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Associate Director, Environmental & Sustainability
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Associate Professor, Sch Of Environ,Society&Sustain
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Associate Director, Environmental & Sustainability
Professional Service
- Riparian Protection Legislative Working Group.
Role: Member.
Invited by Utah Rep. Gay Lynn Bennion to serve on a working group tasked with drafting statewide legislation related to riparian buffer protections.
05/01/2023 - 03/01/2024
- City of Cottonwood Heights.
Role: Member.
Parks, Trails & Open Space Committee.
01/01/2022 - present
- Salt Lake City Redevelopment Agency.
Folsom Corridor City Creek Daylighting Project Technical Advisory Committee.
07/02/2021 - present
- City of Cottonwood Heights.
Role: Chair.
Parks, Trails & Open Space Committee.
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
- City of Cottonwood Heights.
Role: Vice-Chair.
Parks, Trails & Open Space Committee.
01/01/2019 - 12/31/2020
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Water Quality.
Role: Member.
Jordan River TMDL Technical Advisory Committee.
01/18/2018 - present
- Society for Freshwater Science.
Role: Member.
Public Information and Publicity.
05/20/2013 - 05/19/2016
- Society for Freshwater Science.
Role: Co-Chair.
Public Information and Publicity.
05/20/2010 - 05/20/2013
- Society for Freshwater Science.
Role: Student Member.
Executive Board.
05/20/2007 - 05/20/2009
Internal Service
- Global Change and Sustainability Center Speaker Series - Nancy Grimm.
Host,
02/2020 - 02/2020.
University service.
- College Council, Social and Behavioral Science.
Member,
07/01/2019 - 12/31/2021.
College service.
- Center for Ecological Planning & Design.
Steering Committee Member,
09/01/2017 - present.
University service.
- Global Change & Sustainability Center.
Affiliate Faculty,
03/17/2016 - present.
University service.
- Sustainability Action Plan Committee: Grounds and Water.
Member,
01/29/2016 - 12/31/2016.
University service.
- Environmental and Sustainability Studies Executive Committee.
Member,
09/01/2015 - 12/31/2019.
College service.
Community Partnership
- Carbon Footprint of a Utes Football Game; ENVST 5559 capstone project conducted in partnership with the University of Utah Sustainability Office.
01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
- Model Riparian Protection Ordinance for the Salt Lake Valley, ENVST 5559 capstone project conducted in partnership with the City of Cottonwood Heights and the Seven Canyons Trust.
01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
- Commencement Sustainability Pledge & Green Cord Program, ENVST capstone project conducted in partnership with the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
- Water Filtration Device Education Program, ENVST 5559 capstone project conducted in partnership the University of Utah Learning Abroad Office.
01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
- Canal Lining for Municipal Water Efficiency, ENVST 5559 capstone project conducted in partnership with the Utah Rivers Council.
01/20/2020 - 04/20/2020
- Creation of GIS Layers for Channel Stability, E. coli, & Benthic Macroinvertebrates within
Red Butte Creek. Partnership with Salt Lake County - Watershed Planning & Restoration.
08/19/2019 - 12/20/2019
- Alta Environmental Center - ENVST Student Service Projects.
08/15/2018 - 08/16/2018
- Alta Environmental Center - ENVST Student Service Projects.
09/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
- Alta Environmental Center - ENVST Student Service Projects.
09/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
- Alta Environmental Center.
09/01/2014 - 12/30/2016
Outreach
- Field ecology experience for students from the Salt Lake Center for Science Education (a public STEM middle school and high school) at the Bonderman Field Station at Rio Mesa.
11/07/2018 - 11/08/2018
Honors & Awards
- Advancing Equity and Connecting Communities Award.
College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah,
03/22/2022
- Beacons of Excellence Award.
University of Utah,
08/16/2021
- Superior Research Award - Career Line Faculty, Awardee.
College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah,
03/29/2021
- Superior Research Award - Career Line Faculty. Finalist.
College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah,
04/01/2020
- Superior Teaching Award - Career Line Faculty.
College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah,
02/25/2019
- Sustainability Teaching Scholar (Wasatch Experience Trainee, 2016-2017).
University of Utah,
12/31/2017
- Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, Level III recognition in the category of Ecological Research .
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
06/2011
- Bioinformatics Postdoctoral Fellowship.
National Science Foundation,
01/2007
- Best Student Oral Presentation.
Soil Ecology Society,
05/2005
- Graduate Research Opportunities Fellowship.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
01/2003
- Integrative Education and Research Graduate Training (IGERT) Freshwater Sciences Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship.
National Science Foundation,
08/2000
Affiliations
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Global Change and Sustainability Center
(GCSC),
Affiliate Faculty,
02/01/2016 - present
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Innovative Urban Transitions and Arid-Region Hydro-Sustainability
(iUTAH),
Member,
06/01/2015 - present
In the Media
- Lungren, A. “New bill seeks to award Utah communities for river and stream improvement efforts”, St. George News. 01/31/2024.
https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2024/01/...
- Keddington, E. “Future legislation could protect the green around Utah’s rivers”, KSL News Radio 102.7 FM. 10/13/2023.
https://kslnewsradio.com/2049561/future-legislatio...
- Gabrielson, P. “New Ways to Look at Stream Health”, @theU, January 4, 2021. 01/04/2021.
https://attheu.utah.edu/announcements/new-ways-to-...
- This Green Earth – Dr. Rose Smith. During the first half of the show, Nell and Chris learn about the latest research by Dr. Rose Smith and her colleagues from the University of Utah on the Salt Lake Valley's Jordan River. Dr. Smith shares surprising results about where the water in the river comes from and how it is impacted by nutrients from the community around it. 07/09/2019.
https://www.kpcw.org/post/green-earth-july-9-2019-...
- Gabrielson, P. “How the River Flows”, @theU newsletter. 07/07/2019.
https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/how-the-river...
- “Where the Jordan River’s Water Comes From”, Technology.org. 06/28/2019.
https://www.technology.org/2019/06/28/where-the-jo...
- Adams, B. “River Ecology on a Global Scale”, @theU newsletter. 02/04/2019.
https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/river-ecology...
- Hager, R. “New Global Assessment of Decomposition in Rivers Reveals Distinct Signatures”, Utah Public Radio. 02/04/2019.
https://www.upr.org/post/new-global-assessment-dec...
- Adams, B. “Shedding Light”, @theU newsletter. 11/26/2018.
https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/shedding-ligh...
- What climate change means for leaf litter. 04/05/2017.
http://iutahepscor.org/news_article.php?aid=266
- What climate change means for leaf litter. 03/30/2017.
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-climate-leaf-litter....
- What global climate change may mean for leaf litter in streams and rivers (UNews). 03/03/2017.
https://unews.utah.edu/what-global-climate-change-...
- Growing knowledge and experience through tree planting at Alta (SustainableU Blog). 12/01/2016.
https://sustainability.utah.edu/growing-knowledge-...
- “Measuring Success of River Restorations”, Morning Edition, National Public Radio. 04/29/2005.