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Robert J. Swap – Abbreviated CV
204 Westbrook Place, Charlottesville, VA 22901-1131
Phone: (434) 531-6370; E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION: M.Sc. (1990) and Ph.D., (1996) University of Virginia, Environmental
Sciences: University Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow, Climatology Research Group,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1996-97.
CURRENT POSITION IPA Program Scientist, Radiation Sciences Program, Earth Systems
Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Wash., D.C. (as of 10/01/14).
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS:
Research Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia.
Extraordinary Professor, in Environmental Sciences and Management, at the Potchefstroom
Campus of the North West University, South Africa
HONORS AND AWARDS:
 2012 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and
Support of Education (CASE/Carnegie) Virginia Professor of the Year
 2014 Inductee, University Academy of Teaching, University of Virginia
 All-University Teaching Award for Excellence in Education Abroad, 2012.
 Other Honors Include: Z-Society Distinguished Faculty Award at the University of Virginia, 2008;
Letter of Commendation for Service to the University of Virginia, from the 7 Society, 2007; NASA
Public Service Group Achievement Award to SAFARI 2000 International Leadership Team, 2002;
Fulbright Senior Specialist Award to work with the Faculty of Agronomy and Forest Engineering at
the University of Eduardo Mondlane (MOZ), 2001/2002; NASA New Investigator Program, 2001;
University Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg (RSA), 1996-97; Allan Talbott Gwathmey Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
Thesis Research in Engineering and the Sciences at the University of Virginia, 1996.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS: I am the author or coauthor of 54 peer-reviewed research
publications and have been cited in the open literature more than 2700 times. These have transitioned
with my evolving interest from scientific research papers on coupled land-atmosphere interactions to
my current focus on globally engaged scholarship, international service learning, community
engagement and science diplomacy. A complete list is found on my extended curriculum vita, and
electronic reprints are available on request.
COURSES TAUGHT: Panarchy and Resilience; Project Synthesis; Useful Knowledge and its Impact
on Local & Global Communities; Development on the Ground; Engineering in Community Settings;
People, Culture and Environment of Southern Africa (6 credit overseas program), Ethics, Protocols &
Practice of International Research, Man’s Atmospheric Environment, Remote Sensing, Conservation
Ecology: Biodiversity and Beyond.
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC PROGRAM BUILDING:
U.S. Coordinator/Principal Investigator of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative:
SAFARI 2000, 1998-2003. Responsible for leading the planning, implementing, and
synthesizing of this multinational remote-sensing field campaign focused on a broad range of
phenomena related to land-atmosphere interactions and biogeochemical functioning across
southern Africa. This involved building consensus across an interdisciplinary community of
approximately two hundred scientists, including twenty-five graduate students, from sixteen
countries and with fifty institutional linkages. Findings were reported in three separate thematic
journal issues. More than 180-refereed project publications to date. I was also actively involved
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with liaising with U.S. and regional governmental agencies, co-supervision of international
students, and dissemination of scientific results.
Director, Eastern/Southern African Virginia Networks & Associations – (E)SAVANA, 2002present. Multi-disciplinary, research, education and outreach program supporting engaged
scholarship with four partner universities in Africa since 2002. Focused on regional socioenvironmental systems. To date, over 460 U.S. based students, and 145 international colleagues
have been engaged with my interdisciplinary education abroad (11yrs) and intensive January
Term programs (8yrs). (E)SAVANA highlighted as a Strategic Initiative of the UVA College of
Arts and Sciences at the (2007); invited presentation at the NSF–sponsored Workshop for
Enhancing Collaborative Research on the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa (2005): and
presented at the World Summit on Sustainable Development by the U.S. Department of State and
the National Academies of Sciences (2002).
Director, UVA Study Abroad in Southern Africa 2002-present. Developed program entitled
“People, Culture and Environment of Southern Africa” that, on average, lasts 4 weeks and
involves a 3.5:1 ratio of students from the U.S. and southern Africa. Course takes place in South
Africa and Mozambique and provides a broad introduction to cultural and environmental contexts.
Over its 11 years, the program has had 151 U.S. and 40 African student participants from
(E)SAVANA partners Alumnae have gone on to both private and public sectors (including Peace
Corps, AmeriCorps, and Teach for America).
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OUTREACH:
 Invited Speaker, 9th Forum on Science, Technology and Education Policy at the 2014
International Conference on Science, Technology and Education Policy (ICSTEP’14) Zhejiang
University, Hangzhou China, November 18, 2014.
 Invited Participant for Symposium on Science, Technology, and Innovation for Economic Growth
and Development in Africa, Keck Center, National Academies, Washington D.C., August 5, 2014
 Invited Lecturer for AAAS/TWAS Inaugural Course on Science Diplomacy, “Science Diplomacy
from Nanometers to Megameters: SAFARI 2000 A Case Study of Transboundary Cooperation,” June
8-13, 2014, Trieste, Italy
 Invited Speaker for the UVA Environmental Management Program- “Using Resilience Thinking,
Integral Accounting, and Community Engagement to Improve Well-Being in Coupled SocioEcological Systems in Qinghai” Jan. 17, 2014, Charlottesville, VA.
 Invited Participant, AAAS-led Second Science Diplomacy Visit to Myanmar, 2010, 2012.
 Invited Speaker, 36th Annual Meeting of the Interciencia Association & International Joint
Symposium on The Future of the Amazon, 2010.
 Invited Panelist and Plenary Speaker, Conquista 2020, Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil, 2010.
 Invited Participant, U. S. Department of State Global Dialogues on Emerging Science and
Technology (GDEST) Geospatial Sciences for Sustainable Development, 2008.
 Special Assistant for International Research, Office of the Vice President for Research and
Graduate Studies, University of Virginia, 2003-2006.
 U.S. Coordinator/Principal Investigator, Southern African Regional Science Initiative: SAFARI
2000, 1999-2004.
 Fulbright Senior Specialist, the Faculty of Agronomy and Forest Engineering at the University of
Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo, Mozambique, 2001-02.
LANGUAGES: English, native; Portuguese, fluent; Spanish, German, Tshivenda, IsiZulu, basic.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE LEARNING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: Since 2003, I
have mentored more than 20 student teams over for projects in South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia,
India, Mongolia, China, Honduras, Belize, Argentina, the Dominican Republic and the U.S.
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Robert J. Swap – Full CV
204 Westbrook Place, Charlottesville, VA 22901-1131
Phone: (434) 531-6370; E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
University Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow, Climatology Research Group, University of
the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 2/96-5/97
Ph.D.  University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences. 1996.
Dissertation title: “Transport and Impact of Southern African Aerosols.”
M.Sc.  University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences. 1990. Thesis title: “The
Nature and Origin of Central Amazonian Wet Season Rainfall.”
B.A.  University of Virginia, Major: Department of Environmental Sciences. 1987.
POSITIONS:
Program Scientist, NASA IPA, Radiation Sciences Program, Earth Systems Division, Science
Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. - *As of October 1, 2014
Research Professor, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Virginia 5/12-Present
Lecturer, Global Development Studies program, Univ. of Virginia, 2009-2013
Director, Eastern/Southern African Virginia Networks & Associations ((E)SAVANA) 2010-present
Director, UVA in Southern Africa Program 2002-Present
HONORS AND AWARDS:
 2012 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support
of Education (Carnegie/CASE) Virginia Professor of the Year
 2014 Inductee, University Academy of Teaching, University of Virginia
 Inaugural Presentation of the University of Alabama-Huntsville College of Science Distinguished Lecture
Series, March 3, 2015.
