Welcome
to James C. Stegen's Homepage
I
am
currently a
graduate student at the University
of Arizona
working with Regis Ferriere and Brian Enquist in the department of
Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology and will be
starting a postdoc with Allen Hurlbert at the University
of North Carolina in May 2009. My research interests span
a
broad spectrum of topics ranging from the emergence of whole ecosystems
through eco-evolutionary feedbacks to carbon
storage within
forests. I pursue these topics using a variety of approaches including
theoretical,
macroecological, and experimental
techniques.
Fundamental to my work is a search for generality in terms of the
processes driving observed patterns within biological systems. Please
see the research
section for a more detailed description of my scietific endeavors.
An excerpt I find particularly disturbing
My experience with academia is that senior scientists all the way down to undergraduates are under a great deal of pressure to produce noteworthy research and theories. To be able to foment biological argument for even a short time can help secure a position at a major institution. This is most easily accomplished by avoiding damning evidence, and it matters little if these arguments soon fade.
-Donald Perry, from Life Above the Jungle Floor
Quote of the moment
This time it was light and easy for you, but many hard things
are easy to begin...
-Ramayana (William Buck translation)
An excerpt I find particularly disturbing
My experience with academia is that senior scientists all the way down to undergraduates are under a great deal of pressure to produce noteworthy research and theories. To be able to foment biological argument for even a short time can help secure a position at a major institution. This is most easily accomplished by avoiding damning evidence, and it matters little if these arguments soon fade.
-Donald Perry, from Life Above the Jungle Floor
Quote of the moment
This time it was light and easy for you, but many hard things
are easy to begin...
-Ramayana (William Buck translation)
