Born:           September 10, 1968 - Santiago de Chile - Chile
Nationality:  Argentine
Address:      Department of Botany - Duke University
                   Durham, NC  27708  - USA
                   &
                  Catedra de Forrajes - Facultad de Agronomía
                   Universidad de Buenos Aires
                   Av. San Martín 4453 (1417) Capital - ARGENTINA
E-mail:         egj@duke.edu

Revised: 18 June 2001

BSc, Agriculture (Ingeniero Agrónomo), 1993, University of Buenos Aires, College of Agronomy. Thesis: Relationship between vegetation and environment in the Occidental District of the Patagonian steppe. Dr. José M Paruelo - Advisor. IFEVA-UBA.

MSc, Natural Resources, 1998, University of Buenos Aires, College of Agronomy, Graduate School. Thesis: Primary productivity in the patagonian steppe and its relation with climate. Prof. Osvaldo E Sala - Advisor. IFEVA-UBA

Ph.D. student in the Department of Biology, Duke University. Prof. Robert B Jackson - Advisor.
Expected graduation: February 2002

Student Research Fellow, University of Buenos Aires. 1991-1993.
Graduate Research Fellow, University of Buenos Aires. 1993-1997.
Ambassadorial Fellow, Rotary Foundation, 1997-1998.
Overseas Doctoral Fellow, National Council of Science and Technology (CONICET-Argentina), 1997-1999.
Representative of Research Student Fellows, University of Buenos Aires in the International Hall of Students, Granada, Spain. 1992.
Flag Honor, second highest GPA, College of Agronomy College, University of Buenos Aires. 1993.
Academic Excellence Award, best dissertation, College of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires. 1993. Awarded by Dow-Elanco Argentina.
Research Award, Argentine Council of Agronomists (CPIA), 1994.
Soil Ecology Student Award.  Ecological Society of America, Soil Section. Co-winner for best presentation in the ESA annual meeting, 1998.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Research Grant for Ambassadorial Fellows, Rotary Foundation, 1997-1998. (13000$)
Giles & Keever Research Awards.  Duke University, Department of Botany. 1999. (1650$)
Latin American Studies Travel Grant. Mellon Foundation/Duke University. 1999, 2000. (2200$)
FK Weyerhaeuser Dissertation Award. Forest History Society. 2000. (11000$)
Explorers Club Grant, Exploration Fund-Explorers Club. 2000. (1100$)
National Science Foundation, Dissertation Enhancement Awards / Argentina-US 2001 (27210$)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching assistant, Biochemistry, College of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires. 1989-1990.
Teaching assistant, Ecology, College of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires. 1991-1993.
Graduate teaching assistant, Ecology, College of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires. 1994-1997.
"Jefe de Trabajos Practicos", Forrage Production and Forraje Utilization, College of Agronomy, 2000-present

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Spanish: Native language
English: TOEFL 623
French, Portuguese, Italian: Reading

AFFILIATIONS

Member of the Argentine Ecological Association.

PUBLICATIONS

Jobbágy EG, JM Paruelo and RJC León. 1995. Estimación de la precipitación a partir de la distancia a la cordillera en el noroeste de la Patagonia. Ecología Austral 5:47-53

Jobbágy EG, JM Paruelo and RJC León. 1996. Vegetation heterogeneity and diversity in flat and mountain landscapes of Patagonia (Argentina). Journal of Vegetation Science, 7:599-608.

Rebella C, C Di Bella C and EG Jobbagy. 1996. Estimación de la carga animal y la variabilidad de la oferta de forraje en pastizales de la República Argentina a partir de imágenes satelitales NOAA-AVHRR. RIA 26:73-87. INTA-Argentina.

Schulze ED, HA Mooney, OE Sala, EG Jobbágy, N Buchmann, G Bauer, J Canadell, RB Jackson, J Loreti, M Oesterheld and JR Ehleringer. 1996. Water availability, rooting depth, and vegetation zones along an aridity gradient in Patagonia.
Oecologia, 108:503-511.

Paruelo JM, EG Jobbágy, OE Sala, WK Lauenroth and IC Burke.1998. Functional and structural convergence of temperate grassland and shrubland ecosystems. Ecological Applications, 8:194-206.

Paruelo JM, EG Jobbágy, and OE Sala. 1998. Biozones of Patagonia (Argentina). Ecología Austral 8:145-153.

Paruelo JM, A Beltrán, EG Jobbágy, OE Sala, and RA Golluscio. 1998. The climate of Patagonia: General patterns and controls on biotic processes. Ecología Austral 8:85-101.

Jobbágy EG and RB Jackson. 2000. The vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and its relation to climate and vegetation. Ecological Applications, 10:397-398.

Jobbágy EG and OE Sala. Controls of grass and shrub production in the Patagonian steppe. 2000. Ecological Applications, 10:541–549.

