| Name |
E-mail |
Advisor |
Research Interests |
Ilse Ackerman
Crop and Soil Science |
ila1@cornell.edu |
Erick Fernandes |
Biologically mediated feedbacks of land-use change on fluxes and distribution of carbon and nutrients in tropical systems. |
Kristin Arend
Natural Resources |
ka29@cornell.edu |
Mark Bain |
Influence of hydrology, habitat heterogeneity and nutrient inputs on aquatic food web structure and dynamics. |
Kathleen Bailey
Natural Resources |
kmb9@cornell.edu |
Barbara Bedford |
Ground-water effects on soil chemistry and nutrient availability in palustrine wetlands. |
David Baker
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
dmb98@cornell.edu |
Jed Sparks |
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Kate Ballantine
Natural Resources |
kab226@cornell.edu |
Rebecca Schneider
James Lassoie |
Success of restored riparian wetlands for water quality functions. |
Jacob Barney
Horticulture |
jnb22@cornell.edu |
Tom Whitlow |
Understanding the role of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on communities invaded by non-native species. |
Neil Bettez
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
ndb23@cornell.edu |
Robert Howarth |
Biogeochemistry of lakes. |
Suzanna Brauer
Microbiology |
slb55@cornell.edu |
Stephen Zinder |
The role of microorganisms in carbon cycling and decomposition. |
Meagan Cocke
Horticulture |
mec62@cornell.edu |
Laurie Drinkwater |
Shifts in nitrogen fixation of perennial and annual legumes across a soil fertility gradient. |
Kathy Crowley
Natural Resources |
kfc6@cornell.edu |
Barbara Bedford |
Relationships between phosphorus cycling, plant species diversity, and the ability of cattail to invade mineral-rich fens. |
Jason Demers
Natural Resources |
jdd24@cornell.edu |
Joseph Yavitt |
Mercury retention, methylation, and potential long-term export from wetlands of the Adirondack Region, NY. |
Tim Dittrich
Biological and Env. Engineering |
tmd27@cornell.edu |
Tammo Steenhuis |
Dynamics of P transport and transformation in the soil of vegetated areas near streams. |
Rebecca Doyle
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
rad26@cornell.edu |
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Allyson Eller
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
ase3@cornell.edu |
Jed Sparks |
Effects of elevated carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and ozone on plant communities. |
Ted Feldpausch
Crop and Soil Science |
trf2@cornell.edu |
Eric Fernandes |
Forest recovery following pasture abandonment and selective logging in Amazonia. |
Isabella Fiorentino
Natural Resources |
if25@cornell.edu |
Timothy Fahey |
The response of phosphorus cycling to a watershed calcium addition |
Gretchen Gettel
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
gmg7@cornell.edu |
Robert Howarth |
Controls of benthic N-fixation in arctic, oligotrophic lakes where N limits primary production. |
Noel Gurwick
Natural Resources |
npg1@cornell.edu |
Barbara Bedford |
Carbon cycling in wetlands. |
Meghan Herz
Geological Sciences |
mmh28@cornell.edu |
Lou Derry |
The effect of rainfall on aluminum speciation during soil formation. |
Dean Hively
Natural Resources |
wdh3@cornell.edu |
Jim Lassoie |
Statistical analysis of the paired watershed data. |
Mark Johnson
Crop and Soil Science |
msj8@cornell.edu |
Johannes Lehmann |
Carbon and nutrient fluxes within and exports from headwater catchments. |
Laura Jennings
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
lkj6@cornell.edu |
James Gossett |
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Stefan Jirka
Crop and Soil Science |
sj42@cornell.edu |
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Madhura Kulkarni
Natural Resources |
mvk5@cornell.edu |
Joseph Yavitt |
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Steve Lyon
Biological and Env. Engineering |
sl336@cornell.edu |
Tammo Steenhuis |
Relationships between runoff source areas and P loadings in agricultural watersheds. |
Carrie McCalley
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
ckm27@cornell.edu |
Jed Sparks |
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Peter McIntyre
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
pbm3@cornell.edu |
Alexander Flecker |
Linkages between consumer diversity, nutrient cycling, and primary productivity in aquatic ecosystems. |
Amanda McKay
Microbiology |
ajm56@cornell.edu |
Gene Madsen |
