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Importance of plant functional type, dynamic vegetation, and fire interactions for process-based modeling of gross carbon uptake across the drylands of western North America
Our findings suggest that DGVMs inability to accurately represent the spatial distribution of herbaceous (specifically C4 grass) cover as well as processes controlling dynamically changing vegetation distributions over time (including fire) contribute to poor model performance in capturing annual variability in dryland productivity. Our findings can provide a roadmap for DGVM teams seeking to improve vegetation representation in sparsely vegetated dynamic dryland ecosystems..
Recommended citation: Pervin, R., Robeson, S., Barnes, M., Sitch, S., Walker, A.P., Poulter, B., Maignan, F., Sun, Q., Colligan, T., Zaehle, S., Mahmud, K., Anthoni, P., Arneth, A., Arora, V.K., Bastrikov, V., Bogucki, L., Decharme, B., Delire, C., Falk, S., Ito, A., Kato, E., Kennedy, D., Knauer, J., O’Sullivan, M., Yuan, W. and MacBean, N. (2025) Importance of plant functional type, dynamic vegetation, and fire interactions for process-based modeling of gross carbon uptake across the drylands of western North America. In revision for Biogeosciences.
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An Ehrlich-inspired retrobiosynthesis of pharmaceutical scaffolds
This work unveils a generalizable biocatalytic route to clinically important alkaloids by exploiting metabolic logic from a yeast flavor pathway.
Recommended citation: Rumpl, A., Kowalski, D., Goodhew, J., Hirano, M., Bogucki, L., Rosa, C., Lachance, M.A., Pyne, M. (2025) An Ehrlich-inspired retrobiosynthesis of pharmaceutical scaffolds. In revision for Nature Communications.
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Tropical and subtropical drylands dominate the interannual variability in global net terrestrial carbon flux irrespective of different global ecosystem classifications or geographic scales
Published in Environmental Research: Climate, 2026
Our findings demonstrate that drylands persist as the dominant contributor to global terrestrial net C flux IAV, irrespective of different global ecosystem classifications or geographic scales.
Recommended citation: Bogucki, L., Feldman, A., Moore, D.J.P., Amaral, C., Wang, L., Green, J., Babst, F., Ojima, D., Pervin, R., Reed, S., Smith, W.K., Zhang, W. and MacBean, N. (2026) Tropical and subtropical drylands dominate the interannual variability in global net terrestrial carbon flux irrespective of different global ecosystem classifications or geographic scales. Environmental Research: Climate, 5, 035049.
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Development of Bioengineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the Biosynthesis of Ephedrine & Related Alkaloids
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Presentation on the development of bioengineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the biosynthesis of ephedrine and related alkaloids.
Drylands and Tropical Forests: Determining Which Region Contributes More to Interannual Carbon Flux Variability Across Different Definitions
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Presentation of preliminary results identifying global drylands as the dominant contributors to global carbon flux interannual variability.
Drylands or Tropical Forests: Identifying the Dominant Contributor to Interannual Carbon Flux Variation Across Multiple Definitions
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Presentation of preliminary results identifying global drylands as the dominant contributors to global carbon flux interannual variability.
Tropical drylands dominate global net carbon flux interannual variability irrespective of different biome definitions and geographic scales
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Presentation outlining how global tropical and subtropical drylands are the dominant contributors to global carbon flux interannual variability.
Recent and upcoming advances in the understanding of terrestrial ecosystem processes through dynamic global vegetation models
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High level presentation outlining recent and upcoming advances in dynamic global vegetation models.
The Dominant Role of Drylands in Global Net Carbon Flux Interannual Variability Persists With Different Dryland Biome Classifications
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Presentation outlining how global tropical and subtropical drylands are the dominant contributors to global carbon flux interannual variability.
Adding Biological Soil Crust Representation to the CLASSIC Terrestrial Biosphere Model to Improve Dryland Carbon Flux Simulations
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Presentation outlining proposed addition of biological soil crust repersentation to the CLASSIC terrestrial biosphere model to improve dryland carbon flux simulations.
Adding Biological Soil Crust Representation to the CLASSIC Terrestrial Biosphere Model to Improve Dryland Carbon Flux Simulations
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Presentation outlining proposed addition of biological soil crust repersentation to the CLASSIC terrestrial biosphere model to improve dryland carbon flux simulations.
teaching
Teaching assistant - Bio2483A ‘Ecology’
Undergraduate course, Western University, Biology, 2025
Teaching assistant - Bio3425G ‘Global Change Biology’
Undergraduate course, Western University, Biology, 2026
