Associate Vice President for Research, Vp For Research
Adjunct Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning
Adjunct Professor, School Of Biological Sciences

u0188542@utah.edu

Publications

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | CLIMATE CHANGE | WATER: Livesley SJ, Marchionni V, Cheung PK, Daly E, Pataki DE. 2021. Water smart cities increase irrigation to provide cool refuge in a climate crisis. Earth's Future 9(1), e2020EF001806, 12/14/2020 AUSTRALIA
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | WATER: Grijseels NH, Buchert PD, Brooks PD, Pataki DE. 2021. Using LiDAR to assess transitions in riparian vegetation structure along a rural to urban gradient. Ecohydrology 14(1), e2259, 10/20/2020
• WATER: Levia DF, Creed IF, Hannah DM, Nanko K, Boyer WE, Carlyle-Moses DE, van de Giesen N, Grasso D, Guswa AJ, Hudson JE, Hudson SA, Iida S, Jackson SB, Katul GG, Kumagai T, Llorens P, Ribeiro FL, Pataki DE, Peters CA, Sanchez Carretero D, Selker JS, Tetzlaff D, Zalewski M, Bruen M. 2020. Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle. Nature Geoscience 13: 656-658., 09/21/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE: Diffenbaugh NS, Field CB, Appel EA, Azevedo IL, Baldocchi DD, Burke M, Burney JA, Ciais P, David SJ, Fiore AM, Fletcher SM, Hertel TW, Horton DE, Hsiang SM, Jackson RB, Jin X, Levi M, Lobell DB, McKinley GA, Moore FC, Montgomery A, Nadeau KC, Pataki DE, Randerson JT, Reichstein M, Schnell JL, Seneviratne SI, Singh D, Steiner A, Wong-Parodi G. 2020. The COVID-19 lockdown: a window into the Earth System. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 1: 470-481., 07/29/2020
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Engebretson JM, Nelson KC, Ogden LA, Larson KL, Grove JM, Hall SJ, Locke DH, Pataki DE, Chowdhury RR, Trammell TLE, Groffman PM. 2020. How the nonhuman world influences homeowner yard management in the American Residential Macrosystem. Human Ecology 48: 347-356., 06/23/2020
• WATER: Guswa AJ, Tetzlaff D, Selker JS, Carlyle-Moses DE, Boyer EW, Bruen M, Cayuela C, Creed IF, van de Giesen N, Grasso D, Hannah DM, Hudson JE, Hudson SA, Lida S, Jackson RB, Katual GG, Kumagai T, Llorens P, Ribeiro FL, Michaelzik B, Nanko K, Oster C, Pataki DE, Peters CA, Rinaldo A, Carretero DS, Trifunovic B, Zalewski M, Haagsma M, Levia DF. 2020. Advancing ecohydrology in the 21 century: A convergence of opportunities. Ecohydrology 13: e2208., 04/08/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Cubino JP & Avolio ML, Wheeler MM, Larson KL, Hobbie SE, Cavendar-Bares J, Hall SJ, Nelson KC, Trammell TLE, Neill C, Pataki DE, Grove JM, Groffman PM. (2020). Linking yard plant diversity to homeowners’ landscaping priorities across the U.S. Landscape and Urban Planning. Vol. 196, 103730., 04/01/2020
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Avolio M & Pataki DE, Jenerette GD, Pincetl S, Clarke LW, Cavender-Bares J, Gillespie TW, Larson KL, McCarthy HR, Trammell TLE (2020). Urban plant diversity in Los Angeles, California: Species and functional type turnover in cultivated landscapes. Plants People Planet. Vol. 2, 144-156., 03/01/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Cobley LAE & Pataki DE (2019). Vehicle emissions and fertilizer impact the leaf chemistry of urban trees in Salt Lake Valley, UT. Environmental Pollution. Vol. 254., 11/01/2019
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | WATER: Gómez-Navarro C & Pataki DE, Bowen GJ, Oerter EJ (2019). Spatiotemporal variability in water sources of urban soils and trees in the semiarid, irrigated Salt Lake Valley. Ecohydrology. Vol. 12, e2154., 10/10/2019
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | AIR QUALITY: Eisenman TS & Churkina G, Jariwala SP, Kumar P, Lovasi GS, Pataki DE, Weinberger KR, Whitlow TH (2019). Urban trees, air quality, and asthma: An interdisciplinary review. Landscape and Urban Planning. Vol. 187, 47-59., 07/01/2019
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Trammell TLE & Pataki DE, Still CJ, Ehleringer JR, Avolio ML, Bettez N, Cavender-Bares J, Groffman PM, Grove M, Hall SJ, Heffernan J, Hobbie SE, Larson KL, Morse JL, Neill C, Nelson KC, O’Neil-Dunne J, Pearse WD, Chowdhury RR, Steele M, Wheeler MM (2019). Biophysical and social factors control C4 plant distribution in residential lawns across seven U.S. cities. Ecological Applications. Vol. 29, e01884., 06/01/2019
• NATURE & CULTURE: Pataki DE. 2019. On the definition of cultivated ecology. Philosophical Topics 47(1): 181-201, 05/01/2019
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | WATER: Pincetl S & Gillespie TW, Pataki DE, Porse E, Jia S, Kidera E, Nobles N, Rodriguez J, Choi D (2019). Evaluating the effects of the turf-replacement programs in Los Angeles. Landscape and Urban Planning. Vol. 185, 210-221., 05/01/2019
