Brian J. Enquist

Brian J. Enquist
Born United States
Residence United States
Citizenship American
Alma mater
Known for Metabolic Scaling Theory
Macroecology
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions University of ArizonaThe Santa Fe Institute
Thesis On the origin and consequences of allometric scaling in biology. (1998)
Doctoral advisor James H. Brown
Doctoral students Charles Price, Michael Weiser, Megan McCarthy, Nathan Swenson, James Stegen, Christine Lamanna, Scott Stark, Cathy Hulshof, Lindsey Sloat, Benjamin Blonder, Julie Messier, Alex Brummer, Vanessa Buzzard
Other notable students Postdocs: Andrew Kerkhoff, Brad Boyle, Jason Pither, Ethan White, Lisa Patrick Bentley, Cyrille Violle, Helene Morlon, Sean Michaletz Sandra Duran, Rachael Gallagher, Danilo Neves
Influences Karl J. Niklas
Geoffrey B. West
Carolyn A.F. Enquist

Brian Joseph Enquist is an American biologist and academic.

Dr. Enquist is a Professor of Biology at the University of Arizona. He is also external professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is a broadly trained biologist, plant biologist and an ecologist. He is a Fulbright Fellow, has been listed in Popular Science Magazine as one of their "Brilliant 10", and was elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012 and the Ecological Society of America (ESA) in 2018.

Research

His lab strives to develop a more integrative, quantitative, and predictive framework for biology, community ecology, and large-scale ecology. His research focuses on three core areas:

(1) Scaling and Functional Biology – Understanding the origin and diversity of organismal form, function, and diversity by developing general models for the origin of biological scaling laws. This research shows how general scaling laws and allometry, underlie organismal form, function, and diversity; physiological ecology and can be used to 'scale up' biological processes from genes to cells to ecosystems.

(2) Macroecology – assessing the large scale biogeographic and evolutionary drivers of biological diversity and developing novel theoretical and informatics approaches that build from scaling principles and functional biology;

(3) Forecasting and Visualizing the Fate of Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning. This work is building novel approaches to complex ecological problems – utilizing integrative computation, big data, statistical, and visualisation tools to visualize and analyze biological data and to assess how climate change will influence the distribution of diversity and functioning of forests and ecosystems.

His lab's research utilizes differing approaches including: developing theory and informatics infrastructure, field work, big datasets, scaling, empirically measuring numerous attributes of organismal form and function, utilizing physiological and trait-based techniques, and assessing macroecological and large-scale patterns. His collaborative group often works in contrasting environments including tropical forests, on elevation gradients, and in high alpine ecosystems.

Education and honors

Education

Enquist received a bachelors with distinction in Biology in 1991 before obtaining his M.S. and PhD in Biology in 1995 and 1998 respectively:

Honors

Honors Brian J. Enquist has received include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ ESA Fellow
  2. ↑ Visiting Fellow
  3. ↑ American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, (2012)
  4. ↑ College of Science Galileo Circle Fellow
  5. ↑ Eminent Ecologist, Kellogg Biological Station
  6. ↑ Center for Theoretical Study, Prague
  7. ↑ Popular Science Magazine – "Top 10 Brilliant Young Minds."
  8. ↑ George Mercer Award
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