Development of a systematic assay to monitor the natural attenuation of TNT in contaminated sites. |
Molly Moffe
Biological and Env. Engineering |
mam94@cornell.edu |
Beth Ahner |
How the relationship between earthworms and plants affects the bioavailability and bioaccumulation of heavy metals. |
Doug Morrison
Natural Resources |
dm10@cornell.edu |
Joseph Yavitt |
Diversity and activity of saprophytic microfungi in four local peat wetlands. |
Jennifer Mosslemi
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
jmm257@cornell.edu |
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Brendan O'Neill
Crop and Soil Science |
ben7@cornell.edu |
Janice Thies |
Microbiological controls on nutrient cycling in Brazilian Amazonian Dark Earths, both natural and agricultural systems. |
Mia Park
Natural Resources |
mgp27@cornell.edu |
Bernd Blossey |
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Julie Pett-Ridge
Geological Sciences |
jcp38@cornell.edu |
Lou Derry |
The use of isotopic tracers to investigate weathering processes. |
Rich Phillips
Natural Resources |
rpp6@cornell.edu |
Timothy Fahey |
Interactions between tree roots and soil microbes. |
Nathan Pierce
Horiculture |
nap22@cornell.edu |
David Wolfe |
Growth responses of Phaseolus vulgaris L. grown at elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. |
Steve Raciti
Natural Resources |
smr42@cornell.edu |
Timothy Fahey |
Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Urban Ecosystems. |
Karin Rebel
Crop and Soil Science |
ktr5@cornell.edu |
Susan Riha |
Modeling of soil- plant- atmosphere interactions. |
Brian Roberts
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
bjr11@cornell.edu |
Robert Howarth |
The interaction of light and nutrients in aquatic ecosystems using oxygen stable isotopes. |
Dora Sugar
Natural Resources |
djs84@cornell.edu |
Timothy Fahey |
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Lynn Vaccaro
Natural Resources |
lev3@cornell.edu |
Barbara Bedford |
Comparing plant community and organic matter dynamics in coastal wetlands open and closed to Lake Ontario. |
Timothy Vadas
Biological and Env. Engineering |
tmv25@cornell.edu |
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Dena Vallano
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
dmv24@cornell.edu |
Jed Sparks |
The use of foliar nitrogen isotope ratios as an indicator of pollution nitrogen in plant biomass |
Dana Warren
Natural Resources |
drw23@cornell.edu |
Clifford Kraft |
Relationships between stream nutrient levels and fish productivity in northeastern streams. |
Peter Weishampel
Natural Resources |
paw22@cornell.edu |
Barbara Bedford |
Functioning of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in wetland plant communities. |
Marissa Weiss
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
msw27@cornell.edu |
Christie Goodale |
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Carolyn Zeiner
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
caz6@cornell.edu |
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| Program Alumni |
Allison Aldous
The Nature Conservancy |
aaldous@tnc.org |
Barbara Bedford |
Nitrogen-use efficiency in sphagnum mosses: Effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition. |
Jennifer Benaman
Civil and Environmental Engineering |
jb253@cornell.edu |
Christine Shoemaker |
A systematic approach to uncertainty analysis for a distributed watershed model. |
Emily Bernhardt
Duke University |
ebernhar@acpub.duke.edu |
B. Peckarsky |
Nutrient demand and nitrogen processing in streams of the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest. |
Francis Chan
Oregon State University |
chanft@bcc.orst.edu |
Robert Howarth |
Ecological controls on estuarine planktonic nitrogen fixation. |
Tim Crews
Prescott College |
tcrews@prescott.edu |
Robert Howarth |
Phosphorus regulation of net primary productivity in a traditional Mexican agroecosystem. |
Peter Dees
Science Advisor, Technical Programs, U.S. Department of State |
biogeo@cornell.edu |
Microbiology |
Microbiological and molecular methods to examine microbial diversity in synthetic compost. |
Chris Dupont
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
cdupont@ucsd.edu |
Beth Ahner |
Interface between marine phytoplankton and bioactive metals in surface seawater. |
Danika Gilbert
Geological Sciences |
danikag@socrates.berkeley.edu |
Lou Derry |
