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Tristram West
is a member of the DOE’s Consortium for
the Enhancement of Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial
Ecosystems (CSITE) at ORNL and has a strong background
in terrestrial carbon dynamics and knowledge of
the effects of land management on nutrient cycling.
He has experience in full carbon and greenhouse
gas accounting, and his work in this field has
been applied in national and international frameworks
for carbon sequestration and proposed legislation
for net emissions eductions. He has experience
with geographic information systems, the classification
and analysis of remotely sensed data, and the
use of leading soil erosion and biogeochemical
models. Dr. West conducts research in an interdisciplinary
manner and often works with economists, sociologists,
ecologists, atmospheric scientists, and statisticians
and maintains strong contacts with carbon sequestration
researchers at USDA-ARS, USDA-ERS, and USDANRCS;
EPA; and a number of universities and research
institutes worldwide. He has been an invited speaker
at the US-EPA Forestry & Agriculture Greenhouse
Gas Modeling Forum, the VII International Congress
of Ecology INTECOL, and the USDA Symposium on
Natural Resource Management to Offset Greenhouse
Gas Emissions.
Current
Position
Research Staff, Environmental Science Division
(ESD), Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Education
Ph.D., Agronomy, Ohio State University, 1999
M.S., Natural Resources, Ohio State University,
1996
B.A., Agriculture, University of Kentucky, 1994
Professional
Experience
Research Staff, ESD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(2002-present)
Research Associate, ESD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
(1999-2002)
Graduate Research Fellow (U.S. Dept. of Defense
Research Fellowship), Ohio State University (1996-1999)
Graduate Research & Teaching Associate, Ohio
State University (1994-1996)
Awards and
Other Recognition
American Association for the Advancement of Science;
American Society of Agronomy; American Geophysical
Union; Ecological Society of America; Soil Science
Society of America
Selected
Publications/Presentations
West, T.O., G. Marland, A.W.
King, W.M. Post, A.K. Jain, and K. Andrasko (2003)
Carbon management response curves: estimates of
temporal soil carbon dynamics, Environmental Management
(special issue; in review).
West, T.O.
and G. Marland (2003) Net carbon flux from agriculture:
Carbon emissions, carbon sequestration, crop yield,
and land-use change, Biogeochemistry (in press).
Marland, G., T.O.
West, B. Schlamadinger, L. Canella (2003)
Managing soil organic carbon in agriculture: the
net effect on greenhouse gas emissions, Tellus
55B (in press).
West, T.O.
and W.M. Post (2002) Soil organic carbon sequestration
rates by tillage and crop rotation: a global data
analysis, Soil Science Society of America Journal
66:1930-1946.
West, T.O.
and G. Marland (2002) Net carbon flux from agricultural
ecosystems: methodology for full carbon cycle
analyses, Environmental Pollution 116:437-442.
West,
T.O. and G. Marland (2002) A synthesis
of carbon sequestration, carbon emissions, and
net carbon flux in agriculture: comparing tillage
practices in the United States, Agriculture, Ecosystems,
and Environment 91:217-232.
West, T.O.,
W.M. Post, G. Marland, and A.W. King. Carbon Management
Curves: Estimates of Temporal Soil Carbon Dynamics.
USDA Symposium on Natural Resource Management
to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Raleigh, North
Carolina: 19-21 November, 2002.
West, T.O.
Soil Carbon Accounting: Options to Measure, Monitor,
and Address Project-Level Issues. US EPA Forestry
& Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Modeling Forum.
Shephardstown, West Virginia: 8-11 October, 2002.[invited] |
