Lab Alumni

  • Heath Carey

    Heath Carey

    MS (2009 - 2011)

    Thesis Title: The Missoula poplar project: Utilizing poplars to enhance wastewater treatment

    Current Position: Co-founder, Freedom Gardens, Missoula, MT

     

  • Megan Keville

    Megan Keville

    MS (2010 - 2012)

    Thesis Title: Impacts of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak on biogeochemical cycling in a high elevation whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulus) ecosystem

    Current Position: Director of Operations, Society for Conservation Biology

    Web: https://scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/who-we-are-2/

  • Jon Leff

    Jon Leff

    MS (2010 - 2012)

    Thesis Title: Experimental litterfall manipulation effects on soil bacterial community structure and soil carbon cycling in a wet tropical forest

    Current Position: Director of Data Science, Artisan Biotechnologies

    Web: https://artisancells.com/

  • Adrienne Keller

    Adrienne Keller

    MS (2010 - 2012)

    Thesis Title: Effects of canopy tree species diversity on belowground biogeochemistry in a wet lowland tropical forest

    Current Position:

    Postdoc, University of Minnesota

  • Kali Becher (Pennick)

    Kali Becher (Pennick)

    MS (2011 - 2012)

    Thesis Title: Factors influencing the distribution of late-seral woody species along the upper Missouri river in central Montana

    Current Position: Missoula County Planning & Services, Missoula, MT

  • Sasha Reed

    Sasha Reed

    Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar (2008 - 2011)

    Current Position: Research Scientist, UGSG, Moab, UT

    Web: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/sasha-reed

     

  • Dr. Ben Sullivan

    Dr. Ben Sullivan

    Postdoctoral Scholar (2012-2014)

    Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

    Web: http://sullivanlab.weebly.com/

  • Dr. Sarah Castle

    Dr. Sarah Castle

    Ph.D. (2010 - 2015)

    Dissertation Title: Ecosystem succession in the earliest stages: Linking microbial community structure to ecological function

    Current Position: Analyst at Sustainable Conservation (CA)

    Web: https://suscon.org/about-us/

    Co-founder, The Cairn Project

  • Peter Ganzlin

    Peter Ganzlin

    MS (2013 - 2015)

    Thesis Title: Decadal scale responses of soil and ecosystem processes to forest restoration in Rocky Mountain conifer forests

    Current Position: USDA - ARS, Minneapolis, MN

  • Dr. William (Billy) Kolby Smith

    Dr. William (Billy) Kolby Smith

    Postdoctoral Scholar (2013 - 2014; co-mentored with Dr. Steve Running)

    Current Position: Associate Professor, U Arizona

    Web: https://snre.arizona.edu/people/william-smith

  • Dr. Silvia Alvarez-Clare

    Dr. Silvia Alvarez-Clare

    Postdoctoral Scholar (2012 - 2014)

    Current Position: Staff Scientist, The Morton Arboretum (Chicago)

    Web: https://mortonarb.org/science/staff/silvia-alvarez-clare/

  • Dr. Alison Marklein

    Dr. Alison Marklein

    Postdoctoral Scholar (2013 - 2015)

    Curent Position: Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (DOE)

    Web: http://www.alisonmarklein.com/

  • Dr. Fiona Soper

    Dr. Fiona Soper

    Postdoctoral Scholar (2016 - 2018)

    Current Position: Assistant Professor, McGill University

    Web: http://www.fionasoper.com

  • Dr. Megan Nasto

    Dr. Megan Nasto

    Ph.D. student (2013 - 2018)

    Dissertation Title: Nutrient Acquisition Strategies in Tropical Rain Forests: Nitrogen and Phosphorus Interactions Through Plant-Microbial Mutualisms.

    Current Position: Research Scientist, Working Lands Conservation (UT)

    Web: https://www.workinglandsconservation.org/meet-our-team-banner

  • Dr. Katherine Dynarski

    Dr. Katherine Dynarski

    Postdoctoral Scholar (2020 - 2021)

    Web: https://biogeokaty.com/