Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, Biology, 1999

B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Biology, 1990

Postdoctoral associate (1999-present), Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York

Graduate research assistant (1998-1999), Graduate School and CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

Graduate teaching assistant (1993-1997), Department of EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

Hydrologist (1991-1993), Water Resources Division, US Geological Survey, Boulder, Colorado

Laboratory assistant (1990-1991), Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Sources of support for aquatic food chains, especially as related to stream size, watershed characteristics, and forest age; Community metabolism and denitrification in running waters; Effects of temperature on rates of biological processes

Distiguished Awards and Memberships: Fellowship, CIRES, University of Colorado, 1997-1998; Fellowship, Graduate School and EPO Biology, University of Colorado, 1996; American Society of Limnology and Oceanography; North American Benthological Society; International Society of Theoretical and Applied Limnology

McCutchan, Jr., J. H., A. M. Kelley, and G. E. Likens. In Preparation. The effect of forest age on light availability in small streams.

McCutchan, Jr., J. H., W. M. Lewis, Jr., and C. Kendall. In Preparation. Variation in trophic shift for stable isotope ratios of carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen.

McCutchan, Jr., J. H. and W. M. Lewis, Jr. 2001. Carbon sources for consumers in Colorado mountain streams. Submitted to Limnol. and Oceanogr.

Stelzer, R. S., G. E. Likens, D. C. Buso, and J. H. McCutchan, Jr. 2001. Seasonal variation in phosphorus in precipitation at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. Submitted to Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol.

McCutchan, Jr., J. H., J. F. Saunders, III, and W. M. Lewis, Jr. 2001. The effect of groundwater accrual on open-channel estimates of stream metabolism. Submitted to Limnol. Oceanogr.

McCutchan, Jr., J. H., and W. M. Lewis, Jr. 2001. Seasonal variation in stable isotope ratios of stream algae. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 26: In press.

McCutchan, Jr., J. H., W. M. Lewis, Jr., and J. F. Saunders, III. 1998. Uncertainty in the estimation of stream metabolism from open-channel oxygen concentrations. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc.17: 155-164.

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