CHAOS Lab

Where Ecology Meets Justice

Coupled Human and Organismal Systems Ecology

Department of Environmental Biology at SUNY ESF

Northwest Atlantic research landscape
Puerto Rico coastal landscape
Original engraved-style collage of a fish, scallop shell, mangrove branch and roots, and nautical map fragments
Fiji shoreline

At the CHAOS lab we use rigorous science to investigate the reciprocal relationships among human and aquatic communities around the world.

We have a special focus on conducting research to support Indigenous and rural communities, as well as work that focuses on urban ecologies and human-nature relationships.