Xue Feng
Ecohydrology; hydrological modeling; plant ecophysiology; green infrastructure
Background & Expertise
Xue Feng is an associate professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering. Feng's research focuses on how water shapes ecosystem response to climate change and uses this knowledge to advance watershed and Earth system modeling. She uses a range of statistical, computational and field-based methods to analyze climate variability and model the nonlinear dynamics within the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum. Her work takes place in a wide range of settings, including forests, urban watersheds and peatlands.
New Long Term Ecological Research Program will Explore the Urban Ecosystem
The University of Minnesota, the University of St. Thomas, the U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, and Water Bar have received $7.1 million over six years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area Urban Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program.