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Zachary Taylor is an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Environmental Science and Studies at Berry College. He focuses on interdisciplinary climate and environmental change research, particularly using lake sediment analysis to reconstruct past environmental conditions and inform modern ecological challenges. His work spans paleoclimatology, human-environment interactions, and conservation biology, with field projects in Bolivia, Costa Rica, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Colorado. Taylor integrates Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into studies of species distribution, urban wildlife dynamics, and ecological conservation.
He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Geography from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Denver. His teaching emphasizes high-impact practices, including an inquiry-based ecosystem services curriculum and community-engaged capstone projects addressing real-world environmental challenges.
Research Interests: Quaternary climate change, paleoenvironmental reconstruction, stable isotope geochemistry, biogeography, human-environment interactions, conservation biology.
Recent work explores drought impacts on prehistoric agriculture, urban coyote ecology via citizen science, and fire dynamics in South Carolina wetlands. His methodologies include multi-proxy sediment analysis, GIS spatial modeling, and collaborative community science initiatives.
