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Dr. Albert Ruhi is Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley. His research examines freshwater ecosystem responses to global change, with focus on hydrologic alteration and drought impacts across river networks. The Ruhi Lab integrates field experiments, time-series analysis, and hydrologic modeling to understand metacommunity dynamics and ecosystem resilience. Educational background: PhD in Ecology, University of Girona BS in Biology, University of Girona Research explores: Drought impacts on aquatic communities Climate change effects on stream metabolism Wetland restoration outcomes Metacommunity recovery pathways Ecohydrological feedbacks Recent publications address: Phenological shifts in estuarine food webs Flow alteration cascades in river networks Beaver-mediated drought resilience Groundwater-riparian interactions Awards and honors: NSF CAREER Award (2021) California Sea Grant Award (2021) Hellman Fellowship (2020) Winkler Scholar (2023) Research group includes 7 graduate students and postdocs studying: Urban river restoration Tidal marsh food webs Alpine stream thermal regimes Vernal pool seedbanks Field sites span Sierra Nevada streams, San Francisco Bay wetlands, and Mediterranean rivers.

• Freshwater ecology
• Metacommunity dynamics
• Hydrologic alteration impacts
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Nick Haddad is a Professor of Integrative Biology at Michigan State University and serves as the Director of the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site at Kellogg Biological Station. His research focuses on ecological experimentation, particularly examining how habitat loss and fragmentation impact biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. He specializes in reversing these negative effects through landscape connectivity strategies and diversified working landscapes, with a strong emphasis on insect conservation, including critically endangered butterfly species. Role: Professor, Integrative Biology Directorship: KBS LTER Site Location: 322 Kellogg Biological Station Email: haddadn3@msu.edu Haddad's research spans habitat fragmentation, biodiversity conservation, climate change impacts, and agricultural sustainability. His lab conducts large-scale experiments like the Corridor Project and studies rare butterflies (e.g., St. Francis’ satyr, Miami blue) to understand extinction risks and recovery strategies. Recent work explores pesticide effects, prairie restoration, and long-term ecological trends. The 15 most recent publications highlight habitat fragmentation's ecological impacts, climate-driven phenological shifts, and innovative conservation approaches. Key themes include biodiversity monitoring, pesticide-driven declines, prairie restoration for pollinators, and climate adaptation strategies. His work leverages long-term datasets (e.g., 40-year LTER) and integrates theory with applied conservation. Lab activities include mentoring undergraduate and graduate students at KBS, leading the Haddad Lab, and collaborating on projects like the KBS-LTER and SRS Corridor initiatives. Research spans both terrestrial and agroecosystems, emphasizing actionable solutions for conservation and sustainable land use.

• Ecology
• Conservation Biology
• Habitat Fragmentation
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Oskar Hallatschek is an Associate Professor and McAdams Chair in the Department of Physics and Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on biological physics and evolutionary dynamics, particularly how collective patterns emerge from heterogeneous microbial populations. He leads the Hallatschek Lab, which maintains collaborations with institutions like the University of Leipzig. Research Emphasis: Microbial systems, population genetics, non-equilibrium statistical physics, evolutionary adaptation, and mechanical interactions in cellular populations. Publications span journals like Nature , PNAS , and Science , with recent work on allele surfing, jamming in microbial colonies, and long-range dispersal effects. Grants: Supported by NIH and NSF, as indicated by institutional logos in the lab web presence.

• Biological Physics
• Evolutionary Dynamics
• Population Genetics
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Daniel Rabosky is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan, where he also serves as Curator at the Museum of Zoology. His research program spans macroevolution, speciation dynamics, and phylogenetic comparative methods, with particular expertise in Australian reptiles and squamate evolution. Rabosky maintains an active laboratory and is currently seeking new graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to join his research team. Rabosky's research interests focus on macroevolutionary patterns and processes, particularly the connections between microevolutionary dynamics and large-scale biodiversity patterns. His work integrates phylogenetic comparative methods with ecological and morphological data to understand speciation processes, adaptive radiations, and the evolutionary dynamics of reptile communities, especially Australian skinks. He has made significant contributions to methodological developments in evolutionary biology through software tools like BAMM (Bayesian Analysis of Macroevolutionary Mixtures) and BAMMtools for analyzing evolutionary rate heterogeneity across phylogenetic trees. Analysis of Rabosky's recent publication record reveals a strong focus on evolutionary theory, methodological development, and empirical studies of reptile diversification. His work spans theoretical macroevolution, phylogenetic comparative methods, Australian herpetology, and the connections between population-level processes and macroevolutionary patterns. The research demonstrates increasing integration of genomic data with traditional morphological and ecological approaches, reflecting broader trends in evolutionary biology. Rabosky actively mentors graduate students including Matheus Januário and Tristan Schramer, and supervises postdoctoral fellows Michael Harvey, Jonathan Mitchell, Sonal Singhal, and Rudolf von May. His laboratory receives research funding supporting multiple projects in macroevolutionary dynamics, with recent grants likely supporting work on the connections between metapopulation ecology and speciation rates, as evidenced by his 2025 Ecology Letters paper. The Rabosky Lab maintains a strong presence in both theoretical and empirical evolutionary biology, with particular strengths in phylogenetic methods development, squamate reptile evolution, and the interface between micro- and macroevolution. The lab actively collaborates with researchers across institutions and contributes to major initiatives like the openVertebrate project for 3D imaging of museum specimens.

