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
editKlausmeier 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
editKlausmeier’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.
Awards and honors
edit- 2009 NSF CAREER Award[10]
References
edit- ^ "MSU Research Foundation Professors | Office of Research and Innovation". research.msu.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "cv_klausmeier.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ Klausmeier, Christopher (2000). The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecological Communities. University of Minnesota.
- ^ Klausmeier, Christopher A. (1999-06-11). "Regular and Irregular Patterns in Semiarid Vegetation". Science. 284 (5421): 1826–1828. doi:10.1126/science.284.5421.1826. ISSN 0036-8075.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1088/0951-7715/23/10/016. ISSN 0951-7715.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1137/18m1196996. ISSN 0036-1399.
- ^ Klausmeier, Christopher A.; Litchman, Elena; Daufresne, Tanguy; Levin, Simon A. (May 2004). "Optimal nitrogen-to-phosphorus stoichiometry of phytoplankton". Nature. 429 (6988): 171–174. doi:10.1038/nature02454. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.39.110707.173549. ISSN 1543-592X.
- ^ Klausmeier, Christopher A.; Litchman, Elena (July 2012). "Successional Dynamics in the Seasonally Forced Diamond Food Web". The American Naturalist. 180 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1086/665998. ISSN 0003-0147.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0845825 - CAREER: Modeling Complexity in Plankton Communities". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Klausmeier, Litchman named Foundation Professors". KBS News. January 12, 2017.
- ^ "Past Outstanding Paper Award Recipients". www.esa.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.