Stephanie Hampton

Smiling woman near Lake Tahoe with snowy mountains and clouds

Position Title
Professor
Director of the Tahoe Environmental Research Center

  • Environmental Science and Policy
Bio

Stephanie’s research focuses on the dynamic local, regional, and global factors that shape freshwater ecosystems. Her research includes analyzing long-term ecological data collected from lakes as globally diverse as Lake Baikal in Siberia and Lake Washington in Seattle, as well as carrying out global scale analysis and synthesis, with an emphasis on understanding the effects of climate change and other anthropogenic stressors on water quality and food webs.