Dirac Twidwell

Biography

  Dirac Twidwell Assistant Professor B.S., BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (FORMERLY UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA), 2003. M.S., RANGELAND ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2006. PH.D., ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, 2012. Area of Focus Rangeland Ecology Fire Ecology Applied Ecology

Research Interest

  Social-ecological resilience to extreme disturbance (e.g. fire) and climatic events Resilience, hysteresis, and thresholds in alternative states and their applications in ecosystem management Trade-offs of changing land use and disturbance regimes in coupled human-natural systems Forecasting threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services Disaster avoidance and wildfire management at the rangeland-urban interface Integration of science in natural resource policy and management