John Calder - (M.S. Graduated December 2009)

         Impacts of conifer expansion on aspen ecophysiology
         Current: Ph.D student  at the University of Wyoming

 

                                Eric Smith - (M.S. Graduated August 2010

                        Developmental influences on aspen functional traits
                        Current: Graduate student at Georgetown University

          Kevin Horn - (Ph.D. 2008 - present)

         Fire in the Mojave Desert is increasing in frequency and
         extent due to the presence of invasive grasses driven by
         intense precipitation events. Native vegetation is slow to
         recover after fire. I'm examining the potential for
         ecosystem recovery by investigating post-fire plant
         physiology, seed dispersal through small mammals, and
         landscape scale relationships of vegetation and soil
         moisture with changing climatic events via remote  
         sensing.

 

                         Josh Buck -  (M.S. August 2010 - present)  

                         Research interests: I study facilitative relationships between aspen
                         and subalpine fir and how that associations leads to competition
                         and mortality in late successional stages underfire suppression.

          Ho Yi Wan - (M.S. August 2011 - present)

          Research interests: Impacts of fire size and intensity on
          herbivory and defense responses of regenerating
          aspen;soil resource acquisition and physiology of aspen

 

                               Andrew Lybbert - (M.S. starting January 2012)

                       Research interests: Impacts of desert fire on pollination