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Charles A.S. Hall Professor 354 Illick Hall Phone: 315-470-6870 CURRICULUM VITAE You need Adobe Reader to open this file Research | Publications | Teaching | Service | Software | Present Project |
| Charlie, along with wife Myrna, teaches Systems Ecology and Geographical Modeling courses and workshops at SUNY-ESF and in many locations in Latin America. |
My related web pages: You can go to my related web pages ENERGY, FRESHMAN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT COURSE and SYSTEMS ECOLOGY work at bottom of the page. |
RESEARCH TopI am a systems ecologist, and all of my life's varied research reflects my interest in understanding and developing computer simulation models of how complex systems of nature and humans and nature operate. My original work was in relatively undisturbed rivers and lakes and then in estuaries. Subsequently, I became increasingly interested in studying systems of humans and nature using ecosystems perspectives, that is, by studying material and energy flows. Most of my work these days is in the tropics. Increasingly I am interested in synthesizing with my wife GIS and simulation modeling to make what we call geographic modeling. For example, I have recently completed a book synthesizing environmental, agricultural and economic information for the country of Costa Rica on a 1 km by 1 km grid cell basis. Nevertheless I continue to work on various aspects of natural tropical forest and temperate stream ecosystems. For example, may students (both grad and undergrad) and I have recently undertaken a new project in a Puerto Rican rain forest using professional free climbing equipment and a LiCor CO2 meter to measure photosynthesis and respiration of the forest at 100 meter altitudinal levels from the bottom to the top of the Luquillo Mountains. My principal interest, always in energy, has recently been given a boost through private funding. We have established an EROI (Energy return on investment) Institute and are rapidly expanding our energy analyses, for example spatial analyses of corn ethanol net energy, EROI for global oil and gas production and modeling the US and global economy as peak oil comes and passes. You can see more information on my energy site. My recent talk in PowerPoint EROI: definition, history and future implications (about 13 MB) Another talk THE GREAT SCIENTIFIC COVERUP OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION (about 48 MB) For more information on one of my most recent publications go to AcademicPress (Quantifying Sustainable Development). PUBLICATIONS (selected)
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| EFB 496, Section 6, Topics in Environment and Forest Biology, Fall 2004 Top Syllabus (Word format) EFB 516 - Ecosystems - 3 credits - Spring Top EFB 518 - Systems Ecology - 4 credits
- Fall Top EFB 522 - Environment, Resources and Development - 2 credits Top
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Most of my service activity is oriented towards teaching and research activity in the developing world, especially Latin America. I have taught Systems Ecology and Geographical Modeling (with my wife Myrna) in Argentina, Bolivia, China, Costa Rica and Mexico. I have also run workshops and seminar series in Italy, Finland and Sweden. I have done limited consulting work on many things, including NAFTA, fisheries, impacts of power facilities and so on. I am on the editorial board of Ecological Economics and was recently on the Editorial Board of Conservation Ecology and served as the representative of the Ecological Society of America to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
My DOS-based Costa Rica Land Use, Agriculture, and Environmental Simulation is available for download (364 KB). Simply click on the following link, save the self-extracting file to your hard drive, then execute the file to expand it. Check out the READ.ME file for details on how to run the simulation.
I am writing, with Economist Kent Klitgaard, a new book: BioPhysical Economics: a basic textbook in economics for the second half of the age of oil. You can download my recent talk in Houston in PowerPoint here (about 34 MB)

Tropical rainforest
"...all of my life's varied research reflects my interest in understanding and developing computer simulation models of how complex systems of nature and humans and nature operate."
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