Bowman Lab Group

Bowman Lab Group - current and former students, postdocs

Current Graduate Students:

	Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi, B.A. UC Berkeley 2003, Integrative Biology; working towards a PhD; research interests- landscape scale nutrient cycling and "hotspots" of nitrogen transformations Web page email
		Kallin Tea, B.S. Stanford 2004, Biology; working towards a PhD; research interests- influence of spatial heterogeneity in resource availability and invasibility; nutrient availability and age gradients email
	Rebecca Harris, B.A. UC Santa Barbara 2007, working towards a PhD; research interests- ecotones and environmental change email

Undergraduate Students

Anna Lieb- acidification of alpine soils
Brendan White- ecophylogenetics of alpine plants
Andrea Dixon- climate change in the alpine

Former Postdocs


Katie Suding, PhD, University of Michigan 1999; Research interests: interplay between plant competition, community structure, and soil processes. currently Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine. Web page
	Courtney Meier, PhD University of Colorado; thesis topic: feedbacks between plant secondary chemicals and soil processes currently postdoc with Jason Neff, University of Colorado Web page email

Former Research Assistants


	Heather Bechtold, B.A. University of Colorado; currently PhD student at Idaho State University.
John Murgel, BA, University of Colorado, 2005; on top of Mount Albion, establishing GLORIA plots currently MA student, Colorado State University

Former Graduate Students


Courtney Meier, PhD University of Colorado; thesis topic: feedbacks between plant secondary chemicals and soil processes; currently postdoc with Jason Neff, University of Colorado Web page email
	Julia Larson, M.A. 2003; Variability in microbial resource limitations associated with plant species in alpine moist meadows, currently teaching high school science, Hanover, NH
Tara Forbis, PhD. 2002; Seedling establishment and life history strategies of alpine plants; currently Research Ecologist, Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research, USDA ARS, Reno Nevada
Amy Miller, PhD. 2001; Plant use of different forms of N as a potential means of alleviating competition; currently working as an Ecologist for the National Park Service, Inventory and Monitoring Program, Southwest Alaska Network
	Heidi Steltzer, PhD. 1999; Plant control over N cycling in alpine moist meadows; currently a Research Scientist at Colorado State University
Ed Grote, M.A. 1995; Environmental controls on symbiotic N₂-fixation; currently working for the National Park Service, Moab, UT
	Terry Theodose, PhD 1995; Role of competition in alpine tundra; currently Associate Professor, University of Southern Maine
Lee Turner, PhD. 2002; Influence of climate change on alpine plant phenology and reproductive output
Mary Damm, MBS 2002; Patterns of vascular plant diversity in the alpine; currently a graduate student at the University of Indiana

Former undergraduate Students:

Colin Tucker , honors student; thesis project- The influence of plant litter on microbial activity in alpine soils; currently PhD student, University of Wyoming

Sara Desplaines, (below) honors student- thesis project- Plant diversity influences on N sequestration in the alpine
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Meg Mobley (above), REU student (Duke University), currently PhD student, Duke University

Michelle Huyser (below), REU student (Calvin College)- project- Interaction of plant species effects versus physical environmental controls on N cycling- currently working on Native American Programs at CU Health Sciences Center

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Fronny Plume, (above) REU program, University of Colorado, currently PhD student, Cornell

Kaleb Keyserling, REU program, Kenyon College
Mike Sekor, REU program, Vassar College
Eileen Thorsos, REU program, Swarthmore, currently PhD student, Duke University
Meredith Albright, REU program, Colorado College, currently PhD student, University of Colorado
Julitza Nieves, REU program, University of Puerto Rico