Jennifer A. Dunne is an ecologist with a background in experimental field ecology relating to climate-ecosystem interactions.  Over the last several years, I have shifted methods and now conduct primarily synthetic, in silico research and development.  My current broad interests include computational ecology, theoretical ecology, and ecoinformatics, with a particular focus on food-web research, network theory, and paleoecology.  In general, my work seeks to conceptualize, analyze, and model ecosystems as complex networks of interactions among diverse species.  I am very interested in network topology and dynamics as a framework for exploring ecosystem stability, in terms of internal dynamics as well as robustness to external perturbations such as biodiversity loss.  I am affiliated with three research institutes, and enjoy working in collaborative, interdisciplinary environments.

Current Positions

-Research Fellow, Santa Fe Institute (SFI).  Santa Fe, NM.
-Co-Director, Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computational Ecology Lab (PEaCE Lab).  Berkeley, CA
-Research Associate, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL).  Gothic, CO.

Address:
Santa Fe Institute
1399 Hyde Park Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501

email: jdunne@santafe.edu
Santa Fe Institute profile: www.santafe.edu/profiles/?pid=67
home page: online.sfsu.edu/~jdunne/
phone: (505) 946-2766; fax: (505) 982-0565

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