David, Mark

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

I was interested in the environment growing up and participated in many outdoor activities (I was an Eagle Scout). This led to a BS in forest science, followed by graduate work on environmental topics such as sewage effluent disposal on a forest and acid rain effects on ecosystems. My Ph.D. in environmental science prepared me for working in a range of ecosystems, which I have continued to expand throughout my career (moving from forested more natural ecosystems to highly managed agricultural). Because of my broad range of studies and ecosystem types, I have published papers in a wide range of journals.

Research Interests:

Water/Biogeochemistry, Agronomy/Agroecology, Ecosystem Science, Forest Resources and Management, Soil Science and Conservation

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Mark B. David

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Understanding Linkages Among Human and Biogeochemical Processes in Agricultural Landscapes

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National Science Foundation (NSF) - The only federal agency whose mission includes support for all fields of fundamental science and engineering, except for medical sciences. We are tasked with keeping the United States at the leading edge of discovery in areas from astronomy to geology to zoology. So, in addition to funding research in the traditional academic areas, the agency also supports "high-risk, high pay-off" ideas, novel collaborations and numerous projects that may seem like science fiction today, but which the public will take for granted tomorrow.

Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability, Michigan State University - A center of excellence that integrates ecology with socioeconomics, demography, and other disciplines for ecological sustainability from local, national, to global scales.

Global Land Project - A joint research project for land systems in the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and the International Human Dimensions Programme.

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Coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) are integrated systems in which humans and natural components interact. CHANS research has recently emerged as an exciting and integrative field of cross-disciplinary scientific inquiry, with research projects covering a variety of coupled systems in locations spanning the globe. Although individual projects have generated many important insights, it is essential to systematically transform the field to be more than the sum of its parts and provide broader insights of greater scientific and societal significance than those resulting from individual projects alone. The goal of CHANS-Net is to foster this transformation by facilitating communication and collaboration among members of the CHANS research community.

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