Meredith Zettlemoyer
Former Postdoc (2020-2023)
(she/her)

Current Position: ​Assistant Professor, University of Montana

Research Interests: I'm broadly interested in how plant traits and responses to global change (e.g., phenological shifts) influence population persistence. My dissertation research examined how the dominant environmental changes facing natural populations, including global warming, nitrogen deposition, and habitat loss, influence plant extinctions and invasions by combining historical datasets, experimental manipulations, and demographic modeling. I hope this work informs predictions of future population decline. I also love science outreach, hiking, and musical theater.

Riley Thoen
Ph.D. student (2020-2026)
(he/him)

Current Position: Postdoc, Cornell University

Research Interests: demography, ecology and evolution of fragmentation, reproductive biology, population genetics

Em Horne
MS student (2021-2024)
(she/her)

Current Position: Associate Conservation Biologist, GA Department of Natural Resources

Research Interests: conservation biology, botany, pollination biology

Sage Ellis
Former Research technician (2021-2022)
(she/her)

Current Position: MS Student, University of Nevada, Reno

Research Interests: population dynamics, invasive species ecology, disturbance  
                                      and restoration

Undergraduate Researchers
Ethan Brown - Investigating local adaptation to frost tolerance in Silene acaulis
Joseph Clarke - Analysis of phenological and environmental effects on anthocyanin production in 
Claytonia virginica using experimental and community science data
Jake Ferus - Spatial analysis of Trillium spp. occurrences to observe conservation status
Emma Friedrichs - The effects of climate on specific leaf area in Chamaecrista fasciculata
Varshini Gokul - The effects of climate and environment on flower size in Chamaecrista fasciculata
Vincent Le - Drought effects on pollen production and biomass of Helianthus porteri, an endemic granite outcrop plant
Saadia Manzar - Relationship between extrafloral nectary size and nectar volume produced in Chamaecrista fasciculata
KJ Maxwell - Color extraction pipeline
Zoe Mitchell - The effects of population density on survival and reproduction of Helianthus porteri
Sammie Smith - Effects of land management and human disturbance on the population density of Gratiola amphianthus
Sydney Speir - Impact of drought stress on survival and growth of Helianthus porteri
Aylin Ulloa - Understanding temporal shifts in the physiology of spring ephemerals under warming.
Jill Wilson - Comparing phenological shifts under climate change
using historical and observational datasets

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