People

 
Principal Investigator
Mark Paschke This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Principal Investigator and Director of REL

Shell Endowed Chair of Restoration Ecology,
Dept. of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship

Associate Dean for Research,
Warner College of Natural Resources

Research Interests
Restoration and ecology of disturbed ecosystems, soil and rhizosphere biology, ecology of invasive plant species, nitrogen biogeochemistry, biology of Frankia and actinorhizal plants, ecology of plant-microbe interactions.

 
Staff
Jayne Jonas This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Post-Doctoral Research Scientist

Community and population ecology, particularly of plants and insects in grassland ecosystems, Plant-insect interactions, Aboveground-Belowground interactions. 
Brett Wolk This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Director of Lab and Field Studies

Plant community ecology, ecological effects of forest management and forest restoration, plant-soil interactions, ecology of invasive plant species, human impacts on ecosystem processes, pedagogy and teaching natural resources to all ages. 
 
Graduate Students
 
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PhD Student GDPE
Restoring plant diversity following disturbance
Stephanie Barr This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  
MS Student FRS

Restoration of Surface Disturbances on the Shortgrass Steppe
Interests: Plant ecology, invasion ecology, semi-arid / prairie ecosystems, restoration ecology, grazing management.
Catherine Cumberland This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  
MS Student GDPE

Potential role of insect herbivores in promoting cheatgrass dominance in sagebrush steppe.
Quy Khuc
 
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PhD Student FRS
Forest Restoration
Amber Shanklin

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MS Student GDPE

Restoration of slash pile burn scars

Garrett Stephens This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
MS Student GDPE
Improving plant diversity and mule deer habitat in the Piceance Basin, Colorado.
Sasha Victor
 
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MS Student GDPE
 
Lab/Field Crew
Ann Bishop This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Natural Resource Management 





Travis Brooks
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Master's Natural Resource Stewardship
Kelly Chesus
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Natural Resource Management
Kelsey Correia This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rangeland Ecology (Restoration Ecology)
John Fin Eifert This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rangeland Ecology (Restoration Ecology)
Chris Hitsman
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Forestry
Katie MacKnight
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Rangeland Ecology (Restoration Ecology)
Justina Thorsen
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Master's Conservation Leadership Through Learning
Damon Vaughan
Forestry
John Wendt
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Rangeland Ecology (Restoration Ecology)
 
Alumni
Cassie Kieffer Stube This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , MS 2012
Interactions between Bromus tectorum L. (Cheatgrass) and native ruderal species in ecological restoration.
Project Summary or link to full MS thesis (PDF, 700KB)

Current: City of Boulder Greenways Program, Boulder, CO.
Elan Alford Élan Alford, PhD 2011
Plant Selenium Accumulation and the Rhizosphere Effect
Project Summary or link to full PhD dissertation (PDF, 2.5MB)

Current: Ecologist, H.T. Harvey and Associates, Los Gatos, CA.

Thomas Grant
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , PhD 2011
Plant-Soil Feedbacks: A Potential Tool to Improve Management of Invasive Knapweeds
Project Summary. or link to full PhD dissertation (PDF, 9.7MB)

Current: Post Doc, U. Alaska - Fairbanks.


Ryan Busby
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PhD 2011

Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the North American Steppe: Prevalence and diversity of associations, and divergence from native vegetation
Project Summary, or full PhD dissertation (PDF, 1.8MB)

Current: Ecologist, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Champaign, IL.

Zoe Miller
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , MS 2011
Nitrogen fixation by russet buffaloberry in Colorado conifer forests
Project Summary or full MS thesis (PDF, 864KB)
 
Current: Ecologist, Bureau of Land Management, Meeker, CO.

Brock Bowles
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , MS 2010
Development of a Sagebrush Steppe Plant Community 33 Years After Surface Disturbance
Project Summary or full MS thesis (PDF, 666KB)
 
Current: Environmental Protection Specialist, Colorado Office of Mining and Reclamation, Denver, CO.

Tim Hoelzle
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , MS 2010.
Factors controlling long term community development of a sagebrush steppe ecosystem.
Project Summary or full MS thesis (PDF 1MB)
 
Current: Ecologist, Great Ecology, Denver, CO.

Julie Rieder


Julie Rieder
, Postdoc 2005-2010
Plant Community Ecology

Current: Resident Ecological Scientist, KS2 Ecological Field Services, Fort Collins, CO.


Chris Herron
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , MS 2010.
Using native annual plants to suppress weedy invasive species in post-fire habitats.
Project Summary or full MS thesis (PDF, 425KB)
 
Current: Assistant Fire Management Planner, Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, Fort Collins, CO.

Josh Eldridge This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , MS 2009.  ****Advisor Dr. Ed Redente****
The application of ecological principles to accelerate reclaimation of well pad sites.
Project Summary or full MS thesis (PDF, 12.6MB).

Current: Ecologist,
Great Ecology, Denver, CO.

Natasha Davis This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , MS 2009.  ****Advisor Dr. Paul Meiman****
Growth and metal concentrations of 8 riparian shrubs grown in fluvial mine tailing deposits.
Project Summary.

Current: Environmental Scientist, Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO.
Laura Perry

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Postdoc 2004-2008
Plant community ecology

Current: Science Technician, Ecosystem Dynamics division, USGS Fort Collins Science Center, CO.


Jose Rodolfo Valdez Barillas This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , PhD 2008
Mutualisms relation to swainsonine in oxytropis from the United States and China
Project Summary.

Current: Post Doc, Texas A&M University - San Antonio.

Matt Schultz This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , MS 2008
Soil ecological interactions of spotted knapweed and native plant species
Project Summary or full MS thesis (PDF, 6MB).

Current: Environmental Scientist, New Mexico Environment Department, Surface Water Quality Bureau, Silver City, NM.