Woods Hole Research Center

Postdoctoral Fellow
Woods Hole Research Center
149 Woods Hole Road
Falmouth, MA 02540-1644

Phone:

508-444-1583

Fax:

508-444-1883

Email:

Education

Brown University, Brown- MBL Joint Graduate Program in Biological & Environmental Sciences, PhD, 2010

Washington University in St. Louis, BA, cum laude, 2004

James Cook University, Rainforest to Reef Course, Townsville, Australia, Summer 2004

School of International Training, Wildlife Ecology & Management Course, Arusha, Tanzania, Fall 2002

Professional Experience

• January 2011 - Present: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
• January 2010 - December 2010: Fellow, Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY
• September 2007 - May 2008: Teaching Consultant, Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University
• January - May 2007: Teaching Fellow, Land Use & the Environment, Watson International Scholars of Environment, Brown University
• September - December 2006: Teaching Assistant, GIS for Environmental Applications, Brown University
• September - December 2003: Teaching Assistant, Land Dynamics & the Environment, The Pathfinder Program in Environmental Sustainability, Washington University in St. Louis
• January 2003 - June 2004: Research Assistant, Multi-spectral mineral mapping of Earth analogs to Mars, Earth & Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis
• September 2003 - June 2004: NASA Space Grant Intern, Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission | Washington University in St. Louis
• June - August 2002, 2003: Naturalist/Teacher, Portland Parks and Recreation Summer Nature Camp, Portland, OR
• September 2001 - December 2002: Research Assistant, Lithographic mapping of the Southern Soda Mountains, Earth & Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis
• September 2000 - August 2001: NASA Space Grant Intern, Biogeomorphology of the Lower Missouri River floodplain in response to the Great Floods of 1993, Washington University in St. Louis
• June - August 2000: Field Supervisor, Amigos de las Americas, Paraguay

Research Interests

Land-cover and land-use change, Ecosystems Services

Selected publications

Macedo, M.N., R.S. Defries, D.C. Morton, C.M. Stickler, G.L. Galford, Y.E. Shimabukuro (In Press). Decoupling of deforestation and soy production in the southern Amazon during the late 2000s. PNAS.

Galford, G.L., J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, J.F. Mustard, T.W. Cronin, C.E.P. Cerri, C.C. Cerri (2011). Carbon emissions and uptake from 105 years of land-cover and land-use change at the agricultural frontier of the Brazilian Amazon. Ecological Applications.

Galford, G.L., J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, T.W. Cronin, C.E.P. Cerri, J.F. Mustard, C.C. Cerri (2010). Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from land-cover and land-use change: Future scenarios of deforestation and agricultural management. PNAS.

Galford, G.L., J.M. Melillo, J.F. Mustard, C.E.P. Cerri, C.C. Cerri (2010). The Amazon frontier of land-use change: croplands and consequences for greenhouse gas emissions. Earth Interactions.

Galford, G.L., J.F. Mustard, J. Melillo, A. Gendrin, C.C. Cerri, C.E.P. Cerri (2008). Wavelet analysis of MODIS time series to detect expansion and intensification of row-crop agriculture in Brazil. Remote Sensing of Environment, 112: 576-587

Achievements and Awards

• Earth Institute Fellow (2010)
• Stanley Watson Graduate Fellow (2009)
• NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (2006- 2009)
• Graduate Fellowship Award, Brown University (2004-2006)
• Harriet W. Sheridan Center Teaching Certificate I, Brown University (2006)
• Women’s Leadership Award, Washington University in St. Louis, Women’s Society (2004)
• C. Werner Memorial Scholarship for Academic Achievement, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth & Planetary Science (2004)
• M.E. Bewig Memorial Award, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences (2004)
• The Pathfinder Program in Environmental Sustainability (2000-2004)
• Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Scholarship (2003)
• Portland Area Community Employees (PACE) Scholarship (2001-2003)
• Women’s Leadership Training Institute, Washington University in St. Louis (2002)
• Washington University in St. Louis, Peer Advisor of the Year (2001- 2002)
• Target All-Around Scholarship (2001-2002)
• Washington University in St. Louis, Dean’s List (2000)
• Washington University in St. Louis, Eliot Scholar (2000-2004)