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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. Contact: dm2972[at]columbia[dot]edu, (212) 854-6889, @DuncanMenge |
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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 Carreras Pereira Ph.D. student kac2252[at]columbia[dot]edu Research interests: I am broadly interested in mycorrhizal networks, forest ecology, biogeochemistry, ethnobotany, succession and climate change. My research is motivated by the principal question of "how do trees, both as individuals and in a forest community, use a mycelial network to communicate?" Within that question, I focus on nutrient transfer between trees via these networks. |
![]() | 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. I focus on ecosystem regeneration dynamics at landscape and global scales. In particular, I am interested in characterizing how forest regeneration trajectories influence ecosystem-atmosphere exchanges of carbon, nitrogen, and water. To investigate these exchanges, my work involves the use of a combination of remote sensing and process-based modeling. CV |
| Ayanna Butler Ph.D. student ab5203[at]columbia[dot]edu |
| Patrick Cito Namulisa Ph.D. student starting Fall 2022 pcn2115[at]columbia[dot]edu Research interests: I am broadly interested in carbon and nitrogen dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems under changing climate, and other global change drivers including warming and elevated CO2. |
![]() | Jessie Motes Ph.D. student starting Fall 2022 jim2137[at]columbia[dot]edu |
| Vanessa Lau M.A. student vml2135[at]columbia[dot]edu |
![]() | Emma Lauterbach M.A. student el3133[at]columbia[dot]edu Research interests: I am interested in fire ecology and the role climate change plays in altering the natural fire regime. I'm currently studying how wildfires alter nutrients, hydrology, and permafrost in Arctic ecosystems. |
| Brandon Wilson Radcliffe Technician baw2169[at]columbia[dot]edu |
| Eva Das Undergraduate ed2954[at]barnard[dot]edu |
![]() | Emma Ziessler Undergraduate elz2109[at]barnard[dot]edu |
| 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 |
![]() | Sian Kou-Giesbrecht Ph.D. 2021 Postdoc, Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis sian.kougiesbrecht[at]gmail[dot]com |
Anika Staccone Ph.D. 2021 NSF Innovative Postdoctoral Entrepreneurial Fellow, Lead System Scientist at Lotic Labs anika.petach[at]gmail[dot]com | |
![]() | Alex Huddell Ph.D. 2021 ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow, EPA alex.huddell[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 |
![]() | Isobel Mifsud M.A. 2021 im2501[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 |