
Hannah Abbotts
- Research Scientist
- Content Manager, USDA Climate Hubs and FS Climate Change Resource Center
- hwabbott@mtu.edu
- 906-482-6303 X1335
- Forest Service Building

Katherine Heckman
- Research Biological Scientist
- Radiocarbon Collaborative Manager
- kaheckman@fs.fed.us
- 906-482-6303 X1313
- Forest Service Building
Areas of Expertise
Soil organic matter stabilization, characterization and cycling
Radiocarbon analysis and application
Soil mineralogy, organo-mineral interactions

Shawn Klomparens
- Web Developer, USDA Climate Hubs and FS Climate Change Resource Center

Patricia Leopold
- Research Scientist I
- pleopold@mtu.edu
- 906-482-6303
- Forest Service Building 109A
Areas of Expertise
- ecosystem response to climate change
- climate change adaptation and management strategies
- outreach and technical transfer of climate change tools and resources

Kailey Marcinkowski
- Research Scientist
- kfmarcin@mtu.edu
- 906-482-6303 ext. 16
- Forest Service Building
Specialties
- High-elevation forest ecosystems
- Dendrochronology
- Climate change impacts and adaptation
- Science outreach and communication

Todd Ontl
- Research Scientist
- Climate Adaptation Specialist
- taontl@mtu.edu
- 906-231-7776
- Forest Service Building
Specialties
- Forest carbon management
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change impacts to forest and peatland ecosystems
- Mechanisms of soil carbon stabilization
- Restoration of grassland ecosystems

Kristen Schmitt
- Research Scientist I
- kmschmit@mtu.edu
- 906-482-6303 ext.1314
- Forest Service Building 110
Areas of Expertise
- Ecosystem response to climate change
- Climate change adaptation in natural resource management
- Science synthesis and communication

Danielle Shannon
- Research Scientist
- Coordinator, USDA Northern Forests Climate Hub
- dshannon@mtu.edu
- 906-482-6303 ext. 1325
- Forest Service Building 133
Christopher W. Swanston
- Research Ecologist
- Adjunct Professor
- Director, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science
- cswanston@fs.fed.us
- 906-482-6303
- Forest Service Building
Areas of Expertise
- Soil organic carbon stabilization and cycling
- Radiocarbon analysis and interpretation
- Forest response and adaptation to climate change
- Landscape scale conservation