Kimberly M. Carlson

Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

370 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 

EDUCATION

2006-present    Doctoral Program, Yale University
                       School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Advisor: Lisa Curran 

2000-04           B.S. in Biological Sciences, Stanford University, with Honors

PUBLICATIONS

Carlson KM, GP Asner, RF Hughes, R Ostertag, and RE Martin. 2007. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Canopy Biodiversity in Hawaiian Lowland Rainforests. Ecosystems 10:536-549.

Asner GP, RE Martin, KM Carlson, U Rascher, and PM Vitousek. 2006. Vegetation–climate interactions among native and invasive species in Hawaiian rainforest. Ecosystems 9:1106-1117.

Asner GP, KM Carlson, and RE Martin. 2005. Substrate age and precipitation effects on Hawaiian forest canopies from spaceborne imaging spectroscopy. Remote Sensing of Environment 98:457-467.

Carlson KM and GP Asner. 2005. Spaceborne imaging spectroscopy of tropical forest properties in Hawaii. Proceedings of the 14th Annual JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop. Pasadena, CA.

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND HONORS

2007        Council on Southeast Asian Studies at Yale Ford Foundation Summer Research Grant

2007        Tropical Resources Institute at Yale Endowed Summer Research Grant

2007        Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale Graduate Student Award  

2006        Yale School of Graduate Studies Doctoral Fellowship

2006        Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

2003        Stanford University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Small Grant

2000-01   Air Force ROTC 4-year college scholarship

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

2006        Carlson, KM.  “Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Canopy Biodiversity in Tropical Rainforests.” Remote Sensing User’s Group, Yale University.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007        Teaching Assistant, Tropical Ecosystem Dynamics and Anthropogenic Change, Yale University

2004        Co-Instructor, Fire Policy and Ecology in the Western US, Stanford Student Initiated Courses

2003        Teaching Assistant, Tropical Field Ecology in Costa Rica, Duke Talent Identification Program

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2004-06    Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, at Stanford University

                        Analyzed hyperspectral remotely sensed data (EO1 Hyperion and AVIRIS) collected in tropical forests. Research included field work in the Hawaiian Islands.  Principle Investigator: Dr. Gregory P. Asner

2004        Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program at the Stanford Law School

                               Examined watershed protection in California and state-level endangered species legislation in the United States.  Principle Investigator: Barton Thompson, JD

2003-04    Honors Thesis, Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University

                        Examined the ecological impacts of grant-supported fuel reduction in Western Montana.  Adviser: Dr. Paul Ehrlich

2002        Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University

                        Conducted daily point counts of bird populations, mapped land use, and surveyed vegetation in fragmented southern Costa Rica landscapes.  Principle Investigator: Dr. Gretchen Daily.

2002        Department of Comparative Medicine at Stanford University

                        Designed and completed a study investigating African Clawed Toad (Xenopus laevis) crowding and growth rates in captivity.  Principle Investigator: Dr. Sherril Green, DVM.

2001        Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources (IJNR) in Missoula, Montana

Gathered information about current environmental issues in the Northwestern United States to support IJNR’s annual environmental journalism institutes.  Supervisor: Frank Allen

FIELD EXPERIENCE

  2007        West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Led a team of 7 Indonesians to validate satellite imagery and map vegetative and administrative borders of villages threatened by current or future oil palm plantation development.

2004-06    Hawaiian Islands. Surveyed plant biodiversity, forest structure, leaf chemistry, and collected GPS points in diverse ecosystems, including savanna and wet lowland forests.

2004        Northern California. Interviewed drinking water suppliers about the costs and benefits of watershed protection for water quality and quantity.

2003        Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Assessed fish diversity in Marine Protected Areas.

2003        Western Montana. Interviewed private land owners in the wildland urban interface about the ecological effects of fuel reduction projects.

2002        Las Cruces, Costa Rica.  Surveyed bird populations, land use, and forest structure in 1-2 ha forest fragments.