Christopher Klausmeier Explained

Christopher Klausmeier is an American theoretical ecologist. He is an MSU Research Foundation Professor[1] at the Kellogg Biological Station of Michigan State University. He is known for his work in spatial ecology, ecological stoichiometry, and trait-based eco-evolutionary dynamics.

Education and career

Klausmeier earned a B.S. in mathematics in 1995 from Harvey Mudd College and a Ph. D. in ecology, evolution and behavior in 2000 from the University of Minnesota, advised by David Tilman and Claudia Neuhauser. Following postdoctoral research at EAWAG and Princeton University with Simon Levin, he joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2003. He moved to Michigan State University in 2005.[2]

Research

Klausmeier’s Ph.D. thesis was titled “The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecological Communities”.[3] It included a model of pattern formation in semi-arid vegetation, which is now known as the Klausmeier model[4] and has been extensively studied by mathematicians.[5] [6]

Since 2001, his research has largely focused on the ecology of plankton, in collaboration with Elena Litchman. This research has spanned topics from ecological stoichiometry, including explaining the Redfield N:P ratio,[7] to trait-based ecology,[8] seasonal succession[9] and the vertical distribution of phytoplankton, including modeling the deep chlorophyll maximum.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MSU Research Foundation Professors Office of Research and Innovation . 2024-09-11 . research.msu.edu.
  2. Web site: cv_klausmeier.pdf . 2024-09-11 . Google Docs.
  3. Book: Klausmeier, Christopher . The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecological Communities . University of Minnesota . 2000.
  4. Klausmeier . Christopher A. . 1999-06-11 . Regular and Irregular Patterns in Semiarid Vegetation . Science . 284 . 5421 . 1826–1828 . 10.1126/science.284.5421.1826 . 0036-8075.
  5. Sherratt . Jonathan A . 2010-08-26 . Pattern solutions of the Klausmeier Model for banded vegetation in semi-arid environments I . Nonlinearity . 23 . 10 . 2657–2675 . 10.1088/0951-7715/23/10/016 . 0951-7715.
  6. Carter . Paul . Doelman . Arjen . January 2018 . Traveling Stripes in the Klausmeier Model of Vegetation Pattern Formation . SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics . 78 . 6 . 3213–3237 . 10.1137/18m1196996 . 0036-1399.
  7. Klausmeier . Christopher A. . Litchman . Elena . Daufresne . Tanguy . Levin . Simon A. . May 2004 . Optimal nitrogen-to-phosphorus stoichiometry of phytoplankton . Nature . 429 . 6988 . 171–174 . 10.1038/nature02454 . 1476-4687.
  8. Litchman . Elena . Klausmeier . Christopher A. . 2008-12-01 . Trait-Based Community Ecology of Phytoplankton . Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics . 39 . 1 . 615–639 . 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.39.110707.173549 . 1543-592X.
  9. Klausmeier . Christopher A. . Litchman . Elena . July 2012 . Successional Dynamics in the Seasonally Forced Diamond Food Web . The American Naturalist . 180 . 1 . 1–16 . 10.1086/665998 . 0003-0147.
  10. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 0845825 - CAREER: Modeling Complexity in Plankton Communities . 2024-09-11 . www.nsf.gov.
  11. News: January 12, 2017 . Klausmeier, Litchman named Foundation Professors . KBS News.
  12. Web site: Past Outstanding Paper Award Recipients . 2024-09-11 . www.esa.org.

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