I'm an ecologist, currently conducting research as a National Museum of Natural History Fellow at the Smithsonian Marine Station in Fort Pierce, Florida. I recently received my Ph.D. at the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia, working in Craig Osenberg's lab. My current research focuses on the feedbacks between microbes and the broader ecological community in coral reefs.
Research Interests
My overarching scientific interests involve understanding the biological and ecological processes that drive community structure and dynamics through time. I often study these processes under the context of human-induced environmental changes, including climate change and ocean acidification, as well as through the effects of human harvests on wild populations. I investigate these topics from organismal, population, and community-level perspectives, using observational, experimental, and theoretical modeling (i.e., simulation) approaches.
Experience
I have been involved with a wide array of terrestrial and marine ecology research projects. Much of that research has been in tropical forest and coral reef systems at several Pacific islands. However, I've also done work in forested areas of the Southeast US, and most recently, in Caribbean coral reefs.
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 biological and ecological processes that drive community structure and dynamics through time. I often study these processes under the context of human-induced environmental changes, including climate change and ocean acidification, as well as through the effects of human harvests on wild populations. I investigate these topics from organismal, population, and community-level perspectives, using observational, experimental, and theoretical modeling (i.e., simulation) approaches.
Experience
I have been involved with a wide array of terrestrial and marine ecology research projects. Much of that research has been in tropical forest and coral reef systems at several Pacific islands. However, I've also done work in forested areas of the Southeast US, and most recently, in Caribbean coral reefs.
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 | BriggsA@si.edu
Smithsonian Marine Station
Amy A. Briggs | BriggsA@si.edu
Smithsonian Marine Station
© Amy A. Briggs, 2014
