Daniel Friess

Cochran Family Professor- Earth and Environmental Sciences

School of Science & Engineering
Stone Center Departments
The Stone Center
People Classification
Faculty
Tulane Affiliation
Affiliated Faculty

Additional Info

Number of Theses or Dissertations Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 4 

Research

Mangrove Forest Dynamics, Conservation, Restoration, Changes in Ecosystem Services Under Various Conditions, Ecosystems Services Policy, Habitat Restoration

Degrees

  • University Annual Teaching Excellence Award, Honour Roll, National University of Singapore, 2019-2022.
  • Dean’s Chair, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), NUS, 2019-2022

Academic Experience

Academic Experience
  • Cochran Family Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2023-
  • Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of Geography, 2018-2022
  • Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, Department of Geography, 2012-2017
  • Postdoctoral fellow, Singapore-Delft Water Alliance & Biological Sciences, NUS, 2009-2011

Overseas Experience

  • Mexico
  • United Kingdom
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • China
  • Australia
  • Thailand
  • Germany
  • Philippines
  • Vietnam
  • Indonesia
  • Taiwan

Selected Publications

  • In press. Friess. The diversity of mangrove forests and geographical biases in their research. In press. Bulletin of Marine Science.
  • 2024. Friess et al., Mangrove forests: their status, threats, conservation and restoration. Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science 2nd Ed
  • 2023. Friess. Global mangrove mapping has gone mainstream. Science Bulletin 68, 2145-2147. [invited]
  • 2023. Friess. The potential for mangrove and seagrass blue carbon in Small Island States. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 64, 101324. [invited]
  • 2023. Friess, et al., Mangrove forests and climate change: impacts and interactions. In: Kennish, Paerl & Crosswell (Eds). Climate Change and Estuaries. CRC Press