Christina Wong

Christina Wong

  • Ph.D. Student, School of Sustainability

School of Sustainability
PO Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287
Email: cpwong@asu.edu



Biography

Christina recently worked at the University of California-Berkeley and David & Lucille Packard Foundation assessing the potential of California agriculture to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. She is a member of the Student Conservation Association Board of Directors and the Ecological Society of America SEEDS Advisory Board.

Honors and Awards

  • 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

Education

  • B.A., Environmental Biology, Occidental College, 2006

Posters/Presentations

Wong, C. P. and N. B. Grimm. 2010. Dynamics of urban water consumption. Poster presented at the January 14, 2010 12th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability.

Wong, C., N. Grimm and R. Sponseller. 2006. Desert crusts in an urban landscape: Responses of N2 fixation to anthropogenic C and N deposition. Poster presented at the 6-11 August 2006 91st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN.

Wong, C. P., L. Murawski, K. Szlavecz, R. V. Pouyant, P. V. Marra, R. V. Casey and S. V. Lev. 2006. Heavy metal variations in residential soil communities along an urban to rural gradient. Poster presented at the 19 January 2006 CAP LTER 8th Annual Poster Symposium, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link)

Expertise

biogeochemistry; ecosystem services; ecological economics; urbanization; international development


vision

Established in 2007, the School of Sustainability brings together multiple disciplines and leaders to create and share knowledge, train a new generation of scholars and practitioners, and develop practical solutions to the most pressing environmental, economic, and social challenges of sustainability - especially as they relate to urban areas.

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