Franco Biondi

Franco Biondi is a Professor in the Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he leads the DendroLab. His work bridges dendroecology, climate science, and forest ecology, utilizing tree rings to study ecological changes across temporal and spatial scales.

His research focuses on intra-annual tree-ring features, wood anatomy, and climate-growth interactions in mountain ecosystems. He teaches courses like Natural Resource Ecology, Mountain Ecoclimatology, and advanced statistical analysis using R, with a recent honors seminar on climate change.

Honors and Awards:

• Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar Award (2023)
• NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award
• Hyung K. Shin Award for Excellence in Research (2008)
• Outstanding Researcher Award (2008)

He has led the Ecological Change component of a $15M NSF-EPSCoR project, developed the Nevada Climate-ecohydrological Assessment Network (NevCAN), and collaborated internationally in Canada, Germany, France, Finland, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy.