معرفی
James S. Clark is the Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science at Duke University, with appointments in the Nicholas School of the Environment, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, and Marine Science and Conservation. His research integrates long-term experiments and predictive modeling to explore disturbance ecology, climate change impacts, and global biodiversity dynamics.
- Education: Ph.D., University of Minnesota (1988)
- Research Interests: Biodiversity under global change, forest regeneration, ecological modeling, and species interactions.
Recent Publications highlight climate-condition interactions in tree fecundity, masting dynamics, and applications of Generalized Joint Attribute Modeling (GJAM) to biodiversity analysis. His work spans terrestrial and marine ecosystems, with a focus on data synthesis across NEON, FIA, and MASTIF networks.
Awards & Recognition:
- Fellow, Ecological Society of America
- William Skinner Cooper Award
- George Mercer Award
- Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow
Clark leads NSF and NASA grants on forest recruitment change and climate-ecosystem interactions. He mentors Ph.D. students like Maggie Swift and Lane Scher, emphasizing dynamic food web models and biostatistical frameworks to address nonlinear ecological responses to change.
