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Ben Abbott

Associate Professor
Plant & Wildlife Sciences

5113 LSB - Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602

Biography

B.S. in 2009 from Utah State University in Watershed Science.
Ph.D. in 2014 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Ecosystem Ecology.
2014-2016 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in Rennes, France in agricultural Ecohydrology
2016-2017 Postdoctoral researcher at Michigan State University in Arctic Ecohydrology

Research Interests

The response of carbon and nutrient cycles to disturbance (permafrost degradation, agriculture, urbanization, and climate change).

Teaching Interests

Ecohydrology, ecosystem ecology, science writing, aquatic biogeochemistry, environmental and economic sustainability, expert assessment.

Professional Citizenship

  • Committee/Council Member, Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (2018 - Present)
  • Committee/Council Member, Society for Freshwater Sciences (2018 - Present)
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Biogeochemistry (Journal) (2017 - Present)
  • Conference-Related Role, American Geophysical Union (2018 - 2018)
  • Conference-Related Role, Water Quality in the West (2018 - 2018)
  • Board Member, European Conference on Permafrost (2017 - 2018)
  • Conference-Related Role, American Geophysical Union (2017 - 2017)

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Publications