by Andrea | Apr 20, 2021
Lydia’s research is rooted in two coupled questions: how does climate influence terrestrial ecosystems and how do terrestrial ecosystems influence climate? To investigate these questions, Lydia studies soil carbon turnover rates, decomposition processes, and their...
by Andrea | Apr 20, 2021
Grace studies the land system impacts of energy development. In geographies as diverse as California, India, and South Africa, energy systems are on the cusp or in the midst of major transitions from conventional to renewable technologies. How can these transitions be...
by Andrea | Apr 20, 2021
Gabrielle’s work addresses a unique experiment conducted in the Illilouette Creek Basin in Yosemite National Park where a natural fire regime has been allowed to establish since 1972 (fires are routinely suppressed in almost all other forests in California). ...
by Andrea | Apr 20, 2021
What steers the evolution of fungi, and how do evolving fungi affect our environment? Christopher is tackling questions in evolutionary biology using the latest genomic tools to understand how our world is shaped by fungi. The flow of genes between or within a species...
by Andrea | Apr 20, 2021
Matthew’s research uses empirical field studies in Indonesia to understand how rapid oil palm expansion in Southeast Asia threatens tropical rainforest wildlife communities. He takes a ecosystem-approach to understanding how predators, prey, trees, and people are...
