ASU Regents Professor & GDC Committee member awarded the Theodore M. Sperry Award
Arizona State University and Osvaldo Sala cover the importance of the experimental biocrust farm that Dr. Garcia-Pichel has developed under a solar panel farm in the news article here.
Opportunity | Drylands Ecologist Hire
Arizona State University’s Global Drylands Center Ecologist Hire The School of Life Sciences (SOLS) and the School of Sustainability (SOS) at Arizona State University (ASU) in collaboration with ASU’s Global Drylands Center (GDC) invite applications for a full-time, tenure‐ track, benefits-eligible faculty position in the area of Drylands Ecology at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. Rank and tenure…
A Tremendous Congratulations | Dr. Ferran Garcia-Pichel awarded the Theodore M. Sperry Award
“Named for pioneering American ecologist Theodore Sperry, this award recognizes individuals or organizations who have made a significant and enduring contribution to advancing restoration science and/or practice through the development of new methods, techniques, tools or strategies for restoration, or through innovative approaches to involving the public in restoration efforts.” Society for Ecological Restoration The Sala Lab would like to…
Scott Collins in Functional Ecology
In a novel approach, Scott Collins et. al. have recently published a paper in Functional Ecology on how drought & post-drought periods affect plant communities. Factors such as seed size, precipitation periods, and dominant species of certain grasslands were considered. Read the entire paper here.