People Type: Graduate Student-IBio

Research Interests Google Scholar My research focuses on discovering the developmental genetic programs that give rise to the unique features of arachnids. Using gene silencing approaches in daddy longlegs and comparative gene expression in groups like sea spiders, mites, ticks, and camel spiders, I’ve been able to work out key players in the patterning of …

Research Interests I primarily study freshwater ecosystems to understand how they vary in time and space. The Midwestern US has a variety of working and natural landscapes that rely on freshwater resources. Currently, I have projects focused on the carbon storage of urban ponds, the long-term changes in Wisconsin lakes, and the relationship between wetland …

Research Interests Google Scholar My current research focuses on understanding historical and future disturbance dynamics in forests of the upper Great Lakes using dendrochronology and simulation modeling. I am broadly interested in landscape ecology, ecological modeling, and climate change science and adaptation. Through my research, I hope to help communities, managers, and ecosystems adapt to …

Research Interests Google Scholar My current research focuses on how soil microbial communities respond to and recover from high-intensity, stand-replacing wildfires in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. I am particularly interested in the dynamics of ectomycorrhizal fungal and their roles in nutrient poor forest ecosystems. I am also interested in developing and applying inclusive, research-informed teaching …

Research interests Google Scholar I am broadly interested in the evolution of social behaviors, particularly how the brain and genome have changed to confer social behavior changes. I currently work with house mice from Gough Island – as island isolation is known to induce a sweeping change in several behaviors, including social. Using these mice, …