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Dr. Janice Brahney Department of Watershed Sciences Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Telephone: (435) 797-4479 Email: janice.brahney@usu.edu

Website: http://janicebrahney.weebly.com/

Employment

2016-Present Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA Assistant Professor, Watershed Sciences 2019-Present University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada (in process) Affiliate Honorary Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences 2015-2016 Okanagan College, Kelowna, BC, Canada Visiting Professor, Biology 2013-2016 University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics (to 2014)

Education 2012 PhD. Environmental Biogeochemistry– University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA Dissertation: Impacts of atmospheric emissions on precipitation chemistry and lake ecology 2007 MSc. Quaternary Paleolimnology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC, Canada

Thesis: Climate change effects on catchment hydrology, lake level, and mixing in Kluane Lake, YT 2004 BSc. Environmental Science, conc. in Physical Geography, Minor Geology, Simon Fraser University,

Vancouver BC, Canada

Thesis: Effects of declining salmon escapement on lake productivity and community structure

Current Research Interests Dust transport of nutrients, pathogens, and contaminants

Climate change and glacier recession impacts on biogeochemistry and ecology

Tracking cyanobacterial blooms and eutrophication using lake sediments

Organic geochemical processes in lake sediments and diagenetic effects

Isotopic tracking of phosphate sources and sinks in lacustrine systems

Cause/consequence of Didymosphenia blooms in mountain headwater streams

Merit Awards

2018 QCNR Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year 2016 Top-5 cited publication in Aeolian Research, Award, Brahney et al. (2013) 2016 American Chemical Society Editor’s Choice Award – Stoddard, J. Brahney, J. et al. (2016) 2014 Ecological Society of America, Elizabeth Sulzman Award, Honorable Mention (2nd) 2011 American Fisheries Society, Mercer Patriarch 2010 Publication of the Year Award (Brahney et al. 2010a) 2010 Association of Women Geoscientists, Outstanding Student Award 2010 Canadian Federation of University Women, Dr. Marion Grant Award, First runner up. 2009 Canadian Federation of University Women, Dr. Marion Grant Award, First runner up.

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Successful Research Grants (since arriving at USU: $765,843, my portion external: $423,932)- not

including anticipated funds on awarded federal grants

*Denotes student under Brahney

2018 British Columbia Parks, J. Brahney (PI), P. Budy, J. Curtis., Didymosphenia impacts of salmonids in BC

Parks, $13,714.05 CDN *Through the University of British Columbia

2018 My Good Fund Foundation, J. Brahney (PI), Exposed lakebeds and airborne dust – a public health and

air quality problem, $175,000

2018 Department of Energy, S.M. Skiles, J. Brahney (Co-PI), D. Gochis, Constraining physical understanding

of aerosol loading, biogeochemistry, and snowmelt hydrology from hillslope to watershed scale in the

East River Special Focus Area, $199,951/81,642

2018 UAES Seed Grant. J. Brahney (PI), B. Waring (Co-I). The nutrient and microbial composition of US

dusts, $55,420

2018 USFS FY18 WO-Air Priority Allocation Funding Proposals, J. Brahney (PI), C. Plunkett (Co-I), Pilot

study for a new dry deposition collector: Leveraging the NADP network to fill dry deposition data and

knowledge gaps, $3,000

2018 USGS, Pilot study for a new dry deposition collector: leveraging the NADP network to fill dry deposition

data and knowledge gaps, USGS. $3,000

2018 USDA FS Cooperative Agreement, J.Brahney (PI), Quantifying the atmospheric transport of phosphorus

to sensitive aquatic ecosystems and determining bioavailability, B. Roper, $8,973

2018 Extension Water Initiative Grant, J. Brahney (PI), B. Neilson, *D. Murray, Can Beaver Dams Mitigate

Non-Point Source Pollution?, $21,482

2018 National Park Service, J. Brahney (PI), P. Budy (Co-I), Understanding the role of increasing water

quality and groundwater inputs on ecosystem structure, function, and health in Big Bend National Park ,

$48,202 yr 1 with expected renewal Yr 2-5 (total anticipated $241,010).

