Renée F. Brown

Renee Brown
Title: 
PhD Candidate
Email Address: 
Web page: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renee_Brown10
Education: 
M.S. Biology, University of New Mexico, 2017
B.S. Summa Cum Laude Biology (Computer Science minor), University of New Mexico, 2015
Curriculum Vitae: 
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Research Interests: 

Sensor networks, wireless technologies, aridland ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, climate change.

Professional Experience: 
2017 - present, Information Manager, McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER
2002 - present, Director of Technology, Sevilleta Field Station
2002 - 2017, System Administrator & Lead Field Technician, Sevilleta LTER
2016 - 2017, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Courses Taught: 
Methods in Environmental Data Acquisition (Sevilleta Field Station, University of New Mexico)
Genetics Lab (Department of Biology, University of New Mexico)
Publications
Publications: 
Strachan S, EP Kelsey, RF Brown, S Dascalu, F Harris, G Kent, B Lyles, G McCurdy, D Slater, and K Smith. 2016. Filling the data gaps in mountain climate observatories through advanced technology, refined instrument siting, and a focus on gradients. Mountain Research and Development 36:518-527. DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00028.1
Thomey ML, SL Collins, MT Friggens, RF Brown, and WT Pockman. 2014. Effects of monsoon precipitation variability on the physiological response of two dominant C4 grasses across a semiarid ecotone. Oecologia 176: 751-762. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3052-1
Vargas R, SL Collins, ML Thomey, JE Johnson, RF Brown, DO Natvig, and MT Friggens. 2012. Precipitation variability and fire influence the temporal dynamics of soil CO2 efflux in an arid grassland. Global Change Biology 18: 1401-1411. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02628.x Featured cover article; cover photo by RF Brown.
Thomey ML, SL Collins, R Vargas, JE Johnson, RF Brown, DO Natvig, and MT Friggens. 2011. Effect of precipitation variability on net primary production and soil respiration in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Global Change Biology 17: 1505-1515. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02363.x
Collins, SL, LMA Bettencourt, A Hagberg, RF Brown, DI Moore, G Bonito, KA Delin, SP Jackson, DW Johnson, SC Burleigh, RR Woodrow, and JM McAuley. 2006. New opportunities in ecological sensing using wireless sensor networks. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 402-407. DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2006)4[402:NOIESU]2.0.CO;2
Grants: 
2017 Graduate Student Summer Fellowship - $4000. Sevilleta LTER.
2016 Graduate Student Summer Fellowship - $4000. Sevilleta LTER.
2015 Graduate Research Allocations Committee (GRAC) Travel Grant - $150. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico.
2013 Remote Data Acquisition (RDA) Training Workshop - $5090. LTER Network Office. PIs: RF Brown & DO Natvig.
2012 Acquisition and Management of Data from Remote Locations Training Workshop - $37,030. LTER Network Office. PIs: RF Brown & DO Natvig.
Recent Awards/Honors: 
2017 The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.
2016 Golden Key International Honour Society.
2015 Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico.
2015 Best Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation, Department of Biology 24th Annual Research Day, University of New Mexico.
Recent Presentations: 
2017 Brown RF and SL Collins. Dryland ecosystem responses to precipitation extremes and wildfire using a long-term rainfall manipulation experiment. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.
2017 Brown RF and Collins SL. Long-term consequences of increased monsoon rainfall variability and nitrogen deposition on net primary production in a semi-arid grassland. Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon.
2016 (Invited) Brown RF, SL Collins, et al. Sevilleta EDGE: Effects of chronic drought and change in seasonality on desert grassland structure and function. Heishantou, Erguna, China.
2016 Brown RF, DJ Van Horn, et al. High-frequency water quality monitoring across spatiotemporal scales using collaboratively managed in situ aquatic sensor networks. ASLO Summer Meeting. Santa Fe, NM, USA.
2015 Brown RF, SL Collins, et al. The effects of rainfall pulses on soil nitrogen availability in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland during the summer monsoon. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA, USA.
2014 (Invited) Brown RF. Linking diverse terrestrial ecosystems using sensor networks. OBFS/NAML Annual Meeting. Woods Hole, MA, USA.
2014 (Invited) Brown RF and DO Natvig. Real-time data acquisition from remote mountain observatories. Global Fair and Workshop on Long-Term Observatories of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems. Reno, NV, USA.
2013 Brown RF and DO Natvig. The Sevilleta LTER Wireless Data Acquisition Network. LTER All Scientists Meeting. Estes Park, CO, USA.