User:Hgadai/Carol A. Johnston

Education
Carol A. Johnston earned a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources from Cornell University. She then went on to earn a Master of Science in Land Resources and Soil Science, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Johnston also received her PhD in Soil Science from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Committees and Related Service
Johnston became the first female president of the Society of Wetland Scientsts in 1992 before serving on the EPA Science Advisory Board as a member of the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee from 1996-2000. She sat as a member of the National Research Council's Committee on Wetland Delineation and Mitigation in 1995 and 2001. In 2000, Johnston became the Chair of the Wetland Soils Division of the Soil Science Society of America and worked in this capacity until 2002. Johnston was appointed to the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Soil Scientces in 2008 and served on this committee until 2014. She also served on the Board of Directors for the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science beginning in 2011 and ending in 2015.

Professional Memberships
Johnston is a member of the Ecological Society of America, the Society of Wetland Scientists, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and the US Chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology.

Notable Grants
Johnston has been the recipient of several NSF grants to conduct research. She has also received a USDA NIFA Hatch Grant as well as a South Dakota Planning Grant.

Other Awards and Honors
In 2009, Johnston gave the opening talk at the annual meeting of the Society of Wetland Scientists and received a National Wetlands Award for Science Research from the Environmental Law Institute. She became a fellow of the Society of Wetland Scientists in 2013. .