Kristina Young
Ecologist studying how warming, shifting rainfall, and land use drive land degradation, dust, desertification, and ecosystem change in drylands and deserts and providing restoration strategies
Integrative Biology College of Letters and Science Work: 608-265-5817 — Home and cell phones available upon request kristina.young@wisc.edu
Topics
- Climate change impacts on dryland ecosystems
- Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) and soil health
- Wind erosion, dust storms, and soil stabilization
- Land degradation and dryland desertification
- Dryland ecological restoration and land management
Achievements
- Wright Ingraham Institute Dust on Snow Problem Solver, 2025
- COMPASS Scientist Sentinel for emerging science-policy leaders, 2020
- Wyss Scholar for Conservation in the American West, 2016