Jeffrey Corbin
Areas of expertise
Ecosystem restoration and invasive species
Research interests
I am a plant ecologist who studies questions at the intersection of community and ecosystem ecology. Much of my focus is on the effects of invasive species and land use change on biodiversity and soil dynamics. I also work to apply my findings to strategies to conservation and habitat restoration.
Teaching interests
Courses: Heredity, Evolution and Ecology (BIO 103), Introduction to Environmental Studies (ENS 100) and Plant Ecology (BIO 324) and Advanced Topics in Ecology (BIO 329)
Publications
Representative List; Student authors italicized
Corbin, J. D., M. A. Duffy, J. L. Gill, and C. Ziter (2024), Climate education that builds hope and agency, not fear. Eos 105(1):13-17. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EO230302
M. Garbowski, D.C. Laughlin, D.M. Blumenthal, H.R. Sofaer, D.T. Barnett, E.M. Beaury, D.M. Buonaiuto, J.D. Corbin, J.S. Dukes, R. Early, A.N. Nebhut, L.Petri, M.Vilà, I.S.. Pearse. In Press. Naturalized species drive functional trait shifts in plant communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Corbin, J.D. and E. L. Flatland. 2022. Mapping edaphic soils conditions to identify conservation targets for pine barren and sandplain ecosystems in New York State. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9282. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9282
Brown, M.E., R.O. Prieto, J.D. Corbin, J.H. Ness, R. Borroto-Paez, T.S. McCay, and M.S. Farnsworth. 2021. Plant pirates of the Caribbean: Is Cuba sheltered by its revolutionary economy? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19:208-215. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2311. (Featured as Research Highlight in Nature and National Geographic.)
Gilbert, and Corbin. 2019. Biological soil crusts inhibit seed germination in a temperate pine barren ecosystem. PLoS One 14: e0212466..
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Academic credentials
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, BerkeleyIntegrated Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC) 319
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