Madhusudan Katti
Raleigh
I am Director of Science, Technology, and Society, and Associate Professor of Public Science in the Department of Integrative Humanities and Social Sciences at North Carolina State University. I study ecological and evolutionary processes in more or less human dominated ecosystems with the goal of applying our understanding of these processes towards reconciling biodiversity conservation with human development. I am an Associate Professor of Leadership in Public Science in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University. Other research in my laboratory addresses the behavioral consequences of human activities on other species, such as the effects of urban noise on bird song, and the foraging ecology of mammals and birds in cities.
More by this author at The Nature of Cities
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Night is not just a time, but a diverse habitat we know little about. What is the nature of the dark hours in cities?
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Story. Telling. If you had a project from science or practice and wanted to make it a better story — one that could reach into new audiences — what would you do?
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What I mean when I talk about collaboration. What is a specific experience collaborating on a project with someone from a different discipline or “way of knowing”?
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Are cities ecosystems—analogous to natural ones—of nature, infrastructure and people? Does thinking about cities in this way help us think about urban design?
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How a Little Endangered Fox Found Sanctuary in a California Oil Town
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Green Form and Function versus Green Nativism: In changing urban spaces full of novel ecosystems and natural assemblages, is native purity a viable option?
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Is there such a thing as a “bird friendly city”? What does it look like? What does it not look like? Why bother?
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How much should we worry about exotic species in urban zones? How do we reduce damage from exotic invasives when management resources are limited? Are there conflicts between management or eradication efforts and building general support for urban biodiversity?
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The Rhythms of City Life
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Biodiversity Can Flourish on an Urban Planet
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We’re Not In a Village Anymore
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Water and the City: A Dispatch From an American Frontier Town