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HRISTOPHER LANT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROFESSOR, Department of Geography and Environmental Resources, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, July 1, 2001 – present.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Universities Council on Water Resources, 3/2002 – present.

EDITOR, Water Resources Update; Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, 3/2002 – present.

CO-DIRECTOR, Environmental Resources and Policy Ph.D. Program, 7/00 - present

Chair, Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, January 1, 1996 – August, 2004

Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 7/1/1994 – 6/30/2001.

Editor, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 12/93 – 12/01

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 8/88 ‑ 6/94

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Executive Director, Universities Council on Water Resources, 3/2002 – present.

Editor, Water Resources Update; Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, 3/2002 – present.

Co-Director, Environmental Resources and Policy Ph.D. Program, 7/00 - present

President’s Advisory Committee on Water Information, 2001 – present .

UCOWR Alternate Representative to the Renewable Natural Resources Foundation, 2003 – present.

Organizer and Moderator: Panel Discussion on Global Water Issues. Annual Meetings of the AAG. New York, NY, February, 2001.

Editor, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (Water Resources Bulletin through 1996), 1993 - 2001.

AWRA Representative to American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geography and Geology Section (E), 1999-2001.

Mentor, USIA Summer Institute in the American Political System, summer 1993.

Editor, Association of American Geographers, Water Resources Newsletter, 1989‑1993.

Co‑Organizer, "Human Values in Watershed Management" sponsored by Water Resources Specialty Group, Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, IL, March, 1995.

Organizer and Chair, "Wetland Management" sponsored by Water Resources Specialty Group, Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Miami, FL, April, 1991.

Organizer and Chair, "Issues in Water Resources Management" sponsored by Water Resources Specialty Group, Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Baltimore, MD, April 1989.

Organizer and Chair, Special Session on "Water and Agriculture" co‑sponsored by Water Resources and Contemporary Agriculture and Rural Land Use Specialty Groups, Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, Phoenix, AZ, April, 1988.

Consultant: 1990 for Springfield City, Water, Power and Light

REVIEWER

Reviewer: Departmental Programs

Internal Reviewer: SIUC Program in General Agriculture, 2002

External Reviewer: Oregon State University Department of Geosciences, 2000.

Reviewer: Governmental Programs

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Strategic Plan, 2002.

Reviewer: Grant Proposals

Reviewer: Funding proposal for NSF Career Award, 2007 (2)

Reviewer: Funding proposal for National Institutes of Water Resources, 2007

Reviewer: Funding proposal for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Review Panelist: EPA program in Valuation for Environmental Policy. Primary reviewer for 8 proposals; rapporteur for 3 proposals. Washington DC, January 13-14, 2005.

NSF Site Visitor: Indiana University, Center for the Study of Human-Environment Systems, 9/30-10/1, 2004.

Reviewer: Center of the Study of Complex Human-Environment Systems, Harvard Univ., NSF

Review Panelist: EPA program in Market Mechanisms and Incentives for Environmental Management. Primary reviewer for 8 proposals, rapporteur for 2 proposals. Washington, DC, January 29-20, 2004.

Reviewer: Funding proposal for NSF Hydrology program, 2006.

Reviewer: Funding proposal for NSF Geography and Regional Science program, 2002.

Review Panelist, NSF Biocomplexity in the Environment: Coupled Natural and Human Systems. Primary reviewer for 12 proposals, Rapporteur for 3 proposals. Washington, DC, May, 2001.

U.S. Geological Survey, National Institute of Water Resources, 2000

Primary Review Panelist, NSF/EPA/USDA Water and Watersheds Program. Primary reviewer for 15 proposals, Rapporteur for 3 proposals. Washington, DC, August 20-22, 1999.

National Science Foundation, 1998, 2002

Development of Requests for Proposals

Illinois Groundwater Consortium, 1999, 2001.

University Committees

Judicial Review Board, 2006-2007

Research Advisory Group, 2006-present

Intellectual Property Committee – 2005 - present

Curriculum Committee: Environmental Studies Program, 1993-6

Search Committee: Coordinator, Environmental Studies Program, 1994

Search Committee: Dean of the College of Agriculture, 1992

Community Service

Technical Committee, Big Muddy Watershed Planning Group, 2004 - 2005

Vice President, Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, 2002–2004, 2005-2007

Member Board of Trustees, Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, 2007-present

Strategic Planning Committee, Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, 2000-2001, 2005-2006 (Chair).

Two radio interviews for “Green Futures,” 2000.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Water Resources Association

International Society of Ecological Economics

Soil and Water Conservation Society

Association of American Geographers

AAG Water Resources Specialty Group

AAG Contemporary Agriculture and Rural Land Use Specialty Group

Illinois Register of Expert Witnesses

Who’s Who in the World (listed)

Who’s Who in America (listed)

Who’s Who in the Midwest (listed)

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