My training is in physics and systems analysis, and I work at the interface between Earth science and environmental science. My current research spans the fields of geomorphology, hydrology, environmental geochemistry, evolutionary ecology, and paleobiology. Much of my research involves a combination of field work, laboratory measurements, and mathematical modeling.

I also serve as the director of the Berkeley's Central Sierra Field Research Stations, comprising:
Sagehen Creek Field Station ( http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/sagehen/ )
Central Sierra Snow Laboratory ( http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/cssl/ )
Chickering American River Reserve ( http://http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/chickering.html )
North Fork Reserve ( http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/northfork.html )
Onion Creek Experimental Forest

1976-80 B.A. (physics) and B.A. (philosophy), Dartmouth College
1980-82 M.S. (systems analysis), Dartmouth College
1985-90 Ph.D. (energy and resources), University of California, Berkeley
1990-91 Postdoc (Earth and planetary sciences), California Institute of Technology

Watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry
Environmental geochemistry
Geomorphology
Evolutionary ecology
Paleobiology
Analysis of environmental data

Link to the Berkeley Geomorphology Group: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~geomorph/

Link to my website: http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~kirchner

2002-2003 Miller Professor, Miller Insitute for Basic Research, University of California
1993-1998 National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award
1990-1991 California Institute of Technology, Bantrell Postdoctoral Fellowship

Students Trained:
Ken Ferrier, Ph.D. 2009 (Post-doc, MIT)

My website: http://seismo.berkeley.edu/~kirchner

Berkeley Geomorphology Group: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~geomorph/

Berkeley's Energy and Resources group, where I am a faculty affiliate: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/erg/

Field research stations that I have been involved in:
Central Sierra Snow Laboratory: http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/cssl/ 
Sagehen Creek Field Station: http://research.chance.berkeley.edu/sagehen/ 
Chickering American River Reserve: http://http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/chickering.html 
North Fork Reserve: http://nrs.ucop.edu/reserves/northfork.html 
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory: http://www.rmbl.org/ 

Please follow one of the two links below...

For a list of my publications in reverse chronological order, see:
http://www.seismo.berkeley.edu/~kirchner/jk_vita.html 

For my publication list organized by topic, see:
http://www.seismo.berkeley.edu/~kirchner/jk_pubs.html