Biography

My primary research interest is terrestrial ecosystem modeling at site, regional and global scales.

I am particularly interested in studying soil-plant-atmosphere interactions to understand ecosystem responses to changes in environmental conditions. My current project include examining the underlying ecosystem processes that control changes in plant functional types and associated feedbacks to the climate system, studying the effects of warming, plant and microbial water stress, and disturbance (e.g. fire) on nutrient cycling and land-atmosphere carbon and energy exchanges under past and future climates.