Bio-Sketch As a Research Geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Raymond Kokaly conducts research on the spectroscopy of vegetation, organic matter, minerals, and other materials using laboratory, field and imaging spectrometers. He has applied this knowledge to quantify leaf biochemistry with spectroscopy and to map vegetation species and communities, invasive plant species, and microbial communities with remote sensing data for ecological, geological and environmental studies. Recently, Ray has conducted fire-science studies in forested ecosystems at Cerro Grande, New Mexico, and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. He currentlyleads a project on monitoring trends in post-fire vegetation composition in sagebrush-grassland ecosystems (http://wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/ember/index.htm). Ray received a M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1993, and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991. Ray also holds a position as visiting scholar at the Ohio State University, where his wife, Barbara, is an assistant professor in the Anthropology department. Contact Information Raymond F. Kokaly Research Geophysicist U.S. Geological Survey Spectroscopy Laboratory MS 973 Box 25046 Denver Federal Center Denver, CO 80225 303-236-1359 303-236-3200 FAX raymond@usgs.gov http://speclab.cr.usgs.gov Visiting Scholar The Ohio State University Byrd Polar Research Center 275B Scott Hall 1090 Carmack Road Columbus, OH 43210 614-247-8082 614-292-4697 FAX kokaly.1@osu.edu