CURRICULUM VITAE

 January, 2006

Harold L. Bergman, Director

William D. Ruckelshaus Institute and Helga Otto Haub School of Environment and Natural       Resources

University of Wyoming

Dept. 3971, 1000 E. University Ave.

Laramie, WY 82071

    Telephone:                    (307)766-5080

    FAX:                              (307)766-5099

    Email:                             bergman@uwyo.edu

EDUCATION

Eastern Michigan University, Biology, BA, 1968

Eastern Michigan University, Biology, MS, 1971

Michigan State University, Fisheries Biology, PhD, 1973

RECENT PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

1998-Pres         Director, William D. Ruckelshaus Institute and

                                    Helga Otto Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources,

University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

1995-Pres         J.E. Warren Distinguished Professor of Energy and Environment,

                                    University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

1988                             Visiting Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Environmental Research Laboratory, Duluth, Minnesota

1986-87            Acting Director, Wyoming Water Research Center, University of Wyoming

1984-99            Director, Red Buttes Environmental Biology Laboratory, University of Wyoming

1975-Pres         Professor (84-Present), Associate Professor (80-84), and Assistant Professor (75-80), Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

SELECTED STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY AND REVIEW PANELS

Wyoming Environmental Quality Council, 1983-95; Chairman, 1985-87

National Research Council, Environmental Studies Board Committees:

Senior Visiting Scientists at EPA, 1984

Ecological Risk Assessment, 1986-87

Animals as Monitors of Environmental Hazards, 1987-91

Environmental Protection Agency SAB, ORD and related EPA Review and Advisory Panels:

Science Advisory Panel for FIFRA, 1984-87;  Subpanel Chair: Terrestrial Field Studies

Hazardous Waste Bioassessment Program, 1983-85

Environmental Biology ExploratoryGrants Panel, 1986-93

Water Quality Research Review, 1986

Ecological Risk Assessment Research Review, 1986

NAPAP Aquatic Effects Program, Review Panel Chair,1987

Ecorisk Framework Review Panel, 1991

Graduate Fellowship Review Panel, 1995-98

ORD Board of Scientific Councilors, 1996-97

The Royal Society (London), Surface Water Acidification Programme Review Panel (Aquatic), 1990

SELECTED EXAMPLE PUBLICATIONS (among over 100 peer-reviewed articles and books and numerous reports and briefing documents)

Bergman, H.L. and numerous co-authors.  2005.  Water Production from Coalbed Methane Development: A Summary of Quantity, Quality and Management Options.  Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 64 pp. + App.

Quist, M., A. Boelter, J. Lovato, N. Korfanta, H. Bergman, C. Korschgen, D. Galat, D. Latka, S. Krentz, M. Oetker, M. Olson, C. Scott, and J. Berkley.  2004.  Research and assessment needs for pallid sturgeon recovery in the Missouri River. Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. 82 pp.

Wilson, P.J., C.M. Wood, P.J. Walsh, A.N. Bergman, H.L. Bergman, P.Laurent and B.N. White. 2004. Discordance between genetic structure and morphological, ecological and physiological adaptation in Lake Magadi tilapia. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 77: 537-555.

Bergman, A.N., P. Laurent, G. Otiang’a-Owiti, H.L. Bergman, P.J. Walsh, P.W. Wilson, and C.M. Wood. 2003.  Physiological adaptations of the gut in the Lake Magadi tilapia, Alcolapia grahami, in an alkaline- and saline-adapted teleost fish.  Comp. Biochem. Phys. Part A, 136. 701-715.

Lease, H.M., J.A. Hansen, H.L. Bergman and J.S. Meyer. 2003. Structural changes in gills of Lost River suckers exposed to elevated pH and ammonia concentrations.  Comp. Biochem. Phys. Part C, 134: 491-500.

Wood, C.M., P.W. Wilson, H.L. Bergman, A.N. Bergman, P. Laurent, G. Otiang’a-Owiti, and P.J. Walsh. 2002. Obligatory urea production and the cost of living in the Magadi tilapia revealed by acclimation to reduced salinity and alkalinity. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 75: 111-122.

