T. Scott Rupp
Role at AK CASC: University AK CASC Director
Group: University Co-Director
Phone: 907-474-7535
Dr. Scott Rupp is the Co-Director of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). Dr. Rupp is also the Director of the Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning.
Dr. Rupp has more than 30 years of experience in ecosystem modeling and climate change/climate impacts science. Recent work has focused on modeling the response of subarctic and arctic ecosystems to changes in global climate and disturbance regimes. Dr. Rupp served as a member (2016-2017) of the Federal Advisory Committee on Climate Change and Natural Resource Science (ACCCNRS).
Dr. Rupp received a BS (1993) in Forest Management from Pennsylvania State University and a PhD (1998) in Forest Ecology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He is Professor of Forestry and has been a faculty member at UAF since 2001.