Mallory L. Barnes

Mallory L. Barnes serves as an Assistant Professor at Indiana University's Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, specializing in quantitative ecological data analysis across spatial and temporal scales since joining in 2019.

Her academic foundation includes a Ph.D. in watershed management and ecohydrology (University of Arizona, 2018), an M.S. in natural resources and environmental management (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2013), and a B.S. in Zoology (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009).

Her research integrates environmental informatics, remote sensing, and ecohydrology to scale biophysical processes from leaf to global levels and daily to decadal timescales. This work advances predictions of vegetation responses to climate change with critical implications for water resources, agricultural systems, and biodiversity conservation through sophisticated spatial analysis and data management frameworks.

Recent publications demonstrate interdisciplinary innovation across earth system science, with emphasis on critical zone dynamics, dryland ecosystem monitoring via chlorophyll fluorescence, hyperspectral detection of photosynthetic metabolism, and climate-vegetation interactions in semiarid regions.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Billings Award from the Ecological Society of America (2018)
• William G. McGinnies Graduate Scholarship in Arid Land Studies (2017)

Her professional trajectory includes prior experience as a biological sciences technician at the USDA Southwest Watershed Research Center, informing her current research on environmental change prediction. No current advising or grant details are specified in source materials.

Research operations appear integrated within the O'Neill School's environmental science infrastructure without dedicated lab/team documentation.