Emerson Conrad-Rooney

Emerson Conrad-Rooney is a Postdoctoral Associate at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. They earned their Ph.D. in Biology from Boston University and B.A. in Biological Sciences from Wellesley College. They study how forest ecosystems are impacted by disturbances such as climate change, forest insects and pathogens, and urbanization. Specifically, their research focuses on impacts of climate change across seasons on forest productivity, urbanization effects on nutrient cycles and ecological relationships, and coverage of nature topics in U.S. national scientific assessments.

Website: https://econradrooney.com/

Publications

Conrad-Rooney E, AB Reinmann, PH Templer. 2025. Declining winter snowpack offsets carbon storage enhancement from growing season warming in northern temperate forest ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122:e2412873122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2412873122

Conrad-Rooney E, C Avery, G Bowser, A Crimmins, A Grade, P McElwee, and P Templer. 2025. Analysis of nature-related themes and terminology in U.S. climate assessments. Climatic Change, Special Issue: Advancements in U.S. Climate Assessments, 178:86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-025-03899-3.

Conrad-Rooney E, J Gewirtzman, Y Pappas, VJ Pasquarella, LR Hutyra, and PH Templer. 2023. Atmospheric wet deposition in urban and suburban sites across the United States. Atmospheric Environment, 305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119783.

Conrad-Rooney E, A Barker-Plotkin, VJ Pasquarella, J Elkinton, JL Chandler, JH Matthes. 2020. Defoliation severity is positively related to soil solution nitrogen availability and negatively related to soil nitrogen concentrations following a multi-year invasive insect irruption. AoB PLANTS: 12:6. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plaa059.