Biology Department
Jeffrey Corbin
Job Title
Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Life Sciences
Professor of Biological Sciences
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. 2025. The influence of exotic species’ legacies on pathways of restoration. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.14381 (OpenAccess link)
Malatesta, A., B. Henry, and J.D. Corbin. 2025. Legacies of past housing discrimination in the present-day urban forest of a moderate-sized US city. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening 104: 128679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128679 (OpenAccess link)
Garbowski, M., 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. 2024. Naturalized species drive functional trait shifts in plant communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121: e2403120121 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2403120121
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
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
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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, Berkeley
Integrated Science and Engineering Complex (ISEC) 319
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