Group

We explore mechanisms by which terrestrial carbon cycling and ecosystem processes are responding to global change. We welcome diverse perspectives and collaborative insights.

Current Group Members

Technicians

Eric Valdes

Lead field technician on PARCHED Rainforest Drying project at STRI

Karmir Bravo

Technician on PARCHED Rainforest Drying project at STRI

Graduate Advisees

Grace McLaughlin

MS student on PARCHED Rainforest Drying project at Graduate Degree Program in Ecology CSU

Asher

PhD student on Alpine Tundra Transplant project based at CU – Boulder, co-advised with E Hinckley

Undergrads

Ally Lewis

Lab and field technician PARCHED Rainforest Drying project at CSU

Liri Sananes

Lab and field technician PARCHED Rainforest Drying project at CSU

Genesis Lacy

Lab and field technician PARCHED Rainforest Drying project at CSU

Postdocs

Amanda Longhi Cordeiro

Postdoc on Tropical Roots and Disturbance TropiRAD co-mentored with Dr. J Powers at University of Minnesota

Smithsonian Science Host and Collaborator

S.J. Wright

Staff scientist at STRI and host of the PARCHED Rainforest Drying project

Academic Alumni

Postdocs

Lee Dietterich – PARCHED project with the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (2024).

Megan Kelso – NatureNet Fellow, The Nature Conservancy & Department of Geography, UCLA (2018 – 2020).

Graduate Students

Hailey Tharpe, M.S. – Graduate Degree Program in Ecology - Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (exp. 2027).

Grace McLaughlin, M.S.– Graduate Degree Program in Ecology - Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (exp. 2026).

Amanda Longhi Cordeiro, Ph.D. – Graduate Degree Program in Ecology - Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (2024).

Alexandra Hedgepeth, Ph.D. – Department of Geography, UCLA (2024).

Emily Blackaby, M.S. – Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (2022).

Avishesh Neupane, Ph.D. – Department of Geography, UCLA (2019).

Mark Ciochina, M.A. – Department of Geography, UCLA (2017).

Sarah Halterman, M.A. – Department of Geography, UCLA (2015).

Taylor McCleery, M.A. – Department of Geography, UCLA (2014).

Undergraduates

2024 – 2025: Independent study, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (ESS 495): Kaira Gleiser Gherson, Genessis Lacy, Ally Lewis, Maya McCain, Liri Sananes, Hailey Tharp, Olive White Eagle-Dodson.

Alyssa Schaefer – Senior Honors Project HON 499: The role of undergraduate experiences in skills development and employability (Sept. 2024 – May 2025).

2023 – 2024: Independent study, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (ESS 495): Isabella Felsing, Riley Krudop, Parker Neal, Quin Noel, Alyssa Schaefer, Alex Smilor, Layne Webb.

2022 – 2023: Independent study, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (ESS 495): Erinn Hayward, Laura Lenhart, Hilary Johnson, Paige Mueffleman, Kimmie Pham, Avery Shell, Leo Thomas, Daniel Vida, Hayden Warmer.

2021 – 2022: Independent study, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (ESS 495): Katelyn Heinsma.

2019 – 2020: Independent study, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, CSU (ESS 495): Erin Bradley, Austin Wei.

2018 – 2019: Independent study, Department of Geography, UCLA: Makenna Brown, Morgan Holubets, Johnny Linares, Kevin Neung, Minh Quang Nguyen, Genevieve Silla, Dulce Rivas Solis.

2013-2014: Independent study, Department of Geography, UCLA: Daniel Ashdown, Ismarie Rivera Santiago, Alice Lim.

2011 – 2012: Independent study, Department of Geography, UCLA: Kathryn Gassh, Amy Stuyvesant, Sophia Wong.

Undergraduate Field and Lab Interns: Sebastian Bravo (2021), Makenna Brown (2019), Lily Colburn (2018), Clayton Coleman (2020), Yuriani Cozzarelli (2020), Yun Choi (2018), Lovisa Duck (2021), Emma Friedl (2017), Morgan Holubets (2017-2018), Weronika Konwent (2019), Amanda Lai (2018), Jessica Li (2017), Alice Lin (2018), Lucus Lu (2017), Michelle Meledy (2018), Delisa Membache (2021), Maira Oliviera (2020), Gabriel Oppler (2018), Frida Perez (2018), Gabriela Quesada (2022), Jacqueline Reu (2018), Ting Sun (2018), Carley Tsiames (2020), Korina Valencia (2020), Anneke Zeko (2018).