Arizona University MS 1978 School of Forestry University of Pittsburgh BS 1975 Department of Biology. RESEARCH GRANTS MICHAEL G. Ryan - 2 Tree Response and Resilience to Drought. (DA White, lead-PI, MG Ryan, co-PI). CSIRO McMasters Fellowship, $50,000, 2012-2013. Climate, Fire and Carbon: Tipping Points and Landscape Vulnerability in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. (EAH Smithwick, lead-PI, AL Westerling, MG Turner, WH Romme, MG Ryan co-PIs). JFSP, $140,000, 2009-2010. Integrating Landscape-scale Forest Measurements with Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Models to Improve Carbon Management Decisions. (Richard Birdsey, lead-PI; JB Bradford, MG Ryan, Randal Kolka, Chris Potter, D Hollinger, Steve McNulty, J Hom, Y Pan, K Clark, S Klooster co-PIs).

4 NASA-NSF-DOE, $997,000, 2008-2012. Implications of Precipitation Changes on the Carbon Balance of Pi on-Juniper Woodlands. (NG McDowell, LANL, lead-PI; MG Ryan, W Pockman, co-PI s. USFS RMRS Middle Rio Grande Ecosystems Studies Program. $85,000, 2008-2010. Forests and carbon storage A summary for policymakers. MG Ryan, lead-PI. USFS-WO National Climate Change Initiative, $79,000, 2008-2010. Tree species effects on ecosystem processes in lowland Costa Rica. (Ann Russell (lead PI), MG Ryan, Jim Raich, WJ Parton, D Ojima, co-PIs), National Science Foundation, $750,000, 2007-2012. A Regional Assessment of the Ecological Effects of Chipping and Mastication Fuels Reduction and Forest Restoration. (MG Ryan (Lead PI), Chuck Rhoades, Monique Rocca, Sigrid Resh). Joint Fire Science Program, $350,000, 2007-2010. Linking landscape-scale carbon monitoring with forest management. (Richard Birdsey, lead-PI; MG Ryan, Randal Kolka, Chris Potter, ML Smith, Steve McNulty co-PIs).)

5 NASA-NSF-DOE, $1,074,000, 2004-2007. A foundation for regional estimates of carbon pools, fluxes, and storage in the subalpine Rocky Mountains: a NACP Tier 3 prototype proposal (MG Ryan (Lead PI), Russ Monson, Linda Joyce, Bill Massman, Bob Musselman, Kelly Elder). USDA Forest Service, Northern Global Change Program, 2003-2005, $200,000. Controls of Autotrophic and Heartrot-related Respiration in a Western Coniferous Landscape (MA Harmon (lead PI) and MG Ryan). NIGEC/WESTGEC, 2003-2006, $300,000. Carbon cycling at the landscape scale: the effect of changes in climate and fire frequency on age distribution, stand structure, and net ecosystem production. (MG Ryan (Lead PI), Bill Romme, Monica Turner, Dan Tinker). Joint Fire Science Program, $495,000, 2003-2007. Understanding interannual NEE variability in a tropical rain forest using constrained estimates of carbon exchange (DB Clark (Lead PI), MG Ryan, Steve Oberbauer, DA Clark).

6 National Science Foundation, $707,000, 2003-2007. Why does forest growth decline with stand age? An experimental test of carbon acquisition and allocation over stand development (Jim Fownes (Lead PI), Dan Binkley, MG Ryan). National Science Foundation, $1,390,000, 1993-2001. Elements of CO2 exchange in a tropical forest: soil and bole respiration. (Patrick Crill (Lead PI), MG Ryan, M Goulden), NIGEC, $200,000, 1997-1998. MICHAEL G. Ryan - 3 Is Productivity of old forests limited by tree hydraulic conductance (BJ Bond (Lead PI), MG Ryan, M Williams), USDA NRICGP, $590,000, 1997-2000. Stand age, productivity and hydraulic conductance of Douglas-fir in the Wind River Basin. (BJ Bond (Lead PI), MG Ryan, M Williams). NIGEC, 1998-2000, $195,000. Identifying the mechanism for reduced photosynthetic performance in old trees (MG Ryan (Lead PI) and BJ Bond), USDA NRICGP, $100,000, 1994-1997. Autotrophic Respiration in Boreal Ecosystems (MG Ryan (Lead PI)), NASA, $250,000, 1993-1997.

