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POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Experience
Soil Remediation Bureau, BetechApril 1999Antwerp, Belgium
Internship Soil Survey BelgiumJuly 1999
Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesSeptember 2000 to January 2003Postgraduate Researcher
  • Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Research Topics_____________________________________________________________________ Masters Theses: Bioavailability of aged polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in heavily contaminated soils - Desorption of PAH from soil contaminated with coal tar and creosote oil.
  • Postgraduate Researcher: "Abiotic factors governing eutrophication, acidification and desiccation in vulnerable wetland habitats." Comparison of ecosystem functioning and biogeochemical cycles in temperate forests in Southern Chile and Flanders." Risk assessment of agricultural intensification and N deposition on pristine forests and plantations in Southern Chile." Doctoral Research: Changes in carbon dynamics due to woody encroachment on the Edwards Plateau, TX.
  • Teaching and Mentoring Experience_____________________________________________________ 2001-2002: Laboratory Course in Soil Biogeochemistry for Master's students; KULeuven) Mentoring of 2 Master thesis students on their research projects; Lab training of visiting scientists (2 from Vietnam, 1 from Chile) on use of 32P in phosphorus availability studies; Lab training of lab technician INBO (Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Belgium) in general soil techniques;.
January 2003 to January 2005
  • TA appointments for lower and upper division undergraduate courses, UT Austin) School of Biological Sciences, UT Austin (Introductory Ecology & Evolution; Ecology; Evolutionary Ecology); 2006: Training of 2 undergraduate students on plant, soil and ecosystem gas UT Austin) exchange measurements; Expertise in instrumentation and techniques_______________________________________________ Laboratory: Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry using Finnigan Delta S, Finnigan DeltaPlus instrumentation (in dual inlet and continuous flow mode) with various peripherals (EA-ConFlo, PreCon-GC); ICP-OES instrument (Perkin Elmer Optima 3300 DV); Cryogenic water extraction lines; Preparation of hydrogen isotopes from water using zinc method; Water-CO2 equilibrium approach for oxygen stable isotopes in water; Whole-leaf and soil organic carbon analysis of C and N stable isotopes; Isotopic analysis of atmospheric trace gasses (CO2); Isotopic dilution techniques; Gas chromatography (stand alone EA, GC-FID for PAH determination); Scintillation technology for 32Phosphorus; General soil biology (microbial biomass, mineralization rates, .); General soil chemistry (C/N, pH, CEC, base saturation, availability indices nitrogen and phosphorus, various desorption and extraction protocols, texture analysis, .); Kjehldahl digestion plant material; Physical fractionation techniques soil organic carbon; Sr isotopes, work in clean lab conditions; Field: Manual and automated CO2 Keeling plots (isotopic sampling 'robot' as described in Schauer et al, 2003) Atmospheric water vapor collection for isotopic analysis; Campbell scientific dataloggers (CR5000, CR23X, multiplexer): use and programming; Sonic anemometer (CSAT3) for use in micrometeorology; Infra Red Gas Analyzers (LI-7500, LI-6400, LI-6200, Gashound, .) used in determination of trace gas fluxes, leaf level gas exchange, soil respiration measurements,.
  • Other instruments for capturing of micro-climatic data (incoming/outgoing radiation, humidity sensors, PAR, thermocouples, ECH2O probes, soil heat flux plates, sap flow sensors, .) Construction: Construction/set-up of eddy covariance tower site and related sensors; Net ecosystem exchange (NEE) chamber design and construction; Profiling system (canopy CO2 gradient) Programs / software: Office 2007, Matlab, SAS, Splus, R, ESRI ArcGIS, proprietary software.
Education
University of Texas at AustinpresentDoctoral program in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
University of UtahJune 2000Master of Science: Environmental EngineeringGPA: Magna cum Laude Other Educational Experiences_________________________________________________________ 2004 Participant of the Stable Isotopes in Ecology Course at the Stable Isotope Ratio Facility for Environmental Research (SIRFER)Environmental Engineering Magna cum Laude Other Educational Experiences_________________________________________________________ 2004 Participant of the Stable Isotopes in Ecology Course at the Stable Isotope Ratio Facility for Environmental Research (SIRFER)
