Of Interest to Biogeographers and ecological Remote sensors
Robert A. Washington-Allen
1. Assistant Professor of Geography
2. Environmental Tomography Laboratory
3. Applied Biodiversity Science-IGERT Affiliated Professor:http://biodiversity.tamu.edu/
4. NSF-Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU): Ecohydrology of Tropical Cloud Forests Faculty Mentor
Department of Geography
University of Tennessee
304 Burchfiel Geography Building
1000 Phillip Fulmer Way
Knoxville, TN 37996-0925
Cell: 979-571-4330
e-mail: washingtonra@<mailto:[log in to unmask]>utk.edu<http://utk.edu/>
website: http://geography.utk.edu/about-us/faculty/dr-robert-washington-allen/
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"God has chosen the world that is the most perfect,
that is to say, the one that is at the same time the
simplest in hypotheses and the richest in phenomena."
---Leibniz
"I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."
--- Isaac Newton
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Subject: Baker Center Forum: Jennifer Dunne: Thurs 03/26, 1-2.30pm, Toyota Auditorium
Date: March 22, 2015 at 12:31:29 PM EDT
Hi folks,
This one should be a good one. Please forward to any interested parties or groups of students.
Charles Sims
Faculty Fellow, Baker Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
University of Tennessee
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865.974.3825
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Join us for the next Baker Center Interdisciplinary Group on Energy and Environmental Policy Forum, which will take place on Thursday, March 26th at 1.00 pm in the Toyota Auditorium in the Baker Center.
Jennifer Dunne from the Santa Fe Institute, will give a 45 minute presentation and then lead a discussion with participants. Her talk is titled:
Ecological networks: A framework for studying sustainability of
coupled natural-human systems
Abstract: Most studies of the relationships of humans and ecosystems are presented in terms of human impacts on ecosystems. However, our ability to understand and mitigate such impacts depends on research that identifies the roles humans play in ecosystems including how they interact with other species. Analysis and modeling of food web structure and dynamics provides a useful framework for quantifying ecological roles and impacts of species including humans. Such research is providing a new way to explore questions related to the sustainability of coupled natural-human systems. This talk will highlight several projects that address how humans fit into and impact ancient, historic, and current ecosystems using an ecological network framework.
Professor Jennifer Dunne is the Vice President for Science at the Santa Fe Institute, where she has been on the faculty since 2007. Jennifer received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 2000. Jennifer’s research interests are in the organization, dynamics and function of ecosystems at multiple spatial and temporal scales. This work focuses on ecological networks which focus on flows of energy and biomass among species. This research provides a quantitative framework for understanding the coexistence of species and ecosystem robustness, persistence and stability, including how humans fit into and impact ecosystems. Jennifer has published dozens of articles on these topics, serves as an editor at Ecology Letters and the Journal of Complex Networks, is a series editor for the Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution.
The Baker Center discussion forum is an opportunity for academics to share their research findings to a broad set of academics, researchers, and students from outside their own discipline but who have a common interest in environmental and energy issues. For more information about the Baker Center Interdisciplinary Group on Energy and Environmental Policy visit the forum’s website: http://web.utk.edu/~jlarivi1/bcinter.html.
Please join us for what promises to be a very interesting discussion and presentation.
Paul Armsworth, College of Arts and Sciences
Don Hodges, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Becky Jacobs, College of Law
Jacob LaRiviere, Haslam College of Business
Charles Sims, Baker Center Faculty Fellow and Haslam College of Business
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