Left to right: Mary Heskel, Kevin Griffin, Nancy Falxa-Raymond, Angie Patterson Jen Levy-Varon, and Danielle BItterman. Below: Heather Greaves.
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
WINTER FOLIAR RESPIRATION TEAM
Current Grad Students:
Case Prager
Recent Alums:
Visitors:
Ling Fan
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:
Xiao, Matheus, Angie, Mary, Jamie, Kevin, Yao, Adam & Scott in October 2012 Lab Meeting - thanks to Yao for the photo!