Thomas B. Kirchner, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist - Informatics & Modeling
Education
- Ph.D., Zoology and Entomology, Colorado State University
- M.S., Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University
- B.A., Biology and Chemistry, University of Virginia
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Professional Positions
| 1997-Present |
Senior Scientist - Informatics & Modeling, Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, NMSU. |
| 1996-1997 |
Manager, Database Systems, Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, New Mexico State University. |
| 1989-1996 |
Senior Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University. |
| 1987-1996 |
President, Quaternary Software, Inc. |
| 1981-1989 |
Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University. |
Professional Elections, Appointments, Affiliations
| 1994-Present |
National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Scientific Committee 64-19 on Historical Dose Evaluation. |
| 1996-1999 |
Rocky Flats Health Advisory Panel. |
| 1992-1996 |
Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel. |
| 1989-1992 |
Modeling Study Group of the EPA Science Advisory Board. |
| 1991-1994 |
Biospheric Model Validation Study II, Chairman Uncertainty & Validation Group. |
| 1987-1990 |
Biospheric Model Validation Study. |
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Ecological Society of America |
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International Society for Ecological Modelling |
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Society for Risk Analysis |
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American Society of Naturalists |
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Health Physics Society |
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Kappa Mu Epsilon |
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Phi Sigma |
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Phi Kappa Phi |
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Sigma Xi |
Publications
Whicker, J.J., D.D. Breshears, P.T. Wasiolek, T.B. Kirchner, R. A. Tavani, D.A. Schoep, and J.C. Rodgers. 2002. Temporal and Spatial Variation of Episodic Wind Erosion in Unburned and Burned Semiarid Shrubland. Journal of Environmental Quality, 31(2):599-612.
Kirchner, T.B., J.L. Webb, S.B. Webb, R. Arimoto, D. Schoep, and B.D. Stewart. 2002. Variability in background levels of surface soil radionuclides in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 60:275-291.
Arimoto, R., S. Sage, C. Schloesslin, T. Kirchner, J. Webb, B. Stewart, D. Schoep, and M. Walthall. 2002. Abstract: Man and dust: a unique perspective from southeastern New Mexico/west Texas. In: Lee, J.A. and T. M. Zobek, Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA Publication 02-2:148-151.
Arimoto, R., T. Kirchner, J. Webb, B. Stewart, D. Schoep, and M. Walthall. 2002. Abstract: "Chemical and Radiochemical studies of aerosol particles from the vicinity of the WIPP". Book of Abstracts, American Chemical Society, 17th Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, p. 37.
Webb, J.L. and T. Kirchner. 2000. An evaluation of in vivo sensitivity via public monitoring. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 89 (3-4):183-191.
Peterson, S.R. and T.B. Kirchner. 1998. Data quality and validation of radiological assessment models. Health Physics, 74:147-157.
Lee, S.C., K. A Orlandini, J. Webb, D. Schoep, T. Kirchner and D.J. Fingleton. 1998. Measurement of baseline atmospheric plutonium-239,240 and americium-241 in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Radioanal. Nuclear Chem. 234:267-272.
Kirchner, T.B. 1997. Distributed processing and simulation modeling. Simulation Practice and Theory 5: 35-47.
Michener, W.K., J.W. Brunt, J. Helly, T.B. Kirchner and S.G. Stafford. 1997. Non-geospatial metadata for the ecological sciences. Ecol. Appl. 7: 330-342.
Kirchner, T.B., F.W. Whicker, L.R. Anspaugh and Y.C. Ng. 1996. Estimating internal dose due to ingestion of radionuclides from Nevada Test Site fallout. Health Physics 71:487-496.
Whicker, F.W., T.B. Kirchner, L.R. Anspaugh and Y.C. Ng. 1996. Ingestion of Nevada Test Site fallout: Internal dose estimates. Health Physics 71:477-486.
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