Professor of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Witwatersrand
Dr. Sally Archibald’s work incorporates ecological data gathered from the field, remote sensing, biogeochemistry and modeling. Her research primarily focuses on savanna ecosystems within the context of global climate change as well as the exploration of fire ecology and earth-system feedbacks.
Dr. Archibald is involved in research projects at Yale University, the University of Edinburgh and the University of Liverpool, and is also working on research projects with the Global Change and Ecosystems group at the [CSIR] where she studies topics ranging from the relationship between fire and animal grazers, land-atmosphere feedbacks and savannas around the world.
Dr. Archibald was the recipient of the 2012 Mercer Award for her co-authorship of the paper “Tree cover in sub-Saharan Africa: Rainfall and fire constrain forest and savanna as alternative stable states”.
South Africa