 Invited Speaker, The Best of UVA: A Collection of Unforgettable Lectures, Oct. 15, 2014
 Letter of Commendation for Service to the University of Virginia, from President Teresa Sullivan,
Spring 2014
 Keynote Presenter for the 2014 The Innovation in Public Service Conference at the Univ. of Virginia,
February 28, 2014.
 Invited Speaker, The Best of UVA: A Collection of Unforgettable Lectures, Feb. 12, 2014
 Invited Panelist for inaugural Innovation in Pedagogy Summit, Univ. of Virginia Teaching Resource
Center – panel entitled “Face-to-Face Pedagogical Innovations,” May 3, 2013
 Distinguished Faculty Speaker for 2013 Family Weekend Rotunda Dome Room Lectures, Sept. 2013.
 2012-13 Institutional Nominee for the SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award
 Mentioned in University of Virginia President’s Report – 2012; 09-10; 03-04; 01-02; 99-00
 2012 All-University Teaching Award for Excellence in Education Abroad
 Distinguished Faculty Speaker for 2010 Family Weekend Rotunda Dome Room Lectures, Sept. 2010.
 2008 Z-Society Distinguished Faculty Award at the University of Virginia
 Invited Panelist for the National Conference of the Reinvention Center Pre-Conference – for the panel
entitled "Ethical Issues in Undergraduate Research." Univ. of Virginia, Nov. 12, 2008.
 Invited Panelist for inaugural Jefferson Fellows Forum for Interdisciplinary Dialogue – for the panel
entitled "The 21st Century Good Samaritan: Understanding the Imperatives to Help." Univ. of Virginia,
Sept. 26, 2008.
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 Invited Member of the U.S. Dept. of State Delegation, U.S. Global Dialogues on Emerging Science &
Technology, Geospatial Sciences for Sustainable Development in Africa, Mar. 2008.
 Letter of Commendation for Service to the University of Virginia, Univ. of Virginia 7-Society, 2007.
 Invited Opening Session Keynote Speaker, NSF – sponsored Workshop for Enhancing Collaborative
Research on the Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa, Arlington VA, Jan. 2005.
 Invited Plenary Speaker at the First Symposium of the NASA Earth System Scholars Network, held at the
University of Maryland, University City, Sept. 27-29, 2004
 Invited U.S. Fulbright Alumni Panel Participant for Department of State Cultural Affairs Officer
Training Session at the George P. Schultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Oct. 15, 2003
 2002 NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award, SAFARI 2000 International Leadership Team
 Fulbright Senior Specialist Award to work with the Faculty of Agronomy and Forest Engineering at the
University of Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo Mozambique, Sept. 2001; Jan. 2002
 NASA New Investigator Program Awardee, Mar. 2001
 Invited participant on the Amazon Climate-Habitat workshop sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund and
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute to be held in Panama, January 29-31, 2002.
 Postdoctoral Travel Award ($1000) awarded March 1998, NATO Advanced Study Institute on the Inverse
Methods in Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Heraklion, Greece, March 16-20, 1998.
 Allan Talbott Gwathmey Award ($1000) for Outstanding Graduate Student Thesis Research in
Engineering and the Sciences at the University of Virginia, April, 1996
 University Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, one of three awarded annually,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
 Maury Prize ($500) Outstanding Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences Student, Univ. of Virginia, May
1995.
 Invited Student Participant and Moderator of meeting session at NATO Advanced Study Institute on
Sediment records of Biomass Burning and Global Change, October 11-15, 1994, Algarve, Portugal.
 National Science Foundation Graduate Student Travel Award ($1000), awarded October, 1994, for
travel to the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Sediment Records of Biomass Burning and Global Change,
October 11-15, 1994, Algarve, Portugal.
 Odum Foundation Graduate Student Research Grant ($2000), July 1992.
 Environmental Science Graduate Student travel grant ($500) and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
travel award ($300) to attend Southern Hemisphere Oceanography and Meteorology Conference in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, November, 1989
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC PROGRAM BUILDING:
Director, Eastern/Southern African Virginia Networks & Associations – (E)SAVANA
6/02-present
Multi-disciplinary project that has been delivering service and supporting study exchanges with
four partner universities in Africa since 2002. While the initial focus was on regional
environmental issues, as Institutional Liaison, I expanded the scope of participating disciplines
to include nursing, public policy, anthropology, engineering, medicine, architecture, law and
commerce.
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ESAVANA highlighted as one of the University of Virginia’s College of Arts and Sciences’
Strategic Initiatives (2007)
(E)SAVANA highlighted as opening, invited plenary presentation at the at the NSF –
sponsored Workshop for Enhancing Collaborative Research on the Environment in SubSaharan Africa (2005)
(E)SAVANA highlighted in University of Virginia President’s report (2002)
(E)SAVANA highlighted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development by the US
Department of State and the U.S. National Academies of Sciences (2002)
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Director, UVA Study Abroad in Southern Africa 5/02-Present
Developer and Instructor of record for UVA Summer Study Abroad Program in Southern Africa
entitled “People, Culture and Environment of Southern Africa” that, on average, lasts a month,
and involves 15 students from the United States and 5 from Southern Africa. The course takes
place in both South Africa and Mozambique. The purpose of the course is to provide a broad
introduction in a comprehensive context.
 Program has involved participants from all (E)SAVANA partner institutions
 Program has had over 151 U.S. and 40 African student participants
 Program participants have gone on to private and public sector postings including with
Peace Corps, Americorps, Teach for America
Project Director for the AAAS External Review Inter-American Institute for Global Change
Research 7/06-8/07 – report available at:
www.aaas.org/programs/centers/sd/aaas_IAIreport_0607.pdf
Managed an international committee of distinguished scientists, conducted in-depth interviews
and site visits, compiled information concerning the external review of the IAI, organized three
External Review Committee meetings, drafted the external review report including findings and
recommendations, edited the report, debriefed IAI Directorate and Scientific Advisory
Committee post-completion of the report.
Program Director for University of Virginia Southern African Activities
8/04-8/09
Coordinate / facilitate / lead student, faculty and administrator exchanges, research and
educational activities resulting from SAVANA and SAFARI 2000. Interface with the
International Studies office on matters of visitor visas, program budget and liability.
Special Assistant for International Research, Office of the Vice President for Research and
Graduate Studies, University of Virginia 12/03-4/06
Assisted the Vice President and Associate Vice President for Research and Graduate studies in
developing and strengthening international research ties, especially in southern Africa and South
America; facilitated pan-University interest in research and educational opportunities in
southern Africa; assisted Associate VP with the development of Memoranda of Understanding
with international partners; organized and accompanied high level administrators from the
University of Virginia on visits to southern Africa to meet with their counterparts; represented
the VP for Research and Graduate Studies in their absence while abroad.
