Exploring Urban Landscape Connectivity for Pollinators Using Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Models (A Sabbatical Adventure)

Speaker: Dr. Elsa Youngsteadt, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Ecology, and CGA Faculty Fellow, North Carolina State University

Introduction by: Dr. Georgina Sanchez, CGA’s Director of Research Engagement

Summary: TBD

About the speaker: Elsa Youngsteadt is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at NC State University. The Youngsteadt Lab investigates the effects of urbanization and climate change on insects, including bees, ants, and butterflies. Youngsteadt also manages a native-bee Extension and outreach program, and developed outreach materials that are used statewide, including guides to bee identification and nesting habitat for North Carolina. After completing her Ph.D. in Entomology at NC State, she worked as a science writer and editor for American Scientist magazine, then returned to research in ecosystems throughout the Americas, from the Carolina sandhills to the Peruvian Amazon. Elsa grew up in Missouri and spent a few years in Wisconsin before settling in North Carolina, where her favorite bee is the carpenter bee and her favorite ecosystem is the longleaf pine savanna.