Jasper Slingsby
Professor of plant ecology and global change biology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
His research is focused on global change in South African terrestrial ecosystems and revolves around field studies and spatial data analyses with the goal of informing policy and management. His projects focus on fire, water, land cover (including invasive species) and climate change. He is interested in understanding the processes that determine the structure, composition, and function of ecosystems and how global change drivers are altering these processes. He is also working to monitor and mitigate or adapt to global change impacts for societal benefit. He has played a leading role in the NASA BioSCape mission aimed at integrating ground based and remote sensing biodiversity monitoring efforts. He is collaborating with ASCEND in integrating spectra, traits and phylogenetic and community assembly approaches in the Fynbos regions of South Africa.