U.S. Coordinator/PI of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative – SAFARI 2000;
1998- 2003
Collaborated on the genesis of program, logistics involving agreements, site selections,
coordination of U.S. participants, development of science plan, data policy, co-supervision of
international students, liaison with U.S. and regional governmental agencies, annual science
team meetings, dissemination of scientific results both at conferences and in print: Location –
Southern Africa
 Represented SAFARI 2000 in a regional policy dialogue between Southern African
Governments and regional scientists and Non-Governmental Organizations in Maputo,
Mozambique (2003)
 SAFARI 2000 published data policy used as model for South African Environmental
Observation Network data policy (2004-2005)
 Received 2002 NASA Public Service Group Achievement Award
 Invited to present lessons learned and methodology of conducting SAFARI 2000 to the
science team of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (2001)
 Project profiled in the Chronicle of Higher Education (2000)
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Additional Management Training: University of Virginia Leadership in Academic Matters
program, Jan. – May 2010
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:
Please note - * = undergraduate authors; # = former/mentored graduate students; $ = globally
engaged service learning/civic engagement/SoTL
Refereed Journal Articles (54 total)
1. $C. Berinyuy, H. Eilerts*, M. McDaniel*, D. Chapman*, S. Pendlebury, C.J. Ford, and R. J.
Swap, The Adaptive Cycle as a Lens for Service Learning - Community Engagement,
Partnerships: A Journal of Service Learning and Civic Engagement, Vol. 5, No. 2, 153-177,
2014.
2. #Keir Soderberg, Joh Henschel, Robert J. Swap & Stephen A. Macko, Sulphur isotopes in
the central Namib Desert ecosystem, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 69:3,
217-223, 2014. DOI: 10.1080/0035919X.2014.976778
3. $A. Aslam*, I. Navarro*, A. Wen*, M. Hassett*, and R. J. Swap, Stuck in
Cement: Breaking from Conventional Mindsets in Student-Led Service Learning
Partnerships. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian
Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 135-149, 2014.
4. $N. Allen*, R. Boots*, M. Bugas*, A. Parsons*, and R. Swap, Arriving as Strangers,
Welcomed as Friends: Student Reflections on Mindsets, Equity and Partnerships in
International Service Learning, Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 7(1),
2014. [online] URL: http://jces.ua.edu/student-voices-arriving-as-strangers-welcomed-asfriends-student-reflections-on-mindsets-equity-and-partnerships-in-international-servicelearning/
5. $R. J. Swap & Wayland, K., Working Across Disciplines and Chipping Away at Silos with
SLCE: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Educating Science and Engineering Students.
International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and
Social Entrepreneurship, 120-136, 2014.
6. M. Lahsen, M. M. C. Bustamante, R. Swap, E. McNie, J. P. H. B. Ometto, T. Schor, H. Tiessen,
S. Andelman and H. Annegarn, The Contributions of Regional Knowledge Networks
Researching Environmental Changes in Latin America and Africa: a Synthesis of what they can
do and why they can be policy relevant. Ecology and Society 18 (3): 2013. [online] URL:
http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss3/art14/
7. $A. De Chastonay*, M. Bugas*, S. Soni*, and R. Swap, Community Driven Development of
Rocket Stoves in Rural South Africa, International Journal for Service Learning in
Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 49-68, 2012.
8. H. Annegarn and R. Swap, SAFARI 2000: A Southern African Example of Science
Diplomacy, Science and Diplomacy, 2012. retrieved at
http://www.sciencediplomacy.org/article/2012/safari-2000
9. $L.G. Intolubbe-Chmil, C.A. Spreen, & R. J. Swap, Transformative Learning Through
ESAVANA: Participant Perspectives on International Experiential Education, Journal of
Research in International Education, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp.165-180, 2012.
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10. $H. Link*, T. McNally*, A. Sayre*, R. Schmidt*, & R. J. Swap, The Definition of
Community: A Student Perspective, Partnerships: A Journal of Service Learning & Civic
Engagement. Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 2011.
11. $M. McDaniel*, E. Prebil*, R. Swap, C. Berinyuy, D. Chapman*, H. Eilerts*, and J.
McDaniel*, Community-led Sanitation in Simoonga, Zambia, International Journal for
Service Learning in Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 58-77, 2011.
12. #S. Ravi, P. D’Odorico, D. Brashears, J. Field, A. Goudie, T. Huxman, J. Li, G. Okin, R.
Swap, A. Thomas, R. S. van Pelt, J. Whicker and T. Zobeck, Aeolian processes and the
biosphere: Interactions and feedback loops, Reviews of Geophysics,
doi:10.1029/2010RG000328, Vol. 5, 45 pp., 2011.
13. $E. Heil*, D. Nengwenani*, A. Raedani*, V. Gutierrez*, G. Nthambeleni*, KK. Mathoma*,
R. Brown-Glazner*, and R. Swap, Student-led, Community Driven Improvement of the
Drinking Supply in a Rural Village in South Africa, International Journal for Service
Learning in Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, 94-110, 2010.
14. $C. Magoon*, K. Villars*, J. Evans*, B. Hickey*, A. Sayre*, C. Tutino* and R. J. Swap,
Water Supply and Treatment Design in Rural Belize: A Participatory Approach to
Engineering Action Research, International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering,
Vol. 5, No. 1, 47-63, 2010.
15. R. J. Swap, The Inter-American Institute, For Global Change Research: A Resource For The
Americas, Interciencia, 33(6), p. 402, 2008.
16. Winkler, H., P. Formenti, D.J. Esterhuyse, R. J. Swap, G. Helas, H.J. Annegarn, and M.O.
Andreae, Evidence for Large Scale Transport of Biomass Burning Aerosols from
Sunphotometry at a Remote South African Site, Atmos. Environment,
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.03.031, 42, 5569– 5578, 2008.
17. #J. N. Aranibar, I. C. Anderson, H. E. Epstein, C. J. W. Feral, R. J. Swap, J. Ramontsho, and S.
A. Macko, Nitrogen isotope composition of soils, C-3 and C-4 plants along land use gradients in
southern Africa, Journal of Arid Environments, Vol. 72 (4), p. 326-337, 2008.
18. Hély, C., K. K. Caylor, P. Dowty, S. Alleaume, R. J. Swap, H. H. Shugart, and C. O. Justice, A
temporal explicit production efficiency model for fuel load allocation in southern Africa,
Ecosystems, doi:10.1007/s10021-007-9082-3, 2007.
19. S. Alleaume, C. Hely, J. Le Roux, S. Korontzi, R. J. Swap, H.H. Shugart, and C.O. Justice,
Using MODIS to evaluate heterogeneity of biomass burning in southern African savannahs: a
case study in Etosha, Intl. J. of Remote Sensing, 26 (19), 4219-4237, doi:
10.1080/01431160500113492, 2005.
20. #K.A. Billmark, R. J. Swap, and S.A. Macko, Stable Isotope and GC/MS characterization of
southern African aerosols, South African Journal of Science, 101, no.3/4, 177-189, 2005
21. Stephen A. Macko, #Thomas A. Szuba, Robert J. Swap, Harold J. Annegarn, Bane Marjanovic,
Francisco Vieira and Rui Brito, Real-time interactive environmental teleducation between the
United States and southern Africa, South African Journal of Science, 100, 5-8, 2004.