Publications
Presentations at scientific meetings_______________________________________________________ B. Torbeyns, A. Thijs, R. Merckx. Release kinetics of PAH in coal tar and creosote contaminated soils. International workshop 'Prospects and limits of natural attenuation at tar oil contaminated sites', Dresden, Germany, 2001. A. Thijs, M.E. Litvak. Soil organic carbon changes due to woody encroachment by Juniperus ashei and Prosopis glandulosa in a Central Texas Savanna. Ecological Society of America, annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2005. J.F. Kjelgaard, J.L. Heilman, K.J. McInnes, M.K. Owens, M.E. Litvak, L. Dreiling, M. Bendivas, A. Thijs, N. Cramer. Carbon Dioxide and Energy Exchange Dynamics: the Interaction of Ashe Juniper Encroachment onto Grassland/Live Oak Savannas on the Edwards Plateau. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2005. M.E. Litvak, A. Thijs. The impact of woody encroachment on carbon dynamics in a C3/C4 grassland in Texas. Ecological Society of America, annual meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, 2006. M.E. Litvak, A. Thijs. AmeriFlux Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, 2006. A. Thijs, M.E. Litvak Contributions of Different Ecosystem Components to the Carbon Balance of an Encroaching Savanna. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2006. M.E. Litvak, J.L. Heilman, K.J. McInnes, M.K. Owens, A. Thijs. Changes in ecosystem structure related to the type and extent of woody cover alter carbon dynamics and surface energy exchange in central Texas ecosystems. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2006. A.Thijs, M.E. Litvak, C-T. Lai. Insights from Tower-Flux, Physiological and Stable Isotope Measurements to Elucidate Climatic and Structural Controls on CO2 Exchange in an Encroaching Savanna. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2007. M.E. Litvak, J.L. Heilman, K.J. McInnes, A. Thijs, J.F. Kjelgaard. Influence of Vegetation Cover on Rain Pulse Responses in Semi-Arid Savannas in Central Texas. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2007. Peer-reviewed Publications:________________________________________________________ De Brouwere K., Thijs A., Hens M., and Merckx R. (2003) Forms and availability of soil phosphorus in temperate forests in southern Chile and Flanders. Gayana Botanica, 60, 17-23. Maertens E., Thijs A, Smolders E., Degryse F., Cong P.T., and Merckx R. (2004) An anion resin membrane technique to overcome detection limits of isotopically exchanged P in P-sorbing soils. European Journal of Soil Science, 55, 63-69. In revie Heilman J.L., Litvak M.E., McInnes K.J., Kjelgaard J.F., Thijs A., Owen M.K., Schwinning S. Submitted to Journal of Hydrology. Impact of woody cover on energy balance and water use in karst landscapes of the Edwards Plateau, Texas In preparation: Thijs A., Litvak M.E. (in prep) Patterns and models of soil and ecosystem respiration processes of an encroaching savanna. Thijs A., Litvak M.E. (in prep) Modeling the effect of drought on leaf level gas exchange in 4 functionally different species of an encroaching savanna. Thijs A., Litvak M.E. (in prep) Bottom-up approach to understanding the role of grasses and encroaching trees in the carbon dynamics of a semi-arid savanna. Litvak et al (in prep) Understanding woody encroachment as a carbon sink on the Edwards Plateau, Texas. Lai et al (in prep) Top-down approach to assess importance of C3 and C4 photosynthesis in respiratory and photosynthetic CO2 fluxes in an encroaching savanna.
Skills
approach, C, DV, ESRI ArcGIS, GC, Matlab, Mentoring, exchange, Office, oil, peripherals, Perkin Elmer, programming, protocols, Research, Researcher, Risk assessment, sap, SAS, scientific, Teaching, technician
Professional Affiliations
2007: Biogeosphere-Atmosphere Stable Isotope Network (BASIN) student award Professional affiliations_________________________________________________________________ Student member of AGU, American Geophysical Union. Student member of ESA, Ecological Society of America.
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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Soil Remediation Bureau, Betech
  • Internship Soil Survey Belgium
  • Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

School Attended

  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Utah

Job Titles Held:

  • Postgraduate Researcher

Degrees

  • Doctoral program in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
    Master of Science : Environmental Engineering

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