I am a doctoral candidate at
the State University of New York, College of
Environmental Science and Forestry in
I am interested in the ways
that natural disturbance and human activities change the successional pathways
of wetlands, and my research focuses on the ecology and paleoecology of
minerotrophic peatlands.
Under the guidance of my supervisor,
Dr. Donald Leopold, I am using a
combination of plant macrofossil analysis, field surveys, and experimentation
to:
1)
describe the
long-term stability and development of several diverse, weakly minerotrophic
fen communities in
2)
elucidate the
paleohistorical importance of cattail (Typha
spp.) in these fens,
3)
determine the
degree of encroachment, environmental tolerances, and varying effects of the
three northeastern
