Hyojung Kwon Research Scientist, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea E-mail: Hyojung Kwon

Education
2005 – 2007,: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Wyoming
2005: Ph. D., Ecology, University of California Davis/San Diego State University
1996: M.A., Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Korea
1994: B.A., Earth Sciences, Sejong University, Korea

Relevant coursework
Ecology coursework: Introduction to Ecology, Principle of Ecology, System Ecology, Ecosystem Biogeochemistry, Historical Ecology, and Soil and Plant Relationships
Atmospheric Sciences coursework: Atmospheric Dynamics, Cloud Physics, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Biometeorology, and Meteorological Instrumentations and Observations
Other coursework: Introduction to Statistics, Meteorological Data Analysis, Biostatistics, and Introduction to Biology

Professional Experience Summary
Work Experience
2/1996 – 1/1997: Contract Researcher at the Meteorological Research Institute, Korea
o Conducted Asian Monsoon Research

Academic Experience
1/1998 – 2/1998: Attendant at International Training Program, Israel

1/1997 – 1/1999: Research Associate, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Yonsei University, Korea

1/1999 – 8/1999: Research Associate, Global Change Research Group, San Diego State University

9/1999 – 9/2005: Doctoral Student, Dept. of Biology, San Diego State University

9/2005 – present: Post-doctoral fellow, Dept. of Botany, University of Wyoming

Service
Graduate student committee member of Associate Vice President search committee for Research and Dean of the Graduate Division
Graduate student member of faculty search committee for the Dept. of Biology, San Diego State University
Student representative on Joint Doctoral Program in Ecology Admissions Committee.

Awards
Jordan Covin Memorial Scholarship (2003)
Award from WMO and Israeli Meteorological Administration (1998)
Dean’s scholarship at Sejong University, Korea (1991 – 1993)

Professional Associations
American Geophysical Union

Publications
Engstrom, R. N., Hope, A.S., Kwon, H., Stow, D.A., 2005: Spatial Distribution of Surface Moisture and its Relationship to Microtopography and NDVI in the Arctic Coastal Plain. Nordic Hydrology, in press

Heinsch, F., M. Zhao, S. Running, J. Kimball, R. Nemani, K. Davis, P. Bolstad, B. Cook, A. Desai, D. Ricciuto, B. Law, W. Oechel, H.J. Kwon et al, (2005): Evaluation of Remote Sensing Based Terrestrial Production from MODIS Using AmeriFlux Eddy Tower Flux Network Observations. Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (in submit).

Kwon, H. J., W. C. Oechel, and R. C. Zulueta (2005), The patterns of and controls on intra- and inter-Seasonal variability in net ecosystem CO2 exchange over the wet sedge tundra ecosystem, Global Change Biology (in submit).

Kwon, H. J., W. C. Oechel, R. C. Zulueta, and S. J. Hastings (2005), Seasonal and spatial variability in net ecosystem CO2 exchange in two different Arctic tundra ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences (accepted).

Turner, D.P., W. Ritts, W. Cohen, T. K. Maeirsperger, S. Gower, A. A. Kirschbaum, S. W. Running, M. Zhaos, S. Wofsy, A. L. Dunn, B. E. Law, J. L. Campbell, W. C. Oechel, H.J. Kwon, T. P. Meyers, E. E. Small, S. A. Kurc, and J. A. Gamon, 2005: Site-level evaluation of satellite-based global terrestrial gross primary production and net primary production monitoring, Global Change Biology, 11, 666–684.

Proceedings
Kwon, H. 2002. Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange in the Arctic Region (Pral). Circum-Pacific Carbon Balance Worhshop. Hawaii, HW.

Engstrom, R. N., Hope, A. S., Stow D. A. and Kwon, H. 2002. Characteristics of the SpatialDistribution of Surface Moisture in an Eddy Flux Tower Footprint in Arctic Coastal Plain Ecosystems (Poster). American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.

Kwon, H., W. C. Oechel, R. C. Zulueta, and S. J. Hastings, 2003. Long-term patterns and controls on intra- and inter-seasonal variability in net ecosystem CO2 exchange over wet coastal sedge tundra (Poster). American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.

Kwon, H., E. Pendall, B. E. Ewers, M. K. Bayless, and K. Naithani, 2005. Temporal variation of CO2 and water vapor fluxes over sagebrush in Wyoming: Preliminary results (Poster). American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.