Conservation Biology and Ecology, Earth and Environmental Science, Astrobiology and Biogeoscience, Biology

-First Year Students (new to ASU Fall 2025)
-2nd Year Students
-3rd Year Students
-ASU Online Barrett Honors Students (fully remote work)

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Tempe Fully remote/Remote considered

Dryland ecosystems are uniquely vulnerable to climate change but also offer promise for helping to mitigate the consequences of climate change. This project will use image analysis to explore research questions related to how drylands interact with environmental change. Research questions will include: how do desert plants respond to wildfires over long time scales? How does plant canopy cover differ along different rainfall regions? How do inputs to desert soils differ through time and space? Barret students will work together in teams with researcher in the Dryland Ecosystem Research Team to define research questions, refine methods, and explore the data.

Drylands Ecosystem Research Team

Successful students working on this research project will be willing to work hard and think creatively to solve new challenges, will work well in a team-based research environment, and will be enthusiastic about learning how desert ecosystems respond to a changing environment. Good organization, ability to write clearly, and basic computer skills are needed.

Heather Throop

Tempe; Flexible to remote and/or in-person

Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences Data Analytics and Mathematics Sustainability