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Malmstrom Lab People 2008

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Abbie Schrotenboer, Ph.D. student (B. S., Calvin College).
Dissertation research: Local and non-local genotypes in Michigan prairie restoration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jarrod Morrice M.S. student. (B.S. Michigan State University) 
Thesis topic: Midwest Prairie Phenology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colin Phillippo M.S. student (B.S. Michigan State University)
Research interests: Restoration Ecology and Ecosystem function.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Planck Ph.D student.
Research interests: Plant litter and invasive species.

 

 

 

 

 

 

External Collaborators

Dr. David Riano
Email: driano@msu.edu. 
Research interests: Fuel type mapping, vegetation mapping, vegetation water content estimation using GIS and remote sensing tools. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Field Associates

vanillasmall.jpgVanilla. Equipment retrieval and site protection.
 

 

 

 

 

Malmstrom Lab Alumni

 
Previous Postdoctoral Researchers


Teresa Kasperick-Postellon. Email: tlvakp@msu.edu

 

Previous Graduate Students

scott_hawaii.jpg H. Scott Butterfield, Ph.D. (B. A., Boston University).
Email: scott_butterfield@tnc.org. Dissertation research: Enhancing rangeland sustainability with remote sensing and collaborative information exchange.
Scott's personal website: http://www.msu.edu/~butter12/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toshismall.jpg   Toshi Yoshida, Ph.D. (B. S., North Carolina State University).
Dissertation research: Modeling the impacts of natural disturbances on plant species invasions.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles C. Hughes, IV. M.S. completed 2003. (B. S., University of California, Davis). Thesis: The effects of fall burning on two northern California perennial bunchgrass communities. Now at Sycamore Environmental Consultants, Sacramento, CA.

 

Previous Visiting Graduate Students

Photo14_red.jpg Tomas Persson, SLU–Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology and Crop Production Science, Uppsala, Sweden.
Dissertation research: Modelling effects of barley yellow dwarf virus on growth and yield of oats.

 

 

 

Todd Robinson, Gross Lab, Kellogg Biological Station. Email: robin590@msu.edu.

 

Previous undergraduate researchers

Donna Bozgan. Dept. of Plant Biology.
Research topic: Michigan BCYDV genotyping. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emily Flynn. Dept. of Plant Biology. 
Research topic: Local and non-local grass genotype response to drought and competitor stress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newton_Picture.jpg  Linsey Newton, Dept. of Plant Biology & Dept. of Horticulture.
Research topic: BYDV distribution and effects on native hosts in California grasslands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawn Brandenburg. Email: brande17@msu.edu

Michael Griggs

Hope Johnson, now at EPA. johnson.hope@epa.gov

April McCullough, now at Cornell University. Email: ajm68@cornell.edu

 

Previous technicians

Sally Reynolds, now at the University of Pennsylvania

Jenny Shu



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