2018 DWR Forest Fires and State Lands, J. Brahney (PI), K. Hagemen (Co-I). Quantifying Farmington Bay

dust composition from source to sink. $26,635

2018 USU Extension, J. Brahney (PI), Karin Kettenring (Co-PI), Daniel Drost (Co-I), Nancy Mesner (Co-PI).

Quantifying potential human exposure to cyanotoxins from crops grown with contaminated water.,

$30,000

2017 Utah Agriculture Experiment Station. J. Brahney (PI). “Leveraging the NADP network to fill critical dust deposition data and knowledge gaps” 3,360 yr 1, 4360 yr 2-5.

2017 Utah State University Research Catalyst Grant. S. Brothers, T. Atwood, J. Brahney (Co-PI), P. Budy, Assessing the effects of climate change on net metabolism and carbon cycling of Arctic lakes, $19,999

2017 USGS-WQ, J. Brahney (PI), B. Neilson, M. McKee, Mapping Didymo Distribution in the Logan River, $98,566/$33,763

2017 USDA FS Cooperative Agreement, J. Brahney (PI), B. Roper, Quantifying the atmospheric transport of phosphorus to sensitive aquatic ecosystems and determining bioavailability, $20,003

2017 USU Research Catalyst Grant, J. Brahney (PI), S. Goring, D. Newell, Using Cosmogenic Elements as Geochronological Markers in Lakes and Incorporating Instantaneous Sedimentation Rates into Holocene Age-Models, $19,818

2016 iUtah Research Catalyst Grant, M.Skiles, J. Brahney (Co-PI), G. Carling, J. Steenburgh, Constraining physical controls on snow hydrology along the Wasatch Front, $10,000/$0

2016 National Atmospheric Deposition Program, J. Brahney (PI), A proposal to leverage the National Atmospheric Deposition Program to fill critical data and knowledge gaps, In Kind

Prior to arriving at USU

2015 Ministry of Forest, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, J. Brahney (PI), Hydrometric effects of glacier recession in the Canadian Columbia Basin, $6,000

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2015 British Columbia Conservation Fund, J. Brahney (PI), Hydrometric and biogeochemical effects of glacier recession in the Canadian Columbia Basin, $4,000

2010 National Geographic Research and Exploration Grant, J. Neff, J. Brahney* (Co-PI),Examining the transport of Australian dust to New Zealand, $19,000 *Wrote grant

2010 Beverly Sears Research Grant, J. Brahney (PI), Ecological effects of dust deposition on mountain lake ecosystems, $2000

2010 Tobacco Root Geological Society Research Grant, J. Brahney (PI), Ecological effects of dust deposition on mountain lake ecosystems, $100

2009 Shell Research Grant, J. Brahney (PI), Ecological effects of dust deposition on mountain lake ecosystems, $2200

2009 John Marr Research Grant, J. Brahney (PI), Ecological effects of dust deposition on mountain lake ecosystems $850

2009 Kurt Gerstle Colorado Mountain Club Grant, J.Brahney, J. Brahney (PI), Ecological effects of dust deposition on mountain lake ecosystems, $2000

2009 Geological Society of America Research Grant J. Brahney (PI), Ecological effects of dust deposition on mountain lake ecosystems, $1920

2008 Colorado Mountain Club Research Grant, J. Brahney (PI), Ecological effects of dust deposition on mountain lake ecosystems, $2000

2007 Colorado Mountain Club Research Grant, J. Brahney (PI), Ecological effects of dust deposition on mountain lake ecosystems, $2000

2005 Geological Society of America Research Grant, J. Brahney (PI), Paleolimnology of Kluane Lake, $1200 2005 Northern Scientific Training Program Grant, J. Brahney (PI), Paleolimnology of Kluane Lake, $1200

Student Research Grants

Awarded

2018 Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) Student Award (Awarded), Vanessa

Bustamante, Structural response of stream food webs to Didymosphenia geminate blooms: an isotopic

mixing model approach, ($1000 Res.), J. Brahney (PI)

2018 Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) Student Award (Awarded – but declined),

Tyler Stevens , Developing a calibration for calcium-phosphorus co-precipitation as a measure of ambient

phosphorus concentration, ($1000 Res.), J. Brahney (PI)

2018 Climate Adaptation Science Program at USU, Lindsay Capito, Glacier recession impacts on didymosphenia

geminate.

