JUL, 2026
Xiaoli and collaborators received a DOE Genesis Mission grant to develop process-informed AI models for predicting water availability in the Colorado River Basin.
MAY, 2026
Our paper led by Junna on climate-driven species range shifts was published in Science! The work was featured by Associated Press, Reuters, and over 500 media outlets worldwide, including BBC, France 24, CBS, and POLITICO.
SEP, 2025
Congratulations to Malavika on receiving the Dean’s Circle Fellowship!
DEC, 2024
Congrats to Dr. Dan! He graduated with a Ph.D. in Hydrological Sciences and is heading to join Dr. Bettina Weber’s lab as a postdoc.
JUN, 2024
Our paper on coupled-evolution of landscapes and plants has been published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution!
FEB, 2024
Xiaoli and Dawn Sumner received the NSF grant to study the effects of environmental change on microbial self-organized patterns in Antarctic Lakes.
FEB, 2024
Dan’s first dissertation chapter on spatial self-organization at the community level is published in Ecosystems!
JAN, 2024
Xiaoli is promoted to associate professor with tenure!
DEC, 2023
Our new paper on climate impacts on global values of natural capital was published in Nature.
JUL, 2023
Xiaoli received the NSF grant to study the spatial self-organization of vegetation and biological soil crust community in drylands!
MAR, 2023
Junna graduated from Graduate Group in Ecology and is moving to Yale as a postdoc!