Lydia’s research focuses on improving restoration success in the Mojave Desert, particularly though the use of biological soil crust (biocrust). She is investigating methods for restoring biocrust in highly disturbed soils, and how increased biocrust impacts soil...
Craig studies how environmental factors (e.g. climate, soils nutrients) affect the rate at which plants and microbes cycle carbon through ecosystems. His interests include mycorrhizal ecology, coupled elemental cycling, and quantifying uncertainty in ecosystem...
Nelly is a MS student co advised by Dr. Matt Bowker and Dr. Anita Antoninka. She is interested in environmental restoration and materials science, and her research is primarily focused on how restoration impacts dryland ecosystems post-fire. She is equally interested...
Anastasia is interested in understanding how climate change is altering ecosystem structure and function and what consequences these changes have for nutrient cycling, plant-soil-microbe interactions, and carbon storage. She is particularly interested in changes in...
Xanthe Walker’s research focuses on understanding the impacts of environmental change and disturbance on the structure and function of northern terrestrial ecosystems. She has experience in disturbance ecology, dendrochronology, statistics, and the application of...