2018 Society of Wetland Scientists, Student Research Award, Deni Murray. Do beaver dams alter riparian-

wetland biogeochemistry? ($1,450 Res.) J. Brahney (PI)

2018 LacCore Student Award for training on paleolimnology – awarded to Leighton King for work on

Utah Lake

2018 Society for Freshwater Science Endowment Award, Deni Murray, Do beaver dams alter riparian-wetland

biogeochemistry? ($1,000 Res.) J. Brahney (PI)

2018 Utah State University Ecology Center Graduate Research Support, Deni Murray, Do beaver dams alter

riparian-wetland biogeochemistry? ($1,800 Res.) J. Brahney (PI)

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2018 Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) Student Award (Awarded), Mark Devey,

Developing a calibration for calcium-phosphorus co-precipitation as a measure of ambient phosphorus

concentration, ($1000 Res.), J. Brahney (PI)

2018 Quinney College of Natural Resources (QCNR) Student Award (Awarded), Mark Devey, Calcium Co-

Precipitation as a Measure of Historic Phosphorus Concentration in Lakes, ($1500 Sal./$1000 Res.), J.

Brahney (PI)

2018 Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) Student Award (Awarded), Lindsay Capito,

Determining baseline phosphorus thresholds for Didymosphenia blooms in British Columbian streams,,

(500 Sal./ $500 Res), J. Brahney (PI)

2018 Quinney College of Natural Resources (QCNR) Student Award (Awarded), Lindsay Capito, Determining

baseline phosphorus thresholds for Didymosphenia blooms in laboratory experiments, ($500 Sal./ $1000

Res.), J. Brahney (PI)

2017 Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities (URCO) Student Award, Max Von Zastrow, The

Effects of Beaver Dams on Water Quality, ($750 Sal./$322 Res.), J. Brahney (PI)

2017 Quinney College of Natural Resources (QCNR) Student Award, Max Von Zastrow, The Effects of Beaver

Dams on Water Quality, ($870 Sal./$616 Res.) J. Brahney (PI)

2017 iUTAH iFellow Undergraduate Research Student Award, Arin Towns, The Effect of Beaver Dams on

Stream Biogeochemistry and Habitats, (Full Sumer Salary/$500 Res.) J. Brahney and B. Neilson (PIs)

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications in academic journals

Epperly, J., Witt, A., Haight, J., Washko, S., Atwood, T.B., Brahney, J., Brothers, S., Hammill, E. (2018). Relationships between borders, management agencies, and the likelihood of impairment. PLOSOne

Role: Idea generation and development, group discussions, and final preparation of the manuscript

Brahney, J., Menounos, B., Wei, A., Curtis, J.P. (2017). Determining annual cryosphere contributions to streamflow using hydrometric records from southeast British Columbia. Hydrologic Processes 31(8) 1590-1601

Brahney, J., Weber, F., Foord, V., Janmaat, J., Curtis, Paul. J. (2017). Evidence for a climate-driven hydrologic regime shift in the Canadian Columbia Basin. Canadian Water Resources Journal 42(2) 179-192

Mahowald, N.M., Scanza, R., Brahney, J., Goodale, C.L., Hess, P.G., Moore, J.K., Neff, J.C. (2017). Aerosol deposition impacts on land and ocean carbon cycles. Current Climate Change Reports 3(1) 16-31

Role: Wrote sections of the introduction and summary, fully wrote both the cation deposition and freshwater sections. *Invited review

Stodddard, J, Van Sickle, K, Herlihy, A, Brahney, J, Paulsen, S. Peck, D., Mitchell, R., Pollard, A. (2016). Continental-scale increase in lake and stream phosphorus: Are oligotrophic systems disappearing in the United States? Environmental Science and Technology 50(7): 3409-3415

Role: Hypothesis derivation and led the writing of the discussion section

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Prior to arriving at USU

Brahney, J., Mahowald, N., Ward, D.S., Ballantyne, A., Neff, J.C. (2015). Atmospheric phosphorus pollution alters global alpine lake stoichiometry. Global Biogeochemical Cycles DOI:10.1002/2015GB005137

Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A.P., Kociolek, P., Leavitt, P., Farmer, G.L., Neff, J.C. (2015). Ecological changes in two contrasting lakes associated with human activity and dust transport in western Wyoming. Limnology and Oceanography 60(2): 678-695

Brahney, J., Spaulding, S., Ballantyne, A.P.,Otu, M., Neff, J.C. (2014). Separating the influence of diagenesis,

productivity, and anthropogenic N deposition on sedimentary 15N variations. Org. Geochem. 75: 140-150

Brahney, J., Ballantyne, AP., Kociolek, P, Spaulding, S., Otu, M., Porwoll, T. Neff, J.C. (2014). Dust mediated transfer of phosphorus to alpine lake ecosystems in the Wind River Range, Wyoming. Biogeochemistry DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9994-x

Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A. P., Sievers, C., & Neff, J. C. (2013). Increasing Ca2+ deposition in the western US: The role of mineral aerosols. Aeolian Research 10: 77-87

Ballantyne, A.P., Brahney, J., Fernandez, D., Lawrence, C.L., Saros, J., Neff, J.C. (2011). Biogeochemical response of alpine lakes to recent changes in dust deposition. Biogeosciences 7: 8723-8761

Role: Assisted in developing research concept, analyses of data (diatoms), and writing of the manuscript

Brahney, J., Clague, J.J., Edwards, T.W.D., Menounos, B. (2010b). Late Holocene paleohydrology of Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology 44(3): 873-885

Brahney, J., Routledge, R., Bos, D.G., Pellatt, M.G. (2010a). Changes to the productivity and trophic structure of a sockeye salmon rearing lake in British Columbia. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 30: 433-444

Brahney, J., Clague, J.J., Edwards, T.W.D., Menounos, B (2008b). Geochemical reconstruction of late Holocene drainage and mixing in Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory. Journal of Paleolimnology 40(1): 489-505

Brahney, J., Clague, J.J., Menounos, B., Edwards, T.W.D. (2008a). Timing and cause of water level fluctuations in Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, over the past 5000 years. Quaternary Research 70: 213-227

Brahney, J., Bos, D.G., Pellatt, M.G., Edwards, T.W.D., Routledge, R. (2006). The influence of nitrogen limitation on δ15N and C:N in sediments from sockeye salmon nursery lakes in British Columbia, Canada. Limnology and Oceanography 51(5): 2333-2340

Manuscripts Submitted *Denotes student under Brahney

Brahney, J., Ballantyne, A.P., Vandergoes, M., Baisden, T., Neff, J.C. (Accepted - resubmitted). 20th century Australian land-use effects on atmospheric deposition in New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Moser, K., Baron, J., Brahney, J., Oleksy, B., Saros, J., Hundy, B., Sadro, S., Kopacek J., Sommaruga, R., Kainz, M., Strecker, A., Chandra, S., Walters, D., Preston, D., Michelutti, N., Lepori, F., Spaulding, S., Hik, D., Christianson, K., Melack, J., Smol, J. (Submitted). Mountain Lakes: Eyes on Global Environmental Change. Invited review for Global and Planetary Change.

Role: Lead section on dust deposition and assisted with atmospheric deposition and carbon sections. Edited full manuscript with K. Moser and J. Smol.

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Courtney-Mustaphi, C.J., Brahney, J., Aquino-Lopez, M.A. , Goring, S., *Kierston Orton, Noronha, A., Czaplewski, J.m Asena, Q, Patron, S.C., Brushworth, J.P. (In Prep). Guidelines for reporting and archiving 210Pb sediment chronologies to improve fidelity and extend data lifecycle. Quaternary Geochronology

Role: Assisted in developing research concept, analyses of data, and writing of the manuscript

Manuscripts in preparation

Blais-Stevens, A., Clague, J.J., Brahney, J., Lipovsky, P., Menounos, B., Haeussler, P. Evidence for large Holocene earthquakes laong th Denali fault in southwest Yukon

Role: I counted diatoms in two sediment cores and provided interpretations of diatoms in conjunction with the sedimentology

Multiple Authors (In Prep). Mountain Lake Gradients. Target Journal: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Role: I am developing the DOC modeling and methods for the manuscript.

Brahney, J., Menounos, B., Curtis, P.J. (In Prep). Seasonal hydrochemical variation between glacierized and non-glacierized streams in western Canada.

