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Name:  Bernhard, Emily Snow
Telephone: 919.660.7318; Fax: 919.660.7293
Email: ebernhar@duke.edu
Organization:
Duke University
Department of Biology
French Family Science Building 3313
P.O. Box 90338
Durham, North Carolina 27708

Position at Coweeta LTER: Principal Investigator
Specialty: Stream Processes
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Education:
B.S. Biology, UNC Chapel Hill, 1996
Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, 2001

Appointments:
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Duke University, 2004-Present
Secondary Appointment, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, 2005-Present
Post-doctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland, 2002-2004
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Duke University, 2001-2002

Publications (Five as examples of research foci):
Bernhardt, E.S., L.E. Band, C.E. Walsh, and P.Berke, In Press. Understanding, managing, and minimizing urban impacts on surface water nitrogen loading. 2008 Annual Review of Conservation and the Environment.

Bernhardt, E.S. and M. A. Palmer. 2007. Restoring streams in an urbanizing world. Freshwater Biology 52:738-751.

Bernhardt, E.S., G.E. Likens, R.O. Hall, Jr., D.C. Buso, S.G. Fisher, T.M. Burton, J.L. Meyer, W.H. McDowell, M.S. Mayer, W.B. Bowden, S.E.G. Findlay, K.H. Macneale, R.S. Stelzer, W.H. Lowe. 2005. Can’t See the Forest for the Stream? The capacity of instream processing to modify terrestrial nitrogen exports. BioScience 52:219-230.

Bernhardt, E.S., G.E. Likens, D.C. Buso, and C.T. Driscoll. 2003. Instream uptake dampens the effect of major disturbance on watershed nitrogen export. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 100 (18): 10304-10308

Bernhardt, E.S. and G.E. Likens. 2002. DOC enrichment alters nitrogen dynamics in a forest stream. Ecology 83(6): 1689-1700.

Synergistic Activities:
1.Ecological Society of America Ecological Visions Committee (2003); Publications Committee (2003-2005), Secretary, 

2.Biogeosciences Section (2006-2007)

3.North American Benthological Society Executive Committee (2003-2005); JNABS evaluation committee (2006-2008)

4.Coordinator of the National River Restoration Science Synthesis Project

5.Environmental Defense, Habitat Priorities Committee; NC WRRI panel reviewer; American Association of University Women grants panelist; Biogeochemistry Panel for evaluation of the Consortium of Universities for Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Incorporated (CUASHI) Hydrological Measurement Facility; Albermarle-Pamlico National Estuarine Program Science and Technical Advisory Committee; NSF DDIG Panel.