Assistant Professor @VanderbiltU |#Phenology 🌳 | Climate | #TropicalEcology | light pollution | she/her
Nashville, TN
Joined March 2019
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I’m honored to be named an Early Career Fellow by the Ecological Society of America this year.
I’m deeply grateful for the support, mentorship, and collaboration from colleagues and collaborators that made this possible!
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@HumanEcology #ESA
I'm excited to co-organize three sessions at the AGU this year!
B014. Near Surface Remote Sensing
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B095. Phenological Responses and Feedback
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GC113. Sustainable Forest Management
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Submit an abstract today!
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Congratulations to Assistant Professor @Linmengmet, who has been named an Early Career Fellow by @ESA_org. Her research shows how small shifts in vegetation, like earlier leaf production or longer pollen seasons, can have big impacts on urban life and public health.
ALT Smiling woman, text: award winning Lin Meng
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What if air pollution is quietly shrinking the growing season?
Former ESI postdoc Hao Yin (@Linmengmet Lab) and colleagues found that ground-level ozone can delay spring growth, accelerate autumn decline, and reduce plant productivity across large regions. #Evolution
ALT Illustration showing the effects of ozone pollution on leaves. Several ozone (O₃) molecules and arrows point toward a healthy green leaf on the left. An arrow then points from the green leaf to a brown, senescing leaf on the right, representing accelerated aging and decline caused by ozone exposure. The background is blue.
Will cities keep getting hotter? Not necessarily.
It depends on how cities grow and green. Greening can slow warming in urban cores, but vegetation loss in expanding suburbs is spreading heat outward.
Urban heat is shaped by planning choices.
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Artificial light at night extends allergy season by weeks and increases the proportion of days with severe allergenic pollen exposure, compared to areas with less light pollution, according to a study of the northeastern United States. In PNAS Nexus: ow.ly/7gQs50Y3KXk
ALT Delayed autumnal leaf senescence in trees exposed to artificial light at night. Despite close proximity, the tree on the left, located in a dark area, shows extensive autumn leaf loss, whereas the tree on the right, exposed to artificial light at night from a streetlight, maintains green foliage later into the season. Nighttime (top) and daytime (bottom) views of the same scene are shown. Image taken at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, in 2025.
Our recent @Nature paper, led by @JQCBerkeley: Hot droughts in the Amazon provide a window to a future hypertropical climate.
We show that today’s hot droughts may already mirror future tropical conditions, increasing risks to forest resilience.
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New paper in @PNASNexus: city lights at night may be quietly lengthening allergy seasons and increasing allergen exposure. An overlooked urban factor with real public health implications.
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#ALAN #Lightpollution @IDADarkSky #allergy
I’ll be speaking at the upcoming DesignLights Consortium (DLC) webinar, “Light Pollution Research Meets Control Technology: What You Need to Know” on December 10th at 2 pm EST.
See details and register here: designlights.org/news-events…
#ALAN #lightpollution #phenology
New in PNAS: Commentary on our article — “It’s Cool to be Green!” 🌱.
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Grateful for the highlight and discussion by @profdesai
Check out our new @PNASNews paper: Cooling outweighs warming across phenological transitions in the Northern Hemisphere.
Our results highlight that phenology is a key driver of vegetation–climate interactions and surface temperature regulation.
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New paper alert!
We examined long-term exposure to summer heat & mortality risk in the Southeastern U.S. using the Southern Community Cohort Study. Findings highlight the urgent need for heat adaptation strategies.
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#heat #health #southeasternUS
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A new study finds that urban light pollution has lengthened plant growing seasons across the Northern Hemisphere, which could disturb the processes necessary for maintaining air quality and ecosystems. Coauthor @Linmengmet explains: thinkglobalhealth.org/articl…
Check out our new @PNASNews paper: Cooling outweighs warming across phenological transitions in the Northern Hemisphere.
Our results highlight that phenology is a key driver of vegetation–climate interactions and surface temperature regulation.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
New piece in Think Global Health @ThinkGlobalHlth: “Light Pollution Reshapes Growing Seasons”.
Artificial light at night disrupts natural cues for plants, shifting spring and autumn phenology, with big consequences for public health.
thinkglobalhealth.org/articl…
Only 2 days left to submit an abstract to our phenology session at #AGU25!
B095 - Understanding Phenological Responses, Changes and Feedbacks: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Consequences
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Join us to explore the timing of life in a changing world.
#phenology
Only 2 days left to submit an abstract to our near-surface remote sensing session at #AGU25
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Call for Abstracts!
Join our #AGU25 session (B013): Advancing Environmental Monitoring through Near-Surface Remote Sensing: Capabilities, Applications, and Future Directions
We explore cutting-edge tools & ideas—submit your work by July 30
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@PhenoCam
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New research suggests light pollution, not just heat, is a major driver of longer growing seasons in cities.
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ALT A satellite image of northwestern Europe at night shows several urban centers that appear as bright clusters of light.
Call for Abstracts!
Join our #AGU25 session (B013): Advancing Environmental Monitoring through Near-Surface Remote Sensing: Capabilities, Applications, and Future Directions
We explore cutting-edge tools & ideas—submit your work by July 30
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@PhenoCam
Cities after dark. Check out the June issue of Nature Cities @NatCities
#ALAN #Lightpollution @IDADarkSky #Artificiallight
Our June issue is out! nature.com/natcities/volumes…
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#Satellite data indicate artificial #Light in cities can extend urban plant growing seasons by up to 3 weeks compared to #RuralAreas, with the effect most pronounced at the end of the season. @nresearchnews doi.org/g9qgz9 phys.org/news/2025-06-artifi…