Brahney, J., Menounos, B., Curtis, P.J. (In Prep). Hydrochemical separation of glacier contribution to streamflow.

Brahney, J., Wetherbee, G., Sexstone, G. A new sterile method for the determination of dry deposition with the NADP network. For Atmospheric Environment.

Technical Reports and Brevia

Belmont, P., Donovan, M., Brahney, J. (2018) Sediment Dynamics in the Bear River-Mud Lake-Bear Lake System. Final Report. October 25, 2018.

Role: Contributed ideas on the geochemical analytical methods used as wells as their interpretation. Trained undergraduate Lindsay Capito on diatom slide preparations, counted distom community shifts through the major facies of the cores and contributed interpretations.

LacCore/CDSCO (2018). Multiple Authors. US Continental Scientific Drilling. Science Plan 2017-2027. https://csdco.umn.edu/sites/csdco.umn.edu/files/csdc_paleo_sph_20180410.pdf

Role: Invited to participate in developing the document, which outlines the state of the science and major directions in continental paleorecords. Contributing to various sections with text and editing and led the section on sediment early diagenesis.

Prior to arriving at USU

Carver, M, Brahney, J., Utzig and others (2017). Water Monitoring and Climate Change in the Upper Columbia Basin. Summary of Current Status and Opportunities. Columbia Basin Trust.

Role: Martin Carver used my postdoctoral work and reports as a foundation for a report that targeted the general public.

Brahney, J. (2015). Atmospheric increases in dust emissions tied to increases in lake productivity. USDA Mountain Views 9:1

Brahney, J. (2014). State of Knowledge on Water Availability in the Columbia Basin, British Columbia, Canada. Review and Recommendations. Columbia Basin Trust

Brahney, J. (2014). State of Knowledge on Water Quality in the Columbia Basin, British Columbia, Canada. Review and Recommendations. Columbia Basin Trust

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Brahney, J. (2013). Increases in atmospheric dust over regions of the western U.S and its effect on precipitation pH and alkalinity. USDA Mountain Views 7:1

Routledge, R., Tanasichuk, R., Buchanan, S., Brahney, J. (2004). Early-Marine Ecology for Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Rivers and Smith Inlets - 2004 Final Field-Season Report December 14, 2004

Routledge, R., Tanasichuk, R., Buchanan, S., Brahney, J. (2003). Early-Marine Ecology for Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Rivers and Smith Inlets – 2003 Final Field Season Report November 18, 2003

Academic Meetings, Courses, and Conference Presentations (Since starting at USU, Fall 2016)

Academic Meetings, Invited Talks, and Research Networks

*Denotes student under Brahney

*Devey, M., Brahney, J. (2018) Can Calcium Carbonate Be Used to Determine Ambient Lake Phosphorus

Concentrations? American Water Research Association (AWRA). November 4-8, 2018. Baltimore, MD

Ludwig, M., Brahney, J., Curtis, J. (2018) Using Colored Dissolved Organic Matter as a Tracer in End Member

Mixing Analysis. EFN Science Policy and Practice Conference, Okanagan Basin Water Board. October 17-

18, 2018 Kelowna BC.

Brahney, J.; Menounos, B.; Curtis, J (2018) Limnological changes along a gradient in glacierization in the Columbia

Basin of Canada. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). Summer meeting,

June 10-15, Victoria BC, Canada

Culpepper, J.; Baron, J.; Sadro, S.; Oleksy, I.; Vinebrooke,R.; Hampton, S.; Smits, A.; Moser, K.; Brahney, J.; Strecker ,A.; Chandra, S.; Williams, J.; Fradkin, S.; Nanus, L.;Rosen, M.; Noble, P. (2018). A conceptual model for understanding the role of mountain gradients on lakes. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). Summer meeting, June 10-15, Victoria BC, Canada

*Murray, D*., Neilson, B., Brahney, J. (2018) Beaver-Induced Biogeochemical Alterations in Mountain Streams. Society for Freshwater Science. Detroit Michigan, May 20-24, 2018

*Anderson, D., Brahney, J. (2018) Spatially assessing the moderated effects of physical and biological characteristics of alpine lake catchment basins in the Wind River Range, Wyoming. Advanced GIS Final project poster. April 19th, 2018. Utah State University.

