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Elsa Ordway is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director at the Congo Basin Institute and the Center for Tropical Research at the University of California, Los Angeles, specializing in ecosystem ecology. Her research group focuses on the dynamics of forest ecosystems, employing field measurements, remote sensing, and modeling to study the interactions between climate change and land use change. Her work emphasizes the social-ecological systems, exploring how human communities interact with forest ecologies. Ordway has contributed significantly to the understanding of tropical biology, conservation biology, plant biology, and ecology. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, tackling topics such as carbon cycling in forest ecosystems, the effects of oil palm expansion on forests, and the ecological implications of droughts and wildfires. Her commitment to integrating socio-environmental research underlines her interdisciplinary approach, aiming to provide insights into sustainability and conservation challenges in tropical regions.
University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles, CA
Conducting research and teaching in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, focusing on ecosystem ecology and social-ecological systems.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.