Dr. Nate Sanders

Biography

Nate Sanders is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in Ecology from Stanford University in 2000 and a B.A. in Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado in 1995. His research focuses on community ecology, macroecology, and global change ecology, particularly investigating how global change drivers affect interspecific interactions and biodiversity loss. Sanders employs various experimental manipulations across multiple environmental gradients to forecast the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity. His work includes experiments involving ants, plant-insect interactions, and montane plant communities, studying a wide range of taxa. He teaches courses such as General Ecology and Population and Community Ecology, guiding graduate students in advancing their research.

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