Christine Goodale

Christine Goodale is an ecosystem ecologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University. Goodale conducts research that studies the cycling of water, carbon, nitrogen and other nutrients through forest ecosystems. Following her graduation, Goodale moved to the University of New Hampshire for her masters research in Natural Resources and remained there to earn her Ph.D. in Natural Resources (1999). Goodale was a student of John D. Aber, an ecologist and Professor of Natural Resources & the Environment at the University of New Hampshire, during her doctoral research. During her time with John D. Aber, Goodale co-authored two papers and studied ecosystems in Ireland, including mapping of monthly precipitation, temperature and solar radiation in addition to the sensitivity of Ireland forest ecosystems. In 2001, Goodale relocated to The Woods Hole Research Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, where she participated in a postdoctoral fellowship until the year 2003. Later that same year Goodale was hired at Cornell University as an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Goodale and her team examine these impacts across multiple spatial and temporal levels, from plots in a watershed to whole continents, utilizing a combination of field studies, ecosystem modeling, and acquired regional data sets to help answer their main research questions. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) Faculty Fellow, Cornell. Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship. U.S. Department of Energy, 1999.

In addition to the awards and fellowships that she has received, Goodale has also been selected to participate in editorial boards, advising panels, and working groups.

Editorial work Goodale has served on editorial boards for multiple scientific journals, including a guest editorial position in 2011 for Environmental Pollution, Special Issue: Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity.

Advising panels and working groups Goodale has been selected to work on multiple advising panels and working groups over the past two decades including the Union of Concerned Scientists, The Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study funded by the National Science Foundation, and the National Ecological Observation Network (NEON) Science, Technology, and Education Advisory Committee (STEAC).

Publications Christine Goodale has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed articlesjournals. Her research has been published in multiple journals, including Environmental Pollution, and Biogeochemistry.