22. R. J. Swap, #J.N. Aranibar, P.R. Dowty, W. Gilhooly, and S.A. Macko, Natural Abundances
13C and 15N in C3 and C4 Vegetation of Southern Africa: Patterns and Implications, SAFARI
2000 Kalahari Transect Wet Season Campaign of Year 2000 Thematic Issue, Global Change
Biology, 10(3):350-358, 2004.
23. #J.N. Aranibar, L. Otter, S.A. Macko, C.J.W. Feral, H.E. Epstein, P.R. Dowty, F. Eckardt, H.H.
Shugart, and R. J. Swap, Nitrogen cycling along a precipitation gradient in Southern Africa, The
SAFARI 2000 Kalahari Transect Wet Season Campaign of Year 2000 Thematic Issue, Global
Change Biology, 10(3):359-373, 2004.
24. H.H. Shugart, S.A. Macko, P. Lesolle, T.A. Szuba, M.M. Mukelabai, P. Dowty, and R. J. Swap,
SAFARI 2000 – Kalahari Transect Wet Season Campaign of year 2000, The SAFARI 2000
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Kalahari Transect Wet Season Campaign of Year 2000 Thematic Issue, Global Change Biology,
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R. J. Swap, H. J. Annegarn, J. T. Suttles, M. D. King, S. Platnick, J. L. Privette and R. J.
Scholes, Africa burning: A thematic analysis of the Southern African Regional Science InitiativeSAFARI 2000 Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, (D13), 8465, doi:10.1029/2003JD003747,
2003.
K.E. Ross, S.J. Piketh, R.T. Bruintjes, R.P. Burger, R. J. Swap and H.J. Annegarn, Spatial and
seasonal variations in the distribution of cloud condensation nuclei and the aerosol-cloud
condensation nuclei relationship over southern Africa, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108,
(D13), 8481, doi:10.1029/2002JD002384, 2003.
W.W. McMillan, M. L. McCourt, H.E. Revercomb, R.O. Knuteson, T.J. Christian, B. G.
Doddridge, P. V. Hobbs, J. V. Lukovich, P. C. Novelli, S. J. Piketh, L. Sparling, D. Stein, R.J.
Swap, and R. J. Yokelson: Tropospheric Carbon Monoxide Measurements from the Scanning
High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder during SAFARI 2000 on September 7, 2000, Journal of
Geophysical Research, 108, (D13), 8492, doi:10.1029/2002JD002335, 2003.
T.F. Eck, B.N. Holben, D.E. Ward, M.M. Mukelabai, O. Dubovik, A. Smirnov, J.S. Schafer,
N.C. Hsu, S.J. Piketh, A. Queface, J. Le Roux, R. J. Swap and I. Slutsker, Variability of biomass
burning aerosol optical characteristics in southern Africa during the SAFARI 2000 dry season
campaign and a comparison of single scattering albedo estimates from radiometric
measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, (D13), 8477, doi:10.1029/2002JD002321,
2003.
C. Hély, K. Caylor, S. Alleaume, R. J. Swap, and H.H. Shugart, Release of gaseous and
particulate carbonaceous compounds from biomass burning during the SAFARI 2000 dry season
field campaign, Journal of Geophysical Research,108, (D13), 8470, doi:10.1029/2002JD002482,
2003.
C. Hély, P.R. Dowty, S. Alleaume, K. K Caylor, S. Korontzi, R. J. Swap, H.H. Shugart, and
C.O. Justice, Regional fuel load for two climatically contrasting years in southern Africa, Journal
of Geophysical Research, 108, (D13), 8475, doi:10.1029/2002JD002341, 2003.
#K.A. Billmark, R. J. Swap, and S.A. Macko, Characterization of sources for southern African
aerosols through fatty acid and trajectory analyses, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, (D13),
8503, doi:10.1029/2002JD002762, 2003.
#D.C. Stein, R. J. Swap, S. Greco, S.J. Piketh, S.A. Macko, B.G. Doddridge, T. Elias, R.T.
Bruintjes, Haze layer characterization and associated meteorological controls along the eastern
coast region of southern Africa, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, (D13), 8506,
doi:10.1029/2002JD003237, 2003.
R. J. Swap, #Szuba TA, Garstang M, Annegarn HJ, Marufu L, and Piketh SJ, Spatial and
temporal assessment of sources contributing to the annual austral spring mid-tropospheric ozone
maxima over the tropical South Atlantic, Global Change Biology 9 (3): 336-345, 2003.
#D. C. Stein, R. J. Swap, S. A. Macko, S. J. Piketh, B. Doddridge & R. Bruintjes, Preliminary
results of dry-season trace gas and aerosol measurements over the kalahari region during
SAFARI 2000, Journal of Arid Environments, 54: 371-379, doi:10.1006/jare.2002.1096, 2003.
C. Hély, S. Alleaume, R. J. Swap, H.H. Shugart & C.O. Justice, SAFARI-2000 characterization
of fuels, fire behavior, combustion completeness, and emissions from experimental burns in
infertile grass savannas in western Zambia, J. of Arid Environments, 54: 381-394,
doi:10.1006/jare.2002.1097, 2003.
#I. Angelini, M. Garstang, S.A. Macko, R. Swap, D. Stewart, H. B. Cunha, Isotopic Variations
and Internal Storm Dynamics in the Amazon Basin, in Cloud Systems, Hurricanes, and the
tropical rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) – A Tribute to Dr. Joanne Simpson, W.K. Tao and
R. Adler (eds.), Meteorological Monographs, 29 (51): 81-93, 2003.
R. J. Swap, H.J. Annegarn, and L. Otter, Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI
2000) summary of science plan, South African Journal of Science, 98 (3-4): 119-124, 2002
R. J. Swap, Annegarn HJ, Suttles JT, Haywood J, Helmlinger MC, Hely C, Hobbs PV, Holben
BN, Ji J, King MD, Landmann T, Maenhaut W, Otter L, Pak B, Piketh SJ, Platnick S, Privette J,
Roy D, Thompson AM, Ward D, and R. Yokelson, The Southern African Regional Science
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Initiative (SAFARI 2000): overview of the dry season field campaign, S. African J. of Science, 98
(3-4): 125-130, 2002.
H.J. Annegarn, Otter L, Swap R. J., Scholes RJ, Southern Africa's ecosystem in a test-tube - A
perspective on the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000), South African
Journal of Science, 98 (3-4): 111-113, 2002.
S.J. Piketh, R. J. Swap, W. Maenhaut, H.J. Annegarn and P Formenti, Chemical evidence of
long-range atmospheric transport over southern Africa, Journal of Geophysical. Research, 107
(D24): Art. No. 4817 Dec. 19 2002.
K.E. Ross, S. J. Piketh, R. Swap and R. M. Staebler. Controls Governing Airflow Over The
South African Lowveld, South African Journal of Science, 97:1-2, 29-40, 2001.
R. J. Swap and P.D. Tyson, Stable Discontinuities as Determinants of the Vertical Distribution
of Aerosols and Trace Gases in the Atmosphere. South African Journal of Science, 95:63-71,
1999.
S.J. Piketh, R.J. Swap, C.A. Anderson, P. D'Abreton, P.D. Tyson, H.J. Annegarn, and G. Held,
The Ben MacDhui High Altitude Trace Gas and Aerosol Transport Experiment, South African
Journal of Science, 95:35-43, 1999.
