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Dean L. Urban
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Environmental Sciences and Policy
deanu@duke.edu
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
A320 Lev Sci Res Ctr, Durham, NC 27708
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Selected Grants
Streams in urbanizing landscapes: from syndrome diagnosis to watershed prescription
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2013 - 2018
Assessing adaptative capacity in response to climate change: terrestrial salamanders in an urban heat island mesocosm
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2015 - 2017
South Atlantic LLC-Need1
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ·
2014 - 2016
Assessment of Ecosystem Service Value and Program Delivery Options
Research
Collaborator ·
Awarded by Mississippi State University ·
2014 - 2016
Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products- Task 400
Research
Collaborator ·
Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill ·
2015 - 2016
Habitat and Connectivity for Mussel Populations: Dam and Dam Removal Impacts
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Fish and Wildlife ·
2011 - 2016
Evaluating the implications of local adaptation, habitat connectivity, and gene flow for terrestrial salamanders under global change
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles ·
2014 - 2016
Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products- Task 300
Research
Collaborator ·
Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill ·
2015 - 2015
Evaluating the relative importance of local adaptation and directed dispersal under global change
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Sigma Xi ·
2014 - 2014
Improving River Basin Restoration Prioritization Products Task 1
Research
Collaborator ·
Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill ·
2014 - 2014
The influence of development configuration on thermal pollution in urban streams
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2012 - 2013
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Reconciling human and natural systems for the equitable provision of ecosystem services in the Triangle of North Carolina
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2009 - 2013
A model- based approach to monitoring in the Southwest Alaska Network
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Park Service ·
2004 - 2009
Carbon dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes: fusing remote sensing and spatial ecological models.
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration ·
2005 - 2008
Scaling Process and Pattern in Montane Forest Landscapes
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2001 - 2005
Incorporating spatial variability into fire restoration plans
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by US Geological Survey ·
2002 - 2005
Dissertation Research: Ecotone Dynamics and Landscape Response to Climate Change
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2001 - 2004
Sierra Nevada Forest Dynamics: Modeling Forest Response to Environmental Change
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by US Geological Survey ·
1999 - 2004
Urban Landscape Change: Linking Landscape Dynamics, Economic Valuation and Conservation Planning
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
1999 - 2003
