John Blair
Professor of biology
John Blair, Kansas State University professor of biology, is lead principle investigator of the Konza Prairie's long-term ecological research program, which studies how fire, grazing and climatic variables are essential factors in a functioning prairie ecosystem.
Blair's recent studies have been in ecosystem ecology; soil ecology, including decomposition, soil nutrient cycling, litter/soil/plant nutrient dynamics and the ecology of soil invertebrates; terrestrial biogeochemistry; and the effects of disturbance on ecosystem processes.
He is a member of the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the Ecological Society of America, the International Soil Science Society and the Soil Ecology Society.
Blair was promoted to the rank of professor in 2001, and to associate professor in 1997. He received a bachelor's degree in 1980 and a master's degree in 1983, both in biology, from Kent State University, Ohio, and a doctorate degree in entomology from the University of Georgia in 1987.
Blair can be reached at 785-532-7065 or by e-mail at jblair@k-state.edu.