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Justin Prouty Wright
Professor of Biology
Biology
justin.wright@duke.edu
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
258 Biological Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
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DISES RCN: SWISLR - Saltwater Intrusion and Sea Level Rise in rural landscapes: Assessing Risk and Identifying Mitigation and Adaptation Options for Rural Coastal Plain Communities.
Research
Steering Committee Member ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2021 - 2025
Community Coalescence: Disentangling Assembly Processes using Aquatic Microbial Communities
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2018 - 2021
Collaborative Research: Salinization of the inland coastal plain through saltwater intrusion: landscapes in transition along the leading edge of climate change
Research
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2015 - 2020
Birds-eye view on canopy stress from saltwater intrusion: integrating drone imagery and satellite remote sensing to aid coastal wetland restoration
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration ·
2017 - 2020
Modeling the Effects of Saltwater Intrusion on the Forested Wetlands of North Carolinas Coastal Plain
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by North Carolina State University ·
2018 - 2019
Modeling the Effects of Saltwater Intrusion on the Forested Wetlands of North Carolinas Coastal Plain
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by North Carolina State University ·
2018 - 2019
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Scaling Plant Physiology to Ecosystem Ecology: Assessing the Role of the Plant Community in Preventing Nitrogen Losses Following Fire
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2016 - 2019
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Synthesizing the Mass-Ratio and Novel-Traits Hypotheses to Explain Variability in the Impact of Plant Invasions on Coupled C and N Cycling
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2014 - 2018
Collaborative Research: Testing a conceptually-driven framework to predict variability in the ecosystem consequences of plant invasion across heterogenous landscapes
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2014 - 2018
Using Functional traits to inform plant conservation efforts for threatened and endangered plant species on Fort Bragg, NC
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command ·
2015 - 2017
Plant Ecophysiology under Extreme Climate Events
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory ·
2016 - 2017
Collaborative Research: Will Climate Change Alter Rates of Old Field Succession Across the U.S. Eastern Deciduous Forest? A Cross-Latitude Experimental Network.
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2011 - 2016
Cross-scale Assessment of Ecological Resilience to Altered Fire Regimes: Developing a Trait-based Approach to Predict Changes to Plant Communities and Ecosystem Processes of Fort Bragg in Response to Changes in Prescribed Burn Regimes
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by U.S. Army Research, Development & Engineering Command ·
2011 - 2015
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Effects of Climate-Induced Changes in Generalist Predators on the Structure and Function of Arctic Food Webs
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2012 - 2015
DISSERTATION RESEARCH:Impact of watershed urbanization and climate change on stream denitrifier community structure and function
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2010 - 2012
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Influences of plant species and traits on CH4 and N2O fluxes
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Co-Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2008 - 2011
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Will climate change alter rates of old field succession across the U.S. Eastern Deciduous Forest? A cross-latitude experimental network
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2008 - 2011