O. E. Romero, C. B. Lange, R.J. Swap and G. Wefer, Eolian-transported Freshwater Diatoms
and Phytoliths across the Equatorial Atlantic Record Temporal Changes in Saharan Dust
Transport Patterns, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 104:C2:3211-3222, 1999.
V.C. Turekian, S. Macko, D. Ballentine. R. Swap, and M. Garstang, Causes of Bulk Carbon and
Nitrogen Isotopic Fractionations in the Products of Vegetation Burns: Laboratory Studies.
Chemical Geology 152:181-192, 1998.
M. Garstang, W.N. Ellery, T.S. McCarthy, M.C. Scholes, R.J. Scholes, R.J. Swap, and P.D.
Tyson, The Contribution of Aerosol and Water-borne Nutrients to the Functioning of the
Okavango Delta Ecosystem, South African Journal of Science 94:203-208, 1998.
P.D. Tyson, M. Garstang and R. Swap, Large-Scale Recirculation of Air over Southern Africa,
Journal of Applied Meteorology, 35: 2218-2236, 1996.
R.J. Swap, M. Garstang, S.A. Macko, P.D. Tyson, W. Maenhaut, P. Artaxo, P. Kallberg, and R.
Talbot, The Long Range Transport of Southern African Aerosols to the Tropical South Atlantic,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 101:23,777-23,791, 1996.
M. Garstang, P.D. Tyson, R. Swap, M. Edwards, P. Kallberg, and J.A. Lindesay, Horizontal and
Vertical Transport of Air Over Southern Africa, Journal of Geophysical Research. 101:23,77723,791, 1996.
P. D. Tyson, M. Garstang, R. J. Swap, and P. Kallberg, An Air Parcel Transport Climatology for
Subtropical Southern Africa, International Journal of Climatology, 16:265-291, 1996.
R. J. Swap, S. L. Ulanski, M. Cobbett*, and M. Garstang, Temporal and Spatial Characteristics
of Saharan Dust Outbreaks, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101:4205-4220, 1996.
R. Swap, M. Garstang, S. Greco, R. Talbot and P. Kallberg. Saharan Dust in the Amazon Basin.
Tellus 44(B):133-149, 1992.
S. Greco, R. Swap, M. Garstang et al., Rainfall and Surface Kinematic Conditions Over Central
Amazonia During ABLE-2B, Journal of Geophysical Research 95:17,001 – 17,014, 1990.
M. Garstang, S. Ulanski, S. Greco, J. Scala, R. Swap, et al., The Amazon Boundary Layer
Experiment (ABLE 2B): A Meteorological Perspective. BAMS 71:19-32, 1990.
Manuscripts in review/in press
1. R.J. Swap and #J. A. Walter, An approach to engaging students in a large-enrollment,
introductory STEM college course, accepted pending revisions in the Journal of Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning, July, 2015.
Book Chapters (8 total)
1. $# Suzanne Walther, Loren Intolubbe-Chmil, and R.J. Swap, 2014. Promoting Sustainability
Through Enhancing Resilience: Transdisciplinary Teaching and Learning in the Cross Cultural
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Context of ESAVANA. In: Teaching Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities and
Social Sciences. (Wendy Petersen-Boring and William Forbes. Eds.). Stephen F. Austin
University Press.
Shugart, H.H., K. K. Caylor, C. Hély, R. J. Swap and P. Dowty. 2006. Dynamic Climate and
Land-Use Change in the Woodland and Savanna Ecosystems of Subtropical Africa. (pp. 53-66).
In: Emerging Threats to Tropical Forests. (W.F. Laurance and C.A. Peres, eds.). University of
Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill.
R. J. Swap, M. Garstang, S. A. Macko, P. D. Tyson, and P. Kallberg. 1996. Comparisons of
Biomass Burning Emissions and Biogenic Emissions to the Tropical South Atlantic. (pp. 396402). In: Biomass Burning and Global Change. Volume 1. (J. S. Levine, ed.). MIT Press,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
M. Garstang, P. D. Tyson, E. V. Browell, and R. Swap. 1996. Large-scale Transports of Biogenic
and Biomass Burning Products. (pp 389-395). In: Biomass Burning and Global Change.
Volume 1. (J. S. Levine, ed.). MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
P. D. Tyson, M. Garstang, R. J. Swap, E. V. Browell, R. D. Diab, and A. M. Thompson. 1996.
Transport and Vertical Structure of Ozone and Aerosol Distributions over Southern Africa. (pp.
403-421). In: Biomass Burning and Global Change. (J. S. Levine, ed.). MIT Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
W. P. Gilhooly, S. A. Macko, V. C. Turekian, R. J. Swap, M. Garstang, and W. F. Ruddiman.
1996. Stable Carbon Isotopic Analysis of Charcoal from Single Plant Sources. (pp 466-471). In:
Biomass Burning and Global Change. Volume 1. (J. S. Levine, ed.). MIT Press, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
V. C. Turekian, S. A. Macko, W. P. Gilhooly, D. C. Ballentine, R. J. Swap, and M. Garstang.
1996. Bulk and Compound Specific Isotopic Characterization of the Products of Biomass
Burning: Laboratory Studies. (pp. 422-427). In: Biomass Burning and Global Change. Volume
1. (J. S. Levine, ed.). MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
M. Garstang, C. Cosgrove, R. Swap, and S. Greco. 1988. Estimation of Tropical Rainfall.
(pp.425-432). In: Tropical Rainfall Measurements. (J.S. Theon and N. Fugono, eds.), A.
Deepak Publishing.
Conference Presentations and Proceedings (10 recent out of more than 120 total)
1. R. Swap, C. Colvin, C. Ford, L. Intolubbe-Chmil, C. Berinyuy, K. Wayland and J. Francis,
Using Resilience Thinking to Enhance Community Based Service Learning and Research, 13th
Annual Conference of the International Association for Research on Service Learning and
Community Engagement, Omaha, NE, November 6-9, 2013.
2. R. Swap, C. Berinyuy, J. Francis, E. Heil, L. Intolubbe-Chmil, O.G.S.O. Kgosidintsi, S. Lwasa,
K. Mfundisi, D. Nengwenani, J. Ngundi, N. Ribeiro, C.A. Spreen, and K. Wayland, “From
Rigorous Preparation to Reflexive Practice to Reflective Publication for Undergraduates: Ethics,
Practices and Protocols for Community-Based Engagement and Research in International
Settings,” 12th Annual Conference of the International Association for Research on Service
Learning and Community Engagement, Baltimore MD, Sept. 23-25, 2012.
3. Intolubbe-Chmil, L., R. Swap, K. Wayland, J. Francis, J. Ohana Gonzalez, A. G. Canfora, S.
Williams, J. Ngundi, C. Berinyuy, D. Burt, C.A. Spreen, “Assessment of International Service
Learning and Community Engagement: Case Studies at the University of Virginia,” 11th Annual
International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Nov. 2-4,
2011, Chicago, IL.
4. R. J. Swap, L. Intolubbe-Chmil, C. Berinyuy, H. Annegarn, J. Ngundi, J. Francis, C.A. Spreen,
& K. Wayland, “Ethics, Protocols and Practice of International Research - A Case Study of Best
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Practices for the Presentation of Students for International Work,” 2011 Standards Institute of
Good Practice, Making the Connection: Praxis and Theory in Education Abroad, 7th Annual
Conference of the Forum on Education Abroad, Apr. 6, 2011, Boston, MA.
