Dr. Brooke Osborne

Environment & Society

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Brooke is an Assistant Professor of Human Dimensions of Environmental Change in the Department of Environment and Society at the USU-Moab campus. She is a biogeochemist specializing in the effects of human-driven global change, including climate and land use changes, on terrestrial ecosystem structure and function. Her teaching and research tackle big picture questions about the ways in which ecosystems respond to and shape our changing world and she is motivated by the urgent need for improved forecasts of ecosystem responses to global change and adaptive land management strategies. Her research places special emphasis on dryland ecosystems of the western U.S. with the goal of providing actionable information to land managers.

The Osborne Lab is currently seeking USU undergraduate students interested in gaining research experience with biogeochemical research in the lab and field.

Graduate Students:

Savannah Adkins- Ph.D. Ecology, Biology