Brief Bio

I am an urban ecologist by training, currently working as a support scientist in the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Office at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Prior to that, I was an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the Terrestrial Ecology Program, Earth Sciences Division, NASA Headquarters.

I have been working in the federal research enterprise for environmental and climate science for more than 10 years, and have disciplinary foci on ecosystem ecology, coupled human-natural systems, social science perspectives on climate change, and remote sensing of the environment. Programmatic areas of expertise include: policy for science program management, coordination and alignment of priorities for directed funding, inter-/transdisciplinary team building, stakeholder engagement, knowledge co-production, and diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and accessibility (DEIJA).

There are 3 main activities I am involved with:

• I am the Coordinator for the North American Carbon Program (NACP), a multi-agency, multidisciplinary scientific research program focused on carbon sources and sinks in North America and its adjacent oceans.

• NASA's field campaign: Arctic and Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE). 

• Interagency working groups at the US Global Change Research Program. I help represent NASA in:

Carbon Cycle Science Interagency Working Group

Social Sciences Coordinating Committee

Coasts Interagency Working Group

Publications

Refereed

Miller, C. E., P. Griffith, S. Goetz, et al. E. Hoy, N. Pinto, I. McCubbin, A. K. Thorpe, M. A. Hofton, D. J. Hodkinson, C. Hansen, J. Woods, E. K. Larsen, E. S. Kasischke, and H. A. Margolis. 2019. "An overview of ABoVE airborne campaign data acquisitions and science opportunities." Environmental Research Letters 14 (8): 080201 [10.1088/1748-9326/ab0d44]

Maxwell, K. B., S. H. Julius, A. E. Grambsch, et al. A. R. Kosmal, E. Larson, and N. Sonti. 2018. "Chapter 11 : Built Environment, Urban Systems, and Cities. Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States: The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume II." Fourth National Climate Assessment [10.7930/nca4.2018.ch11]

Romero-Lankao, P., K. R. Gurney, K. C. Seto, et al. M. Chester, R. M. Duren, S. Hughes, L. R. Hutyra, P. Marcotullio, L. Baker, N. B. Grimm, C. Kennedy, E. Larson, S. Pincetl, D. Runfola, L. Sanchez, G. Shrestha, J. Feddema, A. Sarzynski, J. Sperling, and E. Stokes. 2014. "A critical knowledge pathway to low-carbon, sustainable futures: Integrated understanding of urbanization, urban areas, and carbon." Earth's Future 2 515 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2014EF000258]

Hutyra, L. R., R. Duren, K. R. Gurney, et al. N. Grimm, E. A. Kort, E. Larson, and G. Shrestha. 2014. "Urbanization and the carbon cycle: Current capabilities and research outlook from the natural sciences perspective." Earth's Future 2 473 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1002/2014EF000255]

Weaver, C. P., S. Mooney, D. Allen, et al. N. Beller-Simms, T. Fish, A. E. Grambsch, W. Hohenstein, K. Jacobs, M. A. Kenney, M. A. Lane, L. Langner, E. Larson, D. L. McGinnis, R. H. Moss, L. G. Nichols, C. Nierenberg, E. A. Seyller, P. C. Stern, and R. Winthrop. 2014. "From global change science to action with social sciences." Nature Climate Change 4 656 [Full Text (Link)] [10.1038/nclimate2319]

Larson, E. K., S. R. Earl, E. M. Hagen, et al. R. L. Hale, H. E. Hartnett, M. McCrackin, M. McHale, and N. B. Grimm. 2013. "Beyond Restoration and into Design: Hydrologic Alterations in Aridland Cities." Resilience in Ecology and Urban Design: Linking Theory and Practice for Sustainable Cities 183-210

Larson, E. K., and C. Perrings. 2013. "The value of water-related amenities in an arid city: The case of the Phoenix metropolitan area." Landscape and Urban Planning 109 (1): 44-55 [10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.10.008]

Maliszewski, P., E. K. Larson, and C. Perrings. 2012. "Environmental determinants of unscheduled residential outages in the electrical power distribution of Phoenix, Arizona." Reliability Engineering & System Safety 99 161-171 [10.1016/j.ress.2011.10.011]

Larson, E. K., and N. B. Grimm. 2012. "Small-scale and extensive hydrogeomorphic modification and water redistribution in a desert city and implications for regional nitrogen removal." Urban Ecosystems 15 (1): 71-85 [10.1007/s11252-011-0208-1]

Perrings, C., E. K. Larson, and P. J. Maliszewski. 2011. "Valuing the resilience of the electrical power infrastructure." Power Systems Conference and Exposition (PSCE), 2011 IEEE/PES 1-3 [10.1109/PSCE.2011.5772485]

Cutts, B. B., T. Muñoz-Erickson, K. J. Darby, et al. M. Neff, E. K. Larson, B. Bolin, and A. Wutich. 2010. "Ego network properties as a way to reveal conflict in collaboration's clothing." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 4 93-101 [16/j.sbspro.2010.07.486]

Muñoz-Erickson, T. A., B. B. Cutts, E. K. Larson, et al. K. J. Darby, M. Neff, A. Wutich, and B. Bolin. 2010. "Spanning Boundaries in an Arizona Watershed Partnership: Information Networks as Tools for Entrenchment or Ties for Collaboration?" Ecology and Society 15 (3): 22 [Full Text (Link)]

Marsalek, J., M. Lafont, D. Rousseau, et al. I. Wagner, E. K. Larson, M. G. Braioni, and E. Day. 2008. "Ecosensitive approaches to managing urban aquatic habitats and their integration with urban infrastructure." Aquatic habitats in sustainable urban water management: science, policy and practice 43-70

Larson, E. K., N. B. Grimm, P. Gober, and C. Redman. 2005. "The paradoxical ecology and management of water in the Phoenix, USA metropolitan area." Journal of Ecohydology and Hydrobiology 5 (4): 287-296