Susan G. Stafford, co-principal investigator and Data Manager for the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest LTER site and a professor of forest science at Oregon State University, has been named director of the Biological Instrumentation and Resources (BIR) Division at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Stafford will oversee an annual budget of approximately $50 million and manage competitive grant programs focused on instruments, computers, databases, laboratories, fellowships and other biological sciences infrastructure support. Her one-year term began in January 1994.
Dr. Stafford is a specialist in scientific information management, computer applications, statistical analysis, and the use of other technological tools to address real- world environmental and natural resource problems, with particular emphasis on long-term data sets. Methodology and protocols for research information management, developed under her direction, are now used at many of the sites across the LTER Network. During her tenure at BIR, Dr. Stafford hopes to provide a clearer identity and better organization for the Division, emphasizing the database activity within the scientific community.
BIR Division, National Science Foundation, Suite 615, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230, 703 -306-1470, sstaffor@nsf.gov or sStafford@LTERnet.edu