Jesse Nippert
Distinguished Professor
Division of Biology
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- Distinguished ProfessorDivision of Biology
- Kansas State University, Biology, 116 Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS, 66506-4900, United States
ABOUt
Jesse Nippert is a University Distinguished Professor of Biology at Kansas State University. He has led the Long-Term Ecological Research program at Konza Prairie since 2017. He studies plant physiological responses to climate change in North American grasslands and Southern Africa savannas. For the past 18 years, he has studied the drivers and consequences of shrub expansion into grassy ecosystems.
DEGREES
- Ph.D.Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA2 Sep 2002 - 13 Dec 2005
- M.S.University of Idaho, Moscow, USA21 Aug 2000 - 23 Aug 2002
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Post-doctoral fellowUniversity of Kansas, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Lawrence, United States2006 - 2007Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Post-doctoral FellowKansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, USA2006 - 2007Postdoctoral Fellowship