Left to right: Mary Heskel, Kevin Griffin, Nancy Falxa-Raymond, Angie Patterson Jen Levy-Varon, and Danielle BItterman.  Below: Heather Greaves.























































Guan Yue, Greg, Li Zheng-zhen, Mary                          

    Ma Shuai, Greg, Mary

WINTER FOLIAR RESPIRATION TEAM

Current Grad Students:                      

Mary Heskel

Miriam Marlier

Angelica Patterson

Case Prager

Shannan Sweet


Recent Alums:

Jen Levy-Varon

Greg Pendergast

Nancy Falxa-Raymond


Visitors:

Chen Yunping

Ling Fan

Xiao Xiao

Matheus Bianconi

Officially Advised Graduate Students


Mark Potosnak, Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Sciences

MSc. September 1997

M. Phil March 2000

Ph.D. January 2002

Thesis:  Effects of growth carbon dioxide concentration on isoprene emissions from plants

Current Position, Assistant Professor, DePaul, Chicago, Ill


Victor Engel, Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Sciences

M.Phil March 2000

Ph.D. April 2002

Thesis:  Biophysical controls on canopy water balance

Current Position, Hydrologist, USGS, FL.


Jennifer Boyd (Nagel), Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Sciences

ESS&J student (research project), 1999

MSc. March 2000

M.Phil March 2001

Ph.D. December 2002

Thesis:  Plant energetic processes and their response to global change as a physiological mechanism of competitive success

Current Position, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.


Natalie Boelman, Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Sciences

MSc. March 2001

M.Phil March 2002

Ph.D. September 2004

Thesis:  Relating NDVI to Ecosystem Form & Function at Multiple Spatial Scales in Arctic Tundra Landscapes

Current Position, Associate Research Scientist, LDEO - Columbia University.


Neil Pederson, Columbia University Earth and Environmental Sciences (advisory committee)

M.Phil March 2002

Ph.D. July 2005

Thesis:  Climatic Sensitivity and Growth of Southern Temperate Trees in the Eastern US: Implications for the Carbon Cycle.

Current Position, Lamont Research Professor, Columbia University.


Josslyn Shapiro, Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Sciences

MSc. February 2002

M.Phil March 2003

Ph.D. December 2005

Thesis: Watershed Budgets of Cl- and SO42- as Integrators of Ecosystem Processes

Current Position, Deputy Director, Dept. Environmental Remediation, NYC.


William Bowman, Columbia University, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology

Ph.D. December 2005

Thesis: Respiratory Ecophysiology of Woody Stems and Branches in Temperate Forest Trees.

Current Position, Consultant, Land Use Ecological Services, Riverhead, NY.


Chengyuan Xu, Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Sciences

MSc. March 2003

M. Phil March 2004

Ph.D. May 2006

Thesis:  Foliar dark respiration: scaling gas exchange characteristics and isotopic signals from leaf to canopy/ ecosystem level.

Current Position, Collaborative Research Network Senior Research Fellow

University of Sunshine Coast Research Futures Project

(based in Griffith University)


Jennifer Levy-Varon, Columbia University, Earth and Environmental Sciences

MSc. March 2008,

M.Phil March 2009,

Ph.D. May 2012

Thesis: Belowground carbon pools and fluxes in a northern temperate deciduous forest and their response to stand disturbance.

Current Position, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Princeton University



Second Reader:

Miriam Jones, Earth and Environmental Sciences, graduated 2008

Jinbao Li, Earth and Environmental Sciences, graduated 2009

Nancy Dammann, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, graduated 2009

Dan Flynn, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, graduated 2011

Jason Sircely, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, graduated 2011

Eli Dueker, Earth and Environmental Sciences PhD student, graduated 2012

Sanpisa Sritrairat, Earth and Environmental Sciences PhD student, graduated 2012

Shannan Sweet, Earth and Environmental Sciences PhD student, present

Case Prager, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, present




Undergraduate Students Advised


Matt Yospin, Columbia University, DEES, Senior Essay and Research, 1998

Ami Patel, Barnard College, Senior Thesis, 1998

Guerric Bazin, Ecole Superieure d’Ingenieurs et de Techniciens pour l’Agriculture, Rouen FR, Visiting Scholar 1999

Katherine Greive, Barnard College, Independent Research Project, 2000

Lisa Patrick, Barnard College, Independent Research Project, 2000, 2001 & 2002

Howard Fung, American Museum of Natural History, Pre College Science Collaborative, 2000/2001

Katherine Kurtz, Barnard College, Senior Thesis, 2002 & 2003 (Thesis received Honors)

Alisa Nakamine, Columbia University, Work Study, 2003

Kawana Lewis, Columbia University, Summer Internship, 2003, Senior Thesis, 2005

Stephanie Searle, Columbia University, Directed Research, 2007

Victor De Troy, Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2007

Mia Lewis, Columbia University, FOSTER intern 2007

Yasmine  Koukaz, Columbia University, undergraduate research assistant 2007

Charlene Lee, Columbia University, FOSTER intern 2008

Sam Thomas, Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2008&2009

Heather Greaves, Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2008&2009

Danielle Bitterman, Columbia University, LDEO intern, 2009, Senior Thesis 2009&2010

(Thesis received Honors)

Miguel Macias, Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2009, 2010 & 2011

Rex Chen, Columbia University, LDEO intern, 2009

Gregory Pendergast, Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2011

Adam Formica, Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2012

Jamie Yu, Barnard College summer intern and Independent Research Project, 2012&2013

Moyosore Ajayi,  Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2013

Rachael Arkebauer, Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2013

Jess Gersony, Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2013

Rebecca Gibson, Columbia University, Senior Thesis 2013

Scott Mannis, Columbia University, Independent Research Project, 2012&2013

Crystal Quallo, Barnard College, Senior Thesis 2013


External Advisory Committees and Visitors


Hector Maza Cabezas, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Visiting Scholar, 1997&1998

Roger Dungen, Lincoln University, New Zealand, Outside Thesis Reader, 2002

Aaron Kimple, Bard College, Outside Thesis Reader, 2002

Stephanie Searle, University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand, 2011

Ari Korfeld, University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand, 2012

Ika Dujik, Institute of Soil Research, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna – Marshal Plan Fellow, 2009

Matheus Bianconi, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil, 2012

Adam Formica & Shannan Sweet

Senior Thesis Students:

Adam Formica

Jamie Yu


Moyosore Ajayi

Rachael Arkebauer

Jess Gersony

Rebecca Gibson

Scott Mannis

Crystal Quallo 

                  


Post Doc:

Paul Gauthier

Xiao, Matheus, Angie, Mary, Jamie, Kevin, Yao, Adam & Scott in October 2012 Lab Meeting - thanks to Yao for the photo!