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I am a biologist.
You can find me in the center of the venn diagram where ecology, conservation and restoration intersect with the socio-economic realities that shape how we interact with & impact the ecosystems around us.

My dissertation research examines the process of desertification. The bulk of this work occurs in the American southwest, but I also spent the summer of 2009 in northern China to learn about desertification in Inner Mongolia. I am funded by the following grants & fellowships:
-National Science Foundation's East Asia Pacific Summer Institute, which seeks to promote international research collaborations between American graduate students and scientists in Asia.
-American Philosophical Society's Lewis & Clark Fund for Exploration
-Ariel Appleton Research Fellowship
-Appleton Whittell Research Ranch Apacheria Fellowship
-Sigma Xi

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  • what once was river. The Jolai River is just a few km east of the field station.  It was once very wide during the rainy season.  We went yesterday for the monthly water sampling, and found only a few small pools.  Horses and cows are grazing in the (former) riverbed and a few industrious farmers have planted crops.  A combination of increased groundwater irrigation, diversion of water upstream and lower than average rainfall have sapped the river dry. The wind is very strong here, especially in the dry winter, and it has eroded the river bed.  You can see the dunes forming what was the opposite bank of the river.  All of that was once in the bed of the river.

    what once was river.

    The Jolai River is just a few km east of the field station.  It was once very wide during the rainy season.  We went yesterday for the monthly water sampling, and found only a few small pools.  Horses and cows are grazing in the (former) riverbed and a few industrious farmers have planted crops.  A combination of increased groundwater irrigation, diversion of water upstream and lower than average rainfall have sapped the river dry. The wind is very strong here, especially in the dry winter, and it has eroded the river bed.  You can see the dunes forming what was the opposite bank of the river.  All of that was once in the bed of the river.

    Posted on June 25, 2009

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