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Scott Franklin is a Professor and Department Chair in the School of Biological Sciences within the College of Natural and Health Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado. He has been at UNC since 2008, progressing from Assistant Professor to his current position as full Professor and Department Chair since 2014. Prior to UNC, he held faculty positions at the University of Memphis (1997-2008) and was a Research Fellow at the University of Joensuu, Finland.
Dr. Franklin's educational background includes dual PhDs in Plant Ecology from Southern Illinois University (1996) and Biology/Forestry from the University of Joensuu, Finland (1996), an MS in Forest Ecology from Southern Illinois University (1990), and a BS in Biology/Conservation Management from Upper Iowa University (1988).
His research focuses on vegetation dynamics in relation to disturbance, with particular expertise in fire ecology, flood ecology, and clonal plant ecology. Dr. Franklin studies both short-term and long-term responses of vegetation communities to natural and applied (restoration) disturbances, with special attention to spatial and temporal patterns of disturbances and their effects on severity.
Dr. Franklin has received notable recognition including a J. William Fulbright Fellowship and an Editor's Choice Award for his work on terrestrial biomes. His research spans diverse ecosystems from the Colorado Front Range to the Qinling Mountains of China, with particular emphasis on aspen and bamboo ecology.
- Member of the Ecological Society of America Vegetation Classification Panel
- Member of the International Association of Vegetation Science Vegetation Classification Working Group
- Associate Editor for The American Midland Naturalist
- Associate Editor for Phytocoenologia
Dr. Franklin actively mentors graduate students, with numerous PhD and MS students completing research under his supervision on topics ranging from sagebrush restoration to the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on vegetation. His lab maintains international collaborations, particularly with researchers in China and Slovakia.
The Franklin Lab conducts both basic and applied research, with current projects including:
- Seeds of Success Study examining sagebrush restoration
- Aspen Clonal Ecology research in the Colorado Front Range
- Classification of the Pawnee National Grasslands
- Long-term Changes in Front Range Forests
- Ecological Impacts of Fracking Sites
