David Medvigy

David Medvigy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, concurrently affiliated with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences. His research focuses on terrestrial ecosystems' responses to climate variability and change, particularly in tropical and boreal forests. He earned a PhD from Harvard University and a B.S. from Rutgers University.

• Affiliations: University of Notre Dame, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences.
• Education: PhD, Harvard University; B.S., Rutgers University.

His research investigates scaling relationships between ecosystem variability and large-scale properties, emphasizing climate change impacts. Key areas include ecosystem modeling, vegetation-climate interactions, and carbon cycle dynamics. Medvigy develops numerical models like the Ecosystem Demography model to predict ecosystem responses to environmental changes.

Recent work explores tropical dry forests' sensitivity to precipitation variability, boreal forest vitality under climate stress, and Arctic methane flux dynamics. Collaborations include field experiments in Costa Rica and model-data integration for tropical forests.

Advising includes mentoring postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates. Notable advisees include Anna Trugman (PhD student at Purdue), Jaya Khanna (postdoc at NJDEP), and Su-Jong Jeong (Assistant Professor at South University of Science and Technology of China). The Medvigy Lab leads interdisciplinary projects on ecosystem-climate interactions and global change impacts.