PeopleGlobal PartnersKelly K. Caylor

Kelly K. Caylor

Working in: Bloomington, IN

Position:
Assistant Professor, Indiana University

Regions of Interest:
Southern Africa

My dissertation research served to further clarify the association between pattern and process in southern African savanna communities, and demonstrated the strong interactions between vegetation structural pattern and hydrological dynamics at both local and regional scales. More recently, I have investigated the ways in which observed vegetation patterns and soil moisture dynamics are co-organized at landscape scales in semi-arid ecosystems. My future research will continue to focus on the development of a geographically and temporally broad understanding of the dynamic coupling between biological, geophysical, and biochemical processes in natural systems. I expect that these activities will lead to new insights into the mechanisms that govern the spatial and temporal dynamics of the Earth’s ecosystems, as well as the opportunity to establish productive collaborations with students and colleagues working in hydrology, climatology, geomorphology, land/atmosphere interactions, and environmental policy.