Team

Research Interests Hungate’s research focuses on the ecology and management of global change, and microbial ecology from humans to the globe. His research occurs in grasslands, woodlands, forests, and rivers. He uses experiments, models, and data syntheses to understand how ecosystems respond to global change. He co-founded the Professional Science Read more…

Bowker has broad interests within ecosystem science. He is both a plant and soil ecologist, and works in applied and fundamental science settings, in many ecosystem and community types including forests, rangelands and deserts. His research has spanned multiple levels of organization – organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, landscapes – and Read more…

Navarro’s research focuses on the complexity of the host-associated and environmental microbiome, including viruses, bacteria, archaea, fungi, and protists. In his research, Navarro studies the composition of microbial communities, their dynamics in a changing environment, and how microbial activity influences nutrient cycling. The complexity of such studies requires the use Read more…

Research Interests Koch’s research focuses on understanding the biophysical and ecological interactions of plants with their environments, including features affected by human-driven global change. He has worked in a variety of terrestrial ecosystems ranging from tropical and temperate rainforests to deserts. Much of his research explores the interaction of water Read more…

Research Interests As global temperatures increase, fragile ecosystems across the world are facing drastic changes, such as more extreme forest fires and increasingly severe droughts. Dr. Michelle Mack, a professor at NAU’s Center for Ecosystem Science and Society (ECOSS) and a recognized leader in plant and ecosystem ecology, is researching Read more…

  Research/teaching interests studies of how abiotic and biotic factors structure freshwater food webs anthropogenic disturbances of watershed nutrient loading alterations of flow regimes upon river food webs  

Research Interests Professor Richardson is an ecologist whose research addresses the impacts of global change on terrestrial ecosystems, and the feedbacks between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere and climate system. Richardson’s research focuses on (1) the exchanges of carbon, water, and energy between the land surface and the atmosphere; (2) Read more…

Rock’s research takes a multidisciplinary approach to tackle complex issues, such as sustainability in the Southwest, from a Native American point of view. One of the main objectives is to merge health, environmental, and cultural aspects, specifically related to uranium mining (environmental exposure), to make better-informed decisions about tribal lands. Read more…