Hello! 👋 

I am a social scientist at the Jornada Experimental Range at New Mexico State University. My research focuses on how human activities influence and are influenced by natural processes, especially in dryland environments. I bring together social theory, social-environmental data, and spatial modeling to understand the complex feedbacks between human decisions and landscape change. 

My journey into socio-ecological research began a decade ago in a small village in the Gobi desert, where I worked with an NGO SEE Conservation and dryland oasis farmers on microfinancing and sustainable agricultural projects. This experience sparked a path of exciting research, fieldwork, and collaboration across Inner Mongolia and Eastern Tibet, which now continues in the drylands in the Southwest United States. 

Feel free to get in touch! my email is lucilu[at]nmsu.edu. Welcome to the official website of Luci Lu