Current Graduate Students

• Carrie Pucko (Ph.D. student, Aug 2005 - present). Project: Effects of regional climate change on forests in the Green Mountains.

Postdoctoral Associates

• Gabriela Bucini (2011 - present). Project: Remote sensing of savannas and statistical downscaling of climate data.
  

Former Graduate Students

• Kimberley Kemper. Masters student (Aug 2006 - Aug 2009). Thesis: Increased tree-cover at New England treelines associated with regional warming: Evidence from historical photographs.
• Jens Stevens. Masters student (Jun 2006 - Aug 2008). Thesis: The role of fire disturbance in the invasion of south Florida pine savannas by Brazilian Pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius). Jens went on to a Ph.D. program at UC Davis.
• Ben Osborne. Masters student (Aug 2003-Aug 2005). Thesis: An upward shift in the deciduous-boreal ecotone during 40 years of warming in the Green Mountains. Ben went on to work as a forester for the New York City Parks Department.

Former Postdoctoral Associates

• Guoping Tang (2008 - 2010). Project: Using ecological models and global climate model data to predict the future distribution of vegetation in New England in response to global climate change.
• Dan Gavin. (2005- 2006). Project: Distinguishing between the predisposing and inciting factors that have led to the observed decline of forests in the Green Mountains using dendrochronological techniques. Dan accepted a position as an assistant professor at the University of Oregon.
  

Primary Collaborators

• Prof. William Platt at LSU.
• Prof. Louis Gross at NIMBioS.
• Dr. Matt Slocum at LSU.
• Prof. James Clark at Duke University.
• Prof. Michael Lavine at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Opportunities for Graduate Funding