Myrna H. P. HALL
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Research
Associate Department of
Environmental Studies
Science and Forestry (SUNY
ESF) Email: mhhall@esf.edu |
President/Owner |
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS: Integrating simulation modeling and GIS for studying
the interaction of
humans and their environment, natural resources management, issues of
sustainable development, graphic information visualization, and foreign
language communication.
EDUCATION: M.S.1995 Natural Resources
Management, State University of New York
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
BA 1967 French, Education,
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Mortar Board, Named
UW Outstanding Senior Woman 1967
Other Studies:
LANGUAGES: English, French, and
Spanish
RESEARCH:
SUNY Research Foundation Projects
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2006-2008 |
An Integrated
Monitoring/Modeling Framework for Assessing Human-Nature Interactions
in Urbanizing Watersheds: Onondaga and Wappinger Creeks, Co-PI, Sponsor: |
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2006-2008 |
Forest and Agriculture
Resource Impact Analysis, |
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2006-2008 |
Growth and Impact
Analysis, |
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2004-2008 |
Predicting Future Water
Quality from Land Use Change Projections in the M. Hall, PI. |
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2002-2004 |
Forest Fragmentation in
the Northeastern United States, |
RESEARCH: Geographic Modeling Services Projects
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2001-2003 |
Spatial
Modeling of the Averted Deforestation Baseline for Potential Carbon Offset
Projects in the States of |
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2001-2002 |
Spatial Modeling of the Averted Deforestation Baseline for
the Scolel Té Region of Chiapas, Mexico, 1996 – 2030, with J. D.
Cornell. EPA-funded research contract
with Winrock Intl. Sandra Brown, PI. |
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2001-2002 |
Spatial Modeling of the Averted Deforestation and
Regeneration Baseline for the Guaraqueçaba (Itaqui) Climate Action |
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2001-2002 |
Spatial Modeling of the Averted Deforestation Baseline for
the Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action |
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2003 |
Analysis of Chronic Toxicity
to Benthic Organisms of |
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1999 |
GIS Analysis of Wetland
Loss in |
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1998 |
Computer Visualization and
GIS Data Base Query Program for Onondaga Lake Super Fund Site, EPA
Technical Assistance Grant, for Atlantic States Legal Foundation,
Syracuse, NY |
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1996-1997 |
Non-point Source Pollution
Modeling, Rio Piedras Watershed, for San Juan Bay Estuary Project, San
Juan, PR, Computer Visualization, for Caribbean National Forest Visitors'
Center, El Portal, Puerto Rico Environmental Gradient Modeling of
Commercial Species Growth and Distribution, for USDA Forest Service |
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1995 - 1996 |
GIS Subcontractor, for
South Florida Water Management District Contract C-5348, linking GIS to
Object-Oriented Hydrological Model. |
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1995 |
Modeling Human Carrying
Capacity through Sustainable Forestry Practices, Maya Biosphere Reserve,
for Project OLAFO, CATIE, |
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1993 - 1994 |
Computer Visualization of
Glacier and Vegetation Change as a Function of Different Climate
Scenarios, for Apgar Visitors Center, Glacier National Park, West
Glacier, MT |
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1992 |
Forest cover and wildlife
habitat modeling, for USDA Forest Service, |
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1991 |
Translation of GIS
software commands into French and Spanish; for Resources Planning
Associates, Inc., |
EXPERIENCE: Teaching -- US
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2007- Present |
Research Associate, Full
Time Teaching, Dept. of |
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2001- 2007 |
Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Environmental Studies, SUNY-ESF |
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2000 |
Visiting Assistant
Professor, SUNY-ESF, Faculty of Environmental |
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1994 - 1999 |
Visiting Instructor,
SUNY-ESF, Faculty of Environmental |
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1993- 2002 |
Instructor,
Geographical Modeling Workshops, SUNY-ESF, Division of Continuing
Education |
EXPERIENCE:
Teaching/Workshops --
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1996, 1999, 2005, 2008 |
Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, |
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2004 |
Centro de Investigación Y
de Estudios Avanzados (CINVESTAV), |
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2000 |
Centro de Investigaciones de Agricultura Tropical
(CIAT), |
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1997 |
Instituto de
Investigaciones de Ecología y Media Ambiente, Tarija, Bolivia; 2-week course |
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1995 |
Instituto de Ecología, |
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1994 |
Universidad Nacional Autónoma Metropolitana, |
PEER-REVIEWED
PUBLICATIONS:
Echeverria, C., D.
Coomes, M. Hall, A. Newton. 2008.
The
application of GIS-based modeling techniques to analyze the patterns of forest
loss and fragmentation between 1976 and
Brown,
S., M. Hall, K. Andrasko, F. Ruiz,
W. Marzoli, G. Guerrero, O. Masera, A. Dushku, B. DeJong, and J. Cornell. 2007.
Baselines for land-use change in the
tropics: Application to avoided deforestation projects. Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for
Global Change 12 (6) 1001-1026
Hall, M. H. P.
and D. B. Fagre, 2003. Modeled Climate-Induced Glacier Change in
Hall, C.A.S, and M.H.P. Hall, 1993. The efficiency of
land and energy use in tropical economies and agriculture,
Agriculture, Ecosystems and
Environment 46(1993) 1-30.
