Van Savage

Van Savage is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research spans Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Macroecology, Physiological Ecology, Plant Biology, Theory, and Thermal Ecology. He is also affiliated with the Computational Medicine department. His work focuses on understanding the functions, forms, and interactions of biological systems, with topics including metabolic scaling, consumer-resource interactions, and the effects of global warming on ecosystems. Savage has published extensively in journals such as PNAS, Nature, and The ISME Journal, and his research often addresses the diversity and variation in biological systems.

Van Savage is a professor at UCLA whose research focuses on mathematical biology, ecology, evolution, networks, and scaling. His work explores the metabolic and thermal dependencies of ecological and evolutionary processes, including the effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate, developmental time, and population growth. He investigates how temperature influences the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases and the temperature dependence of trophic interactions. His research also examines the scaling of biological traits across species and ecosystems, integrating metabolic scaling theories with trait-based approaches to understand ecological dynamics and biodiversity patterns.