Our lab's broad interests are in plant-environment interactions, with the goals of understanding the mechanisms shaping plant and microbial community composition and diversity, ecosystem functioning, and system responses to abiotic and biotic environmental changes. Within these broad areas, we are especially interested in the importance of plant-soil and plant-microbe relationships and the role of environmental heterogeneity. We work primarily with herbaceous systems (e.g. prairie, old-field, forest floor) using a combination of experimental and observational approaches.
Research areas:
- Ecology
- Microbial Interactions and Pathogenesis
We study plant-environment interactions, seeking to understand the mechanisms shaping vegetation diversity, ecosystem functioning, and community and ecosystem responses to environmental change, and to apply this knowledge to ecological restoration and sustainable agriculture.
My research interests center on plant-environment interactions and their applications to sustainable and resilient cities, prairie and woodland restoration, and sustainable agriculture.
Research:
- Endophytic fungi of switchgrass
- Reconnecting with place: conserving urban forest habitat
- Microbial synergies and plant community productivity and diversity
- Brownfield remediation with prairie plants
- Soil resource heterogeneity and plant community diversity
Keywords: Plant Community Ecology; Ecology of Plant-Soil-Microbe Interac
Research Interests:
- ecology; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Research Interests:
- ecology; microbial interactions and pathogenesis