Jason泭Neff, PhD

  • Professor
  • SILC FELLOW

Dr. Jason Neff is a Professor in the Environmental Studies program at 51勛圖厙 where he also directs泭the Sustainability Innovation Lab at Colorado (SILC),泭intended to accelerate innovative new approaches to sustainable development.泭Neff received his PhD in Biology from Stanford University (1999) and has been a professor at 51勛圖厙 since 2003.泭泭He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and an introductory environmental science digital text titled A Changing Planet.泭泭After many years in academic research Neff is now mostly focused on technology innovation and translation into real world impacts.泭These efforts include programs that develop mobile applications for land planning and agricultural development, cloud-based modeling tools for mobile agronomic decision support and working on new ways to connect research to market-oriented innovation for sustainability.

Education

  • 1999 - Ph.D. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University

  • 1993 - B.A. Summa Cum Laude. Environmental Biology, University of Colorado at 51勛圖厙

Honors and Awards

  • 2017 - College Scholars Award, College of Arts and Sciences, 51勛圖厙
  • 2013 - University of Colorado System - Excellence in Leadership Program Fellow
  • 2008 - Interdisciplinary Teaching and Residence Life Teaching Award
  • 2004-2006 - A.W. Mellon Foundation, Conservation and Environment Jr Faculty Fellow
  • 2001-2002 - U.S. Geological Survey - Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 1997-1999 - NASA Earth System Science Pre-Doctoral Fellow
  • 1994-1997 - National Science Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellow
  • 1992 - Phi Beta Kappa, University of Colorado at 51勛圖厙

Recent Publications

  • Ballantyne, A. P.; Liu, Z.; Anderegg, W. R.; Yu, Z.; Stoy, P.; Poulter, B.; Vanderwall, J.; Watts, J.; Kelsey, K.; Neff, J. Reconciling Carboncycle Processes from Ecosystem to Global Scales.泭Front. Ecol. Environ.泭2021,泭19泭(1), 5765. .

  • Ippolito, T. A.; Herrick, J. E.; Dossa, E. L.; Garba, M.; Ouattara, M.; Singh, U.; Stewart, Z. P.; Prasad, P. V. V.; Oumarou, I. A.; Neff, J. C.泭A Comparison of Approaches to Regional Land-Use Capability Analysis for Agricultural Land-Planning.泭Land泭2021,泭10泭(5), 458. .

  • Jang, W. S.; Neff, J. C.; Im, Y.; Doro, L.; Herrick, J. E. The Hidden Costs of Land Degradation in US Maize Agriculture.泭Earths Future泭2021,泭9泭(2). .

  • Crawford, J. T.; Hinckley, E. S.; Neff, J. C. LongTerm Trends in Acid Precipitation and Watershed Elemental Export From an Alpine Catchment of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA.泭J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci.泭2020,泭125泭(11). .

  • Quandt, A.; Herrick, J.; Peacock, G.; Salley, S.; Buni, A.; Mkalawa, C. C.; Neff, J. A Standardized Land Capability Classification System for Land Evaluation Using Mobile Phone Technology.泭Journal of Soil and Water Conservation泭2020,泭75泭(5), 579589. .

  • Bae, J. H.; Han, J.; Lee, D.; Yang, J. E.; Kim, J.; Lim, K. J.; Neff, J. C.; Jang, W. S. Evaluation of Sediment Trapping Efficiency of Vegetative Filter Strips Using Machine Learning Models.泭Sustainability泭2019,泭11泭(24), 7212. .

  • Crawford, J. T.; Hinckley, E.-L. S.; Litaor, M. I.; Brahney, J.; Neff, J. C. Evidence for Accelerated Weathering and Sulfate Export in High Alpine Environments.泭Environ. Res. Lett.泭2019,泭14泭(12), 124092. .

  • Herrick, J. E.; Neff, J.; Quandt, A.; Salley, S.; Maynard, J.; Ganguli, A.; Bestelmeyer, B. Prioritizing Land for Investments Based on Short- and Long-Term Land Potential and Degradation Risk: A Strategic Approach.泭Environmental Science & Policy泭2019,泭96, 5258. .

  • Brahney, J.; Ballantyne, A. P.; Vandergoes, M.; Baisden, T.; Neff, J. C. Increased Dust Deposition in New Zealand Related to Twentieth Century Australian Land Use.泭J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci.泭2019,泭124泭(5), 11811193. .

  • Jang, W. S.; Lee, Y.; Neff, J. C.; Im, Y.; Ha, S.; Doro, L. Development of an EPIC Parallel Computing Framework to Facilitate Regional/Global Gridded Crop Modeling with Multiple Scenarios: A Case Study of the United States.泭Computers and Electronics in Agriculture泭2019,泭158, 189200. .