Brahney, J., (2018) (Participant). Working group on conceptual paper on mountain lake gradients. Reno, NV, February 1-5th, 2018.

*Zastrow, M., Brahney, J. (2018) Can Beaver Dams Effect Water Quality. Poster Presentation, S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources. Undergraduate Poster.

Brahney, J. (2017) National Atmospheric Deposition Program Annual Meeting (Invited Talk and Poster). A New Method of Measuring Dry Deposition in NADP Samplers. San Diego, October 30th-November 3rd, 2017

Brahney, J. (2017) (Invited Talk). Hydrological and biogeochemical impacts of glacier recession in the Canadian Columbia Basin. Cryosphere Impacts on Lakes and Streams Workshop, US-China Cooperations, Qinghai Lake, China. August 20-27th, 2017

*Towns, A., Quinney, N., Neilson, B., Brahney, J. (2017). The Effects of beaver dams on stream biogeochemistry iUtah iFellow Research Symposium Utah State University July 26, 2017

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*Towns, A., Quinney, N., Neilson, B., Brahney, J. (2017). The Effects of beaver dams on stream biogeochemistry. Poster Presentation. iUtah Annual Symposium and All-Hands Meeting. Utah State University. July 21, 2017.

Andree Blais-Stevens, John J. Clague, B. Menounos, J. Brahney. (2017). Paleoseismic evidence for repeated Holocene displacements along the Denali Fault in southwest Yukon Territory. Canadian Geophysical Union. Vancouver, British Columbia. May 29-31, 2017

Brahney, J. Menounos, B., Edwards, T.W.D., Clague, J.J. (2017). Cause and consequence of lake level change in Kluane Lake, YT. Canadian Geophysical Union. Vancouver, British Columbia. May 29-31, 2017

Continental Scientific Drilling and Coring. Science Planning Workshop. (Invited Participant). Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 18th-`19th, 2017

Brahney, J. (2017). Dust mediated transfer of phosphorus to lake ecosystems and ecological impacts. Spring Runoff Conference, Utah State University. March 28th-29, 2017

Brahney, J., (2017) (Invited Talk). Dust mediated transfer of phosphorus to lake ecosystems and ecological impacts. Mountain Lakes Workshop Fort Collins Colorado. March 5-7th, 2017.

Brahney, J., (2016). Leveraging the NADP to fill critical dust knowledge and data gaps. National Atmospheric Deposition Program Annual Meeting and Science Symposium: What does the future hold? Sante Fe, NM Oct 31-Nov. 4, 2016

Teaching

Current Teaching

2019-Present Utah State University, 2018, Monitoring of aquatic systems (WATS 4950/6500). Co-teaching and course development with Dr. Soren Brothers. My portion is 1 credit (4 labs and 1 field trip).

2017-Present Utah State University, Biogeochemistry (WATS 4110/6110). Developed new class for graduate and undergraduate students, 3 credits

2017-Present Utah State University, 2017, Limnology (WATS 4950/6500). Developed limnology class for undergraduate and graduate students, 3 credits

2018 Utah State University, 2018, Paleolimnology (WATS 4950/6500). Developing new graduate level course for Spring 2018, 2 credits

Past Teaching

2015 Okanagan College, Limnology (BIOL 279) as lead instructor 2016 Okanagan College, Environmental Biology (BIOL 175) as lead instructor. 2014 University of British Columbia, Limnology (EESC 301) guest lectures as needed. 2013 University of British Columbia, Biogeochemistry (EESC 309) guest lectures as needed. 2011 Watershed High School, Boulder, Colorado, Maymester, Chemistry. Developed experiential

course work for high-school chemistry. Co-taught with Nick Hilliard. 2007-2008 University of Colorado, Fall 2007-Spring 2008, Introduction to Geology Field and Lab (GEOL

