People

Meet the members of our lab

Professor of Biology

Plant-environment interactions, plant-soil feedback, urban green infrastructure and climate change resilience

Graduate Student, EEB Program

Biodiversity, climate change, & floristics.

Graduate Student, EEB Program

Complex systems, modeling, crop management practices & policy

Graduate Student, EEB Program

Graduate Student, EEB Program

Undergraduate Student, Biology

Undergraduate Student, Biology

Tara Rajaniemi (2004); Professor, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Anne Hartley (2003); Associate Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University
Keith Vogelsang (2005); Professor and Chair/Science Department, Ivy Tech Community College; President, Native Solutions LLC
Nathan Kleczewski (2009); Plant Pathologist, Technical Agronomist at Growmark
Samantha Hamlin (2021); Post-Doctoral Research Associate, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Barbara Swedo (PhD, 2008); Laboratory Manager, Randolph-Macon College
Brett Mattingly (PhD, 2009); Associate Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University
Lauren Young (PhD, 2015); Ag Science Research Technician, USDA ARS
Sarah Shannon (PhD, 2013); Interdisciplinary Project Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Alex Smith (MS, 2009); Entrepreneur, Squirrel Dance Farms
Jonathan Bauer (PhD, 2014); Assistant Professor, Miami University
Lauren Smith-Ramesh (PhD, 2014)
Kimberly Elsenbroek (MS, 2015); Land Conservation Specialist, The Land Conservancy of McHenry County
Amelia Synder (MS, 2017); Data Scientist, Cyber Cloud Technologies, LLC
Emma Oschrin (PhD, 2020); Budburst Director, Chicago Botanic Garden
Savannah Bennett (PhD, 2022); STEM Center Director, Indiana University Northwest
Madison Stoltz (MS, 2025); Natural Areas Instructor, Downers Grove Park District
Brianna Crawley (PhD, 2025)