NWT LTER LEAD Named as CU Distinguished Professor

Congratulations to Katie Suding on being named a University of Colorado Distinguished Professor.

Distinguished professors are faculty members who demonstrate exemplary performance in research or creative work, a record of excellence in classroom teaching and supervision of individual learning, and outstanding service to the profession, the university and its affiliates. More information on this recognition can be found here: https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/12/10/8-cu-boulder-faculty-members-become-distinguished-professors

A short description of Katie’s work can be found below:

Katharine N. Suding

PhD | Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

Previously an undergraduate researcher and postdoctoral researcher at CU, Suding became a faculty member in 2013 and assumed the directorship of the NSF-funded Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. Thanks to her participation as a lead scientist, a role she began 20 years ago, the program is now the longest continuously NSF-funded research program at CU.

The LTER is a flagship multidisciplinary effort that has contributed to over 1,100 research articles on the climate, biology, geology and ecology of the Front Range, and has provided over $25 million in support to CU environmental research efforts. Her area of expertise includes the science of restoration, community, and ecosystem ecology. The restoration research attempts to apply ecological knowledge in a proactive way by assembling communities requested or needed by society.