Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research

Personnel Directory

All personnel of the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research can be reached with the following address and fax number:

Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
general phone: (520) 621-1608
fax number: (520) 621-8229

Director
Name	Phone	E-mail
Hughes, Malcolm K.	(520) 621-6470	mhughes@ ltrr.arizona.edu

Administrative Staff
Name	Title	Phone	E-mail	Supervisor
Norton, Phyllis	Administrative Associate	(520) 621-2191	pgress@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Hughes
Martinez, Ana	Administrative Assistant	(520) 621-6469	martinez@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Gress
Mather, Jackie	Secretary	(520) 621-1608	jmather@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Gress

Faculty
Name	Title	Phone	E-mail	Research Interests
Dean, Jeffrey S.	Professor	(520) 621-2320	jdean@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeology, paleoenvironment
Hirschboeck, Katherine K.	Associate Professor	(520) 621-6466	katie@ ltrr.arizona.edu	climatic variability
Hughes, Malcolm K.	Professor, Director	(520) 621-6470	mhughes@ ltrr.arizona.edu	natural archives of climate
Leavitt, Steve W.	Professor	(520) 621-6468	sleavitt@ ltrr.arizona.edu	stable isotopes
Meko, David M.	Research Specialist, Principal	(520) 621-3457	dmeko@ ltrr.arizona.edu	time series, hydrology
Stockton, Charles W.	Professor	(520) 621-7680	stockton@ ltrr.arizona.edu	climatic variability, hydrology
Swetnam, Thomas W.	Associate Professor	(520) 621-2112	tswetnam@ ltrr.arizona.edu	forest fire, insect ecology
Towner, Ronald H.	Adjunct Assistant Professor	(520) 621-6465	rtowner@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Navajo archeology

Faculty Emeriti
Name	Title	Phone	Email	Research Interests
Bannister, Bryant	Director Professor Emeritus	(520) 621-2414	bban@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeological dating
Fritts, Harold C.	Professor Emeritus	(520) 887-7291	hfritts@ ltrr.arizona.edu	climate reconstruction, cambial modeling
Robinson, William	Professor Emeritus
Stokes, Marvin	Professor Emeritus

Visitors/Consultants
Name	Phone	E-mail	Research Interests
Harlan, Thomas P. (retired)	(520) 885-4194	strider@ throneworld.com	crossdating, bristlecone pine
Holmes, Richard L.	(520) 323-0092	rholmes@ dakotacom.net	dendrochronology software, dendrochronology in Latin America and tropics
Liu, Yu	(520) 621-2945	liuyu@ ltrr.arizona.edu	climate reconstruction in China
Bob Lofgren (retired)	(520) 745-3786	blofgren@ hotmail.com	climate data, guest relations
Oakleaf, Kary	(520) 621-2518	koakleaf@ ltrr.arizona.edu	image analysis, tracheid dimensions

Scientific Staff
Name	Phone	E-mail	Research Interests	Supervisor
Adams, Rex	(520) 621-2414	radams@ ltrr.arizona.edu	education, outreach	Hughes
Baisan, Christopher	(520) 621-1958 621-6463	cbaisan@ ltrr.arizona.edu	forest ecology, fire	Swetnam
Bowden, Dennie O.	(520) 621-2320		archaeological dating	Dean
Burns, James M.	(520) 621-2518	jburns@ ltrr.arizona.edu	X-ray densitometry	Hughes
Dai, Kaimei	(520) 621-3457	dai@ ltrr.arizona.edu	radiocarbon, data analysis in dendrochronology	Meko
Funkhouser, Gary	(520) 621-2946	gary@ ltrr.arizona.edu	long chronologies	Hughes
Glueck, Mary	(520) 626-4661	maryg@ ltrr.arizona.edu	climatic variability, High Latitude, North America, Morocco	Stockton
Hemming, Deborah	(520) 621-2223	debs@ ltrr.arizona.edu	modelling, stable isotopic analysis	Leavitt
Morino, Kiyomi	(520) 621-7681 621-6463	kmorino@ ltrr.arizona.edu	fire history, forest dynamics	Swetnam
Munro, Martin	(520) 621-2518	mmunro@ ltrr.arizona.edu	image analysis	Hughes
Parks, James A.	(520) 621-2320	jparks@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeology	Dean
Sheppard, Paul	(520) 621-6474	sheppard@ ltrr.arizona.edu	image analysis, soil-tree relationships	Hughes
Street, David	(520) 621-2414	djstreet@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeology	Dean
Touchan, Ramzi	(520) 621-2992	rtouchan@ ltrr.arizona.edu	long chronologies, dendroclimatology, Near East, technical training courses	Hughes
Warren, Richard L.	(520) 621-2320	ward@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archaeological dating	Dean

