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Contact Information:
Jess Dong School of Environment and Natural Resources The Ohio State University Mailing Address: 2021 Coffey Road 210 Kottman Hall Columbus, Ohio 43210 USA Email: dong.1131@osu.edu Twitter: @jessjessler |
RESEARCH INTERESTS & BACKGROUND:
I received a B.A. in Zoology and Botany from Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) in 2021. While at OWU, I worked on a few projects, including parent-offspring interactions of Mexican grey wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) in captivity, impacts of climate change on sugar maple (Acer saccharum) syrup production, edge effects on insect diversity, and effects of road salt application on zooplankton diversity. After graduation, I worked on a project investigating the ovarian response to social challenges mediated by glucocorticoid receptors in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) at Indiana University as a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Post-Baccalaureate Students (NSF-REPS) recipient.
My research interests broadly lie in climate change, landscape ecology, and community ecology. For my dissertation, I ask questions about how climate and land-use changes affect community dynamics, including intra-guild and trophic interactions, at various spatiotemporal scales. Specifically, I am interested in the turnover, distribution shift, and community composition of birds in response to climate and land-use changes directly and indirectly (via plants).
I believe in interdisciplinary approaches in science and am passionate about indigenous wisdom acknowledgement and making science inclusive. For more information, check out my upcoming website.
I received a B.A. in Zoology and Botany from Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU) in 2021. While at OWU, I worked on a few projects, including parent-offspring interactions of Mexican grey wolves (Canis lupus baileyi) in captivity, impacts of climate change on sugar maple (Acer saccharum) syrup production, edge effects on insect diversity, and effects of road salt application on zooplankton diversity. After graduation, I worked on a project investigating the ovarian response to social challenges mediated by glucocorticoid receptors in Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) at Indiana University as a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Post-Baccalaureate Students (NSF-REPS) recipient.
My research interests broadly lie in climate change, landscape ecology, and community ecology. For my dissertation, I ask questions about how climate and land-use changes affect community dynamics, including intra-guild and trophic interactions, at various spatiotemporal scales. Specifically, I am interested in the turnover, distribution shift, and community composition of birds in response to climate and land-use changes directly and indirectly (via plants).
I believe in interdisciplinary approaches in science and am passionate about indigenous wisdom acknowledgement and making science inclusive. For more information, check out my upcoming website.
PUBLICATIONS:
Dong, J., and L. J. Anderson. 2022. Predicted impacts of global change on bottom-up trophic interactions in the plant-ungulate-wolf food chain in boreal forests. Food Webs 33:e00253.
Dong, J., and L. J. Anderson. 2022. Predicted impacts of global change on bottom-up trophic interactions in the plant-ungulate-wolf food chain in boreal forests. Food Webs 33:e00253.
