NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology for FY 2011

2011 财年 NSF 生物学博士后奖学金

• 批准号: 1103734
• 负责人: Melanie Harsch
• 金额: $ 18.9万
• 依托单位: Harsch Melanie A
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1103734&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Postdoctoral; Fellowship; Biology; FY

This action funds an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology for FY 2011, Intersections of Biology and Mathematical and Physical Sciences. The fellowship supports a research and training plan in a host laboratory for the Fellow at the intersection of biology and mathematics. The title of the research and training plan for this fellowship to Melanie Harsh is "Global assessment of the variability of plant species response to climate change." The host institution for this research is University of Washington with sponsoring scientists Drs. Hille Ris lambers Janneke and Mark Kot.Managing, and therefore predicting, the effects of climate change is one of the greatest societal challenges. Developing and prioritizing management strategies, complicated by variability between species and regions globally, require realism in analyses and accuracy in predictions. This research seeks to understand and predict climate change impacts on species limits through models that incorporate complexity apparent in natural systems, specifically, species sensitivity (functional traits) and ability to respond to climate change (demographic and dispersal rates) along with possible interactions with the rate of climate change. The approach utilizes theoretical mathematical models, based on stage-structured integrodifference equations, and statistical models, built within a hierarchical Bayesian framework to address (1) How climate and demographic rates interact to determine response to climate change; (2) If functional traits or demographic rates can predict response to climate change. This project also identifies potential threshold limits of tolerance and relationships not readily identified through observational studies, thus rapidly advancing the field of biology and conceptual understanding by encouraging new research questions.Training goals focus on developing the necessary skills to conduct interdisciplinary research through advanced training in modern mathematical and statistical methods, model implementation, and validation techniques, as well as communication training through oral presentations, written documents, and visual displays. Broader impacts include the dissemination of the results to conservation and natural resource organizations through written documents and presentations as well as public outreach.

这项行动资助了 2011 财年 NSF 生物学博士后研究奖学金，即生物学与数学和物理科学的交叉领域。该奖学金支持在生物学和数学交叉领域的研究员所在实验室的研究和培训计划。 梅兰妮·哈什 (Melanie Harsh) 的研究和培训计划的标题是“植物物种对气候变化反应的变异性的全球评估”。这项研究的主办机构是华盛顿大学，赞助科学家为 Drs。 Hille Ris Lambers Janneke 和 Mark Kot。 管理并预测气候变化的影响是最大的社会挑战之一。 全球物种和地区之间的差异使管理策略的制定和优先排序变得复杂，需要现实的分析和准确的预测。本研究旨在通过模型了解和预测气候变化对物种限制的影响，该模型融合了自然系统中明显的复杂性，特别是物种敏感性（功能特征）和应对气候变化的能力（人口和扩散率）以及与气候变化率可能存在的相互作用。 该方法利用基于阶段结构积分差异方程的理论数学模型和在分层贝叶斯框架内构建的统计模型来解决（1）气候和人口比率如何相互作用以确定对气候变化的响应； (2) 功能特征或人口比率是否可以预测对气候变化的反应。该项目还确定了通过观察性研究不易识别的潜在耐受阈值限制和关系，从而通过鼓励新的研究问题，迅速推进生物学领域和概念理解。培训目标侧重于通过现代数学和统计方法、模型实施和验证技术的高级培训，以及通过口头演示、书面文件和视觉展示进行的沟通培训，培养进行跨学科研究所需的技能。 更广泛的影响包括通过书面文件和演示以及公众宣传向保护和自然资源组织传播结果。