Profiles in "Biodiversity" Expertise Area

  • Melissa Nelson, professor of Indigenous sustainability, researches biocultural heritage and environmental justice, intercultural solidarity, and the renewal and celebration of community health and cultural arts.
  • Dr. Brewington is a Research Professor and Senior Global Futures Scholar, who co-leads the Pacific RISA climate adaptation research program in Hawaii and the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands. She is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Interests in trophic dynamics, energy distributions, and biodiversity. Current work is utilizing global remote sensing techniques to study the interconnectedness of terrestrial, coastal, and oceanic landscapes.
  • Dr. MK Dorsey is Director & Chair of ASU’s Walton Sustainability Solutions Service (WS3), an interdisciplinary team of experts creating & implementing lucrative, innovative solutions for planetary sustainability challenges.
  • With the integration of BIOS with Arizona State University, Blanco-Bercial became an assistant professor in the School of Ocean Futures and the School of Life Sciences.
  • Barley is an assistant professor in the School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences and New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the ASU West campus.
  • Isabelle Betancourt is the Invertebrate Collections Manager for the National Science Foundation's National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Biorepository at ASU.