New CTFS-ForestGEO Program Manager

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Kristin Powell as the Center for Tropical Forest Science-Forest Global Earth Observatory (CTFS-ForestGEO) network Program Manager.  Kristin recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, where she researched biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in tropical forests. Prior to her fellowship, she earned her doctoral degree in Ecology and Evolution and her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Kristin’s interest in science coordination and management stems from her past work on several education and plant research initiatives with the Chicago Botanic Garden and Morton Arboretum, the Botanical Society of America, and the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning.  When she is not helping to run the CTFS-ForestGEO network at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., you can find her wandering the forest in Shenandoah National Park, running through the D.C. city streets, and rooting for the St. Louis Cardinals during baseball season. Kristin can be reached at PowellK@si.edu. 


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