9  Contributors

The following have contributed to the design of the NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge

9.1 Steering committee

Lead: R. Quinn Thomas (Virginia Tech)
Program Manager: Jody Peters (University of Notre Dame)

Michael Dietze (Boston University)
Melissa Kenney (University of Minnesota)
Jason McLachlan (University of Notre Dame)
Carl Boettiger (University of California, Berkeley)
Cayelan Carey (Virginia Tech)
Leah Johnson (Virginia Tech)
NEON Representative: Eric Sokol
Student representatives: Lynda Bradley (Emory)

Past members of steering committee

Whitney Woelmer (Virginia Tech)
Alyssa Wilson (University of Notre Dame)
NEON Representative: Christine Laney
Jake Weltzin (USGS)
Andy Fox (UCAR)

9.2 Theme design

9.2.1 Aquatics

Freya Olsson, Virginia Tech
James Guinnip, Kansas State University
Sarah Burnet, University of Idaho
Ryan McClure, Virginia Tech
Chris Brown, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Cayelan Carey, Virginia Tech
Whitney Woelmer, Virginia Tech
Jake Zwart, United States Geological Survey

9.2.2 Beetles

Anna Spiers, University of Colorado, Boulder
Carl Boettiger, University of California, Berkeley
Tad Dallas, Louisiana State University
Nico Franz, NEON Biorepository at Arizona State University
Kari Norman, University of California, Berkeley
Thilina Surasinghe, Bridgewater State University
Brett Melbourne, University of Colorado, Boulder
Eric Sokol, NEON
Kelsey Yule, NEON Biorepository at Arizona State University

9.2.3 Phenology

Min Chen, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael Dietze, Boston University
Kathy Gerst, National Phenology Network
Chris Jones, NC State University David LeBauer, University of Arizona
Dabasmita Pal, Michigan State University
Andrew Richardson, Northern Arizona University
Arun Ross, Michigan State University
Bijan Seyednasrollah, Northern Arizona University, PhenoCam Network
Quinn Thomas, Virginia Tech
Kathryn Wheeler, Boston University
Luke Zachmann, Conservation Science Partners
Kai Zhu, University of California - Santa Cruz

9.2.4 Terrestrial

George Burba, LI-COR Biosciences
Jamie Cleverly, Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN)
Ankur Desai, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Mike Dietze, Boston University
Andy Fox, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
William Hammond, Oklahoma State University
Danica Lombardozzi, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Quinn Thomas, Virginia Tech
Jody Peters, University of Notre Dame
Alex Young, SUNY - College of Environmental Science & Forestry

9.2.5 Ticks

Matt Bitters, University of Colorado, Boulder
Melissa Chen, University of Colorado, Boulder
John Foster, Boston University
Leah Johnson, Virginia Tech
Shannon LaDeau, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Cat Lippi, University of Florida
Brett Melbourne, University of Colorado, Boulder
Wynne Moss, University of Colorado, Boulder
Sadie Ryan, University of Florida