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	Duncan Menge Assistant Professor Research and teaching interests: Ecosystem ecology, theoretical ecology, biogeochemistry, evolutionary ecology, global change science, complex systems science, plain old ecology.  CV Contact: dm2972[at]columbia[dot]edu, (212) 854-6889
	Ben Taylor Ph.D. student Research interests: My research interests surround the environ- mental conditions that influence plant growth and how plants, in return, can influence those environmental conditions.  My pre- vious work has focused on applying plant nutrient acquisition via fine root foraging strategies and mycorrhizal fungi associations to ecosystem-level cycling of carbon and nitrogen.  CV, website
	Tom Bytnerowicz Ph.D. student Research interests: My research interests generally fall into the categories of biogeochemistry and plant community ecology. They include the effects of nitrogen fixers on ecosystems, the cycling of nutrients through ecosystems, competition between plant species, and the interactions between plant species and their environments.  CV
	Andrew Quebbeman Ph.D. student
	Wenying Liao (Eleen) M.A. student Research interests: Interactions among plants, their associated organisms, and abiotic processes, and how these affect nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems.  One focus of my research is the nitrogen paradox in temperate vs. tropical forests: I am investigating several possible explanations of the paradox, including the vertical nitrostat model and biological fixation strategies.  CV, website
	Rachel Arkebauer Lab/field technician
	Lab alumni Visiting students Kealohanuiopuna Kinney Interns Elizabeth Min Franklin Roman-Rodriguez Emily Stuchiner Undergrads Taylor Hains

Menge Lab, E3B department, Columbia University
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