Christopher Klausmeier
{{Short description|American ecologist}}
Christopher Klausmeier is an American theoretical ecologist. He is an MSU Research Foundation Professor{{Cite web |title=MSU Research Foundation Professors {{!}} Office of Research and Innovation |url=https://research.msu.edu/msu-research-foundation-professors |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=research.msu.edu}} at the Kellogg Biological Station of Michigan State University. He is known for his work in spatial ecology, ecological stoichiometry, and trait-based eco-evolutionary dynamics.
Education and career
Klausmeier earned a B.S. in mathematics in 1995 from Harvey Mudd College and a Ph.D. in ecology, evolution and behavior in 2000 from the University of Minnesota, advised by David Tilman and Claudia Neuhauser. Following postdoctoral research at EAWAG and Princeton University with Simon Levin, he joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2003. He moved to Michigan State University in 2005.{{Cite web |title=cv_klausmeier.pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/10n591fPUNh_Ayy8dXU83Po7H2PIE77fI/view |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Google Docs}}
Research
Klausmeier’s Ph.D. thesis was titled "The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecological Communities".{{Cite book |last=Klausmeier |first=Christopher |title=The Role of Spatial Heterogeneity in Ecological Communities |publisher=University of Minnesota |year=2000}} It included a model of pattern formation in semi-arid vegetation, which is now known as the Klausmeier model{{Cite journal |last=Klausmeier |first=Christopher A. |date=1999-06-11 |title=Regular and Irregular Patterns in Semiarid Vegetation |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.284.5421.1826 |journal=Science |volume=284 |issue=5421 |pages=1826–1828 |doi=10.1126/science.284.5421.1826 |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }} and has been extensively studied by mathematicians.{{Cite journal |last=Sherratt |first=Jonathan A |date=2010-08-26 |title=Pattern solutions of the Klausmeier Model for banded vegetation in semi-arid environments I |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0951-7715/23/10/016 |journal=Nonlinearity |volume=23 |issue=10 |pages=2657–2675 |doi=10.1088/0951-7715/23/10/016 |issn=0951-7715|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Carter |first=Paul |last2=Doelman |first2=Arjen |date=January 2018 |title=Traveling Stripes in the Klausmeier Model of Vegetation Pattern Formation |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/18m1196996 |journal=SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics |volume=78 |issue=6 |pages=3213–3237 |doi=10.1137/18m1196996 |issn=0036-1399|url-access=subscription }}
Since 2001, his research has largely focused on the ecology of plankton, in collaboration with Elena Litchman. This research has spanned topics from ecological stoichiometry, including explaining the Redfield N:P ratio,{{Cite journal |last=Klausmeier |first=Christopher A. |last2=Litchman |first2=Elena |last3=Daufresne |first3=Tanguy |last4=Levin |first4=Simon A. |date=May 2004 |title=Optimal nitrogen-to-phosphorus stoichiometry of phytoplankton |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature02454 |journal=Nature |volume=429 |issue=6988 |pages=171–174 |doi=10.1038/nature02454 |issn=1476-4687|url-access=subscription }} to trait-based ecology,{{Cite journal |last=Litchman |first=Elena |last2=Klausmeier |first2=Christopher A. |date=2008-12-01 |title=Trait-Based Community Ecology of Phytoplankton |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.39.110707.173549 |journal=Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=615–639 |doi=10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.39.110707.173549 |issn=1543-592X|url-access=subscription }} seasonal succession{{Cite journal |last=Klausmeier |first=Christopher A. |last2=Litchman |first2=Elena |date=July 2012 |title=Successional Dynamics in the Seasonally Forced Diamond Food Web |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/665998 |journal=The American Naturalist |volume=180 |issue=1 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.1086/665998 |issn=0003-0147|url-access=subscription }} and the vertical distribution of phytoplankton, including modeling the deep chlorophyll maximum.
Awards and honors
- 2009 NSF CAREER Award{{Cite web |title=NSF Award Search: Award # 0845825 - CAREER: Modeling Complexity in Plankton Communities |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0845825 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.nsf.gov}}
- 2016 MSU Research Foundation Professor{{Cite news |date=January 12, 2017 |title=Klausmeier, Litchman named Foundation Professors |url=https://www.kbs.msu.edu/2017/01/k-l-foundation-profs/ |work=KBS News}}
- 2018, 2022 Outstanding Ecology Theory Paper Award{{Cite web |title=Past Outstanding Paper Award Recipients |url=https://www.esa.org/theory/awards/past-outstanding-paper-award-recipients/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=www.esa.org}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.kl-lab.group/ Webpage]
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TK8pRqYAAAAJ Google Scholar]
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