Rebecca Best pictured outdoors

Other Appointments

Assistant Professor
School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability
Northern Arizona University

Contact Information

Call: 928-523-8155

Email: Rebecca.Best@nau.edu

Rebecca Best, Ph.D.

Affiliate
Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes

Rebecca Best is an affiliate of the Center for Adaptable Western Landscapes and an assistant professor in the School of Earth and Sustainability. She is an aquatic community and evolutionary ecologist interested in the processes that determine the number and type of species coexisting in a particular community, and the way those communities function. Her lab works on the effects of climate on aquatic connectivity, species distributions, and the ecology and evolution of riparian tree traits.

Best Lab website

Education

  1. 2012

    Ph.D., Population Biology

    University of California, Davis
  2. 2007

    M.S., Forest Sciences

    University of British Columbia
  3. 2003

    B.S., Environmental Sciences

    University of British Columbia

Professional Experience

  1. 2017-present
    Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability
    Northern Arizona University
  2. 2016-2017
    Assistant Research Professor, School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability
    Northern Arizona University
  3. 2014-2016
    Postdoctoral Scholar
    Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Sciences and Technology (Eawag/ETH)
  4. 2013-2014
    Postdoctoral Scholar
    University of California, Davis