Christina Wong

cpwong@asu.edu

Degree Program:

PhD in Sustainability

Other Degrees:

BA in Environmental Biology, Occidental College, 2006

Research Interests:

Biogeochemistry, ecosystem services, ecological economics, urbanization and international development.

Publications/Conference Presentations:

Wong, C.P., R. Ostertag, and S. Cordell. 2006. Ecological Society of America: Ecology in an Era of Globalization. Impacts of Invasive Plants on Light Availability in Hawaiian Lowland Wet Forests.

Wong, C.P, N.B. Grimm, and R. Sponseller. 2006. 91st Annual ESA Meeting. Desert crusts in an urban landscape: responses of N₂ fixation to anthropogenic N deposition.

Honors/Awards/Other Accomplishments:

Occidental College Honors in Biology, 2006
U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship, Mandarin, 2008
Ford Foundation/National Academics Diversity Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 3 years
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 3 years

Academic/Professional Affiliations:

Student Conservation Association Board of Directors
Ecological Society of America SEEDS Advisory Board

Additional Experience/Interests:

Recently worked at the University of California-Berkeley and David & Lucile Packard Foundation assessing the potential of California agriculture to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.