Biography Reich’s work is multi-faceted and touches upon various aspects of terrestrial ecology, attempting to link fundamental physiology with community dynamics and ecosystem structure and function, within the context of the myriad of global environmental challenges that face us.

Dr. Peter Reich, a renowned expert in physiology and ecology, is Director of the Institute for Global Change Biology. Reich, who has conducted global change research on plants, soils, and ecosystems across a range of scales, maintains a joint affiliation at the University of Minnesota (UMN), where he is a Regents Professor.

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6 days ago · Recipient, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for fundamental advances in ecology. Leading comparative ecologist and plant physiologist of his generation, and known as one of the top ten internationally cited environmental scientists.

Peter Reich is an ecologist recognized for his research on plants and ecosystems across a range of scales. He is known for working with collaborative networks to develop three new directions in the field of ecology: (1) functional biogeography, (2) global change biology and (3) biodiversity and ecosystem functioning research.…

Revegetation of Elymus grasses suppresses invasive Rhamnus cathartica in deciduous forest understories Schuster, M. J., Wragg, P. D., Roth, A. M., Bockenstedt, P., Frelich, L. & Reich, P. B., Jan 2025, In: Ecological Engineering. 210, 107438. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The University of Minnesota is fortunate to call Professor Peter Reich, world-class scientist, as one of its own. Biographies are as-of time of award presentation.

Peter B. Reich's 91 research works with 4,217 citations and 104,802 reads, including: Global patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition

Reich, plant ecologist and Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota (United States), is aware that the planet and its green inhabitants share an intimate though enigmatic relationship.