Catherine Mercer (they/them)

I joined the ALDER Network to help increase LGBTQIA+ visibility in ecology.

Communications OfficerForest ecology, alpine plant ecology, global change, distribution shifts, biogeography

I’m an ecologist studying the impacts of climate change on forests and alpine plants. In my work I use a combination of remote sensing, statistical modelling, and dendrochronology.

Currently I’m a PhD student at the University of Stirling, studying the effects of climate change and treeline advance on alpine plant distributions in Taiwan. I’m also working as a research assistant for the NERC ForeSight project. The project aims to predict and monitor drought-linked forest growth decline across Europe.

My previous studies include a BSc (Hons) in Ecology (University of Stirling) and an Erasmus Mundus MSc in Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management (University of Padova, Italy).

Twitter: @catherine_merc
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