Jessica Hellmann

Jessica Hellmann
Alma mater

Stanford University

University of Michigan
Employer University of Minnesota
Organization Institute on the Environment

Jessica Hellmann is a Professor of Ecology at the University of Minnesota. She is Director of the Institute on the Environment.

Early life and education

Hellmann has said she chose a career in ecology after being inspired by space camp, her grandpa's farm and her father, who was an engineer.[1] She completed a Bachelor's in Ecology at the University of Michigan in 1996.[2] She holds a PhD in Biology from Stanford.[3] Her doctoral advisor, and role model, was Paul R. Ehrlich.[4] She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for International Security and Cooperation, where she argued that the environment was an important part of security.[5] At Stanford University, she was part of the Leopold Leadership Program.[6] Hellmann also worked as a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia.[7][8]

Career

Hellmann is recognised as "one of the nation’s leading researchers on global change ecology and climate adaptation".[9] Hellmann was one of the first to identify that living with climate change is "just as crucial to the future of humanity and Earth’s ecosystems as slowing and stopping greenhouse gas emissions".[10][11] Her lab use mathematical models, genomic techniques to identify the impact of climate change on ecology and evolution.[12]

She joined the University of Notre Dame in 2003, where Hellmann served as a faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences.[13] She received a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation in 2006.[14] She researched the impact of habitat loss and fragmentation on the distribution of insects and their host plants. She concentrated on the Garry oak species, and how they could spread in a future climate.[15][16]

In 2011 she was awarded a Residential Fellowship from the University of Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study.[17] In 2012 she published the book "Advancing Adaptation In The City Of Chicago".[18] She delivered the 2012 Reilly Forum Lecture, "Fixing the global commons: what humans can and should do to help nature live and thrive through climate change".[19] In 2013, Hellmann helped the Global Adaptation Institute relocate in the University of Notre Dame.[20] In 2015 she became Research Director of the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), which measures climate risks and readiness to adapt to climate risks for countries around the world.[21][22] She was worried about being labelled a "butterfly person", as she studied them extensively as proxy for how climate change impacts insects in general.[4] She was described as an "influential voice surrounding climate adaptation and the environment".[13]

In 2015, Hellmann joined the University of Minnesota.[23] Here she delivered a keynote talk, "can we save biodiversity from climate change?".[24] She became Director of the Institute on the Environment. She published her second book, "A Review Of The Landscape Conservation Cooperatives" in 2016.[25] She holds the Russell M. and Elizabeth M. Bennett Chair in Excellence.[26] She is co-chair of the University of Minnesota Water Council.[7]

She has influenced governments and corporations, encouraging them to strategically invest in climate change adaptation. In 2013 and 2014 she co-wrote the National Climate Change Assessment.[27] She is on the Board of Directors of the Great Plains Institute, the Science Advisory Council for the Environmental Law and Policy Center and the governing committee of the Natural Capital Planet.[28][29][30] She has contributed to CNN, NPR, Fox News, The Telegraph and the Chicago Tribune.[31][32][33][34] She writes for The Conversation (website).[35] In 2017 she was announced as an American Association for the Advancement of Science Leshner Fellow.[36]

References

  1. ↑ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Studying Climate Change's Impact on Organisms and Ecosystems // Environmental Change Initiative // University of Notre Dame". Environmental Change Initiative. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  2. ↑ Dame, RKD // AgencyND // University of Notre. "Jessica J. Hellmann // John J. Reilly Center // University of Notre Dame". reilly.nd.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  3. ↑ "People | Center for Conservation Biology". ccb.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  4. 1 2 Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Turning Point: Jessica Hellmann // Environmental Change Initiative // University of Notre Dame". Environmental Change Initiative. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  5. ↑ "» From National Security to Green Roofs: Q & A With Jessica Hellmann". www.naturalcapitalproject.org. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  6. ↑ "» Adapting to climate change initiatives". alumni.seas.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  7. 1 2 Smith, James N.M.; Hellmann, Jessica J. (2002-09-01). "Population persistence in fragmented landscapes". Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 17 (9). doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02576-4. ISSN 0169-5347.
  8. ↑ Powell, Kendall (2003-01-13). "Rising household numbers damage hotspots". Nature News. doi:10.1038/news030106-18.
  9. ↑ Anonymous (2015-07-01). "University of Minnesota names Jessica Hellmann director of the Institute on the Environment". University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  10. ↑ McLaughlin, John F.; Hellmann, Jessica J.; Boggs, Carol L.; Ehrlich, Paul R. (2002-04-30). "Climate change hastens population extinctions". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99 (9): 6070–6074. doi:10.1073/pnas.052131199. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 122903. PMID 11972020.
  11. ↑ "Jessica Hellmann - Institute on the Environment". Institute on the Environment. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  12. ↑ "Jessica Hellmann | College of Biological Sciences". cbs.umn.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  13. 1 2 Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Jessica Hellmann named Director of University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment // Department of Biological Sciences // University of Notre Dame". Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  14. ↑ "Jessica Hellmann". www3.nd.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  15. ↑ "GOERT : Our Team & Contacts : Recovery Implementation Group (RIG) members". www.goert.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  16. ↑ "GOERT : Our Activities". www.goert.ca. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  17. ↑ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Jessica - Hellmann // Institute for Advanced Study // University of Notre Dame". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  18. ↑ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Advancing Adaptation in the City of Chicago // Institute for Advanced Study // University of Notre Dame". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  19. ↑ University of Notre Dame (2012-04-20), Fixing The Global Commons, retrieved 2018-02-24
  20. ↑ "Notre Dame to be New Home of Climate Change Index | Natural Gas Partners". ngpenergycapital.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  21. ↑ Dame, RKD // AgencyND // University of Notre. "Global Adaptation Index // John J. Reilly Center // University of Notre Dame". reilly.nd.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  22. ↑ Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "2014 ND-GAIN results show that Norway is most prepared for climate change". Notre Dame News. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  23. ↑ Swearingen, Michael. "Hellmann: Scientists focusing on how to adapt to climate change". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  24. ↑ Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota (2015-10-26), Can we save biodiversity from climate change?, retrieved 2018-02-24
  25. ↑ Cooperatives., National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee For The Evaluation Of The Landscape Conservation. A review of the landscape conservation cooperatives. Washington, DC. ISBN 9780309379854. OCLC 961942148.
  26. ↑ "Jessica Hellmann | University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability". seas.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  27. ↑ Poole-Wilson, P. A.; Langer, G. A. (September 1975). "Effect of pH on ionic exchange and function in rat and rabbit myocardium". The American Journal of Physiology. 229 (3): 570–581. doi:10.1152/ajplegacy.1975.229.3.570. ISSN 0002-9513. PMID 2014.
  28. ↑ "» People". www.naturalcapitalproject.org. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
  29. ↑ "Advisory Councils - Environmental Law & Policy Center". Environmental Law & Policy Center. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  30. ↑ "Board of Directors | Great Plains Institute". www.betterenergy.org. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  31. ↑ Jenkins, Rev. John I. "The pope's challenge on global warming". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  32. ↑ Hellmann, Martina Grecequet, Ian Noble, Jessica. "Many small island nations can adapt to climate change with global support". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  33. ↑ "These are the countries most at risk from a climate change". indy100. 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  34. ↑ "Big Picture Science – The Evolution of Evolution". BLOG PICTURE SCIENCE. 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  35. ↑ "Jessica Hellmann". The Conversation. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
  36. ↑ "2016-2017 Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellows: Climate Change". AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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