Professor of Earth Sciences
MSU Director of the Institute on Ecosystems (IOE)
Lead Investigator on NSF WildFIRE Partnership in Research and Education (Wildfire pire)
Contact Information
Office: AJM 106
Phone: (406) 994-6910
Lab: Leon Johnson 710
Lab Phone: (406) 994-6856
Email: whitlock@montana.edu
Education
B.A. Colorado College, Geology, magna cum laude, 1975
M.S. University of Washington, Geological Sciences , 1979
Ph.D. University of Washington, Geological Sciences, 1983
MSU Paleoecology Lab
Dr. Whitlocks's CV (PDF)
Research Interests
- Quaternary climate change
- Environmental history of the Northern Rockies and Yellowstone
- Role of people and climate change in shaping fire regimes in the western US, Patagonia, Tasmania, and New Zealand
- Using science to inform management and decision making
Current Graduate Students
Dave Firmage
Virginia Iglesias
Teresa Krause
Laura Stahle
Ali White
