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Bill Bowman

BA University of Colorado, MS San Diego State University, PhD Duke University. At CU since 1989, Director of the and Fellow in the , Professor, , Editor, .

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Chiara Forrester 

Graduate Student

B.A. in Plant Ecology, Hampshire College, 2016. 

Research Interests: Plant, alpine and forest ecology; Plant-fungal symbioses; Soil ecology and nutrient cycling; Effects of climate change (early snowmelt, increased N deposition) on plant communities, plant-fungal symbioses, nutrient cycling and soil function; Citizen science and science communication. Previous research has explored the effects of a foliar endophytic fungus on host microsite distribution and soil extracellular enzyme activity along elevational gradients.

Nyika Campbell

Honors student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.  Research interests- influence of warming and early snowmelt on seedling recruitment in the alpine.

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Teal Potter 

B.A. University of Montana, 2009, PhD 2017; research interests: Plant-soil interactions, particularly as they influence plant and microbial responses to environmental change, and the potential spread of invasive species. Currently postdoc at University of Wisconsin, Madison

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Sam Simkin 

Postdoc/ Plant Ecologist with the National Ecological Observatory Netork

B.A. Earlham College, MS University of Georgia, PhD Cornell University; Research interests-  Ecosystem Ecology, Plant Community Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Landscape Ecology.  Currently a Research Scientist with the National Ecological Observatory Network

Amber Churchill 

Graduate Student

B.S. Stonehill College, M.S. University of Alaska, Fairbanks 2011, PhD (successful defense in 12/16); research interests- plant community effects on biogeochemical processes, particularly as they influence anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems. Currently a postdoc in Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment; Western Sydney University

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Kallin Tea 

B.S. Stanford 2004, Biology;

PhD 2013; thesis focused on the influence of spatial heterogeneity in resource availability and invasibility and changes in nutrient availability and patterning in relation to soil age; currently an environmental consultant

Rebecca Harris 

B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara; MA 2012- thesis topic: Influence of forest management following beetle kill on invasibility by non-native plant species; currently teaching outdoor education in Utah and Colorado; high school teacher in Escalante Utah

Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi 

PhD, CU 2010; B.A. UC Berkeley 2003, Integrative Biology; thesis topic- landscape scale nutrient cycling and "hotspots" of nitrogen transformations; currently Assistant Professor, UTEP

Courtney Meier 

PhD 2008, University of Colorado; dissertation research focused on the effects of plants on soil microbial activity, soil nutrient availability, and neighboring plant growth, as well as links between plant species diversity, plant litter chemistry, and below-ground components of ecosystem function that are regulated by soil microbes. Currently plant ecologist with the National Ecological Observatory Network

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Katie Suding 

PhD, University of Michigan 1999; CU postdoc; Research interests: interplay between plant competition, community structure, and soil processes. Currently Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder.