Welcome to the Classen Lab
The Global Change & Ecosystem Ecology Research Group
We are an international group of community, ecosystem, and global change ecologists. We work on a variety of topics, but in general we focus on three areas: (1) Understanding and modeling connections among soil organisms, herbivores, plants, and ecosystem function, (2) Understanding how global change and shifting above- and below-ground biodiversity alters the composition and function of ecosystems, and (3) Exploring how scale and context influence ecological patterns and processes. We build diverse and international teams of researchers to solve complex environmental problems.
Latest Lab News & Announcements
- Department of Energy Meeting in DC
Aimee and Olivia headed down to Washington DC this week to meet up with our collaborators and present our work on the impacts of advanced… Continue reading Department of Energy Meeting in DC - Lab Retreat at UMBS
The Classen and Sanders Lab headed north for the weekend to take in winter at the Biostation. We spent time crafting a lab mission statement… Continue reading Lab Retreat at UMBS - Snowpack Excitement
Our snowpack sensor has been piquing the interest of many people across the midwest! Check out the series media coverage about our research. “Biological Station’s… Continue reading Snowpack Excitement - Changing Winters
The snow just keeps on coming up at the biostation! Luckily our snow sensor is up and running. Thanks to the Digital Water Lab, we… Continue reading Changing Winters - Snowpack at UMBS
At the end of November we installed a high frequency snow depth sensor at UMBS! This simple setup uses a low cost sonic rangefinder to… Continue reading Snowpack at UMBS