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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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Caragana microphylla

Common shrub in the semi-fixed and fixed dunes. Often planted in restoration projects on mobile dunes to stabilize the sand and jump-start the revegetation process.

The past few days have been very warm and dry. The seed pods are starting to dry and today I could hear them popping in the afternoon heat.

Posted on July 4, 2009