Luke is just back from the Galapagos where he saw lots of interesting endemic plants – and significant invasive plant problems. He planned and started to establish two research projects with Gonzalo Rivas, a PhD candidate in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.
Chris and Bryan joined the lab this fall as PhD students. Chris is in the Interdisciplinary Ecology program and Bryan is in the Agronomy Department – both received full University Fellowships!
Katie is an undergraduate who will be working on allelopathy as a mechanism for the invasive success Brazilian pepper. She was selected as a 2012-2013 University Scholar!
Our paper comparing the performance of native and introduced plant populations across multiple common gardens just came out in Ecology!