R.J. Swap, Invited Discussant Global Dialogues for Emerging Science & Technology Africa:
Results of two years of collaboration between US Department of State, AAG, and EIS-AFRICA,
2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C., April 1418, 2010.
R.J. Swap, J. Annegarn, J. Francis, C.A. Spreen, L. Intolubbe-Chmil, O.G.S.O., Kgosidintsi, V.
Netshandama, C. Terni, S. Walther and N. Ribeiro,, "Empowering Students through A Regional
Knowledge Network in Africa,” Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association of
American Geographers, Wash. D.C,
R.J. Swap, C.A. Spreen, and L. Intolubbe-Chmil, "SAVANA: Implementation, Evolution, and
Lasting Nature of International Research, Education and Outreach Engagement in Africa - A
Case Study", (2010). Gulf South Summit on Service Learning and Civic Engagement through
Higher Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, March 3-5, 2010
R.J. Swap, “Enhancing International Experiential Learning through Service Learning Activities
conducted within an International Research and Educational Consortium,” Atlantic Coast
Conference-Inter-Institutional Academic Collaborative Student Conference “Transforming
International Education through Service-Learning,” Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 2008.
R.J. Swap, H. Sabea, H.J. Annegarn, C.J. Ford, V.O. Netshandama, P. Omara-Ojungu, R.
Chanda, W. Twine, C. Terni and M.J. Smith, “Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Field and
Classroom as a Mechanism for the Development of an International Research and Education
Consortium,” Gen. Assembly of European Geosciences Union, Vienna Austria, Apr. 2006.
Macko, S.A., T. Szuba, R. Swap, H. Annegarn, B. Marjonovic, F. Vieira, and R. Brito,
“Teleducation: Linking Continents Across Time & Space Through Live, Real-Time Interactive
Classes,” Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED11B-1101, 2005.
Invited Seminars and Presentations (6 selected of 31 total)
1. Invited Lecturer, “Transboundary Science: Lessons from Africa to Latin America,” AAASTWAS Course on Science and Diplomacy, ICTP, Trieste Italy, June 2015.
2. Invited Lecturer, “Looking at Science Diplomacy from the Bottom Towards the Top: A
Few Thoughts From a Scientist’s Perspective,” Inaugural edition of the Science Diplomacy
& Leadership Program of the Science Outside the Lab program, Consortium for Science,
Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University, Wash. D.C. June 2015.
3. Inaugural Presenter, “Working Across Disciplines and Chipping Away at Silos: An
Interdisciplinary Approach to Educating Science and Engineering students,” the University
of Alabama-Huntsville College of Science Distinguished Lecture Series, March 3, 2015.
4. Invited Lecturer, “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Holistically Educating Science and
Engineering Students,” ICSTEP, Hangzhou China, November 2014.
5. Invited Lecturer, “Science Diplomacy from Nanometers to Megameters: SAFARI 2000
A Case Study of Transboundary Cooperation,” AAAS-TWAS Course on Science and
Diplomacy, ICTP, Trieste Italy, June 2014.
6. Keynote Speaker, “Hello - I’m Here to Save the World” and “Ethics, practices and protocols
for community-based engagement and research in international settings,” Global Engineering
Design Symposium, Global Engineering Program, Purdue University, January 2013.
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Non-Refereed Publications (5 selected of 13 total)
1. Swap, R. J., Walther, S., and Annegarn, H. J., “SAVANA: Implementation and Evolution of
an International Research and Education Consortium,” in IIE Networker, Fall 2008 Special
Issue on International Education Trends in Africa, (2008), 34,
http://www.iienetwork.org/page/133528/.
2. J.J. Cumbane, J. Kanyanga, H.J. Annegarn, R.J. Swap, M. King, (2003). “The Southern
African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000) Relevance of Results on Air Pollution
Issues for Policy Makers in Southern Africa”, Progress on Air Pollution Issues in Southern
Africa, (eds.) S. Simukanga, K. Hicks, J.J. Cumbane and S. Feresu, pub. by the Air Pollution
Information Network – Africa, 66 pp.
3. S.A. Macko, T. Szuba, R. Swap, H. Shugart, H. Annegarn, B. Marjanovic, F. Vieira, R.
Brito, 2002. International real-time distance science education between the United States and
southern Africa. Pathways to Change Proceedings:
http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/stemtec/pathways/Proceedings/Papers/Szuba-p.doc
4. R. J. Swap, 2002. “Summary of the SAFARI 2000 Synthesis Workshop” The Earth
Observer, Vol. 14, No. 6, http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_observ/pdf/nov_dec_02.pdf
5. H. J. Annegarn, S. Cole, R. Swap, J. T. Suttles, 2000. “SAFARI 2000 Dry-Season Airborne
Campaign” The Earth Observer, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 18-22,
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_observ/pdf/Sept_Oct00.pdf
INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OUTREACH:
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Invited Speaker, 2014 International Conference on Science, Technology and Education
Policy (ICSTEP’14) sponsored by Zhejiang University and the Chinese Academy of
Engineering, Hangzhou China, 11/14.
Invited Participant for Symposium on Science, Technology, and Innovation
for Economic Growth and Development in Africa, Keck Center, National Academies,
Washington D.C., 8/14
Invited Lecturer for AAAS/TWAS Inaugural Course on Science Diplomacy, “Science
Diplomacy from Nanometers to Megameters: SAFARI 2000
A Case Study of Transboundary Cooperation,” 6/14, Trieste, Italy
Invited Speaker for the University of Virginia Environmental Management ProgramPresented to Qinghai Province of China. “Using Resilience Thinking, Integral Accounting,
and Community Engagement to Improve Well-Being in Coupled Socio-Ecological Systems
in Qinghai” 1/14, Charlottesville, VA.
Consultant for half day training sessions on Servant Leadership for Democracy for three
different delegations of civil society leaders from Mongolia, 3/13, 7/13 and 11/13 at MCAM, Inc., Charlottesville, VA.
Extraordinary Professor in Environmental Sciences and Management, at the
Potchefstroom Campus of the North West University, S. Africa, 9/12 – present
Invited Participant for AAAS-led Second Science Diplomacy Visit to Myanmar –
purpose to further dialogue initiated on first AAAS visit 2/12.
Invited Speaker, 36th Annual Meeting of the Interciencia Association & International
Joint Symposium on The Future of the Amazon, 10/10, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Invited Panelist and Plenary Speaker for Conquista 2020 – a Pre-Event for the State of
the World Forum, 4/10, Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil.
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Invited Participant for AAAS-led Exploratory Visit to Myanmar – purpose to explore
the possible role that science can play in creating opportunities to engage with local
researchers, 4/10.