7 HONORS McMaster Fellowship, CSIRO 2012-2013. Northern Arizona University School of Forestry, Distinguished Alumnus, 2010. Nobel Peace Prize for contributions to IPCC-1, 2008. RMRS Visionary Science Award, 2006. RMRS Best Publication Award, 2000. Hayward Fellowship, Landcare Research (New Zealand), 1998. Colorado State University , Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Ecology, 1997. Northern Arizona University Distinguished Alumni Award, 1996. Hoener Fellowship, OSU, 1986-1987. South Santiam Fellowship, OSU, 1986. STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS PhD advisor: Shinichi Asao (current), Molly Cavaleri, Neal Scott, Robert M. Hubbard, Jose-Luis Stape (with Dan Binkley), Creighton Litton (U Wyoming with Dennis Knight); PhD committee: Erin Berryman ( University of Idaho), Paddy Sullivan, Laura Scott-Denton (CU Boulder), Sigrid Resh, Jason Kaye; MS advisor: Heather Scott (current), Holly Barnard; MS committee: Sanjay Advani, Ute Reisenkonig Olson, MICHAEL Bashkin, Nate McDowell ( University of Idaho); Post-doctoral fellows: Dan Kashian, John Bradford, MICHAEL Battaglia, Emil Cienciala, Michele Pruyn (with Mark Harmon, OSU) Christian Giardina and Randy Senock (with Binkley, Fownes), and Nathan Phillips (with Bond).

8 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Scientist in Charge, Manitou Experimental Forest (2009 - 2012). Lead Co-Author (with Jim Vose), Chapter: Effects of climatic variability and change for National Climate Assessment Forestry Sector Technical Report (2011-2012). MICHAEL G. Ryan - 4 Lead Author, Land Resources Chapter, US Climate Change Science Program, Synthesis and Assessment Product , Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity (2007-2008). Chair, IUFRO Canopy Processes Working Group (2000- ). Scientific Coordinator, Fraser Experimental Forest (2001-2005). Editor for Tree Physiology (2000 - ), Southern Forests (2013 - ) and Canadian Journal of Forest Research (2003-2005). Editorial Review Board, Plant, Cell and Environment (2004 - ), New Phytologist (2012 - ). Reviewer for Tree Physiology, Ecology, Ecological Applications, Oecologia, Functional Ecology, Plant, Cell and Environment, Global Change Biology, Ecosystems, Forest Science, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Nature, Science, New Phytologist, Functional Ecology, NSF, NASA, USDA, NIGEC; Panel Member for USDA NRICGP (1996), DOE Terrestrial Ecology (2001), NSF Ecosystems (2007), NSF MacroSystems (2012).

9 Terrestrial Ecology Team Leader, US-Canada NASA-BOREAS Project (1993-1997). Research Natural Area coordinator, Rocky Mountain Research Station (1992-1997) Routt Blowdown Assessment co-coordinator, 1998. TEACHING Designed and taught: (1) graduate course in Tree Physiology and the Biology of Global Change for CSU (F510), 1998, 2003; (2) Research methods proposal development (EY693) in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012; (3) graduate seminar course on Changes in Structure and Function of Forests with Stand Development, 1997, 2008. Supervised discussion section for Graduate Degree Program in Ecology core ecology course, 1997. Guest lectures in Forest Science courses, 1993-2011. PUBLICATIONS (151 total, 116 in refereed journals, 111 ISI WOS, 9644 citations, h index =50 (September 2013) ~ Refereed Journal Articles Coble AP, A Autio, MA Cavaleri, D Binkley and MG Ryan. 2013. Influence of height, shade index and age on Eucalyptus leaf morphology and nitrogen.)

10 Trees Structure and Function, In Press, August 2013. Olivas PC, Oberbauer SF, Clark DB, Clark DA, Ryan MG, O'Brien JJ, Ordonez H. 2013. Comparison of direct and indirect methods for assessing leaf area index across a tropical rain forest landscape. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 177: 110-116. McDowell NG, Ryan MG, Zeppel MJB, Tissue DT. 2013. Improving our knowledge of drought-induced forest mortality through experiments, observations, and modeling. New Phytologist 200: 289-293. McDowell NG, RA Fisher, C Xu, JC Domec, T H ltt , DS Mackay, JS Sperry, A Boutz, L MICHAEL G. Ryan - 5 Dickman, N Gehres, JM Limousin, A Macalady, J Martinez-Vil lta, M Mencuccini, JA Plaut, J Ogee, RE Pangle, DP Rasse, MG Ryan, S Sevanto, RH Waring, EA Yepez, WT Pockman. 2013. Uncertainties and opportunities in modeling drought-induced vegetation mortality. New Phytologist 200:304-321. Malone SL, G Starr, CL Staudhammer, and MG Ryan. 2013.