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | WATER: Pincetl S & Porse E, Mika KB, Litvak E, Manago KF, Hogue TS, Gillespie T, Pataki DE, Gold M (2019). Adapting urban water systems to manage scarcity in the 21st century: The case of Los Angeles. Environmental Management. Vol. 63, 293-308., 03/01/2019
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Cubino JP & Cavendar-Bares J, Hobbie SE, Pataki DE, Avolio ML, Darling LE, Larson KL, Hall SJ, Groffman PM, Trammell TLE, Steele MK, Grove JM, Neill C. (2019). Drivers of plant species richness and phylogenetic composition in urban yards at the continental scale. Landscape Ecology. Vol. 34, 63–77., 01/01/2019
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Cobley LE & Cavendar-Bares J, Hobbie SE, Pataki DE, Avolio ML, Darling LE, Larson KL, Hall SJ, Groffman PM, Trammell TLE, Steele MK, Grove JM, Neill C (2019). Drivers of plant species richness and phylogenetic composition in urban yards at the continental scale. Landscape Ecology. Vol. 34, 63-77., 01/01/2019
• AIR QUALITY | CLIMATE CHANGE: Lin JC & Mitchel L, Cros E, Mendoza D, Buchert M, Bares R, Fasoli B, Bowling DR, Pataki DE, Catharine D, Strong C, Gurney K, Patarasuk R, Baasandorj M, Jackques A, Hoch S, Horel J, Ehleringer JR. (2018). CO2 and carbon emissions from cities: Linkages to air quality, socioeconomic activity and stakeholders in the Salt Lake City urban area. Bulletion of the American Meteorological Society. doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0037.1., 11/01/2018
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Locke DH, Avolio ML, Trammell TLE, Chowdhury RR, Grove MJ, Rogan J, Martin DG, Bettez N, Cavendar-Bares J, Groffman PM, Hall SJ, Heffernan JB, Hobbie SE, Larson KL, Morse JL, Neill C, Ogden LA, O’Neil-Dunne JPM, Pataki DE, Pearse WD, Polsky C, Wheeler MM. 2018. A multi-city comparison of front and backyard differences in plant species diversity and nitrogen cycling in residential landscapes. Landscape and Urban Planning 178: 102-111., 10/2018
• AIR QUALITY | JUSTICE, EQUITY & DIVERSITY: Cobley LAE & Pataki DE, McCarthy HR, Martin SA, Ehleringer JR (2018). Housing age and affluence influence plant and soil nitrogen and carbon cycles in two semi-arid cities. JGR Biogeosciences. Vol. 123, 3178-3192, doi/10.1029/2018JG004424., 09/01/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Smith RS & Williamson JC, Pataki DE, Ehleringer JR, Dennison P. (2018). Soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation in residential lawns of the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Oecologia. Vol. 187, 1107-1118., 08/01/2018
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Ward EJ & Oren R, Kim HS, Kim D, Torngern P, Ewers PE, McCarthy HR, Oishi AC, Pataki DE, Palmroth S, Phillips NG, Schäfer KVR (2018). Evapotranspiration and water yield of a pine-broadleaf forest are not altered by long-term atmospheric CO2 enrichment under native or enhanced soil fertility. Global Change Biology. Vol. 24, 4841-4856., 06/27/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | WATER: Blaszczak JR, Steele MK, Badgley BD, Heffernan JB, Hobbie SE, Morse JL, Rivers EN, Hall SJ, Neill C, Pataki DE, Groffman PM, Bernhardt E. 2018. Sediment chemistry of urban stormwater ponds and controls on denitrification. Ecosphere 9(6): e01318., 06/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | WATER: Porse E, Mika KB, Litvak E, Manago KF, Hogue TS, Gold M, Pataki DE, Pincetl S. The economic value of local water supplies in Los Angeles. Nature Sustainability 1: 289-297., 05/2018
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Roman LA, Pearsall H, Eisenman TS, Conway TM, Fahey RT, Landry S, Vogt J, van Doorn NS, Grove JM, Locke DH, Bardekjian AC, Battles JJ, Cadenasso ML, van den Bosch CCK, Avolio ML, Berland A, Jenerette GC, Mincey SK, Pataki DE, Staudhammer C. 2018. Human and biophysical legacies shape contemporary urban forests: A literature synthesis. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 31: 157-168., 04/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Mitchell LE, Lin JC, Bowling DR, Pataki DE, Strong C, Schauer AJ, Bares R, Bush SE, Stephens BB, Mendoza D, Mallia D, Holland L, Gurney KR, Ehleringer JR. 2018. Long-term urban carbon dioxide observations reveal spatial and temporal dynamics related to urban characteristics and growth. PNAS 114(12):2912-2917., 03/2018
