Title: Associate Research Professor
Institution: Northern Arizona University
Address: Physical Science Bldg. 125A;, United States, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Email: hr392@nau.edu
Phone: (928) 523-5158
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Research Interests: Restoration ecology, drylands, invasive species, wildfire, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, saguaros, biocrusts
Biographical Sketch:
Helen Rowe is an associate research professor in the School of Earth and Sustainability at Northern Arizona University. She works with land managers, citizen scientists, research partners, and students to improve ecological restoration, invasive species management techniques, and fire adaptation in arid environments. Additionally, she works with the NAU team of the Southwest Urban Integrated Field Laboratory (https://sw-ifl.asu.edu/) on CO2 emissions modeling and observations. Dr. Rowe co-chairs the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Sonoran Desert Plant Species Specialist Group. This IUCN group is responsible for assessing the extinction risk of nearly 4,000 plant species in the Sonoran Desert and developing conservation plans for the most threatened species.
Education:
University of Colorado, Boulder, Integrated Sustainable Socioeconomic Development, B.A., 1992
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Rangeland Ecosystem Science, M.S., 2000
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Ecology, Ph.D., 2006
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Postdoc, 2006-2007
Professional Certifications:
Short course: Techniques in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Research, Department of Biology, University of York, UK, 2005
Collaborative Communication Training, ASU, January 2015
IUCN Red List Training Assessing Species' Extinction Risk using IUCN Red List Methodology, October 2017
IUCN Conservation Planning Specialist Group (CPSG) Facilitating Species Conservation Planning Workshops, Online, September-October 2021
Ongoing and Recent CESU Projects:
- Sonoran Desert Restoration with Tonto National Forest