Research

I use ecological knowledge and quantitative models to improve mechanistic understanding of the uptake, storage and release of carbon from ecosystems to provide accurate predictions of the role of terrestrial ecosystems in global biogeochemical cycles

Teaching

I teach Sustainable Earth: Natural Resources and the Environment (INDIV 150C) where we consider society's use of natural resources & the environment & an upper undergraduate & graduate course on Ecosysystem Ecology & a Sustainable Future (RNR 458/558

Degrees

• PhD, 2005, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
• BSc, 1999, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland