Diane E. Pataki

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Diane E Pataki
Born
New York, NY
OccupationProfessor at the University of Utah
Parent(s)George and Eva Pataki
Academic background
EducationB.A. Barnard College, Columbia University

M.S. Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

Ph.D. Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University
ThesisWater use of co-occurring species in response to environmental conditions at varying temporal scales
Doctoral advisorProfessor Ram Oren
Other academic advisorsDr. James Ehleringer, Dr. James Coleman
Academic work
DisciplinePlant and Ecosystem Ecology
InstitutionsUniversity of Utah

Utah State University

University of California, Irvine
Websitehttp://pataki.biology.utah.edu

Diane E. Pataki is the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Utah.[1] She was a recipient of the James B. Macelwane Medal in 2008 from the American Geophysical Union for her research on coupled water and carbon cycles. The award is given to “significant contributions to the geophysical sciences by an outstanding early career scientist.”[2]

Early life and education[]

Diane E. Pataki was born in New York City, NY. She attended Jamaica High School and was included in the first group of students to participate in the Gateway to Higher Education (program) which started in 1986. The Gateway program allowed for students to receive extra exposure and mentorship in science and math. Pataki has cited this as what inspired her to pursue scientific research. Pataki took extra science, research and writing classes at the City University of New York.[citation needed]

Pataki graduated from Barnard College with a major in Environmental Science in 1993. During this time she worked as an intern at the headquarters of the Environmental Defense Fund assisting the Executive Director, Fred Krupp.[citation needed]

Pataki attended the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment to pursue a M.S. and Ph.D. under Professor Ram Oren. Her dissertation is titled "Water use of co-occurring species in response to environmental conditions at varying temporal scales".[3] Her two post-doctoral mentors were James Coleman at the Desert Research Institute and James Ehleringer at the University of Utah.[citation needed]

Career and research[]

After her doctoral and post-doctoral research, Pataki joined the faculty of the University of California, Irvine in 2004. While at UCI, she was the founding Director of the Center for the Environmental Biology and the Steele Burnard Anza Borrego Desert Research Center in 2011.[4]

Pataki moved to the University of Utah in 2012 as an associate professor in the Department of Biology as well as adjunct faculty in the Department of City & Metropolitan Planning. From 2014-2015, she served as a Program Director in the Division of Environmental Biology at the National Science Foundation.[5] Pataki was also a member of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Board of Scientific Counselors until 2017.[6]

Diane's earlier research under Ram Oren while at Duke University focused on controls of canopy conductance in temperate forest species.[7] She now specializes in land-atmosphere exchange, ecohydrology, biogeochemical cycles, and ecosystem services in urban environments. She has done extensive work on the use of carbon isotopes for source apportionment of urban carbon dioxide fluxes.[8][9]

Diane participated the Leopold Environmental Leadership Program in 2015.[10] She currently serves on the National Science Foundation Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences as well as the NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education.[5][11]

Honors[]

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Selected publications[]

Diane E Pataki publications indexed by Google Scholar:

  • Pataki, D.E. (2015). Grand challenges in urban ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 3, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00057. Published, 06/2015. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2015.00057/full
  • Avolio ML, Pataki DE, Pincetl S, Gillespie TW, Jenerette GD, McCarthy HR. (2015). Understanding preferences for tree attributes: the relative effects of socio-economic and local environmental factors. Urban Ecosystems 18(1):73-86. Published, 03/2015.
  • Pataki DE, Carreiro MM, Cherrier J, Grulke NE, Jenning V, Pincetl S, Pouyat RV, Whitlow TH, Zipperer WC. (2011). Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: Ecosystem services, green solutions, and misconceptions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 27-36. Published, 02/2011
  • Pataki DE, Bowling DR, Ehleringer JR. (2003). Seasonal cycle of carbon dioxide and its isotopic composition in an urban atmosphere: anthropogenic and biogenic effects. JGR Atmospheres. 108(D23), 4735, doi:10.1029/2003JD003865. Published, 12/2003.

References[]

  1. ^ "DIANE E PATAKI - Home - Faculty Profile - The University of Utah". faculty.utah.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "2008 James B. Macelwane Medal Winner". American Geophysical Union. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Diane E. Pataki Curriculum Vitae". University of Utah. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "Desert research station will open". UCI News. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Biological Sciences Advisory Committee Members". National Science Foundation. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Board of Scientific Counselors Executive Committee July 2014 U.S. EPA, July 2014" (PDF). U.S. EPA. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  7. ^ Oren, R.; Sperry, J. S.; Katul, G. G.; Pataki, D. E.; Ewers, B. E.; Phillips, N.; Schäfer, K. V. R. (January 4, 2002). "Survey and synthesis of intra- and interspecific variation in stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit". Plant, Cell & Environment. 22 (12): 1515–1526. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00513.x. ISSN 0140-7791.
  8. ^ Bowling, David R.; Pataki, Diane E.; Randerson, James T. (January 7, 2008). "Carbon isotopes in terrestrial ecosystem pools and CO2fluxes" (PDF). New Phytologist. 178 (1): 24–40. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02342.x. ISSN 0028-646X. PMID 18179603.
  9. ^ Pataki, Diane E; Carreiro, Margaret M; Cherrier, Jennifer; Grulke, Nancy E; Jennings, Viniece; Pincetl, Stephanie; Pouyat, Richard V; Whitlow, Thomas H; Zipperer, Wayne C (February 1, 2011). "Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: ecosystem services, green solutions, and misconceptions". Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 9 (1): 27–36. doi:10.1890/090220. ISSN 1540-9295.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "20 Researchers Selected as 2015 Leopold Leadership Fellows". Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education". National Science Foundation. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  12. ^ "Urban Ecology, Speciality Chief Editor". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
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