research overview
- Dr. Kittel is a research ecologist and climate scientist with the Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research. He has worked for more than 35 years in the field of global change science, with contributions to the study of climate-biosphere interactions, historical climatic change, and regional ecosystem and climate dynamics. Dr. Kittel's work on climate impacts has been included in IPCC & US National Assessments and has included the development of climate monitoring protocols for natural resource management agencies. His current research is on approaches for handling climate uncertainty in biodiversity conservation and on recent climate change in high mountain regions. Dr. Kittel has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in ecology and climate dynamics, along with more than 40 climatic and ecological public-access datasets. Research Highlights: http://instaar.colorado.edu/~kittel/cv.htm#ResHighlights