LNO Staff
Management and Planning
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Robert Waide, Executive Director (Read Bob's Bio) |
- Facilitates development of cross-site and synthesis activities
- Develops interactions with non-LTER sites and programs
- Oversees operations of LNO and administers Cooperative Agreement
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James W. Brunt, Chief Information Officer (Read James' Bio) |
- Coordinates LNO information management activities with NISAC, Information Management Committee, other ecoinformatics efforts
- Coordinates and supervises computing and communication systems, databases, and web page administration in the LNO
- Promotes the adoption and use of information management standards
Contact information (Read James' Blog)
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William K. Michener, Director for Development and Outreach |
- Coordinates LTER activities with other large, developing networks
- Facilitates cyberinfrastructure development for LTER and ILTER
- Develops mutually beneficial activities with federal agencies, international research programs and other networks.
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John Vande Castle, Director for Synthesis Support
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- Coordinates synthesis activites of the LTER Science Council, LTER working groups, and LTER All Scientists Meetings
- Coordinates technology planning and implementation for the LTER Network
- Coordinates LTER technology with the development of the LTER Network Information System
- Member of the LTER Network Information System Advisory Committee
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Marjorie McConnell, Senior Program Manager (Read Marjorie's Bio) |
- Coordinates management of major LNO projects
- Oversees accounting of LNO grants and contracts
- Coordinates report and proposal preparation
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Meeting Planning and Facilitation
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George Garcia, Office Manager
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- Meeting Coordination
- Management of day to day operation of LNO
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Celina Gomez, Administrative Assistant
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- Meeting Coordination
- Reimbursements
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Reyes Sais, Accounting Technician
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- Reconciles all expenditures related to the LNO
- Aids in projecting and balancing budgets for synthesis working
groups and supplements to the LNO
- Maintains accounting system for LNO for cross-reference of expenditures
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David Danzilio, Student Employee
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- Meeting Coordination
- Reimbursements
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Communications and Outreach
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McOwiti O. Thomas, Public Information
Officer (Read McOwiti's Bio) |
- Develops strategies, plans, and activities for public information
- Develops public information products and tools
- Handles internal and external public and media relations
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Patricia Bonito, Special Projects (Read
Patty's Bio) |
- Produces LTER Site Brochures
- Manages Web Site content
- Writes Newsletter articles
- Assists with production of Oxford University Press Synthesis Series
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IT Infrastructure
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Marshall White, Application Support Analyst
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- Webmaster for the LNO
- Develops, designs, and maintains websites hosted by the LNO
- Provides web development assistance to the LTER Network
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Florence 'Dez' Wyman, Systems Administrator |
- Administers computer, network, and associated security systems
and the LNO
- Provides technical support to LNO staff and to LTER sites
on a limited basis
- Maintains email, web, ftp, database, file, computer, and backup
servers at LNO
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James L. Williams, Systems Analyst |
- Administers Desktop computers, peripherals, and video teleconferencing technology
- Provides technical support to LNO staff and to LTER sites on a limited basis
- Maintains Informatics Training and Usability Testing Laboratory
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Mark Servilla, NIS Developer (Read Mark's Bio) |
- Designs and implements LTER Network Information System
- Coordinates integration of LTER partner sites computing and
data infrastructure
- Enables cross-site synthesis through cyberinfrastructure technology
Contact information (Read Mark's Blog)
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Duane Costa, NIS Programmer/Analyst (Read Duane's Bio) |
- Develops NIS software and technologies
- Develops EML tools and harvesting software
- Administers LNO Metacat metadata repository
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Inigo San Gil, Senior Application Support Analyst
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- Provides assistance on EML standard data compliance
- Provides EML support to LTER sites
- Works on metadata compliance with the NBII Biological Data
Profile
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Deana Pennington, Research Assistant Professor (Read Deana's Bio) |
- Develops cyberinfrastructure for ecology
- Conducts integrated analysis of field, GIS, sensor, and image
data
- Environmental- and ecoinformatics
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David Michael Sledge, Analyst/Programmer
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