Wang, H. Q., C. A. S. Hall, J. D. Cornell,
and M. H. P. Hall. 2002. Spatial dependence and the
relationship of soil organic carbon and soil moisture in the Luquillo
Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico, Landscape
Ecology, 17 (8): 671-684, December
2002.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:
Hong,
B., K. E. Limburg, M. H. Hall, and
J. D. Erickson, 2007. Scenario Analysis
of Economy-Ecology Interactions in the
Hall, M. H. P., A. Dushku,
and S. Brown, 2007. Scale Issues in Developing
a Deforestation Baseline for the Region of the Noel Kempff Mercado Climate
Action Project, Bolivia, in G. LeClerc and C. A. S. Hall (eds.) Making
Development Work: Scientific Alternatives to Neoclassical Economic Theory,
University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM.
Hall, M.H.P, C.A.S. Hall and M.R. Taylor, 2000. Geographical
Modeling: The Synthesis of GIS and Simulation Modeling, pp177-202 in
Hall, C. A. S. (Ed.), Quantifying Sustainable Development, The Future of
Tropical Economies, Academic Press, San Diego.
Hall, C. A. S., M. Hall, and B. Aguilar, 2000. A
Brief Historical and Visual Introduction to
Hall, M. H. P. and C. A. S. Hall, 1998. The
Use of Geographic Modeling to Analyze Agricultural Energy Return on
Investment, Proceedings: International Workshop on Advances in Energy
Studies, Porto
OTHER PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS:
Tyrrell, M., M. H. P. Hall, and R. N. Sampson. 2003.
Dynamic Models of Land Use Change in Northeastern
Hall,
M. H. P. and G. Guerrero, O. Masera,
2003. Modeling Deforestation Baselines using GEOMOD for the Calakmul and
Meseta Purépecha Regions in
Hall,
M. H. P., D. Hughes, J. Mead, and P.
Thompson. 2003. Quantification of Extent and Level of Benthic Toxicity of
Hughes, D., M. H. P. Hall, and S. Sage. 2003. Onondaga Lake’s Contaminated Sediments:
Characterization and Public Policy Implications. http://www.epa.gov/superfund/resources/sediment/sedforum/hughes.pdf
Hall, M. H. P. and A. Dushku. 2002. Spatial Modeling of the
Averted Deforestation Baseline for the Noel Kempff Mercado Climate Action
http://www.winrock.org/general/Publications/EcoCoop.pdf.
Hall, M. H. P. and J. D. Cornell. 2002. Spatial Modeling of the
Averted Deforestation Baseline for the Scolel Té Region of
http://www.winrock.org/what/PDF/eco/Product%206%20GEOMOD%20Chiapas.pdf.
Hall, M. H. P. 2002. Spatial Modeling of the Averted
Deforestation and Regeneration Baseline for the Guaraqueçaba (Itaqui) Climate
Action
http://www.winrock.org/what/PDF/eco/Product%204%20Geomod%20to%20GCAP.pdf.
Brown, S.,
M. H. P. Hall, F. Ruiz, A.
Flamenco, B. DeJong, L. Auckland, O. Masera, and D. Shoch.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Nutrient Loading, Agriculture, Forest
Cover and Impervious Surfaces Now and in the Future: How Long Can Filtration Be
Avoided in the
Five estimates of future development
growth in the NY City West of Hudson Watersheds and their implications for
Water Quality.
Land Use / Land Cover Classification
and Change Detection of the Catskill/Delaware Watersheds from 1975 to 2002 Using
Cross-Correlation Analysis, American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Central New York Region, Syracuse, NY, June 2008 (Invited Speaker)
Land Use Change 1975 – 2007, documented
from space and public databases, presentation
to Catskill Watershed Stakeholders, Catskill Center for Conservation and
Development, Arkville, NY, June 2008.
Quantifying and modeling future water
quality as a function of projected land use change in the New York City
drinking water catchments, presentation
to Catskill Watershed Stakeholders, Catskill Center for Conservation and
Development, Arkville, NY, June 2008.
Quantifying future water quality as a
function of projected land use change in the
Predicting Future Water Quality from
An assessment of development pressure
and water quality degradation in the New York City Catskill-Delaware watersheds,
US Society of Ecological Economics
Meeting, New York, NY, June 2007.
Predicting Future Water Quality for
Pennsylvania
Highlands Growth Modeling Results,
Pennsylvania Highlands Land Use Change Workshop with project partners,
local developers, NGOs, govt. organizations, March, 2007,
Connecticut Highlands Growth Modeling
Results, Connecticut Highlands Land
Use Change Workshop with project partners, local developers, NGOs, govt.
organizations,, January 2007, Torrington, Connecticut
Modeling Averted Deforestation Carbon
Baselines in the Calakmul using GEOMOD,
US AID sponsored –meeting, SEMARNAP, Mexico City, Mexico, March, 2003.
OTHER SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES:
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Coordinated
initiation of ESF’s Urban Environmental Science Minor, and developed the
program’s corner stone interdisciplinary field-based course in Urban Ecology
(2001- 2007).
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Wrote two
successful USDA Multi-Cultural Scholars Grant proposals ($200,000 each) to
provide full four-year support for 10 ESF undergraduate students from
underrepresented populations.
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Working with
various groups working toward conservation of the Catskills landscape
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Working with
Atlantic States Legal Foundation to foster green infrastructure implementation
in