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memorial
this gravesite sits in the middle of one of my research plots. it might seem inappropriate to have researchers traipsing back and forth around it all the time, but the family of the deceased is actually quite pleased. these research plots were established in 1997 in order to monitor vegetation succession and restoration with removal of livestock. at the time the fence was established this area was very overgrazed and the wind was eroding the sand around the grave. 20 years later the vegetation has stabilized the site, and in fact, the site is now the recipient of wind-blown sand and dust from the adjacent cropland.
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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