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About the Editors
Jeannine  Cavender-Bares is a Distinguished
McKnight University Professor in the Department of
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the University of
Minnesota. She earned a Master’s at the Yale School of
Forestry and Environmental Studies and a PhD in
Biology at Harvard University. Her research focuses
on the ecology and evolution of plant function, applying phylogenetics and spectral data to community
ecology, and remote sensing of biodiversity. She is
committed to advancing international efforts for global
monitoring and assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services to aid management efforts towards
sustainability.
John A. Gamon is a Professor in the Departments of
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Biological
Sciences at the University of Alberta. He also conducts
research in Quantitative Remote Sensing at the Center
for Advanced Land Management Information
Technologies (CALMIT) in the School of Natural
Resources at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He
earned his Master’s and his PhD in Botany at the
University of California, Davis, and did his postdoctoral research on Remote Sensing and Ecophysiology
at the Carnegie Institution in Stanford, CA.  His
research focuses include photosynthesis, ecosystem
function, productivity, biodiversity, ecoinformatics,
and sustainability.