DepartmentDepartment of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Michigan Biological Station
OrganizationUniversity of Michigan
Emailknute@umich.edu
Phone734-763-4461
Address2014 Natural Sciences Building
Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109United StatesBioI received my Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and began a postdoctoral fellowship in 1983 at the Marine Biological Laboratory’s (MBL) Ecosystems Center in Woods Hole, MA. In 1996-97, I was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship to work at the Norwegian Institute of Water Research (Oslo). After moving through the ranks to Senior Research Scientist, I the MBL left in 2002 to serve as co-Director of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Ecosystem Studies Program. In 2003, I joined the University of Michigan as Director of the Biological Station and Professor in EEB.I am interested in ecological and biogeochemical processes that determine ecosystem dynamics and functioning at local, regional and global levels. I conduct field studies in temperate forests and arctic tundra to improve understanding of how ecosystems respond to climate change, air pollution and physical disturbance. I am particularly interested in how interactions among soil biota, plants and climate interact to determine ecosystem structure and stability.