The following are selected highlights from my CV.  You can access my full CV here (pdf).

 Education

• B.S. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York. Forest Biology magna cum laude, 1972
• M.S. University of California, Davis. Ecology, 1974
• Ph.D. University of California, Davis. Ecology, 1980
• A.M. Dartmouth College (Honorary), 1992

Experience

• 2008- Myers Family Professor of Environmental Science
• 2003- Director, Institute of Arctic Studies, within the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
• 1997-2004 Albert Bradley Third Century Professor in the Sciences
• 1992- Professor of Environmental Studies (Chair, 1992-2000)
  Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth Sciences
• 1985-1992 Professor (1988-1992), Associate Professor (1985-1988)
  Department of Biology, San Diego State University
• 1985- 1992 Associate Director/Director Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego State University
• 1980-1985 Assistant Research Scientist (1982-85), Postdoctoral Res. Sci. (1980-82), Dept. of Soil and Environmental Science, UC Riverside

Research Interests

• Polar environmental change
• Ecosystem ecology and human impacts on biogeochemical cycling
• Soil biodiversity and carbon cycling in extreme environments
• Ecosystem ecology and its relationship with environmental law and policy
• Arctic environmental policy and security

Professional Organizations/Service

• Distinguished Co-­‐Lead Scholar, Fulbright Arctic Initiative, US State Department, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 2014-­‐2017. http://www.cies.or/program/fulbright-­‐arctic-­‐initiative
• Co-Director, University of the Arctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy, 2012-
• Pomot Member (Senior Management Group), University of the Arctic, 2012-
• Trustee, Sterling College (Craftsbury Common, Vermont) and member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Northern Studies at Sterling College, 2005-2010
• Co-Chair, U. S. National Organizing Committee for the Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2007
• Association of Ecosystems Research Centers (AERC), Board of Directors, 1992-1993; Treasurer, 1993-1997, 2000; President-Elect, 1998; President, 1999; Treasurer, 2000
• Environmental Law Center Advisory Committee, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, Vermont, 1994- 2002
• University of the Arctic (UArctic) Council Member, 2004-present

Honors and Awards

• Dartmouth Faculty Sustainability Project Award, 2013
• McMurdo Helicopter Operations Golden Beaker Award, 2007-08
• Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, Dartmouth College Graduate Student Association, 2005
• “Virginia Valley” named in 2004 by the U.S. and New Zealand Advisory Committees on Antarctic Names in honor of my research in soil biology conducted in the McMurdo Dry Valleys starting in 1989. Location: 77°29’S, 160°56’E, Olympus Range, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica, feature ID 18694
• CHOICE, Outstanding Academic Title for 2003: Law and Ecology: The Rise of the Ecosystem Regime
• Salzburg Seminar Presidential Fellow, Environment and Diplomacy, 1994
• Antarctic Service Medal, U.S. Congress, awarded 1994 (Service Medal Fact Sheet)

Selected/Recent Publications

Bradley-Cook, J. I., C. L. Petrenko, A. J. Friedland, and R. A. Virginia. 2016. Temperature Sensitivity of mineral soil decomposition in shrub and graminoid tundra, west Greenland.  Climate Change Responses 3:2, DOI: 10.1186/s40665-016-0016-1

Feng, X., A. M. Lauder, E. Posmetier, B. G. Kopec, and R. A. Virginia. 2016. Evaporation and transport of water isotopologues from Greenland lakes: The lake size effect. Quaternary Science Reviews 131 Part B:302-­‐315, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.07.029

Foley, N., S. Tulaczyk, E. Auken, C. Schamper, H. Dugan, J. Mikucki, R. Virginia, and P. Doran. 2016. Helicopter borne transient electromagnetics in high latitude environments: An application in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Geophysics 81(1) WA87-­‐WA99, DOI 10.1190/GEO2015-­‐0186.1

Ball, B. A. and R. A. Virginia. 2015. Controls on diel soil CO2 flux across moisture gradients in a polar desert. Antarctic Science 27:527-­‐534, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102015000255

Collins, J. F., R. A. Virginia, and K. S. Yalowitz. 2015. Diplomacy at the top of the world. Project Syndicate, August 26, 2015, Opinion-­‐Editorial. http://www.project-­ syndicate.org/commentary/arctic-­council‐august‐meeting-­by-‐james-­f-­collins-­et-­al-­ 2015‐08

Culler, L. E., M. P. Ayres, and R. A. Virginia. 2015. In a warmer Arctic, mosquitoes avoid increased mortality from predators by growing faster. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282: 20151549. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.1549

Dugan, H. A., P. T. Doran, S. Tulaczyk, J. A. Mikucki, S. A. Arcone, E. Auken, C. Schamper, and R. A. Virginia. 2015. Subsurface imaging reveals a confined aquifer beneath an ice-­‐ sealed Antarctic lake. Geophysical Research Letters, 42:96-­‐103, DOI:10.1002/2014GL062431

Heindel, R. C., J. Chipman, and R. A. Virginia. 2015. The spatial distribution and ecological impacts of aeolian soil erosion in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 105(5):875-­‐890, DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2015.1059176

Virginia, R. A. and D. H. Wall. 2013. Ecosystem function, principles of, In: Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2nd edition, S. A. Levin, editor in chief. Academic Press, 2013

Virginia, R. A. and K. S. Yalowitz (Editors). 2012. A New Paradigm for Arctic Health: Challenges and Responses to Rapid Climate, Environmental and Social Change. Workshop Report of an International Conference, May 23-25, 2011, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and the University of the Arctic Institute for Applied Circumpolar Policy, http://iacp.dartmouth.edu/news/17-arctic-health-challenges-and-responses-to-rapid-climate-environmental-and-social-change