SUSAN SCHWINNING
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Phone: (520) 621-3803
University of Arizona

FAX: (520) 621- 4665
Tucson, AZ 85721

Email: schwinn@ag.arizona.edu
Education
Ph.D.
Ecology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson.

1994
M.S.
Plant Physiology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis.

1986
Diplom
Biology, Department of Biology, University of Gottingen, Germany.

1984
Positions
Academic Associate
School of Natural Resources , University of Arizona, Tucson.
2001- present
Postdoctoral Fellow
Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, Arizona.

2002-2003
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.

1997-2001
Research Scientist
Institute of Grassland and Evironmental Research, Okehampton, UK.

1994-1997
Honors and Awards

John L. Harper Prize for a paper published in Journal of Ecology.

 1996

Robert W. Hoshaw Memorial Award, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona.

 1994
Memberships
Ecological Society of America

British Ecological Society

American Geophysical Union

 1990-present

1994-present

2001-present
Grants
Precipitation pulse effects in arid and semi-arid ecosystems, NSF workshop grant (DEB 0222313), $20,000.

2002
Improving the reliability of non-fertilized grass/clover pasture - a proposed mechanism and its test, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK, £ 172,000. 1996-1999
Professional Services
Convener, International workshop of precipitation pulse effects in arid and semi-arid ecosystems, Tucson, Arizona, 1-3 August, 2002 (60 participants).

Grant proposal reviewer: NSF Programs in Population Biology, and Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, NIGEC's Western Regional Scientific Board (DOE), Earth and Life Sciences (Netherlands Science Organization).

Journal article reviewer: Agronomy Journal, The American Naturalist, Annals of Forest Science, Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, Ecology and Ecological Monographs, Ecology Letters, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Experimental Botany, Oecologia, Oikos, Plant and Soil, Plant Ecology, Theoretical Population Biology.
Publications