Trina Merrick
Geography
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department/Unit
Geography
Research Interests
Dr. Pau received her Ph.D. from the University of California. She studies how species, communities, and ecosystem functions change through space and time using a variety of approaches such as satellite remote sensing, drones, tree rings, plot-based field surveys, and statistical modeling. Her research interests include biogeography, biodiversity conservation, global change ecology, climate change, and remote sensing. Her research activities involve climate change impacts on tropical forest growth and phenology, as well as, human impact on tropical forests.