Brian Howard
Brian Howard is working to understand what trees grow back, and why, after a large wildfire in the Alaskan tundra. Brian is a second year PhD student in the Plant and Ecosystem Ecology Research (PEER) Lab at Ecoss. His research takes him to Denali National Park in...
Melissa Boyd
Boyd conducts research on ecosystem resilience and vulnerability to disturbance in high latitude ecosystems. Her work is strongly focused on the effects of climate and insect outbreaks on tree productivity and understanding the impacts of fuel reduction treatments on...
Anya Metcalfe
How do dams affect aquatic food webs? That’s one question that brought Anya Metcalfe to NAU, where she’s now a second-year Masters student in Jane Marks’ Lab. Anya’s research is unique at Ecoss because it’s using samples collected by a wide array of citizens rather...