Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Muneepeerakul Lab
Led by Rachata Muneepeerakul · Agricultural and Biological Engineering
What we study
The lab studies how natural and human systems interact using mathematical and computational models. They focus on topics like biodiversity, climate change, and human migration.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
DOD-SERDP: Predicting, measuring, and monitoring aquatic invertebrate biodiversity on dryland military bases
The project studies biodiversity patterns in river networks on military bases.
NSF-CNH: When Strengths Can Become Weaknesses: Emerging Vulnerabilities in Coupled Natural Human Systems under Globalization and…
The project explores how globalization and climate change affect natural-human systems.
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Recent papers, explained
- Evolution of indirect vulnerabilities in interdependent economic networks
2026 · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Analyzes how trade and investment networks create indirect risks in interconnected economies.
- Evolution shapes ecosystem resilience through spatial self-organization
2026 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Models how evolution and spatial plant patterns interact to shape ecosystem resilience to drying.
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- Triadic Transitions of Opinion Dynamics in a Bounded Confidence Model
2025 · Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
Studies how groups of three people influence opinion changes in social networks over time.
- Resilience at the Cost of Productivity: Biological Soil Crusts Mediate Vegetation Spatial Self‐Organization in Drylands
2025 · Ecohydrology
Finds that biological soil crusts help dryland ecosystems resist climate changes by improving water distribution.
- Potential vulnerability of US green hydrogen in a world of interdependent networks
2025 · iScience
Shows how trade and investment networks affect the supply of minerals like platinum and iridium for green hydrogen in the US.
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How to reach out
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