Invited Participant for the United States Department of State Global Dialogues on
Emerging Science and Technology (GDEST) Geospatial Sciences for Sustainable
Development, sponsored by the Office of the Science and Technology Advisor; participated
in the GDEST as Site Visit Delegation Team Member, Session Chair, Moderator for the
African Data Stream Synthesis Session, 3/08
International Consultant for Bombardier Total Transit Systems – 07/07 – 07/09
Alumni Weekend Presenter using videoconferencing to bring real time lectures from
southern Africa back to the grounds of the University of Virginia 6/06; 6/07
Instructor using tele-presence to involve colleagues from the World Bank in the January
Term course on “Ethics, Protocols and Practice of International Research,” 1/06, 1/07
Honorary Research Associate with the Schonland Center for Research in the Nuclear
Sciences & the Climatology Research Group at the Univ. of the Witwatersrand in S. Africa:
8/97 – 8/06
Consultant for external evaluation of the Brazil-US Higher Education Consortia Program,
“The Environment, Economic Development and Quality of Life Nexus: An Interdisciplinary
Approach to Undergraduate and Education,” led by Washington and Lee University – 02/05
– 06/05
Supervisor, International Geosphere Biosphere Program START (global change SysTem
for Analysis, Research & Training) Fellow, Mr. J. K. Kanyanga, Zambian Meteorological
Dept. 9/04-12/04
Consulting panelist for the George P. Schultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center
(NFATC) Foreign Service School, 10/03
Fulbright Senior Specialist working with Faculty at the University of Eduardo Mondlane in
Maputo, Mozambique: 9/01-1/02
Co-coordinator of International Teleducation Undergraduate Seminar Series involving
Univ. of Virginia, Univ. of Witwatersrand (South Africa), and Univ. of Eduardo Mondlane
(Mozambique), Fall 2001
The Ben MacDhui High Altitude Aerosol and Trace Gas Transport Experiment –
BHATTEX – Co-Coordinator, Site Manager, Ph.D. Student Mentor: Location – South
Africa, 3/96-7/96
The Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative – SAFARI-92 – Site Team
Leader, responsible for overseeing the activities of one dozen international scientists in
remote Namibia: Location- Okaukuejo, Namibia 8/92-10/92
The Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment – ABLE 2B –Member of U.S. – Brazilian
Science Field Team, Logistics Site Set Up: Location – Manaus, Brazil 2/87-5/87
Coordinating/Organizing/Planning National / International Meetings / Workshops
2002 - SAFARI 2000 Special Section, Journal of Geophysical Research (approx. 40 papers)
2002 - SAFARI 2000 Synthesis Workshop at the University of Virginia, Oct. 7-11, 2002 (Approx.
110 participants) –
2001 - SAFARI 2001 Special Sessions at the 2001 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical
Union, San Francisco CA, December 10-14, 2001. (Approx. 60 papers)
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2001 - Limpopo Flood Assessment Project Workshop, Faculty of Agronomy and Forest
Engineering, University of Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo Mozambique, Sept. 17, 2001
(Approx. 25 participants)
2001 - SAFARI 2000 First Results Data Workshop, Siavonga Zambia, Aug. 28-31, 2001 (Approx.
130 participants) –
2001 - SAFARI 2000 Science Review and Planning Meeting, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Bldg 33, Rm H114, May 30-31, 2001 (Approx. 50 participants)
2000 – Southern Africa – Virginia Networks and Associations – SAVANA I Workshop,
Charlottesville, VA November 6-10, 2000 (Approx. 20 participants).
2000 – SAFARI 2000 Data Management Workshop, Charlottesville, VA, June 12-14, 2000
(Approx. 15 participants)
2000 – SAFARI 2000 Intensive Flying Campaign Planning Workshop, Pietersburg, South
Africa, April 2-6, 2000 (Approx. 60 participants)
1999 - The SAFARI 2000 Regional Implementation Workshop, Botswana National Productivity
Centre, Gaborone, Botswana, July 26-30, 1999 (Approx. 140 participants) –
1999 - NASA EOS SAFARI 2000 Workshop, National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, Colorado – May 12-14, 1999 (Approx. 70 participants)
1998 - NSF and FRD Sponsored Workshop on Southern African Land / Atmosphere /
Biosphere Interactions: SAFARI 2000 Regional Science Initiative, Blydepoort,
Mpumalanga, South Africa, July, 1998 (Approx. 70 participants) –
1998 - Workshop on the Coordination of NASA EOS Validation Activities potentially related
to SAFARI 2000, University of Maryland, June 1998 (Approx. 60 participants)
LANGUAGES:
English, native; Portuguese, fluent; Spanish, basic knowledge; German, basic knowledge;
Tshivenda, IsiZulu, basic knowledge
Refereed for the Following Journals
 Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
 Journal of Applied Meteorology
 Biogeochemistry
 Geophysical Research Letters
 Progress in Physical Geography
 Annales Geophysicae
 South African Journal of Science
 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
 International Journal of Remote Sensing
 Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
 Journal of Higher Education, Outreach and Engagement
 Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
COURSES TAUGHT:
EVSC 3559 - Resilience, Panarchy & Sustainability in Coupled Human Natural Systems - Spring
2014
EVSC 2220 – Conservation Ecology: Biodiversity & Beyond – Fall 2010/2011/2012/2013 (approx.
180 students per semester)
USEM 1580 – Panarchy and Resilience – Spring 2013
GDS 4559 – Project Synthesis - Fall 2011
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GDS 1559/GDS1100 – Useful Knowledge and its Impact on Local & Global Communities – CoInstructor Fall 2009, 2010, & 2011
GDS 3100 - Development on the Ground – Fall 2009, 2010, 2011, & 2012
ENGR 295/ENGR 2559 - Engineering in Community Settings – Fall 2008, 2009 – Co-Instructor
EVSC/ANTH 461 - People, Culture & Environment of Southern Africa – May/June 2007; 2008
EVSC/ANTH 4060 - People, Culture & Environment of Southern Africa –2009, 10, 11,12 &13
EVSC 1050/STS 2500 - Ethics, Protocols & Practice of International Research - 2010, 2011, 2012,
2013 and 2014.
EVSC 494 – Ethics, Protocols and Practices of International Research – January 2007/2008 –
Instructor, January 2006, 2009 – Co-Instructor
EVSC 250/493 – Man’s Atmospheric Environment – Summer 2001, 02, 04 & 05
EVSC 493 – People, Culture and Environment of South Africa – May/June 2002, 03, 04, & 06
EVSC 493 – Supervised Independent Research – Fall 2003- 2007 (approx. 20 students total)
EVSC 4993 – Supervised Independent Research – Fall 2009 (15 students)
EVSC 4993 – Supervised Independent Research – Fall 2010 (10 students)
EVSC 4993 – Independent Study – Fall 2012 (1 student)
EVSC 4993 – Independent Study –Fall 2013 (3 students)
EVSC 4993 – Independent Study –Spring 2014 (1 student)
EVSC 4994 – Supervised Independent Research – Spring 2011 (27 students)
EVSC 494 – Remote Sensing – January 2005 – Co-instructor
GDS 4993 – Independent Study Global Development Studies – Fall 2012 (5 students)
GDS 4993 – Independent Study Global Development Studies – Fall 2013 (6 students)
GDS 4993 – Independent Study Global Development Studies – Spring 2014 (6 students)
SERVICE LEARNING/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STUDENT PROJECTS
Supervisor, Undergraduate and Graduate Research Supported by University of Virginia Center
for Global Health Student Fellowship (22 students); Undergraduate Research Supported by
University of Virginia Center for Undergraduate Research Harrison Research Fellowship (4
Students)
Advisor/Mentor for Students Planning on Conducting Summer Service Learning / Volunteering
in Southern Africa (>40 Students)
Jefferson Public Citizens Faculty Advisor for: Student Group in Venda South Africa 2009;
Student Group in Honduras 2009; Student Group in Belize 2009; Student Group in Argentina
2009; Student Group in Zambia 2010; Student Group in Mongolia 2011; Student Group in India
2011; Student Group in South Africa 2011; Student Group in Honduras 2011; Student Group in
Charlottesville 2011; Student Group in Appalachia 2011; Student Group in South Africa 2012
Community Based Undergraduate Research Grant Faculty Advisor for: Student Group in
Mozambique 2012; Student Group in Cameroon 2012; Student Group in Nepal 2013; Student
Group in China 2013
Academic Positions Held
9/12-Present Extraordinary Professor in Environmental Sciences and Management, at the
Potchefstroom Campus of the North West University, South Africa
5/12-Present Research Professor, Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Virginia
8/09-Present Lecturer, Global Development Studies
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12/07-Present Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Global Development Major, Univ. of
Virginia
1/06-5/09
Member, University of Virginia Council of International Study Directors and
Advisors
8/04-4/12
Research Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Virginia
3/99-7/04
Research Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Virginia
5/97-3/99
Research Scientist, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia.
