The DendroLab was established in 1994 at SIO-UCSD by Dr. Franco Biondi, who then moved it to UNR in 2000. It is currently housed by the Department of Geography, a resident of the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering within the College of Science.

Research in the DendroLab is centered on climate and forest dynamics, Holocene processes, and environmental change. Study sites have ranged from the western USA to Italy to Mexico, with the Great Basin region in Nevada as our current primary focus. The science of dendrochronology allows reconstructions of past environments, processes, and events using records obtained from tree rings. Our work ranges from archaeological dating to fire history reconstruction, from quantifying forest population structure to evaluating variations in water resources and regional climate. Ongoing collaborations involve the Università di Viterbo, Italy, the Universidad de Colima, Mexico, and the CIRES group at the University of Colorado-Boulder.

Innovation is an emphasis in the DendroLab, whether it be providing Internet Map Service access to climate data or developing statistical software tools. Look around, check the Resources and Research pages for useful information, and feel free to email us!