Welcome to the webpage for the Loik Laboratory in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Our activities focus on the following:
1. Impacts: Understanding how short-term weather patterns, altered atmospheric composition (e.g., elevated CO2, NOx, O3), and climate change drive plant physiology, the structure of biological communities, and ecosystem processes. Much of this work has been done in arid and semi-arid ecosystems in desert, shrub, grass and forest habitats.
2. Adaptation: Using results to help prepare for ongoing climate change. We are interested in informing adaptation for fire risk and drought in particular.
3. Mitigation: Development of new technologies to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Click here to see coverage in Newsweek of the Wavelength-Selective Photovoltaic Systems (WSPVs) in the photo below. You can access the paper in Earth's Future here. And read about other coverage at Altmetrics.
4. Education, Outreach & Communication: Training a diverse workforce and engaging communities.
The link boxes at the top will take you to pages with more details.
Our work addresses questions at different spatial and temporal scales, and is situated at the intersections of Plant Physiological Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Biometeorology, Climatology, Ecohydrology, Alpine Ecology, Desert Ecology, Snow Ecology, Grassland Ecology, Restoration Ecology & Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry.
We utilize a variety of approaches, and specialize in the following:
Interested in graduate studies? Contact me via email, or click here.
1. Impacts: Understanding how short-term weather patterns, altered atmospheric composition (e.g., elevated CO2, NOx, O3), and climate change drive plant physiology, the structure of biological communities, and ecosystem processes. Much of this work has been done in arid and semi-arid ecosystems in desert, shrub, grass and forest habitats.
2. Adaptation: Using results to help prepare for ongoing climate change. We are interested in informing adaptation for fire risk and drought in particular.
3. Mitigation: Development of new technologies to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Click here to see coverage in Newsweek of the Wavelength-Selective Photovoltaic Systems (WSPVs) in the photo below. You can access the paper in Earth's Future here. And read about other coverage at Altmetrics.
4. Education, Outreach & Communication: Training a diverse workforce and engaging communities.
The link boxes at the top will take you to pages with more details.
Our work addresses questions at different spatial and temporal scales, and is situated at the intersections of Plant Physiological Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Biometeorology, Climatology, Ecohydrology, Alpine Ecology, Desert Ecology, Snow Ecology, Grassland Ecology, Restoration Ecology & Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry.
We utilize a variety of approaches, and specialize in the following:
- Soil - Plant -Atmosphere Water Relations
- Surface-Atmosphere Energy Budgets
- Leaf - Canopy - Landscape Carbon Fluxes
- Environmental Sensors
- Sustainable Solar and Thermal Energy Development
- Embedded Networks
- Robotics
Interested in graduate studies? Contact me via email, or click here.
