Stacy Philpott is an American ecologist who is a professor at the

University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California syste ...

. Her research considers agroecology and the conservation of biodiversity. She was elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America in 2021.

Early life and education

Philpott studied science at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

. She moved to the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

for doctoral research, where she studied ecology and evolutionary biology. She joined the Ecological Society of America as a student in 2000. Her doctoral research considered the diversity and ecology of coffee agroecosystems. Philpott spent two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Zoological Park.

Research and career

Philpott started her independent scientific career at the

University of Toledo The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of T ...

. In 2012, Philpott joined the faculty at the

. Her research considers insect ecology and the relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem status. Philpott makes use of urban community gardens to understand ecological relationships. She studies the agroecosystems in 25 gardens across the coastline of California. At the same time, Philpott investigates coffee agro-forestry and the role of ants as a form of pest control in agro-forestry systems. She has studied the biodiversity of dung beetles, and the benefits they provide to ecosystems. Philpott was elected Fellow of the Ecological Society of America in 2021.

Selected publications

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References

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