C Palmer, PhD
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Dr. Palmer is a biologist with a passion for understanding how organisms survive in challenging and changing environments, combining tools from molecular biology to bioinformatics to ecosystem monitoring. Her previous research has spanned ecosystems including work in the rainforests of Australia studying secondary reforestation, in the Sonoran desert studying the impact of symbionts on ecosystem recovery, in the neotropics at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama studying insect diet as a proxy for habitat preference, and in the high desert working on the impact of climate change on alpine plants and ancient bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California. As a university professor with 10 years of experience teaching, Dr. Palmer moved to Iceland as a Fulbright/NSF Arctic Research Scholar, working with the Iceland Forest Service to study mycorrhizal fungal communities in subarctic regions to help in establishing new forests before joining the SIT community as the academic director in Iceland.
Courses Taught
The Arctic: Changing Ecosystems and Resilience
Climate Modeling and Carbon Management
Research Methods and Ethics in the Arctic
Research Project in Arctic Climate Protection
Education
- PhD, Biology, Dartmouth College
- MS, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Pennsylvania
- BA, Biology, Williams College
