The Pavao-Zuckerman lab focus on understanding how humans interact with their environment
and affect ecological processes. Our research program is primarily directed at understanding the drivers and controls on urban ecosystem function, and the implications of this for the management and provision of ecosystem services. A large part of this research program focuses on the ecological performance of designed elements of the built environment and green infrastructure in cities, and how this is particular to arid environments. This research draws on a resilience perspective to integrate ecological and social sciences to understand how decision making affects the sustainability of social-ecological systems. Ultimately these data provide an assessment of ecosystem health and the provision of ecosystem services, indicating how cities and environments respond to decision making, planning, design, and global change.
News
The lab just started a contract with Montgomery County’s Department of Environment to explore perceptions of agrivoltaic systems. We are looking for a postdoc to run focus groups and collect data!
Welcome to lab to Lauren Black! Lauren is a student in the 2023 AGNR Summer Opportunities In Agriculture and Environment (SOARE) Program. She is joining us from College of Southern Maryland!
Mitch was selected to be an Affiliate Fellow in the Honors College’s Science and Fiction Cluster – he’ll be teaching a course on Science Fiction and Urban Futures in 2024.
Congratulations to former lab postdoc Marissa Matsler – she just joined the EPA as a social scientist working on climate!
Congratulations to Leila Mosleh – she’s starting as an Assistant Professor at Tehran University.
Congratulations to Sarah Ponte who is starting a new position with the Washington Department of Ecology, working on stormwater management.
Congratulations to Matthew Wilfong – he is joining Diane Pataki’s new lab at ASU as a postdoc.
Welcome to the lab to Elad Shdaimah and Mairead Whitford Jones! They’ve both been accepted into the ENST 4+1 BS/MS program!
Mitch was accepted into the Water Environment Federation‘s 2021 Water Leadership Institute!
Mitch was interviewed by Wired magazine for an article about sustainability and water conservation trends in landscape design and architecture.
Pavao-Zuckerman Ecology Lab 