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Pearse WD, Bares-Cavender J, Hobbie SE, Avolio ML, Bettez N, Roy Chowdhury R, Darling LE, Groffman PM, Grove M, Hall SJ, Heffernan JB, Learned J, Neill C, Nelson KC, Pataki DE, Ruddell BL, Steele MK, Trammell TLE. 2018. Homogenization of plant diversity, composition, and structure in North American urban yards. Ecosphere 9(2):e02105., 02/2018
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: Avolio ML, Pataki DE, Trammell TLE, Endter-Wada J. 2018. Biodiverse cities: The nursery industry, homeowners, and neighborhood differences drive urban tree composition. Ecological Monographs 88(2):259-276., 02/2018
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | WATER: Porse E, Kathryn MB, Litvak E, Manago K, Naik K, Glickfield M, Hogue TS, Gold M, Pataki DE & Pincetl S (2017). Optimization of local water supply in Los Angeles: Urban water systems analysis with institutional complexity. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. Vol. 143, 04017049., 09/01/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Raczka B, Biraud SC, Ehleringer JR, Lai C, Miller JB, Pataki DE, Saleska S, Torn MS, Vaughn BH, Wehr R & Bowling DR (2017). Does vapor pressure deficit drive the seasonality of 13C of the net land-atmosphere CO2 exchange across the United States?. JGR Biogeosciences. Vol. 122, 1969-1987., 08/10/2017
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Groffman PM, Avolio M, Cavender-Bares J, Bettez ND, Grove JM, Hall SJ, Hobbie SE, Larson KL, Lerman SB, Locke DH, Heffernan JB, Morse JL, Neill C, Nelson KC, O'Neil-Dunne J, Pataki DE, Polsky C, Chowdhury RR & Trammell TLE (2017). Ecological homogenization of residential macrosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 1, doi:10.1002/2017JG003795., 06/22/2017
• WATER: Litvak E, Manago KF, Hogue TS, Pataki DE. 2017. Evapotranspiration of urban landscapes in Los Angeles, California at the municipal scale. Water Resources Research, 53, doi:10.1002/2016WR020254., 05/24/2017
• ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Wheeler MM, Neill C, Groffman PM, Avolio M, Bettez N, Cavender-Bares J, Chowdhury RR, Darling L, Grove JM, Hall SJ, Heffernan JB, Hobbie SE, Larson KL, Morse JL, Nelson KC, Ogden LA, O'Neil-Dunne J, Pataki DE, Polsky C, Steele M, Trammell TLE. 2017. Continental-scale homogenization of residential lawn communities. Landscape and Urban Planning 165: 54-63., 05/09/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Groffman PM, Cadenasso ML, Cavendar-Bares J, Childers DL, Grimm NB, Grove JM, Hobbie SE, Hutrya LR, Jenerette GD, McPhearson T, Pataki DE, Pickett STA, Pouyat RV, Rosi-Marshall E, Ruddell BL. 2017. Moving towards a new urban systems science. Ecosystems 20:38., 01/01/2017
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Gillespie TW, de Goede J, Aguilar L, Jenerette GD, Fricker GA, Avolio ML, Pincelt S, Johnston T, Clarke LW. Pataki DE. 2016. Predicting tree species richness in urban forests. Urban Ecosystems doi:10.1007/s11252-016-0633-2., 12/01/2016
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Avolio ML, Pataki DE, Gillespie TW, Jenerette GD, McCarthy HR, Pincetl S & Weller-Clarke L (2015). Tree biodiversity in southern California’s urban forest: The interacting roles of social and environmental variables. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolu. Vol. 3, 00073., 07/2015
• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Pataki, D.E. (2015). Grand challenges in urban ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. Vol. 3, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00057., 06/2015

Awards

• NATURE & CULTURE | BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | WATER: Global Scholar, Fulbright Program, 04/01/2019 AUSTRALIA ISRAEL

Grants

• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Can green infrastructure maximize ecosystem processes related to nitrogen?. PI: Rose Smith. Co-PI(s): Goel, Pataki, Shah, 05/01/2020-04/30/2022
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | WATER: Collaborative Research: Understanding the hydrologic consequences of urban irrigation across the U.S. PI: Pataki. Co-PI(s): Litvak and Jenerette, 09/01/2019-08/20/2022
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE | CLIMATE CHANGE: CNH2-L: Toward a theory of trees as living infrastructure. PI: Pataki, 09/01/2019-08/31/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES: The Nature of Cities Summit. PI: Pataki, 04/01/2019-03/31/2020
• BUILT ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITIES | ECOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: Collaborative Research: MSB-FRA: Alternative ecological futures for the American Residential Macrosystem. PI: Groffman. Co-PI(s): Grove, Lerman, Hall, Larson, Pataki, Hobbie, Cavender-Bares, Nelson, Morse, Chowdury, Heffernan, Neill, Trammell, Avolio, 01/01/2017-12/31/2020