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Dr.  Lauren Sullivan
Plant Code Name:  The Scarlet Pimpernel
Favorite Seed: Tradescantia ohioensis (Ohio Spiderwort)

Research Interests:  Plant movement ecology, restoration ecology, quantitative anything, invasion.
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email: LLSULL@msu.edu
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Lab Manager

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Larissa Kahan
Plant Code Name: Squirreltail

Favorite Seed: Daucus pusillus (Small wild carrot)
Research Interests: Community ecology, restoration ecology, the importance of root system diversity in grassland and soil health, as well as developing new research interests with the Sullivan lab!


RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

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Sheila Vazquez-Morales
Plant Code Name: Tamarindus
Favorite Seed: Melivoccus bijugatus (Spanish Lime)

Research Interests: Restoration ecology and community dynamics in grasslands.  I also love communicating science in creative and exciting ways!


Graduate Students

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Maya Parker-Smith
Plant Code Name: Juncus in the truncus
Favorite Seed: Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove beardtounge)

Research Interests: I am researching how seed predation affects the establishment of different species in prairie restorations.  

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Ethan Rose
Plant Code Name: Prairie Rose
Favorite Seed: Pulsatilla nuttalliana (prairie pasqueflower)

Research Interests: Restoration ecology, community ecology, biodiversity maintenance, grassland conservation.

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Carrie Stephen
Plant Code Name: Prairie Carrieopsis
Favorite Seed: Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats grama)

Research Interests: Fire effects on woodland and glad flora in the Missouri Ozarks; Strengthening cooperative projects between land managers and ecological researchers; Controls on diversity in prairie systems.

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Kate Wynne (CV)
Plant Code Name: Prairie dropseed

Favorite Seed: Sphenopholis obtusata (Prairie wedge grass)
Research Interests: I'm interested in studying ecological processes related to plant recruitment and how they influence community assembly of tallgrass prairie plant communities. ​

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Marissa Zaricor (CV)
Plant Code Name: Sensitive briar
Favorite Seed: Bouteloua gracilis (Blue grama grass)

Research Interests:  I'm interested in plant ecology and physiology, restoration ecology, grasslands, disturbance (fire and grazing), drought, stable isotopes and long-term ecological research. ​


UnderGraduate Students

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Erica Eyerly
Plant Code Name: Fuzzy-wuzzy Sedge
Favorite Seed: 
Coreopsis lanceolata 
Research Interests:  I am interested in studying seed traits that affect dispersal, like weight, size, shape. I think this information will be useful for seed identification.


Lab Friends

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Dr. Gaurav Kandlikar - PFF Postdoctoral Fellow
Plant Code Name: Quaking aspen
Favorite Seed: Mango propagules

Research Interests: Community ecology and species coexistence, plant-microbe interactions, tropical forests, how students learn math and ecology.

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Josh Klostermann - former PhD student
Plant Code Name: Tick Trefoil
Favorite Seed: Dalea purpurea (purple prairie clover)​

Research Interests: pollination ecology, insect behavior, bison wallows, habitat heterogeneity​

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Shawn Thomas
Plant Code Name: Sillyberry (Grubbiaceae) 
 
Favorite Seed: coffee beans

Research Interests: plant evolution, polyploidy, abiotic stress, comparative genomics, phylogenetics ​


Lab Alum

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Ellie Lopez
Plant Code Name: Canada Wild Rye (ELYCAN)
Favorite Seed: Elymus canadensis
Where is she now? PA school.

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Meredith Medley
Plant Code Name: Sassafras

Favorite Seed: Campis radicans (Trumpet Creeper)
Where is she now? Mizzou studen.

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Dani Gafford
Plant Code Name: Curly Kale
Favorite Seed: Erodium cicutarium

Where is she now? Mizzou student working in Plant Sciences.

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Blake Schreck
Plant Code Name: 
Hidden Dropseed
Favorite Seed: Chenopodium album (White Goosefoot)
Where is he now? Dental school.

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Brandy Williams
Plant Code Name: Blackeyed Susan 

Favorite Seed: Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master)
Where is she now? Grad school for Animal Behavior at UNL.

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