DiToro, D.M., H.E. Allen, H.L. Bergman, J.S. Meyer, P.R. Paquin and R.C. Santore.  2001.  Biotic ligand model of the acute toxicity of metals.  1. Technical basis.  Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 20:2383-2396.

Kemmis, D., H. Bergman and A. Boelter. (eds.)  2000.  Reclaiming NEPA’s Potential: Can Collaborative Processes Improve Environmental Decision Making?  O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT and the Institute for Environment and Natural Resources, The University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.  104pp.  

Meyer, J.S., R.C. Santore, J.P. Bobbitt, L.D. DeBrey, C.J. Boese, P.R. Paquin, H.E. Allen, H.L. Bergman and D.M. DiToro.  1999.  Binding of nickel and copper to fish gills predicts toxicity when water hardness varies, but free‑ion activity does not.  Environ. Sci. Tech. 33:913‑916.

Bergman, H.L. and E.J. Dorward-King. (Eds.). 1997.  Reassessment of Metals Criteria for Aquatic Life Protection: Priorities for Research and Implementation.  SETAC Press, Pensacola, FL. 114 pp.

Dickerson, K.M., W.A. Hubert and H.L. Bergman. 1996.  Toxicity assessment of water from lakes and wetlands receiving irrigation drain water.  Environ. Toxicol. Chem.  15:1097-1101.

Huggett, R.J., R.A. Kimerle, P.M. Mehrle and H.L. Bergman. (eds.). 1992. Biomarkers: Biochemical, Physiological and Histological Markers of Anthropogenic Stress. Lewis Pub., Boca Raton, FL 347pp.

Bergman, H.L. and J.S. Mattice.  1991.  Lake Acidification and Fisheries Project: Acclimation to low pH and elevated aluminum by trouts.  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 48:1987-1988.

Ingersoll, C.G., D.D. Gulley, D.R. Mount, M.E. Mueller, J.D. Fernandez, J.R. Hockett and H.L. Bergman.  1990.  Aluminum and acid toxicity to two strains of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis).  Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 47:1641-1648.

Randall, D.J., C.M. Wood, S.F. Perry, H.L. Bergman, G.M.O. Maloiy, T.P. Mommsen and P.A. Wright.  1989.  Urea excretion as a strategy for survival in a fish living in a very alkaline environment.  Nature 337:165-166.

Bergman, H.L., R.A. Kimerle and A.W. Maki (eds.). 1986. Environmental Hazard Assessment of Effluents. Pergamon Press, Elmsford, N.Y. 366 pp.

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES AND DISTINCTIONS

PacifiCorp Environmental Advisory Forum, 2001-04

Fulbright Fellow, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1996-97

Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1995

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, President, 1984-85

American Fisheries Society, President of Water Quality Section, 1982-83

Editorial Board, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1981-84

RECENT EXTERNAL FUNDING – 2001-2004

1998‑01            Copper bioavailability to aquatic invertebrates. CoPI’s J.S. Meyer and H.L. Bergman. International Copper Association (through HydroQual, Inc.). -  $174,000.

1998-01            Collaborative public process management on open space – grazing study. CoPI’s K. Mays, A Boelter and H.L. Bergman.  U.S. National Park Service, Grand Teton National Park.  - $35,000.

1998-03            General operating support. The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grant to the UW Institute of Environment and Natural Resources.  - $375,000.

2000-01            General operating support.  Tucker Foundation grant to the UW Institute of Environment and Natural Resources and the Red Buttes Environmental Biology Laboratory.  - $100,000.

2001-05            Land conservation in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: Wyoming Open Spaces Partnership.  Doris Duke Charitable Foundation grant to the UW Institute of Environment and Natural Resources.  - $240,000.

2004                             Pallid sturgeon recovery in the Missouri River: Research prioritization conference organization and facilitation.  U.S. Geological Survey. - $89,000

2005                             Brucellosis: A working symposium on research priorities for development of a wildlife vaccine.  U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior. - $150,000.