People

Former Graduate Students and Post-Docs

Master’s Students

• Helena Kleiner (2022), Thesis: Intraspecific Variation Explains Differences in Plant-Mediated Methane Emissions in a Coastal Marsh Across Species Composition and an Environmental Gradient
• Haley Kodak (2021), Thesis: Ecotypic variation of traits in wetland plants
• Samuel Pecoraro (2014), Non-Thesis M.Sc.
• Tiffany Hickox (2010), (ESTEEM entrepreneurship professional program), Thesis: Climate change adaptation strategies: Consultation for conservation and natural resource management
• Gregory Snowden (2009), Thesis: Population level variation in growth of the C₃ salt marsh sedge, Schoenoplectus americanus, and its potential effects on ecosystem function

PhD Students

• Megan Vahsen (2023), Thesis: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of coastal marshes in response to environmental change
• Ann Raiho (2020), Thesis: Seeing the Trees through the Forest: Understanding Community Ecology’s Influence on Long Term Ecosystem Dynamics
• Kelly Heilman (2020), Thesis: Vegetation Responses to Long-Term Environmental Changes at a Savanna Forest Boundary
• Bethany Blakely (2020), Thesis: Effects of Land Use and Long-Term Forest Development on Regional Energy Balance
• Rachel Hesselink (Gentile) (2015), Thesis: Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in a Coastal Marsh Sedge Resurrected from a Century-Long Seed Bank
• Candice Lumibao (2015), Thesis: Genetic Legacies of 10,000 Years of Environmental Changes on Forest Trees

Postdoctoral Researchers

• Kira Sullivan-Wiley (2020-2021)
• Yi-Hsin Erica Tsai (2013-2014)
• Andria Dawson (2013-2014)
• Zuofeng Shang (2011-2012)
• Lynn Anderson-Carpenter (2006-2008)

Undergraduate Students

“*” indicates students who were co-authors on Publications

Undergraduate Capstone Projects Advised

• Ian Shuman (2023): Applying a Generalized Joint Attribute Model to the Historical Vegetation-Environment Relationship in the Midwestern United States (Forthcoming)
• Michael Spoltore (2020): Challenges of multiple stable states for ecosystem management.
• Marissa Kivi (2019): Understanding New England tree species dynamics with data
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• Caitlin Broderick (2017): Reconstructing the pre-settlement vegetation of the Yellow River watershed and its implications for restoration and land management
• Amanda Buerger (2015): Implementing the Use of The Nature Conservancy of Indiana’s Invasive Species List at the University of Notre Dame (co-advised with Barbara Hellenthal)