our mission
We are ecologists based at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Our aim is to apply cutting-edge science to the challenges of restoration, invasion, and environmental change.
We embrace: variability as well as average values; process and pattern as well as structure; feedbacks that lead to rapid change as well as those that lead to resilience; and creative as well as conservative management actions.
We are committed to sharing our science, passion, and curiosity in the natural world.
our team
Lab Retreat, Mount Evans 2018: Isabel Schroeter, Ashley Whipple, Katie Suding, Laurel Brigham, Claire Karban, Katie Ebinger, Tom Merchant, Nancy Shackelford, Julie Larson, Cliff Bueno de Mesquita.
Katharine Suding
Katie is a Professor of Ecology at University of Colorado Boulder. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a highly-cited author who has written extensively in the areas of ecosystem dynamics and management, ecological restoration, biodiversity, and conservation. Her current research focuses on managing ecosystems in a rapidly changing world. In 2018, she received the Robert H. MacArthur Award from the Ecological Society of America, a biennial prize given by the Ecological Society of America to an ecologist for their pivotal contributions to the field.
our impact
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We have published over 150 papers in a range of peer-reviewed journals, with audiences ranging from basic scientists to applied practitioners.
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Our work is widely used and cited, recognized as among the top 1% in citations in ecology and environmental science by ISI Web of Science.
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Alumni of the Suding lab have gone on to be pivotal leaders in academia, federal agencies, and non-profit organizations.
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We have strong collaborative relationships with groups leading conservation and restoration efforts at the local, national and international level.
some of our projects
