Dr. Trevor Keenan

Biography

Trevor Keenan's research interests center on understanding the response of terrestrial ecosystems to climate variability and long-term change, along with the related feedbacks between the atmosphere and ecosystems, particularly in relation to carbon cycling and water use. His work combines large ecological data sets, such as eddy-covariance and remote sensing, models of ecosystem states and functions, and data assimilation and mining tools, resulting in in-situ field studies and experiments that provide mechanistic insights into key physical and biological processes. Keenan employs methods from diverse disciplines including ecophysiology, biogeochemistry, micrometeorology, atmospheric science, mathematics, and high-performance computing.

Research Interests