• Macroevolution
• Speciation
• Herpetology
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Veronica Frans is a Stanford Science Fellow at Stanford University and a sixth-year PhD Candidate in Fisheries & Wildlife and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Behavior at Michigan State University (MSU). She is affiliated with MSU’s Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS), the Klausmeier-Litchman lab at Kellogg Biological Station, and holds certifications in Community Engaged Scholarship and Spatial Ecology. Her research focuses on human influence on species distributions, integrating ecological modeling, GIS, and community outreach. BS/BA in Environmental Sciences and French from Messiah College MSc in International Nature Conservation from Goettingen University Her research spans ecology, conservation biology, and sustainability, emphasizing human-nature interactions through metacoupling, telecoupling, and stakeholder collaboration. She has conducted fieldwork in Alaska, Hong Kong, and the Falkland Islands, leveraging local knowledge to address global conservation challenges. Recent publications highlight her expertise in species distribution modeling, sustainability tool development (e.g., seesus, SDGdetector), and conservation policy analysis. Articles frequently explore metacoupling, anthropogenic impacts, and marine ecosystem dynamics, with applications in deforestation, biodiversity, and SDG implementation. NSF GRFP Fellow University Enrichment Fellow Outstanding Paper in Landscape Ecology Award Veronica collaborates with the Klausmeier-Litchman lab at MSU’s Kellogg Biological Station and works under Dr. Jianguo (Jack) Liu at CSIS. Her work bridges marine environments, stakeholder engagement, and global sustainability through interdisciplinary research and community-based conservation.

• Ecology
• Environmental Science
• Geographic Information Systems
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Karen Abbott is a Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Biology at Case Western Reserve University, specializing in theoretical population and community ecology. Her research employs mathematical modeling to investigate species distributions, abundance fluctuations, and ecological pattern formation. Her primary research interests include: Theoretical Population and Community Ecology Spatial Synchrony in Forest Insect Outbreaks Plant-Herbivore Dynamics and Inducible Defenses Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change Invasive Species Spread Mechanisms Ecological Time Series Analysis Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal strong emphasis on spatial ecology, transient dynamics, and network theory applications. Key trends involve modeling synchrony in ecological oscillators, life history effects on consumer-resource systems, and environmental stochasticity impacts on population cycles. Her work frequently addresses how new biologically-motivated models improve understanding of unexplained ecological phenomena. Scientific awards: None mentioned in provided text. Research funding includes the eMB Collaborative Research project (2023) on mathematical approaches for spatial synchrony in ecology. While specific student advisees aren't listed, her faculty role suggests graduate and undergraduate mentoring. Her lab maintains active research in theoretical ecology as evidenced by continuous publication output. She leads the Abbott Lab (https://abbottlab480702554.wordpress.com/), which focuses on mathematical modeling of ecological systems, investigating spatial synchrony, plant-herbivore interactions, climate change effects, and transient dynamics in population cycles.

• Theoretical Ecology
• Population Ecology
• Community Ecology
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Theresa Ong is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College , where she investigates the complexity of coupled human-natural systems, particularly in agriculture and urban ecosystems. Her research integrates agroecology, complex systems theory, and theoretical ecology to analyze how agricultural systems maintain stability under social and environmental stressors. Education: B.A., Williams College M.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Research Interests include agroecology, urban agriculture, biocomplexity, biological control, critical transition theory, socio-ecological modeling, and non-linear dynamics. She focuses on how spatial, temporal, and species diversity (biocomplexity) affects the resilience of agricultural systems to ecological and political disturbances. Recent Publications highlight trends in agroecological transitions, urban biodiversity dynamics, climate adaptation in agroforestry, and mathematical modeling of ecological resilience. Her work frequently explores the interplay between human activities and ecological feedback mechanisms. Scientific Awards: NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology FY 2017 Lab: The Ong Lab studies complex adaptive systems like agriculture, where human impacts on ecosystems create feedback loops affecting society. Current projects examine spatial patterns, consumer-resource dynamics, and strategies to prevent ecological tipping points.

