Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson CV

Dr. Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson CV

Professor 

Address:
Department of Biological Sciences    
3211 Providence Dr.,
Anchorage, AK 99508
EBL Building Rm. 113
phone: (907) 786 1366
fax: (907) 786 4607       

Education:

Ph.D. in Biology, 1979 - McGill University, Montréal, Canada
B.S. in Biology (major), Chemistry (minor), and Geography (minor), 1972 - University of Iceland
Baccalaureate in Math and Sciences, 1966 - Reykjavík Junior College (Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík)

Research Specialization:

Physiological plant ecology, ecosystem ecology, treeline ecology, cryptogam ecology, photosynthesis, nutrient relations

Employment:

1990-present, Full Professor, 1984-1990. Associate Professor, 1980-1984, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage.

1990-1993. Professor of Botany, University of Iceland

1977-1980. Research Associate, Abisko Scientific Research station, Swedish Academy of Sciences

1972-1976.  Laboratory Instructor and/or Research Assistant, McGill University

Administration:

1995-1998. Chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage

1982-1984. Chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage

2000- present. Honorary Consul of Iceland

Recent and Current Grants:

PRINCIPAL OR CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:

  • 2009-2012. Canopy gas exchange and growth of white spruce near the Arctic treeline: confronting measurements with models along natural and experimental resource gradients. $512,445. Co-PI.
  • 2005-2007. Boreal Bryophyte Ecology. ” a subproject within NSF-funded LTER Taiga Project. $ 40,000
  • 2007-2010. IPY: Collaborative Research: Study of arctic ecosystem changes in the IPY using the International Tundra Experiment, $270,173. Co-Pi.
  • 2006-2011. Mechanisms and feedback consequences of shrub expansion following long-term increases in winter snow depth in northern Alaska: a legacy for IPY, $622,051. Co-Pi.
  • 2005 “Sphagnum Exudation”. University of Alaska Anchorage, Chancellor’s Research Grant, $25K
  • 2004 “Valle del freddo – a study of alpine plants growing at low temperatures at different altitudes in the Italian Alps” University of Alaska Anchorage, Faculty Development Fund $4.5K
  • 2002 “Animal Abundance and Impacts on Tree Species Across the Forest-Alpine Interface”. University of Alaska Anchorage, Faculty Development Fund $4.5K
  • 2004 “Arctic and Alpine Treelines in Alaska: Controls on Performance of White Spruce – Implications for Global Change”,  NSF, Polar Programs, Arctic Natural Sciences, one year extension, $45K
  • 1999-2003 “Arctic and Alpine Treelines in Alaska: Controls on Performance of White Spruce – Implications for Global Change”,  NSF, Polar Programs, Arctic Natural Sciences, $792K
  • 1999-2005. “Bryophyte biomass and growth in different successional stages of Alaskan Taiga” a subproject within NSF-funded LTER Taiga Project. $162K
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Research Associate:
 • 1977-1980. Abisko Scientific Research Station, Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Research on “Photosynthesis and bioclimate at the elevational treeline in Swedish Lapland.” Direction of graduate and undergraduate research - Design and construction of measurement systems

Graduate Research Assistant:
• 1973-1974. McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Research at Barrow, Alaska within the International Biological Programme, Tundra Biome Project. “Productivity of major bryophytes on the wet tundra.”
• 1972. McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Research at Schefferville, northern Quebec, Canada. “Photosynthesis of black spruce, larch, and moss.”

Undergraduate Research Assistant:
• 1969-1971. Surtsey Research Society, Reykjavík, Iceland - Research on plant migration, colonization, and succession on Surtsey, an island created by a submarine volcanic eruption - Vegetation community analyses on neighboring island and the mainland to allow prediction of succession on Surtsey

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