Photo: Britten Leigh Photography

My name is Katie Glover, and I’m interested in the impacts of climate change on our planet and society. In 2023, I joined the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve team at Stanford University, where I serve as the Associate Director for Environmental Education.

Broadly speaking, my research has investigated how climate change, vegetation structure, and disturbance interact in terrestrial ecosystems. I have used the physical and biological deposits in lake cores and botanical material in museum collections to develop these long-term histories. North American regions where I have worked include the mountains of Southern California, the Upper Midwest, Ontario, Alberta, and northern New England. Knowing what has driven ecosystem change in the past can help us understand future scenarios of change on a warming planet. Details and publications on these projects are available on my Research page.

As an educator, I empower students to apply knowledge of the physical world around them to their work and lived experience. I have designed and taught natural science courses for high school, undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. I implemented new professional training in climate change while I was at the Climate Change Institute at University of Maine, and developed a new partnership between CCI, UMaineOnline, and the Division of Lifelong Learning. The Graduate Certificate Program in Climate Change Science and Adaptation launched in summer 2023 as a result.

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Baldwin Lake, August 2012