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	Duncan Menge Associate Professor Research and teaching interests: Ecosystem ecology, theoretical ecology, biogeochemistry, evolutionary ecology, global change science, plain old ecology. CV Contact: dm2972[at]columbia[dot]edu, (212) 854-6889, @DuncanMenge
	Sian Kou-Giesbrecht Ph.D. student sk4220[at]columbia[dot]edu Research interests: My research interests are broadly in biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, theoretical ecology, and terrestrial biosphere models. Specifically, I am interested in how nitrogen-fixing trees promote both CO2 sequestration and soil N2O emissions in forests, the radiative balance of these opposing processes, and how it will be influenced by global change. I am also interested in the representation of biological nitrogen fixation in terrestrial biosphere models, specifically the Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory’s Land Model 4.
	Anika Staccone Ph.D. student arp2195[at]columbia[dot]edu Research interests: My research interests are in ecosystem ecology, specifically regarding soil nutrient availability and distribution. I hope to work on soil microbial processes, biofertilizers, and spatial modeling of nutrient distributions to better understand ecosystem conservation and land reclamation practices.
	Alex Huddell Ph.D. student amh2284[at]columbia[dot]edu Research interests: My research explores biogeochemistry and ecosystem ecology in agricultural systems. I'm interested in optimizing the use of nitrogen to maximize ecosystem services such as food production, nutrient cycling, and carbon storage, while minimizing the associated ecological and environmental costs of unwanted nutrient export such as eutrophication, greenhouse gas production, and biodiversity loss.
	Palani Akana Ph.D. student pra2116[at]columbia[dot]edu Research interests: I study how nutrient dynamics within ecosystems transform, and are transformed by, the biotic structure and functioning of ecosystems. I am particularly interested in connecting ecological processes at different spatial scales, for example how the physiological processes of nutrient acquisition and use by individual plants relate to ecosystem-scale measures of productivity, diversity, and community composition. CV
	Aria Pereira Ph.D. student kac2252[at]columbia[dot]edu
	Savannah Cooley Ph.D. student sc4751[at]columbia[dot]edu Research interests: My research stems from my personal and professional mission of playing a role in mitigating climate change. In particular, I focus on characterizing the impact of land use practices on carbon, nitrogen, and water fluxes Currently I am a Co-Investigator for a NASA-SERVIR project in the Amazonia region. I investigate how canopy structure and aboveground carbon in primary and secondary forests as well as in agroforestry cocoa systems relate to biogeochemical cycling in the Peruvian Amazon. CV
	Isobel Mifsud M.A. student im2501[at]columbia[dot]edu Research interests: I am very excited about insect diversity and forest ecology, particularly deadwood-dependent beetles and their role in the processes of decomposition and nutrient cycling within temperate forest ecosystems. CV
	Lab Alumni
	Amelia Wolf Postdoc 2015-2018 Assistant Professor, UT Austin amywolf[at]gmail[dot]com
	Benton Taylor Ph.D. 2018 Assistant Professor, Harvard Formerly postdoc, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center bentonneiltaylor[at]gmail[dot]com
	Thomas Bytnerowicz Ph.D. 2020 Stengl-Wyer Postdoc, UT Austin tbytnero[at]gmail[dot]com
	Andrew Quebbeman Ph.D. 2021 Data Analyst, The Farmer's Dog andrew.quebbeman[at]gmail[dot]com
	Wenying Liao M.A. 2015 Postdoc, Harvard Formerly Ph.D. student, Princeton wenyingl[at]princeton[dot]edu
	Emily Jager M.A. 2019 NYC Parks Department and Walking Palms Global Health eaj2145[at]columbia[dot]edu
	Alexa Helms M.A. 2020 ah3597[at]columbia[dot]edu
	Megan Wilcots B.S. 2018 Ph.D. student, University of Minnesota mew2210[at]columbia[dot]edu
	Colleen Schmidt B.S. 2020 cbs2166[at]columbia[dot]edu
	Technicians, Visiting students, Interns, Post-Bacs, Student assistants Kealohanuiopuna Kinney (V), Research Ecologist at IPIF, USFS John Park (V), PhD student, U Florida Elizabeth Min (I), PhD student at Columbia (DEES) Franklin Román-Rodríguez (I), MA student at UPR Mayagüez Emily Stuchiner (I), PhD student at Colorado State Ashley Rector (I), undergrad at Ohio State Andrew Quebbeman (T), data scientist Rachel Arkebauer (T), software developer Kaye Shek (T), PhD student at U Oregon Andrés Salazar (T), PhD student at U Hawaii Manoa Aria Pereira (T), PhD student at Columbia (E3B) Alex Huddell (PB), PhD student at Columbia (E3B) Taylor Hains (SA) Emily Fratz (SA) Kayley You-Mak (SA) Richard Li (SA) Anna Kaplan (SA) John Hao (SA) Connor Moore (SA) Eleanor Pressman (SA) Emily Utset (SA) Elsie Platzer (SA) Gabriela Jackson (SA) Oreoluwa Solanke (SA) Lynnette Chan (SA) Livia Martinez (SA) Emily Weisenberger (SA)

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