LEML: Research

Research at Landscape Ecology and Modeling Laboratory (LEML)

Research Fields:

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

Major Research Questions:

How do ecological patterns and processes at different scales relate to each other?
How does urbanization affect population dynamics, species diversity, and ecosystem processes?
How does habitat fragmentation affect biodiversity and popu?
How do biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relate to each other?
How can information and knowledge be transferred from fine to broad scales across heterogeneous landscapes with sufficient accuracy?
How does land use and land cover change affect biodiversity and ecological processes?

Research projects:

Modeling urban landscapes as complex adaptive systems to understand their socioeconomic drivers and ecological consequences (NSF biocomplexity project)

Guide for Graduate Students

To Prospective Graduate Students and Postdocs

LEML welcomes highly motivated graduate students who are interested in landscape ecology, urban ecology, and sustainability science. Graduate students at LEML can be enrolled in either the graduate programs in the School of Life Sciences (SoLS), or the School of Sustainability (SoS; the first of its kind in the world) at Arizona State University. 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.

Job Opennings at Landscape Ecology and Modeling Laboratory (LEML)

National and International Opportunities for Graduate Applicants:

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships for Graduate Students (evaluated on a yearly basis; application deadline usually is in October/November)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
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.)

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