Welcome!
 Thanks for visiting. Here, you will find in-depth information about my research program in plant physiological and ecosystem ecology. My research is focused on understanding how various forms of global change affect plant and ecosystem function.
I encourage you to contact me if would like to hear more about our research. I am especially interested in discussing opportunities for research collaboration with current or prospective undergraduate and graduate students. Although my current research emphasizes forest ecology in the upper Midwest, projects centered in the southeast are underway, including the characterization of biophysical and social drivers of carbon cycling in urban ecosystems, including those of Richmond, and the development of forest management practices for enhancing carbon storage.
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"The main goal of the federally funded Forest Accelerated Succession Experiment (FASET) is to determine how much heat-trapping carbon dioxide forests of the Upper Midwest will remove from the air in coming decades. Trees can help offset human-caused climate warming, and scientists want to know how big a role these particular forests will play."
-University of Michigan Press Release (Full article here )
In Michigan, we use meteorological towers (left) together with ecological methods to estimate how much carbon the forest takes up and releases over time and space. VCU is a partner in this research, which is funded by DOE National Institute for Climate Change Research.
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