Jackson RB, HJ Schenk, EG Jobbágy, J Canadell, GD Colello, RE Dickinson, T Dunne, CB Field, P Friedlingstein, M Heimann, K Hibbard, DW Kicklighter, A Kleidon, RP Neilson, WJ Parton, OE Sala, and MT Sykes. 2000. Belowground consequences of vegetation change and its treatment in models. Ecological Applications, 10:470-483.

Jobbágy EG and RB Jackson. 2000. Global controls of forest line elevation in the northern and southern hemispheres. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 9:253-268.

Jobbágy EG and RB Jackson. 2001. The distribution of soil nutrients with depth: Global patterns and the imprint of plants. Biogeochemistry, 53:51-77.

Paruelo JM, EG Jobbágy, and OE Sala. Current distributions of ecosystem functional types in temperate South America. Ecosystems, in press.

Jobbágy EG, OE Sala, and JM Paruelo. Patterns and controls of primary production in the Patagonian steppe: A remote sensing approach. Ecology, in press.
 

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

Jobbágy EG, JM Paruelo, and RJC León. 1993. Análisis de la relación vegetación-ambiente en un área montañosa de la estepa patagónica. XVI Jornada Argentina de Ecología. Argentina.

Paruelo JM, EG Jobbágy, and DA Gagliardini. 1993. Elaboración de un banco de imágenes NOAA-AVHRR para el estudio de la desertificación en la estepa patagónica. First Argentine Meeting for the Evaluation of Natural Resources through Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems. Argentina.

Jobbágy EG and OE Sala. 1994. Monitoreo de la producción de forraje en Patagonia. First Meeting on Environmental Problems and Management in Patagonia. Argentina.

Jobbágy EG and OE Sala. 1995. Variación espacial y temporal de la productividad primaria en Patagonia: Su análisis a partir de datos satelitales. XVII Jornada Argentina de Ecología. Argentina.

Jobbágy EG, JM Paruelo and RJC León. 1995. Landscape configuration effects on vegetation heterogeneity and diversity in Patagonia (Argentina). Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. USA.

Bisigato AJ, EG Jobbágy, and E Chaneton. 1996. Cobertura y diversidad vegetal en la estepa patagónica luego de 20 años de exclusión del pastoreo. XXV Jornadas Argentinas de Botánica. Argentina.

Sala OE, EG Jobbágy, P Canadell, JR Ehleringer, RB Jackson, HA Mooney, JM Paruelo, and ED Schulze. 1996. Ecosystem rooting depth patterns and controls: a modeling approach. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. USA.

Jobbágy EG and OE Sala. 1997. Regional patterns and controls of primary production in the Patagonian steppe. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. USA.

Sala OE, M Oesterheld,  EG Jobbágy, MR Aguiar, WK Lauenroth, IC Burke. 1997. Constraints of vegetation structure on the effect of precipitation on productivity. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. USA.

Austin AT, OE Sala, HA Mooney, ED Schulze, J Canadell, J Ehleringer, RB Jackson, EG Jobbágy. 1998. Carbon and nitrogen cycling along a contiguous precipitation gradient in Patagonia, Argentina. GCTE-LUCC Open Science Conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Jobbágy EG, WT Pockman, and RB Jackson. 1998. The vertical distribution of soil nutrients: plants creating heterogeneity. Invited presentation in the annual joint meeting of the Ecological Society of America and the Botanical Society of America. USA.

Pockman WT, EG Jobbágy, AJ Betancourt, and RB Jackson. 1998. The influence of plant rooting depth on soil water availability in adjacent grassland and shrubland ecosystems. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. USA.

Jobbágy EG and RB Jackson. 1999. The vertical distribution of soil organic carbon: A global perspective. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. USA.

Jobbagy, EG and RB Jackson. 2001. Biogeoquímica de la conversión de pastizales a bosques: ejemplos dramáticos en la pampa. XX Jornada Argentina de Ecología. Argentina.
 

TECHNICAL REPORTS

Golluscio RA, VA Deregibus, M Oesterheld, JM Paruelo, EG Jobbágy, M Román and JL Mercau. 1993. Estancia San Ramón (Río Negro-Argentina): Forage resource evaluation and management proposal. Field and remote sensing study for a private ranch in the Patagonian steppe, Argentina.

Deregibus VA and EG Jobbágy. 1993. Evaluation of forage resources in "Estancia Rincón de Corrientes". Field and remote sensing study for a private ranch in a subtropical humid grassland area of Argentina.

OTHER WORKING EXPERIENCE

Library assistant, "Perito Moreno Library", National Parks Administration, Buenos Aires Argentina. 1987-1988.
Trekking reporter for outdoor magazines in Argentina. Ten articles on camping and trekking issues in weekly magazines (“Weekend” and “Aire y Sol”). 1988-1991.

Founder of CAMP-UBA, organization of hiking and trekking for students of the University of Buenos Aires. Nine expeditions guided in the Andes and Central Argentina. 1990-1993.