Title: Associate Professor
Institution: University of Colorado – Boulder
Address: 1900 Pleasant St., Boulder, Colorado 80304-0334
Email: Nancy.Emery@Colorado.edu
Phone: (303) 735-7548
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Research Interests: evolutionary ecology, population biology, alpine ecology, vernal pools, conservation, long-term ecological research
Biographical Sketch:
I am a plant evolutionary ecologist and PI of the Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research Program. My research focuses on understanding the evolutionary processes that shape how organisms respond to ecological change. My lab works at the nexus of population biology, community ecology, and evolutionary biology to understand how plants adapt and persist in a constantly changing world. Our current research projects are specifically focused on the evolution of dispersal, habitat specialization, and phenotypic plasticity in plants that occupy variable environments. We use field experiments, genetic tools, and comparative methods and work in variety of ecosystems, including the Rocky Mountain alpine and vernal pool wetlands of western North America. Leveraging the unique strengths of these different natural systems, we strive to develop a general framework for understanding plant ecological and evolutionary responses to environmental variation.
Education:
Ph.D. in Population Biology from the University of California Davis (Davis, CA), granted 2006
Sc.B. in. Biology from Brown University (Providence, RI), granted 1998