Jill Baron

Biography

senior scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, and a Senior Research Ecologist with the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University. Her interests include applying ecosystem concepts to management of human-dominated regions, and understanding the biogeochemical and ecological effects of climate change and atmospheric nitrogen deposition to mountain ecosystems. founder and Co-Director of the John Wesley Powell Center for Earth System Science Analysis and Synthesis. She is the North American Director of the International Nitrogen Initiative. Baron was President of the Ecological Society of America in 2014, is a Certified Professional Ecologist, and a Fellow of the ESA. Ph.D. Ecosystem Ecology, Colorado State University, 1991 M.S. Land Resources, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1979 B.S. Plant Sciences, Cornell University, 1976

Research Interest

Ecosystem Ecology, Land Resources, Plant Sciences