Currently, I'm advisor to 3.5 graduate students and assisting with several other projects. These projects include:

David Knochel started in fall, 2004, and is working on invasive plant species/management issues. We are funded through USDA to look at insect-plant competition-soil nutrient interactions. Hopefully, he's on his way to solving the spotted knapweed problem. The early data look good! He'll be graduating officially in Dec. 2009.

Began fall, 2004, I am co-advising Mary Jamieson along with Dr. Deane Bowers. Mary is a Ph.D. student studying invasive plant-insect interactions. She's recently been funded by NSF to finish up her Ph.D. effort.

Eve Gasarch joined us in fall, 2008. She's working on species richness - resource patterns in the alpine.

Janet Prevet joins us in fall, 2009. Her assignment is to figure out how to control cheatgrass (not an easy assignment!)

My main research emphasis involves studying the causes and consequences of biotic change, and specific topics are best described in my publications. Publications
The 2008 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment capture this most succinctly.

Recent graduates from my lab include: Drs. Elisa Miller, Dan Liptzin, Nataly Ascarrunz, and Heather Reed

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