NESB A210
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Campus Mail 1499
Fort Collins , CO 80523-1499

Phone: (970) 491-1609
Fax: (970) 491-1965
Email: lindsey@nrel.colostate.edu

Areas of Interest:

• Western Mountain Initiative
• Ecological Modeling
• Biogeochemical Cycling / Ecosystem Ecology
• Climate Change
• Sustainability Science
• GIS

Current Projects and Links:

• Curriculum Vitae
• NREL
• Loch Vale Watershed Research Project
• Western Mountain Initiative
• Network for Science and Technology for Sustainability

Biography: Lindsey Christensen is a Research Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), studying the primary and secondary effects of global change on mountain hydro-ecological systems. She is a current member of the Network for Science and Technology for Sustainability. Previously, Dr. Christensen was a Sustainability Systems Research Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Environmental Science and Policy at Stanford University. For the Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability Program, Christensen used an integrated approach to understand the vulnerability of systems in relation to ecosystem function, and the role natural variability plays in their sustainability. Dr. Christensen received her Ph.D. in Ecology in 2001 at NREL, CSU, where she studied the dynamics and sustainability of the Inner Mongolia grasslands, focusing on ecosystem responses to grazing and climate change. In her research career, she has helped teach university courses in California, Utah, and Colorado. Her current research continues to examine natural variability, now focusing on mountain ecosystems. She is part of the Western Mountain Initiative, where she uses models to examine the interactions of climate anomalies, fire, C sequestration, and vegetation change in high elevation mountain ecosystems. This research is conducted at both site and regional scales, with information used for research, prediction, and decision support efforts.