1030). Lead instructor. Developed lecture and lab material for a field and laboratory course. 2007 Simon Fraser University, Spring 2007, Natural Hazards (GEOG 312). Lab administration (TA) for a

course in Natural Hazards

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Mentorship

As senior or co-advisor

2017-Present Jessica Scholz, MSc, committee: B. Roper, B. Waring 2018-Present Deni Murray, MSc, committee: Beth Neilson, Chuck Hawkins 2018-Present Niall Clancy, MSc, as co-advisor with Phaedra Budy (30%), Brahney (70%) 2018-Present Leighton King, MSc, as co-advisor with Soren Brothers (50%), Brahney (50%) 2018-Present Austin Bartos, MSc, committee: Daniel Drost, Bull Ducette 2018-Present Lindsay Capity, MSc, committee: Sarah Null, Beth Neilson

Undergraduate Research

2018-Present Mariah Kromanaker, TBD (plastics in Utah Lake) 2017-2018 Lindsay Capito, Didymosphenia blooms on the Logan River 2017-Present Mark Devey, Phosphate inclusions in calcite precipitation as a paleoindicator 2017-2018 Max Von Zastrow, QCNR/URCO fellowships, How beaver ponds alter biogeochemistry and

primary production 2017 Nick Haynie, Dust deposition sampling across the American west 2017 Arin Towns, iFellow, Beaver effects on stream and pond physical habitats 2017 Kiersten Orton, Work-Study, Data derivation for recommendations on reporting lead-210 data

Committee Service

2018-Presebt John McLaren, PhD, senior supervisors: Phaedra Budy, Soren Brothers, Watershed Sciences 2018-Present Marshall Wolf, PhD, senior supervisor: Edd Hammill, Watershed Sciences 2017-Present Rachel Buck, PhD, senior supervisor: Michelle Baker, Biology 2017-Present Mehmet Ozturk, PhD, senior supervisor: Andrew Kulmatiski, Wildland Resources 2016-2018 Demitra Blythe, MSc, senior supervisor: Phaedra Budy, Watershed Sciences 2016-Present Suzan Tahir, PhD, senior supervisors: Michelle Baker, Karin Kettenring, Biology 2016-Present Rachel Hager, MSc, senior supervisor: Karin Kettenring, Watershed Sciences 2015-Present Nicholas Hebda, PhD, unofficial external advisory on diatom methods and taxonomy, University of

British Columbia

Professional Development

2018 Data Carpentry, Teaching USU April 24-25m 2018 2017 Utah State Research and Graduate Studies trip to DC to meet with NSF Program officers, Dec 3-4,2017 2017 Utah State University Proposal Writing Institute, May-June 2017 2016 USU New Faculty Training - Career Development Programs 2016 Write Winning Grant Proposals 2016 Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Improvisation for Scientists Workshop 2016 Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Distilling your Message Workshop 2016 Tilia, Neotoma data steward training 2016 USU Empowering Teaching Excellence 2016 Okanagan College Laboratory Safety Training 2015 Okanagan College, Institute for Teaching and Learning ‘Planting the Seeds’ Teaching Workshop 2015 Okanagan College, Institute for Teaching and Learning ‘Connections Workshop’ (Teaching) 2014 Assimilating Long Term Data Into Ecosystem Models (Scholarship). PalEON Summer Course, August 16-23,

2014.

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Popular Science and Media Coverage (selected major news outlets)

2018 NPR interview on dust expertise 2017 As expert opinion for Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Patrick Mohohan 2017 As expert opinion for The Atlantic, Ed Yong “The Great Thing About Mass Wildabeest Drownings” 2016 Chemistry and Engineering News, Janet Pelley “Monitoring uncovers mysterious phosphorus pollution” 2015 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio Interview, September 15, 2015 2013 Blowin' in the Wind: More and More Sickening Dust. June 18, 2013. Discover (ImaGeo). Tom Yulsman 2013 American West Becoming Increasingly Dusty. June 12, 2013. National Geographic. Ker Than 2013 Publication on dust reported on NPR, 2013. 2013 Dust storms are on the rise in the American West, i09, 2013 Annalee Newtz (Gawker Media) 2013 Increases in Dust Deposition in the West, Colorado 9 News

