Ecology & Ecosystems Research
Ecology is the study of biological organisms and their interaction with the environment, which together form ecosystems. Ecology research by faculty and students in ESS investigates how the composition of past and present-day vegetation communities can be used to identify impacts of changing climate and disturbance, how populations and communities of organisms are shaped by social interactions, resource supply, or rapid environmental change in aquatic and terrestrial habitats, and how organisms influence the cycling of energy and nutrients in the environment. This research sheds light on human behavior, with respect to how we interact with one another and how we can best manage natural resources through conservation, restoration, and the built environment.
Ecology & Ecosystems Faculty
Associate Professor
Past and present climate change, paleoecology, environmental modeling, data mining and analysis.
Professor;
Director, School of Environment, Society, and Sustainability;
Director, URSA Lab
Hyperspectral, Multispectral, and Lidar Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Wildfire and Firefighter Safety, Imaging Spectroscopy
Director, Shah Analytical Group for the Environment (SAGE) Lab
Global Change Effects on the Metabolism and Biogeochemistry of Lotic and Riparian Ecosystems, Theoretical Ecology, River and Riparian Restoration
Professor
Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, Geoarchaeology, Arid Lands, Petroleum Geology
Professor, Curator of the Garrett Herbarium (Utah Museum of Natural History), and Power Paleoecology Lab Director
Vegetation History, Historical Biogeography, Fire, Paleoecology and Paleoclimatology
Assistant Professor
Associate Director, RED Lab
Director, Sustainability Education
Paleoecology, Environmental Science