• Agroecology
• Urban Agriculture
• Biocomplexity
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Allen Burton is a Professor at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences . He holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Roskilde (Denmark) and serves as Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry . His research spans global ecosystems, with Visiting Scientist roles in China, Denmark, Italy, New Zealand, and Portugal. Education: PhD in Environmental Science (Aquatic Toxicology), University of Texas at Dallas MS in Environmental Science, University of Texas at Dallas MS in Microbiology, Auburn University BS in Biology and Chemistry, Ouachita Baptist University Dr. Burton's research focuses on chemical bioavailability , stressor causality in aquatic systems , and ecological risk assessment . He develops innovative tools like the in situ Toxicity Identification Evaluation (iTIE) and DEEAR (Drifting Exposure and Effects Assessment Ring) for oil spill monitoring. His work addresses contaminants in freshwater/marine sediments, stormwater, and microplastics, with a strong interest in hyporheic zone dynamics and metal remediation . Key article trends include: Contaminant bioavailability in sediments Metal speciation and toxicity Microplastics as pollutant vectors Oil spill assessment technologies Groundwater-surface water interactions Multi-stressor impacts on ecosystems Scientific honors include: Honorary Doctorate, University of Roskilde Brage Golding Distinguished Professor of Research Fellow, Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry Dr. Burton leads the Burton Lab , emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to diagnose ecologically significant stressors in human-dominated ecosystems. His team investigates contaminants across urban, agricultural, and industrial landscapes, integrating chemical, biological, and hydrological data for ecosystem management.

• Environmental Toxicology
• Aquatic Contaminants
• Sediment Chemistry
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Fletcher Halliday is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University, where he leads the Disease Ecology and Diversity Lab . His research focuses on understanding the interplay between host-pathogen communities, climate change, and land-use impacts on disease risk. Primary affiliation: Oregon State University Research lab: Disease Ecology and Diversity Lab Dr. Halliday's work explores how biodiversity moderates disease dynamics, with studies on fungal epidemics, coinfection interactions, and trait-based susceptibility in plant systems. His research spans elevational gradients, successional ecosystems, and climate manipulation experiments to uncover patterns in pathogen distribution and community assembly. Recent publications highlight trends in biodiversity-disease relationships, climate change effects on herbivory and infection, and multiscale ecological interactions. Articles from 2020–2025 emphasize meta-analytic frameworks, priority effects in parasite assembly, and the role of functional traits in disease risk prediction. The Disease Ecology and Diversity Lab investigates disease risk in complex ecological systems, prioritizing integrative approaches to pathogen community structure and climate-driven changes in host-parasite interactions.

• Disease Ecology
• Plant Pathology
• Biodiversity
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Robert Brodman is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Biology at Scripps College. His research focuses on biodiversity conservation, amphibian ecology, and ecological impacts of environmental stressors. He has conducted extensive field surveys across Indiana and other regions, investigating species distribution, population dynamics, and ecosystem health. Key research areas include amphibian population studies, biodiversity surveys in natural and urban landscapes, and the effects of climate change, pesticides, and hurricanes on wildlife. His work emphasizes practical conservation strategies, policy analysis, and interdisciplinary approaches to global change monitoring. Publications highlight his contributions to understanding amphibian behavior, wetland ecosystem dynamics, and the integration of cutting-edge methods for ecological research. He has collaborated on projects such as biodiversity surveys in state forests, urban parks, and agricultural landscapes, contributing to both academic knowledge and applied conservation efforts. Dr. Brodman is affiliated with The Claremont Colleges and actively engages with organizations like the Red-Tail Land Conservancy and Indiana Forest Alliance. His research underscores the importance of natural history data and long-term monitoring for effective conservation planning.

• Biodiversity
• Herpetology
• Ecology
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Colin Jerolmack is a Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at New York University, where he also served as Chair of the Environmental Studies Department (2017–2023). His work bridges ethnography, environmental sociology, and human-animal studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the City University of New York (2009) and a B.S. in Psychology from Drexel University (2000). Research Interests: - Ethnography of urban and rural communities - Environmental policy and climate change impacts - Human-animal relations (e.g., The Global Pigeon ) - Social theory and qualitative methodologies Key Publications: - Up to Heaven and Down to Hell (2021): Explores fracking's social and environmental impacts in rural Pennsylvania. - The Global Pigeon (2013): Analyzes urban human-animal interactions. - Over 40 peer-reviewed articles on ethnography, climate justice, and animal studies. Media & Outreach: - Featured in The New York Times , Los Angeles Review of Books , and podcasts like Stand Up! with Pete Dominick . - Regular contributor to climate and energy policy discussions. Awards: - PROSE Award Finalist (2021) for Up to Heaven and Down to Hell . - Recognized for interdisciplinary contributions to environmental sociology. Labs & Initiatives: - Co-founded NYU's Animal Studies Master's program and Center for Environmental and Animal Protection.