Scholarships and Monetary Awards Awarded: $333,559, Declined: $112,500

2015-2017 NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, $45,000/yr (returned 2016/2017) 2012 NSERC Post-Doctoral Visiting Fellowship, $45,000 (declined) 2010 International Student and Scholar Services Scholarship, $500 2010 Association for Women in Science Pre-Doctoral Award, $2000 2010 Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Scholarship, $2500 2008-2010 NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship D, $21,000/yr 2006 Petro-Canada Award in Earth Science, $3659 2004-2006 C.D. Nelson Entrance Scholarship, $18,000/yr 2004-2006 NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship A, $18,000/yr 2004 NSERC Undergraduate Research Student Assistantship, $6000 2004 Ron McLeod Scholarship for Environmental Science, $800 2003-2004 NSERC Undergraduate Research Student Assistantship, $6000 2002-2004 Simon Fraser University Open Scholarship (full tuition for top percentile students) 2002 University Women’s Club of Vancouver Scholarship, $1350 2002-2004 Cement Association of Canada Environmental Scholarship, $4000/yr 2002 Earth and Biological Sciences Award, €500 2000 Arts and Science Scholar Award, $250

Professional Services

USU Campus Service 2018 QCNR Award Committee 2018 Undergraduate Research Advisory Board 2018 Watershed Sciences Committee on Field and Lab Instruction 2018 Utah State University, 2016, Graduate Induction Course, Mountain Biogeochemistry (WATS 6260) 2017 QCNR Award Committee 2017 Spring Runoff Conference Planning Committee 2017 Spring Runoff Conference Poster Judge 2017 Speaker Host: McKenzie Skiles, Max Bothwell 2016 Watershed Science Faculty Search Committee, Limnology 2016 2016 Utah State University, 2016, Graduate Induction Course, 2 sections: Limnology and Mountain

Biogeochemistry (WATS 6260)

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External Service 2018 Technical committee: Salmon Recovery 2018 Utah Lake Water Quality Science Panel

Academic Service

Peer-reviews (Selected 2016-2017)

Journals:

2016-2018 Limnology and Oceanography, Science of the Total Environment, PLoS ONE, Journal of Geophysical

Research-Atmospheres (x3), Journal of Geophysical Research –Biogeosciences (x3), Fundamental

and Applied Limnology, Water Resources Research (x2), Quaternary Research, Aeolian Research,

Journal of Paleolimnology, Global Change Biology, Environmental Sciences and Technology x2.

Funding Agencies

2016-2017 National Science Foundation, National Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada,

Agricultural Experiment

International Research Network Activities

2018-Present Salmon Recovery Working Group in the Upper Columbia Basin. Led by the Okanagan National

Alliance. A group of agency, academic and First-Nations professionals interested in salmon

recovery in the Upper Columbia Basin. Role: coordinate research activities and mentor graduate

students working in the region.

2017-Present Mountain Lake Research Network. Led by J. Baron and S. Chandra. A group of international

scientists interested in studying the form and function of mountain lake ecosystems and how we

can use them to understand global change. Role: Leader of sediment archives group, contributing

member to 2+ publications, participant in N deposition, zooplankton, and carbon group

2017-Present Cryosphere Impacts on Lakes and Streams Network. Lead by J. Elser and J. Saros.A collaboration

of Chinese and American scientists who study cryosphere-ecology interactions from small

mountain systems to sea ice. Role: Lead the ecology group and writing of a review paper

2016-Present Aeroallergen Monitoring Science Committee. A NADP science committee dedicated to

coordinating and defining best-practices for aeroallergen monitoring across the United States

2016-Present Neotoma Paleoecological Archive, Data Steward. Neotoma is a long-term Paleoecological data

repository with nearly 2600 published lacustrine records. Select individuals are trained as steward

to validate and upload data into the repository. Role: Organic chemistry and geochemistry data

steward

2014-Present Columbia River Integrated Environmental Monitoring Program. A group of federal, provincial,

private, and academic participants interested in the protection of the river system while balancing

the economic and social benefits. Role: Outreach and communication of scientific findings

2013-Present Western Canadian Cryosphere Network. Led by B. Menounos. A group of federal, provincial,

private, and academic participants interested in improving our understanding of, and future state

Dr. Janice Brahney

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of the Cryosphere in British Columbia. Role: Lead ecosystem impact section and coordinate

research in this area

2013 NOVUS network (Invited Participant). The group aims to bring together neo- and paleo- ecologists

to foster collaborations that address critical issues within ecosystem disturbance. Role:

Participation in ‘think-tank’ meetings