8/97-6/06
Honorary Research Associate with the Schonland Center for Research in the
Nuclear Sciences & the Climatology Research Group at the Univ. of the
Witwatersrand in S. Africa.
2/96-4/97
University Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow, Climatology Research Group,
Univ. of the Witwatersrand in S. Africa
9/87-12/95
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Virginia
1/95-2/96
Academic Mentor/Advisor, University of Virginia Athletic Department.
9/87-2/96
Environmental Science Tutor, University of Virginia Athletic Department.
1/95-5/95
Teaching Assistant, Atmosphere and Weather Laboratory Section.
8/93-5/94
Head Resident at Hereford Residential College, Univ. of Virginia.
Current Funding
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Terry E. Sieg Gift to the Eastern/Southern Africa Virginia Networks and Associations
(ESAVANA) Program at the University of Virginia, Program Director, $1,000,000; end
December 2019
Previous Funding
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Multi-scale effects of fire on long-term climate & precipitation, NASA IDS, Co-I,
$1,149,130; end July 2014
Catalyzing International Partnerships in Community-related Environmental and
Sustainability Research and Education: Ethical, Structural and Institutional Issues of
Collaboration, NSF-OISE-CNIC, PI, $20,000; end March 2014
Useful Knowledge JPC Course Support for Fall 2011, Academic Community
Engagement, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, Program Director,
$62,880, end August 2012
IRES: US-South Africa International Research Experience for Students -- Impacts of
Disturbance on Above- and Below-ground Structure of Southern African Savannas, NSF,
OISE, PI, $149,912; end 07/30/2010
Sources, Transports and Impacts of Southern African Aerosols: Synthetic Case Studies
using Terra and Aqua Satellite Products, NASA, PI, $850,000; end 03/31/08
UVa Framework Program in Global Health, NIH Fogarty International Center, Working
Group Member, $135,000; end 7/31/2008
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research External Review, PI, $82,564 end
3/07
Hydrologic and nutrient controls on the structure and function of Southern African
Savannas: A Multi-Scale Approach, NASA IDS, Co-I, $900,000; end 1/31/07
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Analysis of In-Situ Observations of Aerosols over Southern Africa, NASA New Investigator
Program, PI, $219,427; end 9/30/04
Workshop on the Synthesis of SAFARI 2000 – Implications for Local and Regional Science
and Policy, NSF-International Programs, PI, $30,000; end 6/30/04
Regional Analysis of Land – Atmosphere Feedbacks in Southern African Savannas: A
synthesis activity of SAFARI 2000, NASA, Co-I, $842,797 (3yr); end 4/30/03
International Distance Learning on the Environment of Southern Africa, NSFInternational Programs, Co-I, $25,000; 06/30/02
Continuation of the Southern African Validation of EOS: Ground and Airborne
Instrumentation and Validation Activities, NASA, PI, $59,000; end 5/31/02
SAFARI 2000: A Southern African Regional Science Initiative, NASA, Co-I, $252,865;
end 1/31/2002
Collaborative Participation of South African Airborne Validation Platform in SAFARI
2000, NASA, PI, $300,704; end 9/14/2001
Southern African Validation of EOS: Ground and Airborne Instrumentation and
Validation Activities, NASA, PI, $480,000; end 8/30/01
AQUARIUS, NASA, Co-PI, $294,435; end 5/31/00
Workshop on Southern African Land/Atmosphere/Biosphere Interactions, NSF-9810485,
PI, $30,080; end 5/31/99
Carbon Monoxide Distributions and Atmospheric Transports over Southern Africa, NASA,
Co-PI, $36,303; end 3/31/99
Reviewed proposals for the following Agencies
 NASA;
 NSF;
 NOAA;
 Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program for DOD
Undergraduate Student Majors Thesis Advisor (Lead and or Technical Advisor)
David Knight, Distinguished Majors Thesis, May 2006
Tyler Spencer, Echols Scholar, Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Majors Thesis, May 2008
Marguerite McDaniel, Undergraduate Engineering Thesis, May 2012
Graduate Student Committees (27 total)
 Ethan Heil, M.Sc. Aug 2013 - Supervisor
 James Ngundi, Ph.D. May 2013, Ed. – cmte
 Connor Miles, M.A., May 2012 - cmte
 David Richardson, M.Sc., Aug. 2011 – coSupervisor
 Keir Soderberg, Ph.D. May 2010 – coSupervisor
 Thomas Szuba, Ph.D. Jan. 2010 - cmte
 Lindsay Powell, Ph.D. Nurs, Aug. 2009 –
cmte
 Sarah Walker, Ph.D. Aug. 2008 - cmte
 Sujith Ravi, Ph.D. May 2008 – cmte
 Lixin Wang, Ph.D. May 2008 – cmte
 Deborah Stein, Ph.D May 2008 - coSupervisor
 Temilola Fatoyinbo, Ph.D. Jan. 2008 – cmte
 Natasha Ribeiro, Ph.D. Aug. 2007 – cmte
 Lindsey Bowser, M.Sc. Aug. 2007 – cmte
 John Lamoreux, Ph.D. May 2006 – cmte
 Pei-Jing Lee, Ph. D Aug. 2005 – cmte
 Noah Egge, M.A., Aug. 2005 – cmte
 John Dietter, M.Sc. May 2005 – Supervisor
 Lindsey Clark Tate, M.A. Dec. 2004 – coSupervisor
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 Kaycie Billmark, Ph.D. Jan. 2004 – cmte
 Suzanne Walther, M.Sc. Aug. 2003 – coSupervisor
 Julieta Aranibar, Ph. D. Jan. 2003 - cmte
 Isabella Angelini, Ph.D. Aug. 2002 - cmte
 Kemal Vaz, Ph.D. candidate – cmte
 Meredith Ferdie, Ph.D. candidate – cmte
 Noah Egge, Ph.D. candidate – cmte
 David Morris, Ph.D. candidate – cmte
Robert J. Swap, CV
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RJ Swap CV