Graduate Students
Name	Phone	E-Mail	Research Interests
Ababneh, Linah	(520) 621-9786	linaha@ ltrr.arizona.edu	archeology, climate, isotopes
Archibald, Susan	(520) 621-9732	susan@ ltrr.arizona.edu	paleohydrology, synoptic climatology, dendroclimatology
Cheng, Li	(520) 621-3846	lcheng@ ltrr.arizona.edu	soil carbon isotope, soil environment, global change
Conway, Brian	(520) 621-3457	bconway@ u.arizona.edu	dendrohydrology, surface and groundwater hydrology, wildland fire behavior
Falk, Don	(520) 626-7201 626-9266	dafalk@ u.arizona.edu	fire history, conservation biology, restoration ecology
Gao, Xing	(520) 621-3457	xgao@ Ltrr.arizona.edu	Old World prehistory, Pleistocene environments, lithic technology
Grow, David	(520) 621-6471	dgrow@ ltrr.arizona.edu	dendrofluvialgeomorphology, dendrohydrology
Hallman, Christine		challman@ geo.arizona.edu	dendrochronology, frost rings, GIS
Kaib, J. Mark	(520) 621-6463	kaib@ ltrr.arizona.edu	forest history, fire ecology Sierra Madres Occidentales and the Madrean Province
Kipfmueller, Kurt	(520) 621-6463	kurt@ ltrr.arizona.edu	dendroecology/dendroclimatology in the Northern Rockies, fire ecology
Kirkby, June	(520) 621-6463	jkirkby@ ltrr.arizona.edu	corkbark fir ecology
Lenart, Melanie	(520) 621-????	mlenart@ ltrr.arizona.edu	global change, forests, carbon cycle, wind disturbance of trees
Margolis, Ellis	(520) 621-6463	ellisqm@ ltrr.arizona.edu	dendroecology, aspen fire ecology, Upper Rio Grande Valley
Ni, Fenbiao	(520) 621-9731	fenbiao@ ltrr.arizona.edu	synoptic dendroclimatology, climate downscaling, fuzzy logic, geostatistics, relational database development
Nunes, Elsa	(520) 621-7681	enunes@ ltrr.arizona.edu	climatology, plant physiology and anatomy, fire ecology and isotopes
Rollins, Matt	(520) 621-6463	matt@ ltrr.arizona.edu	GIS applications in dendroecology
Ryerson, Dan	(520) 621-6463	dryerson@ ltrr.arizona.edu	disturbance ecology, insect outbreaks
Salzer, Matthew	(505) 359-1315	salzer@badlands. nodak.edu	dendroclimatology, American Southwest society/environment/climate interface
Street, David	(520) 621-2414	djstreet@ ltrr.arizona.edu	dendroarcheological dating and related theory
Wright, Ed	(520) 621-9786 621-2518	wwright@ ltrr.arizona.edu	isotope dendrochronology, palaeoclimatology, plant physiology, global climate change, dendroarchaeology

Student Assistants
Name	Phone	E-mail	Supervisor
Alvarez, Alberto	(520) 621-6471	aalverez@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Munro
Baca, Paul	(520) 621-6463		Swetnam/ Adams
Betancourt, Mark	(520) 621-6463		Swetnam
Chakravarthula, Praveen	(520) 621-6463		Swetnam
Gopalan, Giribalan	(520) 626-7201	gopalan@ ece.arizona.edu	Munro
Lewandowski, Steve	(520) 626-3142		Touchan
Maryol (Olinger), Vada	(520) 621-3846	vro@ u.arizona.edu	Leavitt
McKelton, Craig	(520) 621-1608		Gress/ Adams
Pailzote, Arnold	(520) 621-6463		Adams
Peru, Miko	(520) 621-2518		Leavitt
Peterson, William	(520) 621-6471		Leavitt
Porter, Karen	(520) 621-6471	kporter@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Leavitt/ Dean
Ricketts, Nicole	(520) 621-3846	nicci@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Leavitt
Wallin, Brian	(520) 626-3142		Touchan
Zhang, Lu	(520) 621-9731	zlu@ ltrr.arizona.edu	Munro