And then throughout my undergrad experience at a big state school, I discovered biogeography, which is the study of where plants and animals have lived through time. “At a very young age, I was aware of a fire in the West. “When I was a kid, my parents were seasonal firefighters with the US Forest Service, so I kind of grew up around forests,” Morris said. What got Morris into the study of forest conditions? He said he’s always been fascinated by the Earth. “So things like wildfires and insects like bark beetles, and then how the forest conditions change from the pre-disturbed landscape to the post-disturbed landscape.” “I’ve got a soft spot for conifers and so I’ve mostly been looking at agents that kill trees,” said Morris. He worked as a postdoc at the University of Helsinki and has led fieldwork in Russia, Tasmania, and throughout the western United States. Morris’ research on bark beetles and social-ecological systems has been published in several journals such as Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and he has been interviewed by media outlets including National Public Radio and Utah Adventure Jour Jesse Morris, Director of Research Education and Research Associate Professor with the Geography Department at the University of Utah, focuses his research on looking at forest conditions, specifically conifers. The Office of the Vice President for Research is spotlighting University of Utah researchers who look for new and innovative ways to bring solutions to the issues of today and tomorrow.ĭr.
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