I am a PhD student at the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia, working in Dr. Craig Osenberg's lab. My current research focuses on toxic microalgae in coral reefs and their interactions with other reef organisms, as well as the environmental factors that affect their densities.
Research Interests
My overarching scientific interests involve understanding the basic biological and ecological processes that drive community structure and stability through time. I am particularly interested in the flows of nutrients and energy (i.e., carbon), which are often transported by mobile organisms, and link separate ecosystems or habitats to one another. These flows influence the physiology and ecology of species within individual systems, which I often study under the context of human-induced environmental changes, including climate change and ocean acidification, as well as through the direct effects of human harvests on wild populations. I approach these topics from organismal, population, and community-level perspectives.
Experience
I have been involved with a wide array of terrestrial and marine ecology research projects. Much of that research has been in coral reefs and island systems in the tropical Pacific with the Micheli and Dirzo labs at Stanford (where I received my undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences), and with Julia Baum at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, as well as with my master's advisor, Robert Carpenter, at California State University, Northridge. Recently I've done work in NE Georgia, USA to investigate spatial processes influencing the population dynamics of mosquitoes.
See my Research page to read more about some of the projects that I am working on currently, and other research that I have been involved with in the past.
Research Interests
My overarching scientific interests involve understanding the basic biological and ecological processes that drive community structure and stability through time. I am particularly interested in the flows of nutrients and energy (i.e., carbon), which are often transported by mobile organisms, and link separate ecosystems or habitats to one another. These flows influence the physiology and ecology of species within individual systems, which I often study under the context of human-induced environmental changes, including climate change and ocean acidification, as well as through the direct effects of human harvests on wild populations. I approach these topics from organismal, population, and community-level perspectives.
Experience
I have been involved with a wide array of terrestrial and marine ecology research projects. Much of that research has been in coral reefs and island systems in the tropical Pacific with the Micheli and Dirzo labs at Stanford (where I received my undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences), and with Julia Baum at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, as well as with my master's advisor, Robert Carpenter, at California State University, Northridge. Recently I've done work in NE Georgia, USA to investigate spatial processes influencing the population dynamics of mosquitoes.
See my Research page to read more about some of the projects that I am working on currently, and other research that I have been involved with in the past.
Contact
Amy A. Briggs | amy.briggs@uga.edu
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
Amy A. Briggs | amy.briggs@uga.edu
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
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