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. |
Lab Manager

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!
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!
Postdocs
Alejandra Martínez Blancas (CV)
Plant Code Name: Pincushion cactus Favorite Seed: Tripogandra purpurascens Research Interests: Diversity maintenance, species interactions, grassland conservation. |
Graduate Students

Ethan Rose
Plant Code Name: Prairie Rose
Favorite Seed: Pulsatilla nuttalliana (prairie pasqueflower)
Research Interests: Restoration ecology, community ecology, biodiversity maintenance, grassland conservation.
Plant Code Name: Prairie Rose
Favorite Seed: Pulsatilla nuttalliana (prairie pasqueflower)
Research Interests: Restoration ecology, community ecology, biodiversity maintenance, grassland conservation.

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.
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.

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.
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
Lab Friends

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.
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.

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
Plant Code Name: Tick Trefoil
Favorite Seed: Dalea purpurea (purple prairie clover)
Research Interests: pollination ecology, insect behavior, bison wallows, habitat heterogeneity

Shawn Thomas
Plant Code Name: Sillyberry (Grubbiaceae)
Favorite Seed: coffee beans
Research Interests: plant evolution, polyploidy, abiotic stress, comparative genomics, phylogenetics
Plant Code Name: Sillyberry (Grubbiaceae)
Favorite Seed: coffee beans
Research Interests: plant evolution, polyploidy, abiotic stress, comparative genomics, phylogenetics
Lab Alum
All of our awesome undergrads
Our more permanent research folks

Carrie Stephen
Plant Code Name: Prairie Carrieopsis
Favorite Seed: Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats grama)
Where is she now? Carrie is now a Natural Resource Ecologist with the Missouri DNR!
Plant Code Name: Prairie Carrieopsis
Favorite Seed: Bouteloua curtipendula (Sideoats grama)
Where is she now? Carrie is now a Natural Resource Ecologist with the Missouri DNR!

Maya Parker-Smith
Plant Code Name: Juncus in the truncus
Favorite Seed: Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove beardtounge)
Where is she now? Maya is a data analyst with Sara Supp at Dennison University!
Plant Code Name: Juncus in the truncus
Favorite Seed: Penstemon digitalis (Foxglove beardtounge)
Where is she now? Maya is a data analyst with Sara Supp at Dennison University!

Sheila Vazquez-Morales
Plant Code Name: Tamarindus
Favorite Seed: Melivoccus bijugatus (Spanish Lime)
Where is she now? Organizing and conducting awesome science in the King Lab!
Plant Code Name: Tamarindus
Favorite Seed: Melivoccus bijugatus (Spanish Lime)
Where is she now? Organizing and conducting awesome science in the King Lab!