LEML: Research

Research at Landscape Ecology and Modeling Laboratory (LEML)

Research Fields:

Landscape Ecology
Urban Ecology
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Sustainability Science

Research Topics:

Relationship between landscape pattern and biodiversity/ecosystem processes
Urbanization and its ecological consequences
Land use and land cover modeling
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Spatial scaling
Integrating ecological, economic, and social processes for developing sustainable landscapes

Research projects:

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF)

The Inner Mongolia Grassland Removal Experiment (IMGRE)

Urban landscape ecology and urban sustainability

CAP-LTER project
PHX-UGM
Modeling urban landscapes (NSF biocomplexity project)

Modeling and scaling

Landscape modeling
Spatial scaling

Guide for Graduate Students

Chenevix-Trench, G. 2006. What makes a good Ph.D. student? Nature 441:252.

Smaglik, P. 2006. Comments. Nature 442:217.

Chenevix-Trench, G. Guide for PhD students (and post-docs) aiming for a successful career in science. http://www.qimr.edu.au/research/labs/georgiat/.

To Prospective Graduate Students and Postdocs

I welcome highly motivated graduate students who are interested in landscape ecology, urban ecology, and sustainability science to join our research team at LEML. My students can be enrolled in any of the seveal graduate programs in School of Life Sciences (SoLS), or the School of Sustainability (SoS):

Ph.D./M.S. in Biology
Ph.D./M.S. in Plant Biology
Ph.D. in Environmental Life Sciences
Ph.D./M.S. in Biology and Society
Ph.D./M.S. in Sustainability

Information on graduate study in SoLS is available at http://sols.asu.edu/grad/gradapp.php, and information for graduate study in SoS is available at http://schoolofsustainability.asu.edu/Programs/Sustainability_Programs.htm. Financial support in the form of Teaching Assistantship or Research Assistantship is available on a competitive basis.

Financial Support and Fellowships for Graduate Students

Other Postdoctoal Fellowships and Awards Opportunities

EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Students (evaluated on a yearly basis; application deadline usually is in October/November)
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (evaluated on a yearly basis; application deadline usually is in early November; for graduate students in their early stages of study)
NASA Graduate Student Fellowships in Earth System Sciences (evaluated on a yearly basis; application deadline usually is in March; for graduate students who are interested in using remote sensing data in the study of land use change - including urbanization, desertification, global change, and ecosystem responses)
Fulbright Pre-Doctoral Fellowships (for foreign graduate students to study in the U.S.)
International Dissertation Research Fellowships (for doctoral students of any citizenship who are enrolled in an American university)
Postdoctoral Fellowships

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