Positions Held
Professor, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1984-1989 and 1996-present
Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-1998
Assistant Director, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1981-1983
Assistant/Assoc. Professor, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1973-1984
Visiting Instructor in Biology (Peace Corps) Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Columbia, 1966-1968

Professional Activities
National Academy of Sciences: Global change working group on terrestrial ecosystems, (Chair 1990-1993); Global change working group on nutrient and trace gas fluxes (1988-1991); Polar Research Board (1989-1993); Senior Science Advisor: Young Investigator Exchange with Russia (1993-1994)

International Committees: Global Change in Terres. Ecosys. (GCTE), Science Steering Comm (1993-1999); Global Atmos. Chem. Project (IGAC), High-latitude coord. comm. (1992-1995); International Science Foundation Review Panel: Biospheric Sciences (1993)

National Committees: Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Steering Committee (1998-2002); ARCSS Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interact. Steering Comm. (1990-2002); chair (1998-2002); NSF Panel: Population biology and physiological ecology (1986-1988)

Editorial Boards: Ecology and Ecological Monographs (1982-1985); Tree Physiology (1986-1988); Oecologia (1985-1996); American Naturalist (1990-1993); Ecology Series, Academic Press (1988-2005); Conservation Ecology (1995-2000); Ecosystems (1996-1999); Ecology and Society (2003-present)

Ecological Society of America: Mercer Awards Committee (1988-1991; Chair 1989-1991); Eminent Ecologist Awards Committee (1993-1996); Council Member at Large (1992-1994); Sustainability Science Award (Chair 2003-2006)

Advisory Boards: Inst. of Arctic and Alpine Research (1989-1996); Glacier Bay Science Board 1988-1994); National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (1995-1998); H.J. Andrews LTER (2001-present); LTER Network, National Advisory Board (2006-present); International Arctic Research Center Advisory Board (2005-present); Board member, Resilience Alliance (2006-present)

Director, Resilience and Adaptation Program (IGERT, Univ. of Alaska) (2001-present)

Principal Investigator, Bonanza Creek LTER site (1996-present)

Representative Publications
Van Cleve, K., F.S. Chapin, III, P.W. Flanagan, L.A. Vierick, and C.T. Dyrness (eds.). 1986. Forest ecosystems in the Alaskan taiga. A synthesis of structure and function. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Caron, D.C. F.S. Chapin, III, J. Donoghue, M. Firestone, J. Harte, L.E. Wells, and R. Stewardson. 1994. Ecological and Social Dimensions of Global Change. Institute of International Studies, Berkeley.

Chapin, F.S., III, R.L. Jefferies, J.F. Reynolds, G.R. Shaver, and J. Svoboda (eds.). 1992. Arctic ecosystems in a changing climate. Academic Press. San Diego.

Chapin, F.S., III, and Ch. K�rner, eds. 1995. Arctic and Alpine Biodiversity: Patterns, Causes and Ecosystem Consequences. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.

Lambers, H., F.S. Chapin, III, and J.L. Pons. 1998. Plant Physiological Ecology. Springer-Verlag, New York. [Published in Chinese 2005]

Chapin, F.S., III, O. Sala, and E. Huber-Sannwald (eds). 2001. Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Chapin, F.S., III, P.A. Matson, and H.A. Mooney. 2002. Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology. Springer-Verlag, New York ISBN 0-387-95439-2. [Published in Chinese 2005]

Chapin, F.S., III, M.W. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L.A. Viereck, and D.L Verbyla (editors). 2006. Alaska�s Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-515431-2.

Sparrow, E.B., J.C. Dawe, and F.S. Chapin, III. 2006. Communication of Alaskan boreal science with broader communities. Pages 323-331 in F.S. Chapin, III, M. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L.A. Viereck, and D.L. Verbyla (Eds.) Alaska�s Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, New York.

Thompson, C. C., A.D. McGuire, J.S. Clein, F.S. Chapin, III, and J. Beringer. 2006. Net carbon exchange across the arctic tundra-boreal forest transition in Alaska 1981-2000. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 11(4)805827.

Valentine, D.W., K. Kielland, F.S. Chapin, III, A.D. McGuire, and K. Van Cleve. 2006. Patterns of biogeochemistry in Alaskan boreal forests. Pages 241-266 in F.S. Chapin, III, M. Oswood, K. Van Cleve, L.A. Viereck, and D.L. Verbyla (Eds.) Alaska�s Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, New York.

Walter, K.M., S.A. Zimov, J.P. Chanton, D. Verbyla, and F.S. Chapin, III. 2006. Methane bubbling from Siberian thaw lakes as a positive feedback to climate warming. 443:71-75.

Zimov, S.A., S.P. Davydov, G.M. Zimova, A.I. Davydova, E.A.G. Schuur, K. Dutta, and F.S. Chapin, III. 2006. Permafrost carbon: Stock and decomposability of a globally significant carbon pool. Geophysical Research Letters 33, L20502, doi:10.1029/2006GL027484.

Zimov, S.A., E.A.G. Schuur, and F.S. Chapin, III. 2006. Permafrost and the global carbon budget. Science 312:1612-1613.

Amiro, B.D., A.L. Orchansky, A.G. Barr, T.A. Black, S.D. Chambers, F.S. Chapin III, M.L. Goulden, M. Litvak, H. Liu, J.H. McCaughey, and J.T. Randerson. 2006. The effect of post-fire stand age on the boreal forest energy balance. Agriculture and Forest Meteorology. In press.