Sierra Perez
Bio
I am a community ecologist and postdoctoral researcher with the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC). My research broadly explores how plants and their associated ecosystem functions are being impacted by human-driven global changes and the attributes that promote resilience to these changes. In my current work at SE CASC I am leveraging long-term datasets to synthesize the impacts of extreme and compounding climate events on plant species throughout the Southeast.
Education
PhD Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Indiana University 2025
MS Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2020
BA Geology Bryn Mawr College 2016