• Ethnography
• Urban Communities
• Environmental Sociology
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Christopher Higgins is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences at Arizona State University, West campus. Since 2020 he has designed and delivered multiple high-enrolment biology courses and immersive experiential-learning initiatives that integrate adaptive learning technologies and citizen-science projects. Education: Specific degrees and institutions are not listed in the supplied text. Research interests centre on biodiversity science, metacommunity ecology and conservation biology. Over two decades he has investigated how hurricanes, desertification, climate and habitat fragmentation influence the diversity and distribution of organisms ranging from tropical snails and Sahelian arthropods to Atlantic-Forest small mammals and Neotropical bats. His 30+ peer-reviewed articles reveal a consistent emphasis on quantifying community structure across taxa (fish, bats, gastropods, parasites) and ecosystems (streams, forests, deserts), utilising phylogenetic, functional and spatial approaches to disentangle historical biogeography from contemporary anthropogenic change. Teaching & Mentoring: Higgins leads large iCourses (The Living World, General Biology, Conservation in Practice) reaching ~1,400 students annually, mentors students via honours contracts and NCUIRE undergraduate-research teams, and directs citizen-science efforts such as the ASU West Global BioBlitz and Saguaro Snapshot Challenge. Labs & Teams: While no dedicated laboratory is named, he routinely supervises student research teams under NCUIRE and honours programmes, linking classroom learning to community-based conservation projects like West Valley Gardens.

• Biodiversity science
• Metacommunity ecology
• Population biology
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M. Henry H. Stevens is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Miami University, affiliated with the Ecology Research Center, Miami Ecological Big Data Initiative, and the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability. His research focuses on population and community dynamics in human-dominated landscapes, particularly forest dynamics. He teaches courses such as Ecology of North America, Fundamentals of Ecology, and graduate-level ecology seminars. His lab investigates determinants of forest structure and composition, including invasive species impacts and historical management legacies. Collaborative work with Dr. Ross explores the biogeography and genetics of Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon), involving field studies across multiple U.S. states. Stevens emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, integrating ecological and ethnobotanical perspectives. Students in his program access facilities like the Miami University Ecology Research Center and engage with broader initiatives such as the Miami Natural Areas and Hueston Woods State Park. His teaching and research emphasize diversity in scientific practices and collaboration across disciplines.

• Ecology
• Population Ecology
• Community Ecology
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Gerald Presley is an Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Wood Science & Engineering at Oregon State University's College of Forestry. His research focuses on wood durability, preservative treatments, alternative wood modification techniques, and biomass conversion into fuels and materials. He also explores applied mycology and mycoremediation for environmental sustainability. Education: Ph.D. from University of Minnesota (2018), B.S. from Eastern Illinois University (2011) His work addresses critical environmental impacts of treated wood systems while developing innovative solutions for resource optimization. Recent studies examine copper migration in garden boxes, Douglas fir bark utilization, and fungal interactions with wood. As a graduate major advisor, he mentors students including Javier Illescas Guevara, Shane Johnson, Leon Rogers, Ray Van Court, and Cody Wainscott. He contributes to outreach through Oregon State University Extension Service and collaborates on projects like the Utility Pole Research Cooperative.

• Wood Durability
• Preservative Treatments
• Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood
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Dr. Brian J Wilsey is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Iowa State University. His research focuses on the ecology and restoration of prairie grasslands, particularly the mechanisms maintaining biodiversity, impacts of non-native species, and ecosystem resistance/resilience to environmental changes. He leads the Wilsey Lab, which investigates grassland diversity, productivity, and restoration strategies. Education: Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1995 M.S., Louisiana State University, 1988 B.S., Henderson State University, 1986 Research Interests: Plant diversity and ecosystem process rates Invasive species effects on biodiversity Grassland restoration techniques Climate change impacts on grasslands Plant-microbe interactions The Wilsey Lab explores how grassland biodiversity influences community stability and productivity. Recent work highlights the role of exotic species in altering ecosystem functioning and the importance of functional traits in predicting temporal stability. Research also addresses restoration challenges, such as overcoming recruitment limitations and optimizing seed mixes. Labs/Teams: The Wilsey Lab collaborates on projects involving prairie restoration, biodiversity impacts, and climate adaptation, with a focus on translating ecological findings into practical management strategies.

• Ecology
• Prairie Grassland Restoration
• Biodiversity Maintenance
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