Steven McNulty

Steven McNulty is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NC State University, while also serving as the Director of the USDA Southeast Climate Hub. His work bridges academic research and applied climate science through ecosystem modeling and environmental analysis.

• Expertise: Landscape to Regional Scale Forest Ecosystem Modeling
• Key Research Areas: Carbon cycling, wetland ecology, climate change mitigation, and hydrological impacts on forest ecosystems
• Notable Contributions: Studies on methane emissions in subtropical wetlands, tree mortality in hydrologically perturbed forests, and carbon allocation dynamics

His publications (2021-2025) focus on climate-forest interactions, with recurring themes in evapotranspiration coupling, carbon flux regulation, and fine root decomposition dynamics across various forest types in the southeastern United States.

McNulty's research has been supported by a $2.3M National Science Foundation grant (2011-2017) to model technology-driven climate mitigation strategies through interdisciplinary ecosystem modeling.