Nutrient cycling and erosion dynamics in Nepal's monsoon-influenced low-elevation grasslands. |
Alayne Gobeille
Natural Resources |
akg22@cornell.edu |
Joseph Yavitt |
Soil fertility on Agave tequilana plantations |
John Jifon
University of Florida |
jifon@lal.ufl.edu |
David Wolfe |
Photosynthetic acclimation to long-term CO2-enrichment in Phaseolus vulgaris L. |
Mary Killilea
Crop and Soil Science |
mek23@cornell.edu |
Stephen DeGloria |
The use of remote sensing and carbon models to study carbon sequestration. |
Jan Kossowski
Administrative service consultant |
jmk5@cornell.edu |
David Wolfe |
Elevated CO2 effects on plant uptake kinetics. |
Andrew Kurtz
Boston University |
kurtz@bu.edu |
Lou Derry |
Germanium/silicon and trace element geochemistry of silicate weathering. |
James Larison
Oregon State University |
larisonj@ucs.orst.edu |
Gene Likens |
Cadmium-induced calcium stress in natural populations of while-tailed ptarmigan in Colorado. |
Erica Latty
University of Wisconsin |
eflatty@facstaff.wisc.edu |
Peter Marks |
Interactions between land-use history, nitrogen cycling, and beech bark disease. |
Erik Lilleskov
University of California, Berkeley |
lillesko@uclink4.berkeley.edu |
Tim Fahey |
Ectomycorrhizal fungal community response to an atmospheric nitrogen deposition gradient. |
Ivonne Nijenhuis
UFZ Centre for Environmental Research |
nijenhus@san.ufz.de |
Stephen Zinder |
Dehalorespiration by Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 and relatives. |
Derek Pelletier
Windward Environmental Consulting |
derekp@windwardenv.com |
Tim Fahey |
The effect of earthworm invasion on nutrient cycling and hydrologic losses in two forests. |
Steven Perakis
US Geological Survey |
sperakis@usgs.gov |
Lars Hedin |
Nitrogen cycling in unpolluted old-growth forests, southern Chile. |
Oliver Pierson
Africa Program Coordinator, US Forest Service |
oep3@cornell.edu |
Rebecca Schneider |
Nutrient retention in wetlands and hydrological responses to deforestation. |
David Post
Yale University |
david.post@yale.edu |
Nelson Hairston |
Food-chain length and food web links: testing and expanding food-chain theory. |
Alexandre Remnek
Innovative Resources Management |
remnek@irmgt.com |
Christine Shoemaker |
Water quality modeling and eutrophication. |
Rebecca Schneider
Cornell University |
rls11@cornell.edu |
E&EB |
Environmental controls of plant species diversity in coastal plain pondshore communities. |
Paul Schwarz
Oregon State University |
paul.schwarz@orst.edu |
Tim Fahey |
Spatial patterns of abundance of tree species in a forested valley in New Hampshire. |
Stephen Sebestyen
SUNY ESF |
sdsebest@syr.edu |
Rebecca Schneider |
Seepage hydrology and interactions at the pore water, sediment, and macrophyte interface. |
Kurt Smemo
University of Michigan |
smemo@umich.edu |
Joseph Yavitt |
Biogeochemical controls on atmospheric methane fluxes from northern peatlands. |
Gail Steinhart
Lake Ontario Biocomplexity Project |
gss1@cornell.edu |
Gene Likens |
Nutrient limitation of primary production and nutrient deficiency in phytoplankton in Chile. |
Pamela Templer
University of California, Berkeley |
ptempler@nature.berkeley.edu |
Todd Dawson |
Direct and indirect effects of tree species on forest nitrogen retention in the Catskill Mountains, NY. |
Geraldine Tierney
Cornell University |
glt1@cornell.edu |
Tim Fahey |
Fine root dynamics in a northern hardwood forest. |
Mike Traynor
Environmental Consulting |
mtraynor@amygreene.com |
Rebecca Schneider |
Surface water-ground water dynamics in a palustrine, typha species dominated marsh. |
Maria Uriarte
Institute of Ecosystem Studies |
UriarteM@ecostudies.org |
Richard Root |
Consequences of Long-Term Herbivory for a Perennial Plant. |
Rebecca Verity
Scripps Institute for Oceanography |
rv28@cornell.edu |
William Ghiorse |
Investigations of manganese oxidizing bacteria. |
Joe von Fischer
Princeton University |
jcvf@princeton.edu |
Lars Hedin |
Gross methane transformations and methanogenic microsites along natural soil moisture gradients. |
Elizabeth Wenk
University of California Berkeley |
ehwenk@socrates.berkeley.edu |
Todd Dawson |
Variance of plant physiology and community structure across substrate types in the alpine Sierra Nevada. |
Justin Wright
University of Washington |
jpw18@cornell.edu |
Alexander Flecker |
The effects of an ecosystem engineer, the beaver, on patterns of species richness at multiple spatial scales. |
