ABOUT MECommunity Ecology and Climate ChangeI am interested in understanding how climate change affects plants via changes in plant traits and community properties.
As a PhD student in Integrative Biology and Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at Michigan State University in Dr. Phoebe Zarnetske's Spatial and Community Ecology Lab, my research focuses on how plants and their communities are affected by multiple stressors in natural systems. Prior to my PhD, I received my B.S. in Biology (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior) at Penn State Behrend, where I was advised by Dr. Michael Campbell. My lab work involved determining how potato fungal growth was suppressed when exposed to certain chemical compounds. I also interned at the Lake Erie Regional Grape Research and Extension Center, where I studied how Lake Erie's microclimate influences changes in air temperature and frost dates due to climate change. |
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