{"id":20,"date":"2017-07-17T00:58:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T04:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nd.edu\/~paleolab\/lab\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-11-25T14:56:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T19:56:23","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2018\/03\/140810_august-67-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-821 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2018\/03\/140810_august-67-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2018\/03\/140810_august-67-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2018\/03\/140810_august-67-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2018\/03\/140810_august-67.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/biology.nd.edu\/people\/faculty\/mclachlan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jason McLachlan<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lab Principle Investigator<em><br><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"557\" height=\"714\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2020\/06\/Jody-Peters.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1041 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2020\/06\/Jody-Peters.png 557w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2020\/06\/Jody-Peters-234x300.png 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/people\/jody-peters-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jody Peters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Program Manager<br><em>Ecological Forecasting Initiative (<a href=\"https:\/\/ecoforecast.org\/\">ecoforecast.org<\/a>)<br>PalEON (<a href=\"http:\/\/paleonproject.org\/\">paleonproject.org<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2025\/11\/audrey_mp-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1450 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2025\/11\/audrey_mp-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2025\/11\/audrey_mp-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2025\/11\/audrey_mp-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2025\/11\/audrey_mp-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2025\/11\/audrey_mp.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/audrey-hyke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audrey Hyke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate Student<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2023\/03\/CazimirKowalski-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1335 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2023\/03\/CazimirKowalski-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2023\/03\/CazimirKowalski-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2023\/03\/CazimirKowalski-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2023\/03\/CazimirKowalski.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/cazimir-kowalski\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cazimir Kowalski<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate Student<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"564\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2023\/11\/Hannah-OGrady.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1397 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2023\/11\/Hannah-OGrady.jpg 624w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/files\/2023\/11\/Hannah-OGrady-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/hannah-ogrady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Hannah O&#8217;Grady<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate Student<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20pt\">Former Graduate Students and Post-Docs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Master&#8217;s Students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nathan Kroeze (2024),<\/strong> Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/articles\/dataset\/Environmental_and_Genetic_Influences_on_Species_Composition_and_Belowground_Biomass_Dynamics_in_Coastal_Marshes\/27949089?file=51015552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environmental and Genetic Influences on Species Composition and Belowground Biomass Dynamics in Coastal Marshes<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><u style=\"font-weight: bold\">Helena Kleiner (2022),<\/u> Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/show\/qf85n874h88\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intraspecific Variation Explains Differences in Plant-Mediated Methane Emissions in a Coastal Marsh Across Species Composition and an Environmental Gradient<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Haley Kodak (2021),<\/u><\/strong> Thesis: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/show\/47429883v32\" target=\"_blank\">Ecotypic variation of traits in wetland plants<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Samuel Pecoraro (2014),<\/u><\/strong> Non-Thesis M.Sc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Tiffany Hickox (2010),<\/u><\/strong> (ESTEEM entrepreneurship professional program), <em> <\/em>Thesis: Climate change adaptation strategies: Consultation for conservation and natural resource management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Gregory Snowden (2009),<\/u><\/strong> Thesis: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/show\/37720c5005s\" target=\"_blank\">Population level variation in growth of the C<sub>3<\/sub> salt marsh sedge, <em>Schoenoplectus americanus<\/em>, and its potential effects on ecosystem function<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">PhD Students<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Alyssa Willson (2025), Thesis: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/articles\/dataset\/The_Ecological_Time_Machine_Towards_an_Understanding_of_Vegetation-Climate_Relationships_Across_Scales\/28855721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Ecological Time Machine: Towards an Understanding of Vegetation-Climate Relationships Across Scales<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Megan Vahsen (2023),<\/u><\/strong> Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/show\/3b591834d7b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eco-evolutionary dynamics of coastal marshes in response to environmental change<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Ann Raiho (2020),<\/u><\/strong> Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/show\/6w924b3253t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seeing the Trees through the Forest: Understanding Community Ecology&#8217;s Influence on Long Term Ecosystem Dynamics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Kelly Heilman (2020),<\/u><\/strong><em> <\/em>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/show\/3j333200q9g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vegetation Responses to Long-Term Environmental Changes at a Savanna Forest Boundary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Bethany Blakely (2020),<\/u> <\/strong>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/show\/hm50tq60r1c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Effects of Land Use and Long-Term Forest Development on Regional Energy Balance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Rachel Hesselink (Gentile) (2015),<\/u><\/strong> Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/show\/5x21td98j83\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in a Coastal Marsh Sedge Resurrected from a Century-Long Seed Bank<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Candice Lumibao (2015),<\/u> <\/strong>Thesis: <a href=\"https:\/\/curate.nd.edu\/show\/s1784j05v15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Genetic Legacies of 10,000 Years of Environmental Changes on Forest Trees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Postdoctoral Researchers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kira Sullivan-Wiley (2020-2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yi-Hsin Erica Tsai (2013-2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andria Dawson (2013-2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zuofeng Shang (2011-2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lynn Anderson-Carpenter (2006-2008)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;*&#8221; indicates students who were co-authors on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/paleolab\/publications\/\" target=\"_blank\">Publications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Emma Ackerley<br>Charlotte Adema<br>Santana Almeida<br>Aleah Appling<br>Kate Augustine<br>Katheryn Barnhart<br>Kimberly Bauer<br>Garrett Blad<br>Erin Bouquet<br>Theresa Brenberg<br>Caitlin Broderick*<br>Brianna Brown<br>Amanda Brueger<br>Bridget Bruns<br>Clare Buntrock<br>Josephine Chau<br>Will Chronister<br>Henri Chung<br>Alexandra Collaco<br>Jacklyn Cooney<br>Margaret Corcoran<br>Mariel Cuellar<br>Matthew Donahue<br>Chris Esber<br>James Evans<br>Isaac Evans<br>Nicole Fantozzi<br>Anita Feng<br>Marilia Figueiredo<br>Kelsey Flood*<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Ben Foster*<br>Chloe Friend<br>Hayden Gallo*<br>Marissa Gaskill<br>Chris Glueck<br>Quercus Hamlin* 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