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Jessica Hellmann

Jessica Hellmann

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Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Office: 179 Galvin Life Science
Phone: 574-631-7521
Email: hellmann.3@nd.edu

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Areas of Expertise

Conservation biology, population ecology, global climate change

Hellmann is studying the diversity of ways that local and regional climatic effects are altering species and ecosystems. Frequently, she uses butterflies and their grassland communities to understand the effects of climate change on nature. Because detailed climate study in every ecological system would be a daunting task, her research compares two butterfly species in western North America with the goal of predicting differential climatic affects on species with differing ecologies and traits. Hellmann also was a member of the Chicago Climate Task Force which has recommended steps that the city can take to reach Mayor Richard Daley’s goal of reducing its emissions of carbon dioxide, a key greenhouse gas, by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020.


VIDEOS

Notre Dame Research - Butterfly Assisted Migration







ND NEWSWIRE ARTICLES

Study finds mild winters are detrimental to butterflies

Notre Dame study provides insights into how climate change might impact species’ geographic ranges

Notre Dame researchers describe new tool for evaluating “managed relocations”

Biologist Hellmann helps author Chicago climate report

Biologist Hellmann awarded career enhancement fellowship

Biologist Hellmann contributes to new book

IN THE NEWS

Huffington Post—Bugging Out: Could Climate Change Make the Insect Instinct Go Haywire?