Rosemary Sherriff

Having been at Humboldt since 2009, Prof. Sherriff’s research has focused on western forests ranging from Alaska, the Rockies, to northern California. Recent research themes in her Dendroecology Lab include: stand dynamics and tree-growth response to climate, disturbance and forest management practices in redwood, oak and mixed conifer forests of northwest California; climate and spruce beetle effects across white spruce ecosystems near the North American boreal-tundra margin in southwest Alaska; and mixed-severity fire regimes in montane forests of the Colorado wildland-urban interface and the broader western U.S. Prof. Sherriff also continues to be excited about expanding curriculum and inter-disciplinary teaching at Humboldt on climate change, the effects on ecosystems, and solutions.