Ecologist
Michelle Cailin Mack is an ecologist working on the connections between plants and climate in polar regions. She is a fellow of the Ecological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union . She currently holds the title of Regent's Professor at Northern Arizona University.[ 1]
Education and career
Mack has both a B.A. and a B.S. from Evergreen State College (1990)[ 2] [ 3] and went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1998.[ 4] Following her Ph.D. she worked at the University of Alaska Fairbanks until 2002, first as a postdoc working with F. Stuart Chapin III and then as a research associate in the Institute of Arctic Biology . In 2002 she moved to the University of Florida where she was promoted to professor in 2013. In 2014 she moved to Northern Arizona University .[ 4]
Research
Mack's research investigations include examining how human activity and the introduction of non-native species impacts terrestrial ecosystems.[ 5] [ 6] For example, she has examined how changes in C4 grasses have changed nitrogen cycling in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park ,[ 7] and how changes in nutrients change the storage of carbon[ 8] and bacterial communities[ 9] in polar regions. Her research includes investigations of the role of fire,[ 10] [ 11] thermokarst lakes ,[ 12] and permafrost thawing on carbon cycling in polar regions.[ 13]
Selected publications
Mack, Michelle C.; D'Antonio, Caria M. (1998). "Impacts of biological invasions on disturbance regimes" . Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 13 (5): 195–198. doi :10.1016/s0169-5347(97)01286-x . ISSN 0169-5347 . PMID 21238260 .
Chapin III, F. Stuart ; Zavaleta, Erika S.; Eviner, Valerie T.; Naylor, Rosamond L.; Vitousek, Peter M.; Reynolds, Heather L.; Hooper, David U.; Lavorel, Sandra; Sala, Osvaldo E.; Hobbie, Sarah E.; Mack, Michelle C.; Díaz, Sandra (2000). "Consequences of changing biodiversity" . Nature . 405 (6783): 234–242. doi :10.1038/35012241 . hdl :11336/37401 . ISSN 0028-0836 . PMID 10821284 . S2CID 205006508 .
Mack, Michelle C.; Schuur, Edward A. G.; Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia; Shaver, Gaius R.; Chapin, F. Stuart (2004). "Ecosystem carbon storage in arctic tundra reduced by long-term nutrient fertilization" . Nature . 431 (7007): 440–443. doi :10.1038/nature02887 . ISSN 0028-0836 . PMID 15386009 . S2CID 4338923 .
Mack, Michelle C.; Walker, Xanthe J.; Johnstone, Jill F.; Alexander, Heather D.; Melvin, April M.; Jean, Mélanie; Miller, Samantha N. (2021-04-16). "Carbon loss from boreal forest wildfires offset by increased dominance of deciduous trees" . Science . 372 (6539): 280–283. doi :10.1126/science.abf3903 . ISSN 0036-8075 . PMID 33859032 . S2CID 233245004 .
Awards and honors
References
^ "Seven new Regents' professors showcase NAU's research and scholarly excellence – The NAU Review" . Retrieved 2021-10-31 .
^ "The Evergreen State College 19th Class Commencement Ceremonies" (PDF) . Evergreen State College . Retrieved October 9, 2021 .
^ "The Evergreen State College Eighteenth Annual Commencement Ceremonoies" (PDF) . Evergreen State College . 1989. Retrieved October 9, 2021 .
^ a b c d "Michelle Cailin Mack CV" (PDF) . 2017.
^ Mack, Michelle C.; D'Antonio, Caria M. (1998). "Impacts of biological invasions on disturbance regimes" . Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 13 (5): 195–198. doi :10.1016/s0169-5347(97)01286-x . ISSN 0169-5347 . PMID 21238260 .
^ D'Antonio, Carla M.; Hughes, R. Flint; Mack, Michelle; Hitchcock, Derek; Vitousek, Peter M. (1998). "The response of native species to removal of invasive exotic grasses in a seasonally dry Hawaiian woodland" . Journal of Vegetation Science . 9 (5): 699–712. doi :10.2307/3237288 . ISSN 1654-1103 . JSTOR 3237288 .
^ Mack, Michelle C.; D'Antonio, Carla M.; Ley, Ruth E. (2001). "Alteration of Ecosystem Nitrogen Dynamics by Exotic Plants: A Case Study of C4 Grasses in Hawaii" . Ecological Applications . 11 (5): 1323–1335. doi :10.1890/1051-0761(2001)011[1323:AOENDB]2.0.CO;2 . ISSN 1939-5582 .
^ Mack, Michelle C.; Schuur, Edward A. G.; Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia; Shaver, Gaius R.; Chapin, F. Stuart (2004). "Ecosystem carbon storage in arctic tundra reduced by long-term nutrient fertilization" . Nature . 431 (7007): 440–443. doi :10.1038/nature02887 . ISSN 0028-0836 . PMID 15386009 . S2CID 4338923 .
^ Campbell, Barbara J.; Polson, Shawn W.; Hanson, Thomas E.; Mack, Michelle C.; Schuur, Edward A. G. (2010). "The effect of nutrient deposition on bacterial communities in Arctic tundra soil" . Environmental Microbiology . 12 (7): 1842–1854. doi :10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02189.x . ISSN 1462-2920 . PMID 20236166 .
^ Johnstone, Jill F.; Hollingsworth, Teresa N.; Chapin, F. Stuart; Mack, Michelle C. (2010). "Changes in fire regime break the legacy lock on successional trajectories in Alaskan boreal forest" . Global Change Biology . 16 (4): 1281–1295. doi :10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02051.x . ISSN 1365-2486 . S2CID 9645666 .
^ Mack, Michelle C.; Bret-Harte, M. Syndonia; Hollingsworth, Teresa N.; Jandt, Randi R.; Schuur, Edward A. G.; Shaver, Gaius R.; Verbyla, David L. (2011). "Carbon loss from an unprecedented Arctic tundra wildfire" . Nature . 475 (7357): 489–492. doi :10.1038/nature10283 . ISSN 0028-0836 . PMID 21796209 . S2CID 4371811 .
^ Anthony, K. M. Walter ; Zimov, S. A.; Grosse, G.; Jones, M. C.; Anthony, P. M.; Iii, F. S. Chapin; Finlay, J. C.; Mack, M. C.; Davydov, S.; Frenzel, P.; Frolking, S. (2014). "A shift of thermokarst lakes from carbon sources to sinks during the Holocene epoch" . Nature . 511 (7510): 452–456. doi :10.1038/nature13560 . ISSN 0028-0836 . OSTI 1776462 . PMID 25043014 . S2CID 4455401 .
^ Schuur, Edward A.G.; Mack, Michelle C. (2018-11-02). "Ecological Response to Permafrost Thaw and Consequences for Local and Global Ecosystem Services" . Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics . 49 (1): 279–301. doi :10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-121415-032349 . ISSN 1543-592X . S2CID 92292300 .
^ "2021 Class of AGU Fellows Announced" . Eos . 2021-09-28. Retrieved 2021-10-09 .
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