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Jack Cosby

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Jack Cosby has over 30 years of research experience in the USA, Canada and Europe, focusing on the hydrology and biogeochemistry of low-order streams, small lakes, headwater catchments, and coastal and estuarine systems.

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Full Name	Bernard Jackson Cosby, Jr
Year of Birth	1948
Nationality	USA
Profession	Biogeochemist, Watershed Scientist
Range of Experience	Dr Cosby is Research Professor of Environmental Sciences, Fellow of Brown College, and Co-director of the Shenandoah Watershed Study Program at the University of Virginia. He is also Adjunct Professor in the Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program at Trent University in Canada, and a fellow at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in the UK. He has over 30 years of research experience in the USA, Canada and Europe, focusing on the hydrology and biogeochemistry of low-order streams, small lakes, headwater catchments, and coastal and estuarine systems. His most original contributions have been the development and application of integrative, catchment-sale to landscape-scale models designed to deal with both the scientific and management aspects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances in these ecosystems. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed papers. His work has been cited over 4400 times with an h-index of 30, http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-5653-2012 (citation analysis of 112 papers in the web of knowledge). He was named a “Highly Cited Researcher” by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in 2002 in the fields of Ecology/Environment and Engineering.
Career Summary	2013-Present: WRA Associate and Research Advisor, CEH Bangor, North Wales 1996-Present: Research Professor, Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia 2005-Present: Adjunct Professor, Environmental and Life Sciences Graduate Program, Trent University 2008-09: Senior Research Assoc., School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University 2000-05: Professor of Environmental Sciences, (part-time) Dept. Geography, Reading University 1991-96: Research Associate Professor, Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia 1989-91: Associate Professor, Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University 1988-90: Senior Scientific Fellow, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Oslo, Norway 1985-89: Research Assistant Professor, Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia 1985: Visiting Scientist, Institute of Hydrology, Wallingford, England, UK 1984-85: Research Fellow, Dept. Environmental Science, University of Lancaster 1982-84: Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia 1972-78: Research Assistant/Associate, Dept. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia 1970-72: Chemist, U.S. EPA, Mid-Atlantic Regional Laboratory, Charlottesville, VA
Education	1982 Ph.D., University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences 1970 B.S., University of Virginia, Chemistry
Key Assignments	Pollutant Critical Loads Assessment protocols for U.S. EPA, National Park Service, and Forest Service National scale modelling of future acidification of lakes and streams in North America and Europe Catchment biogeochemistry; research and monitoring program for stream hydrology and water quality in the central Appalachians mountains of the U.S. (30+ year continuous program) Development of climate-linked model of soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forests Climate change effects on stream temperature and DOC in the central Appalachian Mountains of the U.S. Role of freshwater runoff on the salinity balance and water quality of Florida Bay
Country Experience	USA, UK, Canada, Norway, Sweden
Languages	Fluent in English

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