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ECOSs – Research Labs

ECOSS research aims to answer, ask, and explore deep questions about how life and nature work in order to better understand our human relationship to the planet.

Aquatic Ecology

PI: Jane Marks, PhD

Freshwater ecology, focusing on the nutrient cycling between falling leaves, algae, microbes, aquatic insects, and fish that creates healthy ecosystems… LEARN MORE

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Uranium & Health

PI: Tommy Rock, PhD

Focusing on the special problem of legacy and future contamination from Uranium as well as oil and gas in the air, water, and landscapes of the Southwest… LEARN MORE

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Dryland Ecology

PI: Matt Bowker, PhD

Biocrust ecology, with a special focus on cultivation and restoration techniques to bring lab-grown biocrusts to landscapes…
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Boreal Wildfire Ecology

PI: Xanthe Walker, PhD

Disturbance and ecosystem ecology; boreal ecology in fire- adapted forests; special focus on carbon balance based on forest type, fire severity, and forest soils…
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Physiological Ecology

PI: George Koch, PhD

Plant ecophysiology, hydraulic limits on tall trees, drought and climate induced stress in plants and soils, microbial ecology… LEARN MORE

Phenology, Carbon, and Climate

PI: Andrew Richardson, PhD

Tree phenology and phenocam monitoring, climate feedbacks to ecosystem ecology…
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Permafrost & Arctic Carbon

PI: Ted Schuur, PhD

Arctic ecology, climate feedbacks to permafrost thaw, Arctic carbon monitoring and modelin…
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Genes, Microbes, & Soils

PI: Bruce Hungate, PhD

Systems biology, carbon and nutrient cycling, microbial ecology, soil ecology, climate feedbacks to ecosystems, stable isotope probing, advanced -omics… LEARN MORE